Bill Maher urges Biden to 'lean into' his age, stop saying he's still sharp: 'Let his old fart flag fly!'
"Real Time" host Bill Maher closed his show Friday night by urging President Biden to "lean into" his age and "let his old fart flag fly."
"If Democrats want to win the next presidential election, they need to find a way to make the Biden age issue work for them. Because you know what's really getting old about Joe Biden? Complaining about his age," Maher began his monologue about the 81-year-old president.
"Instead of trying to refute all the ‘too old to be president’ slams, Joe must embrace them. Stop with the 'I'm sharper than ever.' Nobody's buying that. Don't try to deny the age thing, lean into it. Lean in, lean in like you're eating soup," Maher quipped. "And just admit it! Say ‘Yes, I’m bad with names and I walk like a toddler with full diaper, but I believe in democracy."
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The HBO host said Democratic candidates have become "defensive" on who they really are, citing John Kerry's duck hunting and Hillary Clinton carrying hot sauce in her purse during their presidential bids, insisting "Americans hate that s---."
"Be yourself! And Joe, yourself is old," Maher told Biden before suggesting he "take a page" from the playbook of his "old pal" John McCain, who embraced his age during the 2008 presidential election.
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"No one cares if you can ride a bike and trying to do stuff like that is only setting yourself up for failure," Maher said while showing a photo of Biden when he fell off his bike. "You recently joined TikTok to win over the kids, get off that s--- right now! It's inauthentic and it won't work! You're not