Liberal comedian Bill Maher has criticized people for cutting off family members over the holidays because of politics.
His “'' on Sundayclub random” podcast, Maher and fellow comedian Jay Leno bonded over the late entertainment icon Sammy Davis Jr. and how he famously hugged President Richard Nixon.
Leno pointed out how his embrace with the Republican president was considered “traitorous” among Hollywood liberals.
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“That's very funny what you said, because we live in a time like today where we're not allowed to have friends on the other side and we're not allowed to cross political lines,” Maher said. told Leno. “I forgot, there was an example a long time ago of a guy who crossed the line politically. 'Oh, the worst thing you can do is be friends with a Republican. Oh! Call 911. Please!”
“This is what I hate about the left,” Maher continued. “And they're not trying to bring me over to the Trump side, which I think they do sometimes, but they're just, you know, 'If you vote for the wrong guy, you're going to isolate yourself from your family for Thanksgiving. 'Oh, stop, you can't.' And Sammy got pretty ostracized from the left when he hugged Nixon, and that was a precursor to that.
Liberal comedian Bill Maher has a harsh message for liberals who are willing to cut ties with their families over the holidays over politics: “Fuck you, fuck you.” (Screenshot/Club Random Media)
Ma expressed similar sentiments last month in a monologue after President-elect Trump's victory on HBO's “Real Time.”
He took aim at Dr. Amanda Calhoun, Yale's chief resident in psychiatry, who raised eyebrows when she told MSNBC's Joy Reid. It was OK to cut ties with relatives. People who voted for Trump and wanted to spend the holidays with him.
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Marr said the backlash that entertainment icon Sammy Davis Jr. received for hugging President Richard Nixon was an “early precursor” to the left's hostility to associating with the Republican Party. (Bettman/Getty Images)
“Oh, how naive,” Maher said, showing a photo of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “It's like not allowing certain people to sit with you on the bus.” “Think about how mental health professionals are advising people to isolate during the holidays. And don't forget that drinking too much can make you gain weight.”
“You know who I really don't want to have Thanksgiving dinner with? These highly educated, these very stupid ivory tower academics, but if we want to heal this country, If you think, this is what we have to do, because we force ourselves to know why someone feels that way, and to choose without prejudice that that person is a monster, and They have to do the same for you,” Maher continued.
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Maher criticized Dr. Amanda Calhoun, Yale University's chief psychiatry resident, for saying she was willing to isolate herself from her family if she voted for Trump. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
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