Comedian and talk show host Bill Maher doubled down on his previous comments suggesting his “vote is in play” in coming elections, as he expressed his discontent over the Democratic Party being “colonized” by radical, socialist views.
During Friday night’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher blasted the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) agenda that appears to be taking hold within the mainstream Democratic Party.
“People gotta realize this is going on,” Maher said. “Yes, my vote is in play. I’m not voting for anyone who thinks the wrong side won the Cold War or cheers for the intifada like it’s the World Cup.”
Maher went on to poke fun at the sheer irony of the apparent political takeover within a party that has platformed against such views.
“It’s so ironic from the people who obsess about colonization,” Maher said. “You know what’s being colonized now? The Democratic Party.”
He then pointed to two congressional Democrats — Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Rep. Adam Gray, D-Calif.— after the pair launched a pledge to moderate the party amid the internal rise in DSA views.
“Last month, two Democratic congressmen released an open pledge,” Maher told the audience. “They wanted their fellow Democratic members to sign. It said, ‘We are capitalists, not socialists. We want safety, not lawlessness. We are proud, not ashamed of America.’ These should not be hard words for a congressional Democrat to sign onto.”
“You know how many did?” Maher continued. “Eight [members]. Eight, out of 212.”
He added that while the DSA platform may appear to be making waves throughout the party, most mainstream politicians do not align themselves with the radical-left views.
“And, no, this nonsense is not where most Democratic politicians are right now,” Maher said. “But it’s also becoming a raging fire festival in the party that neither is anyone putting out.”
“People are actually getting elected now who literally don’t think we should have police or prisons or borders,” he added.
Maher’s comments come after Fox News Digital previously reported he told ABC News “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl that his “vote is in play” due to his unhappiness with the direction the Democratic party is heading.
“My vote is in play because it can’t be Trump running, so I’m not living in communist America,” Maher said last month.
“I mean, I know the talking point is that it’s not communism, it’s socialism. OK, I’ve read the quotes from the DSA platform from their own mouths. Don’t tell me I’m not seeing what I am seeing,” he added at the time.
The sentiment was echoed by former state attorney Dave Aronberg, who told Fox News Digital the DSA’s platform could be what brings an end to the Democrats’ short-lived momentum in the polls.
“History and current polling trends point to a blue wave in November, and the DSA is the only thing that can stop it,” Aronberg said. “Outside of concentrated blue enclaves in places like New York and Denver, general elections aren’t won on the far-left fringes. If the Democratic Party lets the DSA drive the bus, they’re driving straight off an electoral cliff.”
“Bill Maher is voicing what millions of voters are thinking: The Democratic Party must not surrender to extremists who despise classic American principles,” he added.
When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Christian Toto, host of The Hollywood in Toto Podcast, said, Bill Maher is many things, and that includes being intellectually honest. His liberal comedy peers aren’t. They do the bidding of the modern Democratic party, period. It’s why Jimmy Kimmel literally raised money for President Joe Biden and, when the president glitched out for the world to see during that event, told us he did no such thing.”
The film critic and author added, “The modern comedian must toe the party line. That gives them job security and immunity from media critics. Maher is no longer the media darling he once was. He’s spoken repeatedly that by defying his own party it crushed any chances of him winning awards (Emmys, etc.). It took a Trumpian White House to honor him with the Mark Twain Prize a few weeks ago.”
Maher concluded his show Friday by referencing former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, suggesting he would rather vote for the longstanding Republican over DSA candidates running within his own party.
“Get your head out of your a–, I would vote for Sarah Palin before this s—,” Maher said. “She’s a bimbo, but if you asked her to come up with something she likes about America, she could do it. You betcha.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Socialists of America for comment.
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