Comedian and talk show host Bill Maher took aim at the Washington Commanders organization this weekend in response to their decision to fine defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000 for expressing his opinion on Twitter.
Two weeks ago, Del Rio took to Twitter to ask why Congress was interested in holding hearings over the January 6 Capitol riots but did not seem interested at all in holding hearings on the months of violent BLM-led riots in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing.
Del Rio sought to explain his tweet to reporters the following week.
“I see the images on TV, people’s livelihoods are being destroyed. Businesses are being burned down,” Del Rio said in a since-deleted tweet. “No problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, where nothing burned down. And we’re going to make that a major deal.”
The media honed in on Del Rio’s…
