The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View faced rare criticism of their antics to their faces during Wednesday’s edition of the show. In open defiance of moderator Whoopi Goldberg, radio host Charlamagne Tha God went there and called out President Biden for damaging himself by lying about not pardoning his son Hunter. He also noted that the media would not tell the truth about Trump during his second term and used The View’s own legal notes as evidence.
When asked by Joy Behar for his reaction to the reaction to Biden’s pardon, Charlamagne explained that “all of the criticism is valid because, you know, Democrats stand on this moral high ground all the time, and, you know, they act so self-righteous.”
“The reality is, he didn't have to say anything in regards to whether or not his son wanted to be pardoned,” Charlamagne proposed. “So, when he kept saying things like, ‘ah, you know, nobody is above the law, I respect the jury's decision in regards to my son.’ He didn't believe that. But he didn't have to volunteer that lie to begin with.”
His mention of the fact that Biden lied triggered Goldberg, who interjected and wanted to how he could tell Biden lied:
GOLDBERG: I'm going to stop you for a second.
CHARLAMAGNE: Uh-oh.
GOLDBERG: Only because you don't know that it was a lie. We don’t know why he changed his mind.
CHARLAMAGNE: You really think he just changed his mind over Thanksgiving weekend all of a sudden?
GOLDBERG: No. I’m going to tell you what I think. I think he changed his mind because he got sick of watching everybody else get over.
Goldberg went on to whine that people expected Democrats to stick to the “moral” standards they set for themselves, and Charlamagne pointed out that they were the ones shooting themselves in the foot (Click “expand”):
GOLDBERG: And he -- this is just my feeling, because at some point you get to the place where you just go, ‘So, I'm just going to follow the straight and narrow always, because that's what's expected of Democrats?’
CHARLEMAGNE: But that's their fault. They're the ones that go out there and they stand on this moral high ground. They don't have to do that.
GOLDBERG: I'm a Democrat. Tell me what the moral high ground is.
CHARLEMAGNE: The moral high ground is ‘nobody is above the law,’ ‘I respect what the jurors are saying.’ He didn't have to do that.
GOLDBERG: So, we're mad at him because he changed his --
CHARLEMAGNE: By the way, I'm not mad at him pardoning Hunter Biden.
GOLDBERG: But you sound like it.
CHARLEMAGNE: No. No. No. No. No.
Still unable to understand why people wanted to hold Biden to his and the media’s shtick about being the most decent man in politics who was fighting for the soul of America, Goldberg wanted someone to “explain to me why it is that when Joe Biden does something, everybody clutches their pearls.”
Further in the interview, pretend independent Sara Haines questioned Charlamagne’s predication that cable news would refuse to report accurately about President-elect Trump during his second term. “Not even just cable news, no network. Nobody. Because they didn't do it before. So why would they do it now? They’re scared to death cause he’s the president of the United States of America,” he clarified.
“What about us? What about us?” Behar pushed back. Sunny Hostin adding, “Um, have you watched The View?”
That’s when he called out Hostin’s recent string of legal notes. “Well, well, let’s be honest, Sunny, I saw you had to apologize a couple times last week so somebody is coming with some notes from downstairs,” he noted.
Hostin grew indignant and argued that, “I'm not apologizing; I'm making a legal note as an attorney of law… that’s not a mistake.” “Check ourselves here through ABC News,” Behar falsely claimed.
But Charlamagne’s premise wasn’t correct either. According to him, the way the media weren’t going to report accurately about Trump would be in the form of going too easy on him because “they’re scared to death.”
In reality, as we saw with Trump’s first term and during the election, they had no problem with just making up stories and pushing hoaxes; like when Whoopi insanely claimed Trump was going to redistribute white spouses from interracial marriages.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
December 4, 2024
11:18:43 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: Let me ask you something that’s going around right now; a lot of this conversation about President Biden getting criticized from both side for pardoning his son Hunter after repeatedly saying he would never do it. And a lot of people are saying that it's hypocritical. Et cetera. As if the other side doesn’t do it.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: It is.
BEHAR: But what's your reaction to it?
CHARLAMAGNE: I think all of the criticism is valid because, you know, Democrats stand on this moral high ground all the time, and, you know, they act so self-righteous. The reality is, he didn't have to say anything in regards to whether or not his son wanted to be pardoned. He could have said, ‘Hey, man, I'm not focused on that right now.’
But since they were calling Trump a threat to democracy and they were saying nobody is above the law but they were speaking about him, that's what they were running on. So, when he kept saying things like, ‘ah, you know, nobody is above the law, I respect the jury's decision in regards to my son.’ He didn't believe that. But he didn't have to volunteer that lie to begin with.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I'm going to stop you for a second.
CHARLAMAGNE: Uh-oh.
GOLDBERG: Only because you don't know that it was a lie. We don’t know why he changed his mind.
CHARLAMAGNE: You really think he just changed his mind over Thanksgiving weekend all of a sudden?
GOLDBERG: No. I’m going to tell you what I think. I think he changed his mind because he got sick of watching everybody else get over.
[Applause]
And he -- this is just my feeling, because at some point you get to the place where you just go, ‘So, I'm just going to follow the straight and narrow always, because that's what's expected of Democrats?’
CHARLAMAGNE: But that's their fault. They're the ones that go out there and they stand on this moral high ground. They don't have to do that.
GOLDBERG: I'm a Democrat. Tell me what the moral high ground is.
CHARLAMAGNE: The moral high ground is ‘nobody is above the law,’ ‘I respect what the jurors are saying.’ He didn't have to do that.
GOLDBERG: So, we're mad at him because he changed his --
CHARLAMAGNE: By the way, I'm not mad at him pardoning Hunter Biden.
GOLDBERG: But you sound like it.
CHARLAMAGNE: No. No. No. No. No
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: If I could get in on this. I actually think it went further. And this is one thing we really disagree on. Joe Biden made a point of saying we stand by our institutions -
GOLDBERG: Yes, I understand all that. Yes.
FARAH GRIFFIN: - and the impartiality to the Department of Justice. Democrats ran on that. The same DOJ indicted Hunter Biden. We shouldn't say it's corrupt like Donald Trump does, but then in his statement pardoning Hunter Biden, he says that it was a political pursuit by his own Department of Justice.
GOLDBERG: Can you explain to me why it is that when Joe Biden does something, everybody clutches their pearls. He's wrong, he lies --
FARAH GRIFFIN: Nobody has criticized Donald Trump more than me or Charlamagne The God.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, people have criticized him more. I’ve criticized him more. We've all criticized him more. But you're missing my question. My question is, what is it that makes people flip the [self-censors] out with Joe but we don't have the same kind of thing?
CHARLAMAGNE: Well, I don't think people are flipping out with Joe. I think Democrats are flipping out with Joe because Democrats believe that they don't represent what he's currently representing, but that's just not true. That's why I say they stand on this moral high ground that does not exist.
(…)
11:30:49 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: Now that Trump has won, you say you don't think cable news will ever truly cover him honestly again. Why --
CHARLAMAGNE: Not even just cable news, no network. Nobody. Because they didn't do it before. So why would they do it now? They’re scared to death cause he’s the president of the United States of America.
BEHAR: What about us? What about us?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Um, have you watched The View?
BEHAR: Yeah!
CHARLAMAGNE: Well, well, let’s be honest, Sunny, I saw you had to apologize a couple times last week so somebody is coming with some notes from downstairs.
HOSTIN: I'm not apologizing; I'm making a legal note as an attorney of law.
CHARLAMAGNE: Because you know we have a petty president incoming that is going to be very litigious.
HOSTIN: Yes. Who is litigious. But that doesn’t mean – that’s not a mistake.
BEHAR: Check ourselves here through ABC News.
(…)
