Ann Coulter argued on Friday night during an appearance on “Real Time With Bill Maher” that the U.S. is becoming “the battered woman’s shelter of the world” by accepting so many undocumented immigrants.
Coulter was on the show to promote her new anti-immigrant book, “Adios, America!”
“Should America’s immigration policy be used to benefit the people who are already here or should it be benefiting Pakistani pushcart operators, illiterate in their own language—never mind ours—who come here, go on welfare, commit terrorism, engage in crimes?” she said.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and MSNBC host Joy Reid countered Coulter’s negative characterization of immigrants, suggesting that this sort of xenophobic rhetoric damages the GOP’s electoral chances.
As Gutierrez put it, Coulter and Donald Trump — who branded some Mexican immigrants “rapists” and criminals in his presidential announcement speech this week — are “revving up…a Latino registration machine.”
Watch the full clip below.
Two interesting observations I had about this piece last night:
First, Maher let it slip that he checked with Ann to make sure that the guests were acceptable. So, he gave her veto power over his guests
Second, At one point Gutierrez was trying to make a point, and in typical Coulter fashion she preceded to try and shout him down. But he refused to stop talking while she continued to try to talk over him. Maher stepped in…and scolded Gutierrez for trying to talk over his guests.
But if you watch, its very clear that Coulter was the one who started talking over Gutierrez, and refused to stop until Maher stepped in.
I know they used to date, but the favoritism that he shows her when she appears on his show just makes my jaw drop to the floor.
You know…the illegal immigration that isn’t actually happening and isn’t overrunning our country and is being encouraged by corporations…
But don’t worry about it…after all, Coulter can’t be bothered with facts or giving up her hatred of non-whites.
I was just surprised by all the standing ovations Bernie Sanders got before this segment.
Maher has given Coultergeist a platform to spew her bile for decades, now. She must be able to suck the chrome off a trailer-hitch.
Maher is a dipshit. That he happens to hold some progressive opinions (you can argue about which ones) doesn’t preclude the fact that he’s an egocentric Hollywood dipshit. And Coulter is like a cartoon in a Goebbels-edited newspaper. That her schtick is transparently “outrageous” solely for the purpose of making her money doesn’t render it any less hateful.
Maher booking people like this legitimizes them. He should stop.