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Maher feels 'vindicated' after Katie Porter's defeat in California Senate race: 'We don't like each other'
“Real Time” host Bill Maher took a victory lap at the expense of Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., saying he feels “quite vindicated” following her defeat in the California Senate race last week.
Porter was shut out of California’s jungle primary on Super Tuesday with her Democratic colleague Rep. Adam Schiff and former Los Angeles Dodgers player turned GOP hopeful Steve Garvey advancing to the general election. After earning just 15% of the vote, Porter claimed the race was “rigged” by “an onslaught of billionaires” who spent millions on ads attacking her.
During the “Overtime” segment of his HBO show on Friday, Maher highlighted a viewer’s question about Porter’s claim, noting she had been a guest on his show, though “not successfully.”
“We don’t like each other,” Maher told the panel, sparking laughs from the audience. “No, it’s true. I mean, she would say the same thing. But you can’t get along [with everybody].”
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U.S. Representative Katie Porter attends The 2022 MAKERS Conference at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach on October 25, 2022 in Dana Point, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The MAKERS Conference)
He went on to mock Porter’s claim that her race was “rigged,” invoking his impersonation of former President Trump.
“That’s why I’m always saying to the Trump people, you think he’s so macho, and you’re the big tough guys, but the basic tough thing that a tough guy would do is be able to say I lost and not pout, and not be a whiny little b—-,” Maher said.
Maher’s comments followed a couple of icy exchanges the two of them had on his show.
Back in 2019, Maher led a panel discussion about abortion, an issue he admits to being “squishy” on, as he revealed that doctors told his mother not to have another child following the difficult birth of his older sister.
“Look, your mom made her choice, and we’re all here with the consequences of that choice,” Porter said, roasting Maher, who appeared to take offense as the audience laughed hysterically.
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“Real Time” host Bill Maher. (HBO) (Screenshot/HBO)
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Maher jokingly told the audience, “F— you.”
“I’m asking the hard questions,” Maher said.
“I just want to say God bless Mrs. Maher. God bless her for having you. I’m sure it wasn’t easy,” Porter further piled on the host. “I’m a mom of three kids, it ain’t easy, but the point is she and your father- and she made her choice.”
“Again, I’m arguing what you’re pretending I’m arguing for!” Maher exclaimed before lashing out at his panel and audience for laughing.
Fast-forward to 2023, Maher and panelist Piers Morgan were railing against young people in the era of social media, prompting Porter to say the two of them sounded “kind of old and grumpy,” while discussing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, the National Guard Airman accused of leaking classified information to impress other young men and teenagers.
Maher pushed back against her “bulls—.”
“Kids are immature. That’s why they are kids” Porter said,
“Not at 21. Not all over the world,” Maher responded.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and former Los Angeles Dodgers player-turned-GOP hopeful Steve Garvey will face off in California’s Senate election in November. (Getty Images)
“Yes! 21-year-olds are immature!” Porter shouted. “That’s why we don’t let them drink until they’re 21. That’s why some of us don’t think that 20-year-olds or 19-year-olds ought to be able to get AR-15s.”
“They can go fight! They can be in the army,” Maher said. “They can vote. I thought if you vote, you should be able to have a certain level of maturity. They’re deciding whether you should be in Congress or not.”
“Well, by the way, I win those votes,” Porter touted. “I win those votes, and I’m proud of it.”
“But you just said you win the votes of the immature,” Maher shot back.
“The immature- well, first off, immaturity is not necessarily an age thing,” Porter argued.
“You just played the age card,” Maher called her out. “You were like, our argument sucks because we’re old, which is so- that’s getting so boring.”
“Shouldn’t we critique each other on the content of our ideas, not on those identity politics?” Maher asked.
“But Bill, your whole complaint was that they’re young,” Porter doubled down.
“My complaint is that our young are immature compared to other countries and other times in history,” Maher hit back. “We raise very immature people because we coddle them, we give them sense of entitlement, they don’t have to learn anything in school.”
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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Gunfire on 35th
9:52 PM: After 911 got a call from a driver who reported another driver shooting at her in a “road-rage incident,” police have found “casings all over” the 35th SW and SW Morgan vicinity. No report of injuries; the victim said the shooter was in a ‘white BMW SUV.” Police closed Morgan between 34th and 35th while investigating and collecting evidence.
(WSB photos)
10:09 PM: Our crew at the 35th/Morgan scene estimates at least 15-20 markers on the ground and notes that the highest number they’ve seen on a marker is 24. Adding photos.
Meantime, over radio, police say the shooting started further south on 35th, between Trenton and Elmgrove.

10:36 PM: Officers told dispatch they’re reopening Morgan.
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Morning Report: Senator Wants Redo on County Reforms
The big package of reforms county supervisors want to put on the ballot has to go through one more approval before it’s officially something voters will consider in November.
At least one state senator hopes they will change it significantly before it does.
Sen. Catherine Blakespear told our Politics Report team that she finds the measure “outrageous” not because of what it does, necessarily, but because of when it does it.
Main beef: Blakespear said she is uncharacteristically calling out her fellow Democrats at the county because the proposal includes limiting supervisors’ terms to three. Right now they’re limited to two terms in office. If, she says, such a change is a good one for the long term, then they should do it for future supervisors, not themselves.
“It’s unquestionably a self-serving power grab. It gives us all a bad name,” she said. She also objected to parts of it that would limit the terms of the sheriff, district attorney, assessor and treasurer-tax collector.
Also: We have a report about the disappointing revenue numbers from the trash tax the city began collecting. They didn’t anticipate people would want smaller bins at the level they do.
The Politics Report is for Voice of San Diego donors.
You can read it here.
Correction: The original version of the Politics Report included a line about what other legislators who represent San Diego think about putting term limits on the district attorney, sheriff and others. This was the result of a misunderstanding and has been removed.
Sacramento Report: The ‘Stop Nick Shirley Bill’
Some Republican state lawmakers fear a proposed state bill intended to protect the privacy of people who work with immigrants would stop “citizen journalists” from investigating fraud.
GOP lawmakers coined Assemblymember Mia Bonta’s bill the “Stop the Nick Shirley Act,” after a conservative activist whose videos about Somali-operated Minnesota day care centers spurred a immigration-enforcement surge.
At the bill’s hearing, people testified they feared violence because they provide legal, health or social services to immigrants. Bonta’s bill would allow those workers to provide a substitute mailing address to the secretary of state’s office to protect their privacy, akin to survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse.
Nadia Lathan, our Sacramento Reporter, is also tracking a bill that would delay government response times to public records requests. Many city and county governments back the bill because they say people are abusing requests. First Amendment and civil liberties groups worry the elongated timeline would dissuade people from filing public records.
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VOSD Podcast: Those County Reforms
On the latest episode, our hosts talk about your ballot and the city of San Diego’s budget trouble.
First up! San Diego County supervisors have officially taken the first step to put a measure on the ballot that would extend their term limits. But there are other county government reforms in that measure that are way more interesting.
Next, Mayor Todd Gloria released his proposed budget. Some folks are very mad, but we saw that coming. We explain the proposed cuts on the show.
Finally: You got to be delusional to run for governor of California. The podcast crew goes through a voter guide to explore some of your more interesting options.
Listen here!
In Other News
- Baja California officials convicted a woman to 20 years in prison in connection with the execution-style killings of surfers from San Diego and Australia two years ago. (NBC 7)
- SDG&E released a proposed route for a new transmission line from Imperial Valley to the Orange County border. At least one desert conservation group is already opposing the power line. (Union-Tribune)
- Construction on controversial tiny homes for unhoused people began in Lemon Grove. (Union-Tribune)
- New report says we have dirty air. (KPBS)
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