‘All The Brothers Found Him To Be Cool’: Bill Maher, Stephen A. Smith Dump Cold Water On Trump Being ‘Terrible Racist’

Comedian Bill Maher and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith disputed claims Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump is a horrible “racist” based on their observations and personal experience with him.

Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris was partially fueled by increased support from Hispanic and black men. Maher and Smith, on “Club Random,” argued that Trump’s past relationships with black Americans suggest he is not motivated by racism.

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“So there are all these, you know, white boys are talking to me about Trump, and ‘He’s a terrible racist,’ and it’s like, ‘Well, how could the black people vote for him more each time?’ And, you know, they didn’t vote for him a lot more, but men did, okay? And I said, you know what? I don’t want to speak for all black people … You tell me if I was wrong or right,” Maher said. “I said, you know what I think black people think about Trump? Like, is he a racist? Yeah, but they think every white person is kind of a racist. Like, and do they think that white people, behind closed doors, talk like Trump? Yeah, he’s just a crazy person.”