The View DEMANDS You Stop Blaming Violence on Liberals, Claims Trump Is a Dictator
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The View DEMANDS You Stop Blaming Violence on Liberals, Claims Trump Is a Dictator

On Tuesday’s episode of The View, ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg was angrily shouting into the camera as she was demanding people to stop blaming the left for liberals repeatedly trying to kill President Trump and other Republicans. Meanwhile, in that same episode, she and co-host Joy Behar again suggested Trump was going to try to stay in office after his term was up, like a dictator. An accusation that could possibly incite someone to violence. Leading into the segment, about the right calling out the left for their violence and their repeated attempts to kill Trump, Goldberg griped about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt do just that from the White House podium. Goldberg (70) acted like child, make a mocking face and cringing when she said Leavitt’s name: So yesterday, you remember when we were talking about rhetoric and all - all the rhetoric has to stop? So yesterday, White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt [makes a mocking face and cringes] claimed that politically charged rhetoric from the left inspired the Correspondents Dinner shooter. After playing soundbites of Republicans calling out the left, Goldberg reappeared and started shouting her demands into the camera. “What are you talking about?! What are talking - Stop!” she screech, demanding that people ignore the truth. “This has gotta stop. This has gotta stop. You gotta stop pointing the finger! You guys brought it up yesterday. You have to stop pointing fingers!” Meanwhile, last year, Goldberg called him a dictator.   Whoopi screams at you and demands you ignore the obvious, that liberal rhetoric is inspiring people to attempt to assassinate the president: "What are you talking about?! What are talking - Stop! This has gotta stop. This has gotta stop. You gotta stop pointing the finger! You… pic.twitter.com/v6yQZ5UnYw — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 29, 2026   It was another example of The View’s dangerous hypocrisy. Earlier in the show, Behar got into an argument with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, where the former insisted that Trump was singularly responsible for ALL the division and hatred in America: FARAH GRIFFIN: It’s bigger than Donald Trump though, and I think we make a mistake by pretending that all division in this country springs from one man. I do want to - I think this is such an important point. I want to pull up BEHAR [interrupting]: Excuse me, it does! FARAH GRIFFIN: No, BEHAR: He started this! HOSTIN: The divisiveness. FARAH GRIFFIN: There's so much, there's so much more in this country. It predated Donald Trump. It will postdate him. This is not all gonna go away when he's out of office. BEHAR: But it’s - gah - It’s - It’s - the cult needs a head, and he's the head.   "He started this!" Joy Behar claims all hate and division in America started with Trump. pic.twitter.com/CSYw69rOF6 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 29, 2026   Additionally, Behar and Goldberg suggested that the new White House ballroom was proof that Trump was planning to stay in office and cling onto power after his term was up, like a dictator: GOLDBERG: It's not your building! It's not yours! That's the first thing this is - this belongs to the people of the United States of America it is not your building! So building this ballroom basically means you're never leaving! BEHAR: Exactly. That's my question. Is he planning to live there? GOLDBERG: I guess so!   Inciting another attempt to kill Trump? The View again claims the ballroom proves Trump never plans to leave office: GOLDBERG: It's not your building! It's not yours! That's the first thing this is - this belongs to the people of the United States of America it is not your… pic.twitter.com/jFAAKpA5Jg — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 29, 2026   Elsewhere in the same episode, co-host Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor who they brag always brings her receipts, claimed that a newly released donor list for the ballroom contained suspicious and dubious people and organizations. But when Goldberg teed her up to dish the names, Hostin floundered and came up empty: HOSTIN: And The Washington Post is reporting that that list is now available and perhaps includes people that should not be donating to a government property. GOLDBERG: What do you mean? What do you mean? [Looks to the audience with a faux shock] [Laughter] HOSTIN: Well, um. It, it just lists, um, some people and organizations perhaps that shouldn't be doing that. And so the other thing, uh, so, so I think that's why they're now asking for taxpayer dollars because it is a vanity project.   Inciting another attempt to kill Trump? The View again claims the ballroom proves Trump never plans to leave office: GOLDBERG: It's not your building! It's not yours! That's the first thing this is - this belongs to the people of the United States of America it is not your… pic.twitter.com/jFAAKpA5Jg — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 29, 2026   For years, NewsBusters has tracked The View’s incendiary rhetoric. You can check our 2025 and 2024 roundups by clicking the links. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View April 28, 2026 11:04 a.m. Eastern (…) WHOOPI GOLDBERG: It's not your building! It's not yours! That's the first thing this is - this belongs to the people of the United States of America it is not your building! So building this ballroom basically means you're never leaving! JOY BEHAR: Exactly. That's my question. Is he planning to live there? GOLDBERG: I guess so! (…) SUNNY HOSTIN: Last year, the White House released a list of about 37 donors. That wasn't a full list. Now recently, the Public Citizen, this organization sued to obtain the contract regarding the billion dollars - the billionaires who were fundraising. And The Washington Post is reporting that that list is now available and perhaps includes people that should not be donating to a government property. GOLDBERG: What do you mean? What do you mean? [Looks to the audience with a faux shock] [Laughter] HOSTIN: Well, um. It, it just lists, um, some people and organizations perhaps that shouldn't be doing that. And so the other thing, uh, so, so I think that's why they're now asking for taxpayer dollars because it is a vanity project. A thousand seats for a ballroom. (…) BEHAR: We are planning to vote in November. He has a 33 percent approval rating which will probably go into the 20s very shortly. ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: It’s bigger than Donald Trump though, and I think we make a mistake by pretending that all division in this country springs from one man. I do want to - I think this is such an important point. I want to pull up BEHAR [interrupting]: Excuse me, it does! FARAH GRIFFIN: No, BEHAR: He started this! HOSTIN: The divisiveness. FARAH GRIFFIN: There's so much, there's so much more in this country. It predated Donald Trump. It will postdate him. This is not all gonna go away when he's out of office. BEHAR: But it’s - gah - It’s - It’s - the cult needs a head, and he's the head. (…) GOLDBERG: So yesterday, you remember when we were talking about rhetoric and all - all the rhetoric has to stop? So yesterday, White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt [makes a mocking face and cringes] claimed that politically charged rhetoric from the left inspired the Correspondents Dinner shooter. (…) GOLDBERG: And you know, here were Democrats, independents, and Republicans in that room. What are you talking about?! What are talking - Stop! This has gotta stop. This has gotta stop. You gotta stop pointing the finger! You guys brought it up yesterday. You have to stop pointing fingers! (…)