Bill Maher Presses JD Vance on 2020 Claims as Trump Approval Sits in Low 30s
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Updated · The Independent · Jun 27
Bill Maher Presses JD Vance on 2020 Claims as Trump Approval Sits in Low 30s
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jun 27
Summary
On HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher challenged Vice President JD Vance to help end Trump’s repeated claims that Democrats cheated in 2020, saying Republicans must be able to concede elections.
Vance agreed his party should concede losses, but defended Trump’s “core argument” by saying tech companies censored negative information about the left in 2020 and tilted the debate.
Maher mocked Trump’s focus on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, arguing the issue is hurting the president politically and joking that his approval is now in the low 30s, 25% among independents.
The exchange sharpened a point Maher had already raised with Vance earlier in the episode: he could consider backing a Republican in 2028, but only if the party abandons its election-denial posture.