'When you coop people up and when they have no hope and no job, why not go out in the streets?' the late-night host asked. (via toofab)
During a virtual panel with former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and Georgetown University law professor Rosa Brooks, Maher, 64, said he believes the lockdowns have motivated more people to protest, further burdening police.
"I wonder what America will look like, what police departments look like if they have to fight this all the time," he continued."I feel like this experiment, this reckless experiment in closing down an entire country for months at a time is not going to look good in the future and this is one reason why."
"They're not out there protesting about opening up our economy," he said."They're out there protesting about the murder of this man and the impact it's had on our civil society. But they’re wearing their masks. There's still this consciousness, even though we're not talking about COVID-19, it’s still in the back of their minds as they’re marching and protesting.
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