{"id":2208499,"date":"2024-03-28T16:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-gets-wrecked-after-accusing-independent-author-of-being-co-opted-by-republicans\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:29:41","slug":"sunny-hostin-gets-wrecked-after-accusing-independent-author-of-being-co-opted-by-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-gets-wrecked-after-accusing-independent-author-of-being-co-opted-by-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Hostin faces backlash for accusing independent author of Republican influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsunny-hostin-gets-wrecked-after-accusing-independent-author-of-being-co-opted-by-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-would-i-trust-you-twitter-eviscerates-jack-dorseys-track-record-after-he-promotes-newsletter-service\/\" title=\"\u2018Why Would I Trust You?\u2019 Twitter Eviscerates Jack Dorsey\u2019s Track Record After He Promotes Newsletter Service\">independent writer<\/a>, Coleman Hughes, faced accusations on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; of being manipulated by the\u200d political Right due to his stance on race in America. Host Sunny Hostin criticized \u2063Hughes&#8217;\u200b advocacy\u200d for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pushing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-u-s-military-endangers-national-security\/\" title=\"Pushing Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In The U.S. Military Endangers National Security\">color-blind society<\/a>, suggesting it was \u2063a flawed concept. Co-host\u2062 Alyssa Farah Griffin defended Hughes against \u2062claims\u200b of \u2063being aligned with the Right. Coleman Hughes, a prominent independent writer, was accused on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; of being influenced by the political Right regarding his views on race in America. Sunny Hostin criticized Hughes for promoting \u200ba color-blind society, while co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin defended him\u2064 against the allegations of being associated with the Right.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A prominent independent writer was accused on ABC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sunny-hostin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The View<\/a>\u201d this week of being a \u201cpawn\u201d for the political Right because of his views on race in America.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman Hughes, an author and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenlied-trends-on-twitter-as-critics-demand-the-2000-stimulus-checks-he-promised-during-campaign\/\" title=\"#BidenLied Trends On Twitter As Critics Demand The ,000 Stimulus Checks He Promised During Campaign\">podcast host<\/a>, joined the Left-wing show on Wednesday to discuss his book \u201cThe End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Sunny Hostin said that Hughes\u2019 belief that everyone should \u201ctreat people without regard to race\u201d was \u201cfundamentally flawed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hostin tried to use quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. to argue against having a \u201ccolor-blind\u201d society where everyone is treated equally regardless of race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo your argument for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-slams-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz slams critical race theory\">color-blindness<\/a>, I think, is something that the Right has co-opted and so many in the black community, if I\u2019m being honest with you, because I want to be, believe that you are being used as a pawn by the Right and that you\u2019re a charlatan of sorts,\u201d Hostin said.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who is a contributor at CNN, defended Hughes against the allegations, noting: \u201cHe\u2019s not a Republican!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hostin claimed that Hughes has declared that he is a \u201cconservative,\u201d which he denied having said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve been co-opted by anyone. I\u2019ve only voted twice \u2014 both for Democrats. I\u2019m an independent,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cI would vote for a Republican \u2014 probably a non-Trump Republican if they were compelling. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any evidence I\u2019ve been co-opted by anyone and I think that\u2019s an ad-hominem tactic people use to not address, really, the important conversations we\u2019re having here. I think it\u2019s better and it would be better for everyone if we stuck to the topics rather than make it about me without any evidence that I\u2019ve been co-opted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is paying me to say what I\u2019m saying,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe reason I wrote this book is because, in the past 10 years, it has become very popular to, in the name of anti-racism, teach a kind of philosophy to our children, in general, that says your race is everything. And I think that is the wrong way to fight racism, and that\u2019s why I wrote this book at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coldxman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@coldxman<\/a>&#8216;s appearance on The View<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no evidence that I&#8217;ve been co-opted by anyone. I have an independent podcast, I work for CNN as an analyst, I write for The Free Press, I&#8217;m independent in all of these endeavors and no one is paying me to say what I&#8217;m saying&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sFFWv42MHU\">pic.twitter.com\/sFFWv42MHU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jules Terpak (@julesterpak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julesterpak\/status\/1773120245726634118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; stirred controversy accusing independent writer Coleman Hughes of Right-wing ties due to his views on race. Hughes, known for &#8220;The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,&#8221; faced scrutiny on the Left-leaning show for his perspective on racial issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2208500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-28-at-12.52.22-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-28-at-12.52.22-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}