‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg Gives Stern Warning to Speaker Mike Johnson About ‘Tarred & Feathered’ Comments
The cohosts of The View continued to talk about Donald Trump‘s decision to send military troops into California amid anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles — this time, narrowing in on key Republicans’ public responses to questions about it. Not only did the subject get a bit testy between the panelists at certain points, but Whoopi Goldberg was also incensed enough about a certain turn of phrase by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson that she delivered a stern warning to him about it.
First, the group reviewed footage of the reactions to Trump’s deployment of National Guard members and Marines to the city, including California Governor Gavin Newsom calling it the move of an “authoritarian regime” and suggesting other cities will be next, and Johnson’s reaction to Newsom’s statement: “I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered. I’ll say that.” Johnson also sidestepped questions about whether it’s hypocritical of the administration to target these demonstrators after pardoning the insurrectionists of January 6th.
“He doesn’t have a distinction, and that’s why he’s slowly walking away from the mic,” Sara Haines said first. “There’s no consistency here.” She also criticized the administration for wasting money on the deployment of troops. “We’ve talked about DOGE for months. We’ve been talking about the careless hacksaw that’s been taken to the government aid, cancer research, school lunches, you name it, all on the chopping block, and yet we’ll spend $136 million to deploy our military domestically without any coordination of the state government…. The insanity of all of this playing out is a waste of money.”
“Tarring and feathering, by the way, is a medieval punishment and torture,” she continued before Goldberg interrupted, “I’m sorry, that’s what they did to Black people all throughout the United States. So just an FYI to Mike Johnson. That is probably not the direction you want to go right now.”
Soon after, Alyssa Farah Griffin warned that Trump’s political strategy might be “baiting liberals” into “adopting rhetoric that he thinks is going to be divisive and damaging ahead of the midterms,” such as “defund ICE” and “defund the police.”
However, Sunny Hostin disagreed and said it was purely a “power grab” by Trump. “Trump is not doing this just for optics. I think that this is a test case so that he can dismantle some of our institutions. I think it’s a power grab. I think he is trying to use the might of the military to suppress people’s rights. I think that is very clear. When you use the military against your own citizens, that is a sign of fascism. That is just the truth. We’ve seen it in history over and over and over again,” she said.
Griffin returned to reiterate her point, though, warning, “The ICE agents, those are non-partisan actors, for the most part, who signed up for jobs, have served under multiple administrations. They did not necessarily sign up to be doing this, and they’re following an order of the Commander in Chief.”
Goldberg was once again shaken by the turn of phrase at hand, this time by Griffin, and said, “Think back, ya’ll. Where have you heard that before: ‘I’m just following orders by my commander in chief?'”
When Griffin tried to respond, Goldberg didn’t allow it at first and said, “No, no, because this is my point: We don’t want to be what they were. Do you understand what I’m saying? We don’t.” She later added, “We do have to be careful, because when we say things like, ‘just following orders,’ it leads to that.” Griffin then got her turn to speak again and said that she believes half of the troops are probably on the same political leanings as Democrats and feel uncomfortable with the deployment.
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@Lou Yep totally agree and she’s as AntiAmerican as it gets to.
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Whoopi has a problem with facts and history. Tarring and feathering goes back to Medieval England and was applied both officially (by the KIng) or the public (against thieves mostly in vigilante actions) but in Colonial America it was primarily used against Colonial officials by Patriots during the American Revolution. There are only a handful of known cases where the victim was African America and those were mostly in Mississippi in the 19th Century.
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Jim they never let little things like “ facts” get in the way of their Hate narrative.
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Newsome is like Whoopi a perverted joke. He’s just fluffing his hair gel for a run at the Presidency. He could care less about CA or America. Everything he says and does is for Gavin. I feel sorry for the Decent Real Americans stuck in CA.
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Doc go fix your brain.
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Hostin talking about “when you use the military against your own citizens”. Who says they ARE our own citizens ? Biden Allowed over 20 million into the country that are Known don’t even know how many unknown. I’m all for using the military Including limited use of lethal force if need be. These people are Trying hard to Kill and/or maim Law Enforcement. Her and the rest of the Lib cackling hens keep bringing up Jan 6. Well the ONLY person that died That day was Ashli Babbitt an Unarmed USAF Veteran when she stepped through an already broken window a Capitol Police Officer shot her dead !! Also they beat the hell out of allot of the insurrectionists that day to. Now I Did Not Agree with Jan 6 !! It was Wrong !! I Also did not agree with Trump pardoning ALL of them though Yes there were Some that deserved pardons. Lib Dems have had Numerous Riots and Civil Unrest Before and After Jan 6 !! This is NOW and That was Then. These Illegal Invaders need to be Stopped Now !! And sent Back to where they come from !! Especially the Criminal elements of them !! Trump is Trying to get the Criminals out of our country. But Whoopi, Newsome, the rest of the “ladies” of the Spew and Lib Dems want to Keep them here. Even Bring Back Criminals that have been deported already. We Know Why. They plan to make Voters out of All of them Regardless of if they have Criminal records. That’s the Warped AntiAmerican thinking of Lib Dems !!
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Your comment is completely and totally BS. No one asked these people ( that Biden Allowed) to come here ILLEGALLY and bring all their Criminals with them !! If you want to blame the govt. blame it when Biden was Supposed to be President. Of course we know now he was Never in charge. He Allowed 20 million plus Known Illegals into this country we Don’t Know how many Unknowns. Biden said quote “ I’m Powerless to stop it Congress must act”. Yet in just a few short months Trump has turned the massive flow to a tiny drip !! And he’s Trying to deport the Criminal element that got in. But Lib Dem Judges are filing injunction after injunction. And Lib Dem politicians are out there Endorsing, Supporting, and Defending these Riots calling them “ peaceful protests”. They Don’t Care that these Illegal Invaders have Murdered, Raped, Molested, Assaulted Legal Americans !! And have looted and destroyed their property to boot. These Illegal Invaders don’t ask they Demand ALL the benefits our country has to offer while Burning & Spitting on Our Ntl. Flag while waving the flags of Foreign countries, all the while standing on American soil !! So they have No loyalty or allegiance to our country. The Only govt. that Was/Is responsible for all this is when the Lib Dems were the majority !! It All rests right at their feet !!
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Trump is, you're right.
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Don't forget people, the only ones to blame in this situation are those in America's government.
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