Sunny Hostin Is in the Running for 'Worst Hamas Take,' Equating the Terrorist Group With the Proud Boys

We've seen a lot of bad reactions from the left when it comes to the Israeli-Hamas war.

But the reaction from Sunny Hostin of "The View" has to be right up there on the hit parade of truly bad takes.

Now, since she's on "The View" -- the home of the bad takes -- it's more a question if they ever say anything right. They're right up there with MSNBC for bad takes, and that network just took a hit in the ratings for their bad takes on the war.

But the group was talking about the fighting, and Hostin tried to do that thing some on the left are doing — equate the two sides. She spoke about Israel's response, suggesting that it could be a "war crime."

No, Sunny, Israel was viciously attacked. They have a right to defend themselves, and responding to terrorists is not terrorism.

But Hostin showed she has a clear problem understanding what terrorism is when she astonishingly equated Hamas to the Proud Boys.

Sunny Hostin: "I think we all know Hamas has been designated a terror organization just like many other terror organizations have this designation, like the Proud Boys here in the United States." pic.twitter.com/BdNXgaWC01
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 13, 2023

Wow, it's hard to have your train jump the tracks that hard, but Hostin managed to do it. How do you say something so silly? She's just showing she's not a serious person with this kind of stuff.

Last time I checked, the Proud Boys hadn't massacred hundreds, abducted women and children, beheaded people, or burned them alive. I think there's just a small bit of a difference. Mostly what they do is tangle with Antifa. But of course, in the Democrat world, Antifa aren't terrorists even if they attacked federal buildings for months and set things on fire. I'm not even sure that "The View" hosts even understand that Antifa exists.

Also, Hostin is not just doing a ridiculously bad take; she's also wrong. The Proud Boys are not designated a terror organization in the United States. But hey, if you don't even know what a terrorist is, why should you get that fact right, either, right?

She continued saying that Israel's response could be a war crime if it was retaliation against "innocent civilians collectively" and tried to compare them to Russia attacking Ukraine.

Antisemite Sunny Hostin openly and falsely claims Israel is committing acts of "terror" and "war crime[s]" and compares them to Russia attacking Ukraine.
She uses Hamas talking points to claim Israel's military actions are "retaliation against innocent civilians collectively." pic.twitter.com/DLWzy19ttA
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 13, 2023

Ana Navarro said that under the circumstances, saying give us back our people that you kidnapped and we'll turn on the water and the power was a pretty reasonable demand, but Hostin termed it "collective" punishment.

Navarro confronts Hostin and says Israel's argument is, "if you want your water, if you want your electricity, release our hostages...that is not an irrational demand."
Hostin doubles down and says Israel "should really refrain from committing war crimes or terror..." pic.twitter.com/MUsKIUfEh3
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 13, 2023

Hostin got a very well-deserved ratio for that hot take.

When did the Proud Boys ever rape women, burn families alive, murder babies and kidnap Holocaust survivors? I must’ve missed that news cycle. https://t.co/IgPRSXo6hs
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) October 13, 2023