On ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests involved “very limited destruction of property” as she argued against comparing them with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Separate insurance-industry estimates have put insured losses from the most destructive early period of the 2020 unrest at roughly $1 billion to $2 billion, while the number of deaths associated with the protests has varied across media tallies depending on definitions.
Sunny Hostin, a co-host of ABC’s daytime talk show “The View,” pushed back on attempts to equate the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
During a Thursday episode, Hostin said there was “very limited destruction of property” as she responded to criticism of the 2020 protests and a co-host’s comments about political reactions to bail fundraising tied to the demonstrations.
Independent estimates and reporting, however, show that while many 2020 demonstrations were peaceful, some cities experienced significant vandalism, arson and looting. Property Claim Services, an insurance-industry tracker cited by Axios, estimated that insured losses from unrest between May 26 and June 8, 2020, would result in at least $1 billion to $2 billion in paid insurance claims—surpassing the prior benchmark from the 1992 Los Angeles unrest tied to the Rodney King case.
Counts of deaths linked to the 2020 protests have been less consistent. A widely cited early media tally put the number at 19 over a two-week span, but later reviews have noted that some deaths occurred near protests without a clear causal connection to demonstrators, highlighting how totals can change depending on what is included.
The episode also touched on grocery prices, but the claim that a dozen eggs costs “around $10” could not be verified from the available source material for this story. National consumer price data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show average retail egg prices have typically been well below $10 per dozen in recent months, though prices can vary widely by region and store.
