Whoopi Goldberg scolds Democrats with blunt rebuke on The View
‘I don't want to hear this from you right now,’ the host told Democrats
Whoopi Goldberg has laid into Democrats for failing to come together behind a leader, telling the party to “get their s*** together.”
The 70-year-old host was speaking on The View after watching the Democratic party sweep to a comprehensive victory in the midterm elections.
After playing a series of clips of politicians debating whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should pass the baton, Goldberg commented, per The Wrap: “I know y'all feel like this... I don't want to hear this from you right now. I want to know what all of you are, all of you Democrats, what are your plans for the first 100 days? I don't care if you've been there forever or you just got there. What are your plans?”
She went on to argue that the party should be prioritizing issues such as gas and grocery prices, not indulging in infighting.
“I don't care who it is!” said Goldberg in reference to the leadership debate. “I don't care who it is. We put you in there to clean house, to make sure that the government works the way the people want it to work. I don't want to hear all this infighting because then you become the distraction, and then you become no better than the Republicans were, so just get your stuff together. All of it.”
Goldberg recently missed several episodes of The View to shoot a new movie. The hit show is currently celebrating its milestone 30th season.
Speaking on the ABC daytime talk show’s Behind the Table podcast, executive producer Brian Teta said: “We’re going to lose you for a couple of days because you’re going to be doing this movie.”
Goldberg is set to appear in Netflix’s upcoming Women Like Us.
Goldberg spoke about the film — which is being produced by Michelle Obama — and the plot. “It’s five really wonderful women — several of whom I’ve worked with before,” she told executive producer Brian Teta on ABC’s Behind the Table podcast.
“It’s about change and getting older and having fun with your friends and people who get you. It’s about finding your people. I’m excited to do it. It’ll be fun.”
Goldberg said during an August episode of Keke Palmer’s podcast that she enjoys the flexibility that doing The View provides as she continues to pursue other outside projects.
“I constantly say to people, ‘Yes, I’m still open for this.’ And especially now, because people say, ‘Well, you’re on The View, you can’t do anything.’ If I need to go, I go,” she told Palmer.
Goldberg has served as the Hot Topics moderator on the show since 2007, holding the record for the most consecutive seasons as the program’s host — even surpassing its creator, Barbara Walters.
