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Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
MAGA erupts in fury at SNL cast for deeply personal stab at Pete Hegseth: 'This is disgraceful'
MAGA supporters have erupted in fury over Saturday Night Live 's latest political sketch featuring a deeply personal dig at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The controversial segment, which aired this weekend, featured former cast member Cecily Strong returning as Judge Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost portraying Hegseth as her 'drinking buddy.' In the sketch, Strong repeatedly made light of alleged alcohol issues that the real-life Defense Secretary has vehemently denied. 'I love Pete Hegseth. He's my old drinking buddy,' Strong's Pirro said. When Jost then entered the scene as Hegseth, Pirro was so surprised that she sprayed wine all over his face. 'Hey, Pete, you're not drinking again, are you?' Johnson's Trump asked. 'No, absolutely not, sir,' Hegseth replied. 'I promised I would never have a bottle touch my lips, but I do have some news to share. Before I do, Jeanine, you want to take a swig of this?' Pirro then spat her drinks in his face again - and he eagerly opened his mouth to catch some of the alcoholic spray. 'Anyway,' Hegseth continued. 'I accidentally added Kim Jong Un to the group chat.' 'Oh yeah, that's the stuff,' Hegseth jokes, as Trump calls the pair the 'AA team.' The sketch sparked fury on social media with users slamming the show with angry reactions. Many supporters of President Trump called the 'comedy' 'disgraceful' and 'anti-American.' 'This is what despicable disgraceful anti American TV PROPAGANDA looks like,' wrote one particularly incensed viewer on X. 'They attempt to portray @JudgeJeanine & Sec. Def as drinkers to regurgitate old slander points. Is this what you want your kids growing up watching?' 'Is this what you want your kids growing up watching? When we grew up with SNL it was funny,' the furious user continued. One user questioned: 'How much longer will they be able to do s*** like this?' Another commented: 'It's not funny. The political bias and one sided comedy is just pathetic and sad.' Critics called out the sketch not just for its offensive content but also for Jost's 'poor portrayal' of Hegseth. 'SNL does poor preparation for their skits and this shows. They have Hegseth all wrong,' one user criticized. They clearly have never watched a clip of him talking. He acts like Christopher Moltisanti from the Sopranos not some prep school kid.' 'SNL has no one that can do a decent Hegseth impersonation,' another wrote. The SNL cold open came after President Donald Trump this week announced that he was appointing the 73-year-old former judge the next United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro will replace Trump's interim appointment Ed Martin. The NBC show mocked the new appointment, by bringing back a Merlot-sipping Strong to star as the judge. 'I am so proud to be part of this group full of Russian assets, booze hounds and people famous for the little baby animals they've killed,' she said, thanking the president - played by James Austin Johnson - for adding her to the administration. Johnson's Trump then shared his own praise of Pirro. 'Oh we love Jeanine. She's a great legal mind and she ahs the most important quality I look for in a lawyer: She's on TV. She's on The Five, which is a show kind of like The View,' he jokes. At that point, Cecily's Pirro interjects that she's 'a Whoopi,' which Johnson's Trump agreed with - saying she was also 'very tough.' 'Yes, especially on immigration,' the fake Pirro agreed. 'I don't have any reservations about sending things back. 'My friends know I've sent back every salad I've ever ordered at a restaurant,' she added - leading Trump to say he 'wouldn't know' as he has 'never' eaten a salad. This isn't the first time SNL took a dig at Hegseth's drinking habits. In March, critics slammed the show for insinuating that he drinks on the job, as they made fun of the Trump Administration's top secret war plans texting blunder. SNL opened the show with a group chat skit teasing Donald Trump's national security team for adding an editor from the Atlantic to a military group chat. The White House faced fierce backlash last week when the Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed he was added to a Signal app group with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials. Vance, played by Bowen Yang, then entered the chat, and they started to joke that Hegseth was drinking on the job. 'Well, I'm going to be bad and make myself a jack and coke to celebrate, just the one though,' Dismukes said. 'Nice, you promised to stop drinking when you got the job, but it's like they say in AA, just the one is okay,' Bowen said. During his confirmation hearing, Hegseth pledged that he wouldn't drink at all in his position as the Pentagon's chief after past allegations he was drunk on the job numerous times on Fox News.
Fox News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
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Fox News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump taps Fox News' Judge Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney in D.C., 'The Five' co-host exits network
President Donald Trump has tapped "The Five" co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro to be the interim U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. "I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday. "Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself. Congratulations Jeanine!" Pirro has left Fox News Channel and a rotation of Fox News personalities will fill her seat on "The Five" until a new co-host is named. "Jeanine Pirro has been a wonderful addition to The Five over the last three years and a longtime beloved host across FOX News Media who contributed greatly to our success throughout her 14-year tenure. We wish her all the best in her new role in Washington," a spokesperson for FOX News Media said in a statement. Pirro served as the assistant district attorney and district attorney in New York's Westchester County and became the first woman to service as a judge in Westchester County Court. She joined Fox News Channel in 2006 and hosted "Justice with Judge Jeanine" for 11 years before joining "The Five," which has emerged as the most-watched show on cable news. Trump also announced on Truth Social that Ed Martin, who was the previous interim U.S. attorney in D.C., will be moving to the Department of Justice as its "Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney." "In these highly important roles, Ed will make sure we finally investigate the Weaponization of our Government under the Biden Regime, and provide much needed Justice for its victims. Congratulations Ed!" Trump wrote.
Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS MAGA reacts to Trump appointing another Fox News host to top position
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening his decision to appoint Judge Jeanine Pirro as the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. ''Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'She is in a class by herself. Congratulations Jeanine!'
Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Trump chooses Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top job after withdrawing controversial pick
Donald Trump 's administration could gain yet another Fox News alum and long-time ally as he's set to appoint Judge Jeanine Pirro United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro, 73, would replace interim appointment Ed Martin, who Trump withdrew the nomination for the job on Thursday, promising instead 'somebody who will be great.' That somebody appears to be Pirro, who before her tenure on Fox has a host of both her own show and a commentator on several others, had a decades-long career as judge, prosecutor, and politician. Trump confirmed the pick - though didn't say whether she would be nominated to serve permanently - in a Thursday evening post to his Truth Social account. 'I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,' he wrote, before listing Pirro's credentials. Trump lauded Pirro's status as a trailblazer for women in law enforcement and her work prosecuting domestic abusers. 'She excelled in all ways. In addition to her Legal career, Jeanine previously hosted her own Fox News Show, Justice with Judge Jeanine, for ten years, and is currently Co-Host of The Five, one of the Highest Rated Shows on Television,' he added. 'Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself. Congratulations Jeanine!' Pirro, 73, would replace interim appointment Ed Martin, who Trump (pictured) withdrew the nomination for the job on Thursday Pirro did not appear in her regular spot on Fox's 'The Five' on Thursday evening with no comment made on her absense. has reached out to the White House and Fox News for comment. Trump said Thursday that he would pull his nomination of Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation´s capital, bowing to bipartisan concerns about the conservative activist's modest legal experience and divisive politics. Trump abandoned his pick to lead the nation's largest U.S. Attorney's office two days after a key Republican senator said he could not support Martin for the job due to his defense of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 'He's a terrific person, and he wasn't getting the support from people that I thought,' Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the status of Martin´s confirmation. Trump later added: 'But we have somebody else that will be great,' indicating the announcement will be made in the next two days. Trump said he still wants to bring Martin into the administration, whether at the Justice Department or elsewhere, and signaled that he had little capacity to call on-the-fence senators to lobby them: 'I can only lift that little phone so many times in a day.' Within minutes of Trump's announcement, Martin jokingly posted a doctored image of himself on social media dressed in papal garments with the words, 'Plot twist' - alluding to the breaking news that a new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. A spokesperson for Martin didn´t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Born in Elmira, New York, the daughter of Lebanese American parents Pirro knew she wanted to be a lawyer from the age of six. The fictional TV criminal defense attorney, Perry Mason, was, she told earlier this month, her inspiration. Fresh out of Albany Law School she was appointed Westchester County's Assistant District Attorney in 1975 and within two years had approached her boss, DA Carl Vergari, to urge him to apply for federal funding to establish a bureau specializing in domestic violence cases. In 1990, she was appointed the first female judge in Westchester County. She was on the bench for three years before she decided, she says, 'I don't belong here.' She explains, 'I loved being a judge, but I realized I was really a referee, and my nature is a fighter. That's why I ran for DA.' She smiles, 'I was perfect as a DA. I just loved to fight. When I ran for that office, I had to do a press conference with my then husband, who was furious about it at the time. I had to convince people that I would have enough time to take care of my children, because I had little kids. 'Now, the fact that I was running against a guy who had three kids and whose wife was pregnant with a fourth, they could care less about.' Did that anger her? 'It annoyed the s**t out of me,' she says, 'but I have the ability to channel my anger in a way where, all right, let's make this work. You know? I'm going to make this work. I'm going to get in there and I'm going to take care of women and I'm going to take care of children. I'm going to take care of victims.' She was elected in November 1993 and again in 1997 and 2001 before announcing, in May 2005, that she would not be seeking re-election. Instead, she turned to politics. In August 2005 she embarked on a short-lived run at the Republican nomination to challenge Hillary Clinton in the Senate before dropping out that December. In 2006 she ran for Attorney General but was beaten by Andrew Cuomo. The day after her defeat she got a call from Warner Brothers, she says, offering her a television show. Her initial reaction was one of disbelief, she admits, 'I said, 'Why would you want me on television?'' Her daily show, 'Judge Jeanine Pirro' debuted in 2008 and would go onto win a daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program in 2011. It was cancelled that same year by which time Pirro had already inked a deal with Fox for her hit show, 'Justice with Judge Jeanine.'
