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 the co-host claimed that beingness for Black Americans is equivalent 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 brainsick woke" presumption connected transgender issues.

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

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

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

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

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

"My territory successful the large authorities of Texas is really a achromatic bulk 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 the colour of my tegument but by the contented of my character," helium explained.

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Hunt continued, adding, "That's the advancement due to the fact that — similar a batch of achromatic radical had to ballot for maine — a lot. So I don't ever privation to perceive Whoopi Goldberg's speech astir however it's worse to beryllium achromatic successful America close now."

The Texas congressman besides pointed retired that his father, who grew up nether Jim Crow, is present the begetter of a United States congressman successful a achromatic bulk 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 the information that America has a vacation to observe the state of Black Americans from slavery — Juneteenth — but questioned wherefore President Donald Trump "doesn't privation to honor" the occasion.

"I don't privation it," Hunt replied. "I don't privation Black History Month. I don't privation each these days to marque 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.