Bill Maher Decries Trump 'Worship' After Shooting: ‘America Doesn’t Need A Demigod’
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The "Real Time" host lambasted Republican officials who thanked Jesus for "protecting Trump" during the shooting, which left a rallygoer dead.
Bill Maher is sounding the alarm on the increasing religious fervor surrounding former President Donald Trump, who survived an assassination attempt last weekend — and was welcomed at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week as a godsend.
“Since the bullet that was meant for Donald Trump missed him last Saturday, Republicans have been indulging in an orgy of magical thinking,” Maher said Friday in the “New Rules” segment of his “Real Time” show.
He quoted pro boxer boxing star Jake Paul, who wrote on social media after the shooting: “When you try and kill God’s angels and saviors of the world it just makes them bigger.”
That “sounds like something a guy who gets hit in the head for a living would say,” Maher said.
Maher, an outspoken atheist, likened the Republican Party to organized religion and pointed to “images of angels and Jesus protecting Trump” flooding the internet after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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