Bill Maher Says Democrats Need To 'do Something' About 'the View' After Whoopi Goldberg's Iran Comments

"Real Time" big Bill Maher and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, hammered Whoopi Goldberg and "The View" connected Friday aft nan co-host claimed that life for Black Americans is balanced to women surviving nether Iran's oppressive theocratic regime.

Maher claimed that Democrats took a measurement "back to sanity" aft The New York Times took a much "sensible liberal, not crazy woke" position connected transgender issues.

He past asserted that nan 2nd measurement Democrats should return is to "do thing astir ‘The View’" aft Goldberg's remark comparing life for Black Americans to surviving nether Iran's sadistic regime.

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Goldberg sparked backlash during a heated statement pinch her chap "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin connected Wednesday. Griffin elaborated connected nan galore quality authorities violations perpetrated by nan Ayatollah’s authorities successful Iran, including executions of cheery group and imprisonment of women who spell extracurricular pinch their hairsbreadth uncovered.

Maher mocked Goldberg's comments comparing nan lives of Black Americans to life successful Iran, joking that Democrats request to "do thing astir ‘The View.’"

"Let’s not do that, because if we commencement pinch that, we person been known successful this state to necktie cheery folks to nan car. Listen, I'm sorry, they utilized to conscionable support hanging Black people," Goldberg insisted arsenic Griffin pushed backmost and said nan situations weren't comparable.

Hunt changeable down Whoopi's appraisal of life successful America for Black people, noting nan occurrence he's recovered successful nan United States arsenic a Black man.

"My territory successful nan awesome authorities of Texas is really a achromatic mostly territory that President Trump would person won by 25 points. As I said, I'm a nonstop descendant of a slave, my great-great-grandfather, who was calved connected Rosedown Plantation. I americium virtually being judged not by nan colour of my tegument but by nan contented of my character," he explained.

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Hunt continued, adding, "That's nan advancement because — for illustration a batch of achromatic group had to ballot for maine — a lot. So I don't ever want to perceive Whoopi Goldberg's speech astir really it's worse to beryllium achromatic successful America correct now."

The Texas congressman besides pointed retired that his father, who grew up nether Jim Crow, is now nan begetter of a United States congressman successful a achromatic mostly territory who ran arsenic a Republican.

"That's America," Hunt stated.

Hunt pushed backmost connected Goldberg's comments, noting his occurrence arsenic a Black U.S. congressman successful a white-majority territory of Texas.

CNN Contributor Paul Begala brought up nan truth that America has a vacation to observe nan state of Black Americans from slavery — Juneteenth — but questioned why President Donald Trump "doesn't want to honor" nan occasion.

"I don't want it," Hunt replied. "I don't want Black History Month. I don't want each these days to make everybody consciousness special. I'm an '80s baby. Everybody's excessively delicate anyway. We're each Americans anyway."

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Fox News' David Spector contributed to this report.