'It just looks bad': Bill Maher spots a story that Rachel Maddow would be all over 'if Don Jr. did it'

Doug P. | 11:28 AM on September 28, 2019

On HBO’s “Real Time” last night, Bill Maher started off his comments about Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine this way:

Bill Maher: Hunter Biden "was paid $600,000 because his name is Biden, by a gas company in Ukraine, this super corrupt country." pic.twitter.com/u1Pp0yi9Zi

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 28, 2019

Maher added that Rachel Maddow would be in full hyperventilation mode if the subject of the story involved the son of a Republican:

“The more I read about this- no, I don’t think he was doing something terrible in Ukraine, but it’s just- why can’t politicians tell their f—–‘ kids, ‘Get a job, get a godd–n job!”” Maher told the panel. “This kid was paid $600,000 because his name is Biden by a gas company in Ukraine, this super-corrupt country that just had a revolution to get rid of corruption. It just looks bad.’
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“It does sound like something Don Jr. would do,” Maher said. “And if Don Jr. did it, it would be all Rachel Maddow was talking about

There’s no doubt about this:

Maher on Hunter Biden's Ukraine ties: "If Don Jr. did it, it would be all Rachel Maddow was talking about" https://t.co/8vlKmPqTmB pic.twitter.com/LuoXqtbwgH

— The Hill (@thehill) September 28, 2019