Julia Nikhinson – CNP / MEGA; ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA
The View’s Sunny Hostin aired her true feelings about Marjorie Taylor Green, calling the Republican congresswoman’s behavior “unbecoming” and “uncivil.”
“I’m sort of conflicted about it, because I don’t like to normalize or platform behavior that I think is abhorrent and I think that Marjorie Taylor Green has done some things that are really, not only unbecoming of a congressperson … but also just unbecoming, it’s just uncivil,'” Hostin, 57 — who is co-host of the ABC daytime talk show — told executive producer Brian Teta on the November 5 episode of the Behind the Table podcast.
“I was concerned about that, but she was civil,” she added, referring to Green’s first-ever appearance on The View on November 4.
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During the episode, subjects ranged from the government shutdown that has left millions of Americans without food assistance (“It is an embarrassment to me that we’re not in session,” said Green), the U.S. border, the alleged “Epstein Files” and Green’s unwavering “love” for President Donald Trump, 79.
Green, 51, told the ladies of The View that she is “unapologetically America first and I’ll do anything I can to work hard to save this country.”
The Georgia politician also explained that she has a history of criticizing both political parties due to her working class roots and her commitment to her rural constituents.
Green also shared that she is not accepting a paycheck during the government shutdown — unlike some of her colleagues.
Co-host Joy Behar, 83, joked during the episode, “Maybe you should become a Democrat” to which Green responded, “I’m not a Democrat … I think both parties have failed.”
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Hostin interjected, “I’ve got to tell you, I’m sitting here just stumped, you know, because you are a very different person than I thought you were.”
“Well, you’ve only seen me in clips and headlines and that’s not fair,” answered Green.
Later, Hostin told Teta that she didn’t buy Green’s narrative.
“I don’t think she’s changed,” Hostin told Teta. “I did ask her, ‘Are we seeing an evolution?’ and she … responded, ‘No, I’m the same person’ so, you know, she’s a big age, she’s in her fifties. And, so I think at a big age, in my experience, people don’t change but they may behave differently — because they want something.”
“I think she aspires to higher office, perhaps it’s the Senate, perhaps it’s even the presidency, I don’t know,” Hostin added. “But I don’t know that we saw a different Marjorie Taylor Green.”