Charlamagne tha God and Whoopi Goldberg Argue on ‘The View’ Over Hunter Biden’s Pardon; Goldberg says “You’re ridiculous” and “You don’t know” Joe Biden lied

Charlamagne Tha God appeared on the December 4 episode of “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) and got into a debate with co-host Whoopi Goldberg after claiming that Joe Biden lied about pardoning his son Hunter Biden passed convictions for gun and tax crimes. The president had previously vowed to withhold such clemency from his own family.

“I’m going to stop you for a second. Just because you don’t know it was a lie,” Goldberg told Charlamagne. “We don’t know why he changed his mind. I’ll tell you what I think. I think he changed his mind because he was tired of watching everyone else get over it. There comes a point where you just go, so I’m always going to follow the straight and narrow because that’s what Democrats are expected to do.”

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Charlamagne replied, “But that’s her fault! They’re the ones who go out there and stand on that moral high ground. They don’t have to do that.”

“So we’re mad at him for changing his mind?” Goldberg asked Charlamagne, who replied, “I’m not mad at him for pardoning Hunter Biden. You sound like you’re crazy!”

“Can you explain to me why everyone holds their pearls when Joe Biden does something?” Goldberg later asked after co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin joined the conversation, noting that President Biden had previously “made a point of it “Laid” to stand by institutions of integrity before pardoning Hunter.

“Nobody has criticized Donald Trump more than me and Charlamagne Tha God!” Griffin said in Goldberg’s defense.

“Yes, I criticized him more,” Goldberg said. “But you are missing my question. My question is: What makes people freak out about Joe, but we don’t have the same thing (with Trump)?”

Charlamagne had his own question for Goldberg: “Why can’t you say when Democrats are wrong, and why can’t Republicans say when Republicans are wrong? You don’t think Joe Biden is wrong?”

When Goldberg said that wasn’t the case, Charlamagne responded that that was “ridiculous.” “No, you’re ridiculous,” Goldberg retorted.

“I didn’t say that You were ridiculous, Ms. Goldberg. I would never say that. I just think that’s (ridiculous),” the radio host said, before Goldberg asked him to “come over here and give me a kiss.” The two then hugged and let the tension die down.

Charlamagne the God has often led “The View” to tense encounters. He appeared on a May episode of the daytime talk show and accused the show’s hosts of pressuring interview guests to support politicians on the show. At the time, Sunny Hostin criticized Charlamagne for not publicly supporting Biden.

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