'Real Time' host Bill Maher railed against Republicans for rallying behind a candidate like Herschel Walker but knocked Democrats for 'selling' policies voters don't want.
Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker talks with Fox News Digital about getting ready for Friday's debate with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Walker was interviewed in Atlanta, Georgia on Sept. 26, 2022.closed his show on Friday by marveling at how Herschel Walker can be supported by the Republican Party.
The HBO star called the Georgia Senate hopeful a"f------ idiot on a scale almost impossible to parody" and listed episodes from Walker's past, specifically claims of domestic abuse and secret children, as well as allegedly paying for his ex-girlfriend's abortion — which Walker denies — despite his pro-life stance.Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign stop at Battle Lumber Co. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Wadley, Georgia.
"So let me try to translate, not endorse but translate, for liberal America. Part of the appeal of a Herschel Walker or aor any number of the egregious a------- Republicans and back is, in their mind, the worst a candidate is, the more it says to Democrats, 'Do see how much we don't like what you're selling?'" Maher said.
He continued,"All that socialism, and identity politics, and victimhood, and oversensitivity, and cancel culture, and white self-loathing, and forcing complicated ideas about race and sex on kids too young to understand it, literally anything would be better than that. That's their view. That's why you can be a really bad dude in Republican politics and it's not a dealbreaker.