Maher Says Trump Crowd ‘Rooting For Violence’ Amid No Kings Protests — ‘Pretext’ To Cancel Election
Maher Says Trump Crowd ‘Rooting For Violence’ Amid No Kings Protests — ‘Pretext’ To Cancel Election pic.twitter.com/nel0t4dPWa
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Comedian and pundit Bill Maher said President Donald Trump and his allies are “rooting for violence” as millions prepare to hit the streets in nationwide No Kings protests.
On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the interview guest was actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The panel guests were Andrew Ross Sorkin, host of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and author of “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History–and How it Shattered a Nation”; and Mark Cuban, minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks and founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.
During the panel discussion, Maher criticized Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt for her rant attacking Democrats as terrorists and criminals, and said the Trump administration is looking for “pretexts” to cancel the election:
BILL MAHER: No, the Republicans are saying this is not no King’s Day. They said this is hate America day. Yeah, liberals hate America? That’s what they think? Yeah, if you won’t stop assembling freely and speaking freely, we’re gonna send our masked, unaccountable secret police to arrest you, as America should be!
No. But, no, I mean, Trump does not like this being called a king. He said, I am not a king, and the next person who calls me one, they’re going to find their ass in the dungeon, let me tell you!
He denied it. He said, I am not a king. I have no intention of becoming a king, but if some country wants to donate a gold crown, I’m not gonna say no. All right. Why would you think King? The enemies list? Y.
Ou know, enemies list, I remember when Nixon, you know, they accused Nixon of having an enemies list and he denied it. Trump reads it out loud!
I’m not kidding, he just reads it out loud, that’s a little bit of a difference.
The latest one, I mean, Comey’s indicted, Letitia James invited, now John Bolton, his former national security advisor, wrote a book about him, not a good idea. He’s indicted. Trump is going after everyone that ever pissed him off. He’s like an authoritarian Taylor Swift. It’s amazing.
Watch above via HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
