Liberal talk show host Bill Maher condemned cancel culture once again as he took aim at the Olympics. During his show on Friday night, Maher criticized the dismissal of the opening ceremonies director over a decades old Holocaust joke in a comedy routine and the resignation of the ceremonies musical director after he admitted to being a bully as a child.
The Tokyo Olympics are underway and are already seeing a dramatic loss in viewers. The president of the American Principles Project said it’s due to the over emphasis on politics during the games. One America’s Stefan Kleinhenz has more.
Protesters gathered in Japan outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to challenge the Olympic games. On Friday, nearly 50 protestors chanted the “no to the Olympics” and “save people’s lives” while holding signs that read “cancel the Olympics.”
Republican lawmakers look to crackdown on anti-American sentiment in the Olympics in a letter hoping to depoliticize the games.