Along with claiming President Trump engaged Wednesday in insider trading, ABC’s The View featured more insanity on Thursday with moderator/longtime co-host Whoopi Goldberg openly encouraging Americans to give more in taxes to the government to make up for slashed spending and then claiming the First Amendment has ceased to exist.
Goldberg first made her comical declaration about giving extra tax revenue to the government in relation to Trump’s 90-day pause in most tariffs:
“This is us. This — because we all thought, oh, they’re talking about somebody else. No, they’ve been talking about us the whole time and when I say us, it’s all of us,” she added.
No word on whether Whoopi considered encouraging viewers to, say, donate to your local food bank, homeless shelter, or religious organization.
To end the next block, faux conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin stole a few moments to denounce Trump’s Wednesday executive order going after former officials Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, saying “Chris Krebs is a personal friend of mine” and “would strong encourage someone around the President to talk him into walking this back.”
“Krebs is being penalized because he said the 2020 election was safe and fair while overseeing our cybersecurity infrastructure. He worked for Donald Trump. He put in reforms that allowed Donald Trump to safely be re-elected in 2024 when he won and this, to me, is just not what people elected him to do. He is a good public servant. He’s not somebody who goes out of his way to antagonize Donald Trump,” she added.
“Not somebody who goes out of his way to antagonize Donald Trump”? Would she be putting herself as someone whom this wouldn’t apply to?
Fellow pearl-clutcher and co-host Sunny Hostin interjected to the applause of the far-left seals in the audience: “And, by the way, everyone, dissent is not unlawful. Dissent is not unlawful! Dissent is not unlawful!”
Goldberg then interjected with her act of apocalyptic hyperbole: “[Y]ou know, I don’t — I don’t understand when — when the First Amendment disappeared[.]”
To more applause from the mindless mob, Goldberg used this as a rallying cry: “[A]nd this is also on us. Every time we don’t say, ‘hey, you can’t do that,’ they do more. You’ve got to speak up. You’ve got to make your voices heard. We’ve got to do this. It’s up to us.”
To see the relevant ABC transcript from April 10, click “expand.”
ABC’s The View
April 10, 2025
11:09 a.m. EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, you know, a 90-day pause doesn’t mean anything to anyone, because people are, as you say, struggling with everything.
ANA NAVARRO: Right.
GOLDBERG: They’re living on a day-to-day basis. Now, you know what we’re fighting against, but I also believe that it’s very important to remind people that now is the time for each and every one of us to suck it up and make sure that we know what we need to take care of. If you’re in an area where the school district is — is losing, then you got to pay a little more taxes and you got to help the schools out. If you’re finding that your libraries are falling apart, you have to give more. This is where we come in. We cannot depend on them. This is us. This — because we all thought, oh, they’re talking about somebody else. No, they’ve been talking about us the whole time and when I say us, it’s all of us.
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11:24 a.m. Eastern
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Really quickly, I want to mention the Miles Teller — Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs. Chris Krebs is a personal friend of mine. I would strong encourage someone around the President to talk him into walking this back.
SARA HAINES: You’re talking about the executive orders of — coming after — yeah.
GRIFFIN: Krebs — Krebs is being penalized because he said the 2020 election was safe and fair while overseeing our cybersecurity infrastructure.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
GRIFFIN: He worked for Donald Trump. He put in reforms that allowed Donald Trump to safely be re-elected in 2024 when he won and this, to me, is just not what people elected him to do. He is a good public servant. He’s not somebody who goes out of his way to antagonize Donald Trump and I just think it’s — it’s incredible.
GOLDBER: I don’t —
HOSTIN: And, by the way, everyone, dissent is not unlawful.
GRIFFIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: — well, I just don’t understand —
HOSTIN: Dissent is not unlawful. [APPLAUSE]
NAVARRO: It’s American.
GOLDBERG: — you know, I don’t — I don’t understand when — when the First Amendment disappeared —
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG:— and this is also on us. Every time we don’t say, ‘hey, you can’t do that,’ they do more.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: You’ve got to speak up. You’ve got to make your voices heard. We’ve got to do this. [APPLAUSE]
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: It’s up to us.
