Bill Maher tries to explain to baffled William Shatner why Harris lost election

Actor William Shatner admitted to "Real Time" big Bill Maher that helium didn't recognize wherefore Vice President Kamala Harris mislaid the 2024 election, arsenic the brace discussed what went incorrect for the Democratic Party connected Maher's "Club Random" podcast connected Sunday.

Maher opened his amusement suggesting the left's "intolerance" to Democrats who don't toed the enactment enactment connected each contented outgo them votes this election.

"Conservatives are overmuch much tolerant of radical they don’t like. It's the liberals who are purists, particularly the ones successful this town. They are the ones who accidental if you don’t hold with maine 1 cardinal percent, I don’t adjacent privation to cognize you. That’s 1 of the reasons they lost. They person a atrocious attitude," helium told Shatner. 

But Shatner admitted helium was baffled by the predetermination results. "I don’t cognize wherefore Democrats lost. I don’t recognize [it]," helium said.

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"Club Random" big Bill Maher explained to histrion William Shatner wherefore Vice President Harris and the Democratic Party mislaid the 2024 election. (Getty Images)

Maher argued that President Biden was partially to blasted for staying successful the contention excessively long.

"That, I understand," Shatner replied. "But inflation? Prices person travel down, the system is good. I don't cognize wherefore they voted against her, against the party," helium said.

Inflation and precocious costs of living consistently charted arsenic apical concerns for voters successful polls starring up to the election. 

Maher said that Harris "was not a large candidate" either. 

"Let's beryllium honest," helium said. But Shatner defended Harris.

"Why isn't she a large candidate?" helium asked. "She combined respective trends of thought here. Black, a woman," helium offered.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession code aft the 2024 statesmanlike election, connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, connected the field of Howard University successful Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

"That’s not a candidate," Maher pushed back. "That’s individuality politics."

"But those are elements!" Shatner argued.

Maher conceded that portion immoderate voters volition ballot for a campaigner simply due to the fact that they "look similar them," this predetermination proved "you person to spell a batch further than that" to triumph implicit voters.

"You can’t conscionable be, woman. Black person. I mean, Trump got a 4th of Black men!" Maher said. 

"He didn’t bash overmuch amended due to the fact that the women are precise overmuch against him but helium killed it with Latinos. Is determination immoderate large irony that the feline who came down the elevator 10 years agone talking astir the ‘rapists’ — they support giving him much of their votes," Maher said, claiming that helium understood wherefore Harris mislaid amended than the Democratic Party did.

"Democrats don’t recognize their ain constituencies. If you are a Mexican-American, who bash you fearfulness taking your job? The feline who conscionable came successful done the border! Of people they similar the feline who says, ‘I’m going to support everybody out,’" helium continued.

"He doesn't say, 'I'm keeping everybody out.' I'm going to nonstop everybody out,'" Shatner disagreed.

US Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris shakes hands with erstwhile US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump during a statesmanlike statement astatine the National Constitution Center successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected September 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Maher insisted that Democrats would person had overmuch amended chances astatine winning the predetermination if they hadn't enactment successful Harris astatine the past minute.

"If Biden had got retired earlier, they had a existent superior play to find the champion candidate, not conscionable 1 whose crook it was. By the way, earlier they anointed her, cipher was benignant of connected the leafage that she was precise bully astatine being a candidate," helium said of Harris.

"She failed the archetypal time," Shatner agreed, referring to the VP's 2019 statesmanlike run that didn't marque it past the primaries.

Maher besides deed the Biden-Harris medication for its "pointless reversal" of Trump's Remain successful Mexico policy.

"[They] fto successful excessively galore people. Not that we shouldn't beryllium a federation of immigrants. But it turned into a lawless a s--- amusement for years," helium said.

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This isn't the archetypal clip since the predetermination that Maher has reprimanded the Democratic Party for failing to recognize its constituents.

Maher opened his archetypal post-election "Real Time" amusement by telling his enactment to "look successful the mirror" and recognize that "woke" policies and a atrocious campaigner mislaid them the election. He has since scolded his enactment for "doubling-down" connected far-left policies.

The "Real Time" big previously predicted Harris would triumph the predetermination aft the September statesmanlike debate.