Sunny Hostin was quickly schooled by her co-hosts The sight after attempting to link a recent earthquake in the Northeast and Monday’s solar eclipse to climate change.
Even the Daily beast described his claims as “stunning” and “inexplicable.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin kicked off the conversation by trying to connect these natural events to signs of the apocalypse, a joke many have made in recent days.
Hostin saw an opportunity to bring climate change into the conversation despite there being no connection. And she did it by adding “sick-AH-duhs” – cicadas – to the mix.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg had to correct her pronunciation.
“It’s the first time in about a hundred years,” he said, referring to the 13- or 17-year cycles of these insects.
Even on this point, Goldberg had to correct her, explaining that the rare event is that these two cycles converge this year.
Sunny Hostin suggests that the solar eclipse, earthquake and the arrival of cicadas are a sign of climate change. pic.twitter.com/iKJJzS1QQ7
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Sunny Hostin: Earthquakes + Eclipses = Climate Change
After a bumpy start, the wheels really came off when Sunny Hostin tried to introduce some girl math, as AOC would call it.
Mainly: Earthquakes + Solar Eclipses + Sick-AH-duhs = Climate Change.
It’s a simple equation. And he assures the public that he has “read” his facts.
“I would say all these things together, perhaps it would lead one to believe that climate change exists, or that something is really happening,” he states confidently.
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I’d say you’re wrong, Sunny. The solar eclipse did not occur because the Moon refused to take part in the Kyoto Protocol. Or the Paris climate accords.
With Whoopi actively reaching towards her forehead due to Hostin’s comments earlier, Joy Behar decides it’s time to intervene.
“Earthquakes are not at the mercy of climate change,” Behar countered. “It’s underground.”
By the way, millions of viewers actually get their news from this show. They listen to conversations like this and then form an opinion.
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Whoopi wins her over again
After Behar was eliminated, Whoopi Goldberg returned to the match and corrected Sunny Hostin once again.
“They knew the eclipse was coming because eclipses happen and they can actually tell when these things are going to happen,” Goldberg instructs her.
Hostin might be surprised to learn that NASA publishes a calendar indicating when the next partial and total solar eclipses will take place.
And, as CNN reports, the next total solar eclipse visible from the lower 48 United States will take place on August 12, 2045.
They know it. It’s predictable. And no, people who drive SUVs will not change that date.
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