Comedian Bill Maher slammed the government’s response to the Los Angeles fires and, in part, blamed “wokeness,” for the natural disaster in the region, saying the government’s role is to protect its residents from “crime, violence, theft, fire.” 



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Maher slams Los Angeles wildfires response and ‘wokeness’

Comedian Bill Maher slammed the government’s response to the Los Angeles fires and, in part, blamed “wokeness,” for the natural disaster in the region, saying the government’s role is to protect its residents from “crime, violence, theft, fire.”  “Now is wokeness the main reason for the fires? Of course not,” he said during his Friday…

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‘YOU BLEW IT’: Bill Maher torches Dems’ ‘anti-common sense agenda’ Precision Strategies Vice President Rich Luchette and the Daschle Group Senior Vice President Joe Hack react to Bill Maher’s aggressive message for Democrats. HBO host Bill Maher trashed the local government for how officials are handling the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles in the closing monologue of his show on Friday. 
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