Whoopi Goldberg Rebukes Audience for Laughing at Trump and Newsom’s Meme War

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Oct 2nd, 2025, 12:49 pm

Whoopi Goldberg rebuked the audience Thursday after they laughed at the ridiculous and offensive meme war going on between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

“So, we are two days into the government shutdown and you-know-who did following through on his threat to target blue states and cut billions in funding to New York City, as well as funding in 16 mostly Democratic-led states,” Goldberg began. “He also doubled-down with yet another racist deepfake meme against House Minority Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries (D-NY).”

She then played a video of Vice President JD Vance calling the meme “funny” after a reporter asked if it was “helpfu

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