Bill Maher says Democrats need to 'do something' about 'The View' after Whoopi Goldberg's Iran comments

Real Time host Bill Maher and Rep Wesley Hunt R-Texas hammered Whoopi Goldberg and The View on Friday after the co-host claimed that life for Black Americans is equivalent to women living under Iran's oppressive theocratic regime Maher claimed that Democrats took a step back to sanity after The New York Times took a more sensible liberal not crazy woke position on transgender issues He then asserted that the second step Democrats should take is to do something about The View after Goldberg's comment comparing life for Black Americans to living under Iran's brutal regime WHOOPI GOLDBERG REBUKED BY IRANIAN DISSIDENTS FOR COMPARING LIFE IN THE US TO IRANGoldberg sparked backlash during a heated argument with her fellow The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on Wednesday Griffin elaborated on the several human rights violations perpetrated by the Ayatollah s regime in Iran including executions of gay people and imprisonment of women who go outside with their hair uncovered Let s not do that because if we start with that we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car Listen I'm sorry they used to just keep hanging Black people Goldberg insisted as Griffin pushed back and declared the situations weren't comparable Hunt shot down Whoopi's assessment of life in America for Black people noting the success he's ascertained in the United States as a Black man My district in the great state of Texas is veritably a white majority district that President Trump would have won by points As I announced I'm a direct descendant of a slave my great-great-grandfather who was born on Rosedown Plantation I am literally being judged not by the color of my skin but by the content of my character he explained CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND TRADITION NEWSHunt continued adding That's the progress because like a lot of white people had to vote for me a lot So I don't ever want to hear Whoopi Goldberg's conversation about how it's worse to be black in America right now The Texas congressman also pointed out that his father who grew up under Jim Crow is now the father of a United States congressman in a white majority district who ran as a Republican That's America Hunt stated CNN Contributor Paul Begala brought up the fact that America has a holiday to celebrate the freedom of Black Americans from slavery Juneteenth but questioned why President Donald Trump doesn't want to honor the occasion I don't want it Hunt replied I don't want Black History Month I don't want all these days to make everybody feel special I'm an ' s baby Everybody's too sensitive anyway We're all Americans anyway CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND WAY OF LIFE NEWSFox News' David Spector contributed to this account