Whoopi Goldberg agrees with a Yale psychiatrist who said Democratic voters should feel free to avoid family over Thanksgiving if they voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Goldberg told her co-hosts on The View that “it might not be the time to gather” for Vice President Kamala Harris voters and Republicans.
“If someone tells me that my child is wrong because of how he or she feels, that tells me that they shouldn't be allowed to be who they are without my permission … I have to question it. I don't want to put my kid in that position,” Goldberg said.
“I don't want to put my gay child in a position where she has to sit with someone who doesn't understand her and feels like it's okay to just blurt all that out. That's just me, but I feel like that with mixed families, I feel the same way. Yeah, you know, there are certain things where you don't have to put your family in the middle of it. You can have dinner at another point, but it might not be the time to gather, because, you know, there's going to be some tension. That's what I'm saying. But I'm not tense. My daughter's not gay,” she said.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid interviewed Dr. Amanda Calhoun during a segment of “The ReidOut” where the two discussed how Democrats, and especially women and LGBTQ+ supporters of Harris, should be encouraged to avoid family members during Thanksgiving and Christmas if they supported Trump.
“There is a societal push that, if somebody is your family, they are entitled to your time. And I think the answer is absolutely not,” Calhoun said.
“So, if you are going through a situation where you have family members or you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, that are against your livelihood, then it’s completely fine to not be around those people, and to tell them why,” she continued. “To say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday, I need to take some space for me.’”
