With inflation at a 40-year-high because of President Biden’s runaway spending early in his administration, the liberal cast of The View came out Thursday with the singular mission of gaslighting their viewers on the reason why they’re struggling to make ends meet. With them blaming everything from Congress to the pandemic to climate change, co-host Whoopi Goldberg demanded to know “what do you want him to do?!” and unironically told viewers “don't let people BS you.”
“Inflation rates just hit a 40-year high, and there are calls coming from both sides of the aisle and the media for the Biden administration to figure out ways to fix it,” Goldberg announced at the top of the show. “So, here's my question: what do you want him to do that he's not doing?” And according to her, “I don’t know very many folks who could juggle this many balls in the air at the same time.”
Goldberg lamented Biden has had to contend with “COVID and then COVID-19, and then COVID-21, and then COVID’s COVID's cousin, you know, and there's that, and there's the wars, and there’s inflation going up, which is happening all over the world, it's not just us.”
She then blamed the pain on Republicans who she falsely accused of raising taxes when in reality they passed a tax cut. “I have been saying cut the taxes that you raised six years ago so people can get a little bit more money back in their pocket before everything went to hell in a handbasket,” she huffed.
Co-host and wealthy lawyer Sunny Hostin suggested the problem was that Americans were too stupid to understand that inflation wasn’t Biden’s fault and that “the answer is educating the American people” that “climate change” was a contributing factor:
And I think the education part is really important because this is a global phenomenon. There are reasons why our inflation rate is at 9.1 percent. (…) It's a global pandemic. (…) The war in Ukraine. China has slowed down its production because of the global pandemic because they had the lockdown, and then you have, of course, climate change, and so there are all these factors that are leading to the fact that we have this inflation, and it's not Joe Biden.
“It’s not Joe Biden” was her ultimate takeaway.
Of course, they also had Chelsea Clinton on set to provide backup, suggesting, “the President and his administration care deeply about the American people, and after his predecessor, that I think is an important thing to acknowledge.”
Clinton when on to bloviate about how “the administration has tried many things to get in front of the inflation crisis” but Congress has stood in their way, despite the fact Democrats hold the majority in both the House and Senate.
“So, we can say we think they should be doing more and a different set of things, but we shouldn't sit here and pretend they haven't cared or that haven't taken action because they do care and they have taken action,” she scolded critics.
Faux Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin tried to criticize Biden for cutting domestic oil production and then “relying on egregious human rights violators like the Saudis” and Venezuela. But Goldberg interjected to assert, without evidence, that American oil companies were hoarding oil to drive up the price. “Or maybe we can rely on the people who are in charge of domestic production like all the oil companies who own – they could release some of that too. I mean, call me crazy,” she sneered.
The cherry on top was Goldberg ending the segment by declaring: “don't let people BS you about what's going on here.”
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
July 14, 2022
11:02:53 a.m. EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG: Inflation rates just hit a 40-year high, and there are calls coming from both sides of the aisle and the media for the Biden administration to figure out ways to fix it.
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11:04:18 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: So, here's my question: what do you want him to do that he's not doing? I mean, I don't -- I don't know. You know, this -- I don’t know very many folks who could juggle this many balls in the air at the same time.
I mean, he's gotten hit with, you know, COVID and then COVID-19, and then COVID-21, and then COVID’s COVID's cousin, you know, and there's that, and there's the wars, and there’s inflation going up, which is happening all over the world, it's not just us.
So, I would like to know, and I'll just throw it out to anybody. Does anybody have a solution of stuff that can be done? I have been saying cut the taxes that you raised six years ago so people can get a little bit more money back in their pocket before everything went to hell in a handbasket. But what else can happen? What can happen? What can happen?
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11:05:45 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: I think the answer is educating the American people, right? Because I think you're right [to Alyssa Farah Griffin]. They go to the grocery store, they go to the gas pump and they see the prices and they can't afford it. So, there's that disconnect there. Why is it happening? People are only blaming the Biden administration.
And I think the education part is really important because this is a global phenomenon. There are reasons why our inflation rate is at 9.1 percent. If you look at all the economies around the world, 60 percent of the economies around the world have inflation rates that are really, really high, and that is because of the global pandemic, right? It's a global pandemic. That's also because --
CHELSEA CLINTON: The war in Ukraine.
HOSTIN: The war in Ukraine. China has slowed down its production because of the global pandemic because they had the lockdown, and then you have, of course, climate change, and so there are all these factors that are leading to the fact that we have this inflation, and it's not Joe Biden.
GOLDBERG: Right.
CLINTON: I do think though -- can I say quickly? It's clear that the President and his administration care deeply about the American people, and after his predecessor, that I think is an important thing to acknowledge.
GOLDBERG: Mm-hmm.
[Applause]
CLINTON: And that he is not being passive. Right? The administration has tried many things to get in front of the inflation crisis. They tried to lower prescription drugs last year. Congress stopped that. They tried to cut taxes. Congress was not supportive of that. He's released oil from the strategic oil reserve. I mean, the Biden administration deserves credit for what they have been doing. So, we can say we think they should be doing more and a different set of things, but we shouldn't sit here and pretend they haven't cared or that haven't taken action because they do care and they have taken action.
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11:07:58 a.m. Eastern
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Can I say one thing on the Saudi trip where the President is going? It's an important – It’s an important trip that he be there, I hope that he raises human rights when he’s there, I think that he will. But I’ve got to say this he stopped domestic production and now we're relying on egregious human rights violators like the Saudis to produce more oil, and he even at one point talked about Venezuela to go.
So, I would say this: I’m a conservative environmentalist, we need an all-of-the-above approach to energy, but when we're in a crisis and people can't afford gas, we need to be doing domestic production, not relying on human rights abusers.
GOLDBERG: Or maybe we can rely on the people who are in charge of domestic production like all the oil companies who own – they could release some of that too. I mean, call me crazy.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: And they could lower the prices.
CLINTON: And they could lower the prices.
GOLDBERG: And they could lower the prices.
[Crosstalk]
GOLDBERG: This is – Again, don't let people BS you about what's going on here.
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