‘This Is Not Normal!’ Whoopi Goldberg Stunned By Members of Congress Being More ‘Open to Russia’s Policies Than to Our Own’

Whoopi Goldberg marveled at the political moment the U.S. finds itself in while wrapping up an interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Wednesday’s episode of The View, which focused prominently on GOP opposition to more aid to Ukraine.

After a lengthy discussion about former President Donald Trump’s past praise for Putin, Joy Behar asked, “What do you think Putin has on him, on Trump?”

“I actually think that Donald Trump views himself as a Putinesque dictatorial figure,” Jeffries replied.

“He said it and we should believe him that he wants to go down this road,” Jeffries continued, adding:

And that’s the problem that we’re encountering with some of my Republican colleagues that, there’s a growing pro-Putin faction in the Republican Party, and it’s led by Donald Trump, some other outside figures like Tucker Carlson and on the inside, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan. And what we’re saying is that standing by Ukraine is standing by America’s national security interests.

Yeah, and that’s why it should be done in a bipartisan way. And we’re calling upon the Republican leadership in our House to just put the bill on the floor for an up or down vote.

Alyssa Farah Griffin then asked if Jeffries was looking at ways to work with Republicans to get the aid bill to the House floor for a vote.

“Well, all options legislatively are definitely on the table,” he replied and went into detail on some different options.

As the conversation wound down, Goldberg jumped back in and said, “Did you ever think you would have this conversation about some people being more open to Russia’s policies than to our own? Did you ever think, ever, that we would be sitting here listening to people talk… Because, you know, this is not normal! But this is the world we’re in. So thank you for coming today. Come back any time.”

Watch the clip above from ABC News.