Bill Maher has taken aim at Republican lawmakers after dire reports emerged of conditions aboard a U.S. warship.
Sailors have said that say life on the USS Abraham Lincoln has grown unbearable after more than eight months at sea in the Middle East.
Concerns have been raised about a lack of food, water contamination and the deteriorating mental health of staff on board.
Speaking on the latest episode of his talk show Real Time, Maher said: “I’ve used this phrase before, but Republicans, they have this patriotic immunity.”
He continued: “They can do things that are so unpatriotic and they don’t seem to pay a price for it the way a Democrat would. When I hear about troops being on a ship where the toilets aren’t working and there’s not enough food and they’re so morose about this that at least one of them jumped off the ship… it just makes my blood boil.”
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