“Real Time” host Bill Maher criticized his fellow Hollywood liberals for their previous promise to leave the country under President Trump, but that they are “still here.”
In his closing monologue Friday, Maher lashed out at Americans who complain about living in the United States, starting with politicians like a progressive candidate for state representative in New Hampshire, who posted on social media saying, “I need to get out of this country ” and Former President Trump, who said he “could have been relaxing in… the south of France” instead of running for president.
“Once again, this political message confuses me: Vote for me because I hate being here,” Maher joked.
“Now, does the United States have big problems? Yes. I’ve often cited the “America sucks” list. Things like being 54th in the world in infant mortality behind Cuba, 19th in literacy behind Russia, 72nd in female representation in government behind Iraq, there’s a lot of work to be done here. And is it possible for a country to lose so much that its departure is justified? Yes, but we’re not there yet. Not even close. And we don’t need people who give up. “We need people to stay and fix it.”
“Maybe the problem isn’t that America isn’t worth defending. Maybe the problem is that many people today consider themselves crybabies and have no perspective or idea of how good they have it,” Maher continued, drawing applause from her audience.
The HBO host shamed the “59% of liberals” who said in a survey that they considered leaving the United States for good, telling them: “They desperately want every immigrant to come to this country and experience the good life, but somehow it’s so terrible thing they want to leave?”
He also criticized the Texas conservative movement fighting for secession, joking: “In that state they have two bumper stickers that say ‘America: Love it or leave it!’ and ‘We’re going to quit!’”
He then listed “liberal celebrities” such as Lena Dunham, Cher, Snoop Dogg, Bryan Cranston, Susan Sarandon, Al Sharpton, Whoopi Goldberg, Chelsea Handler and Barbra Streisand, among others, who “swear they will leave if a Republican is elected.” and no one has ever done it.”
“Real Time” host Bill Maher criticized his fellow Hollywood liberals for their previous promise to leave the country under President Trump, but that they are “still here.” AP
“Miley Cyrus once said, ‘I’ll move if Trump is my president.’ I don’t say things I don’t mean. Here she looks miserable having to endure the United States at the Grammys last Sunday. I guess she came back from Taykistan,” Maher said.
“In 2016, Eddie Griffin said, ‘If Trump wins, I’ll move to Africa,’ apparently very slowly because in Trump’s four years he only went as far as Van Nuys. George Lopez once said that if Trump won, he “won’t have to worry about immigration.” We will all return.’ George Lopez, still here. And it does not seem that immigrant trafficking is going to recede.”
“The New Republic just published a story about vulnerable minorities who want to flee the United States, including the author, a gay man trapped in the dystopian, homophobic hell that is New York City. I wonder if he knows that there are 66 countries where simply being gay is a crime,” Maher continued.
“Nice story in the news last month. The president of Burundi called on his citizens to stone homosexuals and not in a good way. Wow. Suddenly, the “Don’t say gay” law doesn’t sound so bad anymore. And in Uganda, oh, not only do they fine you for parking in the back, you can get the death penalty. In China they have the death penalty for almost 50 crimes and in 13 countries atheism is punishable by death and 61 impose restrictions on women’s clothing, so bring a scarf.”
Maher continued with his list of countries with a lack of individual freedoms: “According to Amnesty International, paramilitary groups kill government critics in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and arbitrary detentions are widespread in Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua . If you’re wondering how that’s similar to not having cash bail, it’s not. In Russia, simply referring to the war in Ukraine as war can mean 15 years in the fabulous prisons made famous by some of the world’s most famous novels. If you think America is evil because we didn’t nominate Margot Robbie for an Oscar, wait until you get thrown out the window of your dream house.”
Maher attacked Americans who complain about living in the United States, starting with politicians like a progressive candidate for state representative in New Hampshire who posted on social media saying, “I need to get out of this country.” Real Time with Bill Maher
He also mentioned how thieves have their hands cut off in countries like Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Sudan, joking “if you come from San Francisco, rob home,” and how protesters are “shot” in many countries.
“It almost seems like the world is full of suffering, intolerance and oppression on a scale we cannot imagine. But that can’t be true because if it were, we’d be protesting about it. It should only happen in Israel,” Maher joked.
The host continued: “And for your exile, if you end up somewhere comparatively luxurious like Canada, Japan or the United Kingdom, it’s not that they want you, at best you will be exchanging a lot of things you hate about this country. to learn about a lot of things you’ll soon hate about your new home. It only took me four days in Amsterdam to learn that, although I admire Amsterdam, I don’t want to live there! The buildings are narrow and shaped like needles, the food is horrible, the TV is in a different language, it is damp and cold, the people are polite but cold and do a lot of strange things, the explanation, according to my friend, was ‘Just remember, they’re high.’”
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