Sunny Hostin blames Donald Trump for Dave Chappelle attack

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shocking assault of comedian Dave Chappelle on Tuesday, host Sunny Hostin blamed Trump as the catalyst behind a spate of brazen attacks, claiming that he “released some incivility” across the country.Co-host Whoopi Goldberg prompted Hostin’s accusation during Wednesday’s episode, asking “The View” panel, “What do you think is happening?

I mean, it’s happening on airplanes, it’s happening on street corners.”Responding to Goldberg, Joy Behar first launched a litany of amplifying factors: “The pandemic, the opioid crisis, the fact that Trump was out there saying things like, ‘Just knock the hell out of them.

I promise you I’ll pay for the legal fees,’ when he had a heckler.”She was likely referring to a 2016 Trump rally in Iowa, in which the candidate urged constituents to be on the defensive — and the offensive. “So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of ’em … I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees.

I promise,” Trump said at the time.Behar added that the moment Will Smith slapped Oscars presenter Chris Rock onstage “was the pièce de résistance, if you will.”However, Lindsey Granger — a guest co-host on the ABC talk show — rebuffed Behar, insisting, “This is not a political thing.