“They would never be happy unless JD Vance<\/a> walked out and I punched him in the nose,” Maher told Fox News Digital. “That\u2019s the only thing that would satisfy certain people.”<\/p>\n He continued, “I don\u2019t play that game. I like to actually talk to people.”<\/p>\n BILL MAHER’S DIRE MIDTERM ELECTION WARNING TO DEMS AFTER ‘REALLY CRAZY’ SOCIALISTS WIN PRIMARIES<\/a><\/p>\n Comedian Bill Maher told Vice President JD Vance that his vote is “in play” and said he could back a Republican if the party changes its approach to future election results. (Real Time with Bill Maher\/YouTube)<\/p>\n Maher faced criticism\u00a0after Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” interviewing Vance as some argued he failed to challenge the vice president aggressively enough on political issues.<\/p>\n “For someone who spends every Friday night railing against the Trump administration, he treated its vice president with kid gloves,” an article in Variety claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two discussed the rise of socialism<\/a> in the Democratic Party after three far-left progressive candidates won in New York\u2019s primary elections last week. They spoke on how that impacts the trajectory of both sides of the aisle heading into November\u2019s midterms, with Maher even admitting his vote could flip Republican with the direction the Democratic Party has moved toward.<\/p>\n BILL MAHER TELLS JD VANCE DEMOCRATIC RADICALISM ON ISRAEL AND SOCIALISM COULD PUT HIS VOTE ‘IN PLAY’<\/a><\/p>\n Maher walked the red carpet at the Kennedy Center<\/a> Sunday night as he accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, where he spoke to reporters about his conversation with Vance.<\/p>\n The comedian, whose political commentary has often put him at odds with Trump and other Republicans, said his opinion of the vice president didn\u2019t change after his interview, as he “talks to these guys all the time,” referring to politicians and Republicans. He shared that his conversations with Republicans usually go well.<\/p>\n “Everybody’s a monster till you talk to them,” he said in reference to his interviews with Republicans.<\/p>\n He continued, “Are there things we’re never going to agree on? Yeah.”<\/p>\n BILL MAHER CALLS OUT TRUMP’S ‘BULLS—‘ TRUTH SOCIAL POST ATTACKING HIM<\/a><\/p>\n Bill Maher defended his recent interview with Vice President JD Vance after critics accused the comedian of not being aggressive enough on the Republican. (Cindy Ord\/VF25\/Getty Images for Vanity Fair; Nathan Howard-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Maher pressed Vance during the interview on the Trump administration\u2019s refusal to concede to losing the 2020 election, claiming it was “rigged” by fraudulent voting, interference and censorship in the election against former President Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Bill](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/maher-may-14-show-antisemitism.jpeg\")
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