On Friday, the host of HBO’s “Real Time,” who has made a nice living bashing Donald Trump but in recent times has also been harshly criticizing woke Democrats, begrudgingly had to admit that he agrees with Trump that antisemitism and extreme wokeism have infected Harvard University. He noted that he himself has been criticizing the Ivy League institution for years.
Trump has come down hard on the school, yanking grants, revoking the visas of all their international students (a move that is currently being fought in court), and demanding that they provide background information on their foreign students. He’s not all wrong, Maher admitted:
“The Harvard situation. Trump has declared full-scale war on Harvard. And like so many things he does, there’s a kernel of a good idea there. I mean, I’ve been criticizing Harvard long before he was,” Maher said.
[CNN’s Jake] Tapper jumped in, quipping, “Well, you went to Cornell [University], so I mean….”
“That’s not why,” Maher responded, with the exchange drawing laughter from the audience and the comedian. “No, it’s because Harvard is an a**hole factory in a lot of ways, that produces smirking f*** faces.”
He then asked Moulton, “Are you from Harvard?” To which Tapper pointed out that the Democratic congressman has “three degrees from Harvard.”
“Present company accepted [sic],” Maher quickly added.
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Bill Maher: “Harvard is an a**hole factory in a lot of ways that produces smirking f*ck faces. Like so many things he [Trump] does, there’s a kernel of a good ide there.”pic.twitter.com/8uibmo9sqO
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) May 31, 2025
