David Cross calls Weaver's homeownership remark, as Maher described it, ridiculous
David CrossComedian and actor, as a guest on Club Random with Bill Maher
Comedian David Cross, a self-described fan of Mayor Mamdani, said "that's ridiculous" and that he had "an issue with that thing that she said" after Bill Maher described Weaver's posts on homeownership. He said he did not know Weaver and would look her up.
Responding to
Weaver described homeownership as racist and failed public policy.
“I have an issue with that thing that she said. I don't know this woman. I will definitely look her up.”
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Where this statement fits
Cea Weaver’s “impoverish the white middle class” and homeownership remarks
A deleted November 2018 post attributed to New York City tenant official Cea Weaver said, “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.” The wording resurfaced after Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Weaver to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. Critics called the language racist, extreme, or disqualifying; defenders emphasized Weaver’s tenant-advocacy record and argued that the backlash served real-estate interests. Weaver expressed regret for some old wording without specifically retracting this sentence.
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Full episode of Bill Maher's Club Random podcast with comedian David Cross, published on the show's YouTube channel on April 27, 2026. Maher raises Weaver while arguing that Mayor Mamdani is a communist; Maher's line about homeownership paraphrases Weaver's posts rather than quoting them. Speaker turns were checked against the audio and the show's captions.
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Maher told Cross that Weaver works for Mamdani and that "her other quotes are like, all homeownership is racist." Cross answered, "Well, that's ridiculous," and Maher said, "Exactly."
After the quotation
Cross added, "I'm a fan of Mamdani's," and said he had lived in New York for 25 years before the conversation changed subject.
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The reference point is Weaver's homeownership remarks and her "impoverish the white middle class" post. Cross calls the homeownership remark ridiculous and says he objects to it, which rejects it, so we labeled it Condemned. Mixed or conditional is the closest alternative because he is a Mamdani supporter who had not read about Weaver, but his support for Mamdani concerns a different target and his objection to the remark is unqualified. He was responding to Maher's paraphrase, "all homeownership is racist," rather than to her exact wording. Evidence level: the published podcast video, with speaker turns checked against the audio and captions.
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