Comedian and former talk show juggernaut Rosie O’Donnell was willing to lay down some serious cash (for most people) with a bet that Donald Trump would be found guilty on any charges brought against him—but conservative commentator and Trump hype man Bill O’Reilly chickened out of an opposing bet against her Wednesday night during a cable news segment that felt like a throwback to another era.
O’Donnell and O’Reilly were guests on the ex-CNN host Chris Cuomo’s NewsNation show when they got into a verbal sparring match about Trump’s impact on the country. “Democracy is on trial,” O’Donnell said on the show this week. “We have to get everyone back together again in some way,” she continued, “Without this, we’re nothing as a nation.”
O’Reilly jumped in to defend Trump, saying “Rosie, with all due respect, you’re not gonna be successful saying that democracy is on trial and anybody who supports Donald Trump is a fascist,” he said. “Those people are gonna reject you because there’s a lot more to it than you are presenting.”
