‘Is There A Conspiracy Theory You Don’t Believe!?’ Bill Maher Shocked By Oliver Stone’s Trump Claims
Bill Maher was shocked by filmmaker Oliver Stone questioning the 2020 election.
Stone joined Maher last week for a wide-ranging conversation on the Club Random podcast, and the conversation eventually landed on whether President Joe Biden is more authoritarian than former President Donald Trump. Maher took the position that Trump is worse, pointing out he “still has not conceded the election” three years after his defeat.
“Do you know for a fact that he lost?” Stone asked. Maher was shocked by the question, prompting Stone to add, “I’m just curious and I just don’t know all the facts.”
“Well I do,” Maher retorted. “Is there a conspiracy theory you don’t believe?”
“Oh, come on, Bill!” Stone groaned.
Maher launched into an extended explanation of how Trump’s many attempts to dispute the election results were rejected by every judge that heard them, including judges appointed by Trump. Stone deflected by referring to the controversies surrounding the 2000 election, and it continued to spill out from there.
STONE: That was horrifying to me. What happened when the Supreme Court closed that down? You know, what happened there. I mean, you know, the popular vote was won.
MAHER: So, what? Should we just keep counting votes forever, or should we still be counting —
STONE: Count them correctly.
MAHER: They did count them correctly!
STONE: Let’s just get rid of the Electoral College. Let’s do a popular vote.
MAHER: The people who have testified that this was a fair and well-run election. It’s a who’s who of people like Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell. You’re talking about Liz Cheney. You’re talking about dyed-in-the-wool, serious conservative Republicans who went with Trump really further out than a lot of us thought they would go with a guy like “McCain’s not a war hero.” “Okay, We forgive you.” Lots of sh*t that he did agreeing with Putin at Helsinki against our intelligence agencies. But I know we don’t want to talk about Putin. But it’s like, we found the thing that was their safe word, the thing that made them go, “no, that’s too far.” And it was we have elections in this country. If we don’t transfer power peacefully. If somebody doesn’t just be an adult and say, “Okay, you can’t win them all. We lost that one. Good luck, sir.” When Obama became president, George Bush stood with him and he said we want you to succeed. They don’t do that anymore. Not that I love George Bush, but what a great moment.
STONE: So what do you think happened in 2000, in Florida.
TStone remained skeptical of the 2020 election despite Maher pointing out even more conservatives and authorities who determined it was fairly run.
Watch above (start at 16:47) via Club Random.
