Bill Maher and Cheryl Hines say Republicans are 'very kind' while Democrats want to 'cut you off'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Comedian Bill Maher and actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, aimed at the political left during the recent episode of Maher’s podcast, 'Club Random', accusing the Democratic Party of growing intolerant and quick to ostracize.

They asserted that the party they once believed in no longer mirrors the values it once upheld. 

Bill Maher and Cheryl Hines on shifting attitudes within the left

During their conversation, Bill Maher said, "I think it would be a tragedy, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the case, that you would lose jobs because this is, it’s funny, it’s a town that loves to romanticize the period in the ’50s when there was a blacklist. And as they should, because it was a terrible blacklist, but they have their own kind of blacklist now."

"It’s not like they aren’t sort of recapitulating that, when it was a witch hunt about communists, now it’s a witch hunt for people who aren’t woke enough. You know, it’s not like we’re conservatives," he added. 

Maher recalled how he was attacked by the liberals for meeting with President Donald Trump earlier this year, despite his frequent attacks against him and his policies. 

Maher and Hines discussed the differences in how they were treated by Democrats and Republicans.

"I always say to my woke friends, we voted for the same person, you’re just why she lost," Maher said, referring to former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The comedian noted that the left wants to "cut you off." He argued that while Trump yells at people, he doesn't want to cut them off. 

"Well, that is true because the Republicans have been very kind to me, from the beginning. Even from the beginning, when Bobby was running as a Democrat, they weren’t mean, and they never have been. And I can’t say that for the Democrats," Hines said.

Both agreed they always felt compassion was the backbone of the Democratic Party, but it did not feel that way in its current state.

"It's sad, because it's not the Democrats we grew up with," Maher said.

During the conversation, the comedian also stated that he aligns with Democrats politically, especially on "preserving democracy," but finds many liberals increasingly frustrating. 

Bill Maher on how left and right handle disagreements

Bill Maher explained that while speaking to figures on the right, they often argue and clash, but come to a point where they agree to disagree, and they remain friends afterward.

"The left isn’t that way. They’re more like, ‘No, if you’re not with me, I f****** hate you, and you’re a deplorable, or you’re with the deplorables, or you’re talking to the deplorables, or you had dinner with Hitler or something.’ And it’s just like, you people are so, you’re such babies." You’re just not sophisticated people. To quote another show on our network: ‘You are not serious people.’"

"Serious people talk to each other, and they accept that you’re going to get to this point where you don’t agree," Maher said, referring to a famous quote from media titan Logan Roy in HBO's 'Succession', where he tells his children he loves them, but they are "not serious people."