Sunny Hostin Complained About Lindsey Graham's Sister Becoming a US Senator. Her Reason Is Unreal.

Sunny Hostin heard that Lindsey Graham's sister might land a Senate seat and reached for the one insult that's currently trending on cable news: DEI. Never mind that DEI, as a term, describes hiring or appointment decisions made to boost representation of historically underrepresented groups. A senator's sibling getting a political opportunity because of family connections is called nepotism. That word has existed for centuries. It did not require a rebrand in 2020.

This is the tell. The View doesn't actually object to insider politics, family dynasties, or favors traded among the connected. Half of Washington runs on exactly that, and plenty of Democratic dynasties have built entire careers on a famous last name. What they object to is a Republican benefiting from anything, so they grab whatever buzzword is lying around and slap it on. It just happens that "DEI" is the wrong tool for this particular job, which makes the complaint sound less like a political critique and more like word association.

We'd take these DEI callouts more seriously if the people making them could define the term they're using as a weapon. Instead it's become a catchall insult for "thing done by conservative I dislike," stripped of its actual meaning and deployed purely for vibes. That's not commentary, it's a tic. If Hostin wants to argue that a senator's relative shouldn't be handed a Senate seat, fine, make that case on the merits. Just use the right word for it, or better yet, apply the standard consistently to your own side too.