Far-left comedian Bill Maher on Tuesday derided war widow Carryn Owens for allowing herself to be Donald Trump’s “prop” in his speech to Congress. Three separate MSNBC guests called her that within an hour. Regarding the wife of the Navy SEAL, Maher sneered, “First of all, I wish she hadn't allowed herself to be used as his prop like that. And I don't see any great courage here. Where is the courage?”

Appearing on a special 12am edition of Hardball, he whined, “Who wouldn't stand and applaud for a war widow?” Getting warmed up, the comic snarled, “It's all fun and games when you are on the campaign trail and you are arousing the bad side of people and the hate radio kind of stuff. But now it's actually happening in America.”

Later in the show, liberal director Rob Reiner appeared and also accused Mrs. Owens of being a “prop” for the President: "If you are a great snake oil salesman, and he is, then it works. But, boy oh, boy talk about using somebody as a prop."

A few minutes after that, commentator Nancy Giles repeated the attack: “I felt like that poor woman who lost her husband was being used as a prop.”

Earlier in the night on MSNBC, an angry Rachel Maddow bashed the speech as viewing immigrants as “vicious, murdering criminals.”

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