Bill Maher told CNN’s Dana Bash on Friday’s “Real Time” that Democrats can be open about religion “as long as that faith isn’t Jewish,” a remark that surfaced during a discussion of the Texas Senate race.
Ms. Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, noted that Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico “wears his faith on his sleeve in a way that he believes will help him.” Mr. Maher responded, “Well, in the Democratic Party, as long as that faith isn’t Jewish, you’re good.”
When Ms. Bash pushed back, saying “you said it,” Mr. Maher replied that he said it “because it’s true.”
The exchange comes as faith has become a central theme of Mr. Talarico’s Senate campaign against Republican Ken Paxton, with the Democrat frequently invoking Scripture on the trail even as some Texas Republicans have accused him of blasphemy.
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