Whoopi Goldberg Suggests Dem Rep Could Not Tell He Was Pulling a Fire Alarm: ‘Just Looks Like a Button’

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg is coming out with an interesting defense of Rep. 👤Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and his act of pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building.

On Monday, Goldberg defended the congressman as she said, “It is quite possible that he was trying to get … You know, if you’re not looking because it’s a door that’s normally open, you just go and you press a button.”

She also suggested she could not weigh in on what the button looked like and argued it may not have been clear it was a fire alarm because, “You have to break glass to get to the button.”

As a picture was displayed showing the fire alarm without a glass enclosure, Goldberg insisted, “I don’t know, it just looks like a button. I can’t see the button.”

Watch the video below:

Over the weekend, Bowman was seen on video pulling a fire alarm at an office building near the U.S. Capitol, sparking allegations he did so to delay a vote on a spending bill to keep the government funded.

In a statement, he said, “Today, as I was rushing to make a vote, I came to a door that is usually open for votes but today would not open. I am embarrassed to admit that I activated the fire alarm, mistakenly thinking it would open the door. I regret this and sincerely apologize for any confusion this caused.”

“But I want to be very clear, this was not me, in any way, trying to delay any vote. It was the exact opposite — I was trying urgently to get to a vote, which I ultimately did and joined my colleagues in a bipartisan effort to keep our government open,” he added.