HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher torched Vice President Kamala Harris and her prospects of defeating former President Donald Trump in November’s election.
“Vice President will get all of Biden’s campaign money, and on the Democrats’ best issue, abortion, she’s a walking reminder to women that Republicans are coming for the abortion pill. She won’t just protect Plan B, she is Plan B,” Maher joked.
“And as a former prosecutor, Kamala was putting criminals in jail back before liberals decided that was a bad thing. Now that CVS is locking the shaving cream behind plexiglass, Democrats are coming around to her again,” Maher added.
The HBO anchor continued by criticizing Harris’ complete lack of national electoral success.
WATCH:
This is not the first time that Maher has ripped Harris.
Earlier in July, Maher slammed Harris for being deeply unlikable and reminded viewers that she won zero delegates when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 2020.
“Yes, replacing a president as his party’s candidate this late will seem like a big deal,” Maher said. “For about three days, and then we’ll all be over it.”
Maher listed several potential Democratic replacements for Biden, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
If she were to win in November, Harris would become the first female, first black woman, and first Asian to serve as president — none of which impressed Maher.
“I don’t vote for who will be the first, I vote for who will win and for whatever reason, Harris has never been popular,” Maher said before ripping on Harris’ failed presidential campaign four years ago.
“You can count the number of delegates she won in the 2020 primaries on one hand, as long as that hand has no fingers. In three years as vice president, she has been quieter than an electric car,” Maher said.
After criticizing the vice president for her mismanagement of the U.S. southern border when Biden appointed her as the “border czar,” Maher claimed he didn’t understand why Harris wasn’t more well-liked despite her being “intelligent and accomplished.”
A new poll conducted for The Wall Street Journal found that Harris has significantly cut into former President Donald Trump’s lead over President Joe Biden, but the GOP nominee still has some significant advantages heading into the peak of this year’s election cycle.
According to the results, Trump leads Harris 49-47 percent, which is within the poll’s 3.1 percent margin of error. Earlier this month, Trump held a 6-point lead when Biden backed out and endorsed his VP.
The WSJ added:
On a ballot test that included Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other independent and third-party candidates, Harris receives 45% and Trump gets 44%. Kennedy is backed by just 4% and 5% remain undecided. Biden trailed in the multicandidate contest by six points in the last poll.
Harris has made strides in reassembling the coalition that put Biden in the White House in 2020, one that had been fraying under the stress of unease about his physical and mental sharpness. Black, Latino and young voters all showed greater support for her than they did for Biden in a Journal survey taken in the days after his disastrous debate performance on June 27.
A shift in the demographic composition of Democratic support could change the states where Harris could be competitive against Trump, a Republican seeking a third term. Increased support among nonwhite voters could benefit her in the more racially and ethnically diverse battleground states—Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and North Carolina—where Biden was facing challenges.
This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion.
