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A liberal television icon issued a blunt warning to the Democratic Party about the upcoming midterm elections after a rash of far-left socialists won primary elections last week.
Bill Maher, a comedian known for his political commentary, said Democrats are “well on their way” to blowing the November midterms after voting for three “outright really crazy” socialists in New York’s primary elections rather than their more establishment Democrat counterparts.
Three socialists, Darializa Avila Chevalier, New York State Assembywoman Claire Valdez and former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander all won Democratic primaries in New York City congressional districts last Tuesday.
Bill Maher attends the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor gala at The Kennedy Center on June 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Shannon Finney/WireImage)
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In the wake of the socialist sweep, Maher was asked Sunday during an event in Washington, D.C. about comments he made claiming the 2026 midterms are the Democratic Party’s to lose.
“I did say that, it was about two months ago, and you see how quickly the news changes in just two months, because that was before the Supreme Court made a ruling on voting rights,” said Maher, referencing the April Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which said congressional districts in that state had been illegally racially gerrymandered.
Maher, who has recently become a voice for moderate Democrats, made the comments just before accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Maher hosts “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO and is a late night comedian icon.
“So, that has changed just in the last two months and then the Democrats just elected three very far-left democratic socialists in New York who are crazy — like outright really crazy — so like, how are they gonna blow it? I don’t know but they seem to be well on their way.”
Mark Twain Prize recipient Bill Maher attends the 27th Mark Twain Prize For American Humor Gala at The Kennedy Center on June 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
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Maher’s comments echoed those of a growing list of Democrats who are concerned about a far-left socialist takeover of the party.
Avila Chevalier, in particular, is a rabid anti-borders activist, and has argued for completely abolishing police and prisons. She also made a series of anti-American posts on a since-deleted X account.
She trashed the United States on multiple occasions — one time calling her home country “a f—ing disgrace.”
“I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” she said in yet another deleted post.
Avila Chevalier has called for the abolition of prisons and police and mocked black and Arab men for “fetishizing ugly colonizer women,” referring to white women.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, U.S. Democratic House candidate for New York, speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026, ahead of the state’s primary election on June 23. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Valdez’s socialist bona fides, on the other hand, include outwardly called for the abolishment of ICE, which she described as a “fascist agency” and accused them of “terrorizing” the community and “kidnapping” people.
Lander, meanwhile, left the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in 2023 over their response to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200 Israeli concertgoers.
Still, he has also called for the abolition of ICE, the defunding of the NYPD and has spewed anti-white rhetoric, even intimating that he could be a white supremacist simply because of his skin color.
State Rep. Claire Valdez, a Democrat from New York and U.S. House candidate, arrives for a canvass launch ahead of the primary election in Brooklyn, New York, on June 22, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said Avila Chevalier shouldn’t be able to serve in Congress under the Democratic Party name.
“I don’t think that the congressional Democrats should seat her as a member of the Democratic Party. She actually describes herself as a democratic socialist,” he said in an interview with ’ Kayleigh McEnany on “Saturday in America.”
“I don’t have anything in common with someone that says that they’re against interracial dating or doesn’t want to have any incarceration for convicted felons.”
Democratic strategist James Carville doubled down on his comments that President Donald Trump “will resign next spring” in a video for Politicon posted on June 17, 2026. (Politicon/YouTube)
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has also spoken out about the socialist takeover in his own party.
“Anti-Israel. Anti-America. Anti-Western Civilization,” he said on X. “Why am I the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate that refuses to excuse this or defend any of those self-identified communists?”
