Something interesting just happened on Bill Maher’s own show — Vice President Vance won over the liberal audience with a defense of Pete Hegseth.
Maher accused Hegseth of race-based firings, but Vance pushed back hard, saying the media is distorting the truth.
Maher’s audience erupted in applause the moment it landed.
MAHER: “Did they go too far, probably, in the Pentagon with DEI and...yes, and now Pete Hegseth is like firing everyone who’s not whiter than an albino.”
VANCE: “No, he’s not! Come on, Bill!”
MAHER: “It certainly looks that way. Nothing lands in the middle!”
VANCE: “I disagree with that. I think sometimes things land right where they should but you take the story about Pete Hegseth.”
“Obviously I’m biased, I like Pete, but if you look at the actual promotions we’ve done, there have been a lot of people from all walks of life.”
“There have been some high profile people, where he said, you know what, I don’t think they merited a promotion. But the idea we are not promoting minorities in the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth it’s just not true.”
“And I do think that sometimes your criticism is things don’t land in the middle, and I understand that.”
“Sometimes the problem is the media reports things in such a way where they actually obfuscate or conceal the truth rather than reporting what’s actually going on.”
[Audience bursts into applause]
MAHER: “Of course they do, they all do! That’s why you have to read both sides.”
Taylor Sheridan tells Rogan how he convinced Billy Bob Thornton to do Landman:
“I went out to Billy Bob before I wrote a word.
I told him, ‘If you don’t do this, I’m not going to do this. I want to take your character from Bad Santa, put him in West Texas and run an oil company.’
He said, ‘That sounds f**king awesome.’”
🚨 BREAKING — IT’S OFFICIAL: John Bolton is now a FELON after pleading GUILTY to unlawful retention of national defense information
He and his mustache have agreed to pay a $2.25 MILLION fine, face up to 60 MONTHS in prison, and forfeit his pension.
“As Mr. Bolton just admitted, he put our national security at grave risk in violation of the law,” the DOJ said
Give him all 60 months!
Bolton is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
@VigilantFox This dummy doesn't realize that people Illegally crossing the boarders, aren't doctors or lawyers! They are the ones who rip off taxpayers with scams!
🚨 SUSPICIOUS: A PITCHFORK, A RAZOR BLADE, AND A MASSIVE MYSTERY IN DC'S NATIONAL MALL POOL🔍🕵️
A MANHUNT IS ON!
Park Police PLASTER flyers citywide for the VANDAL who CUT THE POOL LINER!🚨
HELP! US Park Police are looking for the “Reflecting Pool Dipper”.
They've released photos asking the public to identify this individual at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19.
They said it's under investigation as destruction of government property after major damage was found in the new sealant.
Let's help identify who this individual is.
#lawenforcement
.@SecMullinDHS becomes emotional discussing child trafficking, blaming the Biden administration for what he called a lack of prevention efforts: "This was preventable...There's evil in the world. And we fed it. The Biden administration fed it for four years."
🚨 BREAKING: The man who INTIMIDATED women and called them "f*cking c*nts" for taking a photo with ICE agents in Phoenix AZ is a DEMOCRAT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE official in District 12
"You little f*cking c*nts!" the grown man yells as he RUNS after young women
🚨 Park Police Hunting for the “Reflecting Pool Dipper”
U.S. Park Police have released video and photos asking the public to identify an individual seen briefly reaching into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19. They’re investigating it as destruction of government property after major damage was found in the new sealant.
The entire interaction lasted only a few seconds.
Have you seen this person or someone who resembles them?
(Video: AI based on released images)