Bill Maher Rips Into Massive San Francisco Reparations Proposal: ‘This Is Madness’
Comedian Bill Maher is blasting a massive reparations proposal in San Francisco, calling it “crazy.” During a segment of HBO’s “Real Time” Friday, Maher asked former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang and Rep…
Comedian Bill Maher is blasting a massive reparations proposal in San Francisco, calling it “crazy.”
During a segment of HBO’s “Real Time” Friday, Maher asked former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) if a $5 million reparations proposal goes “too far.”
“I don’t know much about it,” Slotkin responded.
Maher noted there is a proposal to give $5 million to each Black resident in the city.
Additionally, they could buy a house in the city limits for $1.
Yang quipped, “Even I didn’t go this far.”
The host said, “When people ask, ‘Why are you talking against the woke craziness?’ Because it’s crazy, is it not crazy?… By the way, San Francisco doesn’t have a history of slavery.”
“It would cost every citizen left $600,000 each. This is madness, is it not?” he insisted.
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Yang dismissed it as a “proposal that’s unfunded” and more of a “political statement.”
“We have a lot of people at various stages of public office who are putting out bills and policies that are more for the messaging and stoking the fires on social media than trying to get something passed,” he added.
On Tuesday, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to accept 100 recommendations for reparations.