Liberal talk show host Bill Maher argued that liberals who often politicize crises are silent while Democratic leaders are to blame.
Many Californians, including celebrities, have lost their homes in the Pacific Palisades area such as Wildfires continue raged there and elsewhere in Los Angeles County, burning more than 27,000 acres, destroying more than 10,000 buildings and killing at least 25 people, according to local officials.
While LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom they have taken some criticism for their leadership before and during the devastating fires, Maher argued in a TMZ interview that more critics need to speak up and hold liberal leaders accountable.
Talk Show host Bill Maher argued that California's local Democratic leaders should be held accountable by their own Democrats.
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“It's me and the people who want to hold politicians accountable,” Maher told People news agency.
The joker pointed out that many liberals say, “We shouldn't be talking about it now,” describing them as “hypocrites.”
“It's great to hear that coming from the mouths of liberals, because they hate it when conservatives say after the gun tragedy, which is what conservatives always say after' “This is not the time to politicize it,” Maher said. “It's time to talk about it.”
Although he said that there are other reasons why a certain type of crisis is inevitable, such as global warming, he stood by his statement that “mistakes” were made.
“Would it always be bad? Absolutely,” Maher said. “Their arguments are not wrong. We built a city in a terrible place to build a city. Global warming makes hot things and the weather worse. .”
Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/AP)
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Maher added that “If you held Bush responsible for Katrina” then “you have to have some mental integrity to criticize your team when they don't do it right. And they had long to get this right.”
The HBO host also stressed that somehow such disasters “always seem like the worst possible thing” – a sign that more should be expected of leaders.
“I think we should want better,” Maher argued.