Real Time with Bill Maher - Overtime – Episode #667: Larry Wilmore, Rep. Byron Donalds

Episode Date: July 23, 2024

Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 7/19/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late-night series, Real Time with Bill Maugh. The host of the podcast, Black on the air, Larry Wilmore, and the Republican Congressman from Florida's 19th district, Byron Donald's, Larry. Okay. Well, first of all, you're a religious person. Do you want to have a rebuttal to what I just said on the editorial? I may have taken a shot or two at religion.

Two things. First, you don't have to believe in God to see God's miracle in your life from a believer. Whether you're an atheist, no matter what you believe in, whether I even like you or not, I can recognize the fact that something happened that staged you away from death or pain or grave circumstance. I equated to the hand of God moved on your life. That's the first thing. Second thing, you kind of made it sound like Donald Trump is Thanos, man. Like, nobody's trying to make him into like a demigod. Like, he doesn't have the magical gauntlet, but you do got to recognize the fact that literally,

and I talked to him about it, the way he turned his head at the podium, which he typically will do, it was this much. And you have to acknowledge that it's not just luck. I do believe millions of Americans believe God's hand is. We're messing with the difference between how we see it. Okay.

No, we just see that differently. Some people see, you know, there's this order and everything, and some people see renaming this. What about the guy behind us? him who got shot. Because, I mean, I know, but like you say God, I mean, what, God's not

happy with that guy? I mean, I mean, I mean, it's like, how do you justify that? Why did God let, I mean, it's like, who, good job, Jesus. You get, wait, what? Jesus? No, there were two. It wasn't just,

there were two. No, never mind. Never mind. Maybe, yeah. I mean, what is God's end of that? Shit happens. I can't be everywhere? It's just, okay. That's tough.

It's like the abortion thing, that you guys, the wonderful discussion, very entertaining. And by the way, I think that's very healthy to see that. The only thing I'll add

to that conversation is that's the conversation you have to have about abortion. Right. Yeah. And you can't shy away from it just hiding behind your party or hiding behind your labels

if we're going to figure out how as a country and as a people we're going to move forward. Right. And I agree with that. Is the Trump shooter who has been described as a quiet, lonely kid who was bullied in school

an example of how boys in America are in crisis? Yeah. I think there's been many books about it. Men in crisis. And if you look at the statistics, I mean, there's a lot of information about girls too that would lead one to believe that young people are in crisis

to matter what their gender. But boys, especially in this day in age, I think, are living through something I don't think boys ever lived through before. First of all, we live in a kind of an information age. What has been, the calling card of men for years,

brawn, is not valued anymore as much. I mean, there's this controversy about the Secret Service people who were guarding Trump because some people say it shouldn't have been women because they were a foot shorter than him. And so that's not the best if you're trying to block a bullet

from getting to the president. And kids like that. I'm not saying he did this for this reason. But they see like, wow, even the jobs we used to be better at, like being taller. We can't even get those jobs anymore. I mean, amen. Yeah, I think there's a loneliness epidemic happening now. And you've talked about this many times, of social media being kind of at the heart of it. Yes. One of the things, one of the benefits of religion, I think, is that at least people are getting out of the house coming together in a community, you know, and, you know,

sharing something together and, you know, people can meet there and that kind of thing, you know, when people are isolated, social media, and also the pornification of the culture, too, you know, where guys don't have to try as hard to have sex anymore, they can have sex with their phone now, basically, you know, but it's true, honestly. But when you have to work to impress a girl or, you know, put some nice clothes on to go out, even just to a bar, you know, you're being, being social. There's value to being a social animal. That's how we've lived for all these thousands of years

by being social creatures. I agree with you. Young boys really the last, probably two decades in America, we've got a real problem. Masculinity is important. It's important for not just cultural reasons. It's important for your development from a boy to a man

to realize what's important. To understand that you have a responsibility to go out there and gather and work hard and earn. And you've got to have that grit, that toughness to be a leader, to be a husband, to be a father, whether that's a decision you choose to make in your own personal life. But those

traits are important for masculinity and for men. To take them away really hurts, not just men, it hurts women as well. I'll say this about the... One last one last one. Although, I don't think it's fair to put the shooter in this particular

category because that thing has shown up many times over the past. Remember, Hinkley wanted to impress Jody Foster, you know? If you look at Lee Harvey Oswald, it's a lot of the same profile as this guy, you know, his personal profile, people that have done these types of acts over the years. I don't think it's all. I think Lee Harvey was political. I mean, he was in Russia.

We don't know which side, though, either, yeah. Well, yes, I mean, there's a little murky. I mean, he did purposely go to Russia. He married a Russian woman. Right. He was involved with the Communist Party. I mean, you know, we don't know. But this kid, I mean, all they know is that he was,

looking at stuff about Biden as well as Trump. I think he would have shot whoever showed up that day. Yeah. It's like the kid who shot the people in the movie theater. You know, Columbine and some of these other things, you know, some of these profiles of kids. But yeah, it's not a big disagreement. I'm just pointing out some of these profiles.

All right. What do you think, one of your thoughts, panel on NBC pulling, Morning Joe, oh yeah, from the air on Monday? Thank God, no. I thought we were in agreement now. I thought we were like... Why?

I thought we came together on that point. That's what I thought. Why? We don't like Morning Show? No, I don't. Well, if people don't know what... I mean, I was shocked at this story, too. People don't know what this is.

Morning Joe, the shooting was on Saturday. They pulled the show off the air Monday. Did not air it because they were afraid that someone on the show would say something untoured. Have they not watched a show for the past eight years? Why? What did they say? What do they say about Trump? Oh, about Trump, but...

They say everything they're going to watch them. But that you can't trust your journalists? Yeah, it doesn't make sense. I mean, this would be like if Walter Kronkite, the day the Kennedy assassinated, the flash from Dallas, I shouldn't really say anything. Something happened there. I'll hear... I mean, that you can't trust...

How could the people trust in these journalists if the network itself can't trust them to go on the air and not fucking. it up. Well, also, Morning Joe. You can't be respectful? No, it doesn't make sense. It really, I mean, I make jokes about it, but it really doesn't make sense. It's not like Morning Joe is more partisan than the late-night MSNBC lineup.

That's just as partisan in terms of their point of view where they're coming from. So I don't know why they wouldn't trust that, and yet they can have... Now, the show's on for me in the middle of the night. Right. So I'm not going to say I see it a lot. Right, right. I mean, it sounded like six in the morning. I'm barely getting to sleep.

What, I'm a comedian. This is the life we live, okay? That's true. But Joe was a, like you, a congressman from Florida, a Republican congressman from Florida. I don't think he's a crazy person. I think he's a smart guy. I like him.

He's been on this show. I've been on his show. I'd like to hear what he has to say. I don't know what their decision. What the thing was. I would say... Has Joe become that far left in your view? No, but even if he has...

He's that anti-Trump, though. No, but even if he has... Well, so am I. You know, he's not some crazy person that you suddenly realize, who's this crazy person we have on TV? Well, you're the one that put him on, why... You know, you're just realizing this person

shouldn't be on television? No, of course not. If NBC can't trust the show going on, that's because they already know that the show has a very strong anti-Trump viewpoint, so maybe they said, you know what, we can't take a chance. I don't want to speak for them.

I don't know. That's exactly what it sounds like. I just think it's ridiculous. But what do I know? I'm on vacation. Thank you, everybody. Catch all new episodes of real time with Bill Maher every Friday night at 10.

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