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Whoopi Goldberg, North Carolina commissioner in online feud

Whoopi Goldberg, North Carolina commissioner in online feud | iNFOnews.ca
FILe - This Feb. 28, 2016 file photo shows Whoopi Goldberg at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Goldberg is being targeted by a North Carolina county commissioner over her comments about President-elect Donald Trump. Local media reports New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White used Facebook to criticize Cape Fear Community College for hosting Goldberg’s concert June 23. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg is being targeted by a North Carolina county commissioner over her comments about President-elect Donald Trump.

Local media reports New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White used Facebook to criticize Cape Fear Community College for hosting Goldberg’s concert June 23. White asked if taxpayers were footing the bill and if the school was going to bring conservative performers to the campus.

White also criticized the school for “providing a venue for someone who just a few weeks ago was moving to Canada in protest to Trumps election? Terrible.”

Goldberg responded on Twitter that she never said she would leave if Trump was elected.

The school said ticket sales will help cover the cost of Goldberg’s appearance.

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