{"id":337050,"date":"2025-10-27T22:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/337050\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:57:23","slug":"bill-maher-slams-democrats-over-crime-policy-and-repeat-offenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/337050\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher slams Democrats over crime policy and repeat offenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bill Maher<\/a> called out Democrats on Monday during an episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, suggesting members of the party didn&#8217;t do enough to stop crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;In New York they had some crazy stat, because you know they throw people in jail, and then they\u2019re out the next day. Some crazy percentage of crimes\u2026 was from 600 people who just over and over, did like 80% of it,&#8221; Maher said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-AU2EGJJiM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">during the podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/charlie-sheen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Charlie Sheen<\/a>, Maher&#8217;s guest, said New York could build a place just for the repeat offenders and call it the &#8220;600 Building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why Republicans get elected, because Democrats run cities and they don\u2019t do that. And it would be so easy to do that, but then there\u2019s a certain part of their constituency that wouldn\u2019t like it,&#8221; Maher said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill-maher-charlie-kirk-trump-hitler.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Maher.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Real Time&#8221; host Bill Maher. (Noam Galai\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chris-matthews-says-democrats-falling-trap-defending-whats-indefensible-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CHRIS MATTHEWS SAYS DEMOCRATS &#8216;FALLING INTO A TRAP OF DEFENDING WHAT\u2019S INDEFENSIBLE&#8217; ON CRIME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher said it should be something everyone should support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are like career criminals. I mean, call me crazy, I don\u2019t think crime should be a career,&#8221; Maher added.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen agreed and added, &#8220;or should be allowed to become one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maher, who has supported Democratic candidates, has issued frequent criticisms of the party in recent years. He has specifically taken aim at the far-left wing of the party.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mamdani-spin-room-nyc.png\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani answers questions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani answers reporter questions after the final debate on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, ahead of Election Day.\u00a0 (Fox News Digital\/Deirdre Heavey)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-possibility-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-weve-never-had-someone-radical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>BILL MAHER ON POSSIBILITY OF MAMDANI AS NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: &#8216;WE\u2019VE NEVER HAD SOMEONE THIS RADICAL&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his show, &#8220;Real Time,&#8221; on Friday, Maher warned of Democratic socialist candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-warns-fellow-democrats-mamdanis-impact-says-whole-party-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">impact on the party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the whole Democratic Party in the country is on the ballot, and the whole country will be looking at this race to see which way are the Democrats going to go,&#8221; Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian said he thought the race had &#8220;very important national implications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill-maher-crime-club-random.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Maher\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Comedian Bill Maher appears on Jimmy Fallon&#8217;s show on May 21, 2024. (Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During &#8220;Real Time&#8221; on Friday, Maher also warned that President Donald Trump&#8217;s ballroom was a sign that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-says-trumps-construction-giant-ballroom-means-hes-not-leaving-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">president wasn&#8217;t leaving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The symbolism is he\u2019s not leaving,&#8221; the comedian told his panel on Friday. &#8220;Who puts in a giant ballroom if you\u2019re leaving?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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