One of the left’s most vocal critics just gave Democrats a reality check on why they keep losing key cultural figures—and voters along with them.
Key Facts:
- Bill Maher criticized Democrats for trying to find “their Joe Rogan,” saying they should focus on why they lost him in the first place.
- Rogan, once a supporter of Bernie Sanders, endorsed Donald Trump in 2024 after growing disillusioned with the left.
- Maher compared Rogan’s political shift to Elon Musk’s, saying both were driven away by the Democratic Party’s bad attitudes and bad ideas.
- Rogan and Musk have both said the party moved so far left that it made them appear conservative by contrast.
- Maher argued Democrats still have a chance to win back voters like Rogan and Musk—if they stop alienating them.
The Rest of The Story:
On his HBO show Real Time, Bill Maher dismantled the Democratic strategy of finding a “liberal Joe Rogan,” calling it backward.
“Ask yourself why you lost the old one,” he said, pointing out that Rogan had once been a reliable voice on the left.
Rogan endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2020 but made waves in 2024 when he endorsed Donald Trump.
He later explained that the Democratic Party had “left him,” echoing a viral Elon Musk tweet from 2022 showing how far the party had moved left.
Rogan said, “I was on their side.”
Maher argued that Democrats’ treatment of figures like Rogan and Musk—including public efforts to cancel them—contributed to their political shift.
“You think people don’t remember when you do this s— to them?” he asked.
Despite his own continued affiliation with the left, Maher said Democrats still have a chance to win back people like Joe and Elon.
.@TheDemocrats should consider this: instead of conjuring up a new Joe Rogan, ask yourself why you lost the old one, because he used to be on your side. pic.twitter.com/ENS3SqXOaC
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) June 7, 2025
Commentary:
Maher’s monologue wasn’t just a comedy routine—it was a cultural gut punch to Democrats who refuse to reflect on how they lost touch with ordinary Americans.
Instead of producing another influencer with left-leaning views, they might consider why people like Rogan and Musk abandoned ship.
Rogan isn’t some hard-right firebrand.
He was a Bernie Sanders guy.
That means Democrats didn’t lose him to right-wing propaganda—they lost him by pushing policies and attitudes that became too extreme, too judgmental, and too detached from reality.
It’s the same story with Elon Musk.
He didn’t change; the Democratic Party did.
Their obsession with identity politics, cancel culture, and attacking success left little room for anyone who doesn’t conform 100% to their worldview.
People remember being shunned and vilified just for thinking differently.
And yet, Democrats seem to believe their problem is “messaging.”
It’s not.
The issue is their actual positions—on crime, the economy, gender ideology, and censorship.
You can’t fix public backlash with better PR when voters are reacting to what you actually stand for.
The smart move would be to moderate—to stop punishing dissent and show respect for different viewpoints.
But that’s unlikely.
The coalition that runs the modern Democratic Party won’t allow it.
Their base demands purity, not pragmatism.
Until that changes, Democrats can expect more defections from culturally influential centrists.
And those losses aren’t just symbolic—they cost elections.
So Maher’s advice, while valid, will likely be ignored.
Democrats won’t course correct until they suffer another beating at the polls.
Only then might they wake up and realize the majority of Americans don’t want what they’re selling.
The Bottom Line:
Bill Maher exposed the Democratic Party’s real problem: not that they lack a “Joe Rogan,” but that they drove away the original.
Voters and cultural figures aren’t leaving the left because they’ve changed—but because the left has.
Unless Democrats start listening to criticism from within, they’ll keep losing not just elections, but the cultural ground they once dominated.
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