HBO Host Bill Maher and Political Figures Discuss Left-Wing Bias
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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that “It is always the left that can’t stand to talk” to people they disagree with.
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Washington TimesBill Maher used Friday’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time” to revive his running critique of the Democratic Party’s willingness to engage political opponents, telling his panel that “it is always the left that can’t stand to talk” to people they disagree with, according to a Breitbart clip of the broadcast.
New York PostDuring Friday night’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” he vented during a conversation about Israel with Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, who has criticized the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” movement against Israel that has flared at the elite Connecticut school and other campuses.
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Roth responded by joking that he’d welcome Maher if he came to campus with a million dollars.
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New York PostRoth suggested the professors might be watching his show more than the typical 18-year-old, prompting Maher to ask whether he could come to the Middletown, Conn., campus and be “welcome.”
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While discussing the meeting between Jared Kushner and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Florida gubernatorial nominee Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said that Jeffries is “coming in a defensive way because Democrats were freaking out. … Republicans aren’t freaking out that Jared had a meeting with Hakeem. It’s been Democrats that are freaking out, you just said Carville, Bill. It’s Democrats who are freaking out about this.”
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Washington TimesThe remark came as Mr. Maher’s panel — Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida’s Republican nominee for governor, and liberal writer Molly Jong-Fast — discussed the fallout from a private meeting between Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Mr. Donalds argued that “Republicans aren’t freaking out that Jared had a meeting with Hakeem,” framing the outrage as one-sided. Mr. Maher agreed, cutting in with his line about the left.
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01 New York Post Comedian Bill Maher roasted lefty academics for trashing Western civilization — while enjoying the freedoms and institutions it created.
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02 Breitbart Maher cut in to respond, “Yes it is. It is always the left that can’t stand to talk.” Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
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03 Washington Times The Kushner-Jeffries meeting, first reported by The New York Times and centered on housing, immigration and cost-of-living issues, has drawn sharp blowback from progressives who argue Mr. Jeffries should not be engaging with Trump-aligned figures at all. Mr. Jeffries has defended the sit-down, saying Mr. Kushner “asked for a meeting, and I took it, to discuss the affordability crisis.” Democratic strategist James Carville was among the most vocal critics, telling Mr. Jeffries on a podcast this week that “we don’t meet with them,” referring to Mr. Trump’s inner circle — a line Mr. Donalds appeared to reference directly on Mr. Maher’s show (“you just said Carville, Bill”).
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04 RealClearPolitics James Carville's rage erupted after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, calling Trump allies felons and traitors on his podcast.
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