Republicans in Alabama are now calling on the Alabama Democratic Party to cancel an upcoming fundraiser with HBO’s Bill Maher because of the comedian’s history of “disgusting rhetoric.”
“They couldn’t have chosen someone more capable of spewing vile and offensive rhetoric that denigrates women and people of faith,” said Alabama Republican Party chairman Bill Armistead on Wednesday.
Bill Maher is slated to be the keynote speaker at a March 17 reception in Huntsville in honor of Democratic Party chairman Mark Kennedy, a former associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court.
Maher is known for making sexist statements about conservative women, including calling former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a “c-nt” and a “dumb twat” on separate occasions.
“How could he possibly promote someone with his hate-mongering track record?” Armistead asked. “Judge Kennedy needs to cancel this event, repudiate Maher’s ridiculous and inflammatory statements and apologize to the people of Alabama for inviting a man of such low character to emit his provocative and disgusting rhetoric.”
Bradley Davidson, the executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party, did not immediately return a request for comment from TheDC on Wednesday.