Liberal comedian Bill Maher was not happy when a guest compared him to Laura Loomer.
Speaking to his guests, which included Maryland Governor Wes Moore, NewsNation’s CUOMO host Chris Cuomo, and The Dispatch’s SCOTUS blog editor Sarah Isgur, Maher pointed out that he’d rather be one of the people speaking directly to President Donald Trump than “not engaged at all.” Isgur then made a comment comparing him to Loomer, an ally of Trump who also speaks to him regularly.
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“What’s it like to be targeted by the President of the United States?” Cuomo asked Maher in a joking manner.
“Oh yeah, it’s ok. I’d rather be engaged than just not engaged at all. I think as long as he, because he has said once, and I think he’s right about this, he said, ‘What people don’t get about me is I have no permanent enemies,'” the host recalled. “Like one day, you’re out, next day you’re in, next day it’s like it never happened. I’d better have it that way and talk to him and keep the dialogue going, because you know, I’ve said many times, I think we need more people like me talking to him.”
“You can hyperventilate all you want about what he does is wrong. I agree, it should not be a government by ‘people are saying.’ He should be home reading the briefing books, like [former President Barack] Obama did. But that’s not going to happen! It is a government by ‘people are saying,’ be one of the people saying!” Maher exclaimed.
“I would just like, yes, I’m glad you’re talking to him. I agree with your point, although the problem is, when you have a president who is talking to someone like you, he’s also talking to Laura Loomer. And if I have to pick, I’d rather take both of you off the map,” Isgur said.
“Why me? Why would you take me off?” Maher asked, visibly confused at the comparison. “What about me should be compared to Laura Loomer?”
“I’m saying we get the sane ones and we get the insane ones,” she explained.
“You lost him with the Loomer thing,” Cuomo pointed out to his fellow guest.
“Yeah, really lost me there,” Maher said.
“I’ll show myself out,” the editor joked.
“You’ll be back, you’ll be back,” Cuomo added. “You can work yourself back in. I’ve been where you are right now. It’s a little cold, but it’ll get better.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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