&#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host Tony Dokoupil offered a different take than most of his colleagues — and even some at other legacy media networks — when he conceded on Tuesday that the decision to oust Stephen Colbert and cancel &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; might have been about politics, but not in the way they all thought.
Amid a virtual firestorm of complaints that Colbert&#8217;s cancellation was political — specifically, he&#8217;d been too <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-melts-down-over-colbert-king-trump-is-coming-for-the-court-jesters">vocally opposed to President Donald Trump</a> on a network that was staring down the barrel of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-and-important-win-trump-crows-over-settlement-in-cbs-paramount-lawsuit">multi-million dollar lawsuit</a> — Dokoupil argued that the &#8220;one-sided&#8221; nature of Colbert&#8217;s commentary may have put off more people than just Trump.
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WATCH: ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host Tony Dokoupil brings a much-needed reality check to the table of liberal journalists fawning over ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’. His co-hosts dismissed all this, proving his point:
“I don’t have an MBA, but I don’t — [Jon Stewart] is not… <a href="https://t.co/qR5R74g2vY">pic.twitter.com/qR5R74g2vY</a>
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Co-host Vladimir Duthiers complained that, regardless of the expense to produce shows like Colbert&#8217;s, they were &#8220;part of the cultural zeitgeist and they have been part of television since the beginning of television. So that’s why people are reacting the way that they are.&#8221;
Over several objections from his co-hosts, Dokoupil laid out his point — and also argued that comedian Jon Stewart was wrong when he suggested that Paramount had felt threatened by Colbert&#8217;s show as the merger progressed: &#8220;No, I understand the emotional views. I don’t have an MBA, but [Stewart is] not right that the merger, the $8 billion, is based on reruns of a comedy show, no. People are buying the movies and the sitcoms, and the sports. They’re not based on reruns of us either, so I think it’s wrong.”
&#8220;And what no one seems to acknowledge is that the politics also changed,&#8221; Dokoupil continued. &#8220;The business changed, and so did the politics. And it got way more one-sided than anything Johnny Carson was ever doing. I think we should reflect on those changes as well. It’s been a big shift culturally in that regard, also for sure.&#8221;
&#8220;People will miss those shows when they&#8217;re gone, that&#8217;s the bottom line,&#8221; Duthiers insisted.

Stephen Colbert

CBS Host Breaks Ranks, Offers Surprisingly Sane Reason For Colbert’s Ouster

CBS Host Breaks Ranks, Offers Surprisingly Sane Reason For Colbert's Ouster

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Comedy

Donald Trump

Media

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The View

Joy Behar claimed on Tuesday that late-night comedian Stephen Colbert had his show canceled because &#8220;King&#8221; President Donald Trump was &#8220;coming for the comedians&#8221; and not allowing the &#8220;court jesters&#8221; to do their jobs.
Referencing medieval tradition — specifically, the notion that only the court jester was allowed to mock the king and for that reason had an obligation to do so — Behar suggested that Colbert&#8217;s show was getting the axe because Trump did not like being mocked.
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Ignoring how he lost $40 million, Joy Behar falsely claims Stephen Colbert lost his job (in 10 months) because &#8220;King&#8221; Trump is coming for &#8220;the court jester[s].&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/TUS5ZQgdQX">pic.twitter.com/TUS5ZQgdQX</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1947676533612487056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cohost Sunny Hostin complained that Colbert&#8217;s dismissal — which appears to have been based on net losses due to insufficient ad revenue — amounted to &#8220;the dismantling of our democracy, This is the dismantling of our Constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;If the comedians are being attacked, then that means our Constitution is being dismantled,&#8221; Hostin continued, ignoring the financial issues in play and suggesting that Colbert had been canceled solely because he was vocally opposed to Trump. &#8220;What are we going to do as a country? We must protect our Constitution and we must protect our democracy. This is bigger than just the cancellation of a television show.&#8221;
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Sara Haines admits that &#8220;linier TV&#8221; is on a downward slope and advertisers are not dropping the same type of money they used to as they move to digital platforms. 
She wonders: &#8220;Even when you take Stephen Colbert out of the 20 million [salary] where do you come up with the other… <a href="https://t.co/kJAh0rSgMh">pic.twitter.com/kJAh0rSgMh</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1947679867698327574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cohost Sara Haines conceded that there could be financial reasons for the decision, noting that advertisers were not putting up the same kind of cash they used to as streaming platforms have taken up some of the bandwidth.
Hostin pushed back, saying that Colbert had raked in some $60 million in ad buys — but left out the fact that his show cost around $100 million to produce, resulting in a $40 million loss.
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Whoopi says The View supports Colbert and they have his back. 
Despite the fact it was announced that The Late Show would be no more, she insists that &#8220;I&#8217;m not seeing that the Late Show is gone. I don&#8217;t feel like it&#8217;s gone.&#8221; 
She refused to say why she thought that, proclaiming… <a href="https://t.co/puZW9V37d4">pic.twitter.com/puZW9V37d4</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1947683430193414439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Whoopi Goldberg weighed in then, saying that no matter what happened, she would stand with Colbert. &#8220;I&#8217;m not seeing that the Late Show is gone. I don&#8217;t feel like it&#8217;s gone.&#8221;

Joy Behar

‘The View’ Melts Down Over Colbert: ‘King’ Trump Is ‘Coming For’ The Court Jesters

‘The View’ Melts Down Over Colbert: ‘King’ Trump Is ‘Coming For' The Court Jesters

Whoopi Goldberg unleashed on businessman Mark Cuban on Tuesday, complaining that he was getting things wrong when he said that simply complaining that &#8220;Trump sucks&#8221; did not seem to be working effectively as a message for the Democrats going forward.
Goldberg, from her platform on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; suggested the Cuban was aiming his criticism the wrong people and argued that Democrat voters had been out protesting Trump from the very beginning of his first term. She did not, however, offer any evidence that they had presented a more cohesive message beyond simply complaining that Trump was bad.
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Whoopi RAGES over Mark Cuban saying Dems need to have a better message than just &#8220;Trump sucks.&#8221; 
After playing a clip of Cuban, she starts shouting: 
&#8220;Okay. Yeah, okay. So, let me remind everybody who was out on the front lines marching when we had the giant marches that went on,… <a href="https://t.co/73RIbjMPDH">pic.twitter.com/73RIbjMPDH</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1945143393153163471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cuban broke down several of the issues he believes are facing the Democratic Party during a recent appearance on the &#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; podcast — where he also suggested that former Vice President Kamala Harris had been kept from doing the &#8220;bro podcasts&#8221; because her campaign leadership &#8220;didn&#8217;t trust her&#8221; — and the topic turned to messaging.
&#8220;Trump says, you know, &#8216;the sky is blue,&#8217; Trump sucks,&#8221; Cuban said, commenting on the Democrats&#8217; almost reflexive habit of contradicting every statement President Donald Trump makes. &#8220;You can&#8217;t — that&#8217;s not the way to win. It&#8217;s just not, because it&#8217;s not about Trump, it&#8217;s about the people of the United States of America and what&#8217;s good for them — and how you get them to a place where they&#8217;re in a better position.&#8221;
Goldberg, responding to Cuban&#8217;s comment, unloaded: &#8220;Okay. Yeah, okay. So, let me remind everybody who was out on the front lines marching when we had the giant marches that went on, it was the people, the people went out! They were not navel gazing.&#8221;
&#8220;It was older people who were saying, &#8216;why are you touching my Social Security?&#8217; It was not people whining,&#8221; she continued, arguing — without explaining which rights she was referring to — that it was about people objecting to Trump &#8220;taking away rights.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats have been angry at what this man tried to do the last time. They&#8217;ve been angry this time. So, I — with much due respect to you both, I believe you are pointing the finger at the wrong person when you say Democrats! &#8230; Our messaging has not been bad,&#8221; she insisted, saying that a line should be drawn between elected Democrats and voters.

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Whoopi Attacks Mark Cuban For Realizing That ‘Trump Sucks’ Isn’t Good Messaging

Whoopi Attacks Mark Cuban For Realizing That 'Trump Sucks' Isn't Good Messaging

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Joy Behar said on Thursday that she had a mind to just stop paying federal income taxes altogether if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to make cuts with regard to what those taxes will ultimately fund.
Behar joined her cohosts on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; for a discussion about the recently passed &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; — and the cuts that came with it — and argued that she should only have to continue paying state taxes &#8220;if they want the states to take care of everything.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;d like to know, why am I paying federal taxes if they&#8217;re not going to do anything, by the way? Is there anybody that can tell me that?&#8221; Behar asked. &#8220;If they want the states to take care of everything, I&#8217;ll pay state taxes, and not federal taxes. Watch the IRS come after me now.&#8221;
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Whoopi Goldberg seems to suggest that Secretary Marco Rubio has been replaced by someone else, a &#8220;new Marco&#8221;: 
&#8220;People are imitating. You don&#8217;t know who Marco is anymore. You don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s Marco you talking to or, you know, some kind of new Marco.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/6axwN1N29A">pic.twitter.com/6axwN1N29A</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1943328869571842543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin jumped in to talk about the role played by the National Security Council — and its acting head, Secretary of State Marco Rubio — when it came to parceling out aid, and cohost Whoopi Goldberg immediately made reference to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-impostor-uses-ai-to-deceive-high-ranking-officials">recent story</a> about an individual using AI to impersonate Rubio to contact various foreign and domestic officials.
&#8220;People are imitating Marco,&#8221; she pointed out. &#8220;You don&#8217;t know who Marco is anymore. You don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s Marco you&#8217;re talking to or, you know, some kind of new Marco.&#8221;
Goldberg recently raised eyebrows when both she and cohost Sunny Hostin claimed that black Americans in 2025 were facing more discrimination and worse circumstances than people living under the thumb of Iran&#8217;s Islamist regime.

ABC’s “The View” – Season 25

‘Watch The IRS Come After Me’: Joy Behar Says She’ll Skip Federal Taxes If Trump Keeps Making Cuts

'Watch The IRS Come After Me': Joy Behar Says She'll Skip Federal Taxes If Trump Keeps Making Cuts

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host Whoopi Goldberg was shocked to admit that President Donald Trump is not at fault for the massive flash floods that have devastated central Texas, killing more than 100 people when the Guadalupe River rose some 26 feet in about 45 minutes.
Goldberg, who still refuses to speak Trump&#8217;s name aloud on the ABC midday talk show, actually stepped in to stop cohost Joy Behar when she pointed the finger at the president during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast.
Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin addressed those who were attempting to politicize the flooding, claiming that President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to streamline the federal government — mainly through the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — had had a negative impact on the National Weather Service&#8217;s ability to accurately predict the floods and warn residents in time.
&#8220;I think after action reports are really important but politicizing and pointing fingers is not the answer,&#8221; Griffin said.
&#8220;Yeah, but Trump does it all the time. He immediately — he immediately starts the blame game,&#8221; Behar objected. &#8220;So maybe Ms. Leavitt should talk to her boss.&#8221;
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Whoopi says she&#8217;s shocked to admit that the Texas flooding was NOT Trump&#8217;s fault: 
&#8220;I&#8217;m shocked that this is coming out of my mouth. I&#8217;m not pointing a finger at the man in the White House. I&#8217;m saying there&#8217;s a state that&#8217;s in trouble and has been. And it doesn&#8217;t seem like… <a href="https://t.co/0ik2sHHFsL">pic.twitter.com/0ik2sHHFsL</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1942620029813473587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Goldberg jumped into the conversation, saying that she believed people should have been more prepared simply because that particular area was prone to flash flooding and had flooded quickly in the past. She argued instead that any failures were at the state level rather than the federal level.
&#8220;It&#8217;s important, I think, for everyone to understand — and I&#8217;m shocked that this is coming out of my mouth. I&#8217;m not pointing a finger at the man in the White House,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;I&#8217;m saying there&#8217;s a state that is in trouble and has been. And it doesn&#8217;t seem like anything is changing. And maybe we need to get on top of that.&#8221;

Whoopi Goldberg ‘Shocked’ To Report That Texas Flooding Is NOT Trump’s Fault

Whoopi Goldberg 'Shocked' To Report That Texas Flooding Is NOT Trump’s Fault

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host Joy Behar complained about President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to strike Iranian nuclear sites, first objecting to the fact that he did not exhaust the two week window he&#8217;d set for such an attack, and then to the fact that he had not warned Iran ahead of time that he planned to carry out the attacks.
Behar addressed the topic on Monday&#8217;s broadcast of the midday talk show, along with her regular cohosts — and ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl pushed back when she suggested that the Trump administration had been out of line in attacking the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities.
&#8220;So on Thursday, the White House said that Trump was going to make a decision on Iran in the next two weeks, that&#8217;s what he said, remember that?&#8221; Behar began. &#8220;Okay, he was going to give diplomatic negotiations more time to play out. And then less than 48 hours later, this attack was underway. So what changed and what was he actually trying to accomplish here?&#8221;
&#8220;Look, the two weeks measure was clearly a little bit of a head fake,&#8221; Karl replied. &#8220;I mean, not entirely. I wouldn&#8217;t say the decision was finally made. All indications are he didn&#8217;t actually make the decision to so-called pull the trigger until Saturday &#8230; and then the attack commenced.&#8221;
Karl went on to say that he really believed Trump wanted &#8220;a Kim Jong Un moment&#8221; where Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader came to the table and made an eleventh-hour deal, but that he made the decision to move forward with an attack when it was clear that would not happen.
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Behar: So, why did he keep it a secret for the surprise version? <a href="https://t.co/RcCwemhuc6">pic.twitter.com/RcCwemhuc6</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1937172656933032295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So, why did he keep it a secret — a surprise version?&#8221; Behar asked, apparently questioning why Trump did not broadcast his plans to attack prior to execution.
Karl said it was &#8220;absolutely a diversion,&#8221; adding, &#8220;all indications were that the B-2s were flying towards Guam, everybody thought, okay, we&#8217;re getting in position to be ready. They wanted to have some element of surprise.&#8221;

Joy Behar Can’t Figure Out Why Trump Didn’t Tell Iran He Was Going To Bomb Their Nuclear Sites

Joy Behar Can't Figure Out Why Trump Didn't Tell Iran He Was Going To Bomb Their Nuclear Sites

Iran

Whoopi Goldberg took a wave of backlash after she used her platform on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; to claim that black Americans — even in the year 2025 — were no better off than Iranian citizens living under the brutal and oppressive Islamist government.
Goldberg and cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-goes-sideways-when-two-cohosts-claim-black-americans-are-worse-off-than-iranians">squared off</a> on the topic during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast, when Griffin correctly pointed out the fact that an Iranian woman would likely be arrested — or worse — for stepping foot outside wearing even the relatively modest outfit she had on at the time. &#8220;I can’t have my hair showing, I can’t wear a skirt, I can’t have my arms out,&#8221; she said.
Goldberg apparently objected to the idea that Iranians were more oppressed than black Americans, and said, &#8220;Listen, here’s the thing — let’s not do the — let’s not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car.&#8221;
“I’m sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today is nothing compared to the United States,” Griffin interjected, again correctly.
&#8220;They used to just keep hanging black people!&#8221; Goldberg exclaimed, and continued to press the point.
But much like their reaction when Goldberg claimed that the Holocaust was &#8220;not about race,&#8221; critics quickly made it clear that they were not buying her assertions.
Guy Benson drove the point home during an appearance on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom,&#8221; saying at first, &#8220;I call that show a daily national televised insane asylum for a reason.&#8221;
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🔥TORCHED: <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guypbenson</a> just DECIMATED Whoopi Goldberg &amp; &#8220;The View&#8221; for their &#8220;moral idiocy.&#8221;
&#8220;I call that show a daily national televised insane asylum for a reason&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Our government PROSECUTES hate crimes. They don&#8217;t commit them&#8230;!&#8221;
&#8220;Whoopi Goldberg&#8230;is one of the most… <a href="https://t.co/T4cRg9tVMy">pic.twitter.com/T4cRg9tVMy</a>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to overstate the moral idiocy of what we just heard there,&#8221; he said, marking Goldberg as the prime source of that. &#8220;Alyssa Farah is making the point correctly about how people are subjugated brutally by the Iranian regime and Whoopi&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, look at what we do here in the U.S. There are hate crimes here.'&#8221;
&#8220;Our government prosecutes hate crimes,&#8221; Benson added. &#8220;They don&#8217;t commit them as a matter of course. For her to say, &#8216;Oh, well, if you&#8217;re black in the United States in 2025, it&#8217;s basically the same as being a dissident or anyone in Iran, that is deeply, deeply ignorant.&#8221;
&#8220;Hi Whoopi Goldberg!&#8221; another posted. &#8220;You say your life is just a brutal as Iranian women. Meet Nika Shakarami. After the IRGC kiIIed Mahsa Amini, the 16-year-old burned her scarf in protest and vanished. The IRGC delivered her corpse to her parents — who only identified her by her birthmark.&#8221;
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Hi Whoopi Goldberg!
You say your life is just a brutal as Iranian women.
Meet Nika Shakarami.
After the IRGC kiIIed Mahsa Amini, the 16-year-old burned her scarf in protest and vanished.
The IRGC delivered her corpse to her parents — who only identified her by her birthmark. <a href="https://t.co/A5LwwtWuqv">pic.twitter.com/A5LwwtWuqv</a>
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) <a href="https://twitter.com/DahliaKurtz/status/1935432160045056288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Whoopie Goldberg believes black women in America are more oppressed than women living under the Islamic Regime… Whoopie can freely travel without the consent of a male relative, show her hair, sing, dance, and express her unfiltered s****y opinions on TV without being arrested… Meanwhile Iranian women are kidnapped, raped, and beaten for simply showing their hair… Whoopie is a &#8216;useful idiot,'&#8221; another added.
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Whoopie Goldberg believes black women in America are more oppressed than women living under the Islamic Regime…
Whoopie can freely travel without the consent of a male relative, show her hair, sing, dance, and express her unfiltered shitty opinions on TV without being… <a href="https://t.co/iHS88Z5E0b">pic.twitter.com/iHS88Z5E0b</a>
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1935405502059725113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) weighed in as well, saying, &#8220;If America were anything like Iran as she suggests, Whoopi Goldberg would be punished for the way she bashes our country. But because she lives in America, she has the freedom to say idiotic things on TV everyday. That’s the beauty of our country.&#8221;
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If America were anything like Iran as she suggests, Whoopi Goldberg would be punished for the way she bashes our country.
But because she lives in America, she has the freedom to say idiotic things on TV everyday.
That’s the beauty of our country. <a href="https://t.co/lTFYqyTqvw">https://t.co/lTFYqyTqvw</a>
— Congressman Jeff Van Drew (@Congressman_JVD) <a href="https://twitter.com/Congressman_JVD/status/1935414121194750410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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‘Moral Idiocy’: Whoopi Goldberg Trashed After Claiming Black Americans Worse Off Than Iranians

'Moral Idiocy': Whoopi Goldberg Trashed After Claiming Black Americans Worse Off Than Iranians

Alyssa Farah Griffin

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Sharia Law

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that she doesn&#8217;t feel safe &#8220;at all&#8221; in the wake of the weekend shootings targeting Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota — and she argued that President Donald Trump should &#8220;reprioritize&#8221; money spent on things like the U.S. Army&#8217;s 250th birthday celebration on extra security for members of Congress.
Crockett joined the cohosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; for Thursday&#8217;s broadcast, where she referred to the Army&#8217;s 250th birthday celebration as President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;little birthday parade&#8221; as if he had simply been throwing himself a party. The show&#8217;s liberal cohosts made no attempt to correct her.
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Far-left Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX) decries how much is spent on Trump&#8217;s security detail, and Sara Haines suggests Trump&#8217;s criticisms put her in danger:
Sara Haines: Do you feel safe as an elected official in this political climate?
Crockett: No, not at all. I mean,… <a href="https://t.co/w1pmSORF78">pic.twitter.com/w1pmSORF78</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1935725860083945947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Over the weekend, we saw a tragic and brazen act of political violence in this country,&#8221; cohost Sara Haines began. &#8220;A Minnesota Democratic representative and her husband and their dog were assassinated. Another lawmaker and his wife were gravely wounded, and the suspect had a long hit list. So, I want to ask you: Do you feel safe as an elected official in this political climate?&#8221;
&#8220;No, not at all,&#8221; Crockett replied. &#8220;Here’s the deal: I do this job and the fact that my safety is a part of doing this job is really bad in and of itself, but umm &#8230; while we spend millions upon millions just so this guy can go and golf or while they spent $45 million for his little birthday parade, you know, like, I’m just saying, can we reprioritize some of those dollars?&#8221;
Crockett went on to say that she wasn&#8217;t asking for a lot of money to be redirected, but noted that the only House members who were given any kind of security on an official basis were those who had leadership positions.
&#8220;We have nothing. The only people in the House that have protection, you get protection based upon your leadership post. That’s it. Those are the only ones,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So when you figure out security, you have to hopefully raise enough money to then be able to pay for security yourself. This is a problem, especially in light of the environment.&#8221;
&#8220;So I did text a Republican that I consider to be a friend — yes, I have Republican friends, just so y’all know. I did, and I said, &#8216;listen, your people need to fix this,'&#8221; she continued, making it clear that she believed the entirety of the threat was coming from the right. &#8220;Like, I’m tired, right? And there are Republicans that are concerned. To be clear, they’re not concerned about the radical leftists that they talk about. They’re concerned about MAGA, because we saw the same thing happen when we had the Speaker election, right? And so, when people are mad about them not voting for Jim Jordan, they started threatening their spouses and all kinds of stuff.&#8221;
&#8220;And another thing they’re not talking about that really ticked me off because I just learned about it in the midst of what happened is that someone has been sending pizzas to members’ homes and they’ve not done anything. So I’m just like, we still have a role to play. I get that nobody really likes the Congress, but I mean, we still are duly elected and we’re a co-equal branch of government, but we always seem like we’re the stepchild,&#8221; she concluded.
&#8220;Well, it makes it even more irresponsible knowing that as you said, they would come for a sophomore member of the House knowing that you’re not protected,&#8221; Haines agreed.
Cohost Joy Behar weighed in then, suggesting that Trump was &#8220;scared&#8221; of Crockett. &#8220;She’s tough and smart.&#8221;
&#8220;That doesn’t change the danger it puts her in,&#8221; Haines argued.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-roasts-jasmine-crockett-in-press-room-i-hope-she-continues-to-be-a-rising-star">Crockett</a> did rate a mention during the White House press briefing on Thursday, when Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt weighed in on her recent podcast appearance with Katie Couric (&#8220;Next Question&#8221;). Crockett had told Couric that Trump&#8217;s supporters were essentially proof that the United States was going through a &#8220;mental health crisis.&#8221;
Leavitt responded by laughing and saying, &#8220;I hope [Crockett] continues to be a rising star, at least for Republicans.&#8221;

US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

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Jasmine Crockett

&#8220;The View&#8221; hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin claimed on Wednesday that black people in America were worse off than people living under Iran&#8217;s oppressive regime, a claim that was immediately challenged by others at the table.
During a broader conversation about the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, Hostin claimed that Israel&#8217;s strike on Iran had not been legal. Goldberg argued that the legality of Israel&#8217;s actions should be decided by international bodies like the United Nations. But when cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin suggested that they should consider the possibility that Iran was a bad actor, the whole conversation quickly went off the rails.
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Whoopi and Sunny say it&#8217;s worse to be black in America today than to live in Iran today. Whoopi shouts down Alyssa Farah Griffin for noting that Iran kills gay people because America is a terrible country. Alyssa stand up to her in a big way:
Alyssa: Let&#8217;s remember the Iranians… <a href="https://t.co/sxxOK08EPK">pic.twitter.com/sxxOK08EPK</a>
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&#8220;Let’s just remember too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings, they don’t adhere to basic human rights,” Alyssa Farah Griffin began.
&#8220;Listen, here&#8217;s the thing — let’s not do the — let&#8217;s not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car,&#8221; Goldberg objected.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today is nothing compared to the United States,&#8221; said Griffin.
&#8220;They used to just keep hanging black people!&#8221; Goldberg added.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not even the same,&#8221; Griffin repeated.
&#8220;Oh no! Oh, wait, wait, wait! That&#8217;s not what you mean to say! It is the same,&#8221; Goldberg declared.
&#8220;No, it&#8217;s not. The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if stepped foot were this outfit in Tehran right now,&#8221; Griffin continued. &#8220;I can&#8217;t have my hair showing, I can&#8217;t wear a skirt, I can&#8217;t have my arms out.&#8221;
Everyone began talking at once, and Goldberg eventually broke through. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I am saying that it is the same. Murdering someone for their differences not good whoever does it. It&#8217;s not good. So that&#8217;s why I said you weren&#8217;t saying — what I heard was not what you meant.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran,&#8221; Griffin did not back down.
&#8220;Not if you&#8217;re black,&#8221; Goldberg claimed.
&#8220;Not for everybody,&#8221; Hostin agreed.
&#8220;Not if you&#8217;re black,&#8221; Goldberg said again.
&#8220;Guys, don&#8217;t go to Tehran. No one at this table should go to Tehran,&#8221; Griffin insisted. &#8220;There are places much darker than this country.&#8221;
&#8220;Not everybody feels that way! Not everybody feels that way!&#8221; Goldberg said.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG, SARA HAINES, JOY BEHAR, SUNNY HOSTIN, ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN

‘The View’ Goes Sideways When Two Cohosts Claim Black Americans Are Worse Off Than Iranians

Israel

Sunny Hostin

Actor and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger slammed the violent mobs rioting across the U.S. during his Thursday appearance on “The View,” criticizing illegal aliens for not acting as “guests.”
Joy Behar, one of the hosts of “The View,” attempted to bait the “Terminator” star by asking him if he had a “visceral reaction” to the ICE raids happening throughout the country, as he is an immigrant himself.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn&#8217;t take the bait when The View&#8217;s Joy Behar asks him about the ICE raids in California:
&#8220;I&#8217;m so, so happy to see first-hand that this IS the greatest country in the world and it IS the land of opportunity&#8230;
&#8230;When you come to America, you&#8217;re a guest.… <a href="https://t.co/4FKa47Q6KM">pic.twitter.com/4FKa47Q6KM</a>
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“I am so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people,” Schwarzenegger replied.
“Every single thing — if it’s my bodybuilding career, if it’s my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I’ve created — all of this is because of America. And so this is why I’m so, so happy [to] see first hand that this is the greatest country in the world and it is the land of opportunity.”
Schwarzenegger then announced that he will deliver a speech at Mount Vernon to celebrate the 250th birthday of America, where some immigrants will be sworn in as U.S. citizens, and that he is excited to celebrate the benefits of immigration.
“The key thing also is, at the same time, that you’ve got to do things [legally],” he clarified. “That is the important thing. Those people that are doing illegal things in America — and they’re the foreigners — they are not smart.”
As he spoke, multiple hosts attempted to interrupt him, with Sunny Hostin even placing her hand on Schwarzenegger’s arm as though she wanted him to stop speaking.
“When you come to America, you’re a guest and you have to behave like a guest,” Schwarzenegger stated. “Like, when I go to someone’s house and I’m a guest, I will do everything I can to keep things clean and to make my bed and to do everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive or something like that.”
Schwarzenegger has criticized the Trump administration and previously endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential run, remaining one of the few Republicans to oppose Donald Trump. However, his rhetoric on “The View” conflicts with mainstream leftist views on the immigration crisis.
“The important thing is, when you become an immigrant, to think about — okay, I go to America because I want to use America for the great opportunities that America has in education, in jobs, [and in] creating a family. … Then you have to think about — okay, if I get all of those things from America, then I have to give something back. You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America and to go and do something for your community for no money whatsoever. … Make this country a better place.” 
The hosts attempted to interrupt, but could not be heard after the audience erupted into applause.

Digital X 2020/21 In Cologne

Arnold Schwarzenegger Slams Anti-ICE Rioters: ‘They Are Not Smart’

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Illegal Immigration

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

U.S.

Joy Behar predicted on Tuesday that President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles was likely to result another tragedy like the one that played out at Ohio&#8217;s Kent State University in May of 1970.
Behar made the comments during a regular broadcast of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; as she and her cohosts continued to complain about Trump and claim that the violent riots — where federal agents had been targeted and property had been destroyed — were peaceful and &#8220;orderly&#8221; until the National Guard arrived.
Whoopi Goldberg took the lead, claiming that videos of the violence were misleading because some news sources were not showing the peaceful parts of the protests. &#8220;It&#8217;s quite different when you&#8217;re talking to people in L.A.,&#8221; she said, adding that the riots had been &#8220;peaceful for days.&#8221;
&#8220;There is no crisis in Los Angeles that ICE did not cause. That&#8217;s the fact of the matter,&#8221; Sunny Hostin chimed in, saying the protests were &#8220;very, very orderly&#8221; and claiming that if immigration authorities had not showed up to enforce federal immigration law, there would be no problem.
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Using the latest liberal buzzwords meant to stir up fear and hate, Hostin warns that Trump is &#8220;militarizing&#8221; the state of California as a &#8220;test run&#8221; for cracking down on other sanctuary cities. 
&#8220;There is a plan,&#8221; she ominously fearmongers. <a href="https://t.co/ZfrDHw7zMB">pic.twitter.com/ZfrDHw7zMB</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1932456499042795633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Hostin followed that by restating her point from the day before — that Trump was &#8220;militarizing&#8221; the National Guard — and claiming that Trump was moving ahead with cracking down on Los Angeles because he wanted a &#8220;test run&#8221; for going after other &#8220;sanctuary cities.&#8221;
It was then that Behar invoked the memory of <a href="https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy">Kent State</a>, saying that bringing in the National Guard reminded her of the situation that had played out there in 1970 when anti-war (Vietnam) protesters had effectively cornered the National Guard troops who were brought in by then-Governor James Rhodes. Several of the National Guardsmen fired their weapons, killing four and wounding nine. A 1974 criminal trial against eight National Guardsmen was dismissed by District Judge Frank Battisti mid-trial after he said that the prosecution&#8217;s case was so weak that the defense need not present its case at all.
&#8220;You know, and sometimes kids get killed when this happens. In my day, it was Kent State and they killed four kids, American students, and nine were injured very severely in those days, and I think that they&#8217;ve got to be very careful what they&#8217;re doing because that&#8217;s the next thing that will happen,&#8221; Behar said.
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Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin compares the National Guard in L.A. to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. &#8220;I have a major issue with the National Guard going in and now the U.S. Marines&#8230; [its] significantly more U.S. forces than we had in the winddown of Afghanistan.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/KHSoM0MPR0">pic.twitter.com/KHSoM0MPR0</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1932461296139571711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that bringing in the National Guard and the Marines — even after federal agents and local law enforcement had been clearly harassed and targeted with projectiles — was excessive because there were more deployed to Los Angeles than during the &#8220;wind-down of Afghanistan.&#8221;

‘Sometimes Kids Get Killed’: Joy Behar Predicts Another Kent State As National Guard Patrols L.A.

California

Kent State

National Guard

Riots

Ana Navarro claimed that by deploying the U.S. Army National Guard to Los Angeles — amid violent riots that were targeting federal agents — President Donald Trump was using them to set a &#8220;trap&#8221; for Latinos and force them into a violent reaction.
Navarro made the comments during Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; on ABC, as she and her cohosts attacked the Trump administration first for sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to enforce federal immigration laws and then for sending in the National Guard when protesters violently attacked the federal agents.
&#8220;Today, he is sending in the National Guard to attack the protesters who are there,&#8221; Navarro — who immigrated to the United States legally — said, suggesting that the point of bringing the National Guard in was for them to attack the protesters. &#8220;And look, this for me hits really close, I&#8217;m Latino, I&#8217;m an immigrant, these are my people who are getting dragged through the streets.&#8221;
She went on to warn the Latino community that Trump had sent the National Guard to goad them into committing acts of violence. &#8220;We must be strategic, we must be nonviolent. We have the right to protest, we are Americans, this is our country, we have the right to free speech, but we cannot fall into the trap that Donald Trump is setting of wanting to turn this into violent protests.&#8221;
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She then asserted that Trump wanted violence to distract from the fact that he and Elon Musk had argued over the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Navarro decries ICE wearing masks: 
&#8220;The people who didn&#8217;t want to wear during a pandemic really want to wear a lot of masks now that they&#8217;re dragging women through the streets. <a href="https://t.co/MslXcStDb8">pic.twitter.com/MslXcStDb8</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1932106808702697843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Navarro concluded by attacking the ICE agents for wearing masks — which, according to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, has been permitted due to the number of agents who have been threatened or have had their families threatened.
&#8220;The people who didn&#8217;t want to wear during a pandemic really want to wear a lot of masks now that they&#8217;re dragging women through the streets,&#8221; she complained.

ANA NAVARRO

Ana Navarro: Trump, National Guard Are Setting A ‘Trap’ To Force Latinos Into Violence

Ana Navarro

Latinos

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