‘The View’ Co-Host Appears To Upset Panelist As She States DEI ‘Has Not Accomplished Things’

“The View” co-host Sara Haines visibly upset Sunny Hostin Thursday as she argued that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs have “not accomplished things.”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing” in the federal government and scrap all affirmative action in federal contracting. Haines said DEI is “great in theory,” but the programs that have been implemented “have been a bureaucracy of money suck,” prompting a debate between herself and Hostin.

“One of the criticisms against DEI is — diversity, equity and inclusion, all great in theory. But the DEI programs have not accomplished things. They’ve been a bureaucracy of money suck that have not gotten anywhere,” Haines said. “When you say people are threatened, what do you think the removal of DEI is going to do to those people?”

“I can tell you that because the removal of DEI actually at this point in time … but they also stopped this thing, these ridiculous executive orders, what they are doing is also eliminating the protections for discrimination in awarding government contracts. And to be clear, that is going to hurt women, that is going to hurt business,” Hostin said.

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Haines cited previous statements made by the University of Michigan’s Black Student Union, who alleged that DEI initiatives were ineffective because they did “not sufficiently allow for Black students’ input to influence the development of University programs,” according