Okay, buckle up, everyone, because the “brain trust” over at ‘The View’ has been at it again, serving up their daily dose of enlightened wisdom that leaves most of America scratching their heads – or roaring with laughter. It seems like just yesterday one of them was probably trying to explain how shelling out seven bucks for a gallon of gas is actually a sign of President Trump’s booming economy, or perhaps lecturing us common people on how traditional family values are secretly a plot to… well, they probably lost the thread on that one too.

These are the same intellectual giants who regularly get basic facts so spectacularly wrong, you’d think they were auditioning for a comedy sketch. Remember that time they confidently rewrote a piece of American history on air, only for the internet to collectively hand them a dunce cap within minutes? Or when they tried to cancel a beloved children’s cartoon for not being sufficiently “intersectional”? It’s a daily masterclass in how to be confidently incorrect and perpetually aggrieved, all while sipping from their mugs of liberal self-righteousness.

And just when you thought their takes couldn’t get any more baffling, the ladies of ‘The View’ have set their sights on the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV. Sunny Hostin, who often reminds everyone of her “devout” Catholic faith (usually right before she champions a cause directly opposing Church teaching), was particularly troubled. She lamented the Pope’s past statements, specifically a 2012 address where he, get this, sounded like an actual Catholic. “I’m a little concerned about this choice for the LGBTQ+ community,” Hostin fretted, quoting his warning about “beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel.” The horror!

Surprise! Ancestry Overrides Theology

But then, a miraculous transformation occurred, one that would make water-into-wine look like a cheap party trick. News broke that Pope Leo XIV – formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago – had Black and Haitian ancestry. And just like that, Hostin’s deep theological concerns evaporated faster than a puddle in the Arizona sun. The Pope’s traditional views? Yesterday’s news! His race? Now that was something to celebrate.

As The Daily Wire reported, Hostin’s tune changed dramatically:

From ‘The Daily Wire’:

“As it turns out, our new American pope has Haitian and black roots! So, we actually have a black pope! Apparently — it’s like a chef’s kiss for me — so apparently both of his maternal grandparents are described as black, Haitian, or mulatto in several census documents. And on their marriage license, his birth — the grandfather’s birthplace is Haiti, listed as Haiti, her birthplace is listed as born in New Orleans. They were identified as people of color, but in 1920 when they migrated to Chicago, the census reflected their race as white.”

The “Woke” Conversion: Suddenly, He’s Just Grand!

“It’s a chef’s kiss for me,” Hostin gushed, adding, “It’s good to have a black pope!” Suddenly, she was “loving everything about this new pope.” Co-host Ana Navarro quickly chimed in with her agreement. The Pope’s views on marriage and the LGBTQ+ community, which were deeply problematic just moments before, were now presumably just minor details. Because, you see, what truly matters in the enlightened world of ‘The View’ isn’t the content of one’s character, or in this case, one’s theological consistency, but the color of one’s skin or their ancestral ZIP code.

Hostin even managed to drag President Trump into it, because of course she did. “There’s one other thing that’s also very interesting to me because President Trump, as you remember, called Haiti a certain type of country,” she mused, as if that somehow retroactively sanctified her newfound approval of the Pope. It’s a classic liberal two-step: when in doubt, invoke Trump. Meanwhile, Sara Haines, who isn’t Catholic, even tried to muddy the waters by mentioning “unsupported” allegations against the Pope, demonstrating the panel’s general eagerness to find fault until a diversity box could be ticked.

The whiplash is almost too much. One minute, Pope Leo XIV is a potential threat to progressive values. The next, he’s a “chef’s kiss” because of his heritage. It’s a stunning display of how, for many on the Left, identity politics isn’t just a factor; it’s the only factor that truly matters, capable of overriding deeply held “concerns” and even, it seems, one’s “devout” faith. For those of us who believe in principles over pigmentation, and substance over superficiality, it’s just another Monday (or Tuesday, or Wednesday…) watching ‘The View’.

Key Takeaways:

• ‘The View’ hosts decried the new Pope’s traditionalism until his ancestry met their ‘woke’ approval.
• Sunny Hostin’s “concerns” vanished when identity politics overrode the Pope’s actual Catholic doctrine.
• This flip-flop exposes the Left’s shallow hypocrisy: identity trumps principle and even professed faith.

Sources: Daily Wire, Daily Wire