Clean up on aisle ABC. Far-left moderator of The View, Whoopi Goldberg was busy during Monday’s episode as she desperately tried to clean up the growing scandal surrounding former President Biden’s recently disclosed prostate cancer diagnosis. While claiming that there was no way Biden had known about the cancer while president, she went on to falsely claim that President Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship could lead to him getting rounded up by ICE and deported to Germany.
“Now, this diagnosis has been met with an outpouring of support on both sides of the aisle. I mean, it was surprising to see some of the people who -- who wished them well and it made me feel better,” she proclaimed near the top of the show.
She rhetorically scoffed at “claims of [a] health cover-up” by the Biden administration and worried that “this cancer diagnosis [could] add fuel to the fire.”
The cast ignored the suspicious timing of the disclosure, which came the same day audio leaked of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Hur. Audio which proved Biden’s cognitive decline since he couldn’t remember when his son Beau died and had long awkward pauses.
Goldberg went on to argue, without evidence, that there was no way for Biden to have known about the cancer while president, because he would have told us already:
But I want to point out to people that had this been the case while he was president, there's no way you wouldn't have known because he would have had to have these treatments. So this is not something he was carrying around or that he was hiding.
But that’s not accurate. In 2021, Biden had a polyp removed during a colonoscopy and stage four cancers don’t just materialize out of nowhere. It also followed the same track that the White House did in fact try to cover-up his cognitive decline.
Later in the show, Goldberg tried to float a wishful conspiracy theory about President Trump, suggesting that his desire to end birthright citizenship was so ill-conceived that he could end up deporting himself:
But that brings to an interesting point you see, because they are going to have to figure out when this takes place. Is this going to be from people from 1950 all the way to here? Because if it is, if it's from -- depending on how far back you go, the President whose dad came from Germany to Canada to the U.S. would not be able to stay.
Aside from ignoring the fact Trump’s family came to America legally, Goldberg got the facts of Trump’s family history completely wrong and was forced to correct herself. “Donald Trump's dad was born here, his grandfather was not. My bad. You know, that's what we do,” she stated, failing to touch how the facts upended her point.
The other cast members also had things to spout off about regarding Biden’s cancer diagnosis. Sunny Hostin made the diagnosis about Trump:
I don't think this is a time for politics. But what I will say is that this administration has cut cancer funding research by 31 percent, since 2025. And the U.S., for having -- being such a wealthy country, seems to be cutting cancer research not only for our elderly, our men, but also our children.
While faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin claimed she “cried” when she heard the news and scolded critics: “I think there is a way to have those conversations that's responsible, that's respectful, and then there is a way that just political like punditry and isn't helpful to anyone.”
Fake Republican Ana Navarro went the disgusting route and told Biden’s critics to lick her ass:
GOLDBERG: We know about his struggles and now we know about this one. And I just, again, want to commend the people who cut their tongues off and said, ‘get well soon,’ you know? Because I think that it jus- it did something for me.
NAVARRO: The people that didn't cut their tongues off, I have a place where they can put them.
Nothing but class from The View.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
May 19, 2025
11:03:10 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Now, this diagnosis has been met with an outpouring of support on both sides of the aisle. I mean, it was surprising to see some of the people who -- who wished them well and it made me feel better. It made me feel better about it. Because now I don't mind fighting, do you know what I mean? Because I know you're here. I know someone is in there.
And it also claimed -- there's lots of claims of health cover-up.
(…)
11:04:01 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: So will this cancer diagnosis add fuel to the fire or should politics be put aside for a minute and just let's get through this?
SUNNY HOSTIN: I’ll just say – You know – I think – It – he – What he said cancer touches us all when he posted this on social media, is so true. I'm sure that every single person in this audience and at this table knows someone who has had cancer, is a survivor of cancer, or has died from cancer. One of my best friends died from breast cancer and colon cancer. So, I think that the majority of U.S. families will feel for the Bidens.
I don't think this is a time for politics. But what I will say is that this administration has cut cancer funding research by 31 percent, since 2025. And the U.S., for having -- being such a wealthy country, seems to be cutting cancer research not only for our elderly, our men, but also our children.
(…)
11:05:31 a.m. Eastern
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I think that it's really uncomfortable to talk about issues of aging, of mortality, of getting older. Every family has dealt with when they see somebody they love starting to slow down or starting to slip up, getting that diagnosis, that's heartbreaking. And I think there is a way to have those conversations that's responsible, that's respectful, and then there is a way that just political like punditry and isn't helpful to anyone.
(…)
11:10:50 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: But I want to point out to people that had this been the case while he was president, there's no way you wouldn't have known because he would have had to have these treatments. So this is not something he was carrying around or that he was hiding.
And as Ana said, we know about his struggles. We know about his struggles and now we know about this one. And I just, again, want to commend the people who cut their tongues off and said, ‘get well soon,’ you know? Because I think that it jus- it did something for me.
ANA NAVARRO: The people that didn't cut their tongues off, I have a place where they can put them.
(…)
11:22:39 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: But that brings to an interesting point you see, because they are going to have to figure out when this takes place. Is this going to be from people from 1950 all the way to here? Because if it is, if it's from -- depending on how far back you go, the President whose dad came from Germany to Canada to the U.S. would not be able to stay.
(…)
11:29:16 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: I have a correction I need to make. Donald Trump's dad was born here, his grandfather was not. My bad. You know, that's what we do. If we get something wrong we correct it, because that's what adults do.
