Bill Maher Tees Off On Trumps Immigration Tactics: “Pretty F——- Deplorable.”

April 12, 2019 10:32pm

Its mid-April so a lt fo people are thinking about big returns — for some that return is IRS payback they want, for others its another pilgrimage to the low desert to see the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Income Tax Day is Monday, Coachellas opening weekend is already underway and both timely topics were front and center on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO on Friday night.

“Youre not even excited about me,” Maher said at the very top of his opening monologue. “Its Coachella. It kicks off this weekend. Just what America needs another reason to take drugs. You know Coachella last two weekends. Like a cabinet member that works for Trump. And its pricey. None of that Woodstock come in for free shit. But you get a lot for you money. Dozens of acts there competing for the affections of entitled millennials. Im sorry Im thinking of the Democratic primaries.”

Maher then turned his attention to the annual deadline for IRS personal income tax filings. “Monday is Tax Day. Or as Trump calls it Monday. As we are all paying ours, he will not release his. You know the IRS, was supposed to get his tax returns this Wednesday. Didnt happen, didnt happen. There are committees in Congress that are allowed by law to request any tax return. The IRS, they have to provide them. This is what we used to call a law. We dont have those any more. Trump finally has the lackey Attorney General he always wanted, William Barr.”

Barr was a ripe target for Maher who said the nations top law enforcement official was less than forthright while testifying before Congress this week “He began by thanking the committee for opportunity to come shed more darkness on the situation. This was a bad sign: When he took the oath, he raised his hand the Sharpie was still in his hand Then he threw a bombshell in there…he said there might be spying on the Trump campaign. Wow.”

Maher sounded dazed by the Trump administrations trademark tactic of investigating investigators and decrying witch hunts while launching their own. The comedian walked through the sequence of the campaign spying hubbub and marveled at a loopy situation that has now come full circle.

Nothing to see here. The Justice Department looked into it at the time and of course found no evidence. Now the Attorney General of the United States, without evidence, is going to have his Justice Department look into the Justice Department — their old investigation — which found no evidence. Does anyone have the number for Michael Jacksons doctor? I need a nap. I want to sleep for about two years.”

Trumps frustrated firing of his Homeland Security Secretary this week also caught Mahers ear. The President reportedly decided that Nielsen was not tough enough on immigration issues. “Kirstjen Nielsen, the cage lady, she was not tough enough. She got fired. Although she said they werent fighting, she just wanted to spend more time separating her family. She just wants to spend more time separating her family.”

Maher followed up with another volley at the White House and its “mean attitude” on any topic involving immigration. “Hes not messing around. He said it again today. He does not want an America of low-skilled immigrants. And Melania said F— you, too.”

That shot at the Slovene-born Melania Trump (a former fashion model) wont win HBOs firebrand comic a lot of love from defenders of the First Lady. But, unlike Nielsen, Maher has no issue showing toughness on the job. He dialed up some especially harsh humor for Fox News, which has been challenged lately in the on-screen graphics department. “I think we have the picture: they called Central America “Mexican countries.” Mexican countries? Oh and by the way they also once called — [it was] a few weeks ago — a selfie a selife. They even misspelled spelling bee. Thats true! You know, if you guys are going to live in the United States? Learn the f—— language.”

The Trump administrations floated idea about sending illegals immigrants to sanctuary cities earner Mahers outrage like no other topic on the night. Maher framed the idea as a means of political retribution that TrumRead More – Source