‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin takes Black Lives Matter mural removal ‘personally’
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DDOTworkerstookto16thStreetNWneartheWhiteHouseonMondaytobeginthereconstructionofBlackLivesMatterPlaza.
SunnyHostinsaidWednesdayshetakestheremovalofWashingtonD.C.’sBlackLivesMatterstreetmural“alittlepersonally.”
“TheView”co-hostdiscussedthecityofficiallyremovingthestreetartearlierthisweekwithherexecutiveproducerBrianTetaaspartof“TheView’s”“BehindtheTable”podcast.Shedescribedfeeling“saddened”and“devastated”bythemove,particularlybecauseofherpersonalconnectiontotheBlackLivesMattermovement.
“Ofcourse,ItakeitalittlepersonallybecauseoneofmyclosestfriendsisAliciaGarza,whowrotetheletterthatstartedtheBlackLivesMattermovement,andsheisoneofourthoughtleadersofourgeneration.Andso,I’msaddenedbyit,”Hostinsaid.
Washington,D.C.,MayorMurielBowserannouncedearlierthismonththattheBlackLivesMattermuralwouldbe