‘The View' Texas Flood Debate Gets Heated After Sunny Hostin Points Out This 'Could Have Been Avoided': 'The Floods Don't Care Who You Voted For'
'The floods don't care who you voted for,' Whoopi Goldberg said as she kicked off the segment. But she also noted, 'People in power have had the opportunity to make changes to the grid, to all of these things we are seeing. I'm just wondering, when is the right time to ask the question then?'
Hostin responded, 'I think now is the right time to ask the question and I understand that people are grieving.' She explained that she recently sent her children away to camps in Maine and New Hampshire. 'The thought that my kids would not be coming back is unfathomable, and I feel such empathy for these families, but this could have been either mitigated or avoided altogether.'
Hostin pointed out that a sirens system could have helped mitigate the tragic loss from the floods, as seen in certain counties where there were no deaths reported.
While Haines agreed that 'sirens are the answer,' she felt that the focus should remain on rescuing victims and survivors.
'Right now, I can't help but imagine that if my children were gone right now and I heard someone say, 'It could have been avoided,' I don't know how I'd take my next step,' she said as tears sprung to her eyes.
Griffin agreed that the focus should be on first responders and victims. 'Action and reports are really importing but politicizing and pointing fingers is not the answer,' she said.
'I don't think its about pointing fingers. I think it's about assessing how this could have been avoided,' Hostin maintained. 'When we have school shootings, everyone sends their thoughts and prayers but they never want to talk about it and then we forget about it because another school shooting happens.'
Goldberg appeared to agree with Hostin as she said the state of Texas has been 'aware' of the necessary safeguards for some time now.
'I'm not pointing a finger at the man in the White House, I'm saying there's a state that is in trouble and has been and it doesn't seem like anything is changing and maybe we need to get on top of that,' Goldberg said.
The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
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