Comedian Bill Maher told Democrats on Friday night to “move on” from identity politics because it “isn’t working.”
In the final segment of his show, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher warned Democrats that racial “pandering” is no longer an effective strategy for winning elections.
“We don’t care at all about who wins the next election, and outdated racial pandering is one of the reasons Democrats lose elections,” Maher said. “When Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi wore Kente cloth, I don’t think they got a single vote because of their strong emotional ties to Ghana.”
“Here in California, we’re quarantining kidnapping right now. Really,” he continued. “California isn’t just issuing Amber Alerts for missing children; it’s also issuing ‘Ebony Alerts’ for Black children and ‘Feather’ Alerts for Native American children.” there is. What, are you looking for it by listening to sounds on the ground? ”
Maher said “far-left liberals are living within an old paradigm” when it comes to invoking race to garner votes. “Americans don’t fit into neat little boxes anymore,” the comedian told the audience, citing recent developments by black Americans, including Beyoncé’s chart-topping country songs and Lil Nas X’s country music award win. He mentioned cultural achievements.
“That doesn’t work for them and it doesn’t work for us,” Maher said. “Democrats are bleeding the very voters they think they’re pandering to.”
The “Real Time” host mentioned several other examples of Americans “being allowed to do too many things at once.” After showing a photo of Queer for Palestine protesters on a screen, he pointed out that Americans are “sloppy, complicated, and contradictory.” (Related: ‘Ruth Bader Biden’: Bill Maher calls Biden ‘selfish’ as he runs for president)
“Two-thirds of Republican voters support legalizing marijuana. And 41% of Democrats own a gun or live with someone who owns a gun. Ms. Marvel is Pakistani. , the last two NBA dunk contest winners have been white. The new Captain America is black, Spider-Man is black and Puerto Rican, just like the AI George Washington,” Maher said.
“Half the Border Patrol is Latino, and the coolest black person on the planet is named Lenny Kravitz. RuPaul has a fracking ranch in Wyoming,” he continued. Ta. “For some reason, the leader of the Village People was straight…The leader of the Proud Boys is not an old white man. It’s Enrique Tarrio, an Afro-Cuban man…Caitlyn Jenner is a trans woman who supports Trump and is an advocate of women’s sports. I support a ban on trans athletes participating in…Our black president is half white and our black vice president is half Asian.”
“What I’m saying is, you’re still building politics by cutting people into these fixed categories,” Maher said. “Democrats need to get the memo.”
