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Miles Archer

(20,475 posts)
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:17 PM 12 hrs ago

VANCE-us Interruptus: Stephanopoulos cuts to a commercial as the couch humper is in mid-sentence.

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos was speaking with the vice president about bribery allegations against the MAGA administration’s Border Czar Tom Homan when the host interrupted Vance mid-sentence to announce the network would be cutting to commercial.

“I think the American people would benefit much more from [talking about the shutdown] than from you going down some weird left-wing rabbit hole where the facts clearly show that Tom Homan didn’t engage in any criminal wrongdoing,” Vance told Stephanopoulos on This Week.

The host shot back that their interview was by that point already almost over. “It’s not a weird left-wing rabbit hole! I didn’t insinuate anything, I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000 as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024, and you did not answer the question,” he said. “Thank you for your time this morning.”

“No, George, I said…” Vance attempted to counter, before Stephanopoulos told viewers, “We’ll be right back.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-nemesis-george-stephanopoulos-cuts-jd-vance-off-mid-sentence/

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VANCE-us Interruptus: Stephanopoulos cuts to a commercial as the couch humper is in mid-sentence. (Original Post) Miles Archer 12 hrs ago OP
That's the way to handle these insulting liars. If spooky3 12 hrs ago #1
THIS malaise 11 hrs ago #8
RIGHT !!! Then what is MAGA going to do? Retreat to their own silo again? They don't have enough voters for that uponit7771 9 hrs ago #12
It seems that more and more journalists, not enough yet, are pushing back on all the lies MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #2
I met GS in an elevator in my Georgetown apartment building. littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #5
I had a very similar experience with Michael Douglas... druidity33 5 hrs ago #13
Alrighty, then Hekate 11 hrs ago #3
Dismissed! Next! . . .. nt Bernardo de La Paz 11 hrs ago #4
Tired of seeing media just sit and nod. democrank 11 hrs ago #6
More of this please Ohioboy 11 hrs ago #7
I think this might be the best thing I'll see all day n/t BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #9
Brendan "Whiny Sycophant" Carr won't like that. Steph committed a journalism! JohnQFunk 10 hrs ago #10
If Vance wants to talk about AdamGG 9 hrs ago #11
On YouTube, see 23:15 mark below. SouthBayDem 2 hrs ago #14
Ode to JD Vance, courtesy of MAD Magazine: Aristus 1 hr ago #15

spooky3

(37,973 posts)
1. That's the way to handle these insulting liars. If
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:26 PM
12 hrs ago

Media push back on their BS, and cut them off when they continue it, they no longer have a free platform to gaslight the public.

uponit7771

(93,284 posts)
12. RIGHT !!! Then what is MAGA going to do? Retreat to their own silo again? They don't have enough voters for that
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 03:08 PM
9 hrs ago

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,094 posts)
2. It seems that more and more journalists, not enough yet, are pushing back on all the lies
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:34 PM
11 hrs ago

coming from Been A Dick Donald and his criminal cabal.
Good for George in cutting off this lying POS.

littlemissmartypants

(30,001 posts)
5. I met GS in an elevator in my Georgetown apartment building.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 01:23 PM
11 hrs ago

I had my dog Napoleon with me, and we were on our way to take a walk when he got on.

I said not one word to him. I did briefly acknowledge him non-verbally, and before I could inhale, he stuck out his hand and said, "Yes. Yes, I am. George Stephanopoulos."

I was taken aback. I did not shake his hand. I didn't say a word and got off with Napoleon on the next floor knowing that I had just met the absolutely shortest and the most cocky man that I had ever met in my life. And I've met lots.

Of the hundreds of people that I've met in my lifetime, my opinion has survived for years, unchanged.

druidity33

(6,838 posts)
13. I had a very similar experience with Michael Douglas...
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 06:42 PM
5 hrs ago

his wife rolled her eyes when he said that. Elevator at a costume ball (they were in black tie outfits...not costumes!). I was dressed as the Green Man/Cernunnos and she knew right away who i was (I think she's Welsh). She introduced herself as "Cat". Super nice. Stunningly gorgeous. Couldn't understand what she was doing with him.



AdamGG

(1,808 posts)
11. If Vance wants to talk about
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 03:03 PM
9 hrs ago

the shutdown, ask him why he won't agree to fund people's healthcare because in a couple weeks millions of people are going to see their ACA premiums double and it will be because the Republicans won't agree to continue funding for it, although they've just implemented a $400,000/year tax cut to Elon and very rich people like him.

It's kind of funny that Vance thinks that the shutdown would be a winning topic to switch to. He'd get slammed there too.

Aristus

(71,066 posts)
15. Ode to JD Vance, courtesy of MAD Magazine:
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 10:54 PM
1 hr ago

A man can be a Senator and run a big committee
A man can be a Governor, or mayor of a city
A man can be a diplomat and deal with world affairs
But when a man’s Vice President, let’s face it: no one cares

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