“You are not moving forward” of January 6: it was like World War II, the Holocaust and slavery

ABC News legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Monday on ABC’s “The View” that the United States should not “turn the page” on the events of January 6, 2021, because it was “one of the worst times in American history” as World War II. , the Holocaust and slavery.

Hostin said: “I think we need to find moral clarity, you know, in this country. And I just remember after January 6th, someone like Mitch McConnell was putting the blame on January 6th when it belonged squarely on Donald Trump’s shoulders, and then you started to see people backtrack and lose their moral center . Condoleezza Rice, I believe, on this same show said: you know, we have to move on from January 6th.

She continued: “I say no, you are not moving forward because January 6 was an atrocity. »

Hostin added: “It was one of the worst times in American history. And when you think about the worst times in American history, you know, like World War II, things like the Holocaust, slavery. We must never forget because the past becomes prologue if you forget and erase. We must never forget, because the past becomes prologue if you forget and erase.

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