Bill Maher must really enjoy his time on the bully pulpit.
On Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host invited comedian Sarah Silverman on the program and wasted no time ripping into ‘Bernie or Bust’ voters for supporting former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“Gary Johnson is a f***ing idiot,” said Maher. “I like him, he’s a nice guy, but he’s another in my basket of f***ing idiots.”
According to a recent Quinnipiac poll, 29 percent of millennials 18-34 years old support Gary Johnson, who trails Clinton in the same poll by only 2 points.
Silverman was invited to discuss her decision to support Clinton over Bernie Sanders, after campaigning and stumping for the Vermont Senator for months during the Democratic primary.
At the Democratic National Convention in July, Silverman took the stage with Sen. Al Franken (Minn.) and announced she would be supporting Clinton as the nominee. She pleaded with Bernie supporters in the crowd to join her, saying, “Can I just say to the ‘Bernie or Bust’ people, you’re being ridiculous.”
During her appearance with Maher, Silverman said she was still baffled by the ‘Bernie or Bust’ voters, expressing that now is not the time to vote your conscience.
Maher listed off a number of issues that millennials care about to show why Hillary Clinton falls more in line with Bernie Sanders than Gary Johnson.
“Minimum wage: Hillary’s with Bernie; not Gary Johnson, [he] believes in no minimum wage,” Maher noted. “TPP: he’s for that; Hillary and Bernie are against it. Citizen’s United: all the money you want in politics. Gun control: wants none of that. Financial regulation, universal health care: he’s for repealing Obamacare. Free college: he’s against that. He’s for nothing that you f***ing people want!”
Yet, Sanders and Johnson have a lot of policy positions in common, including: marijuana legalization, relaxing our immigration laws and granting amnesty, and avoiding foreign intervention and unnecessary wars.
Watch more to hear what positions Sanders and Johnson share:
