Now, the same level of intensity is bubbling between Democrats and Republicans here, he noted.

We used to pray for the nation.

Now each side prays the other side doesnt destroy the nation.

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Your fellow citizens arent just wrong.

They are heretics that have to be destroyed.

She is playing with the kind of fire that made Northern Ireland a living hell, said Maher.

Yet he also cited statistics where a full third of voters agree with her and want a national divorce.

Just voicing this idea is dangerous, Maher said.

It reinforces the idea that you cant talk to those people.

The problem is that a simple separation is not so simple.

Seems like we need a lot more new countries, Maher said.

Or we could just stick with the one.

You cant be a patriot and not be for the whole United part of United States, he emphasized.

Instead, how about a motto that indicates, Were all Americans every day, he said.

They talked Israel politics, Tishby defending the Israeli actions in Gaza, which she termed institutionalized terrorism.

Maher noted that Israels actions against Palestine are losing traction with liberals, according to polls.

If they spent a day in Gaza, they would see what liberalism is not, Tishby countered.

Even I didnt go this far!

said Yang, laughing.