Overview
- On his Club Random podcast, Maher said Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney are angry at him and he was sorry for offending them, while affirming his disagreement with cutting off relatives over politics.
- Maher positioned himself as belonging to the Democratic Party’s “talk to them” wing and argued against issuing ultimatums to family members about their votes.
- He pointed back to his November 21 Real Time segment, saying he could think of “100” reasons not to vote for Donald Trump but would not present them as an ultimatum.
- McNearney previously said she emailed relatives a list of “10 reasons not to vote” for Trump and confirmed she severed ties with family members who supported him.
- Maher said he likes Kimmel, is not close to him personally, hopes they remain friends, and described the dispute as evidence of a “liberals and the woke” schism.