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

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

Throughout his “New Guidelines” section on HBO’s Actual Time with Invoice Maher Friday, the host argued that the previous president may commit the worst crimes “and it wouldn’t transfer the needle in any respect” or “knock Donald Trump out of the race.”

“He’s banged a porn star and tried a coup, he steals from charities. For those who’re ready for an October shock to knock him out, dream on. There are higher odds of one other Joker musical,” Maher stated, referencing the Joker: Folie à Deux field workplace flop earlier this month.

The comic continued, “Trump stated final week that actually doing the Purge, like within the film, could be a great crime-fighting approach. He’s the one candidate the place the voters hope he doesn’t hold his marketing campaign guarantees.”

Maher emphasised that Democrats have “gotten so used to considering there’s at all times an October shock coming, that when it doesn’t occur, it truly appears bizarre… like a celebration at Diddy’s home the place you simply dance.” However he added that “you possibly can’t shock the voter who has seen all of it.”

“The Entry Hollywood tape in 2016 was a basic October shock, and many individuals thought it was one that may work, as grabbing pussy is usually frowned upon,” the host stated for example of a failed “October shock” since he gained the election that yr. He continued, “Together with by James Comey, who was so disgusted by it, he reopened an investigation into Hillary [Clinton] just a few weeks later.”

Maher went on to clarify 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 continually and ubiquitously terrible for thus lengthy, that it’s merely not seen, the way in which that you simply wouldn’t discover a brand new face tattoo on Publish Malone,” he stated.

Nonetheless, the host identified that Kamala Harris is “very susceptible” to an “October shock” as a result of “she’s the one one who’s nonetheless undefined.”

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