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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet joined liberal host Bill Maher on Maher’s Club Random podcast on Sunday.
Mamet, who is a supporter of President Donald J. Trump, has said he believes Trump is the “best president since Abraham Lincoln.” During the conversation with Maher, he tried to set the record straight regarding Trump and some controversial subjects, including election results, media, immigration, and January 6.
Maher complained that Trump never conceded the 2020 election, and then claimed that the Jan. 6 events were “inspired” by that.
“How did he inspire people to riot?” Mamet asked.
“By not conceding the election,” Maher answered.
“Oh, come on!” Mamet said. “So, he didn’t say the words ‘I concede’ and that meant people rioted?”
Mamet asked Maher what he thought January 6th was about.
Maher responded: “It was about people who did not hear their leader say, as every other leader in this country has said after an election [loss], ‘OK, I lost. We welcome the new guy. We had disagreements, but now we’re all Americans….’ When Obama took over, George Bush stood next to him and said he wanted him to succeed, Trump didn’t do any of that.”
“OK, so what?” Mamet replied.
“So what?” Maher said. “It inspires half the country to not accept the basic democratic principle that when you lose you go away and become the loyal opposition.”
“You, like me, have built a career out of nothing except talent and a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, but you’re full of s—t!” Mamet said. “I don’t understand when you say that he did not say the words ‘I concede,’ caused half the country, which you just said, to riot.”
Watch the whole episode in the YouTube video below, or scroll through the X posts to watch the relevant moments.
Bill Maher just got steamrolled on his own show.
For years, he’s pushed the narrative that Trump was responsible for January 6—but today, he met his match.
David Mamet, the legendary playwright, torched Maher’s lies about Trump and the 2020 election.
Then Mamet dropped a line… pic.twitter.com/5pg49I38sh
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 1, 2025
That’s when the temperature really rose.
Maher immediately pivoted to familiar Democratic talking points: court challenges, government commissions, cybersecurity panels—all of which, he claimed, proved the election was legitimate.
“It was tested in court like 60 times. It was… pic.twitter.com/c66RL9yFLo
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 1, 2025
The tension continued to build, culminating in a fiery clash over January 6, one of Maher’s favorite subjects.
But not today.
Maher tried to frame Trump as the catalyst for the riot, arguing that the former president’s refusal to concede was to blame.
Mamet didn’t buy the… pic.twitter.com/xFgJPDrQGi
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 1, 2025
In one of the final moments, Mamet turned his attention to the state of the Democratic Party—and he withdrew his flamethrower.
It was a torching to the core of the party.
“Well, the problem is there’s no party anymore. There’s no Democratic Party anymore,” he said. “It’s… pic.twitter.com/Didrsyqjtp
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 1, 2025
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