{"id":2434134,"date":"2025-05-13T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sunny-hostin-concerned-about-the-new-pope-flips-days-later-after-learning-he-has-black-roots\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:54:42","slug":"watch-sunny-hostin-concerned-about-the-new-pope-flips-days-later-after-learning-he-has-black-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sunny-hostin-concerned-about-the-new-pope-flips-days-later-after-learning-he-has-black-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Sunny Hostin &#8216;Concerned&#8217; About the New Pope, Flips Days Later After Learning He Has &#8216;Black Roots&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-sunny-hostin-concerned-about-the-new-pope-flips-days-later-after-learning-he-has-black-roots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The excerpt discusses the reactions of Sunny Hostin, co-host of &#8220;The View,&#8221; to the election of Pope Leo XIV, highlighting her seemingly contradictory and superficial views on the subject. Initially, Hostin expressed concern about the Pope&#8217;s previous comments regarding the LGBTQ+ community, citing remarks he made in 2012 that criticized the normalization of homosexual relationships. However, her opinion shifted dramatically when she learned of the Pope&#8217;s Haitian and black ancestry, leading her to celebrate this aspect enthusiastically, referring to it as a &#8220;chef&#8217;s kiss&#8221; moment.<\/p>\n<p>The piece critiques Hostin&#8217;s reliance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">identity politics<\/a> and suggests that her moral reasoning is inconsistently guided, noting the absurdity of basing her approval of the Pope solely on his racial background. The commentary concludes that such <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >identity-based evaluations lack substance<\/a> and that if future scandals arise, Hostin may conveniently downplay the significance of his heritage, emphasizing the inherent contradictions and fragility in her rationale. the article highlights the pitfalls of identity politics, using Hostin as a case study in how it can lead to superficial judgment rather then substantive critique.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Sunny Hostin.<\/p>\n<p>(No, not for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-host-sunny-hostin-devastated-trumps-super-tuesday-dominance-wore-funeral-clothes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that<\/a>, or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-jumps-shark-sunny-hostin-insults-millions-absurd-jan-6-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other thing<\/a>, and definitely not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-co-host-sunny-hostin-directs-post-election-rage-white-people-air-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for this<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives and people with more than two brain cells everywhere should celebrate what Hostin has done over the span of a few scant days.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s because Hostin may have just perfectly illustrated the idiocy rotting away at the core of identity politics wielded by race hustlers everywhere. You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lifelong-democrat-flips-parties-after-hitting-her-breaking-point-during-trumps-address-to-congress\/\" title=\"Lifelong Democrat Flips Parties After Hitting Her &#039;Breaking Point&#039; During Trump&#039;s Address to Congress\">literally couldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t come up with a more textbook example.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, &ldquo;The View&rdquo; co-host did this unwittingly, but hey, Humpty Dumpty learned a brutal life lesson unintentionally, too.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Hostin took to her interminably screechy show to discuss the new election of Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pz9nU7wfUx4?si=ZY96rIOMu8dR9Q1F\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a little concerned about this choice [of Leo] for the [LGBT] community,&rdquo; Hostin said in an eye-rollingly predictable moment. &ldquo;In 2012, he gave an address to bishops, and he lamented, &lsquo;The popular culture fostered sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel.&rsquo; And that&rsquo;s a quote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then he cited the homosexual lifestyle and alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(Leo&rsquo;s right about all that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gay-dads-allegedly-pimped-adopted-sons-now-lowest-rung-jail-full-hardened-criminals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Without even delving into the absurdity of the pontiff being criticized for following the Word of God, the above statement is just dripping with sanctimonious self-righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s not exactly a surprise on &ldquo;The View.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No, the reason the above criticism needs to be brought up is that, apparently, Hostin had an epiphany over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>She showed up on Monday&rsquo;s episode of her show to celebrate Leo&rsquo;s election, and the reason why is laughably shallow and asinine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3cfrX0tiKXs?si=QDha4xvm5vwcn6L2&amp;start=715\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hostin began by first bringing up President Donald Trump&rsquo;s previous sharp criticisms of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>(Trump&rsquo;s right about all that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-frauds-make-u-turn-shole-country-haiti-now-trumps-sending-haitians-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As it turns out, our new American pope has Haitian and black roots,&rdquo; she said, as the clapping seals in the audience applauded. And make no mistake, Hostin was <em>thrilled&nbsp;<\/em>about this revelation, as you could practically count all her teeth as she was making this grand reveal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We actually have a black pope,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like chef&rsquo;s kiss for me. So apparently, both of his maternal grandparents are described as black, Haitian, or [mixed race].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>The apparently tiny chasm between &ldquo;concern&rdquo; and &ldquo;chef&rsquo;s kiss&rdquo; is possibly being a quarter black? That&rsquo;s it?<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not sure what&rsquo;s funnier: That being it, or the fact that Hostin doesn&rsquo;t even seem remotely motion sick from her rapidly changing opinion of Pope Leo.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Pope Leo were black, does that somehow change those accurate 2012 remarks about homsexuality? Of course, it doesn&rsquo;t, but therein lies Hostin&rsquo;s great favor.<\/p>\n<p>Identity politics are a scourge, a farce, and a fool&rsquo;s errand, and this example from Hostin is the perfect illustration why.<\/p>\n<p>When your moral compass is a weathervane changing with the most superficial winds imaginable, you get mental gymnastics like this from Hostin. There&rsquo;s nothing rooted in anything of substance here. I can promise you that if Pope Leo were to get swept up in some damning scandal, Hostin will conveniently note that he was probably only a quarter black, anyway &mdash; if not outright forget. It&rsquo;s a laughably predictable joke.<\/p>\n<p>Leo&rsquo;s work as pontiff is unwritten, so it&rsquo;s impossible to pass any sort of meaningful judgment on him, yet Hostin has done it twice in the span of a few days.<\/p>\n<p>First, she took 13-year-old remarks and used them as a damning critique. Then, she took a possible quarter-black heritage as the overriding win.<\/p>\n<p>If you can read those last two sentences, surely you can see the absurdity of them.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin, a former federal prosecutor (really), apparently can&rsquo;t see that absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>And that might be the funniest thing of it all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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(Not for that, or the other thing, and certainly not for this.) Conservatives and anyone with a modicum of sense should applaud what Hostin has demonstrated in just a few days. She may have unwittingly showcased the foolishness at the heart of identity politics propagated by race opportunists everywhere. You couldn&#8217;t create a more classic example if you tried. While &#8220;The View&#8221; co-host did this unintentionally, it&#8217;s reminiscent of Humpty Dumpty learning a harsh lesson by accident as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2434135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sunny-Hostin.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55154,4511,9592,34267],"class_list":["post-2434134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-black-roots","tag-concerned","tag-pope","tag-sunny-hostin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sunny-Hostin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434138,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434134\/revisions\/2434138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}