{"id":2257407,"date":"2024-06-01T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-suggests-jailing-trump-could-inflame-racial-tensions-to-the-point-of-war\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T16:06:38","slug":"bill-maher-suggests-jailing-trump-could-inflame-racial-tensions-to-the-point-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-suggests-jailing-trump-could-inflame-racial-tensions-to-the-point-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher warns that imprisoning Trump could escalate racial tensions to war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-suggests-jailing-trump-could-inflame-racial-tensions-to-the-point-of-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Talk show host Bill Maher expressed\u2063 concern about potential reactions from Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters if he is convicted and imprisoned. Maher delved into Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict on 34 felony counts but \u2063mentioned he wasn&#8217;t necessarily advocating for Trump&#8217;s \u200dincarceration. Maher \u200bhighlighted the debate around whether Trump, if not a former president, would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Will Pardon Those Charged With COVID Crimes\">face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">jail time<\/a><\/a>. Talk show host Bill Maher voiced worry about the possible response \u2064of Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2064 supporters if he is convicted\u2063 and jailed. Maher discussed Trump&#8217;s guilt on 34 felony counts but clarified he wasn&#8217;t\u2062 necessarily supporting Trump&#8217;s imprisonment. The debate revolves around whether Trump, without his status as \u2064a former president, would \u200dreceive a jail\u2063 sentence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Talk show host <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Maher<\/a> expressed his concern that following former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's conviction\">Donald Trump\u2019s conviction<\/a>, his supporters would \u201cgo nuts\u201d should he end up in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Maher spent multiple segments discussing Trump\u2019s guilty verdict on all 34 felony counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a>. While Maher has openly criticized the former president, he admitted he was not necessarily in favor of seeing Trump in jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I\u2019ve heard some people say if his name wasn\u2019t Donald Trump, he would definitely get jail time. But sending a former American president to jail, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s something I\u2019m asking,\u201d Maher said. \u201cI mean, MAGA nation will go nuts. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a reason to or not to do something, but they will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3023322\/trump-guilty-sentenced-four-days-before-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will sentence Trump on July 11<\/a>, right before the Republican National Convention, in which Trump is presumed to be named the party\u2019s nominee.\u00a0Maher pointed out that Merchan is Latino, and the prosecutor in this case, Alvin Bragg, is black, which could infuriate Trump supporters even more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA civil war in this country, I\u2019m sorry to say, becomes a race war. That\u2019s the sad truth about this country,\u201d Maher went on. \u201cAnd if they put [Trump] in jail, I mean, the first thing his supporters are gonna say is, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s what it is.\u2019 A Black district attorney. You know, all these people who are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">district attorneys<\/a>, they\u2019re black. The judge was not White. This is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This trial has been correlated with an increase in financial support for the Republican presidential candidate. The Trump campaign raised $1.5 million after the first day in court and then doubled that amount three days later, and more donations added up to $76 million raised in April alone. Within the first 24 hours following the verdict, Trump\u2019s campaign raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025210\/trump-close-biden-fundraising-gap-52-million-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$52.8 million\">$52.8 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not shown any signs of stopping his 2024 campaign. Instead, he promised supporters outside of the courthouse that he is still \u201cfighting for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk show host Bill Maher voiced worry that if former President Trump is convicted and jailed, his supporters might react strongly. Maher extensively covered Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict on 34 felony counts. 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