Bill Maher calls out Gov. Josh Shapiro on Iran war criticism: ‘You would still do nothing?’

Comedian Bill Maher pressed Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday over his opposition to U.S. involvement in Iran, challenging the Democrat on what he would do if he were commander-in-chief and had been given knowledge that Iran would soon have nuclear weapons.

“Our chief negotiator said they were talking to Iran up until the war started. He said their opening salvo at the negotiations, ‘We’re a couple of weeks away from having 11 bombs.’” Maher said during the latest installment of “Real Time.” 

“If you were the president, and you got that information, you would still do nothing?”

Shapiro quickly rejected the notion.

“No. What I would do, and what the President of the United States failed to do, was be clear with the American people about what the hell we were doing here,” he said.

“Was the plan to go after the nuclear weapons? The weapons, by the way, he said were destroyed… seven months ago. Was the plan to go and do regime change? In which case, who the hell is going to take over? I don’t think the son [Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei] is any better than the father. Was the plan to go in there later, but you got forced because Netanyahu forced your hand?”