Bill Maher: You Should Have The Right To Say That The Election Was Stolen

Posted • September 1, 2024: Let’s not kid ourselves here: Bill Maher has, more or less, called people who think the 2020 election was stolen are nuts. He’s undoubtedly pressed those who have advocated such a position on his show. The HBO host has repeatedly espoused his most profound worry that Donald Trump would never concede power, all of which has never come to fruition. It’s liberal psychobabble, but it’s also an opinion. And he’s not for censoring that being a free speech supporter. He might not agree with you about the reported funny business during the 2020 election, but he also doesn’t want to see anyone censored for having that view. The comedian said that claiming the 2020 election as stolen, or any election for that matter, shouldn’t be censored. It’s protected free speech.

Bill Maher believes Americans should have the right to claim the election is stolen: Bill Maher: "Trump was off Twitter for a long time before Elon put him back on Twitter. It was kind of like keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame. Can you say, if you're a Republican, or a Bolsonaro supporter, 'The election was stolen' That's my opinion. I think you can, and should be able to. That's still opinion. That's still free speech." If you are a Democrat like Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams, Al Gore etc you are allowed to complain about 'stolen elections' without consequence. (…)

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