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Whoopi Goldberg fights back tears as The View host defends 'mad' student protesters
There have been more than 700 arrests by police breaking up the protests, which are taking place in at least 76 universities with Columbia warning students to disperse or face suspension.
The View host Whoopi Goldberg appeared to fight back tears as she defended students protesting at colleges across the country and claimed it was 'one of the great rights as an American to stand up and say something's wrong.' As Whoopi, 68, discussed the ongoing protests with her cohosts on Monday's episode of ABC show, the studio fell quiet as she bowed her head and composed herself before saying: 'Since I haven't said anything, I'm sorry, I do have to do this. Earlier on, Whoopi had said to the panel: 'Obviously, and let's be very clear about this, no one supports any anti-Semitic hate speech, and students fearing for their safety, but do they have the right to peacefully protest about ending violence?
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