Bill Maher on Why ‘October Surprise’ Won’t Knock Trump Out of Election

With the 2024 presidential election simply weeks away, Bill Maher urged folks to cease hoping for an “October surprise” that may “save us from a second Trump term.”

Throughout his “New Rules” section on HBO’s Actual Time with Bill Maher Friday, the host argued that the previous president may commit the worst crimes “and it wouldn’t move the needle at all” or “knock Donald Trump out of the race.”

“He’s banged a porn star and attempted a coup, he steals from charities. If you’re waiting for an October surprise to knock him out, dream on. There are better odds of another Joker musical,” Maher stated, referencing the Joker: Folie à Deux field workplace flop earlier this month.

The comic continued, “Trump said last week that really doing the Purge, like in the movie, might be a good crime-fighting technique. He’s the only candidate where the voters hope he doesn’t keep his campaign promises.”

Maher emphasised that Democrats have “gotten so used to thinking there’s always an October surprise coming, that when it doesn’t happen, it actually seems weird… like a party at Diddy’s house where you just dance.” However he added that “you can’t surprise the voter who has seen it all.”

“The Access Hollywood tape in 2016 was a classic October surprise, and many people thought it was one that would work, as grabbing pussy is generally frowned upon,” the host stated for instance of a failed “October surprise” since he gained the election that yr. He continued, “Including by James Comey, who was so disgusted by it, he reopened an investigation into Hillary [Clinton] a few weeks later.”

Maher went on to elucidate why it looks like it doesn’t matter what scandal Trump will get himself in, his place within the election gained’t be impacted within the eyes of his supporters. “Trump’s superpower as a candidate is that he’s been so constantly and ubiquitously awful for so long, that it’s simply no longer seen, the way that you wouldn’t notice a new face tattoo on Post Malone,” he stated.

Nevertheless, the host identified that Kamala Harris is “very vulnerable” to an “October surprise” as a result of “she’s the only one who’s still undefined.”

The visitors featured on the newest episode of Actual Time have been David Hogg, Mark Cuban and Joe Scarborough.