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.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was grilled by the hosts of ABC News’ “The View” on Tuesday, defending his decision to stiff arm left-wing lawmakers and join with Republicans to pass a government funding bill last Friday.