Greg Gutfeld SLAMS Sunny Hostin’s ‘unsafe around American flags’ claim
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld has launched a fiery critique against Sunny Hostin’s recent statements on ‘The View.’ Hostin claimed she feels uneasy when she sees American flags, associating them with white supremacy. In a move highlighting what he sees as a changing concept of patriotism among Democrats, Gutfeld sarcastically referenced Hostin’s family history, suggesting that her Caribbean ancestors owning slaves is a more verifiable truth than the feelings she expressed.
Meanwhile, on a United Airlines flight from Atlanta to Newark Liberty International Airport, a New Jersey man, Sam Saadeh, found himself at the center of a different controversy. Saadeh was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the message, “Bombing kids is not self defense,” when he was approached by a United supervisor. The airline worker informed him that the flight attendant found the shirt’s message offensive, according to a report by CBS New York.
Saadeh recounted feeling bewildered during the encounter, noting, “He was like, ‘Hey, the flight attendant finds your shirt offensive.'” The situation escalated when Saadeh was faced with an ultimatum from the airline personnel: either change the shirt or be barred from the flight. This led to a moment of perplexity for Saadeh, who wondered why his anti-war sentiment was deemed inappropriate attire for flying.
Saadeh told the outlet he was “very confused” when he was pulled aside.
“He was like, ‘Hey, the flight attendant finds your shirt offensive,'” Saadeh recalled. “I was like, ‘Why?’ He goes, ‘Here are the choices. Either you change your shirt or you can’t get on this flight.'”
According to CBS New York, Saadeh said he ultimately changed shirts because he wanted to make it home but described the interaction as humiliating and said airline personnel were unable to explain why the message violated company policy.
United Airlines confirmed to News Media that Saadeh ultimately traveled on the flight after changing his shirt.
A United Airlines plane bound for LAX turned around mid-flight after a “potential security concern.” (Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“This customer flew as scheduled after changing his shirt,” a United Media Relations spokesperson told News Media. “That’s all we’ll have to share.”
United’s Contract of Carriage states the airline may refuse transportation to passengers who are “not properly clothed, or whose clothing is lewd, obscene or offensive.”
News Media has not independently verified the passenger’s account, and United declined to provide additional details about why the shirt was deemed offensive.
Saadeh, who is of Palestinian descent, told CBS New York the shirt was intended to advocate for children and oppose violence regardless of nationality or ethnicity. He also said he filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation and is consulting with attorneys.
Protesters held banners and chanted slogans during a demonstration against Israeli tourists arriving aboard the Israeli-owned cruise ship MS Crown Iris at the port of Piraeus in Athens on June 3, 2026. (Aggelos Nakkas/AFP)
Wear the Peace, the organization behind the shirt, also posted screenshots on Facebook of what it said was an email Saadeh sent describing the incident.
In the email, Saadeh wrote that a United flight attendant first asked what his shirt said before a supervisor later asked him to get off the plane.
According to the email, the supervisor told Saadeh the flight attendant was offended by the shirt because it contained the word “bomb” and said he would have to change it or he would not be allowed to remain on the flight.
Saadeh also wrote that after landing in Newark, a United representative told him other passengers had complained because they found the shirt offensive and felt unsafe.
In a Facebook post, Wear the Peace said the shirt was “a peaceful statement, not a threat” intended to draw attention to the deaths of children in Gaza.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft prepares for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10, 2025. A United flight was diverted to Pittsburgh on Saturday after a reported security issue. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
“The message does not encourage violence, threaten anyone, or suggest that the person wearing it intends to harm others,” the organization wrote.
In a follow-up Facebook post, the organization disputed the explanation that the word “bomb” prompted concern, arguing there was an important distinction between the phrase “Bombing kids is not self defense” and language suggesting a passenger posed a threat.
“The shirt did not say, ‘I have a bomb.’ It said, ‘Bombing kids is not self defense,'” the organization wrote, adding that clothing containing words such as “TNT” or “killer” is not typically treated as a security concern.
Wear the Peace also claimed one of its members recently flew on a United flight alongside a passenger wearing an Israel Defense Forces shirt without incident, arguing the airline applied its policy inconsistently.
News Media has reached out to the U.S. Department of Transportation to confirm receipt of Saadeh’s complaint, inquire whether the agency is reviewing the incident, and request comment on the allegations that a passenger was required to change his clothing before being allowed to travel.