Bill Maher Says A Second Trump Presidency Would Be Like “Rebooting ‘The Cosby Show’ With Bill Cosby”

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During his opening monologue for tonight’s installment of Real Time with Bill Maher, host Bill Maher cracked jokes across political aisles, taking hits at candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, as well as the Menedez brothers.

Getting started with a Halloween-themed joke ahead of the weekend, he said, “I’ve already seen so many people out, wearing crazy makeup, trying to scare people — what Trump calls campaigning.

Kamala, also, in the Halloween mood; she loves it when the little kids come up on her porch and say those three little words: ‘Please don’t shoot.'” Maher, whose prediction that Harris will win received cheers, cautioned that they’re not through the wringer yet, joking, “Her supporters are getting very nervous, they just can’t put their finger on it, but they feel something is wrong, like when Doug Emhoff drives the babysitter home.” When that comment drew chuckles, Maher added, “We laugh at all sides here, and that’s good.” The second-to-last broadcast ahead of the election, Maher discussed the candidates’ respective closing arguments.

While Harris’ is her mantra of “We’re not going back,” Maher took shots at “troll” Trump’s much-discussed stint at McDonald’s drive-thru. “Trump’s closing argument seems to be, ‘I work at McDonald’s and Arnold Palmer has a big d—,'” he said. (The late pro golfer’s daughter rebuked the former president’s comments directed at her father, calling it “disrespectful and inappropriate.” Trump appeared to go off-script at a Pennsylvania rally where he spoke of Palmer for 10 minutes, saying, “When he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.'” This was also not the first time Trump had made comments about Palmer and