A discussion on Bill Maher's HBO show Friday night led to the suggestion that the intensity of the current scandal around Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein could be "sublimated anger" against President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE.

"Real Time" host Maher and Hollywood Reporter co-president Janice Min were discussing what they consider to be similarities between the sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein and those previously made against Trump.

"I have this theory that I think it's all just sublimated anger against Donald Trump, this whole feeding frenzy," Min said.

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Min referenced the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape that was leaked out of NBC to The Washington Post last year during the presidential campaign. She said Weinstein may be serving "possible, tangible crime and punishment” that Trump dodged after going on to win the presidency three weeks after the release of the tape.

“I’ve heard conservatives say it took a village to help Harvey Weinstein. It also took a village to elect the other sex predator," Maher said.

He also noted that sexual mistreatment accusations seem to be "bipartisan." Weinstein is a major Democratic donor.

"I think the only pattern we see is that — how prevalent it is — and how there are walls of secrecy around these cases of abuse everywhere," his guest, Min, said. "Whether it's Penn State, whether it's the Catholic Church, whether it's, you know, the White House politics."

"There's always people covering up for them or enabling their behavior," she added.

Min, who also serves as chief creative officer of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, recalled that Weinstein staffers would talk about his temper tantrums, which included throwing objects during meetings and once punching his brother Bob in the nose.

"But no one in seven years would ever go on the record and say he sexually assaulted someone," said Min.

“If you’ve ever met people who worked at Weinstein Company or Miramax, there’s this palpable PTSD about them," she said.

“I knew this was going on in Hollywood,” Min said. “But not to this extent."

The conversation comes as a new HuffPost-YouGov poll finds that a majority of self-identified Republicans say they believe sexual harassment and assault allegations against Weinstein are credible, but few think similar allegations against Trump are true.

The poll found that 61 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of Democrats believe the allegations against Weinstein are credible. Only three percent of both Democrats and Republicans surveyed said the allegations against Weinstein were not credible.

But when asked about similar allegations against Trump, only 18 percent of Republicans believe they are credible, versus 69 percent of Democrats.

The poll was conducted from Oct. 12-13 among 1,000 U.S. citizens aged 18 and older. The margin of error for the poll was 4.1 percentage points.

Maher will be back with another live program next Friday night at 10 p.m. ET on HBO.