Joe Biden’s debate performance Thursday has generated a myriad of negative reviews, including from comedian Bill Maher, who said he has “seen beauty pageant contestants answer questions better” than the president.
Maher made the remark Friday on his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher as he lamented Biden’s showing against former President Donald Trump.
“Did you see the debate?” Maher opened. “In case you missed it, don’t worry — 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.”
Maher also invoked Biden’s love of trains but jabbed, “Apparently not of thought.”
“I don’t want to say he s*** the bed, but his new Secret Service name is Amber Heard,” Maher said, referring to the accusation actor Johnny Depp made about his ex-wife during a 2022 defamation trial.
The comedian is one of many people who have chimed in about Biden’s performance, joining the likes of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris in acknowledging that it did not go well.
“Bad debate nights happen,” Obama said, while Harris said Biden’s “slow start” was “obvious to everyone.” Both, however, framed the 2024 presidential election as a choice.
“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,” Obama said. “Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight — and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit. Last night didn’t change that, and it’s why so much is at stake in November.”
Biden also acknowledged that “I don’t debate as well as I used to” at a campaign rally Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” Biden said. “I know. I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth.”
Maher has not been shy about criticizing the president despite his intention to vote for him come November.
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“I would vote for his head in a jar of blue liquid over Donald Trump, but … I think it’s a moot point at this point,” Maher said on an episode of his Club Random podcast earlier this month. “He’s going to f***ing lose.”
The next presidential debate, which ABC News will host, is scheduled for Sept. 10.
