{"id":2232851,"date":"2024-04-29T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-mocks-don-lemon-to-his-face-for-trying-to-play-the-race-card-cmon\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:04:37","slug":"bill-maher-mocks-don-lemon-to-his-face-for-trying-to-play-the-race-card-cmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-mocks-don-lemon-to-his-face-for-trying-to-play-the-race-card-cmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher jokingly mocks Don Lemon for playing the race card: &#8216;C&#8217;mon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-mocks-don-lemon-to-his-face-for-trying-to-play-the-race-card-cmon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232851&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200bcommentary by Allison Anton discusses Bill Maher&#8217;s shift towards right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-of-the-most-cringeworthy-religious-mishaps-from-leading-leftists\/\" title=\"7 Of The Most Cringeworthy Religious Mishaps From Leading Leftists\">-leaning views<\/a> and his recent \u2063controversial statements on &#8220;Real Time\u2062 with \u2062Bill Maher.&#8221; Maher&#8217;s critique of Don Lemon&#8217;s use of race \u200bin discussions was highlighted, sparking a debate on identity politics and uncomfortable \u200dspaces. Lemon&#8217;s \u2064response and Maher&#8217;s probing \u200breflect the tension \u200din their exchange. Allison \u200bAnton&#8217;s commentary delves into \u200dBill\u2063 Maher&#8217;s pivot to right-leaning\u200c perspectives and his contentious remarks\u2062 on &#8220;Real Time with\u200d Bill Maher.&#8221; Maher&#8217;s scrutiny of Don Lemon&#8217;s racial discourse initiates a dialogue\u2063 on identity politics and discomfort. Lemon&#8217;s \u200creaction and\u200c Maher&#8217;s \u200binquiry\u2064 underscore \u2063the friction in their interaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 12:42pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>While the left-leaning political talk show host Bill Maher has irritated both liberals and conservatives in his many years on television, his recent drift towards the right on many issues has led to many interesting moments.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, on Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher,\u201d Maher began the show speaking about the \u201cprivilege\u201d enjoyed by the pro-Palestinian protesters free to ruin other people\u2019s days by blocking highways and other major thoroughfares, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/29\/us-news\/bill-maher-mocks-don-lemon-lamenting-uncomfortable-spaces-as-a-black-gay-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Maher pivoted to a panel discussion on the topic of these obnoxious, not too bright protesters with New York University professor Scott Galloway and disgraced former CNN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stats-don-lemons-new-show-falling-apart-musk-interview-reminds-everyone-dons-unlikeable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Lemon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, as seen in a clip from the show shared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, Lemon couldn\u2019t resist ruining the one decent point he had on the subject with his obsession with race and identity politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don Lemon gets called out by Bill Maher for playing the race card:<br \/> Lemon: \u201cI\u2019m different than you guys. I\u2019m a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-a-grown-a-man-kiss-my-behind-don-lemon-launches-self-pitying-rant-on-new-years-eve\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m A Grown-A** Man \u2026 Kiss My Behind\u2019: Don Lemon Launches Self-Pitying Rant On New Year\u2019s Eve\">black gay man<\/a>, so I live in uncomfortable spaces all the time.\u201d<br \/> Maher: \u201cUncomfortable spaces?\u201d<br \/> Lemon: \u201cI\u2019m often the only person of color in the room.\u201d<br \/> Maher: \u201cThere\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UmHfgb2lBM\">pic.twitter.com\/UmHfgb2lBM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricAbbenante\/status\/1784058062438895694?\">April 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip began with Lemon saying that the protests and their consequences \u201cteaches some of the students to deal with discomfort, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher then asked \u201cyou mean living in the tent?,\u201d to which Lemon replied, as the audience began laughing, \u201cWell, living in the tent, but also \u2014 listen, I\u2019m different than you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Different? How so? Different, being the only liberal shill at the table who somehow managed to get himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-agrees-to-pay-former-host-don-lemon-a-whopping-24-5-million-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> from the most hysterically liberal news network on television?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the establishment media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, as it turned out, not quite.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, what Lemon meant was that \u201cI\u2019m a black, gay man, so I live in uncomfortable spaces all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, please.<\/p>\n<p>After some back and forth between Lemon and Maher, where Lemon seemed not to understand Maher\u2019s questions about what he in particular meant by living in \u201cuncomfortable spaces,\u201d Lemon finally explained, \u201cI\u2019m often the only person of color in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To which Maher, incredulous, responded \u201cThere\u2019s only three of us here, c\u2019mon!\u201d which elicited another explosion of mirth from Maher\u2019s audience.<\/p>\n<p>While the clip on X ended there, the audio of the full show on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ep-657-rfk-jr-scott-galloway-don-lemon\/id98746009?i=1000653749918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> showed that, not only did Maher never walk back his comment, but Lemon never contested what he said, either.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-maher-blasts-biden-saying-cant-fix-border-crisis-without-new-law-receives-massive-applause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maher\u2019s<\/a> jab at Lemon\u2019s self-pitying declaration was meant to be lighthearted, and, to his credit, Lemon seemed to take it all with grace.<\/p>\n<p>However, it did ring true, since it was quite an odd comparison for Lemon to make.<\/p>\n<p>For one, how was there a similarity between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-university-closes-campus-end-semester-anti-israel-protests-go-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college students<\/a> choosing to live in tents in protest of a nation they\u2019ve never been to and whose politics they clearly don\u2019t understand and Lemon being black?<\/p>\n<p>For another, were people really supposed to believe that Lemon, the multimillionaire establishment media icon, has been constantly living in \u201cuncomfortable spaces\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>What did he even mean by that?<\/p>\n<p>Was facing the occasional disagreement from people commensurate to brutal racism and the threat of death faced by black people in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/southern-confederates-believed-racially-superior-northern-whites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confederate South<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/want-civil-war-dems-congress-call-biden-seize-control-texas-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil War<\/a> ended nearly 160 years ago; it is more than time for left-wing media types like Lemon to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being presented as a joke, Maher was absolutely right to press Lemon on what he meant and to ask him to explain it with more specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Because, seeing as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/don-lemon-made-outrageous-demands-host-show-x-elon-musk-ended-talks-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lemon<\/a> could not and did not rebut what Maher had to say, it quickly became apparent that Lemon was simply making things up.<\/p>\n<p>Like the protesters Lemon, Maher, and Galloway devoted the episode to, Lemon had no answer because he never actually thought about it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he took a conjunction of meaningless words and adopted them to brandish his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/made-hate-crimes-control-victimhood-extolled-college-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victimhood<\/a> status.<\/p>\n<p>Only this time, Lemon was among men who wouldn\u2019t let him get away with parroting meaningless left-wing slogans.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent episode of &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher,&#8221; the liberal political talk show host Bill Maher stirred debate by leaning towards the right on various topics, causing a stir among viewers. 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