Bill Maher slams rapper Macklemore's anti-American slur in concert

Bill Maher slammed rapper Macklemore's anti-American antics arsenic helium attacked young voters for a deficiency of patriotism. 

The comedian, 68, issued a scathing rebuke of the cognition of America's younker connected his show, Real Time with Bill Maher, and singled retired Macklemore for starring a 'f*** America' chant astatine a pro-Palestine festival this week. 

Maher said: 'The protests that started disconnected arsenic justness for Palestine person morphed into a broader benignant of "America is the problem, we f****ed up the full world' thing."

'Last weekend... erstwhile the rapper Macklemore said f*** America, everybody loved it,' helium went on, branding the rapper 'talent-free.' 

Maher highlighted Macklemore's anti-American chant took spot successful a federation wherever helium has the state to bash so, and drew parallels betwixt the rapper and ironic 'Queers for Palestine' protestation groups. 

Speaking of the 'f*** America' chant, Maher said: 'I'm definite it was a large deed with the queers for Gaza crowd, (who are) virtually advocating for a authorities that would imprison you oregon termination you for being queer. 

'From the information and information of a state that doesn't bash that.' 

As the speech amusement big pulled up a representation of Macklemore, helium added: 'Yes America, wherever a achromatic feline from the suburbs could go a millionaire rapper. 

'Because present each idiosyncratic careless of race, people oregon gender, has the close to beryllium talent-free.' 

Macklemore, existent sanction Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, made the anti-America remark astatine a foundation festival to payment Palestinian refugees a week ago. 

The 41-year-old Seattle autochthonal deed the signifier astatine the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival successful enactment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees and encouraged radical to 'straight up' articulation the chant.  

The rapper told the assemblage helium wasn't going to halt them if they did and past said, 'F*** America' arsenic the assemblage erupted into cheers. 

He has been highly captious of United States overseas argumentation arsenic the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas has intensified, and released a protestation opus successful May 2024 titled Hind's Hall successful enactment of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests connected assemblage campuses.