While his HBO counterpart John Oliver issued an urgent warning about voting GOP during the midterms, Bill Maher spent the majority of his time in the lead-up to the critical election dining with the Trump at the White House (and then bickering with him publicly), conducting an embarrassingly softball interview with Trump’s former press secretary Karoline Leavitt and platforming Kid Rock’s racist rants against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
\n\nAnd so, following a blue tsunami that saw the Democrats wrest back control of Congress in startlingly dominant fashion, the increasingly illiberal pundit dedicated Friday night’s episode of “Real Time” to “gloat” about the Dems’ big night — and make some gay jokes.
\n\n“Republicans lost bigly. There’s no other way to put it. And, great! Now I’m never going to get that check for $5,000,” joked Maher, adding, “In 2016, Lindsey Graham said, ‘If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed… and we will deserve it,’ and it just shows gays are always ten years ahead of everybody.” (Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, passed away in July.)
\n\nHe wasn’t done. “Well, look, I hate to gloat, but sorry, I have to do a little bit because everybody was hedging…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/