Civil war is breaking out among Democrats. They are sick of each other’s games.
And this leftist comedian called out the Democrat Party in a fiery betrayal.
Bill Maher, never one to shy away from tough topics, used his Friday episode of HBO’s Real Time to shine a harsh light on a disturbing trend inside the Democratic Party.
Speaking with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, the host posed a question that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years back.
Maher stated that being Jewish “is, somehow, maybe a complete dealbreaker in the Democratic Party.”
He followed up by asking Shapiro if the governor thought he could “convince the Democratic Party that being Jewish isn’t like the worst thing a person could be now?”
Maher did not mince words when he added that “among the young people, antisemitism got to be kind of cool.”
The veteran comedian expressed shock at the rapid rise of this prejudice, something he never anticipated reaching such heights.
To drive his point home, Maher pointed to a wave of violent incidents hitting Jewish communities just in the past week alone.
These included bombings targeting synagogues in Toronto, Belgium, and in Michigan.
Maher captured the full weight of his concerns with this direct challenge:
“Here’s the question I have to ask you, which is something I would have never guessed I would be asking a Democrat in this year, which is that you’re a Democrat running, possibly, for the nomination, and you’re Jewish. And this is, somehow, maybe a complete dealbreaker in the Democratic Party. The speed at which antisemitism has gone to a place where I never imagined it would go.”
“Just this past week, bombings at synagogues in Toronto, Belgium, Michigan — the guy drove a truck with explosives into the largest synagogue in West Bloomfield — Norway — they arrested someone [for] suspicious behavior outside a synagogue — Rotterdam in the Netherlands — synagogue. I see a pattern here. And somehow it got — and among the young people, antisemitism got to be kind of cool. You think you could — if you did run for president — you could fight this and convince the Democratic Party that being Jewish isn’t like the worst thing a person could be now?”\
In response, Shapiro noted that his experiences running for office as a Jewish candidate have largely been positive, though he admitted there exist real problems with antisemitism.
Maher wrapped things up by acknowledging that antisemitism infects the outer edges of both political parties.
Yet the exchange lays bare how the Democratic machine has allowed this cancer to grow, especially among its rising generation of activists who treat Jewish identity as suspect.
