Bill Maher vows he won't 'pre-hate' incoming Trump administration: 'Let's see what the disruptors can do'
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HBO's Bill Maher was open to the prospect of the Trump administration "disrupting" the federal government, vowing that he wasn't going to "pre-hate" the incoming presidency.
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"This is not who I would choose to administer the colonic but it's not like the bureaucracy isn't bloated. It's not like the debt isn't $36 trillion. it's not like there aren't thousands of regulations that do stop people from living lives that they could live better and don't do anything. There is woke in the military. Whatever they're going after… I'm not going to pre-hate anything," Maher said.
"Do I have really good, optimistic feelings about it? No, I don't. I'm just not gonna pre-hate. I can't get into that mind[set]. Let's see what the disruptors can do. Because, quite frankly, the experts have just sort of, like, let something go for so long that it's just sclerotic now and constipated."
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