{"id":119631,"date":"2024-01-27T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/bill-maher-says-american-democracy-is-failing-b-c-were-stier-people-than-before\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:31:32","slug":"bill-maher-says-american-democracy-is-failing-b-c-were-stier-people-than-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/bill-maher-says-american-democracy-is-failing-b-c-were-stier-people-than-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Says American Democracy Is Failing b\/c We&#8217;re &#8216;S***tier People&#8217; Than Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-29cc806b7f8b6d4b6daa3cdf67a1be27\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ed071cac-0e4b-4dbe-a20c-c6af2ab248f2-1842595483-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ed071cac-0e4b-4dbe-a20c-c6af2ab248f2-1842595483-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d8\/16by9\/2024\/01\/27\/d81896a786754182bc9254560f830cf0_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-29cc806b7f8b6d4b6daa3cdf67a1be27--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e9934c757052b00bc8fcc7fef6cfed5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Bill Maher<\/strong> is chucking up the sponge on American democracy &#8212; or so it appears &#8212; and he makes a case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e9934c757052b00bc8fcc7fef6cfed5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b9b0710cdbd79bf8fe97dc9e45de856b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The &#8216;Real Time&#8217; host served up a scary parallel between the united statesof A and Brazil, each of which had insurrections over their respective presidential elections &#8212; the U.S. on January 6, 2021, and Brazil on January 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b9b0710cdbd79bf8fe97dc9e45de856b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2cd372bc7c27beaef4675585085c69aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240127_13642afa041a4395821cfcbfcbcbf54d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:804d40ac-d16c-41a8-b359-0116e75e25fa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/13\/4by3\/2024\/01\/27\/13642afa041a4395821cfcbfcbcbf54d_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2cd372bc7c27beaef4675585085c69aa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e89dff2fee7cd5edc827bd6ae563583\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In each circumstances, as Bill says, the presidents who disputed the election had been thrice-married, right-wing populists. But that is the place the comparability ends.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e89dff2fee7cd5edc827bd6ae563583--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f0a34e9f0b51e08aefdca934809954f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In Brazil&#8217;s case, nearly everybody rose up in opposition to the rioters and the president, who&#8217;s been banished from the nation and is now dwelling in Florida. In the case of America, the previous president now dwelling in Florida would be the Republican nominee by an insanely massive margin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f0a34e9f0b51e08aefdca934809954f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-55cae3424d2b3d674bd6a4417aa9fb87\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240127_156e3419dc2f4f5d89957c7422ce1a9c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:804d40ac-d16c-41a8-b359-0116e75e25fa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/15\/4by3\/2024\/01\/27\/156e3419dc2f4f5d89957c7422ce1a9c_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55cae3424d2b3d674bd6a4417aa9fb87--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32e482ab4a4ec881f289577b4251d320\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bill then dove into how we actually have by no means been really democratic &#8230; California has the identical illustration within the Senate &#8212; which, by the best way, can convict a president for misdeeds &#8212; as sparsely populated Wyoming. We have this fakakta electoral faculty which has no correlation to the favored vote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32e482ab4a4ec881f289577b4251d320--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b01b9b7b4bd4f9c7f4e9d132b58670d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-video-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-bfbb8420-92d2-413a-be36-79bf3c87bdb2-1048755357-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-bfbb8420-92d2-413a-be36-79bf3c87bdb2-1048755357-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d0\/16by9\/2024\/01\/26\/d0aebdab77f243eb97989b9ad0fe4541_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b01b9b7b4bd4f9c7f4e9d132b58670d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-60182932414536a7b56228b14e27d7bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Then Bill will get much more actual with the confession, possibly we misplaced our style for democracy as a result of &#8220;we&#8217;re only a s**ttier folks than we was once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-60182932414536a7b56228b14e27d7bc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-84bf5bf82125d3824c858b20d317bc8b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240127_9a703566f24a45d09a1f2cc204077698\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:804d40ac-d16c-41a8-b359-0116e75e25fa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9a\/4by3\/2024\/01\/27\/9a703566f24a45d09a1f2cc204077698_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-84bf5bf82125d3824c858b20d317bc8b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b67907468d7264404ec07e5667b9d3e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And lastly, Bill points a warning to Democrats on why Trump is so standard, and it has one thing to do with Chardonnay.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b67907468d7264404ec07e5667b9d3e8--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material Bill Maher is chucking up the sponge on American democracy &#8212; or so it appears &#8212; and he makes a case. 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