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The View waded into the controversy of Confederate statues being torn down and Sunny Hostin went viral as she schooled viewers on George Washington’s history as a slave owner.
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Hostin elaborated on Washington’s history as a slave owner, expressing that she felt more money was needed to educate people on the accurate history of the U.S.
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“We were taught that, you know, George Washington freed his slaves.
He had in his mouth the teeth of his slaves that he had pulled and made fake dentures consisting of the teeth of the slaves who he tortured, so why should there be a monument of George Washington because he was a terrible slave owner.
“I just don’t understand the emphasis on people like George Washington when Yale who is named after, Yale, Elihu Yale, was famous for not only a slave owner but slave trader,” McCain said.
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McCain continued by declaring that the state of New York would need a name change as it was named after James, the Duke of York.
