“Real Time” host Bill Maher closed his present Friday evening by urging President Biden to “lean into” his age and “let his old fart flag fly.”
“If Democrats want to win the next presidential election, they need to find a way to make the Biden age issue work for them. Because you know what’s really getting old about Joe Biden? Complaining about his age,” Maher started his monologue concerning the 81-year-old president.
“Instead of trying to refute all the ‘too old to be president’ slams, Joe must embrace them. Stop with the ‘I’m sharper than ever.’ Nobody’s buying that. Don’t try to deny the age thing, lean into it. Lean in, lean in like you’re eating soup,” Maher quipped. “And just admit it! Say ‘Yes, I’m bad with names and I walk like a toddler with full diaper, but I believe in democracy.”
“Real Time” host Invoice Maher mentioned President Biden ought to embrace his age and “let his old fart flag fly.” (Screenshot/HBO)
The HBO host mentioned Democratic candidates have grow to be “defensive” on who they are surely, citing John Kerry’s duck searching and Hillary Clinton carrying sizzling sauce in her purse throughout their presidential bids, insisting “Americans hate that s—.”
“Be yourself! And Joe, yourself is old,” Maher instructed Biden earlier than suggesting he “take a page” from the playbook of his “old pal” John McCain, who embraced his age through the 2008 presidential election.
BILL MAHER WARNED DEMS ABOUT BIDEN’S ELECTABLITY LONG BEFORE THE EXPLOSIVE SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT
President Biden continues dealing with intense scruity over his age and psychological acuity as he seeks one other 4 years in workplace. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)
“No one cares if you can ride a bike and trying to do stuff like that is only setting yourself up for failure,” Maher mentioned whereas displaying a photograph of Biden when he fell off his bike. “You recently joined TikTok to win over the kids, get off that s— right now! It’s inauthentic and it won’t work! You’re not following the demographics. In 2020, a record number of eligible voters under 24 came out – as gay! But came out to vote? Not so much. Less than half. But almost 72% of people over 65 voted. Those are your people, Joe. That ‘Matlock’ crowd. Reach out to them… Take all your ads of Twitter and put them on CBS. Tell America I feel your joint pain.”
“When the president delivers the State of the Union, I say he should old fart flag fly,” Maher added.
Maher went on to show how Biden’s State of the Union deal with “should” seem like, which included utilizing a walker and unabashedly making gaffe after gaffe.
Invoice Maher demonstrated how President Biden “should” deal with his upcoming State of the Union deal with. (Screenshot/HBO)
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Whereas Maher has lengthy defended Biden towards his “agist” critics, he has additionally repeatedly referred to as him “Ruth Bader Biden,” evaluating him to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who famously selected to not step down below President Obama and allowed President Trump to nominate her substitute following her passing in 2020.
He most just lately invoked the Ginbsurg comparability following the discharge of Particular Counsel Robert Hur’s report, which put a highlight on Biden’s psychological acuity.
“I said he was going to be the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of presidential politics… He stayed too long at the fair,” Maher mentioned final month. “Bubbling up this week… he won’t do the Super Bowl interview, which is not a hard one, mixing up all the world leaders and then this report that came out.”
Biden’s age and psychological acuity continues to be a significant concern for him going into the presidential election because the overwhelming majority of People, together with Democrats, imagine he is too outdated to hunt a second time period.
