“Real Time” host Bill Maher continued to paint himself as a progressive critic of President Donald Trump while also taking a swipe at former Vice President Kamala Harris for criticizing the Iran war — admitting on Friday that he doesn’t “hate it.”
“Also, this week, war,” said Maher. “Did you hear about that thing? We bombed Iran and it’s going on. Now, if you expect me to say I hate it, I don’t. Sorry! When he puts boots on the ground, yeah, then I’ll hate it. Now, I know too many happy Iranian Americans, sorry.”
He continued, “You cannot name one horrible thing that has happened in the Middle East in the last 50 years and not connect it to this fascist theocracy. They’re like six degrees of ‘they don’t eat bacon.’ And it’s popular!” Maher made no mention of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, nor the abduction and torture of Iraqi civilians at Abu Ghraib.
The host then criticized partisan reactions to the conflict in Iran, especially Harris’s take.
“When it comes to the war ... everybody assesses everything by way of, ‘Did my team do it? Then I love it. If their team did it, I hate it,’” he said.
