Dr. Phil admitted in an interview with The New York Times published on Sunday that “I don’t think I’m qualified to talk about politics.” It’s a remark that raised eyebrows online given Dr. Phil has publicly backed Donald Trump and taken part in ICE raids, be it personally in Chicago or by sending a camera crew to cover them in Los Angeles for his MeritTV network. According to The Times, Dr. Phil told ICE agents that his network was embedded with them to “tell your story and have your back.”
The quote in The Times was also published less than two days after Dr. Phill appeared on Bill Maher ‘s HBO talk show “Real Time” and got into a heated debate with the host over his participation in ICE raids (via New York Post ). It started when Maher asked: “Why are you going on these ICE rai