“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin put January 6 on an inventory of the worst moments in historical past on Monday, alongside the Holocaust, World Warfare II and slavery.
“You don’t transfer on, as a result of January sixth was an atrocity. It was one of many worst moments in American historical past, and when you concentrate on the worst moments in American historical past, you recognize, like World Warfare II, issues that occurred, you recognize, just like the Holocaust, chattel slavery. We have to always remember as a result of previous turns into prologue in the event you neglect and erase,” Hostin mentioned.Â
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former aide to President-elect Donald Trump, rehashed the Democrats’ loss and famous that, “sure, democracy issues, however in the event you can’t pay your payments, it’s onerous to care about one thing as nebulous as democracy.”
“I feel that the warning indicators have been there, and I say this with due respect to Joe Biden. I didn’t disagree with a phrase he mentioned in that [Washington Post] op-ed, however folks have been saying we now have concern about your age. He waited till August after which gave Kamala Harris this runway to run for president. All of the warning indicators have been there,” Griffin added.Â
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Sunny Hostin provides Jan. 6 to listing of worst moments in historical past alongside Holocaust, slavery and WWII. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
She continued, “This was Democrats, that they had the prospect to cease Donald Trump from being inaugurated and right here we’re, however I hope the whitewashing of January sixth ends. It wasn’t proper and it by no means will probably be, irrespective of how a lot folks lie about it. This was avoidable in my guide.”Â
Co-host Sara Haines mentioned January 6 needs to be commemorated and mentioned video clips of the riot needs to be replayed yearly.
“The essential factor is to commemorate it yearly in a approach, to not evaluate it to 9/11 as a result of, once more, it’s not an equal, however there are folks alive immediately, together with my niece, who didn’t know 9/11. So whenever you speak to anybody that was alive throughout that point, you might have a visceral concern response that takes you again there,” Haines mentioned.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout a information convention at Mar-a-Lago, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Seaside, Fla. (AP/Evan Vucci)
The co-hosts additionally mentioned an op-ed written by President Biden decrying the January 6 riot and wrote, “The election will probably be licensed peacefully.”
Revealed on Monday, Biden’s essay marked the fourth anniversary of the January 6 Capitol Hill riot when Trump’s supporters stormed the constructing and disrupted the election certification proceedings following Biden’s 2020 election victory. The opinion piece targeted on Biden’s guarantees to respect the peaceable transition of energy.
Trump has promised to pardon January 6 rioters on day one.
“I’m going to have a look at the whole lot. We’ll take a look at particular person circumstances,” Trump advised NBC Information’ Kristen Welker final month. “However I’m going to be appearing in a short time.”
Donald Trump mentioned he deliberate to pardon the Jan. 6 protesters on day one. (Screenshot/NBC)
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“First day, I am wanting first day. These folks have been there — how lengthy is it? Three, 4 years,” Trump mentioned. “They’ve been in there for years. And so they’re in a dirty, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.”
