FOX NEWS -- "Real Time" host Bill Maher is not rallying behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as the Democratic nominee in 2028.

Maher began the panel discussion Friday by pointing to how the prominent "Squad" member and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have been getting large crowds at their "Fight Oligarchy" rallies across the country, prompting one audience member to loudly clap. 

"Thank you," Maher reacted to the audience member. "There's that same guy, I call him the ‘always wrong’ guy – I'm kidding."

"But I feel like big crowds, again, these shiny objects that the Democrats chase. It's not about the big crowds when you're talking at a festival or wherever they are, because I think that Bernie showed up at Coachella. That must've been fun for the fans," Maher continued. "It's who shows up on Election Day. And I just don't see that's the ticket." 

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