{"id":2387138,"date":"2025-01-06T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-jumps-the-shark-as-sunny-hostin-insults-millions-with-absurd-jan-6-rant\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:04:50","slug":"the-view-jumps-the-shark-as-sunny-hostin-insults-millions-with-absurd-jan-6-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-jumps-the-shark-as-sunny-hostin-insults-millions-with-absurd-jan-6-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The View&#8217; Jumps the Shark as Sunny Hostin Insults Millions with Absurd Jan. 6 Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fthe-view-jumps-the-shark-as-sunny-hostin-insults-millions-with-absurd-jan-6-rant%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=2387138&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-joe-declares-trumps-cogency-far-inferior-to-bidens\/\" title=\"Morning Joe claims that Biden&#039;s &#039;cogency&#039; surpasses Trump&#039;s significantly.\">recent \u2063episode<\/a> of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The \u200cView,&#8221; co-host Sunny \u200dHostin made a controversial comparison\u200d by declaring the January 6,\u2063 2021, Capitol riot a \u2063major atrocity, equating it to ancient events such as World War\u200d II, the Holocaust, and slavery.\u200c Hostin criticized former Secretary of \u200dState Condoleezza Rice, who had suggested that Americans should\u2063 &#8220;move on&#8221; from \u200dthe capitol incident. In\u200b her remarks, Hostin described the events \u2063of \u200dJanuary 6 as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-10-best-jim-acosta-moments\/\" title=\"Top 10 &#039;Best&#039; Jim Acosta Moments\">worst moments<\/a>\u2064 in American history, warning against forgetting such \u2064events\u200c as they shape the nation&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The article critiques Hostin&#8217;s \u2062statement,arguing that the January 6 incident cannot be equated with the far graver consequences of World War II and the Holocaust,which resulted in millions of\u200d deaths. It also emphasizes that while\u2064 the Capitol protest involved \u2064some violence, it resulted in no \u200bwidespread \u200dcasualties compared to\u2062 the historical \u200datrocities. The discussion points to \u200bthe meaning of acknowledging the severity of\u200d such past events when reflecting on American \u200chistory, suggesting that the January 6 \u200bprotest will not \u200bhold the same weight\u200d in historical discourse as the events Hostin referenced.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The View&rdquo; co-host Sunny Hostin tried to elevate the importance of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion to the extreme by claiming it was on par with World War II, the Holocaust, and slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin led into her preposterous claim by taking a shot at former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/asked-jan-6-condoleezza-rice-tells-view-co-host-americans-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Condoleezza Rice<\/a>, who had stated while appearing on &ldquo;The View&rdquo; in October 2021 that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/condoleezza-rice-on-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&rsquo;s time to move on<\/a>&rdquo; from focusing on the events on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-joins-al-gore-exclusive-club-forced-certify-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t move on, because Jan. 6 was an atrocity,&rdquo; Hostin said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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 need to never forget because past becomes prologue if you forget and erase,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sunny Hostin calls January 6 an &ldquo;atrocity&rdquo; and &ldquo;one of the worst moments in American history&rdquo; comparable to the Holocaust and slavery. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JfoqwsosAX\">pic.twitter.com\/JfoqwsosAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1876301477708517608?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s take a step back and see just how crazy Hostin&rsquo;s statement is.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 6 was a political protest involving thousands of people gathering outside, and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-jan-6-footage-shows-protesters-parade-uninhibited-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inside, the Capitol<\/a>, a subset of which &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-cross-border-illegally-biden-doj-proclaims-thousands-jan-6-protesters-prosecuted-outside-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200 or so<\/a> &mdash; engaged in some level of violence in the form of pushing, shoving, resisting arrest, or <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/capitol-riot-peter-stager-sentencing-flagpole-01ab86604d3e25be81483fa5433f87ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hitting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a><\/a> with a flag pole or some other object in the worst cases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Insurrection&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ANxfctzQSI\">pic.twitter.com\/ANxfctzQSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1725621613004042402?\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The only gun fired that day was at a pro-Trump protester, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cop-shot-ashli-babbitts-disciplinary-record-revealed-report-shouldve-off-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashli Babbitt,<\/a> who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral College vote was delayed for some hours due to the protest, but it did take place at the Capitol early in the morning on Jan. 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2021\/01\/06\/electoral-college-vote-stopped-unclear-when-resume-after-riot\/6572441002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, it was a bad less than 24-hour period in American history, but now contrast that with World War II.<\/p>\n<p>In that five-year war, over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/students-teachers\/student-resources\/research-starters\/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">418,000 Americans died<\/a>, and an estimated 60 million perished worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holocaust-survivor-slams-harris-last-ditch-ploy-know-hitler-kamala-will-ever-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holocaust<\/a>, which made up about 6 million of those deaths, as Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s Nazi Germany sought to exterminate every Jew in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>What about the notion that Jan. 6 is as important as the existence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/history-left-erased-founding-fathers-helped-obliterate-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slavery in U.S.<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The Europeans introduced the institution into the American colonies in the first years of their existence in the early 1600s.<\/p>\n<p>When the U.S. declared its independence in 1776, slavery had a firm hold in the American colonies. Great Britain would not finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Slavery-Abolition-Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end<\/a> slavery in its lands until 1834, over a half-century after the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">northern states began voting<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/protesters-tear-washington-statues-remember-opposition-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abolish<\/a> slavery during the Revolutionary War and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/deeper-roots-of-northern-slavery-unearthed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by 1804 all had<\/a>. Then the U.S. fought a Civil War in the 1860s during which over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/articles\/civil-war-casualties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">620,000 Americans died<\/a>, but the country emerged as one united country again, free from slavery.<\/p>\n<p>So no Sunny, as scholars look back over the panoply of American history, Jan. 6 will be a footnote, while World War II and the abolishment of slavery will remain defining moments.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She criticized former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for suggesting it was time to move on from the January 6 events. Hostin described that day as an &#8220;atrocity&#8221; and one of America&#8217;s darkest moments, asserting that it should be remembered alongside other major historical tragedies. 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