Jane Fonda and Invoice Maher agree that they’re not followers of President-elect Donald Trump — however their shared opinion appears to finish there.
The “Grace and Frankie” star was a visitor on Sunday’s episode of Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, throughout which he gave his ideas on why Trump gained the 2024 election.
“There is two parts of the Trump coalition. … There’s about a third of this country that’s very hard right. Of course they love Trump. When he left office, he had an approval rating of 34%. So he really only had those people. Why is he now, like, tied?” Maher mentioned.
“Because the other part of the coalition are people who, they don’t really like him that much,” Maher continued. “They just think the far left has gone so nutty on so many issues.”
“That’s what they’re being told … by people like you,” Fonda interjected.
Maher has change into more and more important of the Democratic Occasion and liberals usually, with the crux of his criticism seeming squarely aimed toward his disdain for “woke” tradition.
Final 12 months, he raged on X, previously known as Twitter, about how he felt the “Barbie” film was “preachy” and “man-hating” whereas additionally arguing that the “patriarchy” doesn’t actually exist anymore. And earlier this 12 months, he argued that Louis C.Ok. shouldn’t be canceled anymore after admitting to sexual misconduct allegations, regardless of the comic having gone on to launch 4 comedy specials — one among which gained a Grammy — because the accusations had been made in 2017.
After Fonda known as Maher out, she requested him to outline what he means by “far left” and to provide an instance.
In response, Maher introduced up the NAACP and cited the group’s journey advisory in opposition to going to Florida final 12 months after it accused the state and its governor, Republican Ron DeSantis, of being “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”
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Though Fonda didn’t push again at this or a few of Maher’s different arguments, it was abundantly clear that she didn’t agree along with his opinions. This got here to a head in a while within the episode, when Maher rambled about Fonda’s lengthy profession of activism and implied that even when she lived in a utopia, “it would be the greatest pain” for her as a result of “you’re there for the cause … but also the cause is there for you a little.”
Visibly confused, Fonda replied, ”You’re so totally different then me that it’s exhausting for me generally to even perceive what you’re speaking about.”
“Really?” Maher mentioned. “We must have a lot in common.”
“I don’t think we do,” Fonda responded. “Just your worldview is so totally different than mine. I just don’t see people the same way. … I think you’re very cynical.”
