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.

New York City politicians are urging Whoopi Goldberg to apologize over her claims a Staten Island bakery declined her birthday dessert order.

Staten Island residents continue to flock to a local bakery that “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized last week, alleging that the business may have denied her sweets due to her political beliefs.

Whoopi Goldberg‘s claims regarding a Staten Island, New York bakery have sparked outrage among local leaders and customers alike. The co-host of “The View” alleged that Holtermann’s Bakery, a cherished establishment with a storied 145-year-old history,

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.

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,

Politicians are calling on the personality to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery declined to make birthday desserts 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,

Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella was among the local leaders and supporters who joined Holtermann’s Bakery owner Jill Holtermann at a news conference Friday in front of the 145-year-old institution in the city borough of Staten Island.