Liberal talk show host Bill Maher argued that liberals, who usually politicize tragedies, remain silent when Democratic leaders are to blame.
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While Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom have accepted some criticism for their administration before and during the devastating fires, Ma said in an interview with TMZ that more Many critics spoke out, saying liberal leaders needed to be held accountable.
Talk show host Bill Maher argued that California's local Democratic leaders should be held accountable by their fellow Democrats.
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Maher told the press: “I'm on the side of those who want to hold politicians accountable.”
The comedian highlighted that many liberals are saying “we shouldn't be talking about it right now” and described them as “hypocritical”.
“It's so funny to hear things like this come out of liberals' mouths, because they hate it when conservatives say things like that after a gun tragedy. Say, 'Now is not the time to politicize it.' And it never is,'' Maher said. “Now is the time to talk about it.”
He stood by his claim that a “mistake” had been made, although he said there were other factors, such as global warming, that made some degree of disaster inevitable.
“Will it always be a bad situation? Absolutely,” Maher said. “Their argument isn't wrong. They built the city in a terrible place to build a city. Global warming definitely makes things hotter and the weather worse. The wind was outrageous. Yeah. I understand everything. And they also made a lot of mistakes.” ”
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A helicopter drops water on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/Associated Press)
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“If you held Bush responsible for Katrina,” Maher said, “it takes a certain amount of intellectual integrity to criticize the team when it didn't do the right thing. It took a long time to get it right,” he added.
The HBO host also emphasized that somehow disasters like this “always seem to be the worst possible thing” and said this is a sign that more should be expected from leaders. .
“I think we should demand better,” Maher argued.
