Bill Maher says AOC shouldn't be Democratic nominee in 2028 despite recent hype

Real Time host Bill Maher is not rallying behind Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N Y as the Democratic nominee in Maher began the panel discussion Friday by pointing to how the prominent Squad member and Sen Bernie Sanders I-Vt have been getting large crowds at their Fight Oligarchy rallies across the country prompting one audience member to loudly clap Thank you Maher reacted to the audience member There's that same guy I call him the invariably wrong guy I'm kidding But I feel like big crowds again these shiny objects that the Democrats chase It's not about the big crowds when you're talking at a festival or wherever they are because I think that Bernie established up at Coachella That must've been fun for the fans Maher continued It's who shows up on Poll Day And I just don't see that's the ticket BILL MAHER DECLARES HIMSELF A HERO FOR CONFRONTING TRUMP AT WHITE HOUSE MEETINGHe took a knock towards the -hour marathon speech given by Sen Cory Booker D-N J as Democrats whacking each other off Sen Tina Smith D-Minn defended Booker's record floor speech as something that energized their party but conceded Democrats have to do a lot more to win back voters And you don't really think AOC should be the candidate do you Maher sought It's not my job to pick who the candidate is going to be Smith responded Oh it's mine Maher quipped And it's not it shouldn't be her It shouldn't be her BILL MAHER REVEALS TRUMP WAS GRACIOUS AND MEASURED AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING SAYS HE'S NOT THE MAN SEEN ON TVOcasio-Cortez has seen a surge in current Democratic primary polls placing second to former Vice President Kamala Harris in one Prominent pollster Nate Silver disclosed this week that she's as of now the most of likely candidate to win the Democratic nomination in although Ocasio-Cortez has not indicated she's running for president Earlier in the show Maher pointed to the viral moment from an AOC-Sanders rally where anti-Israel protesters dropped a Free Palestine banner over the American flag and were ejected by police prompting rallygoers to chant Free Palestine and halt Sanders' speech I kind of worry that that's where the Democratic Party is that this is their next stupid hill to die on Maher commented So the chant of Free Palestine free from whom I would like to ask Do they realize who is really the people who are enslaving the people of Palestine If those moronic people had any knowledge they would say Free Palestine from Hamas author Douglas Murray responded to an agreeing Maher At the very least they would do that CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND HERITAGE NEWSAt another point in the show Maher mocked Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer for her awkward moment last week where she tried to hide her face behind a folder while in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump The two-term governor of a swing state Whitmer is widely seen as a workable candidate We need a better Democrat than that Maher reported