Kimmel’s ABC colleagues at ‘The View’ finally speak out: ‘No one silences us’

Whoopi Goldberg, above, and her co-hosts on ABC's "The View" spoke out Monday against President Donald Trump's recent attacks on free speech. Lou Rocco/ABC/Getty Images

After remaining mum on fellow ABC host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension last week, the hosts of “The View” on Monday spoke out against the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on free speech.

“Did y’all really think we weren’t going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel? Have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons?” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said at the top of the broadcast. “No one silences us,” she said.

Goldberg explained that the long-running daytime talk show hadn’t addressed Kimmel’s indefinite suspension during Thursday’s and Friday’s broadcasts because the co-hosts “took a breath to see if Jimmy was going to say anything