By Katherine Tinsley
2:23pm PDT, Apr 16, 2025
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Political commentator and comedian Bill Maher recently gave a strong recommendation to the Democratic party in response to the increasing popularity of conservatism.
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"There will always be the people in the rear guard — just like there are people who are still wearing masks [to avoid COVID], you know?" Bill Maher said on the April 13 episode of his "Club Random" podcast.
"Once you start something, you get a certain amount of cult followers for anything, and then the true believers never die," he continued. "I mean, a lot of people would say right now the Democratic Party is still in that mode, which is going to render them possibly an irrelevant party if they don't change."
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Bill Maher later urged Democrats to drop their "woke baggage" and focus on "centrism."
Maher branded himself an "old-school liberal," which he claimed is the "opposite" of "woke" Democrats who place an emphasis on identity politics.
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Bill Maher later discussed why he thinks the dominant ideology of the Democratic party is flawed.
"Woke would like to believe they're some sort of extension of liberalism, but they're not," he said.
"They're usually something that's quite opposite," he continued. "Liberalism was, 'We should have a colorblind society and not see race at all.' That's not what the woke believe. They're the opposite: 'Let's put race at the front of everything.'"
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Aside from his disappointment in the Democratic party, Bill Maher was previously vocal about his disapproval of Donald Trump.
However, Maher — who recently
met with the president — called him "gracious" on his podcast.
