Radio host Charlamagne Tha God clashed with Whoopi Goldberg during “The View” on Wednesday over President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter ahead of his exit from the White House.
“I think that all of the criticism is valid,’ Charlamagne said of the heat Biden has taken for breaking a repeated promise. “Democrats stand on this moral high ground all the time, and, you know, 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, “He could have said, ‘Hey, man, I’m not focused on that right now.’ But 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, so when he kept saying things like… ‘Nobody is above the law, I respect the jury’s decision, in regards to my son.’ He didn’t believe that. But he didn’t have to volunteer that lie to begin with.”
Biden pardoned his son on Sunday and was met with some criticism from both sides of the aisle.
Most of the “View” co-hosts defended the president, especially Goldberg, who insisted that Biden did not lie and that he can do whatever he wants as president.
“I’m going to stop you for a second, only because you don’t know that it was a lie,” Goldberg said.
