Goldberg urges Democrats to focus on governing plans

Whoopi Goldberg urged congressional Democrats to put forward a governing agenda for their first 100 days and settle leadership disagreements privately, saying public infighting could distract from their work after the midterm elections.

Speaking during a Hot Topics segment of The View, Goldberg asked lawmakers to explain their plans, regardless of how long they had served. She named lowering gas and grocery prices, restoring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding and reuniting families separated by immigration authorities among the priorities she wanted Democrats to address.

Goldberg also called for reinstating federal workers she said had been unlawfully dismissed and reversing changes made by the Department of Government Efficiency. Those were priorities she proposed; the reports did not establish that the actions had occurred or describe their effects.

The remarks came as Democrats debated leadership in both chambers ahead of the new Congress. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Hakeem Jeffries would become House speaker and argued that Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer should pass leadership to a new generation. Griffin also credited Schumer with helping recruit...