According to Bill Maher, every Republican presidential candidate to come down the pike could mean the end of the world, but now that Donald Trump is the GOP nominee, Maher’s retroactively changed his tune on Romney, McCain and even George W. Bush:
This is a remarkable mea culpa from Bill Maher on how he treated Republican nominees before Trump. pic.twitter.com/xIzt9Rj91S
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/794941156920541184
Reaction? Plenty, and somewhat mixed:
"Every Republican nominee is Hitler but this time I mean it."
— Razor (@hale_razor) November 5, 2016
For anybody who can't understand why their attacks on Trump just won't stick:https://t.co/FldVcvSExh
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/794941085751513088
Suddenly McCain & Romney are honorable men. Oops our bad. https://t.co/RFQhFj2Bwo
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 5, 2016
got $5 he trashes the 2020 "honorable" GOP candidate as the end of the world too. it's how the game is played. https://t.co/iReEQn1kt3
— ?BCO? (@BeerControl) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/794939709600374785
This is really interesting. Good perspective on the wolf-crying among Democrats that probably helped Trump get this far. https://t.co/HpYkquFpaU
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 5, 2016
Up yours, @BillMaher. You'll say the same thing about Trump in 4 years. https://t.co/OmYLshduUs
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/steph_bello/status/794944928283590656
Perfect illustration of how Dems are now rehabilitating and normalizing people like George Bush & David Frum: Gitmo, Iraq, torture, whatever https://t.co/MOmXk5UHnK
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/mindlyne/status/794949155592486912
"Ignore all the other times I was talking shit about a candidate, THIS time I'm clearly right." https://t.co/lK5we1CCbj
— Thilo (@ThiloAdamitz) November 5, 2016
And there is not a chance that this lesson will be remembered in 2020. https://t.co/f3ptHj7oIs
— McCook Guy- Gruntled Sometimes (@mccook2002) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/794946907659534336
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/794951491400454144
This really is 2016. I have a new found respect for @billmaher. https://t.co/1BCQPkBUKp
— Pepper (@PepperGii) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/Daddy_Warpig/status/794942857626943489
https://twitter.com/beaucarter/status/794945327132450816
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— ? ryan lambert ? (@twolinepass) November 5, 2016
Bill Maher, my God. It is the end of the world! #Election2016 https://t.co/bWtt18wHqH
— Maurice Harris (@MauriceHarris85) November 5, 2016
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How can Donald Trump stop illegal immigration if he can't keep Michael Moore and Bill Maher off his plane? https://t.co/IccOLyVGGG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 28, 2016
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