'The View' host warns against public harassment: 'We live in a very big gun country ... It may not end well'
Sara Haines: 'Harassing people' like Kyrsten Sinema in a bathroom won't bring about change
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Left-wing activists following and filming Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., in a bathroom attracted plenty of criticism this week, but one co-host of "The View" warned of possible bloodshed if such tactics continued.
During a discussion of Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., who have held up a $3.5-trillion Biden administration spending package over price concerns, Sara Haines objected to public confrontation tactics to change their minds.
The antics came to a head Sunday when activists stalked Sinema into a bathroom at Arizona State University, where she teaches in addition to her Senate duties.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I don't think the way this was handled, following someone into a bathroom is [never] a good idea," Haines said. "In this day and age where we live in a very big gun country … Over 300 million guns across this country. When you confront people, it may not end well. It's not going to effectuate change most likely when you're harassing people."
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Co-host Joy Behar cut in to boast of a time she confronted then-Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, at a restaurant over what she deemed his obstruction of President Barack Obama.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Senate Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., questions witnesses during a hearing on 2020 census on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The show's liberal hosts have repeatedly expressed frustration with Sinema and Manchin for not getting onboard with Biden, with Behar calling them "enemies" of democracy last week.
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Co-host Sunny Hostin agreed that the bathroom incident was wrong but fumed at Sinema for not being more responsive.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We shouldn't be following a Senator into the bathroom. They should have just waited for her to come out," she said. "Talk to her then … But she never answers questions … She doesn't answer questions outside of the bathroom. She doesn't answer questions inside of the bathroom. She doesn't answer questions on the plane."
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CNN commentator Ana Navarro, who frequently appears on "The View" as a fill-in host, suggested on Twitter Monday that Sinema deserved to be followed into the bathroom for not engaging more with voters.