‘I Speak to the Exact Voter She Needs!’ Bill Maher Buries Kamala Harris for Ducking Media That’s Not ‘Already in the Bubble’
Comedian Bill Maher hit out at Vice President Kamala Harris for ducking media that’s not “already in the bubble” and missing the opportunity to reach out to voters that listen to his show who are “not ideologically captured by either side.”
Speaking with Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino on his Club Random with Bill Maher podcast, the comedian made the case that Democrats had a long habit of avoiding voters “in the middle” of the party-political spectrum and that it made the party come across “scared.”
But the bigger issue is the left and their ability or their desire to engage with anyone who’s not already in the bubble. And they get a big fat D minus on that. I mean, you see Kamala, I mean, I’m glad she’s doing well, I’m glad we have a real fight now for president. But [she] doesn’t talk to the press. You know? Would never go near me. You know, when you won’t go near the people who are going to vote for you. I’m going to vote for you. Do I have to love everything? No, I don’t. It just shows…
Interrupting, Tarantino contested: “Well, there’s no reason for her to go on your show before the election.”
“Yes, there is,” Maher replied, “because I speak to the exact voter she needs, the person who is in the middle, the person who is not ideologically captured by either side.”
He continued: “Now, there are some who watch who are that, and everyone is welcome. I need a bigger audience all the time. I’m greedy that way. But basically, that’s exactly the audience she needs.”
He added: “The MSNBC crowd is already voting for her. People who watch me, who will decide, this election will probably be decided in like four states by something like 80,000 votes in each. That’s how [close] these elections are these days. And that’s where we’re back to. We’re at least back to normal, which sucked, but it is normal that it’s 50-50 going into the election. With Biden, it wouldn’t have been.”
After Tarantino launched into a rant pushing back, claimed that Harris was winning and with the shortened campaign time was in the middle of a “mad fucking dash” and the voters like him, who would back the Democrat anyway, wouldn’t care what “she says in a stupid fucking interview.”
Clarifying, Maher said: “When I say that she doesn’t talk to the press, I’m not even complaining about it. I’m just saying that is the Democrats, and that has been their flaw, and there are some times when you really do. And in general, they should start doing it more: Talking to people who are not already on their side, they come across as scared.”
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