Maher Names Names, Reveals Highest-Profile Dems Are Too Afraid to Come on His Show Unlike Republicans
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher criticized prominent Democrats,including former Presidents bill Clinton and Barack Obama,for refusing to appear on his HBO talk show “Real Time.” Maher expressed frustration that despite repeatedly inviting them, these Democrats decline to join, while Republicans regularly appear and “take their beating like a man.” He emphasized that even Democrats he supports are “afraid” to come on his show.
Maher also expressed a desire to host other notable Democrats such as Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and New York city mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, but acknowledged he cannot compel guests to appear. He suggested that democrats are afraid of being challenged from the far-left, despite most being more moderate.
Maher praised California Governor gavin Newsom for regularly appearing on the show and recounted a recent episode where he confronted Newsom about bureaucratic hurdles related to repairing his roof after a wildfire.
Concluding his remarks, Maher proposed that Democrats might improve their election prospects if they embraced more openness and engaged with a variety of viewpoints, echoing Senator Elissa Slotkin’s call for democrats to shed a “weak and woke” image and “retake the flag.” He argued voters can sense fear and suggested that overcoming this fear through open debates coudl help win elections.
Naming names, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, liberal comedian Bill Maher slammed top Democrats on Friday for being too “afraid” to appear on his HBO talk show, “Real Time,” to “take [a] beating like a man.”
“People ask me all the time, ‘Why haven’t you ever had Hillary or Bill Clinton on? Why didn’t you have Kamala on during the last campaign?’” Maher began on his talk show. “You think we don’t ask? We ask these people every week. They say no.”
“It took eight years and a petition to get Obama on. And these are people, all people I voted for. Think about that. They’re afraid to come on the show of a guy who voted for them. The Republicans, they show up. When they do, they take their beating like a man,” he added.
WATCH: Bill Maher HUMILIATES Democrats like Hillary & Kamala for being too scared to come on his show, while Republicans show up no matter what.
“You think we don’t ask?!”
“We ask these people every week; they say NO.”
“It took eight years and a petition to get Obama on.”… pic.twitter.com/yAzRvwuxUG
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) August 16, 2025
In additional remarks, Maher also insisted that he “would love” for prominent Democrats to appear on his show, including but not limited to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“Look, I would love to have AOC on the show and Mandani and Elizabeth Warren, but I can’t subpoena the guests,” he said. “And I can’t fix that what the Democrats are scared of, more than anything else… is being primaried from the far-left, even though most Democrats are not far-left. They’re mild-mannered and moderate, at least in my bathhouse.”
Critics on the right would likely strongly disagree with this characterization of the modern Democrat Party.
In fairness to Warren, she appeared on his show six times between 2009 and 2017, according to HuffPost. Ever since President Donald Trump’s first presidency, however, she’s been missing in action.
The lone exception to the rule was California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom Maher admitted “at least… comes here.”
Newsom last appeared on the show in March:
Bill Maher has been trying to make changes to his roof for ages—but California’s endless red tape keeps getting in the way. Frustrated by the constant bureaucratic hurdles, Maher finally had the chance to confront Governor Gavin Newsom face-to-face and ask why even basic repairs… pic.twitter.com/HT3rJKRaIZ
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) March 29, 2025
During the appearance, Maher, a California resident, complained to the governor that he had to pay out-of-pocket for “two inspections” on his roof after the Palisades Fire.
“It’s my roof,” he said to Newsom. “If it falls on my head, that’s my problem. Why do I need two inspections, which I have to pay for? You were here last time. We talked about regulations. You said, ‘Oh, it’s a completely new day.’ You said you were working on it.”
Concluding his remarks Friday on “Real Time,” Maher suggested that Democrats could win more elections if they came on his show.
He cited the words of Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who in April urged her fellow Democrats to shed their “weak and woke” reputation and “retake the flag.”
“She’s right,” he said. “People vote on instinct. They can smell fear a swing state away.”
Critics on the right would likely argue that people can likewise also smell “left-wing insanity” from a mile away.
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