Shoutout to @WhoopiGoldberg for having @JoeBiden 's back

[Gothmog]

This is truly great

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[Cha]

1. Whoopi can see the Big Picture and is Exactly right

.. she's Righteously Pissed.

[Gothmog]

3. @WhoopiGoldberg speaks for us. You are standing on Our shoulders. We worked plenty. Love you Whoopi

Link to tweet

[Cha]

7. Mahalo! Retweeted Both of them!

[musicman65]

34. She is

most respected and speaks truth

[Cha]

39. To Whoopi

[UniteFightBack]

2. True that....not to mention he will beat dump in the swing states like Pennsylvania. My deplorable

co worker said over a year ago he was 'afraid' of a Biden run. Little did he know that Dem's would turn their back on him.

[Walleye]

4. The Supreme Court ordered schools to be desegregated

But, it was the kids, the young baby boomers, who actually did it and made it work. It was quite a struggle against prejudice that was put on our young shoulders. Love Whoopi!

[Gothmog]

6. The SCOTUS did so because Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP and other sued for this

We all stand on the backs of those who came before us. Thurgood Marshall and his generation filed and won that lawsuit.

[Walleye]

11. Absolutely, didn't mean to diminish their hard won victories

We are all do our part in the struggle. I just wish more people knew their history as well as the current popular talking points.

[Tumbulu]

5. Fantastic!

Thanks for posting!

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Whoopie is absolutely right on Apartheid

[Gothmog]

29. Thank you for posting this

[emmaverybo]

9. Always have loved her. This is brilliant. The praise for ending apartheid (with blood, tears,

unbelievable sacrifices) all goes to Mandela and Black South Africans.

Joe did play a small part here in the US in the effort to get the Reagan administration to at least give some lip service to the right side:

[brer cat]

10. I love Whoopi. nt

[George II]

12. Good to see her outside of network television, when she can express herself freely! Love her.

[YOHABLO]

13. Her net worth is $45 million and makes $5 million a year. Go figure.

[Cha]

15. I figure Whoopi is right.

[Cha]

18. And, what does how much money Whoopi has

.. have to do with what she said about Joe Biden?

[betsuni]

21. I would like to know the answer to this question as well.

I wonder if there will be one.

[Cha]

23. I'm guessing

"no" because it has absolutely nothing to do with it.

[Gothmog]

28. Go read the twitter feed from the sanders supporters attacking Whoopi

The sanders supporters are convinced that this line of attack is working. I am amused

[Cha]

30. lol.. oh it's a meme.

[Gothmog]

31. It makes no sense to me

I guess that it qualifies as something

[Gothmog]

27. I saw the sanders supporters using this line of attack on Whoopi on twitter

I am wondering what difference this makes.

[HarlanPepper]

40. Good for her. You have a problem with wealthy black women?

[YOHABLO]

42. Why are you implying I have anything against ''wealthy black women''? How silly.

[cwydro]

14. I've always loved Whoopi.

Hard to keep up on DU though. Not too long ago there was a long thread denigrating her.

I remember it well.

[peggysue2]

16. Good one on Whoopi

And , too.

[CatMor]

17. She's the best ....

always loved Whoopi, good for her. She is one smart cookie.

[betsuni]

19. Thank you, Whoopi! The "inspiring" and establishment bullshit is bullshit.

Hillary Clinton was inspired to go to the South as a law student to work on school desegregation and inspired many an unhinged rant about feminists when she was First Lady. But she and Joe Biden are part of the imaginary Democratic Party establishment that hasn't done anything and isn't progressive or inspiring? Whoopi used the correct two word response to this stupidity.

[Dem2theMax]

20. I love hearing the truth.

[WheelWalker]

22. Damn fucking straight!

[IronLionZion]

24. This is still boomers vs millennials

Older minorities are on the Biden train. Younger minorities like the 2 socialists and are willing to take more risks. There was a time when Obama was considered too risky.

This video is great, but older black voters are not supporting Biden for his civil rights work. It's because he was Obama's VP, has experience, and is considered a safe choice.

[Cha]

25. Whoopi is right and Biden is considered

a strong choice.

[emmaverybo]

26. That and trust he has built with AA communities and leaders throughout the nation over decades. And

not that he was any old VP—how he gave intense loyalty to our first AA and most wonderful young
president, how he was able to stay enough in the wings, supporting, yet carry some of the workload himself, and for a great friendship between generations and across the racial divide, reminding us
of a time of better intent, a fervent desire to fulfill ideals and promises we have yet to live up to.

Yes, Biden has made mistakes. Ironically, it is those who were around when he made them who are the most able to balance his mistakes with his commitment, finding still that his heart has been in the right place and his friendships made out of love, not political expedience, and that he sincerely listens and learns.

You would like to dismiss Biden’s AA support as though anyone who had happened to get the VP nod would gain it. In doing so, you underestimate Obama’s excellent judgement and also AA supporters’ discernment, wisdom, and respect for their own voices. They are not so easily swayed. Trust is not a commodity these supporters trade in nonchalantly.

Yes, we will all vote blue. But yes, it does matter who.

[Tarheel_Dem]

32. K&R for Whoopi and Joe!

[StarfishSaver]

33. Kick because this is awesome

Whoopi laid it out there. This needs to be the comeback to anyone whining that Biden is "too establishment" or "not inspiring."

[Gothmog]

35. Whoopi is right

Link to tweet

[MH1]

36. Spot on take by Whoopi.

Thanks for posting!

[MH1]

37. "Goddamn DO NOT put down the people on whose shoulders you're standing!"

(quoting Whoopi in that clip)

[Demsrule86]

38. I love her...

[Peacetrain]

41. Thank you Whoopi!!

[Cha]

43. K!

[Gothmog]

44. This makes me smile

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