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Columnist who calls herself a 'MAGA leftist' shares why Trump's support goes beyond conservatives

President Donald Trump's historic comeback in the 2024 election has left many political pundits dumbfounded, but one writer believes Trump's support among one sizable but little-discussed group carried him over the finish line. And she was one of those voters.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, a columnist for The Free Press and author of "Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women," had a viral exchange with Bill Maher, who challenged her on her support for Trump on last Friday's installment of his HBO program "Real Time."

He mistakenly referred to her as a "conservative Republican."

"I was never a Republican or a conservative," Ungar-Sargon told Maher. "I was a leftist, and I'm still a leftist. I'm just a MAGA leftist now because-"

"That makes no sense," a perplexed Maher reacted.

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Author and columnist Batya Ungar-Sargon perplexed HBO host Bill Maher after she told him she's a "MAGA leftist."

While her label did not ring true to Maher, it did to many others.

"Since I was on Bill Maher, I have gotten thousands, and I mean thousands, of messages from people saying, 'I am just like you. Thank you so much. That's who I am.