WHOOPI UNHINGED: View Host Says Living in the U.S. Similar to Living in Iran — If You’re Black [WATCH]
During Tuesday’s episode of The View, host Whoopi Goldberg claimed that being Black in America is comparable to living under an oppressive regime like Iran’s. “Let’s just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said. “They don’t adhere to basic human rights or international law.” That’s when Goldberg chimed in with the controversial take. “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,” she charged, adding that the US “used to just keep hanging Black people.” Griffin quickly fired back