'The View' co-host warns cast mates not to demonize ICE and military personnel over LA riots

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on Wednesday warned her co-hosts against "demonizing" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their discussion about the Los Angeles riots. 

"I think Trump is not doing this just for optics," co-host Sunny Hostin said. "I think that this is a test case so that he can dismantle some of our institutions. I think it's a power grab. I think he is trying to use the might of the military to suppress people's rights. I think that is very clear. When you use the military against your own citizens, that is a sign of fascism. That is just the truth."

Griffin then urged the co-hosts to be careful not to "take the bait," as Hostin insisted that she didn't think it was bait. 

"I haven't made my point yet," Griffin said. "The ICE agents, those are nonpartisan actors, for the most part, who signed up for jobs and served under multiple administrations. They did not necessarily sign up to be doing this, and they're following an order of the commander-in-chief."

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg and Hostin said they weren't demonizing them. 

Griffin added, "I think it's important to remember it's the commander-in-chief that made the decision. They're following the orders." 

Goldberg then made a seeming comparison to Germany in the 1930s, saying, "Where have you heard that before? 'I'm just following orders from the commander-in-chief.'"

Goldberg agreed with co-host Sara Haines, who said she didn't blame the National Guard or the Marines, but said they needed to be careful.

Goldberg agreed and then went on to say construction companies and more would have a harder time getting people to work without immigrants.