Condemned
“What? That’s a goal? You know you’re supposed to scare people into voting for you, right?”
Maher mocked and condemned Weaver’s call to impoverish the white middle class.
- Speaker
- Bill Maher
- Capacity
- Comedian and television host
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Cea Weaver
- Classification rationale
- His rhetorical questions communicate direct rejection of the stated goal.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Maher read Weaver’s disputed sentence during a monologue.
After the quotation
He used it to criticize the Democratic Party’s relationship with democratic socialism.
Evidence
Complete source record
Bill Maher monologue on Cea Weaver and the Democratic Party (opens in a new tab)Monologue passage reading Weaver’s post
Video and transcript mirror of Maher reading the disputed quote and condemning it.