Bill Maher predicts GOP will get a ‘historical a** whooping’ in November – all thanks to Trump

Comedian Bill Maher says Republicans are headed for a crushing defeat in the November midterm elections, and he puts the blame on President Donald Trump. Speaking Sunday with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher said Trump overreached after taking office, and he predicted a "classic, historical a** whooping" for the GOP. Zakaria had raised an analysis by Nate Silver pointing toward a Democratic wave, according to The Independent.

Maher argued that American politics follows a pattern in which winners push their agenda too far, and said Joe Biden did so with "wokeness" while being too feeble to resist the far left. He said Trump has alienated even many of his own supporters, citing broken promises on Epstein, avoiding wars, the economy, inflation and gas prices. He also pointed to the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

The Independent reports that several polls suggest Republicans could lose both the House and the Senate, and a Siena University survey showed Democratic gubernatorial candidates ahead in four red states, though some Republicans note polls have erred before. Maher said 2028 could look different, calling the Democratic Socialists of America a "crazy animal" that now energizes the party.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →