Staten Islanders do not discriminate based on political beliefs,” said New York City Councillor David Carr at a press conference on Friday. He was joined by fellow Republicans Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella and State Assembly Members Michael Tannousis,

The flap started when Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on The View by sharing a tray of desserts, which she mentioned had taken some work to get.

A group of local officials are calling on The View cohost Whoopi Goldberg to give a Big Apple apology to a New York City bakery that she claimed wouldn’t fill an order because of her politics. The 146-year-old,

The left-leaning host of “The View” said the business in a Republican stronghold declined to take an order under her name. The bakery said politics had nothing to do with it.

On the Wednesday, November 13 episode, the co-host claimed that a Staten Island bakery refused to make her the Charlotte Russe desserts because of her left-leaning political beliefs. Goldberg shared the bold allegation after explaining that the desserts, which she wanted to bring in for everyone at The View, were a tribute to her mother.

Whoopi Goldberg has accused a New York City bakery of refusing to make her a birthday dessert due to her political views.

New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make “The View” co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs.

Whoopi Goldberg was publicly accused of defamation on Friday, two days after “The View” co-host suggested a bakery didn’t want to make her birthday desserts due to her left-leaning political views. Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on “The View” this week,