Ann Coulter revels in making controversial statements. The author of 13 New York Times bestsellers writes a syndicated column and appears on news and talk shows regularly. Earlier in February, as RedState’s Ward Clark reported, she ruffled plenty of feathers when she appeared to be hoping for former President Donald Trump to go to his grave:

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But on Friday, she stunned host Bill Maher, his guest CNN opinionist Van Jones, and the entire audience when she said we’d know all about the identities of the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooters -- if the perps were white males. Two minors have been arrested in the case, but authorities have released little information on them.

Here’s how it went down: Maher started the segment by claiming we don’t know anything about the assailants. Coulter immediately wasn’t having it:

MAHER: We don't know who did this shooting, by the way. The Super Bowl shooting. 

COULTER: We have some idea – 

MAHER: What?

COULTER: If it were a white man shooting-- we’d know.

You could feel the tension in the room immediately shooting to the stratosphere. Van Jones looked incredibly uncomfortable, while Maher just appeared stunned. 

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Ann Coulter stuns the Bill Maher crowd with a simple heuristic: "If it were a white male shooting, we'd know."
Maher: "We don't know who did this shooting. The Superbowl shooting"
Coulter: "If it were a white man shooting, we'd know."
Maher: "You think they're repressing that… pic.twitter.com/qbE27hU5QD

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) February 17, 2024

The dialogue continued:

MAHER: Well,we don't know [much about the shooters’ identities].

COULTER: That’s how we know it's not a white man. I can tell you that much.

MAHER [appearing somewhat dubious:] Do you think they were repressing that reporting? 

COULTER: They wouldn't tell us about the transgender woman that shot up the Christian School for what, like a year? Oh, San Bernardino, out here! Remember the crazy terrorist Muslims? And that's when I first noticed, hmm, they're not telling us who it is. Not a white male. 

The longer they go without telling you -- it's not a white male. 

MAHER: OK, well, we don't know for this one for right now, as of Friday night, February 16, we know we don't, we don't officially know. OK.

Here's where I thought Maher failed, because instead of arguing the point, he resorted to mocking Coulter in front of his receptive, mostly-progressive audience:

MAHER: You know because you have special powers [crowd breaks out in laughter]. 

As we've reported, Maher can be exasperating because lately, he's often right on important stories, but then he will inexplicably fall back on the leftist views that used to dominate his opinions and do intellectually silly things like try to sell the wonders of CA Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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One can agree or disagree with what Coulter is saying here, and you may or may not like her, but her point is salient and worthy of discussion. The public -- and Maher himself -- have seen enough indisputable evidence of media bias in our country that to just dismiss her allegations out of hand shows that he simply isn't interested in exploring that hard question. 

Coulter brings up an important issue: how come some people shot up a parade in a major American city -- killing one and injuring dozens -- yet we still know next to nothing about who did it?

Also on Maher's Friday show:

Van Jones Nails It: Media Only Care About Black Kids Killed by 'White Cops' or 'White Supremacists'