Bill Maher made no bones about what he thinks will happen in November, saying on his podcast that Joe Biden ‘is going to f****** lose’ to Donald Trump.
The HBO host said it to begin a fiery debate with tech journalist Kara Swisher on an episode of his Club Random show that dropped Sunday.
The liberal comedian made no bones about the fact that he would ‘vote for [Biden’s] head in a jar of blue liquid’ before he voted Trump but didn’t think there were enough who would do the same.
In fact, after declaring Biden’s age – at 81, America’s oldest president – the biggest problem, he said he believed the election might be over already.
‘I think it’s a moot point at this point. He’s going to f****** lose,’ Maher said.
Swisher immediately fought back, saying: ‘No, you’re wrong’ and daring Maher to place a bet.
Maher seemed wishy-washy on the election and not willing to put any money down.
‘Not only will I not bet on this premise, you could change my mind on it in the next two minutes,’ Maher said.
Asking Swisher to convince him, the tech writer claimed there was a ‘silent majority’ of voters who ‘don’t want chaos again.’
She said that these voters who are largely women and while not publicly anti-Trump, not willing to vote for him.
Maher seemed skeptical of the premise.
‘Do I think that’s absolutely possible, what you described? Yes. Or it could not be and I can’t tell the difference,’ Maher said.
Maher believed that the reverse might be true, that there are ‘silent majority’ Trump voters who could tip the scales.
‘The shy Trump voter is the one who is going to vote for Trump, but doesn’t want you to know it because it’s a little déclassé,’ he said.
Swisher argued that Maher was being too pure about Biden when the alternative is Trump.
‘I think the issue with someone like you is that you — the focus on Biden versus the danger of Trump that they’re like, you’re focusing on ‘the scones don’t taste very good’ when the house is burning down. I’m just telling you, you know that. You’re aware of that,’ Swisher said.
Maher fought back, saying that journalists and pundits ‘lose our credibility’ when they don’t talk about how Biden is old.
The Real Time host has repeatedly expressed his skepticism with President Biden while maintaining he prefers him over Trump.
Maher has suggested the only thing Democrat and Republican voters have in common is that ‘they’re both hoping their candidates die’ ahead of the 2024 election.
In an interview with the New York Times he doubled down on the comments, joking the octogenarian should accept he walks ‘like a toddler with a full diaper’.
The comedian took aim at the 81-year-old president’s age, saying he ‘presents old’ during his appearance on The View last week.
Maher, 68, pointed out Biden is just three years older than Trump, 78, but is perceived as much older.
‘Biden just presents as old and it’s not really fair because he is almost the same age as Trump,’ he said.
‘But Trump doesn’t present that way you look at somebody right away you can sum them up.
‘We are not young but we don’t present as old,’ he added gesturing to co-host Joy Behar, 81.
‘I saw him yesterday making that speech, he is cadaver-like. He should get out, he has lost the faith of people, it’s not fair.’
He then went on to draw comparisons to Dracula, labelling the president Ruth Bader Biden, the former Supreme Court justice who died in the role despite requests to step down.
Her refusal to resign during the Obama administration as suggested paved the way for Donald Trump to eventually replace her with a more conservative judge after her death.
Maher, who has been an outspoken critic of the president and Trump, predicted the a similar fate for Biden.