Maher Endorses Sanders, Wants To Help Him Explain Socialism To Voters

Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down with Real Time's Bill Maher to discuss the fact that America is already a quasi-socialist country and whether or not he can bring along any Republican voters if he wins the presidential nomination.

I was happy to see when Maher introduced Sanders, and asked them to applaud for who they are supporting in the primary race, that the members of his audience were not going to sit on their hands and refuse to vote for Clinton if she's the one that ends up getting the nomination rather than their preferred candidate. No matter what happens in the primary race, we can't afford to have another Republican in the Oval Office any time soon.

Here's more from Bustle on the interview: Bill Maher Endorsed Bernie Sanders For President & It Was A Big Night For The Self-Proclaimed Democratic Socialist:

Within minutes of sitting down with Sanders, Maher had already begun digging for serious answers. "My question for you is the word 'socialist' — I want to get right to this," said Maher. "Because I want to help your campaign, I want to see you get the nomination, [so] we have to teach Americans what this is ... I don't think most Americans realize that they're already socialists."

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