“Medicare for all, ending student debt, a different approach to the war on terror, ending mass incarceration,” he said. “It seems like if there is maybe a shining spot in this Trump tragedy, it’s made the Democrats sort of rediscover who they are.”
Democrats, Socialism and the Midterm Elections
Maher’s remark about Venezuela is a reference to right-wing criticisms against socialism. Republicans routinely say that many Venezuelans are living in extreme poverty as a result of socialist policies.
However, Democrats respond by pointing to other countries with socialist policies, like Canada. In his interview on Maher’s show, Carrey also talked about Canada’s socialized healthcare.
“I grew up in Canada, okay?” he began. “We have socialized medicine. I’m here to tell you that this bullsh*t line that you get on all of the political shows is that it is a failure. It is not a failure in Canada. I never waited for anything in my life. I chose my own doctors. My mother never paid for a prescription. It was fantastic.”
