Whoopi Goldberg is beefing with a small bakery in latest culture war battle

The culture wars have found their way to the dessert table.

The culture wars have found their way to the dessert table.

What was supposed to be a simple birthday treat devolved into the latest flashpoint after “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg implied that a New York bakery refused to take her order because of her liberal politics.

It’s an accusation that the bakery has denied. Now, the store is claiming that an influx of orders has flooded its phone lines as local residents show their support for the small business.

The controversy started when Goldberg recounted in Wednesday’s episode of the “The View” that she had tried to order a batch of charlotte russe — showing off platters of sponge cakes topped with whipped cream and a cherry — from a family-owned New York City bakery.

“Now, I should tell you, charlotte russe has no political leanings, and the place that made these refused to make them for me,” she said, generating gasps from the audience, before going on to suggest that “perhaps they did not like my politics.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/whoopi-goldberg-bakery-culture-war-battle-rcna180544

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