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Bill Maher demolishes Democrats as 'loser party,' says late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'should have quit' during Obama administration
HBO host Bill Maher said this week that the Democrats are the "loser" party and that late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should have resigned during former President Barack Obama's presidency.
What are the details?
In remarks on Monday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Maher — who hosts HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" — said that Ginsburg's death wasn't surprising, and that Democrats should have prepared better to avoid the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
In remarks to Maher, host Jimmy Kimmel lauded the HBO host and his panel for the way they pivoted to the news of Ginsburg's death, which came in the middle of a live taping of "Real Time."
"Well, it's not like her death was a shock," Maher responded.
A clearly flustered Kimmel responded, "Well, it was — it was, though."
Maher fired back, "Really? She was 100 and had cancer, like, a million times. I mean, she was a great justice, but she should've quit. ... She should've quit."
Kimmel answered, "You think so?"
"Of course! Because they we wouldn't have nutso," he said, referring to newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was approved Monday by the Senate to fill the vacancy left by Ginsburg's death.
What did Obama say?
Maher added that Obama reportedly told Ginsburg in 2013 that she should retire while he was still in office.
"The Democratic plan for the Supreme Court was 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't die.' And that's why they're such a loser party," he explained. "I vote for them, but they don't know how to do politics. I mean, Obama did have her over to the office, you know, when he was still in office to hint. ... She should've taken the hint. I mean, as great as she was in many ways, that really puts us in a bad place because as I keep trying to say on my show, power begets power. When you lose power, you keep losing it."
Maher added that Barrett's recent appointment is especially problematic for Democrats and could have long-lasting implications as soon as next week's presidential election.
"We lose presidential elections, they appoint justices, so now the Supreme Court is 6-3," he reasoned. "That's going to go on for a very long time. If the election winds up in the court, who do you think they're going to go with? We saw what happened with Bush v. Gore. That's what I mean. You lose power and then you lose it again."
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Jimmy Kimmel wastes NBC for hosting President Donald Trump's town hall event
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel shredded the NBC network after it hosted President Donald Trump's town hall event Thursday night.
Kimmel's network, ABC, hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday evening.
What are the details?
During Thursday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show, Kimmel began, "Presidential debate number two was scheduled for this evening, but instead we got two dueling town halls — Joe Biden on ABC, Donald Trump on NBC."
"You know, there was supposed to be a debate tomorrow night, but since Trump would not agree to the virtual format that they wanted to have because he tested positive for the coronavirus, he backed out altogether," the late-night show host explained. "So because there was no debate, Biden agreed to do a town hall on ABC that night.
"NBC pulled a very sneaky move," he continued. "After Trump refused to participate in a virtual debate, they swooped in and gave him his own hour opposite Joe Biden. While many are wondering why NBC would schedule this at the same time as Biden's town hall instead of on another night — or even just in another time slot so we could see what both candidates have to say — the answer to the question is this: NBC sucks."
Joking that the move was a "peacock block," Kimmel insisted that the network — which was once the home of Trump-hosted reality show "The Apprentice" — and said the network was chomping at the bit to get the president back on the air.
"Even though Trump spent a lot of his afternoon cryptically claiming that NBC was setting him up with this town hall, it was a beautiful reunion," he said. "Seeing him back in primetime was like taking a time machine back to 2004 when he was just a blowhard reality TV host, nothing more."
At one point, the comedian quipped, "Thanks, NBC. First 'The Apprentice' and now this. Why not a new Bill Cosby special while we're at it?"
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(H/T: Mediaite)
Late-Night Hosts Erupt over Breonna Taylor Decision: 'If Only the Criminal Justice System Valued Black People as Much as Drywall'
Late-night comedians got serious on Wednesday following a Kentucky grand jury's decision to not indict the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.![]()
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