Bill Maher may be the most prominent liberal comic to call out Democrats early and often.
It's earned him begrudging respect on the Right and a wider fan base in recent years. There's still one nagging problem. He can't stop voting for Democrats, no matter how unhinged they become.
And he wants you to vote for them, too.
It isn't merely one issue that confounds the "Real Time with Bill Maher" host about his fellow Democrats. It's a multitude of ills, from the party's embrace of transing kids to its Charmin-soft on crime policies and budding antisemitism.
To his credit, Maher did a remarkable segment on the latter front, calling out progressives in no uncertain terms.
And Democrats, where are you? If any other minority group was being talked about this way, you’d break out the Kente cloth and have 10 benefit concerts ... but if you see that so many of your brainwashed by TikTok constituents have an unfavorable view of Israel you indulge them, when you should be correcting them.
Which brings us to Graham Platner.
The Democrats are all in on the Maine senatorial candidate, despite him having more skeletons in his closet that a dozen haunted houses. The list is long enough to make any sane voter pray for a Plan B. That ghastly tattoo. The Kik account. The "oyster farmer" myth. Wishing death on his fellow soldiers.
The sexting scandal. The physical abuse allegations.
Yet Platner remains the party's first choice to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.
Democrats are suddenly all about tolerance, forgiveness, and personal growth, even though they served as the enforcement arm of the woke mind virus for a decade. Where was that forgiveness when the woman who changed the face of TV sitcoms, Roseanne Barr, fired off one ugly, racially-charged Tweet?
What about Gina Carano, fired for a Nazi Germany-related post that pleaded for kindness?
Politicians are prone to hypocrisy on steroids. So watching Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Jewish Democrat, rally behind a dude with an 18-year-old Nazi tattoo is something to behold but expected.
That faux forgiveness shtick doesn't have to extend to comedians like Maher. They can call balls and strikes and still look at themselves in the mirror come Monday morning.
Except Maher just let partisanship get in the way of common decency. We expect that from the Kimmels and Stewarts of the world.
Et tu, Maher?
I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him, for two reasons...One, we need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that.
Why? Maher suggests Platner reflects modern America, so it's only natural that he not only is allowed to run for office, but he can actually defeat Collins come fall.
...we are always electing our reflection in the mirror.
That's the kind of rationalization he doesn't deploy when it comes to a certain two-term president.
Maher leaves out some of Platner's greatest hits, including his antisemitic posts suggesting AIPAC, the Israeli lobby,
John Fetterman seems to genuinely think that the reason no one likes him is because he refuses to wear a suit.
— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) June 6, 2026
It's not the hoodie, dude. It's because you've become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party.
And:
Susan Collins's latest financial report just came out.
— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) June 1, 2026
A staggering one-third of her money raised this quarter came directly from AIPAC.
Senator Collins is bought and paid for by Benjamin Netanyahu, and she votes accordingly.
Maher does plenty of good for the culture. His open-minded approach to political satire matters. His willingness to reach across the aisle and interview conservatives matters even more.
What late-night show host would dare invite a Charlie Kirk or Spencer Pratt on his show as Maher did? That's rhetorical.
He still toes the party line far too much, even if it means pulling the lever for the worst Senatorial candidate in modern life.
