Bill Maher slammed the Democratic party as “losers” and urged them to “look in the mirror” following Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss to President-elect Donald Trump.
Maher, who once predicted that Harris would win the election, revealed that he “did not vote for the winner,” but accepted the election results — unlike his late-night counterparts earlier in the week.
“We had an election,” Maher said during his “Real Time” monologue on HBO Friday night. “I did not vote for the winner, we’ll see what the winners do now. They won, now they have reality they have to deal with. We’ll see what they do.”
Maher switched his aim toward Harris and the Democrats, telling them they must reevaluate their party and platform after their embarrassing loss.
“My message to the losers: losers look in the mirror,” Maher said as the audience sat in stunned silence. “No? Well, maybe you should. Well, that’s my feeling. Losers look in the mirror.”
“For months Democrats have been saying, ‘How is this even close?’ and they’re right, it wasn’t,” Maher said of Trump’s historic election night victory.
“They could not conceive of a second Trump term, but they should’ve. When does America ever turn down second?”
The 68-year-old comedian said it was “the facts” that Trump “ran the table” and won all seven swing states – North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, not called yet.
Maher acknowledged Trump’s improvement in every voting demographic, especially in Latinos and Asians along with Black men, which helped add nearly 9 million more votes than what he received in 2016.
In the weeks leading up to the election, the HBO host and avid Harris supporter had made his reservations about the vice president’s chances because support for her among Black males was down.
“This is not a good sign, you know – when you have an African American candidate, you probably shouldn’t be having to shore up your support among black men, but that’s what’s going on,” he said during an October episode.”
Before Trump was declared the winner in Tuesday’s election, Maher confirmed a second presidential term for the Republican wouldn’t affect him as he would continue his show and making jokes.
He doubled down on his post-election plans as he continued to make jokes aimed at both political parties, “We’re gonna keep doing jokes here.”
Maher’s upbeat joking attitude was a stark contrast to the message his late-night peers showcased to their audiences one day after the election.
Jimmy Kimmel broke down in tears during the opening of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as the liberal host called the election a “terrible night for everyone.”
“I spent a lot of time over the past 17 hours thinking about what I would say tonight, or even if there is anything to say tonight, and there’s nothing, goodnight everybody,” Kimmel said.
Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert took a different route for their post-election show, with the “SNL” alum sarcastically revealing he voted for Harris while Colbert was more somber and checked in on his fans.
“Hey there, how are you doing?” Colbert asked. “If you watch this show regularly I’m guessing you’re not doing great. Yeah, me neither.”
