Sunny Hostin Invokes The “Sentiments” of JD Vance In The Wake of Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s Passing: “I Think That If You Celebrate Someone’s Death, You Should Be Fired”

Published March 23, 2026, 12:12 p.m. ET

It’s not everyday that Sunny Hostin agrees with JD Vance, but The View co-host cited past criticisms from the Vice President in order to make a case about President Donald Trump‘s recent “inappropriate” behavior.

The co-hosts discussed Trump’s March 21 Truth Social post addressing the passing of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who died on March 20 at age 81.

“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” Trump wrote. “He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

Sunny Hostin recalled when she “first saw that social post” from the president, noting that she “thought that that was something beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency.”

“And then I remembered a couple of months back what JD Vance said about Charlie Kirk‘s death,” she said, referring to a Sept. 17, 2025 interview of the Vice President on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime.

Vance had told Jesse Watters at the time that “the First Amendment protects a lot of very ugly speech, but if you celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, you should not be protected from being fired for being a disgusting person.”

After a clip of the interview played, Hostin aligned Vance’s criticisms of those celebrating the death of the assassination of the conservative activist to Trump celebrating Mueller’s death.

“And I agree with those sentiments. I think that if you celebrate someone’s death, you should be fired. I think it’s inappropriate, especially coming from the president of the United States,” she elaborated.

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Hostin continued citing Mueller’s credits, telling viewers that in addition to being “the sixth FBI Director in our country,” he was a Bronze Star combat Vietnam veteran, the recipient of a purple heart, and also “went back to the Justice Department as a line prosecutor to prosecute homicides at the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

“He then also was a special prosecutor brought back into the fold and asked to do a job, which was to investigate Donald Trump’s campaign’s possible ties to Russia,” she said. “He was doing his job.”

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