‘Crazy Nonsense!’ Bill O’Reilly Says Republicans Are ‘Almost as Bad as the Democrats’ in Heated Rant

Bill O’Reilly went off Republicans for being “almost as bad” as Democratic politicians at selling the U.S. government as the cure to all of society’s woes, rather than encouraging citizens to work hard and handle their issues on their own.

O’Reilly argued during a Monday appearance on NewsNation that the country — and the GOP in particular — needs to put a renewed emphasis on the “individual American.”

He said men like his father worked their butts off after World War II to buy homes and move up in society, but politicians have now ditched that mindset to peddle fake promises about how the government can help citizens get ahead. O’Reilly said it was a bogus notion that needs to be scrapped ASAP.

“If we reverted back to the after-World War II mentality, we wouldn’t have these social problems — or most of them — because it was a different mindset,” O’Reilly said. “That’s what the Republicans should be selling! Instead of all this crazy nonsense that, you know, they’re almost as bad as Democrats.”

O’Reilly’s advice for Republicans comes just a day after he said the party and President Donald Trump have a “major problem” in Texas, if you look at how Ken Paxton (R) is polling against Democrat James Talarico.

A moment earlier during his NewsNation appearance, host Leland Vittert said Democrats were the only ones talking about Americans “feeling so left behind.”

He then asked, “How are Republicans so blind to that?”

O’Reilly said the host was generalizing before saying much of what Democrats are talking about is nothing more than lip service. He pointed to the focus on “affordability,” which he said is always used against Trump but never used in States like California, which are run “top to bottom” by Democrats.

“You see any affordability in California? Anything? No, all right. It’s a bunch of BS!” O’Reilly said. “The government is not going to give you the resources to live a positive life. Accept it! You have to do it!”

Watch above.

Jason Cohen contributed to this report.

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