The ABC News show ‘The View’ is an abomination to American television.
During the broadcast today, co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested that black people living in the United States are as oppressed as people living in Iran, where women have to submit to dress codes, and being gay is punishable by death.
Her comments came during a loud and incredibly stupid discussion about American foreign policy with regards to what’s currently unfolding in Iran.
It’s really amazing that this show is still on the air.
Transcript via NewsBusters:
FARAH GRIFFIN: It’s not even the same! I couldn’t step foot wearing this outfit in Iran right now.
GOLDBERG: Oh, no! That’s not what you mean to say. It is the same.
FARAH GRIFFIN: No, it’s not. The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like — if I stepped foot wearing this outfit in Tehran right now.
[Crosstalk, Haines trying to bring up Mahsa Amini]
FARAH GRIFFIN: I can’t have my hair showing. I can’t wear a skirt. I can’t have my arms out.
[Crosstalk]
HOSTIN: And it’s for us to judge?
FARAH GRIFFIN: I literally said it’s up to the Iranian people.
HAINES: Yes, it is up to them.
GOLDBERG: And that’s why I’m saying it is the same! Murdering someone for their difference is not good whoever does it! It’s not good!
[Applause]
So, that’s why I said you weren’t saying what you — what I heard was not what you meant.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Okay. I think it’s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is in Iran.
GOLDBERG: Not if you’re black!
HOSTIN: Not for everybody!
GOLDBERG: Not if you’re black!
FARAH GRIFFIN: Guys, don’t compare us to Tehran. No one at this table should go to Tehran.
Watch the video below:
NEW: Whoopi Goldberg says black people living in America have it just as bad as people living in Iran.
Alyssa Farah: “I think it’s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran.”
Goldberg: “Not if you’re black.” pic.twitter.com/RiXBN1MK14
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025
This show is such an embarrassment. Why does ABC News allow this train wreck to continue? Who does it help?
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