Whoopi Goldberg says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can't 'start pοοping on people' until she's done something herself

Whoopi Goldberg weighed in on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper on Monday’s episode of The View.

In the interview, which aired on Sunday night, Ocasio-Cortez addressed accusations about using what some see as “politically dangerous tactics” to encourage primary challenges to some Democrats who have accepted corporate payments or who may oppose progressive policies.

“It’s absolutely risky! It requires risk to try something new,” Ocasio-Cortez told Cooper. “But also, we know so much of what we’ve tried in the past hasn’t worked, either.”

While Goldberg lauded the lawmaker, she also had a message for her: Don’t forget who came before you. She cited Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California as examples of Democrats who helped pave the way for Ocasio-Cortez.

“There are a whole bunch of people in the Democratic Party who have been busting their a**es to make sure that women get what they need, people get what they need, children get what they need,” Goldberg said. “You just got in there, and I know you’ve got lots of good ideas, but I would encourage you to sit still for a minute and learn the job.”

Goldberg said she likes the fact that Ocasio-Cortez is a “very opinionated woman” but doesn’t like her accusations that the Democratic Party has done nothing.

“You don’t have to be born into it. You don’t have to know it when you step out, but before you start pοοping on people and what they’ve done, you’ve got to do something too,” Goldberg said. “There is absolutely room for new energy, but you can’t pοοp on what was when you’re coming in on the shoulders of quite a few giants.”

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