On Tuesday, The View co-host Sunny Hostin continued the peculiar media talking point that the victims in the Las Vegas shooting were "fellow Republicans," or in some way affiliated with the GOP:

I really believe that if there are certain politicians that — the wake-up call didn't come when 20 six-year-olds were murdered — I can't imagine that this shooting of, perhaps, fellow Republicans, uh [stammers], country music lovers —

Whoopi Goldberg interjected: "Democrats, people. Americans — just Americans."

Hostin continued:

Democrats, Americans. I don't think that [inaudible] change anything.

A similar soundbite was heard on Monday when CNN’s Jeff Zeleny said: "Something else I think to keep in mind, a lot of these country music supporters were likely Trump supporters."

Zeleny and Hostin’s remarks seem to imply that in the minds of progressives, the only possible way President Trump and Republicans in Congress might be moved to act is if their constituents were hurting — and even then, notes Hostin, she’s not sure.

It’s difficult to say what Zeleny and Hostin expect as a reaction to such comments.