The internet was filled with a clipping of American talk show host Bill Maher on 21 June 2024. The 2-minute clipping went viral because Maher made an ill-informed or rather a Congressi-narrative-like comment.
The statement was made on the show Real Time With Bill Maher on the episode which aired earlier this week. In the clipping, Maher is seen speaking to the guest on the show – American journalist Joel Stein, on Democrats and their policies regarding the issue of mass immigration in the United States. He warned that the migration will become an issue and would affect the Democrats on election day, he said, “It’s happening in Europe right now, proves it in Europe, and it’s going to happen to America. It happened with Brexit, it’s going to happen again.”
This issue is going to get the Democrats fucked on Election Day. pic.twitter.com/fmRxrJ7ELQ
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) June 20, 2024
Responding to Maher, Stein said, “There are other roots of this far-right populism besides immigration. I mean, India has far-right populism,”, Maher interjected him to say, “…it just got rejected, Modi just lost those elections, big time.”
Bill Maher seems to be following leftist and Congress narratives that Prime Minister Modi and the BJP “lost” the recent Lok Sabha elections. But Maher does not realise that it is the same Modi who “just lost those elections, big time” who is the Prime Minister of the country for the third straight time.
Stein further adds, “… he’s (Modi) been there for a very long time, with a lot of anti-Muslim hate.”
Both Maher and Stein are incorrect – neither does India have a far-right populism nor did Modi lose the elections. Stein like a typical leftist journalist we see in India also peddles the anti-Muslim hate propaganda when in reality, most of the BJP supporters are angry with the BJP for indulging in appeasement of Muslims!
Netizens schooled Maher for his ridiculous statements on India and PM Modi. Here are some of those comments.
According to @billmaher, Modi lost Indian elections🤦
This is the level of Western journalists — no wonder they’re not taken seriously anymore! https://t.co/F02RvPJGzw pic.twitter.com/38Js9nyDqx
— Yash (@Yashfacts28) June 21, 2024
Oh dude, Modi’s party was BY FAR the single largest party and easily formed the government with its pre-poll alliance without having to stitch a government with any new party.
Stick to American issues, Bill.
— Kartikeya Tanna (@KartikeyaTanna) June 21, 2024
No @billmaher Modi didn’t lose the election. Fire your researcher. https://t.co/MiKRzZvuX6
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) June 21, 2024
No Bill, Modi did not lose, much less “big time.” He is the Prime Minister as we speak. Losers do not become Prime Minister in democracies. Fire your team for slacking on research. https://t.co/ne5wukop1w
— Amit Schandillia (@Schandillia) June 21, 2024
This tells you how much Americans know about India. @billmaher thinks India's Modi was "rejected" and lost the elections "big time." Modi is still the PM.
And the "anti-Muslim hate" is a bunch of lies, Bill. Please give me a chance, and I will set the records straight. In the… https://t.co/GuCUyURyUk pic.twitter.com/Sz1DbBRctj
— Avatans Kumar 🕉 (@avatans) June 21, 2024
It is noteworthy that BJP is the single largest party in the Lok Sabha and they are the ones who formed the government at the centre, albeit a coalition government under the leadership of PM Modi.
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