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LIBERAL COMEDIAN BILL MAHER
MOSTLY LIBERAL "NEW YORK TIMES"
FOR WHAT THEY -- HOW THEY COVER
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BRETT
KAVANAUGH THIS WEEK SAYING THE
PAPER DOWNPLAYED THE INCIDENT
BECAUSE IT KAVANAUGH IS A
CONSERVATIVE.
>> THE POINT I WOULD AGREE WITH
IS, THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND
BURIED THIS.
IF THIS HAD BEEN A LIBERAL
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOMEONE
CAME TO KILL, IT WOULD’VE BEEN
ON THE FRONT PAGE.
THAT IS WHAT IS SO DISAPPOINTING
DISAPPOINTING.
THEY WEAR THEIR BIAS ON THEIR
SLEEVES.
IF IT IS NOT PART OF SOMETHING
THAT FEEDS OUR NARRATIVE.
TWIGS JIMMY THEY WEAR THEIR BIAS
ON THEIR SLEEVES YOU FIRST.
>> IT IS TOTALLY TRUE.
THE MEDIA’S A BUNCH OF ACTIVISTS
MASQUERADING AS JOURNALISTS WE
KNOW THIS.
YOU DO NOT HEAR A PEEP OUT OF
ANYBODY ANY PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC
POLITICIAN OR ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL WHO WAS ENCOURAGING THE
PROTEST OUTSIDE THE HOME OF
SCOTUS JUSTICES.
THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD ON
POLITICAL VIOLENCE THERE IS NO
STANDARD WE ALL KNOW THAT.
THE ONLY PERSON I’LL GIVE A PASS
TO HERE IS PELOSI SHE’S TOO BUSY
FINDING A DESIGNATED DRIVER FOR
HER HUSBAND RIGHT NOW READ THE
REST OF THEM SHOULD HAVE SAID
SOMETHING.
>> AND LARA SPEAKING OF NANCY
PELOSI LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A
BILL TO HELP PROTECT -- BETTER
PROTECT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
EXCEPT IT’S BEING HELD UP IN THE
HOUSE, HERE’S THE SPEAKER.
>> YOU SAID THE JUSTICES ARE
PROTECTED BUT THERE IS AN
ATTEMPT ON JUSTICE KAVANAUGH’S
LIFE.
>> THAT’S ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT THE
JUSTICES IT’S ABOUT STAFF AND
THE REST.
NO IS IN DANGER OVER THE WEEKEND
BECAUSE OF OUR NOT HAVING A BILL
BILL.
QUICK SO IT LARA THIS IS NOT
JUST A MATTER OF THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" DOWNPLAYING IT.
WE ARE TAUGHT BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND DEMOCRATS.
>> IT IS SO CRAZY ALICIA.
THEY ARE PROTECTED SAID NANCY
PELOSI ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE ARE
AT ALL.
THERE’S JUST AN ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT ON A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE.
BUT IT IS NOT JUST NANCY PELOSI.
IT’S NOT JUST THE FOLKS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, YOU
HAD JOE BIDEN THE DAY THIS
HAPPENED IN FRONT OF PRESS WITH
THE ABILITY TO COMMENT ON THIS.
AND TO BILL MAHER’S POINT IS
EXACTLY RIGHT, HAD THIS BEEN A
LIBERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,
PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED
TALKING ABOUT IT AT ALL THE LEFT
TO BE TALK ABOUT ALL THAT WOULD
COVER THE FRONT PAGE OF EVERY
NEWSPAPER ACROSS AMERICA.
AND WE KNOW THAT.
IT IS SO UPSETTING BECAUSE THE
LAW IS NOT EVEN BEING FOLLOWED
AS IT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IT IS
ILLEGAL TO DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT
OF ANY OF THESE JUSTICES HOMES.
YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT
IT.
WHAT ABOUT MERRICK GARLAND BUT
WHAT ABOUT ANYONE ADDRESSING THE
FACT WE ARE AT LETTING THEM
BREAK THE LAW.
HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE?
IT IS REALLY UPSETTING TO SEE
AND OF COURSE NO ONE IS
SURPRISED YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT
THERE ACTING THIS WAY AND DOING
SOMETHING THAT IS ILLEGAL NO ONE
IS STOPPING THEM YOU ARE GOING
TO GET ONE OF THESE PEOPLE IN
THE MIX THAT WANTS TO CAUSE MORE
DAMAGE THAT WANTS TO INFLICT
FURTHER HARM.
AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY I KNOW HE
WOULD RATHER HAVE BAMBOO SHOOTS
SHOVED UNDER SIGNALS THAN HAVE
ME AS A FAN BUT BILL MAHER
CONTINUES TO IMPRESS ME AND I
MIGHT BE VERY CLOSE TO BEING A
FAN I KNOW HE DOESN’T WANT TO
HEAR THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> GUY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN
TOOK TO INSTAGRAM TO EXPLAIN TO
EVERYONE WHY SHE IS NOT VOTING
FOR THE SCOTUS JUSTICE
PROTECTION, TAKE A LISTEN.
>> SO WE CAN PASS PROTECTIONS
FOR US IN HERE EASILY BUT WE CAP
PASS PROTECTIONS FOR EVERYDAY
PEOPLE?
I THINK NOT.
SO I’M GOING TO NEED A ROLL CALL
VOTE.
>> WHAT SHE’S TALKING ABOUT IS
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO TIGHTEN
GUN LEGISLATION TO THIS
PROTECTION AND THAT IS THE
REASON FOR BLOCKING.
DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD HAVE
HAPPEN IS TO BILL MARSHALL POINT
IF THIS WOULD’VE BEEN A LIBERAL
JUSTICE?
>> NO SHOULD BE SEEING A VERY
DIFFERENT TUNE SHOULD BE OUTRAGE
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I DON’T REALLY FOLLOW THAT LOGIC
ANYWAY BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE JUST PASSED A BUNCH OF
GUN CONTROL BILLS OUT OF THAT
CHAMBER.
THAT ALSO WERE TALKING WITH THE
LIVES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
WASHINGTON FOCUS TAUGHT IN
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY ON JANUARY 6
I WAS IN THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK
BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS ALSO PART OF OUR SYSTEM
OF GOVERNMENT.
GOING AFTER THE INDEPENDENT
JUDICIARY IN A VIOLENT WAY WITH
THIS TYPE OF THREAT ON THE WAY
THIS INDIVIDUALS APPEARED
PREPARED TO ASSASSINATE JUSTICE
IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
AND FOR AOC TO SAY UNLESS WE GET
ALL THESE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS TO
RUN OTHER THINGS WE REALLY
SHOULD NOT BE BOTHERED TO MAKE
SURE JUSTICES AND THEIR FAMILIES
ARE PROTECTED.
I THINK THAT FAILS LOGICALLY.
THAT IS IN MORAL AND IN TERRIBLE
THING FOR HER TO SUGGEST A.
I AM NOT SURE SHE HAS REALLY
THOUGHT IT THROUGH VERY
CAREFULLY.
I DO WONDER IF SHE IS AWARE FOR
EXAMPLE SALIH’S LEFT WING GROUPS
THAT HAVE DOCS THESE JUSTICES AT
THEIR HOMES, SHE WEARS ON THESE
GROUPS HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT
WHERE FOR EXAMPLE JUSTICE AND
BARRETT CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL?