Bill Maher hammers New York Times for burying Brett Kavanaugh assassination attempt
Bill Maher slammed the New York Times for burying the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
A California man traveled to Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On Wednesday, 26-year-old Nicholas Roske was stopped by Montgomery County Police Department officers and admitted he wanted to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh. Roske had a handgun, two magazines, ammunition, a tactical knife, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, crowbar, tactical chest rig, and duct tape. Roske was arrested and hit with federal charges of attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice.
The New York Times placed its coverage of the assassination attempt on a United States Supreme Court justice far down on its front page and the actual story was on page A20 of the Thursday edition of the newspaper.
\u201cLook at how far down the page The New York Times buried the story of the Democrat terrorist who showed up to a conservative Supreme Court Justices\u2019 home to murder him with a gun because the justice supports the Second Amendment and doesn\u2019t support killing babies via abortion.\u201d— Ryan Saavedra (@Ryan Saavedra) 1654747585
\u201cThe news that\u2019s barely fit to print\u201d— Guy Benson (@Guy Benson) 1654782739
Maher hammered the New York Times for burying the news story and having leftist media bias.
The liberal talk show host agreed with guest Kellyanne Conway.
"The New York Times buried this," Maher exclaimed. "If this had been a liberal Supreme Court justice that someone came to kill, it would have been on the front page."
"And that's what's so disappointing about a paper like the New York Times because they just wear their bias on their sleeves," Maher said, adding, "And, 'If it's not part of something that feeds our narrative, f*** it, we bury it.'"
Maher also criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for using "very inflammatory words" against Supreme Court justices in the past.
In March 2020, Schumer verbally threatened Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price," Schumer proclaimed. "You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."
\u201cFLASHBACK: Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer threatened U.S. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.\n\n"You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions!"\nhttps://t.co/e1qKzocJDj\u201d— Steve Guest (@Steve Guest) 1654699422
Substack writer Josh Barro said the assassination attempt is concerning because it is "related to the perception that a lot of Americans have where they don't think these institutions are legitimate anymore."
"And that creates the willingness these nutty people have to go and try to take matters into their own hands and shoot people," Barro continued. "And I think it's a really worrying trend in our politics and I agree it's not solely limited to one side of the aisle."
\u201c\u201cThe New York Times buried this. If this had been a liberal Supreme Court justice that someone came to kill, it would\u2019ve been on the front page...They wear their bias on their sleeves and if it\u2019s not part of something that feeds our narrative, fuck it\u201d \u2013 @BillMaher #RealTime\u201d— Brent Baker \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Brent Baker \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1654915902
Liberal law prof shreds Bill Maher for personally attacking Amy Coney Barrett's faith: 'A f***ing nut'
Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time," attacked Amy Coney Barrett's faith on his show Friday, calling the reported next Supreme Court justice "a f***ing nut."
Jonathan Turley, a self-described liberal who teaches at George Washington School of Law, blasted Maher in response.
What did Maher say?
Refusing to even pronounce Barrett's name correctly — saying "Comey" instead of "Coney" — Maher brutally mocked the appellate justice's Christian faith.
"Apparently the pick is going to be this Omy... Amy Comey [sic] — I am sure we will be saying this name a lot because she's a f***ing nut," Maher began. "Religion I was right about that one, too."
"Amy Comey [sic] Barrett, Catholic, really Catholic, I mean really, really, really, Catholic, like speaking in tongues, like she doesn't believe in condoms, which she has in common with Trump, because he doesn't either. I remember that from Stormy Daniels," Maher added.
The crowd applauded Maher's remarks.
Let the hate begin. @BillMaher on Amy Coney Barrett: “A fucking nut.” #RealTime #AmyConeyBarrett https://t.co/Qm7BPAtkt9— Brent Baker (@Brent Baker)1601086409.0
How did Turley respond?
Writing on Twitter Saturday, Turley said that Maher's comments demonstrated that "prejudice lives loudly" in Maher.
Last night, Bill Maher came unglued with a attack on Judge Barrett, objecting that she is "really, really Catholic -- like speaking in tongues." The raving assault (which even bizarrely tied in Stormy Daniels) shows the triumph of rage over reason.
[W]hen Ginsburg (a devout Jew) was nominated Feinstein did not object that "The dogma lives loudly in you" and commentators like Maher did not portray her as a barking religious fanatic or question whether she approves of condoms.
Imagine if a conservative commentator responded to President Obama's nomination of Kagan or Sotomayor by referring to sex with a stripper or referring to Kagan a "really, really Jewish." To paraphrase Sen. Feinstein, "[Prejudice] lives loudly in you.
......Imagine if a conservative commentator responded to President Obama's nomination of Kagan or Sotomayor by refe… https://t.co/qKmy7uJigz— Jonathan Turley (@Jonathan Turley)1601116181.0
What's the background?
As Barrett's nomination becomes more likely — it is widely expected that Trump will officially nominate her on Saturday — the left is making its attacks on Barrett more personal.
Not only are they mocking her faith, but now they are going after Barrett's family.
As TheBlaze reported, Democratic operative Dana Houle suggested in now-deleted tweets that two of Barrett's seven children were illegally adopted.
"Does the press even investigate details of Barrett's adoptions from Haiti? Some adoptions from Haiti were legit. Many were sketchy as hell. And if press learned they were unethical & maybe illegal adoptions, would they report it? Or not bc it involves her children," Houle said.
Houle later added, "I shouldn't have tweeted this...Not because it is smearing someone as engaging in child sex trafficking, but because I didn't realize all the rubes out there would take offense to it."
Read this from Democrat activist & Hill staffer. Questioning whether #AmyConeyBarrett *illegally* adopted her child… https://t.co/Twp14E3Tb2— Josh Hawley (@Josh Hawley)1601082903.0
Meanwhile, John Lee Brougher, who identifies as a supporter of Democrats and left-wing groups, tweeted, "As an adoptee, I need to know more about the circumstances of how Amy Coney Barrett came to adopt her children, and the treatment of them since. Transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm, and everything I see here is deeply concerning."
Brougher has since made his Twitter account private.
Fortunately, some Democrats are defending Barrett from the onslaught of personal attacks.
During an interview on Fox News, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), one of the most moderate Democrats in Congress, called the personal attacks on Barrett "awful."
"I'm Catholic, OK. And religion should not enter into it. It sure doesn't with me," Manchin said. "The freedom of religion is one of the basic rights we all have as American citizens."
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