Bill Maher Challenges Nancy Pelosi on Gridlock, ‘Warmongering’ Dems

Bill Maher spoke with Nancy Pelosi tonight in his live D.C. show, and talked with her about all things midterm-related. But Maher also challenged Pelosi on how “warmongers” appear to be the dominant voice not just in the GOP, but in the Democratic Party too.

Maher brought up the predictions that the Democrats will lose the Senate in November, and asked Pelosi if things are so gridlocked in that chamber anyway, “why do I care if they lose the Senate?” Pelosi said (somewhat jokingly), “Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy.”

Pelosi said Democrats need to turn out, but Maher said they generally don’t, because no one votes to say “thank you”; “the angry people” (a.k.a conservatives) always come out in droves.

Maher then brought up President Obama‘s announced campaign against ISIS and told Pelosi he’s disturbed by all the warmongering he’s seeing in the Democratic Party. He asked why they aren’t “standing up for the alternative view.”

Pelosi said she’s in favor of airstrikes, but Democrats oppose boots on the ground because the U.S. was “burned” once by Obama’s predecessor.

Watch the full interview below, via HBO:

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