Sunny Hostin calls Trump a ‘DEI hire’

Published January 22, 2025 9:07pm ET



The View co-host Sunny Hostin declared that President Donald Trump was a “DEI hire” on Tuesday in reaction to the president announcing the end of diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.

“The one thing I did think about was the hypocrisy of having a man be inaugurated to be president on the same day as we commemorate MLK and that same man saying that he was going to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Hostin said.

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