HBO host Bill Maher argued Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz “did cheat” in Iowa by saying fellow candidate Dr. Ben Carson was dropping out on Friday’s “Real Time.”

Maher stated, “Donald Trump does have kind of a point. Ted Cruz did cheat. He put out a press release…saying Ben Carson, the other Evangelical in the race, was dropping out, to trick his voters, as Jesus would do. And it worked. Well, — and it worked because 64% of Republican voters in Iowa are born again, and 100% are born yesterday.”

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