ABC’s The View host Sunny Hostin believes a fake video of President Trump slaying his political enemies should be illegal for inciting violence.
“I think for me, this would be illegal because, you know, wouldn’t that tend to incite violence against these particular politicians?” Hostin said Monday on the show.
“Yes!” another host chimed in before Meghan McCain compared the video’s potential to incite violence to Republican Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise getting shot at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.
“If something happens to one of these people because, and by the way, Steve Scalise was shot by a complete radical, crazy person and almost died. This does happen,” McCain said. “The idea we’re going to be casual about it and, ‘Oh, you’re just being a snowflake and sensitive,’ these are real people. I’m sure Maxine Waters’ family feels the same way I do right now.”
The fake video portrayed members of the media, Democrats, and Republican adversaries of Trump being shot and killed. The McCain family, as well as many members of the media, condemned the video, which was played at a conference at one of Trump’s resorts last week.
The Trump campaign, as well as his press secretary, said they disavowed the video.
