This week’s Liberal Media Scream features HBO’s Bill Maher praying for an economy-killing recession if it scuttles President Trump’s reelection chances.
On his show Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, he said he hopes for a recession since “it would get rid of Trump.”
When guest panelist Josh Barro, a business columnist for New York Magazine, pointed out that in a recession “people lose their jobs and their homes,” Maher shrugged, “I know. It’s worth it.”
The exchange occurred on the Aug. 2 “Real Time Overtime,” a post-show online video for YouTube, recorded at the conclusion of the regular show.
In response to a viewer question about how the Fed cutting the borrowing rate will make next economic downturn worse, Maher said, “I’ve been hoping for a recession — people hate me for it — but it would get rid of Trump, so you shouldn’t hate me for it.”
To which, Barro noted: “Recessions are really bad. People lose their jobs and their homes.”
Maher doubled down: “I know. It’s worth it.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our weekly pick: “Maher couldn’t have provided the people in ‘flyover country’ with a better example of the disdain for them from a coastal elite. Maher puts his personal hatred of President Trump ahead of the welfare of the American people. No wonder middle America has so embraced Trump as a fighter for them against the elites.”
Rating: Four out of five screams.
