Whoopi Goldberg responded to former President Barack Obama suggesting that Democrats should “just toughen up”.
Obama advised Democrats to stop “whining” and complaining about President Donald Trump’s policies.
The former president made the remarks on Friday, July 11, at a private fundraiser in New Jersey.
“I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up,” Obama said.
Goldberg responded to his comments on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday. “Let me remind everybody who was out on the front lines marching when we had the giant marches that went on. It was the people. The people went out,” she said.
“They were not ‘navel-gazing,'” she continued. “It was older people who were saying, ‘Why are you touching my Social Security?’ It was not people ‘whining.’ It was about people saying, ‘Why are you taking these rights from my child when my child was born here?'”
Goldberg defended Democrats, saying they are just angry and politically engaged.
“When you say Democrats, he’s talking to us, saying our messaging is bad,” Goldberg said. “And I’m saying, no, our messaging has not been bad because people have been out.”
“Democrats have been angry at what [Trump] tried to do the last time. They’ve been angry this time. So, I — with much due respect to you both — I believe you are pointing the finger at the wrong person when you say Democrats,” Goldberg said, referring to Obama and Mark Cuban.
