Sunny Hostin “Sick and tired of the tropes” of “black women, as too ambitious, disloyal and rubbing people the wrong way”

Reacting to a CNN article about CNN narrowing down his VP list, Sunny Hostin of “The View” tweeted:

Sick and tired of the tropes bandied about by white men labeling women, especially black women, as too ambitious, disloyal and rubbing people the wrong way (code for aggressive).

Democrats need to remember that Black Women are the backbone of the party

Sick and tired of the tropes bandied about by white men labeling women, especially black women, as too ambitious, disloyal and rubbing people the wrong way (code for aggressive). Democrats need to remember that Black Women are the backbone of the party https://t.co/YqNY1bAxci

— Sunny Hostin (@sunny) July 31, 2020

Joy Reid of MSNBC replied “Amen, sister.”

Amen, sister.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 1, 2020