Bill Maher stunned his HBO audience by openly crediting President Donald Trump with helping drive down crime across the United States, a rare acknowledgment from a prominent liberal entertainer that toughness on law and order can work.
According to Gateway Pundit, the Real Time host, who typically aligns with the left, departed from the usual late-night script by suggesting that Trumps unapologetically hardline image has had a real-world impact on criminals behavior. Comedian Bill Maher offered what many viewers on the right will see as overdue recognition, telling his audience that the presidents tough-guy persona may have contributed to a nationwide decline in violent crime. Its not just drug crime thats way down. Its all crime, Maher said during Fridays episode of HBOs Real Time. And, again, probably much of it is not political. Its because you cant move two inches in America without being tracked, photographed and followed by a Flock camera.
Maher, still eager to defend progressive orthodoxy, tried to share the credit with Democrats by invoking the welfare state, insisting that social programs also play a role. Its also because when Democrats expand the safety net, there are less desperate people, Maher said. And because Trump is a bad a.
That grudging concession is striking in an entertainment landscape where most hosts reflexively attack Trump and dismiss any of his policy successes. Maher added that while he does not agree with many of [Trumps] methods, he cannot deny that the presidents tough-on-crime posture has produced results that are difficult to ignore.
Is doing it this way the right thing? No. But its just childish to pretend that when you elect a f-around-and-find-out president, a no-more-Mr.-Nice-Guy, boot-in-your-a, V for Vendetta, kick-a and take names, say-hello-to-my-little-friend president, thats not going to have some effect on crime, he continued. He has UFC fights on the lawn, Maher concluded. I think the bad guys got the message.
Mahers remarks, imperfect as his analysis may be, underscore what many conservatives have argued for years: clear consequences and a leader who projects strength deter criminals more effectively than progressive leniency. And while viewers will not hear this kind of acknowledgment on CNN or MSNBC, the fact that a liberal host is now conceding Trumps impact on crime suggests the evidence has become too substantial for honest observers to ignore.
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