Bill Maher Predicts Joe Biden Beats Donald Trump In 2024 Match Up; HBO Host Center Stage As CNN Launches New 9 PM Strategy

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“If it’s Biden against Trump, Biden will win – that’s a good bet,” Bill Maher predicted to Jake Tapper tonight on CNN of a potential 2024 showdown between the 2020 rivals.   “I think he’s done the job perfectly fine ..

generally, he’s restored normality,” the Real Time with Bill Maher host said of the 46th POTUS in the first edition of the CNN Primetime on Tuesday.  “I don’t mind at all that he’s 82, 84, 86,” Maher added, taking on one of the top Joe Biden critiques. “We have an important  decision to make, go to the elders,” the comedian went on to say with a swing at a society that doesn’t value the aged – though Maher admitted Biden was no “James Brown at the Apollo.” In the latest swing by CNN chief Chris Licht to rebrand the cable newser, Maher’s appearance kicks off a new version of  9 PM ET slot that aims to stand as counter programming to pundit and opinion heavy MSNBC and the dominance of Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

With that, the corporate cousin Maher stayed pretty much in the lane that fans of HBO’s Real Time hear week after week. Taking mainly softballs from Tapper, Maher rolled out his greatest hits of Trump, Biden, the pandemic, organized religion, the culture wars, “wokeism,” and weed.

In that context, Maher pondered to Tapper tonight that the secret to his decades long success is simple: “People are looking for something  that isn’t slanted.” “Just like in life, you don’t always agree with your friends on everything.” In his interview, Maher, who has warned about the threat that comedians face because of “cancel culture,” also told Tapper, “It makes me laugh when people say to me, ‘You know, you are uncancelable.