The hosts of ABC’s “The View” worked themselves into a lather over former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conference on Wednesday, ending with Whoopi Goldberg’s declaration, “You can’t come back!”
The co-hosts went around the table, complaining that Trump had even been invited to appear but not mentioning the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris — now the Democrats’ de facto 2024 nominee — had also been invited but only offered to address the group virtually.
Sunny Hostin kicked things off by attacking Trump’s claim that Harris, who is biracial, leaned into her racial identity when it was politically convenient. Hostin, also biracial, argued that having a white mother did not change her perception that the KKK was coming for her: “And the KKK is going to find me and round me up with every other black person … This is my lived experience.”
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Joy Behar says Trump’s entire base is racist:
“My point is he was really working for his base right now. That was to signal his base…It was like an opportunity to say to all the racists out there, see, see what I’m saying here. See what I did there?” pic.twitter.com/tHXc0rF5u0— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 1, 2024
Joy Behar claimed that Trump was just using the platform to make racist comments that his base would appreciate: “It was like an opportunity to say to all the racists out there, see, see what I’m saying here. See what I did there?”
Hostin went on to complain about Trump’s comments regarding what he had done for the black community as president, arguing that working with Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) did not really count and claiming that building businesses in black communities didn’t guarantee black people would get those jobs.
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Whoopi declares that Republicans are not welcome in the black community: “He did exactly what often Republicans bitch about, ‘you don’t invite me, you don’t want to listen.’ Well, we invited you and we heard you and you can’t come back!” pic.twitter.com/2caEuORfKN
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 1, 2024
Goldberg wrapped up the conversation, saying, “He did exactly what often Republicans bitch about, ‘you don’t invite me, you don’t want to listen.’ Well, we invited you and we heard you and you can’t come back!”
