ABC via SnapStream On Friday, The View closed out Season 29 in a true-to-them fashion: proving how uninformed they were while speaking like an expert authority on a policy matter. While trying to downplay the 400 illegal votes and 6,600 illegal registered voters on New Jersey’s rolls and dismissing the need for the SAVE Act, ABC’s Sunny Hostin suggested that only five states required voters present I.D. Even after being schooled on it, she argued that voter I.D. was just like having black people “count jelly beans in a jar.”During a segment where they finally discussed New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill announcing the DMV snafu that allowed non-citizen to register to vote and cast ballots, Hostin paid lip service to the problem.“I do think we need to acknowledge and recognize that 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote is a problem,” she admitted. “400 noncitizens went on to cast ballots. That's problematic.”And yet, Hostin followed up but by arguing that it was not that bad in practice:However, to call it widespread voter fraud is just absolutely misleading. It's absolutely ridiculous because if you look at the last election that Mikie Sherrill did win, it would amount -- 400 ineligible votes would amount to 0.01 of a percent of all votes cast. Okay? So there's no widespread voter fraud. The View falsely claims the SAVE Act is about keeping everyone from voting and downplay the 400 illegal votes in New Jersey as not a big deal:SARA HAINES: But 90 percent of U.S. citizens have some form of I.D. Whereas, only about half of Americans have passports so this… pic.twitter.com/jb4LDGNOUC— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 24, 2026 For all the righteous indignation Hostin was speaking with, she would later go on to accidentally prove just how little she knew about voting in America despite the show constantly opposing the SAVE Act.While co-host Ana Navarro was explaining her general support for voter I.D. (but not the SAVE Act), Hostin jumped in and suggest that only “about five states” required I.D. to vote. Navarro and co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin jumped in to inform Hostin that a supermajority of the states actually required it:NAVARRO: Like most Americans, I am in favor of requiring some sort of government issued I.D. Maybe it's because I live in Florida where it is a requirement and for me it's such a non-issue.HOSTIN: There are about five states where it's required. Right?NAVARRO: No. No. No. It's about 36.FARAH GRIFFIN (in unison with Navarro): It's about 36.HOSTIN: 36? Okay.NAVARRO: So, most states. <Uninformed and ignorant. Sunny Hostin is shocked to learn that 26 states (a supermajority) already require an ID to vote. She thought it was "about 5 states where's it's required":NAVARRO: I actually - I will tell you, like most Americans, I am in favor of requiring some sort… pic.twitter.com/5RNMCuSC5z— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 24, 2026 Hostin would later go on to talk about voting in her home state of New York, saying: “it's not required to have any sort of I.D. to vote.” Of course, she wasn’t being entirely truthful. In New York, you need to show I.D. when you register to vote. Or perhaps, she was ignorant about that too.Being so clearly unequipped to have the discussion was merely a small speed bump for Hostin. She would later equate showing I.D. to vote to Jim Crow laws and requiring black people to “count jellybeans on a jar” and making them “answer citizenship questions.”“I believe that it [The SAVE Act] will disproportionately affect African Americans voters. I believe that in my soul!” she exclaimed. “I won't support it.” Hostin (who thought only 5 states required ID, until a couple minutes ago) goes on to equate requiring ID to vote to having black people "count jelly beans in a jar" and "having to answer citizenship questions." "I believe that in my soul" she proclaimed:HOSTIN: You know, the… pic.twitter.com/KNXM6oatAz— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 24, 2026 Again, Hostin could not be bothered to Google how many states require I.D. to vote, meanwhile she’s been denouncing the SAVE Act for months.This was the perfect end to The View’s season, blowing hot air about a topic they knew little about while speaking with the righteous indignation of a moral authority on the matter. Essentially giving the FCC further proof they were not a “bona fide news program” after all.The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:ABC’s The ViewJuly 24, 202611:03:34 a.m. Eastern(…)SARA HAINES: But 90 percent of U.S. citizens have some form of I.D. Whereas, only about half of Americans have passports so this actually is.JOY BEHAR: Or pastaports.HAINES: Yeah. That means it is reducing the voting public. You're making it harder when the percentages at the polls are already, i think, too low for this country, and what a vote means.BEHAR: So they really don't want us to vote, is the point.HAINES: Some of us.[Crosstalk]SUNNY HOSTIN: I do think we need to acknowledge and recognize that 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote is a problem.HAINES: Yes.HOSTIN: Right. I think we should recognize that. I think that's appropriate, 400 noncitizens went on to cast ballots. That's problematic.However, to call it widespread voter fraud is just absolutely misleading. It's absolutely ridiculous because if you look at the last election that Mikie Sherrill did win, it would amount -- 400 ineligible votes would amount to 0.01 of a percent of all votes cast. Okay? So there's no widespread voter fraud.But I will say this: comparing our vote to a pasta card, like voting rights are foundational in a functional democracy. Pasta purchases are not, and so -ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I beg to differ.ANA NAVARRO: Honey, they're just throwing spaghetti at the wall.HOSTIN: Correct. Nice one. I see what you did there. It's absurd.(…)11:05:55 a.m. EasternNAVARRO: I actually - I will tell you, like most Americans, I am in favor of requiring some sort of government issued I.D. Maybe it's because I live in Florida where it is a requirement and for me it's such a non-issue.HOSTIN: There are about five states where it's required. Right?NAVARRO: No. No. No. It's about 36.FARAH GRIFFIN (in unison with Navarro): It's about 36.HOSTIN: 36? Okay.NAVARRO: So, most states.(…)11:07:13 a.m. EasternHOSTIN: You know, the reason I'm not in favor of the SAVE Act, in New York you don't -- it's not required to have any sort of I.D. to vote. I believe that it will disproportionately affect African Americans voters. I believe that in my soul! And African Americans fought and decided for the right to vote in this country![Applause]And I just -- I think it's a very slippery slope. If you know your history, it reminds me of having to count jelly beans in a jar. It reminds me of having to take - answer citizenship questions for black people to vote and I am just not -- I won't support it.[Crosstalk]NAVARRO: But Sunny, there is a difference between Alyssa and I supporting voter I.D. requirement and supporting the SAVE Act. They are two different things -HAINES: Yeah, that's very different.NAVARRO: - because there's a bunch of other stuff they've put in the SAVE Act -HOSTIN: They have.NAVARRO: - to make it more difficult for everyone to vote.HOSTIN: I believe it's a slippery slope.FARAH GRIFFIN: But it's only about one percent of Americans that don't have some form of I.D. that would be needed to vote. It's actually much smaller than it used to be. And considering like you say this all the time black women are the most educated demographic.HOSTIN: True.FARAH GRIFFIN: Yeah, black women have I.D.s. They're showing gup, they're engaged.HOSTIN: That part is true.(…)