"Lets face it Ron, if this campaign was going well you would not be on this show". That is one of the most brutal face to face-truths I seen on a show.
It’s not a bad thing for candidates to go into “unfriendly” territory. Part of the reason Trump got elected in 2016, was that he and his surrogates went into programs on NBC, CNN, and even Bill Maher’s show. They spoke to people outside of their bubble, and it paid off.
@user-bm8gc9lq7j That’s the point. Trump is dog walking DeSantis. His only prayer now (after trying to put flank Trump from the Right) is to appeal to Liberals and moderates. Trump2024 bro. Meatball Ron is going down!!
@@thiagoalexandre5854 Check Joe Manchin (D), Biden Before he was VP(D) Joe (Biden) voted for Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990's, which said marriage is ONLY Man and Woman Voted for and helped WRITE the Crime Bill which made 2 oz of crack an automatic 20 year sentence, while 5 lbs of powdered Coke was 5 years! SO Joe was hardly "Liberal" in his younger days...
*Fearing DeSantis* A CULT OF IMBECILES You have to give my Governor some credit, he’s running against Trump’s cult and the Marxicrat party. DeSantis 2024 Because we want to end this pathetic cult.
@@_mark_3814 liberals and conservatives have a lot in common. Also it’s TV, so don’t take the audience reaction too seriously. Just because they are applauding certain things being said, doesn’t mean they are endorsing him. However, liberals and conservatives have a lot of agenda in common, so that’s not a huge surprise at the end of the day. Bill has always been pretty conservative on a lot of issues to begin with. It’s all lame and confusing, but I don’t think it means much. These guys are more similar than they are different.
They have applause signs so you can't even trust it to be genuine. Anyone who has been to one of the free tapings in LA can tell you. Hence why its always stop and start and like a wrestling crowd.
I remember when Steve Bannon and Kelly Anne Conway etc were on this show ages ago and Bill would tell the crowd 'be nice...' etc when they came out to stop them booing or shouting abuse...now here's DeSantis and the crowd just cheer him, laugh along with him and clap. This isn't the same show it used to be
Democrat politians have been so far out there, I think more people are open to listening to Republicans now days... I mean, in just the last few years, Democrats have advocated for some pretty awful stuff.
Wow. You don’t often see an interview like this in today’s day and age. What a pleasant surprise that they’re calm, polite, and respectful, despite their obvious disagreements.
Ahh, my mind perceived it as Ron having cowboy boots on so he'd know more about cattle ranching, not that his orthopedic shoes "correct him" while standing.
@Barberdan - exactly. That's why it went over most people's heads. He was corrected about the cattle thing, but then threw in the dad joke because orthopedic shoes correct how you stand and walk. The play on words was perfect! I'm sure that joke is in his wheelhouse to say anytime he says "I stand corrected", but it was even more perfect here due to them talking about Desatin's boots.
Ron is right about 2016 and if we’re being honest 2000, but the difference is the Dems and media didn’t rile up ppl to cause an insurrection or get sue and lose nearly a billion dollars.
Very impressed that Ron DeSantis and Bill Maher sat down like adults to have real conversation like we are supposed to do. This is how it is supposed to be where each expressed their opinion and agree to disagree. Ron DeSantis may have earned my vote.
Yea Bill maher is a right winger he a DeSantis are the biggest peddlers of anti woke fear mongering, they can't shut about it its all DeSantis talks about and no one really cares. The pandemic broke both of these men's brains too.
Trump’s own intel said that Russia spread disinformation in 2016 and helped Trump win the election. Also, that was a distraction about campaigning for election deniers. You should campaign for Democracy.
Bill does a great job of not pulling punches, but not letting these interviews with obvious ideological foes of his fly off the rails either. He hits hard, but then he backs off a bit so it doesn't get ugly. He's very talented and savvy. I guess 30 years on the air and you learn a thing or two.
I think Bill went way too easy on Ron. He should have called him out on his maniacal plan to shoot “drug dealers” coming over the border, even after admitting that it’s hard to distinguish a drug dealer from someone who isn’t a drug dealer. wtf? 😳
92@@elingrome5853 DeSantis with 22,000,000 people killed 87,000+ Covid patients. Australia has 26,000,000 and only 10,000+ died from covid. DeSantis bragged about reducing outlays, aka entitlement payout. CDC told all governors that 80% of Covid deaths were 65 and over.
@@jackpowell4056 yea and the part where normally someone's bottom shin would be is clearly pressed outwards due to the top of his foot pressing against it, and his pant leg is like 8 inches above where it should be because it's his normal pants but he's resting on his tippy toes so they aren't going down as far as usual.
Maybe he was imitating Prince? Ron, may be 5’-6”. Enough of the “cowboy attire!” There are no cowboys anymore and it's a trope from 150 years ago. It’s not authentic, it’s a joke. People cling to the old west like it was the golden age of America. It’s over.
Man, Bill is losing his touch, just kinda standing there like a deer in the headlights. It's a bummer, cause he used to be really good at pushing back when he had to.
Not true. The funniest was the beginning when he drew attention to the boots that disguise a ridiculous high heel to make him look taller. He was slick about it.
@@dylanash482 that means both parties are responsible since it was agreed upon. I mean, I get the blame game, but truly isn't this good cop bad cop shtick played out?
@@thebridge6967 what a cop out fucking response. No, I’m not going to hold it against democrats for not allowing republicans to hold Americans hostage while they act blatantly corrupt
Really? I'm much younger than you are. Maybe your memory needs a boost. You say Kennedy get capped. The moonlanding(s), you saw Raegan shot, you saw Oliver North come out clean after committing crimes against Humanity...Wow dude. Tap those memories or read a fucking book.
@@cooldude7046 That response was too positive. You need to remember that you're on the internet and make sure your responses are both negative and gaslighting 😉
The annoying thing is if Trump went on any of these late night shows-like back in the day, before they despised each other-they would all still probably have a good time.
@@anniejewkes5506 first thing he Straight shit on him about his campaign doing terrible 2cnd If you want to see a softball question interview just go watch any of Bidens 👍
I’d love for Bill to finally go over the list of hits and misses with actual medical professionals, public health officials, skeptics, etc. No snark, just list them out, and see how it plays out
He wont because he will instantly get dragged and humiliated. If he invites Sanjay Gupta, Vivek Murphy, even Fauci they would all drag him for filth with all the reasons the pandemic went the way it did and why his view of thing is oversimplified, elitist and unrealistic. That is why all he can do is rant about it to other whack jobs who are just as delusional about it as he is...pot head joe rogan, demagogue ron desantis, and hippy dippy jocks like aaron rodgers...no actual doctors or medical professionals or generally rational people who know what they're talking about....He knows this. Something happened to him and he has lost his way and has gone extremist, in his own way, and is no longer interested in facts or objectivity. He wants to stick it to the progressives and liberals as much as the other extremists in politics want. Old white dudes on both sides feel like their world is crumbling before their very eyes and all we're seeing is their temper tantrums over it.
@steveb796 It's laughable. Not only has Bill Maher lost touch, but his audience has clearly gotten dumber as well, the way they were clapping and cheering over asinine assertions
@@fundifferent1 Bill’s “audience” also includes his staff. He basically has his writers and some interns sit in the audience and cheer and clap. You don’t really think all that ridiculous “Woo! Yeah!” is genuine, do you? I’m pretty sure there’s some recorded laugh track piped in as well. It was especially obvious during the covid days when there were 5 people in the audience all overcompensating.
Say what you will about Ron DeSantis, but it can't be denied that he's a remarkably skilled politician. Said every right thing in this dialogue, the audience proves it.
@@danieldenton5721 lowest crime in Florida in 50 years. Only 8 % of florida law enforcement agencies are included in the report, representing 3% of the population.
Here in South Florida, we know and despise DeSanctis. He’s focused on idiotic culture wars while FL suffers from lack of affordable housing, high insurance rates, aging/broken down infrastructure, and total unpreparedness for climate change. He’s a horrible politician. His campaign is DOA, as is his personality!
"FL suffers from lack of affordable housing, high insurance rates, aging/broken down infrastructure, and total unpreparedness for climate change. " You just described the whole country ... red and blue alike.
I'm in central FL and although he is not perfect, I like most of what he is doing. Just the fact that he is all for being fiscally responsible, upholding the law, stopping illegal immigration, and preventing the sexual indoctrination of our children is more than enough to earn my vote.
Could not be more disappointed with Bill’s questioning of DeSantis. Softball questions coupled with his fawning over DeSantis’s handling of certain issues
He asked him about the stolen election claims and flat out told him his campaign must not be going well. Not exactly sure what you wanted in a 5 minute clip
@@nrs_207 Not a word by Maher on book banning and skewing of history being taught in FL schools ; nothing mentioned about his childish culture war with Disney; and his praise of DeSantis for his handling of Covid in FL when 89K people died in that state from the virus.
@@dannmarceau9743I don’t have to listen to him because I know that all GOP members want to do away with Social Security. Since I’m 70, that’s the most important issue to me. I also don’t like people who ban books.
Why would you listen to someone who want to ban PEOPLE? Republicans are already banning and burning books, DeSantis is wrecking Florida's economy, attacking those who make the state money, he's destroying education and libraries through his made up culture war bullshit, he's constantly lying to make himself look "good", even though he's blatantly obviously lying, just like wearing his high heels to try to look big here. He's an insane wanna-be dictator, just like Trump, but in slightly different ways. He wants TOTAL power do force everyone to do as he says, which means that everyone must be a straight white person and only do the things that DeSantis allows, irrespective of reality or what is actually best for anyone. He's done so much to ban ANYTHING that might have helped the people of his state through Covid and many other emergencies. He's STILL whining against Trump's vaccine, even though he and his family have all had the shots, he doesn't want the common people of America to have that same protection. DeSantis is a bigot, a hatemonger, a constant liar, an authoritarian, a fascist, a thug, a racist, a misogynist and a psychopath. According to him, if you disagree with him, then you are nothing to him. It's literally all or nothing as far as he's concerned, and just like Trump, he thinks he should be worshipped. It's funny really how both of them are such small, insignificant and worthless people that they desperately want to appear taller so wear heels, inserts and the like to try to appear bigger and stronger. A definite sign of a self-hating, sado-masochistic small souled little men who KNOW that they are small and insignificant but want desperately to be taken seriously.
@@howamilooking5952 I agree with you. My comment was targeted at the OP as it was pretty obvious Bill wasn't going to grill DeSantis after his joke of an interview with Musk.
Hearing the audience clap for Desantis saying he'll hold the government accountable for lockdowns during covid reminds me of that wonderful Professor Farnsworth meme.
Yeah they probably advertise the show to people and his supporters are the ones who sign up to go. Some shows also tell the audience to clap. Because I notice this happens on almost every interview on most shows like this. RFK jr got a ton of applause on Hannity when he made a point countering Hannity. The audience had Kennedys side more than Hannity on his show lol
I don't mind having him on but Bill should have been better at holding his feet to the fire. I feel like at least a few times lately he's been a little too soft, maybe unprepared to push back on certain arguements.
@@user-be7pw3sm7dExcept he's not. A good chunk of his policies were struck down in court for first amendment violations and I'm not talking about Disney.
How could he hold his feet to the fire when Ron is wearing asbestos fire-proof boots my dude looks like he wears those things to jump a motorcycle over 10 school busses.
It’s good he showed up but Bill was very weak in this interview. I’ll have to watch the full version to be sure but it feels like Bill is losing his edge and ability to push back and call out BS.
I watched the full version this morning. It seemed like more of the same. His interview with Elon Musk earlier this year was a chapter of a mutual admiration society. Through the decades bill is getting more ‘mainstream’
@@illuminaughty2929 Yeah, he wears high heels shoes. I wonder how tall is DeSantis without high heels on. Remember the white boots he wore!!!They were horrible!
Bill Maher is really incredible. I can't imagine many others who could bring such polarizing figures/ideas on while seamlessly engaging in dialogue. He's the kind of man who SHOULD be a politician.
“Woke” people criticized him on social media and he can’t handle it. Admittedly, I agree that some of that criticism was excessive but some is well-deserved. Bill is too narcissistic to let it go.
@@homiehomerson2705 Unlike DeSantis, I can define it and I would do so as online social justice activists whose activism consists of yelling at people via social media. I support most of their causes, but I can acknowledge their tactics can become a little overzealous at times. But bill is far from the only boomer celebrity whose brain has been melted by this practice.
Look at all the copy and pasted spam from the same people over and over. It's not like we can see you spamming this page raynor. And "woke" is what hateful people call compassion. Those who constantly whine against woke always seem to be the same people who whine about equality, come out with misogynist comments, or racism, or want to control other people's lives who are not affecting them in any way whatsoever, but they believe that they have the right to tell others what to do with their lives, irrespective of circumstance or situation. It's the authoritarians and fascists that complain the most about "woke" nonsense, and they have to invent things because their real issues are either so meaningless or so abusive of other people's rights, that they KNOW that they would get massive pushback. That's why Desatan here whines so much about "woke", but rarely gives real examples, instead fear-mongering about things that don't happen, or even worse, happened because of HIS actions, but like all other authoritarians who preach personal responsibility, they take none themselves for anything they do. Desantis is a hatemonger, he spends all his time making up lies to tell people, saying that this is what the "Libs" will do to you if they get control, knowing full well that he's lying, and that he himself has FAR worse plans for the people. This is the same lying POS that is STILL whining about Covid, but he made sure that he and his family got those shots right away! But he has openly said recently that MORE people should have died from Covid, and that it would have been good if they had! This is the man who made sure HE was protected, but did all he could to make sure that the people of his state were not only NOT protected, but it was illegal to get some of those protections! What "woke" really means is being compassionate for others, not just being a selfish, self obsessed turd. It means letting other people live their own lives as they wish, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. It means that you control yourself and are responsible for your own words and actions. Makes it obvious really why Republicans would be against these things, when they so desperately want total control of America, the government and the people, even though that is against the spirit and word of the Constitution. That's why Trump has said that he will tear down the Constitution if he gets in, install himself as "President for Life", take personal control of the DOJ and IRS to use as weapons against anyone who he thinks is against him, how he's going to strip the power from the House and Congress so that they cannot stop him doing whatever he likes. If THAT is what you really want for the United States of America, then you, like him, are a traitor to EVERYTHING that America has ever stood for, are standing against the Government, the Constitition, the Law and the People of the USA. If that kind of place is where you want to live, just leave the US and go live in North Korea with Trump's lover, or Russia with Trump's master. Unlike those places, you CAN leave America to live elsewhere. So go, live in the fascist dictatorship you lust after. But realise that even if Trump isn't barred from running due to the Constitution (He is) and isn't in prison for his crimes (He will be), YOU will NOT be in a better place in a Trump US Dictatorship. He and his rich friends will be at the top, and you will be nothing more than fodder, just like everyone else. You think that Trump will pluck you out of the crowd and elevate you to some high office, giving you millions of dollars? No. What will happen is the same that happens to ALL of Trump's cast off minions, you'll be thrown out with nothing, left to suffer the repercussions of your actions with no support from him at all, and he will not even know your name. Doubt me? Look at what has happened to EVERY ONE of those who has helped Trump. Thousands are in jail for him, from a couple of years to what amounts to life for some. He's promised to pardon them, but he could have done that before he left office, he just doesn't care. He could have pardoned ALL of his close advisers that are now being prosecuted for their actions, but he didn't, he doesn't care. Even those who asked didn't get pardons. A select few have, but even his closest, long term allies are in jail, without the pardons he COULD have given them, but didn't, because he doesn't care. He didn't even give his daughter a pardon for anything! The daughter he lusts after constantly! Nothing for her, nor her criminal husband. He only cares for himself, and he will do NOTHING for anyone else, just like he did last time. The ONLY ones who got anything last time were the foreign reps that gave him bribes, the obscenely rich and himself. None of YOU Trump worshippers got anything, nothing except for more and more demands that you give the so-called billionaire YOUR money for nothing. And you wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at you Trump worshippers?
Sorry, but I don't believe either of your points. Bill is the same sardonic comedian consuming egos, and no audience is going to clap about defeating vax mandates, unless they were bussed in by DeSantis's campaign manager.@@onlygknows7793
Got to say; this was a really well done interview. Good back and forth, moments where they agreed and disagreed. Both Bill and Ron handled this perfectly and hope Ron returns for another sit down.
Woody Harrelson for one, would beg to differ. But overall I don't get the feeling that Bill has many real friends but rather acquaintances. I'm sure he's decreasing the number.
It's not that he doesn't have friends in Hollywood because he's such a rebel who bucks the system. He has no friends in Hollywood because he's an unpleasant jerk that people getting increasingly tired of.
@@alexanderbushroe2775that might be a good thing. What would be a specific similarity to DeSantis, or a specific difference to democrats that you don't like?
The dude literally said "If the campaign was going well, you wouldn't be on this show". He didn't YELL at him, but he definitely didn't lob softballs at him.
@@jordanshumaker4412Desantis and Maher basically had the same self centered take on covid the whole time, only caring about themselves so you're not going to get anything there. That's all we got in this segment
Rent issues ? The only issue with rent is that rent is getting higher because so many people are moving to Florida creating more demand and less supply... it's not an "issue", it's just basic economics.
I really appreciate a civilized conversation between people with political differences. If this doesn't happen more often how will democracy make progress and people decide?
Isn't it interesting how HBO edits out the part of the interview where Bill repeatedly agrees with Gov. DeSantis on his handling of COVID-19? Be careful of what you see people, you may not be getting the whole story!
Wow you are such a mouth breather. Every time HBO posts the first guest interview on RU-vid, it’s never the full interview. “Edited out” would suggest they removed it when, in reality, the part of the interview you’re talking about simply took place after the normal cutoff point for the RU-vid version of the first guest interview. You losers just make shit up and take the most benign, totally explainable thing and make it nefarious. Get a life.
SOP on ALL the interviews Bill does. HBO puts out small segment clips in order to tease you to subscribe in order to see the whole show. No great conspiracy here douglas.
I watched the whole show. Nothing was edited out by HBO. DeSantis and Maher shared the same consensus regarding Florida's handling of Covid. Be careful of conspiracy, I hear there's a lot of it going around.
@@StudioDaVeed ok, I can see that. So then why do the clips always lean one way? If they are truly trying to get subscribers, why not appeal to differing viewpoints with the clips. or are they trying to skew the subscribers they do get?
Why do you need a clip of some show to base your opinion? His record speaks for itself. Lower crime, higher education rating, good economy, people moving in. He wouldn’t have turned Florida red if he had turned Florida into a dump like the California governor has done to Cali.
I don't live in Florida so all is see is the Shit Show debates and what the left wing media puts out... other than Fox news that is. Anyway, why did my line trigger you?@@destroyerofsimps6574
As someone on the centre left, I want Bill to have guests of all hues. Would I like him to challenge some more, sure but I don't think he's being overly biased to the right
@@Boghopper1979 he certainly showed his true colors during the writers' strike. Having guests of all hues would be great, but I am not holding my breath for Cornel West receiving the same platform (or respect) as DeSantis on his show, which would be the logical counterpart.
@@Boghopper1979It's not an issue that he invites right-wing guests. It's that he openly mocks and shits on the left, downplays how dangerous Republicans are and is all-around unlikeable smug, out of touch elitist.
@@Boghopper1979his other youtube channel's audience is almost exclusively comprised of right wingers at this point. Do u think thats just a happy coincidence
Clean house in the CDC and protect people from mRNA vaccines? This sounds insane to me. Maybe there could have been more ideal ways to manage the pandemic, but that’s all splitting hairs. There are side-effects to vaccines, but they save lives and overall are miraculous. This is a huge slap-in-the-face to all those people who worked tirelessly to save us from the pandemic.
HE IS WEARING HIDDEN HEELS. JUST LOOK WHERE THE AXIS OF ROTATION IS ON HIS ANKLE AND THE FLAT OF HIS FOOT. THOSE BOOTS ARE LIKE CLOWNSHOES WITH THE BILL STICKING OUT!!!!
Trump isn’t a Republican or a Democrat. He’s a Trumpist. Anything that works in his favor is what he “stands for.” Unless it starts working against him. Then he immediately sits down because of his bone spurs.
He said with a straight republican face " we protected people from private mandates". Funny how government restrictions on the liberty of corporations is okay when it serves his beliefs. But did it have to be about life-saving vaccines?
Under (what should be illegal) FL law DeSatan can tell the studio they aren't allowed to disclose if the audience intentionally contained his supporters.
if you're so concerned about covid deaths, why don't you start your critique in the beginning, instead of in the middle....... meaning, trash the ones who invented the virus and then "accidentally" spread it around the world...... how about THAT, instead of giving them Netflix specials 🤷🤷♂🤷♀
@@LukasMatejka-du5hbAre you saying Trump allowed China to invent a virus and kill 1 million Americans? That's bio-terrorism on a BIGLY scale that Trump let Xi get away with!! He really was the worst president in history!
Yeah. That is the point where I will unsubscribe. That guy drifted further and further into a corner I cannot stand. He just became the whining boomer he was complaining about 5 years ago. I think it started with the glasses.
@@denihp821 I used to watch Real Time every Friday since it launched back in the early 00's but in the last few years he started gravitating more to the right and became the annoying grumpy old man screaming at the clouds. Needless to day I have not seen a single episode since the episode with Bari Weiss when they said they are so over COVID
Couldn't disagree more with this from DeSantis, with the audience oddly clapping: "I think we need accountability for what this government did to this country, with the COVID restrictions, mandates, and lockdowns" Then he talks about gutting the CDC, NIH, FDA.
@@user-be7pw3sm7d Where do you get your information? Let me guess, you heard it from DeSantis. You can go find the death rate per 100K from serveral sources, Florida is in the top 20 in all of them. My state California is ranked in the 30's or 40's.
@@milesb72US News & World Report ranks Florida as one of the top places for schooling in the country back in March. Also, he never said Florida had the least amount of Covid deaths.
@@milesb72 In the other clip where he mentions lockdowns he didn't either. He mentioned how they how had the highest in-migrations, while Maher is the one that mentions that Florida's death rate was better than the national average.
Oh please! Maher begged Obama to be on his show! And Obama went on every freaking show and podcast at the time!! Ron was smart! To go and expose himself to Bills left wing “ clapping seal” audience😆
He actually just compared an insurrection attempt supported and defended by elected officials, to a “Hollywood” ad campaign. All because, and he literally admitted this, he chose party over country.
Props to Bill Maher for having the only late-night talk show that features guests of different political ideologies having discussions. That is the only way the US can move away from the tribal politics that has infected in it recent years.
@@rauls.966 LOL “burning”. And it’s so kids don’t see it. Lgbtq so sad they can’t talk about nutting on a dude’s face to literal kids. Desantis the only rational dude here 😂
Yes Bill managed to not get gassed by Hitler.......Which Next Hitler are we up to now? like 5? lets see Bush, McCain, Romney, Trump, DeSantis, Yeah 5, or 7 if we're also counting Rogan and Musk as New age Adolf's.
