Guest On Maher Gets Booed Talking About Anita Hill: ‘I Still Think She’s Lying’

Because HBO’s documentary on Anita Hill is slated to come out tomorrow, Bill Maher used part of Real Time tonight to talk about the events his network had set out to document. The controversy surrounding Hill, who accused Justice Clarence Thomas of being sexually inappropriate in the early 1990s, never seems to end, and tonight’s segment was no different.

Rick Tyler piped up, saying he still believes that Hill was lying. The crowd booed. He explained that he saw the entire thing as a conspiracy by the Left even though Hill herself was a conservative woman.

“I think the left didn’t want to have a conservative on the court and they did everything they could to stop it.” –@rickwtyler #Confirmation

— Real Time (@RealTimers) April 16, 2016

Susan Sarandon was there, too, and she and Maher questioned why it’s any wonder women don’t want to speak out about their assaults. Then, they reminded viewers of the vital role in discrediting her that was played by current Vice President Joe Biden and closed by pointing out that at the time of Hill’s accusations, there were only two women in the Senate, compared to today’s 20.

They then wondered what it might be like with 50 women filling seats. The crowd cheered.

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