Bill Maher urges Kamala Harris to stand up to an 'extremist' on the Democratic side: 'Sister Souljah moment'

Comedian Bill Maher encouraged Vice President Kamala Harris to target an extremist connected nan Democratic broadside connected Friday during "Real Time," referencing a "Sister Souljah moment."

"It’s not excessively precocious for Kamala Harris to do what galore person been calling for her to do since she became nan candidate: person a Sister Souljah moment. And if you weren’t astir successful 1992, fto maine show you what a Sister Souljah infinitesimal means. It’s erstwhile you gain cred pinch nan mediate of nan roadworthy voters by opinionated up to an extremist successful your ain coalition," he said, referencing erstwhile erstwhile President Clinton had denounced nan rapper and activist's remarks astir title while he was moving for president.

Maher, who supports nan vice president and routinely criticizes erstwhile President Trump, has besides criticized nan acold left. The comedian precocious said Harris needed to person undecided voters that she's not portion of nan "worst excesses of nan left."

"After nan L.A. riots successful ’92, she said, if location are immoderate bully White people, I haven’t met them," Maher explained. "But she besides said if Black group termination Black group each day, why not person a week and termination White people? And Bill Clinton, looking for an easy target and besides good alert that sidesplitting White group would decimate our Olympic snowboard team, rebuked Souljah and came retired against taking a week to termination Whitey. And yes, that was seen arsenic courageous. It was an easy win."

Bill Maher encourages VP Kamala Harris to person a "Sister Souljah" moment. (Left:  (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images), Right:  (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images))

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Maher explained that erstwhile President Obama besides had a "Sister Souljah" infinitesimal erstwhile he denounced a reverend who "claimed nan authorities purposefully engineered AIDS to termination minorities and said nan words ‘Goddamn America.'"

Maher suggested Harris could make a reside astir George Floyd's execution successful 2020, and asked White Americans to understand really nan footage of nan murder, would "affect you if that was nan history of your race." 

"I deliberation astir Americans would beryllium sympathetic," Maher said. "And past admit that successful 2020 nan near sewage a small carried away."

"Looting was rebranded arsenic Justice shopping. We stopped arresting shoplifters. Anti-Racist Baby was a champion seller. Corporations took DIY to ludicrous lengths. We opened our hearts to each who wanted to travel present and past besides our borders. Portland decriminalized each narcotics and Seattle group up a nary bull area until they had to reverse people connected both," Maher said. 

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters successful Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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"When Kamala says, ‘we’re not going back,’ nan undecided elector thinks, No, I don’t want to get connected nan short autobus backmost to Trump Town, but I besides don’t want to spell backmost to 2020. Please, God, don’t make maine beryllium done different 1 of those firm mandated sensitivity training sessions," he said. "When nan Harris run launched, they sewage awesome traction by calling Trump and Vance weird. That was good. Weird was working. People are tired of weird. And ever since Donald Trump decided to predominate our f------ lives, nan Democrats statement has been we'll reconstruct normal. Well, if what you’re trading is let’s beryllium normal again, here’s an idea. Be normal. America doesn’t request a revolution. It needs fixing," Maher said. 

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Maher said during nan section that it was a correction for Harris to not spell connected Joe Rogan's podcast. Maher besides asked his guests, which included CNN's Van Jones and Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, astir Trump's stint arsenic a fry navigator astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald's.

"I deliberation erstwhile you person personification who is simply a world-famous superstar, who's a billionaire, etc, etc, and they do thing you don't expect, it's superb media," Jones said, arsenic Maher agreed. "And I deliberation we sewage to admit that this feline is beating nan pants disconnected of america pinch these alleged publicity stunts. It gets into everybody's feeds. And group who are not looking astatine authorities will look astatine that. I deliberation we conscionable person to person much nosy ourselves."