On The View Wednesday, co-host Whoopi Goldberg sparked controversy by claiming that black and gay Americans endure the same level of abuse as women and LGBTQ individuals in Iran—a shocking and blatantly false comparison that exposes the left’s relentless victimhood narrative. While co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin rightly condemned Iran’s brutal regime—where gay people are thrown off buildings, women are flogged for not wearing hijabs, and marital rape is legal—Goldberg doubled down, insisting America is just as bad.
“Well here’s the thing. 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. [Americans] used to just keep hanging black people,” Goldberg said, equating America’s past sins with Iran’s current atrocities. When Griffin pushed back, Goldberg snapped, “Oh wait, wait, wait. That’s not what you mean to say, it is the same.”
But it’s not the same. In Iran, women face imprisonment for showing their hair, gay men are publicly executed, and “honor killings” are legally excused. Meanwhile, in Trump’s America, black unemployment hit historic lows, LGBTQ individuals serve openly in government and military, and women hold record-high positions of power. Yet Goldberg and the liberal media continue pushing this false narrative of American oppression, ignoring the progress made under conservative leadership.
Griffin fired back: “The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if I stepped foot wearing this outfit in Tehran right now. I can’t have my hair showing, I can’t wear a skirt, I can’t have my arms out.” But Goldberg, undeterred, insisted: “And that’s why I am saying that it is the same. Murdering someone for their difference is not good whoever does it. It’s not good.”
This is the kind of hyperbolic rhetoric that fuels division in America. While the left whines about systemic oppression, President Trump has delivered real results—securing the border, reviving the economy, and standing up for religious freedom. Unlike the Biden administration, which kowtows to dictators, Trump’s policies prioritize American strength and values.
The liberal media would rather paint the U.S. as a dystopian hellscape than acknowledge the freedoms we enjoy—freedoms that Iran’s citizens can only dream of. Instead of indulging in false equivalencies, they should be thanking Trump for protecting those freedoms.