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
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That take is getting Maher some blowback from the anti-Trump Resistance, but he’ll probably say something they agree with soon enough.
Read the comments. Libs are scared and only know hypocrisy https://t.co/cDCsoVbQFk
— Kenny Vader (@vader_kenny) September 28, 2019
When you've lost Bill Maher. . . https://t.co/Wl88p5hYUu
— William Owen (@Bill_Owen) September 28, 2019
Bill Maher speaking out against a democratic candidate’s son?! Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning??
— Mike Zeman (@__Zeman52) September 28, 2019
This is absolutely 100% true. Maher accidentally got it right this time.
— Thought Criminal (@thunder0291) September 28, 2019
Maher is starting to make sense. Scary times!!! https://t.co/km7glkHnbW
— Don Polo (@DonPolo03816212) September 28, 2019
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