Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts on “The View” broke their silence Monday on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, blasting ABC’s decision and warning that government pressure cannot dictate who stays on the air.

“Did y’all really think we weren’t going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons?” Goldberg told the audience at the start of the Monday broadcast.

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She said the panel waited to see if Kimmel would address the controversy first, but added, “The government cannot apply pressure to force someone to be silenced.”

Ana Navarro said she could not fathom how the First Amendment was being undermined and “how the government itself is using its weight and power to bully and scare people into silence.”

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