Bill Maher's Face Is Priceless When a Guest Said Dems Aren't
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Bill Maher’s face did the work before his mouth could. Jessica Tarlov, Fox News’s resident Democrat, said her party is “less crazy” than the GOP. Maher assumed it was a bit.
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Bill Maher thought that Jessica Tarlov was kidding. She was not. Being one of the few liberals employed by Fox News, Tarlov insisted that her side isn’t as nuts as the Republican Party — they’re “less crazy.” It took a second, but Maher realized she wasn’t kidding and launched into a lecture on how her side has lost the plot.
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Bill Maher’s face did the work before his mouth could. Jessica Tarlov, Fox News’s resident Democrat, said her party is “less crazy” than the GOP. Maher assumed it was a bit. It wasn’t. The look on his face was pure, unfiltered disbelief, and for once, he wasn’t performing for the audience.
Tarlov wasn’t joking. She genuinely believes the party that spent four years calling Trump a fascist, that chants “defund the police” and then wonders why crime spikes, is the sane one. Maher pushed back, pointing out that his own side has lost the plot. That moment of honesty is worth more than any focus group. A liberal comedian told a liberal panel that the left is the problem, and the silence said the rest.
It’s a small thing, but it matters. When even Bill Maher can’t defend the Democratic Party’s current direction, the party has a real problem. Democrats have become the party of smug certainty. They think they’re smarter than everyone else, and it shows in every condescending policy speech. Maybe Tarlov should listen to her own colleague. Sometimes the honest truth comes from the most unexpected seat.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.