Whoopi Goldberg to Democrats: Stop Fighting Each Other and 'Get Your Stuff Together'
The View host told the newly empowered party to focus on gas prices and grocery bills instead of leadership squabbles.
By CHLOE BENNETTMedia & Journalism · Nov 11, 3:00 AM
WASHINGTON — Whoopi Goldberg used her seat on "The View" to scold Democrats over infighting about congressional leadership, telling them to get their stuff together, Fox News reported. Fox reported she urged the party to focus on gas prices and SNAP food benefits instead.
The Independent reported that Goldberg delivered a blunt rebuke, telling Democrats she did not want to hear their quarrels right now. The Daily Mail reported she begged the "blue tsunami" Democrats to avoid infighting once they get to Washington and to clean house.
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in last week's midterms. Instead of a victory lap, the party has spent the days since arguing in public about who should lead it. Liberal and moderate members, union leaders and activists have all weighed in, and the fights have played out on cable news and social media.
That is what Goldberg was reacting to. Her message, as Fox News described it, was that voters sent Democrats to Washington to deal with the cost of living, not to fight over offices.
Not everyone on the right was cheering her. NewsBusters argued that Goldberg's real complaint was that the infighting was happening in public, where voters can see…