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ABC’s “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin has deleted her X account following Donald Trump’s presidential election win, saying she believes it was a “patriotic” act.
During an interview on the “Behind The Table” podcast, Hostin said she no longer wants to be associated with the social media website because it’s owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk.
“I think the most patriotic thing I could do right now is just to delete the account. Elon Musk took it over and I feel like he ruined it. Black Twitter was a thing that I loved and it was sort of replaced… with misogyny and racism. I don’t want to be affiliated with anything that he owns. I’m not going to buy a Tesla, I’m not going to buy Tesla stock,” Hostin said.
Last week, when Hostin blamed Trump’s victory on “uneducated white women” and Latino men, she was mocked on the social media platform.
“I think [Trump’s victory] had nothing to do with policy, I think this was a referendum on cultural resentment in this country,” she stated during the episode of “The View” recorded the morning after election day.
“Why do you think uneducated white women voting against their reproductive health freedoms, and why do you think Latino men voted in favor of someone who is going to deport a majority of his community,” the co-host asked Rick Klein, ABC political news director.
“I don’t think white women like being called uneducated white women,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin snapped back.
Later, Hostin corrected herself, stating that “non-college-educated white women” was the correct term to use.
Last week, when Hostin blamed Trump’s victory on “uneducated white women” and Latino men, she was mocked on the social media platform.
Sunny Hostin just deleted her X account after having a public meltdown over the election pic.twitter.com/kD0jagQqbw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 16, 2024
Sunny Hostin just refuses to understand… pic.twitter.com/9ajJSCF5zL
— Amala Ekpunobi (@amalaekpunobi) November 12, 2024
This comes as far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid has made a rash decision following President-elect Donald Trump’s blowout victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, though she claims her decision had nothing to do with his win.
Reid deleted her X account, making her the latest notable future to do so after Harris’ loss and Trump’s decision to elevate X principal owner Elon Musk to an administrative position focused on eliminating government waste.
She attributed her decision to the site’s current owner in a video.
“Today I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for a while,” she said in the clip. “The reason for doing it, and kissing goodbye my 1.9 million followers, is because I haven’t been posting for a long time. I just didn’t want to be contributing content once it was purchased by its present owner.”
“Every so often I would use it to just look at news that was trending and what’s happening and I would just use it as an aggregator, but I just realized that’s not really worth it,” she added. “Because in order to do the news aggregation and just look at all, you have to wade through a lot of dreck and just abuse and a lot of negativity and it’s just not worth it.”
Joy Reid just deleted her X account 🤣 pic.twitter.com/sqwZyJkBYA
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 14, 2024
Reid was a vocal Harris supporter and blamed her loss on “patriarchy” and white women.
Her decision follows a similar move by former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who announced his departure from the platform on Wednesday. Lemon also voiced concerns about the site’s leadership, but his decision comes after Musk canceled a broadcast deal on the platform with Lemon following a contentious first interview.
“As the Washington Post recently reported on X’s decision to change terms, this ‘ensures that such lawsuits will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservatives, which experts say could make it easier for X to shield itself from litigation and punish critics,’” Lemon wrote. “I think that speaks for itself.”
British newspaper The Guardian also announced it would abandon the site over what it saw as the promotion of “far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”
