Bill Maher says Freedom 250 concert exits make Dems look unpatriotic

[SocialDemocrat61]

Bill Maher says Freedom 250 concert exits make Dems look unpatriotic
Taijuan Moorman

Bill Maher thinks the Freedom 250 concert exits are a bad look for Democrats.

The host of HBO's "Real Time" said during a segment of the June 5 episode that the previous acts set to perform at the Great American State Fair, from President Donald Trump's nonprofit Freedom 250, are now making it seem like they don't "love America."

"This is a question about what looks best for the Democrats, because I don't think that looks good," he said. "It looks like you are just what people say about you, you don't really love America. It looks [as if] you think Trump is more important than the country itself."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/06/08/bill-maher-freedom-250-concert-exits-democrats/90456719007/

Like a FAUX News host, Maher spins any story into an excuse to attack democrats.

[Blues Heron]

1. Maher is a real piece of dogshit

[LakeVermilion]

11. Freedom 250 is not the official anniversary organization...

Maher should know that Freedom 250 is the MAGA organization, started because they couldn't put Trump's face on the America250 trinkets.

[SocialDemocrat61]

19. Maher never let's the facts get in the way

when he’s bashing democrats.

[Traildogbob]

39. Shut your fucking Pie hole

Maher, (allow trumps mushroom out first, don’t bite it like the girls he raped)
Maher is just Fetterman in a suit and tie.
Damn what a total typical Rich ass hole with a mic.
All About taxation, lack of for the rich.

[LearnedHand]

29. Wish i could rec your comment a thousand times

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

94. Im sick of him

[sop]

2. Trump thinks he is more important than the country itself.

Bill Maher's well on his way to becoming the next Dennis Miller.

[LuvLoogie]

22. The next who?

[OnionPatch]

46. I had to think a minute

😆

[Scrivener7]

3. Oh look. Another OP giving air to Bill Maher and his anti-Democratic statements.

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. Thanks for the kick

[BeyondGeography]

5. Supporting the destruction of America is unpatriotic

you fucking asshole.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. How about Dems just go to Philadelphia and leave the carnivals behind in DC? /nt

[SocialDemocrat61]

42. Works for me 👍

[Lovie777]

7. Taking our rights away?..............

no affordable healthcare, no well paying jobs, no benefits..........

everyday Maher's comrades spew pure hatred, concentration camps galore, et al..............

economy sinking..........

etc.

the patriotic are on the move to take back democracy, and fuck you Maher.

[MIButterfly]

8. What a hack Bill Maher has become

He's just being ridiculous with that stupid right-wing talking point. It's my understanding that the artists who withdrew from the Freedom 250 concert didn't withdraw because they "don't love America", they withdrew because they thought it would was going to be a celebration of America and it was turning into a partisan political thing. To a person, they all said that. So I would suggest Bill Maher get his head out of his ass and stop trying to curry favor with the right wing. Or perhaps he could listen to what people actually said before he opens his stupid piehole.

[SocialDemocrat61]

36. Become?

[Bristlecone]

9. Nonsense. Always with the turn stuff on its head schtick.

F him

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Maher stopped being funny a very long ago

Why does anyone care about what Maher thinks?

[ihaveaquestion]

12. Fuck Bill Maher!

[NewHendoLib]

13. Everything that leaves his mouth makes him sound like an asshole

[Traildogbob]

41. Make HIM

Sound like an asshole, or HIS MOUTH.
Another rich man with an ANUS on his chin below his nose. And the two love the smell from the chin Anus.
Trump has the neckjina to match.
So the area on the chin below second anus and above his neckjina is a Perineum, vulnerable to rashes from Pharma drugs.
Thought he had a bad rash a few weeks ago.

[Bengus81]

14. LOL...another rich fuck scared to death of Trump

Maybe you better get to the WH and pony up a few million to dear leader Maher to make sure he doesn't somehow shit can your show.

[ck4829]

15. Maher should look again. He needs glasses. Maher's perception is almost as bad as the job market.

[GiqueCee]

16. Billy, Billy, Billy...

... your time is up. You've shot your wad; you've exhausted whatever credibility you might once have had, and it's time to slither off into the sunset.
The 250 "celebration" to which you refer has precisely ZIP to do with America's birthday, and everything to do with stroking Trumpleforeskin's infantile ego. It is your support of this mutant gargoyle that is "unpatriotic", not the principled stand against his tyranny that the Democratic resistance represents.
Shut the fuck up, and go home.

[maxrandb]

17. Bill Maher suffers from "delusions of adequacy"

Hey Mods! Is there a way to set a filter that will automatically trash posts that contain the words "Bill: "Maher" "says" "does" "thinks"?

Thanks! That would be great.

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[SocialDemocrat61]

92. LOL

[Endlessmike56]

18. Bless his heart

[ProudMNDemocrat]

20. FUCK Bill Maher!!!

Never been a fan of his.(to coin a phrase.)

Maher sounds as though he has gone MAGA in order to save his unfunny and pathetic career.

[dem4decades]

21. Can i block anything that has to do with Maher heere

I don't want to see his name ever

[Celerity]

52. Yes, just add 'Maher' as an auto-trash keyword:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=myaccount&sub=trash


Auto-trash by keyword

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[dem4decades]

59. Wow, you rock, thanks. And others will thank you too.

Because they're probably sick of me calling Maher an unfunny shithead.

[Celerity]

61. yw

[QueerDuck]

54. Yes... But the "trash keyword" does not work on the home page...

...it does work only within a forum listing. Unfortunately. Better than nothing though.

[dem4decades]

62. How perfect is it that the trash word is "Maher"¿

[Emile]

23. Who cares what that Centrist Republican thinks!

[Johonny]

24. I didnt book the acts without their knowledge

Nor is it my fault most entertainers find the GOP brand as toxic as a Bill Maher opinion.

[Prairie Gates]

25. Fuck Bill Maher

[SocialDemocrat61]

75. Yeah

[FarPoint]

26. I will not listen to him....

He is self serving to create chaos in his show discussion.... nothing proactive.....shameful actually.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. Who?

He's become the old man yelling at the cloud meme.

[SocialDemocrat61]

70. Yup

[Quiet Em]

28. Guys like Bill Maher who kiss the con's ass

are unpatriotic and don't love America.

It looks like you are what people say about you, you are con supporting MAGA trash.

[Grim Chieftain]

30. I really can't stand that arrogant, egotistical jerk

He spews stuff like his opinion matters. Not a chance, doofus.

[Midnight Writer]

31. I was just reading that he braced Wanda Sykes in a parking lot over a joke she made about him.

A comedian who thinks he is too important to be poked fun at?

He's lost the plot to his own career.

[Americanme]

32. Nothing patriotic about sucking up to Agent Orange.

I used to like Maher, a long time ago. No longer. I still watch clips of his show, only to hear what his guests say, sometimes he has good guests. Any performer agreeing to do trump's show is sucking up to a madman. Maher seems to be sucking up too.

[Rebl2]

33. Well

if he hadn’t made it partisan, they wouldn’t have bowed out.

[leftyladyfrommo]

34. He is so full of shit. And creepy. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

35. Contrarian talking out of his ass again.

[ananda]

37. Bill Maher says !@#$% and looks like a fascist...

all day every day.

[kentuck]

38. I guess there must be worse things than "looking unpatriotic"?

Looking insane, for one.

[Rob H.]

40. And if he booked a gig and later found out it was misrepresented to him

he'd still perform, right? Thought not.

[MustLoveBeagles]

43. Oh, Bill

Don't go away mad, just go away.

[struggle4progress]

44. i thought he died

[SocialDemocrat61]

49. His stand up career died

[Oneironaut]

82. We see him die on stage every week, sadly.

[Vinca]

45. So why doesn't he volunteer to perform, patriotic American that he is. Sorry, Bill. The king doesn't pay.

[MustLoveBeagles]

47. Maybe if I squeeze out the worlds biggest turd

dump will like me!



No Bill he won't. He'll just beat your ass again.

[GenThePerservering]

48. That doesn't even make sense

because this *isn't* 'Freedom 250', it's Trump 250. It's obvious to anyone with half a brain.

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. America 250 v. Freedom 250 - bipartisan org v. Trump's plaything

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NUXh0O__dq8

America 250 was set up by Congress, 10 years ago. "Freedom 250" was set up by Trump, last year.

After many of the acts withdrew, rather than perpetuate the charade of neutrality, the humiliated president decided to replace them all with what he called “the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World”: Donald J. Trump.

That makes sense, because the fair’s sponsor is not America250, the nonpartisan body set up by Congress a decade ago to oversee the commemoration of the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is an organization called Freedom 250, which is all but a wholly owned subsidiary of Maga
...
In 2016, Congress created the bipartisan US semiquincentennial commission to plan and coordinate activities, materials and financing of the 2026 commemoration. The commission’s first report, released at the end of 2019, outlined “a monumental initiative” that would engage all 350 million Americans and “recognize and include the ‘many’ Americans in our ‘one’ nation”.
...
Freedom 250 is thin on substance. But it is fat on income. With the interior department, in which it is nestled, having quietly instructed staff to use Freedom 250 as the “primary branding” on America 250 events, Freedom 250 has eclipsed the bipartisan semiquincentennial and siphoned off public funding and private donations.

According to Notus, as of April, America250 had received only $25m of its $100m appropriation; it’s tallied a $100m “funding shortfall” and a slimmer take in private donations than expected. Meanwhile, the park foundation “and by proxy Freedom 250” has been granted nearly $80m in federal funds for the semiquincentennial, 10 times its total going back to 2009. And this doesn’t count more than $100m the feds have squandered on Trump’s Washington “beautification”, $5m of which recently went to gilding four horse statues. Freedom 250 also offers incentives to donors that would be illegal from a government agency, such as a private reception hosted by Trump for $1m or a speaking slot at a Washington 4 July event for $2.5m.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/10/america-250-maga-christian-nationalism

"Freedom 250" was also responsible for that conservative religious event a week or two ago.

Bill Maher can fuck off.

[SocialDemocrat61]

51. Great info

Thanks for posting

[dalton99a]

87. +1

[QueerDuck]

53. He is no friend to Democrats.

[SocialDemocrat61]

91. Never was!

[QueerDuck]

95. He had me fooled. (He's the new Dennis Miller.)

[yardwork]

55. Were any of the acts who cancelled Democrats?

I think what bothers me the most about Maher's fatuous comment is his accusation that these acts somehow represented "Democrats" and that all Democrats were somehow responsible for these performing artists' business decisions.

[SocialDemocrat61]

56. Not that I know of

As I said above, he loves to spin so he can attack democrats. He's done it before.

[yardwork]

58. He's a ridiculous and absurd little man.

[Maeve]

57. Maher used to be interesting. Used to be

He can go away anytime, he's no longer relevant

[MerryBlooms]

60. trump makes everything look unpatriotic,

So Maher can just step off a short pier.

[gulliver]

63. Yep, Trump wins again, unfortunately

It could have been a moment of unity. People with a liberal POV would literally have been on the stage.

Now, Trump's going to run the entire show. If he didn't plan it, he should have.

Dems could still try to do a "non-partisan" celebration of some sort. G-rated exclusively. Patriotic. Acts might show up there, but it's likely they wouldn't. No one wants to piss off either half the country.

[Cha]

64. The fuck you say, BM. i think it makes

Dems look super Patriotic! The anthesis of PEDO, who is a fucking Nazi 2.0

Any questions now, about why many of us just don't like that groveling weasel?

[struggle4progress]

65. Um, Bill? Trump actually cancelled the "Concert 250" concerts so he could have another rally

with him talking about his ballroom, the reflecting pool, and crypto, while he dances to YMCA

Fortunately, you can still go. So knock yourself out!

[oasis]

69. You are absolutely correct!

[BigDemVoter]

66. FUCK him.

[Conjuay]

67. Tell Maher to blow me.

TWICE

[Iggo]

68. Fuck Bill Maher.

[ColoringFool]

71. Remind Me Why I Should Care About Bill Maher? 🤷‍♀️

[B.See]

72. a waffling, backsliding sob...

in my opinion. Fuck him.

[fujiyamasan]

73. He seems to have gone full Dennis miller

Fuck off Maher.

You’re just a cuck for mango now. Maybe those are the terms you understand better.

Newsom’s team gets the language of real insults. This is how it should be issued. Mirror Stephen Cheung and throw the shit right back at these shit stains.

And frankly tired of Maher’s remaining few supporters here. No on gives a fuck about his shitty show anymore.

[SocialDemocrat61]

74. Agreed

[BannonsLiver]

81. I've taken to calling him MAGA Bill.

Which is also the political bent of his remaining viewers. They’re not fooling anyone.

[marble falls]

76. Fuck Bill Maher. What patriotic thing has he EVER done???

[3catwoman3]

77. Opening his mouth makes Maher look like the self-important...

…pompous ass that he is.

[Orrex]

78. If Maher sucks any harder, he'll implode

Why does any DUer defend him?

[niyad]

79. bllll, you are just embarrassing yourself.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

80. He hit his peak on that Murder She Wrote back in the late 80s.

It's been all downhill since then.

[SocialDemocrat61]

83. Yeah

[Bettie]

84. I think Bill Maher opening his piehole

almost always makes him look like a magat idiot (wait, that's redunant).

Used almost because he's got to say something normal once in a while, right?

[SocialDemocrat61]

86. Well said

👏👏👏

[CousinIT]

85. TRUMP thinks he's more important than the country itself! Funny he doesn't mention THAT.

That's what Democrats dislike.

BM - stupid old fart - Pffft.

[electric_blue68]

88. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bill...Pffffftttff 🙄🙄🙄

[JCMach1]

89. Add this point the title should read: Some Libertarian A$$hat Sai,

Why do we have Maher threads again? Remind me...

[SocialDemocrat61]

104. Equal time

[Renew Deal]

90. I'm not sure what any of it has to do with Democrats

I fail to see any connection.

[Emile]

93. Refusing to perform at a thinly veiled political rally does not make someone unpatriotic Bill.

Centrist Bill Maher needs to get his head out of Trump's ass.

[Initech]

96. Nah, Trump and his goons make America look unpatriotic.

Fuck you Bill!

[SocialDemocrat61]

99. True

[biocube]

97. I legitimately think Bill Maher...

is either afraid Trump will send him to CECOT (or something) or will try to get him fired.

[TommieMommy]

98. He's such an ass hole 💩

[AZProgressive]

100. What Maher claims is straight up right wing propaganda

I never bought into that Trump is some sort of super patriot. If he was a patriot he would have conceded the 2020 election to Joe Biden for the good of the country and he wouldn't be constantly trying to overrule the constitution especially when it comes to things like birthright citizenship.

[SocialDemocrat61]

103. True 👍

[yourout]

101. They're leaving BECAUSE they love America.

And what he's doing to the country sickens them.

[bucolic_frolic]

102. If there is a more useless blob of corpuscles

point it out to me.