{"id":2577496,"date":"2026-03-08T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-mahers-switch-up-on-schiff-is-fair-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:06:23","slug":"bill-mahers-switch-up-on-schiff-is-fair-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-mahers-switch-up-on-schiff-is-fair-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher&#8217;s switch-up on Schiff is &#8216;fair&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"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\">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-mahers-switch-up-on-schiff-is-fair-joe-concha%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=2577496&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 Washington Examiner piece centers on Joe Concha praising Bill Maher for a \u201cfair\u201d shift in how he probes Sen. Adam Schiff and President Trump\u2019s approach to foreign conflicts. In Maher\u2019s segment, Schiff is shown a statement attributed to \u201cthe administration\u201d claiming the president has constitutional authority to direct military force if it serves the national interest, and Schiff calls it \u201ctotally vague.\u201d Concha argues that presenting a blunt statement and asking for reactions is legitimate journalism, noting that the quoted line actually dates from Barack Obama\u2019s administration about Libya airstrikes-not from Trump regarding Iran. The article uses this to illustrate how questions about shifting positions can highlight political hypocrisy, while lamenting that Democrats today are less likely to challenge Republicans as Tim Russert once did. It also mentions Republicans\u2019 concern that such narratives could affect the GOP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >affordability messaging ahead<\/a> of the 2026 elections, and notes seven U.S. deaths in the Iran-related conflict, with six bodies returned during a dignified transfer. The piece includes a video embed and related links to other Washington Examiner stories.  <\/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&rsquo;s switch-up on Schiff is &lsquo;fair&rsquo; in showing shifting standards: 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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2525156\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist Joe Concha applauded late-night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">host<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458496\/trump-says-dinner-with-bill-maher-was-a-waste-of-time\/\">Bill Maher&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;craptastically awesome&rdquo; switch-up on Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/4469414\/democrats-boycott-trump-state-of-the-union-for-rally\/\">Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA) and the U.S. president&rsquo;s involvement with foreign conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Maher read Schiff a statement from &ldquo;the administration&rdquo; that said the president had &ldquo;the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force&rdquo; since he could determine if this was in &ldquo;the national interest.&rdquo; Maher asked Schiff, a vocal critic of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484825\/obama-presidential-center-dedication-excludes-invitation-to-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, if this statement is &ldquo;too vague,&rdquo; to which the senator said it&rsquo;s &ldquo;totally vague.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484850\/iran-names-mojtaba-khamenei-new-supreme-leader\/\">Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the new supreme leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484825\/obama-presidential-center-dedication-excludes-invitation-to-trump\/\">Obama announces presidential center dedication, excludes invitation to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4484803\/gop-senators-schumers-jim-crow-save-act\/\">GOP senators push back against Schumer&#8217;s &#8216;Jim Crow 2.0&#8217; description of SAVE Act<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, Maher revealed right after that this statement came from former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s administration about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/olc\/opinions\/2011\/04\/31\/authority-military-use-in-libya.pdf\">airstrikes on Libya<\/a>, not Trump on his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4483467\/hypocrisy-iran-military-strikes-democrats-joe-concha\/\">Iran<\/a> strikes. Concha said this &ldquo;tactic&rdquo; of simply using a statement and asking people about it is &ldquo;perfectly fair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Here&rsquo;s a statement from the president, what do you think?&rsquo; I only wished that Maher let Schiff go on a little bit more, he says, &lsquo;Far too vague,&rsquo; and really let him go for 60 seconds and go off on Trump when it was actually Obama and we&rsquo;re talking about Libya, which that bombing went on for seven months, by the way, and no Democrats had any problem with no Congressional authority around that,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends Weekend<\/em>, Sunday.<\/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?id=3416418&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c5180969b653434ecca7943f80b0e7af\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Now they&rsquo;re saying you absolutely need it here. It&rsquo;s hypocrisy with a capital h, in italics, underscore,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Concha recalled that the late Tim Russert, the former host of NBC&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, would do this &ldquo;all the time,&rdquo; and ask people about their previous statements and how they&rsquo;ve changed. Concha said it is &ldquo;completely fair journalism,&rdquo; but it isn&rsquo;t used anymore since &ldquo;no one wants to make any Democrats look bad now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484707\/fox-news-old-footage-trump-dignified-transfer\/\"><strong>FOX NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR AIRING OLD FOOTAGE OF HATLESS TRUMP AT DIGNIFIED TRANSFER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While several prominent Democrats have been critical of Trump&rsquo;s involvement in Iran, there has also been some caution among Republicans about how <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4483891\/iran-war-risks-ballot-box-backlash-gop-undermining-affordability\/\">it could affect the party&rsquo;s affordability message in the 2026 elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that there are &ldquo;a lot of things that run the risk of undermining affordability,&rdquo; with Iran being one of them.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. death toll in the Iran conflict <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4484815\/us-death-toll-iran-war-saudi-arabia\/\">stands at seven Americans,<\/a> with the first six deaths happening in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-implore-harris-to-keep-to-the-center-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats implore Harris to keep to the center - ...\">conflict&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s first days beginning on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The previous six troops&rsquo; bodies were returned to U.S. soil during a dignified transfer Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Maher on Schiff: fair switch, shows shifting standards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2577497,"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\/2026\/03\/image-collage-jiqwe6614-1773009761403.jpg?1772995622&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[75378,5159,75379],"class_list":["post-2577496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-billmaher","tag-schiff","tag-switch-up"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-jiqwe6614-1773009761403.jpg?1772995622&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577496","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=2577496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577500,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577496\/revisions\/2577500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}