Jerry Springer: Blame President Trump For ‘Lack Of Civility’ In America

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Jerry Springer, who hosted The Jerry Springer Show between 1991 and 2018, has blamed President Donald Trump for America’s lack of civility.

Jerry Springer, who hosted the popular and crass The Jerry Springer Show between 1991 and 2018has blamed President Donald Trump for America’s so-called lack of civility.

Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, made the comments in a interview on MSNBC over the weekend about whether “civil norms” are breaking down in the Trump era.

I used to joke and say that my anger at the president is that he took my show and brought it to the White House,” Springer said. “Civility is critical in terms of our norms, and we can’t function as a society unless we have norms of how to behave. You can’t pass enough laws to take care of every human interaction.

Springer went on to accuse Trump of saying “the norms don’t matter” and “you can use any language you want.”

When they misbehave, when they say the norms don’t matter, when they say, ‘You can use whatever language you want, anything you can get away with, get away with it. If you don’t pay taxes, you’re smart.’ Demeaning other people. When they have this behavior, it tells society that we really don’t have any norms anymore.

There’s no appropriate way to behave. We can’t have that in the leadership of our country,” he continued. “We can change policies, we’ll survive that [but] once we do away with civility in terms of our institutions, we’ve lost it.”

Ruhle responded by noting the irony that The Jeremy Springer Show became one of the country’s most popular TV shows because of the lack of civility shown among its guests, who were often seen screaming, fighting, and throwing chairs around the studio.

However, Springer claimed that his show was still a step above the Trump administration in that regard.

First of all, our show was about dysfunctional behavior, so obviously everyone who’s going to appear on the show is acting dysfunctionally,” the 75-year-old said. “That was the point of the show. But no one ever suggested, never did I do a final thought, and say, ‘This is the way you ought to behave.’”

When you have the president of the United States using language that even on our crazy show we’d bleep out, then society’s in trouble,” he added.

It is not the first time that Springer has complained about Trump’s lack of civility. In 2017, he argued that Trump’s behavior was “not just beneath the dignity of the Presidency but that of any decent man.

Every day, I’m presented with someone who acts inappropriately,” Springer said at the time. “Why would anyone think that behavior belongs in the White House?

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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