Whoopi Defends Swalwell Misconduct, Can’t Expel Him Before Trump Outed

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 13th, 2026 2:38 PM

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Almost no one in the liberal media was stupid enough to put their neck out for Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) following the flood of sexual misconduct allegations timed to sink his dream of being governor. But no one in their right mind had ever accused ABC moderator Whoopi Goldberg of being smart. On Monday’s episode of The View, Goldberg was a good little Democratic Party sycophant as she was the only cast member to go to bat for the embattled gubernatorial candidate. According to her, Congress couldn't vote to expel Swalwell until they dealt with President Trump first.

Leading into their conversation, Goldberg played a soundbite of Swalwell defending himself and soundbite of Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (FL) announcing she initiated the process of expelling Swalwell and three other members with misconduct allegations.

Immediately following the clip of Luna, the camera returned to Goldberg. The room was silent as Goldberg scoffed and wondered aloud about what the Congresswoman was doing to get rid of Trump:

LUNA: On Friday, I had my staff initiate the process and file -- or set the process to file motions for expulsions for multiple members of Congress both Democrat and Republican. And I think even though Democrats and Republicans might have ideological differences, I think we should be able to all agree on the basics that maybe if you are, I don't know, sexually harassing or assaulting or have issues of domestic violence or you're stealing funds from FEMA, maybe you should not be in Congress.

[Cuts back to live]

[Silence]

WHOOPI GOLDBERG What about president?

 

 

With the audience now roaring in applause at the Trump jab, Goldberg continued to decry efforts to oust Swalwell, citing his denials and engaging in pure whataboutism by deflecting to the other members of Congress:

I'm just asking. Because he's denying all the allegations and he's not the only member of Congress facing accusations of sexual miscongress [sic] - misconduct right now. So, I mean, with all that we've seen, what should be happening here? What should happen here?

Despite every other co-host supporting Swalwell’s ouster, Goldberg was a loyal sycophant to the party. She closed out the segment by arguing that Swalwell shouldn’t be removed from office before Trump:

GOLDBERG: Well, you know, you start at the head and until you clear out the issues they're going to stay.

(…)

GOLDBERG: But I just feel like, you know, as long as the head has all these issues, 55 people can come out and say they should drain the swamp, but if you are not draining from the top, I don't know if people are going to take it seriously. I don't know that they will take it seriously.

 

 

As for the rest of the cast, Sara Haines endorsed Luna’s efforts: “I think what she said on that video should align with everyone. It's not a party problem, it's a certain amount of character integrity. If you are going to be a public servant in an elective government, there should be a baseline level of goodness, of character. You're handling money and power.”

Ana Navarro wanted Swalwell gone along with Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez (TX), who Luna was also trying to remove. She was upset that both were still receiving paychecks from the taxpayers (Click “expand”):

Listen, I think Eric Swalwell and the others who have been accused of also terrible things have every right to fight these allegations and go prove that they're wrong. What they don't have a right to do is do it while they're getting paid with our taxpayer money and do it while they are representing people.

(…)

But I also want the same level of energy against Tony Gonzalez who's the guy from Texas, the congressman from Texas who admitted to having an affair with a staffer. She died by suicide, set herself on fire, and he's still in Congress! Cashing a paycheck! So, you know, it's unacceptable that people of this level of moral character or lack thereof are still in Congress.

 

 

Even Sunny Hostin was down with booting Swalwell. She even noted some of the others Luna was targeting including Representatives Cory Mills (R-FL) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) (Click “expand”):

HOSTIN: So, I think if Swalwell goes, you drain the swamp, everybody goes. It's not -- I agree with you, Sara, it's not a Democratic problem, it's not a Republican problem, it's just a character problem.

HAINES: Yeah.

HOSTIN: And our representatives who represent us, that is not a right, it is an honor and I think they should all go. I think Tony Gonzalez should go. You've got -

HAINES: Cory Mills.

HOSTIN: You've got representative Sh- Cory Mills, you've got Sheila Cherfilus-McCormack, they've all denied wrongdoing but I think they should all go.

Hostin did then pitched former Vice President Kamala Harris to be California's governor but the deadline to get on the ballot had long since passed.

 

 

Back from maternity leave, Alyssa Farah Griffin called out how Swalwell fell for the Chinese honey trap Feng Feng. She also chided the apparent fact that his misconduct “was openly known, [and] nobody did anything about it.”

Obviously, Goldberg was the odd one out on this issue.

The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:

ABC’s The View
April 13, 2026
11:03:56 a.m. Eastern

(…)

REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL, X video): On Friday, I had my staff initiate the process and file -- or set the process to file motions for expulsions for multiple members of Congress both Democrat and Republican. And I think even though Democrats and Republicans might have ideological differences, I think we should be able to all agree on the basics that maybe if you are, I don't know, sexually harassing or assaulting or have issues of domestic violence or you're stealing funds from FEMA, maybe you should not be in Congress.

[Cuts back to live]

[Silence]

WHOOPI GOLDBERG What about president?

[Cheers and applause]

I'm just asking. Because he's denying all the allegations and he's not the only member of Congress facing accusations of sexual miscongress [sic] - misconduct right now. So, I mean, with all that we've seen, what should be happening here? What should happen here?

SARA HAINES: He needed to take himself out of the race for governor and he needs to leave Congress.

I think what she said on that video should align with everyone. It's not a party problem, it's a certain amount of character integrity. If you are going to be a public servant in an elective government, there should be a baseline level of goodness, of character. You're handling money and power.

We saw this with Kristi Noem abusing the funds. We are watching people take millions of dollars. If you cannot decide what's good and bad when you hold that kind of power, you shouldn't be in office.

ANA NAVARRO: Listen, I think Eric Swalwell and the others who have been accused of also terrible things have every right to fight these allegations and go prove that they're wrong. What they don't have a right to do is do it while they're getting paid with our taxpayer money and do it while they are representing people.

The people they represent, those constituents, deserve to have representatives who are focused on their priorities and their interests, not on cleaning their problems up and their legal -- and the legal allegations up I think these are horrible accusations, they were first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle against Swalwell and CNN. So, you know that these things have been vetted. There's corroborating evidence. He's denying them.

But I also want the same level of energy against Tony Gonzalez who's the guy from Texas, the congressman from Texas who admitted to having an affair with a staffer. She died by suicide, set herself on fire, and he's still in Congress!

SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.

NAVARRO: Cashing a paycheck! So, you know, it's unacceptable that people of this level of moral character or lack thereof are still in Congress.

HOSTIN: That's right.

(…)

11:07:06

HOSTIN: So, I think if Swalwell goes, you drain the swamp, everybody goes. It's not -- I agree with you, Sara, it's not a Democratic problem, it's not a Republican problem, it's just a character problem.

HAINES: Yeah.

HOSTIN: And our representatives who represent us, that is not a right, it is an honor and I think they should all go. I think Tony Gonzalez should go. You've got -

HAINES: Cory Mills.

HOSTIN: You've got representative Sh- Cory Mills, you've got Sheila Cherfilus-McCormack, they've all denied wrongdoing but I think they should all go.

(…)

11:08:52 a.m. Eastern

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: These allegations are horrible.

HOSTIN: Horrible.

FARAH GRIFFIN: They're well-documented. This is, I mean, deeply reported.

First, I think of them and then secondly the American public, because Swalwell sat on the Intel Committee and he -- There were allegations he had a suspected Chinese spy Feng Feng who was associated with him in had his office. Now he was not found to have engaged in wrongdoing.

But to me, my spidey senses from having worked at the Pentagon go off, which is it was an open secret that he had issues with women. That he was somebody who was susceptible potential to heavy drinking, to propriety with women. And America's adversaries look to exploit that. So, that to me pinpoints that it was openly known, nobody did anything about it.

But thank God that now, Democrats, Adam Schiff and others have called for him to step aside and he did the right thing to do it. But no sympathy for this.

(…)

11:09:56 a.m. Eastern

GOLDBERG: Well, you know, you start at the head and until you clear out the issues they're going to stay. because people believe -

HOSTIN: I thought Trump said he was going to drain the swamp?

GOLDBERG: Well, you know, he may have said that. I mean. I don't know what has come over me but I don't really believe anything he says these days.

FARAH GRIFFIN: Shocking.

GOLDBERG: I know.

FARAH GRIFFIN: Shocking.

GOLDBERG: I'm so affected by this. But I just feel like, you know, as long as the head has all these issues, 55 people can come out and say they should drain the swamp, but if you are not draining from the top, I don't know if people are going to take it seriously. I don't know that they will take it seriously.

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