A heated on-air exchange turned into an online debate comparing the Iranian regime to the Black American experience.

Whoopi Goldberg is facing backlash after some pointed remarks about the US and Iran this week. On Wednesday morning, during the latest episode of “The View,” Goldberg appeared to claim that life in the US is just as bad as it is in Iran during a heated clash with her co-host,

"They don't have free and fair elections in Iran. It's not even the same universe," Griffin said after Goldberg argued that Iran and the US were "the same."