Sunny Hostin even went so far as to tell him, point blank, "you caved." The grilling began with moderator Whoopi Goldberg though, who went straight for the controversy at hand in the first segment with Schumer.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the current Senate Minority leader, appeared on The View after he lent his support to a Republican spending bill. The controversial choice led to many questions from the co-hosts,