‘The View’ Co-Host Sunny Hostion Compares January 6 to Holocaust, Slavery

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin on Monday included Jan. 6 on a list of the worst moments in history, along with the Holocaust. Second World War and slavery.

“You don’t move on, because January 6 was an atrocity. It was one of the worst moments in American history, and when you think about the worst moments in American history, you know, like World War II, things that happened, you know, like the Holocaust, chattel slavery, we should never forget because the past becomes prologue if you forget it and erase it,” Hostin said.

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former aide to President-elect Donald Trump, echoed the Democrats’ defeat, noting that “yes, democracy matters, but if you can’t pay your bills, it’s hard to care about something so nebulous.” as democracy.”

“I think the warning signs were there, and I say that with all due respect to Joe Biden. I didn’t disagree with a word he said in that (Washington Post) op-edBut people said that we are worried about your age. He waited until August and then gave Kamala Harris this hint to run for president. “All the warning signs were there,” Griffin added.

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He continued: “It was the Democrats, they had the opportunity to stop Donald Trump from being inaugurated and here we are, but I hope the whitewashing of January 6 ends. It was not okay and it never will be okay, no matter how many people lie about it. In my opinion book, this was avoidable.

Co-host Sara Haines said January 6 should be commemorated and videos of the riots should be played every year.

“The important thing is to commemorate it every year in some way, not compare it to 9/11 because, again, it’s not an equivalent, but there are people alive today, including my niece, who didn’t know about 9/11. “So when you talk “With someone who was alive during that time, you have a visceral fear response that takes you back to that moment,” Haines said.

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The co-hosts also discussed an op-ed written by President Biden denouncing the January 6 riots, writing, “The election will be certified peacefully.”

Published on Monday, Biden’s essay marked the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, when Trump supporters stormed the building and disrupted election certification procedures following Biden’s 2020 election victory. The op-ed focused on Trump’s promises. Biden to respect the peaceful transition of power.

Trump has promised to forgive the January 6 rioters from day one.

“I’m going to look at everything. We’ll look at individual cases,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker last month. “But I’m going to act very quickly.”

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“Day one, I’m looking at day one. These people have been there, how long? Three, four years,” Trump said. “They’ve been there for years. And they’re in a disgusting, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.”