The Courts Are Courting Disaster by Alienating Conservatives
The Reactions to Karine Jean-Pierre's Book Were Pure Gold
Glove Are Off: Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Biden Health Cover-Up
Are People Getting Dumber?
Three Little Words
5th Anniversary of the Death of George Floyd -- The Damage Continues, Part...
Team Trump Ends the USNS Harvey Milk
Urgent Need for Red Flag
Trump's Agenda Versus His Opponents'
Harvard Is the Enemy
Great New Film – 'The American Miracle'
Senator John Cornyn’s Pro-Taxpayer Idea
Confirm Emil Bove to the Federal Bench
Trump Taking Further Action Against Harvard, This Time on Student Foreign Visas
It Turns Out the Bias Against Catholics From Biden's FBI Was Worse Than...
Tipsheet

Whoopi Goldberg Defends Biden Over Segregationist Comments, Saying 'You Have To Work With People You Don't Like'

Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File

Whoopi Goldberg defended former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over his controversial comments regarding working with segregationists on Thursday. 

Advertisement

"The View" co-host referenced her experience growing up during segregation and said that sometimes "you have to work with people you don't like." 

“A lot of these guys voted no on the Civil Rights Act,” she said. “Some of them were former klansmen. This is the world as it was. This is the world as it was, and that’s why L.B.J. had to beat up people to get them to notice us enough to give us the right to vote, okay?” (The Hill)

Goldberg's comments come after Biden has become embroiled in a feud with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) after he received backlash for saying that he worked with two segregationist senators to pass legislation. 

Booker immediately called for Biden to apologize for his comments and the pain they caused to many Americans. 

Biden shot back and said that Booker should be the one to apologize because "he knows better." 

"There’s not a racist bone in my body," he declared. "I’ve been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period. Period. Period."

Advertisement

Goldberg seemed to agree, saying that you can't call Biden a racist, and that candidates who are calling for Biden to apologize should try to beat him in the debates instead.

“Beat him... beat Biden in the debates, you know,” she said. “If you can beat him, beat him. Don’t try to make him out a racist. You don’t like some of the stuff he has done, say that, but you can’t call the dude a racist.”

Watch Goldberg's Comments Here:

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement