Bill Maher went toe-to-toe with right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro.
The Real Time host didn’t mince words during a conversation with Shapiro on Friday night’s episode, fact-checking the podcaster as he attempted to claim leftists were overwhelmingly responsible for political violence, citing Tyler Robinson as evidence.
Speaking to Shapiro and author Tim Alberta on his show, Maher condemned political violence on both sides while pushing back on Shapiro’s claims that the right “hasn’t fired a bullet.”
“Your side has fired a lot of bullets,” Maher said. “And used hammers on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, and used firebombs on Governor Shapiro’s house.”
Shapiro interjected to say, “If we are not politically correct, then we understand that if there’s a shooting at a synagogue, it is very likely t