“Real Time” host Bill Maher ended his program on Friday night, defending the millions of Trump voters who were NOT involved in the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill.
“As bad as last week was … let’s not confuse 5,000 people with 74 million,” Maher began his monologue. “Yes, even supporting the insurrection in spirit is, well, deplorable. But there is a difference between maintaining illiberal beliefs and acting violently about them. At least that’s what I’ve always been told about Islamic terrorism.”
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Maher told his viewers that he always “fights” the difficult question on his show of how all Americans “learn to share a country with one —— s that you can’t stand”.
“I preached, and I still do, that you can hate Trump, but not everyone who likes him,” said Maher. “And as counterintuitive as it may seem, you can enjoy something managed by one —— s without being one yourself.”
“You can hate Trump – but not everyone who likes him.”
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The HBO star scoffed at the “happy liberal conversation” assumptions that the events of the past few weeks will mark the “end” of the Republican Party, warning his audience that 2024 is likely to be yet another fierce presidential election.
“Seventy-four million people are not self-deporting, and neither are we,” Maher told the audience.