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After Saying She's Still Vote for Graham Platner, Sunny Hostin Said This About Republicans
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Fox News
· Jul 7, 2026
Sunny Hostin called out by fellow 'View' co-host for prior support of Platner in tense exchange
Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Sunny Hostin on whether she'd still vote for Graham Platner after new allegations, sparking a heated clash on The View.
Real Clear Politics
· Jul 11, 2026
Sen. Collins in Worse Trouble After Platner Exit?
The conventional media wisdom is that Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins is sitting back and laughing this week, and well she might be. The collapse of Graham Platner's campaign is an implosion for the ages, and it puts the state's Democrats in a tricky situation they need to navigate skillfully in these next two weeks.
Sky News Australia
· Jul 7, 2026
The View’s Sunny Hostin mocked for admitting she gets 'nervous' seeing US flag
Sky News contributor James Bolt mocks ‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin after she claimed she feels “unsafe” in neighbourhoods flying the American flag. “When Sunny Hostin says stuff like that, it gets harder for the Democrats to win over people that are neutral in politics,” Mr Bolt told Sky News host James Morrow. “If you’ve got one side saying, hey look, we’re proud to be American, we’re proud of this country, we’re proud of what we built, and you’ve got the other side that is saying if I see an American flag I get nervous, if you’re 50 50 on politics, I know which way people are going to lean.”
Off The Press
· Jun 21, 2026
Mace on Trump endorsing both GOP runoff candidates in South Carolina: ‘LMAO’
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) joked about President Trump backing both Republican runoff candidates to be her state’s governor. Mace, who made her own bid for South Carolina governor this year, on Saturday replied to a Truth Social post from the president backing both candidates on the social platform X by saying, “LMAO,” using a common []...Click to read more
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