{"id":2425350,"date":"2025-04-19T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-slams-democrats-for-embracing-aoc-as-a-2028-candidate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:39:28","slug":"bill-maher-slams-democrats-for-embracing-aoc-as-a-2028-candidate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-slams-democrats-for-embracing-aoc-as-a-2028-candidate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher slams Democrats for embracing AOC as a 2028 candidate &#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\">28<\/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-slams-democrats-for-embracing-aoc-as-a-2028-candidate-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=2425350&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 recent episode of &#8220;real Time With Bill Maher,&#8221; comedian Bill Maher criticized the Democratic Party for considering Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-blasts-house-gop-as-a-zoo-that-could-cause-losses-in-2024\/\" title=\"Tim Scott criticizes House GOP, warns of potential losses in 2024.\">potential presidential nominee<\/a> for 2028. Maher expressed that Ocasio-Cortez should not lead the party&#8217;s ticket and voiced disapproval of her ongoing &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour with Senator Bernie Sanders, suggesting it was more about attracting crowds than substantive political engagement. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), a guest on the show, agreed with Maher, stating she does not believe ocasio-Cortez should be the nominee, though she also clarified that it&#8217;s not her role to decide. The sentiment reflects concerns within the party about the direction of its leadership ahead of future elections, with other Democrats, including strategist James Carville, urging for a focus on uniting against Republicans rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">criticizing party establishment figures<\/a>.  <\/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 slams Democrats for embracing AOC as a 2028 candidate<\/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_2096844\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Bill Maher trashed <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> for backing a potential presidential bid from Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY), who he said shouldn&rsquo;t be at the top of the party&rsquo;s ticket in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/media\/article-14627711\/bill-maher-slam-democrats-embracing-2028-nominee-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"show\">show<\/a> <em>Real Time With Bill Maher<\/em> on Friday night, Maher was adamant that the &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; Democrat, who has been crisscrossing the country with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on a &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour, should not be the party&rsquo;s nominee for president in three years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3384528\/democrats-big-turnoff-talking-down-voters-joe-concha\/\">Democrats suffer from &#8216;big turnoff&#8217; in talking down to voters: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3383037\/cory-booker-gets-2028-boost-after-25-hour-speech\/\">Booker gets 2028 boost among Democrats after 25-hour speech: Poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3382966\/biden-save-democrats-for-president-2028\/\">Biden isn&#8217;t going to save the Democrats. Who will?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be her, it shouldn&rsquo;t be her,&rdquo; the comedian flatly stated.<\/p>\n<p>The sentiment was echoed by Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), who was a guest on the show.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether she thought Ocasio-Cortez should be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a>&lsquo;s nominee in 2028, Smith said, &ldquo;No,&rdquo; before backtracking and adding that it wasn&rsquo;t her job to make that decision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not my job to&nbsp;pick who the candidate is,&rdquo; the Minnesota senator said.<\/p>\n<p>Maher also criticized Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour, which has included stops in Arizona, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California as the two try to breathe life into the party after a disastrous 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He said the two Democrats were merely chasing &ldquo;shiny objects&rdquo; by seeking a large crowd turnout at their speeches.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/location-and-timing-of-president-trumps-speech-today-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Location and Timing of President Trump\u2019s Speech Today in Washington DC\">big crowds<\/a> &mdash; again, these shiny objects that the Democrats chase &mdash; it&rsquo;s not about the big crowds when you&rsquo;re talking at a festival or wherever they are, because I think that Bernie showed up at&nbsp;Coachella,&rdquo; Maher said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tour by Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez has been met with backlash from some in their own party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3383718\/carville-aoc-sanders-split-off-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"including\">including<\/a> Democratic strategist James Carville.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested earlier this week that the pair should &ldquo;split off&rdquo; from the Democratic Party if they continue to criticize establishment figures like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) instead of focusing on attacking Republicans.<\/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_2096844\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2096844\"}});<\/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 criticizes Democrats for supporting AOC&#8217;s 2028 bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2425351,"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\/bill-maher-aoc-2028-dems.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41461,8334,32100,3685,32076],"class_list":["post-2425350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2028-election","tag-aoc","tag-bill-maher","tag-democrats","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bill-maher-aoc-2028-dems.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425350","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425354,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425350\/revisions\/2425354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}