Bill Maher Warns Gavin Newsom He's Starting to Sound 'Exactly' Like Trump
TheWrap • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Governor Gavin Newsom defended his $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News on "Real Time With Bill Maher," insisting Fox must apologize or sell due to alleged false claims against him.
- Bill Maher cautioned Newsom that his legal actions and rhetoric were beginning to resemble former President Donald Trump's style, particularly in terms of suing media outlets and using confrontational language.
- Newsom criticized Trump's behavior as abnormal and accused Fox News of hypocrisy for condemning his social media tactics while tolerating Trump's similar conduct for years.
- A Delaware judge recently allowed Newsom's lawsuit to proceed, ruling it is "reasonably conceivable" that Fox intentionally spread falsehoods about Newsom's phone call with Trump during Los Angeles protests.
- Fox News condemned the lawsuit as frivolous and a threat to free speech, pledging to vigorously defend against the case, which they labeled a political stunt since its filing in August.
