'The View' co-host whines Smithsonian hearings are about Trump admin not wanting to pay reparations
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Wednesday that the Congressional hearings on the Smithsonian institution were about the Trump administration not wanting to award reparations to the descendants of slaves.Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig faced questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a White House report published earlier this month found that the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of "ideological capture" and "extreme political activism.""The real reason behind this is about financial repair to the descendents of the enslaved Africans," Hostin said, as co-host Whoopi Goldberg pushed her to clarify what she meant.
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"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Wednesday that the Congressional hearings on the Smithsonian institution were about the Trump administration not wanting to award reparations to the descendants of slaves.Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig faced questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a White House report published earlier this month found that the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of "ideological capture" and "extreme political activism.""The real reason behind this is about financial repair to the descendents of the enslaved Africans," Hostin said, as co-host Whoopi Goldberg pushed her to clarify what she meant. "Reparations," Hostin said. "I think this reflects a broad effort by the Trump Administration to reshape the way the nation’s history is told, so this country does not have to pay Black people for the forced labor and the unpaid labor that built this country.
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- "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Wednesday that the Congressional hearings on the Smithsonian institution were about the Trump administration not wanting to award reparations to the descendants of slaves.Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig faced questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a White House report published earlier this month found that the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of "ideological capture" and "extreme political activism.""The real reason behind this is about financial repair to the descendents of the enslaved Africans," Hostin said, as co-host Whoopi Goldberg pushed her to clarify what she meant.
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