Late-night host Bill Maher said progressive darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) would be a “fantastic candidate” for the White House – if she “had some deprogramming.”

That half-hearted endorsement came during a discussion with comedian Patton Oswalt on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast on Monday, as the pair drank glasses of brown liquor.

“If she had some deprogramming, she could be such a fantastic candidate,” Maher pontificated about AOC.

“She’s never going to resonate with people outside of the bubble she lives in, in the very, very far left,” he added.

Maher nodded to the New York Times – claiming he has long fought the newspaper over the need for more moderate Dems in politics – which recently published an editorial calling for more centrist figures in politics.

“I mean,

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