Sunny Hostin Claims Slaves Freed Themselves Not Lincoln on The View– www.newsbusters.org
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ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin celebrated Veteran’s Day on Wednesday with a massive dose of racism and some serious revisionist history. Despite speaking on a purported “bona fide news program,” The View co-host claimed President Abraham Lincoln didn’t emancipate anyone and the Union didn’t free the slaves. She insisted the slaves did it all “themselves.” Further proving her ignorance, she would later falsely suggest the Electoral College played a role in Senate elections.
While the cast was having a Veteran’s Day conversation about how black troops sacrificed for an America that often didn’t treat them as equals back home, Hostin looked back to the Civil War and completely wrote off the efforts of Lincoln, efforts that resulted in him being assassinated.
“The Civil War the enslaved left and joined the Union Army because they wanted to fight for this country and for their freedom. People often say that Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves. The slaves basically emancipated themselves because they wanted freedom and they fought for their freedom,” she proclaimed.
