Liberal talk show host Bill Maher argued that liberals who usually politicize tragedies remain silent when Democratic leaders are blamed.
Many California residents, including celebrities, have lost their homes in the Pacific Palisades area forest fires continue Local officials say it will rage there and elsewhere in Los Angeles County, burning more than 27,000 acres, destroying more than 10,000 structures and killing at least 25 people.
While LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom have expressed some criticism For their policies before and during the devastating fires, Maher argued in a TMZ interview that more critics need to speak out and hold Liberal leaders accountable.
Talk show host Bill Maher argued that local Democratic leaders in California should be held accountable by their fellow Democrats.
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“I support the people who want to hold politicians to account,” Maher told the BBC newscast.
The comedian emphasized that many liberals say, “We shouldn’t talk about it now,” and described them as “hypocritical.”
“It’s so funny to hear that come out of liberals’ mouths because they hate it when conservatives say that after a gun tragedy, which is what conservatives always say after a mass shooting. “This is not the time to politicize it. “And then it never is,” Maher said. “It’s definitely the time to talk about it.”
While he said there are a number of other factors that make the disaster to some extent inevitable, such as global warming, he stood by his claim that “mistakes” had been made.
‘Would it always be bad? Of course,” Maher said. ‘Their arguments are not wrong. We built the city in a terrible place to build a city. Global warming is definitely making hot things and weather worse. The wind was ridiculous. Yes, I understand all that. And they also made a lot of mistakes. .”
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Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/AP)
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Maher added, “If you’re going to hold Bush responsible for Katrina,” then “you have to have some intellectual honesty in criticizing your team when they don’t get it right. And it took them a long time to get this right.”
The HBO host also emphasized that such disasters somehow “always seem to be the worst they can be” – a sign that more can be expected of leaders.
“I think we should demand better,” Maher argued.
