{"id":2415080,"date":"2025-03-25T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-has-emerged-as-voice-of-reason-in-democratic-party-joe-concha-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:56:45","slug":"bill-maher-has-emerged-as-voice-of-reason-in-democratic-party-joe-concha-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-has-emerged-as-voice-of-reason-in-democratic-party-joe-concha-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher has emerged as \u2018voice of reason\u2019 in Democratic Party: Joe Concha &#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\">32<\/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-has-emerged-as-voice-of-reason-in-democratic-party-joe-concha-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=2415080&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>In a recent evaluation by Joe Concha from the Washington Examiner, Bill Maher has been characterized as the &#8220;voice of reason&#8221; within the Democratic Party.Concha highlights Maher&#8217;s willingness to engage in discussions with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">individuals holding opposing viewpoints<\/a>, contrasting him with many in the Democratic Party, notably politicians and media figures. Maher is set to meet with former President Donald Trump, emphasizing Trump&#8217;s approach of engaging with those outside his ideology as beneficial for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twelve-days-of-wex-mas-abortion-down-the-ticket-in-2024\/\" title=\"Abortion declines in 2024 elections\">upcoming 2024 election campaign<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During his podcast, Maher responded to critics of his willingness to meet with Trump, asserting his right to engage without adopting the exclusive attitudes that critics may impose. Concha also comments on the transition of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has shifted towards more open dialogues, paralleling Maher&#8217;s approach. Furthermore, Concha addressed the lack of public sentiment for former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, suggesting her role was one of the hardest in defending President Biden&#8217;s administration.The discussion reflects a broader commentary on political discourse and the challenges faced by public figures in maintaining respect and open dialogue across party lines.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bill Maher has emerged as &lsquo;voice of reason&rsquo; in Democratic Party: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2074404\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Concha<\/a> assessed how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">late-night host<\/a> and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Maher<\/a> has become &ldquo;the voice of reason&rdquo; within the Democratic Party, contending that this is why his show remains popular in the modern age.<\/p>\n<p>Maher detailed how he would be visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> to meet with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> in his latest podcast episode, with the late-night host assessing how Trump&rsquo;s willingness to meet and talk with various people of differing ideologies aided him in the 2024 election cycle. Concha, a senior writer for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, found it &ldquo;interesting&rdquo; how Maher is willing to reach out and talk to other people outside his political beliefs, putting him in contrast against many within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3358229\/progressive-influencer-kat-abughazaleh-primary-bid-schakowsky\/\">Progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh launches primary bid against longtime House Democrat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3358186\/stephen-a-smith-bill-oreilly-clash-trump-lower-debt\/\">Stephen A. Smith and Bill O&#8217;Reilly clash on Trump&#8217;s ability to lower debt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3358217\/house-schedules-federal-judges-hearing-mike-johnson-tamps-down-impeachment-talk\/\">House schedules federal judges hearing as Mike Johnson tamps down impeachment talk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Bill Maher has largely become the voice of reason on the Democratic side,&rdquo; Concha explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll never vote Republican. He&rsquo;s shown he&rsquo;s clearly not a fan of President Trump&rsquo;s policies, but he respects the office and he&rsquo;s willing to have a conversation, and that is so much more than mostly everybody on the blue team, we&rsquo;re talking lawmakers or those in the media, can say about themselves. So yeah, Bill Maher again in the news this week, he&rsquo;ll be at the White House. That&rsquo;s good for his brand, good for his show, and it&rsquo;s great that he listens. So Bill Maher, the voice of reason; go figure.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2859204&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=738f1c1b7d032eb2986ad0974ad65bdc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Maher&rsquo;s <em>Club Random<\/em> podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356422\/bill-maher-refuses-play-mean-girls-game-critics-trump-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the late-night host rebuffed criticism over his meeting with Trump<\/a>, telling critics &ldquo;f*** you&rdquo; and he would not be &ldquo;playing this game that you mean girls play.&rdquo; Maher also noted how Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) has &ldquo;changed his tune&rdquo; following the 2024 election, as the governor has started a podcast to engage in friendly debate with Trump allies.<\/p>\n<p>Concha also addressed recent comments from former White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>, in which she revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/karine-jean-pierre-says-she-doesnt-miss-press-secretary-job-exclusive-11702153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">she does not &ldquo;miss&rdquo; her role in the Biden administration<\/a>. The senior writer said he was certain that &ldquo;almost no one misses her&rdquo; in the role but acknowledged that she had &ldquo;one of the hardest jobs&rdquo; one could ever have, defending former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356575\/trump-spat-60-minutes-george-clooney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP RENEWS SPAT WITH 60 MINUTES OVER EPISODE WITH &lsquo;FAILED POLITICAL PUNDIT&rsquo; GEORGE CLOONEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Knowingly lying to the American people by saying that his brain actually hadn&rsquo;t turned to applesauce and that he had the stamina of an average college basketball player and the mental acuity of Stephen Hawking,&rdquo; Concha stated. &ldquo;So she had to go up there and say these things, probably knowing that they weren&rsquo;t true.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Concha then joked that he was surprised ABC&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The View<\/a><\/em>  had not tried to recruit her as a co-host, suggesting that she would be a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trump-and-rubio-reconciled-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How ... and Rubio reconciled- ...\">perfect fit&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for the network&rsquo;s &ldquo;insane asylum.&rdquo; He also found it odd how Jean-Pierre has yet to find a new job in cable news, since this is typically the route many former White press secretaries take.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2074404\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2074404\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Maher is seen as the &#8216;voice of reason&#8217; in the Democratic Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2415081,"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\/2025\/03\/Maher-meeting-with-Trump-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32100,32923,52093,44558,32076],"class_list":["post-2415080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bill-maher","tag-democratic-party","tag-joe-concha","tag-voice-of-reason","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Maher-meeting-with-Trump-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415080","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415084,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415080\/revisions\/2415084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}