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DAVID MARCUS: Bill Maher's no Republican, he's just a rare Democrat who thinks

The column comes as a third attempt was made on Trump's life at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night

By David Marcus Fox News

Published April 26, 2026 6:04pm EDT | Updated April 26, 2026 6:33pm EDT

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Bill MaherBill Maher's "Real Time" show on HBO has become something of a unicorn in the modern political media landscape, a place where liberals and conservatives can actually have substantive conversations rather than simply sling mud.

A big part of what allows for this unique discourse is that Maher is an unconventional Democrat. He's something of a dinosaur, with a political view that seems stuck in the tar pits of 1990s Bill Clintonism. He is in some ways the avatar of the Democratic Party that was.

Bill Maher on the set of his podcast, "Club Random." (Screenshot/Club Random Media)

Maher remains pro-Israel, regularly rolls his eyes at the excesses of wokism and the trans movement, has a friendly respect for President Donald Trump, with whom he has dined, and in general is a poster child of "I didn’t leave the party, the party left me." He's even friends with Kid Rock!

This has led many........

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