{"id":2420699,"date":"2025-04-07T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-says-democrats-need-to-find-an-alpha-over-a-message-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:34:07","slug":"bill-maher-says-democrats-need-to-find-an-alpha-over-a-message-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-says-democrats-need-to-find-an-alpha-over-a-message-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher says Democrats need to find \u2018an alpha\u2019 over a \u2018message\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-says-democrats-need-to-find-an-alpha-over-a-message-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a discussion on his podcast, comedian Bill maher emphasized that the Democratic Party needs to identify a strong, charismatic figure, or &#8220;alpha,&#8221; to lead them. He argued that voters can easily detect insincerity in politicians and prefer those who convey strength and confidence. Even though Maher is known for criticizing former President Donald Trump, he acknowledged Trump&#8217;s effectiveness and ability to connect with voters on an instinctual level, suggesting that his portrayal as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">strong leader resonates<\/a> with the public. Maher criticized the Democratic Party&#8217;s focus on messaging instead of strong leadership, pointing out that issues and facts often take a backseat to the desire for a dominant personality in politics. He also commented on the significance of celebrity culture in politics, highlighting how it influences voter perception and preference. The conversation also touched upon the increasing partisanship in comedy and political satire.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bill Maher says Democrats need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confirms-hell-do-it-biggest-deportations-to-begin-at-start-of-term\/\" title=\"... Confirms He&#039;ll Do It - Biggest Deportations to Begin at Start of Term\">find &#038;lsquo<\/a>;an alpha&rsquo; over a &lsquo;message&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2085050\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Maher<\/a>, a frequent critic of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, suggested that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> needs to find &ldquo;an alpha&rdquo; politician, warning that voters can &ldquo;smell a phony a mile away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maher, who just met with the president at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>, acknowledged that Trump is &ldquo;one of the most effective politicians,&rdquo; an assessment he believes himself despite being Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;biggest critic.&rdquo; He added that one reason Trump is so popular is that the president has &ldquo;moments&rdquo; that no other politician can generate, recalling how Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3068222\/wesley-hunt-reflects-on-trump-threat-to-taliban-leaders-my-favorite-president-trump-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">directly threatened Taliban leaders<\/a> during his first presidency, which Maher said he &ldquo;f***ing&rdquo; loved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3372128\/6-million-whistleblowers-fired-texas-attorney-general-paxton\/\">$6.6 million awarded to whistleblowers  fired for reporting Texas AG Paxton to FBI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3372064\/wisconsin-supreme-court-rebecca-bradley-seeks-second-term\/\">Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley seeks second term<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3372078\/senate-democrats-tim-scott-hearing-trump-tariff-plan\/\">Senate Democrats ask Tim Scott for a hearing on Trump&#8217;s tariff plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><em>NewsNation <\/em>anchor Chris Cuomo, a guest on Maher&rsquo;s <em>Club Random<\/em> podcast, suggested that Democrats need to find &ldquo;a message&rdquo; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-counting-on-trump-mistakes-to-fuel-their-revival-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... counting on ... mistakes to fuel their revival - Washington Examiner\">sway voters back<\/a> to the party, which Maher disagreed with and called &ldquo;the worst thing the Democrats always say.&rdquo; He said  Trump&rsquo;s message to voters is &ldquo;I&rsquo;m strong&rdquo; and &ldquo;I&rsquo;m daddy,&rdquo; adding that &ldquo;people want a daddy&rdquo; in the White House. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know what? That&rsquo;s what works, and that&rsquo;s what people respond to,&rdquo; Maher argued. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know the issues, they don&rsquo;t know the facts, and they have no interest in learning about them. They&rsquo;re like an animal &mdash; they&rsquo;re instinctive &mdash; I smell fear, or I smell alpha, and they smell alpha. And Democrats have to come up with an alpha, and it&rsquo;s not Tim Walz! And it&rsquo;s Tim, the other Tim who ran &hellip; Kaine? These are not alphas!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SnC95-79ca0?si=AQxl3h_ELLQ1aO4X\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Maher continued to say that Democrats look to recruit a &ldquo;docile man&rdquo; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> and portray him as &ldquo;an a**hole&rdquo; while &ldquo;mom takes care of business,&rdquo; referring to former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>. As such, he contended that politicians must appeal to voters &ldquo;on a primal level&rdquo; to an extent, which Trump does &ldquo;better than anybody.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3365571\/kid-rock-confirms-pleasant-meeting-between-trump-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">KID ROCK CONFIRMS &lsquo;PLEASANT&rsquo; MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP AND MAHER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cuomo added to Maher&rsquo;s comments by suggesting that politicians &ldquo;forgot how powerful celebrity is in the American psyche,&rdquo; pointing to how popular Trump was among voters through <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342284\/donald-trump-the-apprentice-amazon-prime-streaming-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Apprentice<\/a><\/em>  reality television series. He assessed that many voters missed &ldquo;the money, the power, [and] the agency&rdquo; that Trump possessed in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>During their discussion, Maher also lamented the partisan divide between comedy and making fun of politicians, arguing this is something &ldquo;we got to get past.&rdquo; Cuomo seemed to reference Rep. Jasmine Crockett&rsquo;s (D-TX) recent dig at Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), calling him &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3359162\/abbott-gop-leave-democrats-in-dust-crockett-hot-wheels-jab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Governor Hot Wheels<\/a>,&rdquo; stating she would not be canceled since she is &ldquo;a black woman.&rdquo; Maher agreed, saying, &ldquo;She wears the magic armor, so she can do that.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2085050\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2085050\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Maher urges Democrats to seek an &#8216;alpha&#8217; leader, not just a message<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2420700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maher-finding-an-alpha-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32100,3685,50402],"class_list":["post-2420699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bill-maher","tag-democrats","tag-leadership-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maher-finding-an-alpha-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420703,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420699\/revisions\/2420703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}