As Vice President Kamala Harris battles through the final weeks of the lead-up to Election Day, her husband, Doug Emhoff, is battling an onslaught of negative media attention regarding accusations against him.
Emhoff, among many accusations, allegedly slapped a former girlfriend at a film festival. That revelation came on the heels of Emhoff reportedly impregnating his nanny.
According to Breitbart, liberal late-night host Bill Maher commented on the brewing controversy regarding the accusations faced by Emhoff.
The "Real Time" host said the allegations against Emhoff are backed up by "the standard, very often in these cases."
Although Maher admitted that the allegations seem to meet the initial standard, he explained why he believes it's not being widely reported as of yet.
"I wouldn’t go after anybody for not reporting it yet, because these things have to be checked out.” And the charges haven’t hit the credibility level of the accusations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh," Maher said.
He added, "There’s a lot of scuttlebutt this week about Doug. … Of course, we don’t know if that’s true."
Bill Maher and the panel covers Doug Emhoff impregnating the nanny and allegedly abusing her:
Bill Maher: "There's a lot of scuttlebutt in the news this week about Doug."
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Maher then went into some of the background regarding the accusation that Emhoff slapped his ex-girlfriend.
"[T]he Daily Mail is reporting that three women that she talked to contemporaneously, which has been the standard, very often in these cases, that she said back in, I think, 201[2], or something, they were at the Cannes Film Festival, he slapped her, he thought she was flirting with the valet," the HBO host said.
Maher, who often takes viewpoints opposite of the Democratic Party, admitted that if the allegations are proven true and if the liberal media ignores it, it'll look even worse.
"If this becomes more credible — and we don’t know yet — a lot of the conservative outlets still aren’t reporting it. So, I wouldn’t go after anybody for not reporting it yet, because these things have to be checked out," Maher said.
He added, "But, if it becomes more credible, certainly on the level of Brett Kavanaugh, which was — that kind of thing was reported by everybody pretty quickly, does the liberal media keep ignoring it, and wouldn’t that make it look worse?"
Only time will tell if the allegations against Emhoff are accurate, but either way, it's definitely not something Kamala wants to have to deal with at this time, that's for sure.
