‘The View’ Hosts Are Pretty Sure That White South Africans Aren’t ‘Truly Refugees’

The hosts of ABC’s “The View” joined a number of other media personalities in claiming that President Donald Trump was only allowing 59 Afrikaners to claim refugee status because they are white — while also claiming that because the Afrikaners are white, they are not “truly refugees.”

Sunny Hostin addressed the issue during Thursday’s broadcast, complaining that the Trump administration had limited refugee status for Afghans and Haitians, to whom she referred as “truly refugees.” Hostin also took a swing at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying she found it to be an “insult” that the former South Dakota Governor holds that position.

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Staunchly racist Sunny Hostin denouncing President Trump granting refugee status to 59 white South Africans. She demands the status for Haitians, who are “truly refugees.”
JOY BEHAR: They’re not white people. That’s why they don’t want them here.
SUNNY HOSTIN: She said it, I… pic.twitter.com/3iBDrey1VO

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“For me, you know, I think one thing — having Kristi Noem be in charge of Homeland Security, in and of itself, is an insult, it’s just an insult,” Hostin began. “And I think something that we’re not talking about — enough about — is what Donald Trump did on Monday: the Trump administration allowed in 59 white South African refugees into this country, claiming that they were fleeing racial discrimination and land appropriation.”

Hostin went on to claim that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had disputed reports of land appropriation and racially motivated discrimination — despite the fact that Ramaphosa himself signed a bill into law in late January that allows the government to expropriate private property for reasons up to and including “to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources.”

The Afrikaners, according to Hostin, did not qualify as refugees. Instead, she referenced refugees from Afghanistan and falsely claimed that the program in place to grant protected status to Afghans “who helped us” during the war had been ended. In fact, the suspended Afghan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program is entirely separate from the more permanent Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program exclusively for Afghans who were allies during the war.

“And so the fact that Afghan refugees — people who helped us during the Afghanistan war — who helped us and protected our troops, that program has been dismissed. The fact that Haitians that are truly refugees, they have been denied protected status.”

“They’re not white people. That’s why they don’t want them here,” cohost Joy Behar suggested.

“She said it, I didn’t,” Hostin agreed.