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Bill Maher puts 2028 vote 'in play' for Vance, warns DSA is taking over the Democratic Party

8/2/2026

A vote for Vice President JD Vance in 2028 is on the table for HBO host Bill Maher, who said Sunday he would cross party lines if Democrats nominate a candidate aligned with the party's socialist wing.

Speaking on ABC News "This Week" with co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Maher answered directly when asked: "Yes.

If this is the Democratic side, yes." The Democratic Socialists of America's 2026 platform is the specific document he named as his threshold.

Where Maher draws the line Maher's reasoning starts with one hard constraint: Trump cannot run again in 2028, which removes what he described as his prior motivation to vote against the right regardless of what the left offered.

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