- Whoopi Goldberg disagreed with Donald Trump when he called the January 6 rioters 'hostages' on the anniversary of the main attack
- Goldberg said they should be called “prisoners” instead
- Biden and Trump both spoke about the anniversary during their campaign this weekend
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The View's Whoopi Goldberg attacked former President Donald Trump for defending the January 6 Capitol rioters.
“They broke the law, they went to jail, that's how it works in this country,” Goldberg said on Monday's episode.
Goldberg responded to Trump's recent comments calling for the release of the convicts, as the former president called them “hostages” and said they have “suffered enough.”
“They are not hostages, they are prisoners, and not prisoners of war, because this country was not at war until you showed up,” the co-host said.
Joe Biden and Trump both addressed the anniversary while on the campaign trail this weekend, sharing strong, opposing views on the violent incident that left five people dead. Biden described it as the day “we almost lost America.”
The View's Whoopi Goldberg attacked former President Donald Trump for defending the January 6 Capitol rioters
Goldberg responded to Trump's recent comments calling for the release of the convicts, as the former president called them “hostages” and said they have “suffered enough.”
Goldberg then turned to her co-hosts at the table and asked them what they thought of Trump's comments about the riot.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who was once the White House director of strategic communications when Trump was in office, said she was not at the riot but was “watching it in real time.”
“I think it's a shame and that's why I'm running in the primaries, because I want Donald Trump to stand still,” Griffin said.
She added that if Trump were to win the 2024 election, it “could honestly be the last election of our lifetime.” Supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress prepared to certify the 2020 electoral vote.
A day after the violent riot, Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke and died after being confronted by rioters during the attack.
Sandra Garza, Sicknick's longtime partner before his death, launched a lawsuit last year against Trump and two Capitol rioters — Julian Khater and George Tanios — over the officer's death.
Federal Judge Mehta has since dismissed part of the wrongful death lawsuit against the former president, but allowed other parts of the lawsuit to proceed.
Mehta decided to go ahead with the accusation that the former president, Khater and Tanios were involved in a conspiracy to “violate civil rights.”
The riots followed months of false claims by Trump and his allies that the election was rigged against him.
Timothy Heaphy, a former US attorney, told the Time how he believed that on that day the country almost lost democracy itself.
On January 6, a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, killing five people
New details have emerged in the investigation into the riot, claiming Trump was 'not interested' in doing anything to stop his supporters that day
A day after the violent riot, Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke and died after being confronted by rioters during the attack
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that most of the new damning details about Donald Trump on January 6 are coming from Republicans and allies.
“Trump has exhausted every legal avenue available to him to overturn the election, every one of them,” Biden said over the weekend.
“But the legal route simply brought Trump back to the truth, that I won the election and he was a loser.”
In other recent news, new details from that day have emerged as Special Counsel Jack Smith continues his investigation, claiming Trump was “not interested” in doing anything to prevent his supporters from rioting at the Capitol that day.
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi responded in an interview on ABC on Sunday to the new detail that the damning testimonies “are overwhelmingly coming from Republicans.”
The California Democrat was speaker of the House of Representatives at the time of the riot and helped lead investigations into Trump both during and after he left office.
Trump faces 91 federal charges for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and some states are issuing rulings seeking to keep him from voting in 2024 for “participation in insurrection.”