WaPo | A racial slur. A homophobic joke. A mock beheading.
Anti-Trump comedians are having a moment — and not the good kind.
Bill
Maher used the n-word in a Friday-night interview with Sen. Ben Sasse
(R-Neb.), joining Kathy Griffin and Stephen Colbert on Over-the-Line
Mount Rushmore. (There's room for a fourth, and at the rate we're going,
it won't be long before another face is chiseled on.)
A conversation between Maher and Sasse about the senator's new book
veered wildly off-topic, as these late-night chats tend to do, and
arrived at the subject of adults dressing up for Halloween in
California.
“We don't do that quite as much,” Sasse said of grown-ups in his home state. That led to this:
MAHER: I've got to get to Nebraska more.
SASSE: You're welcome. We'd love to have you work in the fields with us.
MAHER: Work in the fields? Senator, I'm a house n----r.
Visibly uncomfortable, Sasse seemed unsure how to respond and said nothing.
“No, it's a joke,” Maher said, breaking the silence. Some audience members laughed. The interview went on.
Sasse later tweeted that he should have spoken up in protest.
But really, @BillMaher has got to go. There are no explanations that make this acceptable. pic.twitter.com/K5XlEjekQ9
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 3, 2017
