Adam Schiff Talks ‘Barbie’ Oscar Noms Snubs & Patriarchy With Bill Maher, Celebrates “True Justice” Of Today’s $83M Jury Verdict Against Trump
deadline.com“I don’t think you can judge that from Barbie not getting nominated,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tonight to Bill Maher when asked by the host if the snub of the blockbuster’s director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie in the Oscars nominations means America is a patriarchy or not.
When Maher tried to link the Barbie discussion to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign, Schiff put things in real perspective on Real Time. “I would vote for a corned beef sandwich over Donald Trump,” he quipped to applause don’t say that lightly, but at least a corned beef sandwich would have some intelligence and wouldn’t be a dictator on Day one.” Just days after a full debate between the leading candidates for California’s open Senate seat, Rep.
Schiff found himself in the slightly warm seat again tonight on HBO‘s Real Time with Bill Maher. Blockbuster Barbie snared a number of well-deserved Oscar nominations earlier this week, including Best Picture.
However, Gerwig and Robbie were left out of the Directing and Best Actress categories – which has seen a tsunami of outrage in the days since A near regular on Real Time show over the years and clearly admired by Maher, the green room friendly Schiff is the front runner to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s shoes in the job the ex-San Francisco mayor held from 1992 to her death last year.
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