Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed this week that Vice President Kamala Harris won the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in an “open” contest despite not facing any competition as the entire party establishment rallied around her.

Pelosi made the claim during an interview Friday night on HBO’s “Real Time” with liberal comedian Bill Maher.

“Many times when I’m encouraging people to run, especially more women, to run for office,” she said, adding that she believes there is “nothing more wholesome in our political process than that — aren’t we excited about?”

Maher responded, “yes,” drawing laughs from the audience.

“Yes, and sometimes you’re discouraging people to run,” he said in reference to Pelosi reportedly stabbing President Joe Biden in the back by working behind the scenes to force him out of the race. “We’re not going to get into that.”

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Pelosi smiled and responded: “Well, people make their own decisions.”

“Oh, absolutely they do,” Maher responded, causing the audience to erupt in laughter.

Pelosi claimed that Harris won an “open” contest for the nomination despite having no challengers and the entire party falling in line with endorsements from Biden, and former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

“Anybody could have gotten in,” she claimed. “She wrapped it up, you have to give her credit for that.”

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Liberal comedian Bill Maher slammed Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for  “insulting [his] intelligence” during their controversial CNN interview this week.

Maher made the remarks Friday evening on HBO’s “Real Time” while talking about the interview in which the Democratic Party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees made numerous false statements during a softball interview with host Dana Bash.

“I don’t know why we ever thought she was as bad as people thought she was,” he said. “It was like Biden had that one bad night, she had a bad three years.”

He said that both Walz and Harris were “insulting my intelligence” with some of the absurd claims that they made during the interview.

He also slammed Walz for being “a huge liar” over countless issues and stories that he has told.

“When [CNN anchor Dana Bash] said what did you say when Biden called you and said he wasn’t running. ‘Well, I immediately thought of him first,'” Maher mocked Harris as he rolled his eyes. “I mean, fracking … Dana Bash had her dead to rights. It was like, ‘You said this, I have the quote. I’m reading it to you. You said there should be a ban on fracking.’ Why can’t they just go, ‘Yeah, you know what? I got it wrong.’”

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Maher said that it was weird that Harris kept talking about her candidacy being a “new way forward” given the fact that she is effectively the incumbent candidate.

Maher added that it was “odd” that Harris needed an “emotional support VP” with her during the interview as she was unable to do it by herself.

He also repeatedly mocked the interview set-up with Harris and her “emotional support VP.”

“He was just sitting there for a very long time without saying anything,” he said. “He was just nodding while she did all the talking.”