‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin takes Black Lives Matter mural removal ‘personally’

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