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Whoopi Goldberg Corrects Sunny Hostin on Abraham Lincoln

by Kamden Mulder

Whoopi Goldberg pushes back after Sunny Hostin argues that enslaved Americans “basically emancipated themselves,” minimizing Abraham Lincoln’s role in ending slavery.

National Review’s Kamden Mulder explains why Lincoln, Union soldiers, abolitionists and enslaved people who fought for freedom all deserve historical credit.

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Whoopi Goldberg at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York City, September 13, 2021.

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