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Whoopi Goldberg took a wave of backlash after she used her platform on ABCÆs ôThe Viewö to claim that black Americans ù even in the year 2025 ù were no better off than Iranian citizens living under the brutal and oppressive Islamist government.
Goldberg and cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin squared off on the topic during WednesdayÆs broadcast, when Griffin correctly pointed out the fact that an Iranian woman would likely be arrested ù or worse ù for stepping foot outside wearing even the relatively modest outfit she had on at the time. ôI canÆt
have my hair showing, I canÆt wear a skirt, I canÆt have my arms out,ö she said.
Goldberg apparently objected to the idea that Iranians were more oppressed
than black Americans, and said, ôListen, hereÆs the thing ù letÆs not do the
ù letÆs not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in
this country to tie gay folks to the car.ö
ôIÆm sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today is nothing compared to the United States,ö Griffin interjected, again correctly.
ôThey used to just keep hanging black people!ö Goldberg exclaimed, and continued to press the point.
But much like their reaction when Goldberg claimed that the Holocaust was
ônot about race,ö critics quickly made it clear that they were not buying her assertions.
Guy Benson drove the point home during an appearance on Fox NewsÆ ôAmericaÆs Newsroom,ö saying at first, ôI call that show a daily national televised
insane asylum for a reason.ö
Watch:
TORCHED: @guypbenson just DECIMATED Whoopi Goldberg & ôThe Viewö for
their ômoral idiocy.ö
ôI call that show a daily national televised insane asylum for a
reasonàö
ôOur government PROSECUTES hate crimes. They donÆt commit themà!ö
ôWhoopi Goldbergàis one of the mostà pic.twitter.com/T4cRg9tVMy
ù Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 19, 2025
ôItÆs hard to overstate the moral idiocy of what we just heard there,ö he
said, marking Goldberg as the prime source of that. ôAlyssa Farah is making
the point correctly about how people are subjugated brutally by the Iranian regime and WhoopiÆs like, æOh, look at what we do here in the U.S. There are hate crimes here.'ö
ôOur government prosecutes hate crimes,ö Benson added. ôThey donÆt commit
them as a matter of course. For her to say, æOh, well, if youÆre black in the United States in 2025, itÆs basically the same as being a dissident or anyone in Iran, that is deeply, deeply ignorant.ö
ôHi Whoopi Goldberg!ö another posted. ôYou 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 ù who only identified her by her birthmark.ö
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 ù who only identified her
by her birthmark. pic.twitter.com/A5LwwtWuqv
ù dahlia kurtz ?? ???? ???? (@DahliaKurtz) June 18, 2025
ôWhoopie Goldberg believes black women in America are more oppressed than
women living under the Islamic Regimeà 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 arrestedà Meanwhile Iranian women are kidnapped, raped, and beaten for simply showing their hairà Whoopie is a æuseful idiot,'ö another added.
Whoopie Goldberg believes black women in America are more oppressed
than women living under the Islamic Regimeà
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 beingà pic.twitter.com/iHS88Z5E0b
ù The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) June 18, 2025
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) weighed in as well, saying, ôIf 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. ThatÆs the beauty of our country.ö
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.
ThatÆs the beauty of our country.
https://t.co/lTFYqyTqvw
ù Congressman Jeff Van Drew (@Congressman_JVD) June 18, 2025
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