Welcome back! Now,
after the tragic events in Orlando,
many politicians are rallying around the LGBT community,
including Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi.
And we are making it clear anyone who attacks
our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state,
will be gone after with...
to the fullest extent of the law.
Yep, nice words.
But unfortunately for Attorney General Bondi,
Anderson Cooper was there to go all 360 on her ass.
You basically had gone after gay people,
said that... in court, that gay people,
simply by fighting for marriage equality,
were trying to do harm to the people of Florida.
Do you really think you're a champion of the gay community?
Oh...
snap!
Anderson's goin' off!
Damn, you do not want to make Anderson Cooper mad.
He will... respectfully ask you some questions
about the cases you oversaw against gay marriage.
Are you saying you did not believe it would do harm
-to Florida? -Of course not.
Of course not. G-Gay peo...
No, I've never said that.
The only time that much stuttering doesn't mean
you're lying is when it's in a dance remix, right?
♪ G-Gay people ♪
I have never really seen you talk about gays and lesbians
and transgender people in a positive way until now.
Um, I read your Twitter history for the last year,
and I saw you tweeting about, you know, National Dog Month.
You never even tweeted about Gay Pride Month.
Wait, hold on. He read her Twitter history for a year?
I don't know whether he's a good journalist
or just a stalker at this point. Maybe both.
And, yes, she tweeted about National Dog Month,
but we checked and she never sent one tweet
about National Gay Dog Month.
That's just wrong.
But, but Pam had a solid defense for that, too.
Well, actually, if you look at my, um, Web site now
-we have hands clasped together, -Mm-hmm.
um, all different color, rainbow hands and people.
-So you just put that up now? -So... Yeah, I did,
-after this horrible tragedy, absolutely. -Right. Right.
(laughs) "So you just put that up now?
Oh, you just put that up now?"
Absolutely. She will show respect for minority groups
when there's a stock image available.
Except-- spoiler alert--
there are no rainbow hands on Pam Bondi's site.
-(groaning) -She didn't even do
the one bull(bleep) political move she said she did!
(groans) Here, Pam, let me help you out.
(cheering and applause)
There you go.
Okay. Now, it's been 24 hours since the interview,
which apparently isn't enough time to find some rainbow hands,
but it should be enough time to set the record straight.
Or, well, you know.
BONDI (speaking):
Yeah, you-you could have been helping,
by clearing up your bull(bleep).
And, for good measure, she doubled down on her non-apology.
BONDI (speaking):
No, no.
The Florida gay community already hated you.
They already did.
You d... It didn't encourage it, no.
For... You know, for the whole saying
gay marriage would cause public harm thing,
insinuating that gay parents don't create stable homes thing,
and, of course, the gay friends excuse thing,
when asked about gay marriage.
Are you personally against it?
You know, I-I have so many gay friends.
Jason at Starbucks is not your friend, okay?
And, and he's straight!
Stop judging guys with man buns, all right?
Okay?
Not right.
Now, I have to say this though,
guys, I have had my issues with CNN in the past.
I'm technically not allowed to appear on their network.
But, but I have to give credit where credit is due.
Anderson Cooper, for doing what we should be seeing
on cable news all the time,
I am giving you a half-stand full clap.
(cheering and applause)
Way to do your job, man!
Way to do your job!
And I still got my eye on you, Wolf.
And Becky with the good hair.
We'll be right back.
(cheering and applause)