Invoice Maher clashed with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) over President Trump’s military parade on HBO’s “Actual Time with Invoice Maher” on Friday.
Maher, though open to the celebration ahead of the event final Saturday, slammed the parade, which drew smaller than anticipated crowds.
“If you happen to’re going to have a vaguely fascist parade, do it proper,” he stated.
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) instantly got here to Trump’s protection.
“And you recognize what I noticed? I noticed the president salute the Corps of Cadets as they walked previous him. I watched him salute the seventy fifth Ranger Regiment as they stroll previous him, I sat there and watched the fireworks behind the Washington Monument,” he stated.
“And also you what I assumed? D—, that’s completely excellent. And it’s much better than [former President] Biden checking his watch when our bodies have been being returned to Dover,” he continued, mentioning the return of 11 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in 2021.
Hunt served within the army from 2004 to 2012 and flew Apache helicopters. He was deployed in Iraq and in Saudi Arabia after which he left the army and attended Cornell College.
Hunt criticized Biden for what he described as an absence of patriotism and applauded Trump for celebrating the troops.
“And so, the dichotomy of what we’re seeing with President Trump and his patriotism saluting the flag truly making an effort fairly you prefer it or agree with the execution, the hassle is there, that’s all we wish to see,” he stated.
Maher responded, thanking Hunt for his service, however emphasised that “execution does matter.”
The army parade drew widespread criticism from Trump critics and allies alike over its price tag, which price tens of millions of {dollars}. Tons of of hundreds of protests also gathered for “No Kings” demonstrations in opposition to the parade and the Trump administration to correspond with the Washington occasion.