Democratic strategist James Carville mentioned he thinks HBO host Bill Maher was fooled by President Donald Trump’s appeal throughout their current White Home assembly.
The previous Invoice Clinton adviser and his co-host Al Hunt criticized the “Actual Time with Invoice Maher” host for having the assembly in a portion of their “Politics War Room” podcast that was launched on Saturday and flagged by Mediaite.
“I believe the issue that individuals have with Invoice – I’ve the identical one – is you’re type of main legitimacy and credence to this,” Carville mentioned, saying that Maher is normalizing Trump, who he elsewhere mentioned “s—-” on the U.S. Structure.
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Political commentator James Carville lately slammed HBO host Invoice Maher for assembly with President Donald Trump earlier this month. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)
Maher, a staunch, longtime critic of Trump, had dinner with Trump on the White Home earlier this month. Whereas lastly recapping the assembly throughout his HBO present final week, the host marveled at how “gracious and measured” the president was behind closed doorways.
“I by no means felt I needed to stroll on eggshells round him,” Maher instructed his “Actual Time” viewers. “And truthfully, I voted for Clinton and Obama, however I’d by no means really feel comfy speaking to them the best way I used to be capable of speak with Donald Trump. That is simply the way it went down. Make of it what you’ll. Me? I really feel it is emblematic of why the Democrats are so unpopular lately.”
Throughout a podcast look later that week, Maher responded to backlash he obtained from the left for the assembly.
“I had the chance to go to the White Home and speak to the president and never quit my rules. It looks as if no one seen that,” Maher mentioned. “I did not go MAGA. I had the chance to speak to Donald Trump and say issues to him that perhaps he by no means hears, actually to talk fact to energy. I should not take that chance?”
President Donald Trump and comic Invoice Maher met on the White Home. (Getty Photos)
On their program, Hunt instructed Carville he thought Maher had been “had,” or duped into discovering Trump charming.
“I believe Invoice Maher was had. He went there and he talked about how charming and good Trump was. This was the identical man that day who was reveling in a man who was illegally deported to El Salvador and refuses to convey him again, who loves to harm individuals, likes to inflict ache.”
“However, you already know, Invoice is simply the newest in a complete collection of people that get had by the private appeal, if you’ll, of some actually dangerous individuals,” Hunt continued.
Carville chimed in, stating that whereas he considers Maher a “good friend,” he believes he was duped as effectively.
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“I believe [Maher’s] a supremely naive man,” the strategist declared, reminding his viewers that the comic met with “someone who s—- on the Structure.”
“That’s precisely what he does – has been caught mendacity 36,411 occasions or no matter that quantity is… somebody who’s convicted of 34 felonies in a court docket of competent jurisdiction, an individual who arrange each grift conceivable,” he mentioned.
Hunt replied, “I agree with you on the naiveté. Once you lie down with canine, you get fleas.”
Reps for Invoice Maher didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital for remark.
