Sunny Hostin came under fire from her co-hosts on The View after claiming that the solar eclipse, the recent New York City earthquake, and the arrival of cicadas are all linked to climate change.
The View co-hosts got into a heated debate Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse, which saw millions of Americans take to the streets to see the rare celestial phenomenon.
Hostin, 55, began by saying that the total solar eclipse, the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook New York City last week and the imminent arrival of billions of red-eyed insects are possible signs of climate change.
‘We have a solar eclipse. We have the earthquake,’ Hostin said. “All of those factors together could lead us to believe that there is climate change or that something significant is happening.”
Co-host Joy Behar responded to her claims by saying: ‘Except earthquakes are not at the mercy of climate change. It’s underground. Can not.’
Sunny Hostin came under fire from her co-hosts on The View after claiming that the solar eclipse, last week’s earthquake and the arrival of cicadas are all linked to climate change.
The View co-hosts got into a heated debate on Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse.
Millions of Americans took to the streets to watch the total solar eclipse as conspiracy theories emerged surrounding the rare celestial phenomenon. Pictured: The solar eclipse seen in Dallas, Texas
The discussion began with Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of The View and former White House communications director, joking about the “apocalypse” theories surrounding this rare phenomenon.
‘So what’s a little crazy is that with the earthquake on Friday and then the eclipse today, people are having all kinds of conspiracies about the end of the world.
And then I read on the Internet that the epicenter of the earthquake was actually in Bedminster, New Jersey. Fun fact: It originated with Trump.”
Hostin intervened but had trouble pronouncing “cicadas,” and co-host Whoopi Goldberg attempted to correct her.
“I heard the cicadas are coming,” Hostin said, pronouncing the word like “sick-ah-duhs,” and Goldberg repeated “Cicadas,” with the pronunciation “sick-cay-duhs.”
“It’s the first time in a hundred years,” Hostin continued, trying to make his point when Goldberg interrupted him.
‘No no no. There are two different types of cicadas. It happens every 17 years,” Goldberg stated firmly.
Two different broods of cicadas will emerge this year in more than a dozen states, mating and laying millions more eggs.
The insects, known for the cries they make, hibernate in cycles of 13 or 17 years, but a group of each will emerge together for the first time since the 19th century.
The discussion began with Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of The View and former White House communications director, joking about the “apocalypse” theories surrounding this rare phenomenon.
Two different broods of cicadas will emerge this year in more than a dozen states, mating and laying millions more eggs. Pictured: an adult Brood X periodical cicada
Hostin was not deterred by his co-hosts and continued: “All of those things together, maybe it would lead one to believe that climate change exists or that something is really happening,” Hostin said.
“Or Jesus will return,” Farah Griffin joked, followed by Behar making a distinction between the earthquake and climate change.
Behar claimed that the earthquake could not be caused by climate change because it occurred underground.
‘How about global warming?’ Hostin questioned her.
“No, it happens,” Whoopi Goldberg said. “And the eclipse, they knew it was coming because eclipses happen, and they can actually tell when these things are going to happen.”
Total solar eclipses occur when the moon moves directly in front of the sun; It should not be confused with the opposite, which would be a lunar eclipse.
Texas was the first to see the moon completely block the face of the sun, and the eclipse later spread to 15 states in the country.
A family watches the solar eclipse from Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine, on Monday, April 8, in one of the last viewings of the day.
People gather on the National Mall to watch the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Washington, DC
More than 400,000 people traveled to Dallas to get in the spotlight during the solar eclipse — more than 1 million eclipse tourists in the Lone Star State on Monday.
Nikki Main of DailyMail.com in Dallas reported that most of the “cosmic tourists” she interacted with had flown in from California, where the view of the eclipse was somewhat miserable.
The eclipse caused animals at the Dallas Zoo to panic as the sky darkened while crowds along the event path applauded the eclipse.
As the eclipse passed its midpoint in its path across the US, areas that have already passed their portion of totality reported immediate traffic causing chaos on the roads.
Crowds gathered in skyscrapers to watch the rare phenomenon as the Big Apple plunged into 90 percent darkness Monday afternoon.