{"id":2285914,"date":"2024-06-29T17:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-slams-bidens-debate-performance-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T21:52:49","slug":"bill-maher-slams-bidens-debate-performance-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-slams-bidens-debate-performance-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher slams Biden\u2019s debate performance &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-slams-bidens-debate-performance-washington-examiner%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=2285914&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>Joe Biden&#8217;s performance during a recent debate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-768-billion-defense-spending-bill\/\" title=\"House Passes 8 Billion Defense Spending Bill\">received widespread criticism<\/a>, with negative reviews \u2063including harsh\u200c remarks \u2063from comedian Bill Maher. On his HBO show, Maher \u200dcompared Biden&#8217;s answers unfavorably to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beauties-and-the-beach-miss-universe-hopefuls-express-their-love-for-israel\/\" title=\"Beauties and the Beach: Miss Universe Hopefuls Express Their Love for Israel\">beauty pageant contestants<\/a> \u2063and criticized his coherence,\u2064 using a pun \u2064about Biden&#8217;s well-known affection for \u200btrains \u200cto highlight a \u2062perceived lack of coherent thought. Maher also \u200bmade a controversial comparison involving \u200dactor Amber Heard to \u200dunderscore his view \u2063of Biden&#8217;s performance. The criticism wasn&#8217;t isolated to Maher; notable\u2063 figures including former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris also acknowledged \u2064the poor showing, with Obama remarking that &#8220;bad debate nights \u2063happen.&#8221;  <\/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<p>Joe Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> performance Thursday has generated a myriad of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3064699\/what-political-heavyweights-said-biden-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>negative reviews<\/a>, including from comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Maher<\/a>, who said he has &ldquo;seen beauty pageant contestants answer questions better&rdquo; than the president.<\/p>\n<p>Maher made the remark Friday on his HBO show <em>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em> as he lamented Biden&rsquo;s showing against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Did you see the debate?&rdquo; Maher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTOhA2K6kOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opened<\/a>. &ldquo;In case you missed it, don&rsquo;t worry &mdash;&nbsp;so did one of the contestants. Wow. I mean, Trump told lie after lie after lie. He never would have gotten away with that if Joe Biden was there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maher also invoked Biden&rsquo;s love of trains but jabbed, &ldquo;Apparently not of thought.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to say he s*** the bed, but his new Secret Service name is Amber Heard,&rdquo; Maher said, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3KWkcB-6FM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accusation<\/a> actor Johnny Depp made about his ex-wife during a 2022 defamation trial.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian is one of many people who have chimed in about Biden&rsquo;s performance, joining the likes of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris in acknowledging that it did not go well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bad debate nights happen,&rdquo; Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063871\/obama-support-biden-following-nightmare-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>, while Harris said Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-start-pointing-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden aides start pointing fingers: \u2018Over-prepared when what he needed was rest\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">slow start&#038;rdquo<\/a>; was &ldquo;obvious to everyone.&rdquo; Both, however, framed the 2024 presidential election as a choice.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself,&rdquo; Obama said. &ldquo;Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight &mdash; and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit. Last night didn&rsquo;t change that, and it&rsquo;s why so much is at stake in November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063712\/biden-blames-age-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>acknowledged<\/a> that &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t debate as well as I used to&rdquo; at a campaign rally Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know I&rsquo;m not a young man, to state the obvious,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;I know. I don&rsquo;t walk as easily as I used to. I don&rsquo;t speak as smoothly as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maher has not been shy about criticizing the president despite his intention to vote for him come November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would vote for his head in a jar of blue liquid over Donald Trump, but &hellip; I think it&rsquo;s a moot point at this point,&rdquo; Maher said on an episode of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IbcRSxWvIJM&amp;t=2440s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Club Random<\/em> podcast<\/a> earlier this month. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to f***ing lose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The next presidential debate, which ABC News will host, is scheduled for Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s debate performance on Thursday received widespread criticism, notably from comedian Bill Maher. On his HBO show, Maher compared Biden&#8217;s responses unfavorably to those of beauty pageant contestants, expressing disappointment in his showing against Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2285915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bill-Maher-awards.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,32100,3896],"class_list":["post-2285914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-bill-maher","tag-debate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bill-Maher-awards.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}