Bill Maher explains why the 'October surprise' won't eliminate Trump from the election

With the 2024 presidential election just weeks away, Bill Maher urged people to stop hoping for an “October surprise” that will “save us from a second Trump term.”

During his “New Rules” segment on HBO In real time with Bill Maher On Friday, the host argued that the former president could commit the worst crimes “and that wouldn't move the needle at all” or “knock Donald Trump out of the race.”

«He fucked a porn star and attempted a coup, he steals from charity. If you're waiting for an October surprise to knock him out, dream on. There are better odds for another Joker musical,” Maher said, referring to the Joker: Folie a Deux flopped at the box office earlier this month.

The comedian continued: “Trump said last week that actually doing the Purge, like in the movie, might be a good crime-fighting technique. He is the only candidate for whom voters hope that he will not keep his electoral promises.”

Maher pointed out that Democrats are “so used to thinking that there's always an October surprise coming, that when it doesn't happen, it feels really weird… like a party at Diddy's house where you just dance.” But he added that “you can't surprise the voter who has seen everything.”

“THE Enter Hollywood the tape in 2016 was a classic October surprise, and a lot of people thought it would work, since pussy grabbing is generally frowned upon,” the host said as an example of a failed “October surprise” since he won the election that year. He continued: “Even James Comey, who was so disgusted by it, reopened an investigation into Hillary [Clinton] a few weeks later.”

Maher went on to explain why it appears that no matter what scandal Trump finds himself in, his place in the election will not be affected in the eyes of his supporters. “Trump's superpower as a candidate is that he has been so consistently and everywhere awful for so long, that you just don't see him anymore, the same way you wouldn't notice a new face tattoo on Post Malone,” he said.

However, the host pointed out that Kamala Harris is “very vulnerable” to an “October surprise” because “she's the only one that's still undetermined.”

The guests present in the last episode of Real time they were David Hogg, Mark Cuban and Joe Scarborough.

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