“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg caught some attention after proclaiming on Tuesday that President Donald Trump received almost exclusively positive press at the start of his 2016 presidential campaign.
“I recall — and maybe I’m crazy — but I recall from the time the gentleman came down the escalator until the time he won, he was 24/7 on every television on every network forcing, making one of the head of the networks saying, ‘Yeah, it wasn’t good for America but it was great for us,'” Goldberg said during the show. “It was all positive until people started asking questions.”
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, of course, disagreed, but Goldberg wouldn’t back down, saying, “98 percent of it was positive.
Watch the exchange below:
(H/T: Mediaite)