Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow lefties from “The View” sparked controversy Monday by taking to the mat to defend President Biden's sweeping pardon for her son Hunter, dismissing it as just “what presidents do.” He dismissed criticism of the measures as “stupid.” “Clutching your pearls.”
On ABC's “Hot Topics” segment, Goldberg directly defended Biden by reciting a list of people President-elect Donald Trump pardoned during his first term, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn. embarked on.
“That's what presidents do all the time. They do the same thing every time, pardon someone, so I don't see why there's a pearl clutching going on right now other than people wanting it.” No. But that seems kind of stupid,” Goldberg said.
Almost all of the show's other co-hosts are, as usual, ideologically aligned with Mr. Goldberg, including Alyssa Farrar Griffin, the panel's only conservative voice (former Pentagon spokesperson) echoed Goldberg's opinion. Just the opposite.
“If most Americans were to face the consequences of their actions, they would have to face them, and no one in power or politically connected would rush in to save them. No, I don't think so,” Griffin said, adding that Biden's pardon would “help.” For many people in this country, the idea is that those in power simply have different rules. ”
She also accused President Biden of “lying” when he repeatedly claimed he would not pardon her only living son, who was convicted of gun and tax felonies in Delaware and California. denounced.
But Griffin did have sympathy for White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who was repeatedly forced to tease her boss about the issue from the podium.
“I felt sorry for Karine Jean-Pierre,” she said. “This is why people don't trust Washington, this is why people don't trust politicians. I know a lot of us like Joe Biden, but it's unfortunate and it's bad for our organization. I think that's a bad thing.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin, a former prosecutor, offered the lukewarm view that the younger Biden would not have been indicted if it weren't for his last name and connection to the president.
The show's Ana Navarro agreed, lamenting that Biden “has to live with” the “guilt” that Hunter was indicted “because he's my son.”
Navarro then looked straight into the camera and dramatically said, “Hunter, your father gave you a great, great gift, and that is the gift of freedom.”
Griffin resisted his co-host's optimistic characterization of a sweeping pardon, calling President Biden's repeated claims that a pardon would never happen a “lie” that sets a dangerous precedent, and Goldberg He urged him to once again defend lame duck commanders. chief.
“I don't think Biden had any intention of pardoning Hunter,” Goldberg said. “As things progressed, he said, 'Why would anyone stand up and do this when no one else is doing it?'
The liberal hosts of “The View” were not the only left-wing media outlets to react strongly to the pardons, with anti-Trump MSNBC contributor Molly Jong-Fast exclaiming after listening to the news live on air. lost.
“I just heard it and I have to process it. There are no takes, sorry,” she said with a barely suppressed laugh.
In a statement announcing the pardon, President Biden said he felt his son was “unjustly prosecuted” in the case.
“I believe in the judicial system, but as I have worked on this issue, I also believe that raw politics has infected this process, which has led to miscarriages of justice,” he wrote.
