Liberal comedian Bill Maher blasted his own camp for cutting ties with family members over the holidays for political reasons.
In the Sunday broadcast of his “Random club” podcast, Maher and fellow comedian Jay Leno bonded over the late entertainment icon Sammy Davis Jr. and the way he hugged President Richard Nixon.
Leno highlighted how he was considered a “traitor” among Hollywood liberals for his support of the Republican president.
“It’s so funny that you mention that because, like today, we live in a time where you’re not allowed to have friends on the other side or cross political lines,” Maher told Leno. “And I forgot there was an example like that back then, a guy who crossed the line politically. ‘Ooh, the worst thing you can do: be friends with a Republican. Ahh! Call 911!”
“That’s what I hate about the left,” Maher continued. “And they’re not going to move me to Trump’s side, which they think they will sometimes, but just the idea that, you know, ‘exclude your family for Thanksgiving if they vote for the wrong guy .’ Go away, you bastards.’ And Sammy – when he hugged Nixon, he was often ostracized by the left, that was an early warning sign of that.”
Liberal comedian Bill Maher had a harsh message for liberals willing to exclude their families during the holidays for political reasons: “F— off, you f—s.” (Screenshot/Club Random Media)
Maher expressed a similar feeling on his HBO show “Real Time” last month during a monologue after President-elect Trump’s victory.
He took aim at Dr. Amanda Calhoun, chief psychiatry resident at Yale University, who raised eyebrows when she told MSNBC’s Joy Reid it was good to cut off those close to me who voted for Trump and not be with them during the holidays.
Maher said the backlash entertainment icon Sammy Davis Jr. received for hugging President Richard Nixon was an “early warning sign” of the left’s hostility toward the association with the Republicans. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
“Oh, how pure. It’s like not letting certain people sit with you on the bus,” Maher responded, showing a photo of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “Consider that, a mental health professional advising people to self-isolate during the holidays. And remember to drink too much and gain weight.”
“You know who I really wouldn’t want to have Thanksgiving dinner with? That overeducated Ivory Tower academic, which is to say extremely stupid, but I would because if we ever want this nation to heal , that’s what we have to do, push ourselves to reach out and find out why someone feels the way they do, and make the choices they do without prejudging them to be a monster, and he must do the same for you,” continued Maher.
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Maher blasted Dr. Amanda Calhoun, chief psychiatry resident at Yale University, for saying it was OK to exclude family members if they voted for Trump. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
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