A heated debate recently unfolded on the Wednesday episode of talk show, The View, after Charlamagne Tha God clashed with Whoopi Goldberg over President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.
The conversation kicked off with the radio personality being asked about his opinion on the backlash President Biden has received for pardoning Hunter prior to his departure from the White House. He criticized the president for going against what the Democratic party frequently chanted during the previous election cycle, “no one is above the law.”
“All of the criticism is valid,” Charlamagne began. “Democrats stand on this moral high ground all the time, and they act so self-righteous. The reality is, he didn’t have to say anything in regards to whether or not his son wanted to be pardoned.”
He continued, “Since they were calling Trump a threat to democracy and saying nobody is above the law, but they were speaking about him, that’s what they were running on. He didn’t have to volunteer that lie to begin with.”
At a point, Goldberg interjected to defend President Biden, saying his decision wasn’t rooted in dishonesty.
“I’m going to stop you for a second, only because you don’t know that it was a lie,” she said. “At some point, you get to the place where you just go, ‘So I’m just going to follow the straight and narrow always,’ because that’s what’s expected of Democrats.”
Charlamagne pushed back on Goldberg’s explanation, stating that it’s the Democrats “fault” for having that mindset and putting themselves on a different pedestal. Additionally, he challenged the co-hosts on their choice to not call out their own political party. As a response, Goldberg stated that she no problem with pressing Democrats when necessary but maintains that President Biden’s decision wasn’t a misstep.
“I don’t think Joe Biden was wrong,” Goldberg said.
Things turn a brief turn when Charlamagne dismissed her comment as “ridiculous,” which she quickly fired back, “you’re ridiculous.” But, the moment didn’t last long as Charlamagne clarified that he wasn’t calling her ridiculous but her response instead. Nonetheless, the heated debate ended with the two sharing a hug and moving on with the conversation.
