In a recent episode of his Club Random Podcast, Bill Maher praised Republicans for their ability to form and maintain relationships with people who hold differing viewpoints. This remark came during a straightforward discussion with Lara Trump, who is both a Fox News host and the wife of Eric Trump.

Throughout their conversation, Maher highlighted that Republicans often excel in dialogue and relationship-building with liberals, suggesting that this skill is not as prevalent among their counterparts.

“They’re happy warriors,” Maher noted, recalling a phrase from his youth. “Republicans typically embody this spirit, enduring criticism with resilience and composure.”

The conversation between Maher and Lara Trump delved into topics such as “woke snobbery” and the tendency of some liberals to sever connections with conservative friends and family members.

Maher and Lara had a frank conversation about ‘woke snobbery’ and liberals who cut off ties with conservative friends and family. 

‘I never stop ragging on liberals and woke people. Not liberals. I’m a liberal. These people are different for just being f*****g snobs. This is the “I won’t eat with you at Thanksgiving” people. This is the “no contact” thing,’ he said.

‘But lots of liberals wouldn’t be comfortable at a NASCAR rally either,’ the comedian added before confessing, ‘Liberals are worse about this, and we have to look in the mirror on that one.’

‘We are just worse at the snobby thing. I don’t know any conservatives who don’t at least talk. Now maybe that’s because you won,’ Maher added.

Lara quickly countered that even when ‘there was a time where we didn’t [win]’, Republicans still had conversations with those who have different views from them.

Bill Maher complimented Republicans’ ability to maintain relationships with people who have different perspectives

Lara Trump pointed out that even when ‘there was a time where we didn’t [win]’, Republicans still had conversations with those who have different views from them

Maher echoed his criticism of people who cut off their MAGA relatives during a recent episode of his late-night show, Real Time with Bill Maher.  

He blasted Jimmy Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, after she revealed she cut off relatives who refused to abandon Donald Trump in last November’s election.

Maher criticized the late-night power couple’s approach as part of a growing ‘purity test culture’ on the left, and mocked the idea of issuing family ultimatums over politics.

The Real Time host, who has long railed against tribalism on both sides of the political divide, opened fire after McNearney publicly discussed pressuring her own family members to turn against Trump before casting their vote last year.

‘Ultimatums don’t make people rethink their politics,’ Maher said. They make them rethink you.’

McNearney, who serves as co–head writer and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, appeared on the We Can Do Hard Things podcast earlier this month, where she described her frustration and eventual estrangement from relatives who still support Trump.

She said she believes those family members are ‘deliberately being misinformed every day’ and explained that her husband’s constant clashes with the president complicate everything.

During his interview with Lara Trump, Maher acknowledged that Republicans are generally more effective at engaging in dialogue and building relationships with liberals than the other way around

‘To me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family,’ McNearney said on the podcast, acknowledging how relationships had broken down as a result.

She explained that she tried persuading her relatives not to vote for Trump, sending them an email laying out ‘ten reasons’ they shouldn’t support him, and ended relationships with those who voted for him.

Maher seized on the detail during his brutal takedown of McNearney.

‘She says she’s lost relationships with relatives because she wrote them an email before the election with ten reasons why they shouldn’t vote for Trump, and some still didn’t obey,’ he said.

‘Ten reasons? I can think of 100,’ Maher quipped. ‘But I would never present it to someone as an ultimatum.

‘Ultimatums don’t make people rethink their politics. They make them rethink you.’