{"id":2270761,"date":"2024-06-18T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-larry-wilmore-tells-bill-maher-that-bidens-morehouse-speech-was-condescending\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:21:24","slug":"comedian-larry-wilmore-tells-bill-maher-that-bidens-morehouse-speech-was-condescending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-larry-wilmore-tells-bill-maher-that-bidens-morehouse-speech-was-condescending\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Larry Wilmore criticizes Biden&#8217;s Morehouse speech as &#8216;condescending&#8217; on Bill Maher&#8217;s show"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcomedian-larry-wilmore-tells-bill-maher-that-bidens-morehouse-speech-was-condescending%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=2270761&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>Leftist\u2062 comedian Larry Wilmore, who is black, criticized Joe Biden\u2019s recent speech at Morehouse College as \u201ccondescending\u201d during an interview with Bill Maher. In Biden\u2019s address to \u2064the 2024 graduates \u200cof\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-deputy-campaign-manager-says-second-term-would-finish-the-job-on-key-issues\/\" title=\"Biden's deputy campaign manager vows to complete crucial tasks in second term\">historically black\u2064 college<\/a> in Atlanta, Georgia, he posed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-his-final-broadcasts-limbaugh-displays-what-made-him-so-great\/\" title=\"In His Final Broadcasts, Limbaugh Displays What Made Him So Great\">rhetorical question<\/a> about the nature of democracy and the need for fairness in opportunities. Comparing \u200cthis speech to Barack Obama&#8217;s 2013 address at the same institution, Maher highlighted the differences in their approaches. The discussion between Wilmore and Maher reflects critical viewpoints on \u200bBiden&#8217;s communication style and content at the event.  <\/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<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leftist comedian Larry Wilmore, who is black, said in an interview with Bill Maher that Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leading-palestinian-cleric-omicron-due-to-tolerance-of-homosexuality-deadly-bigotry\/\" title=\"Leading Palestinian Cleric: Omicron Due to Tolerance of Homosexuality \u2014 \u2018Deadly Bigotry\u2019\">recent address<\/a> at a historically black college was \u201ccondescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden addressed the 2024 graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, last month. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/05\/19\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-morehouse-college-class-of-2024-commencement-address-atlanta-ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> the graduates, \u201cWhat is democracy if you have to be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9-wW6wzz5wM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conversation<\/a> between Wilmore and Maher, the two compared Biden\u2019s address to one delivered by former president Barack Obama at the same college in 2013. Maher called the differences between the two presidents \u201cnight and day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObama\u2019s was all about [how] so many doors have been broken down, you have so many good reasons to hope, and no more excuses,\u201d Maher said. \u201cAnd it went over way better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher explained that Obama\u2019s address emboldened graduates, while Biden\u2019s rhetoric was far more defeatist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of forcing you to prove you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-to-712000\/\" title=\"U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 712,000\">ten times<\/a> better,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe\u2019re breaking down doors so you have a hundred times more opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of Biden\u2019s speech, Wilmore said, \u201cIt\u2019s condescending.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCondescending, yes,\u201d echoed Maher.<\/p>\n<p>In the address, Biden continued his depressing tone when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/05\/19\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-morehouse-college-class-of-2024-commencement-address-atlanta-ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> to graduates, \u201cAnd most of all, what does it mean, as we\u2019ve heard before, to be a black man who loves his country even if it doesn\u2019t love him back in equal measure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher added, \u201cBut Biden\u2019s [speech] was just so, like I thought 2000-late,\u201d Maher said. <\/p>\n<p>Wilmore also brought up Biden\u2019s comments to Charlamagne tha God that sparked controversy during the 2020 election cycle. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not half as obnoxious as when Biden told Charlamagne,\u201d Maher said, to which Wilmore interjected, \u201c\u2018If you ain\u2019t black.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kamden Mulder is a summer intern at The Federalist. 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