Calling the British vote to leave the European Union a “harbinger” for Republican Donald Trump, Bill Maher shut down former RNC chair Michael Steele’s “bullshit argument” taking some of the heat off Trump.
On Saturday night’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the host used the so-called Brexit vote, which was starkly divided along age group lines, shows that if younger voters stay home in November, Trump could take the White House, saying, “Welcome President Clownmeat!”
Maher also said 2016 has presented “a referendum on decency,” calling Trump “an indecent man.”
But Steele tried to temper Maher, saying it’s also about “the indecent process,” which leaves voters feeling left out.
“They feel left behind, they feel spat upon, they feel neglected, they feel cheated,” Steele said. “You cannot separate the individual characteristics out that easily.”
“That’s a bullshit argument,” Maher fired back.
Watch a clip of the exchange via YouTube:
Meh…it was another episode of Maher continuing to express his borderline manic hate of Muslims, and taking offense at everyone who disagreed with him…including the young boy at the beginning for saying 60 year olds put 16 year olds to sleep with they start pontificating about political issues. Maher took great umbrage at that because…he is 60…and what do you mean I am not totally in touch with all you little ankle biters??
It was one of those episodes where, if Bill had shut up or walked off the set, it would have been a pretty interesting watch, given the mix of people he had on. But he stayed and kept interrupting, so it wasn’t a good watch.
“They feel left behind, they feel spat upon, they feel neglected, they feel cheated,” said Steele, stopping himself before he said "by the GOP. Boy have we fooled them for 30 years now, they are too stupid to catch on.’
I am so thoroughly tired of Bill. There are a number of things he does that I find very counterproductive. One is his stupid stance on Islam, one is his elitist stance on the stupidity of Americans (who didn’t go to Cornell - if you went to Cornell you aren’t stupid - but everyone else is,) and his very damaging insistence that our instiiutions are moribund and our system broken.
I find every one of those positions he takes and holds to be narrow minded, shallow and counterproductive.
Like Stephen King said. We all laughed at Trump when he declared and laughed and him all the way through the primaries.
We’re not laughing anymore.
I’m sorry, but if we ignore if and what university you went to (which IMHO has nothing to do with how smart or stupid you are) you don’t think most American voters are either stupid or act stupid (I’m not sure if the distinction matters)? When working class people keep voting against their own self interest what do you call that?