Comedian Bill Maher — a lifelong liberal stalwart and vocal Trump critic — admitted over the weekend that he could see himself voting Republican one day. But, as usual, he wrapped the admission in the kind of backhanded commentary that keeps him comfortably aligned with the left. Maher made the remarks during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, where he complained that the GOP would need to “lose the idea of ‘we don’t concede elections.’”
Maher insisted that Republicans are too focused on what he called the “excesses of the left,” even acknowledging that “they’re not completely wrong about that.” He argued the left has embraced every counterintuitive idea imaginable, yet somehow pivoted to worrying that Republicans are the ones risking democracy. It was classic Maher — criticize the left’s chaos, then blame conservatives for reacting to it.
The comedian went on a long tangent fretting about what happens after Trump leaves office. He questioned whether Republicans would still “keep that idea that we cannot let these people take power,” referring to far-left activists who want to “reinvent everything.” Maher warned that the country isn’t asking for revolution — just politicians “to fix things” — while ignoring the fact that Democrats have spent years pushing exactly the revolutionary policies he claims to oppose.
Maher then called for a “return to normalcy,” even while admitting Trump has been right on several major issues. He claimed Trump “will not concede an election,” but once again overlooked the years of Democrats denying the legitimacy of elections stretching back to 2000. Still, he floated the fantasy that maybe the GOP could go back to some pre-Trump era — if Trump, Rubio, and J.D. Vance return things to how they “used to be.”
He also criticized both political parties and asked, “Why can't either one be normal?” — a line that sounded more like a plea from someone frustrated with the very party he continues to vote for. And despite attacking Trump yet again, he openly admitted Trump was right on the border, NATO, and even DEI. “He showed that you can close the border,” Maher said, adding that Trump “just did it too far,” because people supposedly “don’t like to see people tackled at Home Depot.”
Maher’s comments reveal what many conservatives already know: even outspoken liberals can see that left-wing policies have become dangerous, unpopular, and detached from reality. They can admit Trump was right on border security, foreign policy, and cultural issues — but still cling to the Democratic Party out of habit. Maher may flirt with voting Republican, but his own excuses show how deeply broken his side has become.