The View's Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg defended Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman after he pulled a fire alarm on Saturday on the way to a House vote.
was divided on Monday over whether Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., had purposefully pulled the fire alarm inside a congressional building on his way to delay a House vote Saturday on a bill to avoid a government shutdown.
after he claimed that he was rushing to cast his vote and pulled the alarm by mistake in an attempt to exit the building.adamantly defended the congressman on Monday's show. Hostin said she personally knew Bowman and believed he"panicked" when he couldn't open the door, which were marked as emergency exits. She compared the situation to being trapped in an elevator. Sunny Hostin defended Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.
"So yes, sometimes you’re freaking out, and you’re in an elevator, and you’re pressing all the buttons," she added while gesturing frantically.pulled the alarmGoldberg suggested the Democrat wasn't paying attention in his rush to vote, and"pressed a button" in an attempt to open the door. Whoopi Goldberg argued Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., was in a rush to get to the House vote when he pulled the fire alarm.
As show producers put up a photo showing the clearly marked fire alarm adjacent to the doors that Bowman pulled, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin teased,"I don't know, it seems pretty fire alarm-y to me."
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