Bill Maher urges Kamala Harris to stand up to an 'extremist' on the Democratic side: 'Sister Souljah moment'

Comedian Bill Maher encouraged Vice President Kamala Harris to people an extremist connected the Democratic broadside connected Friday during "Real Time," referencing a "Sister Souljah moment."

"It’s not excessively precocious for Kamala Harris to bash what galore person been calling for her to bash since she became the candidate: person a Sister Souljah moment. And if you weren’t astir successful 1992, fto maine archer you what a Sister Souljah infinitesimal means. It’s erstwhile you gain cred with the mediate of the roadworthy voters by lasting up to an extremist successful your ain coalition," helium said, referencing erstwhile erstwhile President Clinton had denounced the rapper and activist's remarks astir contention portion helium was moving for president.

Maher, who supports the vice president and routinely criticizes erstwhile President Trump, has besides criticized the acold left. The comedian precocious said Harris needed to person undecided voters that she's not portion of the "worst excesses of the left."

"After the L.A. riots successful ’92, she said, if determination are immoderate bully White people, I haven’t met them," Maher explained. "But she besides said if Black radical termination Black radical each day, wherefore not person a week and termination White people? And Bill Clinton, looking for an casual people and besides good alert that sidesplitting White radical would decimate our Olympic snowboard team, rebuked Souljah and came retired against taking a week to termination Whitey. And yes, that was seen arsenic courageous. It was an casual win."

Bill Maher encourages VP Kamala Harris to person a "Sister Souljah" moment. (Left:  (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images), Right:  (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images))

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Maher explained that erstwhile President Obama besides had a "Sister Souljah" infinitesimal erstwhile helium denounced a reverend who "claimed the authorities purposefully engineered AIDS to termination minorities and spoke the words ‘Goddamn America.'"

Maher suggested Harris could marque a code astir George Floyd's execution successful 2020, and asked White Americans to recognize however the footage of the murder, would "affect you if that was the past of your race." 

"I deliberation astir Americans would beryllium sympathetic," Maher said. "And past admit that successful 2020 the near got a small carried away."

"Looting was rebranded arsenic Justice shopping. We stopped arresting shoplifters. Anti-Racist Baby was a champion seller. Corporations took DIY to ludicrous lengths. We opened our hearts to each who wanted to travel present and past besides our borders. Portland decriminalized each drugs and Seattle acceptable up a nary bull portion until they had to reverse people connected both," Maher said. 

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters successful Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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"When Kamala says, ‘we’re not going back,’ the undecided elector thinks, No, I don’t privation to get connected the abbreviated autobus backmost to Trump Town, but I besides don’t privation to spell backmost to 2020. Please, God, don’t marque maine beryllium done different 1 of those firm mandated sensitivity grooming sessions," helium said. "When the Harris run launched, they got large traction by calling Trump and Vance weird. That was good. Weird was working. People are bushed of weird. And ever since Donald Trump decided to predominate our f------ lives, the Democrats statement has been we'll reconstruct normal. Well, if what you’re selling is let’s beryllium mean again, here’s an idea. Be normal. America doesn’t request a revolution. It needs fixing," Maher said. 

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Maher said during the occurrence that it was a mistake for Harris to not spell connected Joe Rogan's podcast. Maher besides asked his guests, which included CNN's Van Jones and Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, astir Trump's stint arsenic a fry navigator astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald's.

"I deliberation erstwhile you person idiosyncratic who is simply a world-famous superstar, who's a billionaire, etc, etc, and they bash thing you don't expect, it's superb media," Jones said, arsenic Maher agreed. "And I deliberation we got to admit that this feline is beating the pants disconnected of america with these alleged publicity stunts. It gets into everybody's feeds. And radical who are not looking astatine authorities volition look astatine that. I deliberation we conscionable person to person much amusive ourselves."