Bill Maher warns Democrats not to 'go back to bad ideas' after sweeping midterm victories

Comedian Bill Maher issued a preemptive warning to Democrats following their sweeping midterm election wins, urging the party not to mistake its victories for a mandate to revive "bad ideas" that could drive voters back to the GOP."Now that Democrats won the election, let’s not get high on our own supply like the last crowd did and interpret the W as a sign to go back to bad ideas," he said during Friday's episode of "Real Time."As examples, the liberal comedian pointed to "defund the police" and a refusal to enforce shoplifting laws, arguing that such approaches hurt the people progressives claim to help.BILL MAHER WARNS DEMOCRATS THAT SOME ON FAR LEFT WANT 'COMMUNISM' AFTER MIDTERM SWEEPMaher also mocked progressives he described as the "lawn sign people," accusing them of using yard signs touting equality, science and kindness to advertise their moral superiority."It's all well and good to declare yourself the morally enlightened ones, but when your policy ideas are based on how good they make you feel and not on how much good they actually do, that's when people lurch to the other even worse extreme," he said.JAMES CARVILLE CAUTIONS DEMOCRATS TO STAY AWAY FROM DEI POLICIES AFTER MIDTERM VICTORIESDefund-the-police activists flooding the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in the summer of 2020.(Getty Images)Criticizing policies in Democratic-led cities, Maher asked: ""Who benefited when you didn't enforce the laws against shoplifting? Who benefits when you give a homeless schizophrenic clean needles instead of forcing him into treatment?"Maher also criticized what he characterized as White liberals' approach to racial issues, joking: "I talked to every Black person in America and it turns out they kind of don't give a s---.

Yeah.Turns out they're not waking up every day saying, ‘What can I do today to make sure white people feel better about themselves?’"Christian Toto, the editor of Hollywood in Toto, told Fox News Digital, "Bill Maher is the most refreshing,...