<p>Sunny Hostin slammed Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL) on Wednesday, claiming it was unwise for him to announce a presidential bid with someone &#8220;unpopular&#8221; like Elon Musk — only to get fact-checked on air by her own producer before she could even finish the sentence.</p>
<p>Hostin, who has repeatedly attacked DeSantis throughout his tenure as governor, said during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; that his decision to announce his 2024 bid alongside Musk would miss the mark. She went on to claim that Musk&#8217;s approval ratings were &#8220;in the toilet&#8221; — and then reacted in shock when she learned that the Twitter owner was actually more &#8220;favorable&#8221; than either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The View&#39;s Sunny Hostin on Elon Musk:  &quot;I don’t know what his approval rating is, but it’s, like, in the toilet &#8212; oh, I&#39;m sorry, I was just told that he’s more favorable than Biden and Trump, which scares me.&quot;</p>
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<p>&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1661445542608601092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Hostin began by attacking DeSantis&#8217; decision to announce his 2024 presidential bid via Twitter during an event with the platform owner, saying that only 20% of Americans were even on Twitter — and of those, only a percentage were the loud ones driving the conversation.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re hearing from such a small group of people,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And the you compare a Twitter announcement with Elon Musk, who — I don&#8217;t know what his approval rating is, but it&#8217;s like in the toilet &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Hostin paused and the audience laughed, but then the host&#8217;s facial expression changed as she apparently listened to her earpiece. &#8220;He&#8217;s — ah — I was just told he&#8217;s more favorable than Biden and Trump, which — scares me. But, ah, so it&#8217;s 47%, When you compare that to Joe Biden&#8217;s video, that — when he announced, which was, &#8216;I&#8217;m here to save the soul of the nation,&#8217; I think so many people felt that and related to it.&#8221;</p>
<p>The poll Hostin&#8217;s producer <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/politics/elon-musk-just-smoked-trump-putin-and-biden-in-a-key-poll#:~:text=The%20poll%20found%20that%2047,and%2037%25%20favorable%2Funfavorable." target="_blank" rel="noopener">likely referenced</a> was conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX from May 17-18, 2023, and it found that Musk had a 47% favorable rating and a 33% unfavorable rating (net rating +14). In that same poll, Trump received a 46% favorable rating and a 47% unfavorable rating (net rating -1); DeSantis received a 45% favorable rating and a 37% unfavorable rating (net rating +8); and Biden received a 42% favorable rating and a 52% unfavorable rating (net rating -10).</p>
<p>According to FiveThirtyEight, <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/ron-desantis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seven of eight recent polls</a> show DeSantis with a positive favorability rating. In comparison, Joe Biden <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comes up negative</a> in five out of five recent polls on favorability. Trump <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comes up negative</a> in six of eight recent favorability polls and breaks even on the other two.</p>
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<p>DeSantis is expected to make his official entry into the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday, joining a growing primary field that includes the former president, Senator Tim Scott, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and Vivek Ramaswamy.</p>

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