Late-night host Bill Maher is being slammed for his sudden reversal in criticizing conservative lawmakers immediately after lambasting left-leaning higher education.
In Maher’s “New Rules” segment, he criticized universities such as Harvard for producing radical supporters of far-left ideologies, such as hate for Israel. While many conservatives showed their support for Maher’s criticism and mocking of elite colleges, many took issue when he began discussing how many elite colleges have alumni such as Vivek Ramaswamy, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Samuel Alito. Maher stated that “they all came out of an a**hole factory.”
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If ignorance is a disease, Harvard Yard is the Wuhan wet market. pic.twitter.com/BKDBUZbcZm
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 21, 2023
Among Maher’s critics was Hugo Gurdon, the editor-in-chief of the Washington Examiner, who described his deflection of elite colleges to conservatives as “coward-like.”
“Maher was doing well excoriating the Harvard Left until he started naming names, then suddenly he focused on Republicans,” Gurdon wrote on social media. “You were brave, Bill, until, coward-like, you deflected mockery on to conservatives and away from the tyrannical portion of the ideological spectrum.”
Maher was doing well excoriating the Harvard Left until he started naming names, then suddenly he focused on Republicans. You were brave, Bill, until, coward-like, you deflected mockery on to conservatives and away from the tyrannical portion of the ideological spectrum. https://t.co/cT5jlenver
— Hugo Gurdon (@hgurdon) October 21, 2023
Maher was also criticized in an op-ed piece from Townhall.
“It’s an edgy segment where the man calls out these institutions for being a-hole factories,” the op-ed read. “Rightfully saying they’re no longer elite, just expensive. But it’s also this point where he must swipe at Republicans, notably the alumni at Harvard and Yale, which was not lost on anyone.”
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Maher shared that his criticism of colleges, especially elite left-leaning colleges, stems from how modern college life is a mix of “a day spa” and a “North Korean re-education camp.” The comedian also joked that colleges are just a daycare center where “the toddlers can fire the adults.”
The late-night host also criticized college presidents for not condemning “the worst attacks since the Holocaust,” referring to the Hamas terrorist group attacking Israel on Oct. 7. Since the attack, many college campuses have been the home for rallies against Israel.
