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The View: Behind the Table

Sunny Hostin on Hypocrisy, Power, & Why Democrats Need to Stand Up

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Sunny Hostin sits down to weigh in on President Trump’s post following Robert Mueller’s death and explains why she believes it exemplifies political hypocrisy. She reacts to our interview with Sen. Cory Booker and shares why she feels Democrats are not wielding their power forcefully enough, arguing it’s time for them to “stand 10 toes down.” Sunny also breaks down why she believes there is no clear plan in the war in Iran and voices opposition to ICE agents being deployed at airports. The conversation turns to pop culture as she applauds Denise Richards for being open about her plastic surgery, praising her honesty and transparency. She wraps up by sharing a proud mom moment from her weekend that meant everything to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

9-1-1, where is the emergency?

0:02.7

It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.

0:06.7

Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.

0:09.9

A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.

0:14.9

Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?

0:17.6

At this point, nobody knows.

0:19.6

Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was

0:24.7

once pitched as a movie plays out in real life. I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now

0:34.1

to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:42.6

All right, it is Monday, March 23rd.

0:45.1

It is spring, and I'm here with Sunny.

0:46.1

Hi, Brian.

0:46.8

How you doing?

0:47.4

I'm good.

1:30.1

You're sounding a little better. Well, I was, I tried to rest my voice this weekend. But as you see, the more it's going. The worse it goes. All right. Well, we're going to have a little spring break in a couple weeks, and hopefully that'll help. Yes, it will help. All right. On the show today, we talked about President Trump's response to Robert Mueller's death. And you were very quick to call out what J.D. Vance had said last year. He said that speech is protected in this country, but celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk was grounds to be fired from a job. You know, you heard a lot about that year, about teachers coming under fire, and really a lot of people, I mean, you know, I don't think it's a stretch to say we shouldn't be celebrating anybody's death, but there's definitely also a hypocrisy here. Are you surprised that there's a

1:35.1

double standard? I'm not surprised coming from this administration, but I will say that I was

1:43.8

repulsed, not only because I knew Bob Mueller, right?

1:47.0

I forgot that he did.

1:48.0

Yeah, I knew Bob.

1:50.0

And he was such an honorable man.

1:53.0

You know, people like to throw around the word patriot.

1:56.0

He was a true patriot to the point where a story that people don't know is that after he was the FBI

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