‘You’re Not A Good Person’: Bill Maher Blasts Anyone Who Was Disappointed Trump Wasn’t Killed

HBO host Bill Maher had harsh words Friday night for Americans who wished President Donald Trump had died in last weekend’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, calling them neither good nor smart.

“I would just like to say if you’re one of these people, and there’s many in this country who watched that and was disappointed the president wasn’t killed,” Maher said on his show, according to a clip shared by Benny Johnson on X. After the audience reacted with laughter, Maher fired back. “See, they’re laughing at that. You’re not a good person or a smart person, but definitely not a good person.” (RELATED: ‘It’s Better!’: Bill Maher Applauds DOJ Move To Bring Back Firing Squad Executions)

Maher, a longtime Trump critic, went after the rhetoric he believes feeds violent thinking on the left, Fox News reported. “This is why I was against this ‘He’s Hitler’ bulls—t,” he told the audience. “If you really believe that he is a Hitler McPedophile, then you kind of have to kill him. That’s the mentality they have.” He also argued that killing Trump would solve nothing, telling viewers, “MAGA’s not gonna die!”

BILL MAHER: “If you’re one of these people who watched that and was disappointed the president wasn’t killed…”

*Audience Laughs*

BILL MAHER: “See, they’re laughing at that… You’re not a good person or a smart person.” pic.twitter.com/K0tVG3PSZ6

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 2, 2026

The April 25 attack at the Washington Hilton left a Secret Service officer wounded but alive thanks to a ballistic vest, CBS News reported. Federal prosecutors charged 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, a California teacher and engineer, with attempting to assassinate the president after authorities recovered a manifesto detailing his plan to strike Trump administration officials.

Maher’s “many in this country” line was not hypothetical. An Ohio pre-K teacher named Corrine Baum lost her job at BrightPath after a TikTok video appeared to lament that Trump had survived, Fox News reported. A Wisconsin social studies teacher, Patrick Meyer, was placed on administrative leave after using X to mock Allen’s botched attempt by invoking historical figures like John Wilkes Booth.