Liberal political commentator Bill Maher has made a name for himself as a critic of conservatism, but the potty-mouthed comedian recently emerged as an unlikely critic of the trillion-dollar federal bailouts passed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

In a recent interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the HBO television host wondered how the federal government could keep printing money to bail out corporations and mailing checks to people considering the federal government is already $22 trillion in debt.

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