Bill Maher Mocks Kamala Harris & Slams Democrats Over Patriotism

[SocialDemocrat61]

Bill Maher Mocks Kamala Harris & Slams Democrats Over Patriotism
Martin Holmes

Real Time host Bill Maher tore into Democrats on Friday (June 19) for being scared to embrace patriotism amid America’s 250 birthday celebrations.
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He then turned his attention to Democrats and former Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, “Every election year, Democrats seem to remember patriotism for about an hour at their convention when they’re trying to win back swing voters. The whole message of Kamala’s speech in 2024 was ‘take back the flag.’ That’s why she talked about America like a pageant contestant.”

After showing a clip from Harris’ speech at the convention, in which she said, “the greatest privilege on Earth is the privilege and pride of being an American,” Maher quipped, “Hard to believe she lost, huh?”

“Well, you can’t take back the flag in an hour if the rest of the time you treat patriotism as something vaguely embarrassing,” he added. “It shouldn’t be!”

https://www.tvinsider.com/1271195/bill-maher-mocks-kamala-harris-slams-democrats-over-patriotism/

[niyad]

1. May bill receive everything he deserves.

[yardwork]

6. Yes.

[niyad]

37. !!!

[UpInArms]

28. Several times over

I wish him an abundance of what he deserves

[niyad]

36. So mote it be!

[Faux pas]

33. A million fold

[niyad]

35. You are much kinder than I.

[Faux pas]

41. Lol i doubt that

my dear niyad. I've actually hated that mofo since politically incorrect. It only gets stronger every year.

[niyad]

44. I try not to give him any more conscious thought than absolutely

necessary. It upsets my kitty!

[Grim Chieftain]

58. Why does any liberal or Democrat watch this asshat?

Don't give him the ratings points - sink his sorry butt!

[niyad]

60. I have no idea. I never watched more than a few minutes of his show,

and that was years ago. I couldn't even watch "Religulous".

[Grim Chieftain]

61. Same here

He is so arrogant and thinks he's an authority on everything. We are boycotting CBS and of course Faux, he should also be boycotted.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. Nationalism isn't patriotism.

Bill Maher is an enemy democracy and placater of authoritarians.

Why do we allow his propaganda on this site? I'm flabbergasted.

[hookaleft]

4. I can't understand why people post about him

He clearly is the enemy.

[mtairyguy]

45. I absolutely agree with you and yet

…here I am!

[SocialDemocrat61]

49. Inexplicably, he still has fans here

[Grim Chieftain]

59. Amazing isn't it?

[Cheezoholic]

3. Like Rogain he's resorting to stand up 101. Play the room. It's all he's got left. He's not even funny anymore n/t

[Celerity]

5. Maher is a real POS at this point.

[SocialDemocrat61]

19. Yes he is

[yardwork]

7. There's so much wrong with everything Maher is saying.

It's not worth dissecting. Basically he's just wrong.

Totally wrong.

[3_Limes]

8. And yet we advertize his show every week.

Why? Nick Fuentes and Candice Owens should be given the same billing here. They're just as friendly to us.

[SocialDemocrat61]

22. True

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Fuck Bill Maher, and why does anyone think he should have a TV program to bloviate on?

He's just a bag of shit. No one even voted for him, unlike the bag of shit in the Oval Office.

Has anyone ever seen Maher as someone qualified to criticise anyone about patriotism? What has he done for his country, as opposed to for himself?

[durablend]

12. This.

Can't be repeated enough times

[Blue Owl]

10. I'm doing my best to ignore him

[BannonsLiver]

11. I wonder if this will be the breaking point for his fans here.

Haha just kidding. There isn’t a breaking point. Sound familiar?

[SocialDemocrat61]

15. Yup

[City Lights]

13. Maher is a Grade A asshole. nt

[SocialDemocrat61]

23. Well said 👍

[MineralMan]

14. Haven't watched him in many years.

Don't know why anyone does, frankly.

[Mark.b2]

31. I watch most weeks...

Yeah, half the time I get pissed off. But, I like the conversational format. People are generally respectful, most of his guests are usually thoughtful (even if they may have wrong viewpoints) and answers aren’t limited to 15 second sound clips. I do like how he keeps the vibe light. Good for a Friday evening.

I do wish more Democrats would go on. Too often our side relies on pundits.

[chowder66]

16. I guess he hasn't heard of America's Block Party and feels all of America should be attending Trump's bullshit event.

He's such a Trump fluffer.

[SocialDemocrat61]

48. He ignores facts

that don’t support his narrative.

[dem4decades]

17. I dream of the day I no longer see Maher's name on DU.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. I Disagree

I watched it. I think the author missed the point.

[Wiz Imp]

32. So what was the point?

[aocommunalpunch]

20. This POS is still alive?

Wake me for the obituary. Fuck Maher.

[SocialDemocrat61]

21. Unfortunately

[thebigidea]

24. When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and hosting a basement podcast

[Cha]

38. And, "thumping the Bible". nt

[GenThePerservering]

25. Time to trash the Maher topics

they're just clutter

[SamuelTheThird]

26. Ambrose Bierce's dictionary

PATRIOTISM, n.

Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.

[SocialDemocrat61]

27. I like that definition

[Johonny]

29. She loves America as do we all

And he can go fuck off if he thinks we don't. Does he love America? Doubt it. He only loves himself. He is a loser that could never keep a woman because his brand is toxic. That isn't our fault, it's his. Sad really.

[Cha]

30. What a Gaslighting POS Asshole. Fucking Liar.

[SocialDemocrat61]

34. Good description 👌

[NoMoreRepugs]

39. Maher is afraid of saying anything negative about TrumpenFuhrer, the Deplorables scare

him - so he chides and criticizes the polite Democratic Party who pose zero threat to his punk ass.

[marble falls]

40. That asshole. We're driven by Patriotism to rid this nation of a nazi and ALL his bootlickers, including Bill Maher.

[tavernier]

42. As a citizen of this country, I guess it all just boils down to this...

Do you, Bill Maher, really believe that Trump wants our country to prevail? That he didn’t start the Iran war and now made it worse by giving them billions to use as they see fit?
That he truly believes that despite all the filming in the area of the pool in Washington DC, there are hundreds of people diving in and ruining it, even though there is no proof of this?
Did the people who came into our capital building and smeared feces from the top to the bottom, and you freed them, shouldn’t be held responsible even when many of them have recently been found to have committed horrendous crimes against children and families?

Are you truly too stoned to know the difference between people and politics?????????

[SocialDemocrat61]

46. Well said 👏

[struggle4progress]

43. His "BEST BEFORE" date was years ago

[SocialDemocrat61]

47. Very true!

[eShirl]

50. I've decided he's just not worth it.

[33taw]

51. Someone I don't have to pay attention to. Time to boycott HBO/MAX

[DeeDeeNY]

52. In 2012 Maher donated One Million Dollars to Obama's SuperPac

"Republican policies are failed policies" is what he said at the time.

[SocialDemocrat61]

53. Donald Trump donated money to democrats

in New York for decades. Doesn't give him a pass either.

[DeeDeeNY]

54. Stating a fact is not giving him a pass

I just thought it was strange.

[SocialDemocrat61]

55. A "fact" from over a decade ago is irrelevant

to what he is doing and saying now. Especially when he attacked Obama just a week ago.

[mwmisses4289]

56. Oh, put sock in it already, bill.

You wouldn't know patriotism if it bit you in the ass and hit you upside the head with a clue by four!

[biocube]

57. TBH I love when Bill goes after the excesses of identity politics...

it needs to be said but has gotten stale.

His "young people suck" rants have gotten tiresome, too.

[Scrivener7]

62. This weekly ritual has actually become funny.

[SocialDemocrat61]

63. Glad you're enjoying

and thanks for the kick!

[Jersey Devil]

64. The Bill Maher fetish on DU is very strange

Every week there are posts about who is on his show, what he said, etc., as though everyone is waiting breathlessly for the next Maher utterance from week to week.

I have never seen his show and haven't watched anything he's been on for maybe 20 years. Really, who gives a fuck what Maher says and who his guests are?