Bill Maher Delivers Epic States' Rights Monologue

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 Chris Sosa
September 16, 2017

Republicans have been using states' rights as a shield to avoid equal rights for longer than HBO host Bill Maher has been alive. The Real Time host decided it's about time liberal states claim their own rights.

Delivered in a satirical Southern accent, Maher ticks down the list of rights blue states will not be handing over to our bigoted federal government under the Trump administration. From gender-inclusive bathrooms to solar panels, those "agitators with their Make America Great Again caps" best leave California's way of life alone.

Watch the hilarious segment below.

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