Bill Maher: Young Democrats Heart Hamas, Not America
'Real Time' host delivers blistering attack on Gen Z progressives
HBO’s Bill Maher is trying to stop his party from rushing off an electoral cliff.
So far, it’s not working.
The old-school liberal has been warning the Left about its woke embrace for several years. More recently, he’s called out Democrats for refusing to engage with their political foes.
He practices what he preaches. He’s invited several high-profile conservatives on “Real Time with Bill Maher” as well as his “Club Random” podcast.
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- Matt Gaetz
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Maher’s message still isn’t getting through.
On Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the host doubled and tripled down on a party that appears hell bent on destruction. Case in point? The progressive adulation for all things Palestinian, include Hamas and cries of Intifada.
It’s happening on elite universities all the time, and there’s little pushback from Democratic officials.
“The thought leaders in the Democratic Party keep encouraging and not rebuking this idea that America is cringe and the people who run Gaza are great … The Democrats’ problem is the energy of the party is with the young, and the young are with the terrorists.”
Too many Democrats loathe their own party. That’s a problem, too, he said, particulary with Gen Z progressives.
“Less than one in four Democrats under 30 say they’re proud to be an American. 54 percent say they’re embarrassed by it. Embarrassed? Like America is your mom picking you up at school? You’re embarrassed to be an American? Well, guess what? The feeling’s mutual. Because you have no perspective. Is America perfect? No, of course not, no country is. Although, don’t get Tucker Carlson started on Russia. But the U.S. is leagues ahead of the rest of the world on most of the progressive issues that are important to young people.”
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Maher rattled off a litany of data points pointing to America’s remarkable progress when it comes to sexism, racism and human rights.
“Our current Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. They’re like a beautiful, useless rainbow,” he quipped.
Maher didn’t lose sight of humor during his monologue. What’s stunning is that he’s one of a very few liberal comics criticizing Democrats in this fashion. The rest of late-night TV (beyond Fox News’ “Gutfeld!”) refuses to call out their side.
Colbert and co. pummel President Trump nightly without criticizing the modern Left. That leaves Maher to scream into the void, deperate to save a party which embraces all the wrong people.
Accused wife beaters and human traffickers? Folk heroes.
Accused murderers? Worthy of musical theater.
Liberal academic institutions? Hotbeds of hate and antisemitism.
Maher sees it all and thinks none of it is funny. And, sadly, he’s mostly alone in the liberal pop culture landscape.