Bill Maher Says Hasan Minhaj Lies No Different Than Donald Trump’s On ‘Real Time’

Last night on Real Time with Bill Maher, the HBO host took aim at comedian Hasan Minhaj for the made up stories he has been telling as part of his stand-up comedy routine. The lies were recently revealed in an exposé by The New Yorker.

During his “New Rule” segment of the show, Maher criticized the former Patriot Act host for “wanting to have racism to fight.”

Maher began by equating the right’s conspiracy theories with the left’s “emotional truth” in an effort to prove a greater point about falsehoods.

“Which brings me to Hasan Minhaj, the comedian who answers the question, ‘What if Jussie Smollett did stand-up?’” Maher joked.

“The stories Mr. Minhaj tells in his act to elicit sympathy for himself as a Muslim and a person of color are completely made up,” Maher said, leading him to believe that perhaps Muslim Americans have made more progress than some liberals might want you to believe.

Maher noted a couple of stories that Minhaj exaggerated on stage, saying, “If you want to speak truth to power, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say you have to include the truth part.”

He then called out the former Daily Show correspondent for lying about something he himself said.

“Because he’s done this before with me,” Maher continued. “Accusing me of saying Muslims should be put in internment camps—something I’ve never come close to thinking, let alone saying.”

He then compared Minhaj to Donald Trump. “How is that different than this guy?” he asked, before playing a clip of the former president falsely claiming to have seen thousands of people cheering in Jersey City on 9/11.

“I think the younger generations have a real problem with wanting to build their identity around being a victim,” Maher added. “They want to have racism to fight—not fight racism, have racism to fight—so badly that when it’s not there, they make it up. And there’s enough real racism in the world that making up more doesn’t help.”

Maher then observe that Minhaj “seems to literally feel cheated by progress—the progress that has denied him any good stories about being oppressed by the man,” adding, “Dude, America is far from the worst. You’re a Muslim married to a Hindu. If you were living in India, she’d have to murder you.”

You can check out the clip above.