Comedian Bill Maher said Democrats should look in the mirror and that focusing on issues that most voters don't care about cost them the 2024 presidential election.
“The Democratic Party has become like a royal family whose children have unfortunately become RDs because of incest,” Maher said to applause from the audience. .
“And the same thing happens with ideas conceived in an atmosphere of intellectual incest. Why not take the clothespins out of your nose and actually have a conversation with the other half of this country? “Yes,” Maher added.
“Let's stop shouting at people to join our programs and instead create programs that are worth joining.”
Maher focused on the Democratic Party's longstanding interest in transgender issues and the party's normative insistence that biological males should be allowed to compete in women's sports.
After President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris last week, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said he didn't want his two young daughters to be “run over on the field by a former male athlete.” He immediately issued a statement. led to the resignation of one of his close aides.
“Smart people, the campaign manager who resigned, yes, let him resign. Alienate that guy,” Maher snorted.
The comedian notes that Hispanic Americans are significantly more supportive of increased border security than progressive white Americans, and that black Americans are less concerned about racism than progressive white Americans. We focused on the statistics that show that.
“The votes are in. They don't want your sympathy, and black people can't afford to indulge in rich white people's desire to flog themselves endlessly.
“They just want lower prices, better jobs and people calling the police,” Maher said.
