Similar to former President Biden, we might have to start worrying about the cognitive decline of some of the liberal co-hosts of ABC’s The View. In addition to Joy Behar forgetting the word “presidency” during Thursday’s show, moderator Whoopi Goldberg seemed to not be present in this century as she whined that Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) wasn’t getting presidential consideration because “you can't elect a black man.” Goldberg also proclaimed that there was “no name” for her ideology.
Goldberg’s unhinged ranting, which was divorced from reality, came during their discussion of former Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announcing that she was becoming an independent. “Whoopi … you've been an independent for awhile,” co-host Sunny Hostin teed up Goldberg to virtue signal about her purported party affiliation.
According to Goldberg, no label could encompass her. “There's no name, because there are some things that fit what I want and some things that don't,” she pompously declared.
Lashing out at the Republicans, Goldberg chided that “the Republican Party used to stand for a whole bunch of stuff … I question the Republican Party now.”
Goldberg claimed she also questioned Democrats because they supposedly weren’t giving “perfect candidate” Moore the proper consideration for a presidential run. “And people are saying, well, he – you know, you can't elect a black man. Why not?” she huffed.
The rest of the cast pushed back:
HAINES: Like, hell yeah we will.
BEHAR: But we did it.
HOSTIN: We did it twice!
HAINES: And we will again!
GOLDBERG: Well, I’m just – But I’m saying.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: And what I like about Wes Moore, for example, he thinks outside of the box.
She also lamented that people would call her “crazy” because she wondered: “why don't we have a Democratic president and a Republican vice president?”
Clearly, Goldberg was flaunting her ignorance of the fact that the Constitution originally allowed for it but failed so miserably in practice that the founders drafted and ratified the 12th Amendment.
Additionally, on the notion of being an independent voter, co-host Sara Haines admitted that she was essentially pretending. “I feel like maybe I'm biased as an independent that everyone should be independent … Usually, an independent leans one way. I have voted left for 25 years,” she touted, “but I don't identify as a Democrat because the Democrats don't stand for what I stand for…”
“Yeah, but you keep voting for them,” Behar sniped back. “I wait to see the candidates and if the Republicans ever put up a candidate that I was, like, ‘that's my person;’ in a heartbeat I would vote for them,” Haines claimed, without evidence to back up her hypothetical.
It’s also worth pointing out that their conversation was sparked by Jean-Pierre abandoning the Democratic Party, but they ignored a Politico report that detailed how “Jean-Pierre had been hoping for a post-White House job as a co-host on The View … But no such opportunity materialized for Jean-Pierre, a factor three of her former colleagues surmised that likely led to the book.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
June 5, 2025
11:03:28 a.m. Eastern(…)
SARA HAINES: Well, I think it's a more honest political take. I feel like maybe I'm biased as an independent that everyone should be independent, but it's the largest group of voters we have are independents. And I think it's because our party is -- sorry, our system is so simplistic by having two parties and assuming anyone fits in those boxes at all.
But I also realize some people push back and say, ‘Oh, you can't vote in the primaries.’ Right now, in this country, in 35 states they're either open or semi open, which suits the independent voter. And I think it's time for politicians to sell themselves completely to someone consuming what they have to offer and not worrying about jersey-wearing politics and tribalism.
JOY BEHAR: So, she [Karine Jean-Pierre] calls herself an independent. That means she'll vote for a Republican? I doubt it.
HAINES: No, but that’s – you're also simplifying it. Usually, an independent leans one way. I have voted left for 25 years, but I don't identify as a Democrat because the Democrats don't stand for what I stand for in every –
BEHAR: Yeah, but you keep voting for them.
HAINES: I wait to see the candidates and if the Republicans ever put up a candidate that I was, like, ‘that's my person;’ in a heartbeat I would vote for them.
(…)
11:07:19 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: Whoopi, you've always -- you've been an independent for awhile.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, there's nothing -- there's no name for what I am.
HOSTIN: Okay.
[Laughter]
GOLDBERG: There's no name, because there are some things that fit what I want and some things that don't. And I'm the crazy person who said, you know, why don't we have a Democratic president and a Republican vice president.
HAINES: Oh.
HOSTIN: Yeah, you said that.
GOLDBERG: I believe that the only way to get stuff done is to have both parties represented.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: At the same time.
HOSITN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: And people keep telling me I'm crazy but I don't think I am.
(…)
11:08:46 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: People would feel like they were being heard, if someone was talking to them, you know, and there are a lot of, you know -- Listen, the Republican Party used to stand for a whole bunch of stuff. Not all things I liked, you know, at all, but they had a point of view that I didn't have to question. I question the Republican Party now, And I question the Democratic Party now. You have someone like Wes Moore who is a perfect candidate. You know.
HAINES (while clapping her hands): I love Wes Moore. Oh, my gosh. Please.
GOLDBERG: And people are saying, well, he – you know, you can't elect a black man. Why not?
HAINES: Like, hell yeah we will.
BEHAR: But we did it.
HOSTIN: We did it twice!
HAINES: And we will again!
GOLDBERG: Well, I’m just – But I’m saying.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: And what I like about Wes Moore, for example, he thinks outside of the box.
(…)
