Bill Maher spars with Susan Rice on Real Time

comedyJun 6, 202620292

On Real Time, host Bill Maher repeatedly interrupted and sparred with former national security advisor Susan Rice during a panel segment. Maher also taunted Donald Trump over a recent ratings rant, mocking him with the line, "Yours is 35 percent!" Former vice president Mike Pence appeared on the episode and said Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police "never should have been pardoned." These exchanges matter because they put a high-profile host, a former national security official, and a former vice president in direct on-air clashes over accountability and policy.

mabelolivelover.bsky.social

@mabelolivelover.bsky.social

Susan Rice always impresses me as being exceptionally brilliant and clear thinking. On the other hand, is it just me or is Bill Maher not particularly smart, clever, witty, or informed? I find him difficult to watch because he's such a dolt, and I don't understand his popularity,

7545d ago

Row Jimmy3

I don’t think he’s popular anymore. Everyone I know stopped watching years ago.

Renée in L.A. 🐦‍⬛

@reneepatrice.bsky.social

Bill Maher is a misogynistic pig and HBO doesn't get nearly enough pushback for keeping him on the air.

3545d ago

Villanelle’s Pink Dress 🩷🌻🌷🌸🌺🟦9

But the white edgy dudes love him because he's so brave 🙄

Grumpy Auntie Has Free Mom Hugs 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩵 🟦💙4

What I truly hate is that he has enough fans to still have a show.

Bird Nerd Loves Her Dad Bird🌈3

No kidding. He's marginally less bad than most Republicans at times. That's about it. Engages in microaggressions and is convinced he's the most knowledgeable about everything when he's really not.

徒劳的一生 🟦2

He doesn't even deserve to be in her presence.

#TuckFrump

@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social

Bill Maher Taunts Trump Over ‘Low Ratings’ Rant: ‘Yours is 35 Percent!’ #Mediaite

1845d ago

Conquest

@somerandombro.bsky.social

I'll vote for the candidate who promises to airdrop Bill Maher into the center of Tehran.

2545d ago

Blue Georgia

@bluegeorgia.bsky.social

Bill Maher: Graham Platner, any thoughts? Susan Rice: I remember when a tan suit was a scandal.

2145d ago

Real Time with Bill Maher

@realtimers.bsky.social

#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. VP Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Amb. Susan Rice is now on HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/thZV5iqZ1dc

1645d ago

Annominos4

You can tell the caliber of Bill's audience when they cheered Spencer Pratt being mayor of California.

davidpedlar.bsky.social3

Thanks to Susan Rice for definitive clarity on how poorly President Trump has managed his war on Iran.

sanjiv sona

@sanjiv85.bsky.social

🔥 Susan Rice delivering an absolute masterclass! 🧠✨ Her brilliant, razor-sharp intellect completely dismantled the narrative with facts and pure eloquence. 🏛️ Watching a true foreign policy expert school Bill Maher was total perfection! 🎯👑

1445d ago

Rob Saxan

@robsaxan.bsky.social

In this case #BillMaher should just shut the fuck up. #SusanRice Let's call up Bill and ask him about nuclear weapons prevention issues SAID no one ever!

1545d ago

bicoastaldem.bsky.social

@bicoastaldem.bsky.social

Bill Maher is a dupe. Believing Bibi, a manipulative politician who looks at any opportunity to use violence & war to entrench and strengthen HIS position (no matter the destruction or lives lost) shows just how clueless so many Americans are. Bibi has no morals or respect for human life.

1445d ago

Keith M

@ksecus.bsky.social

Susan Rice knows the facts and Bill Maher was just faking it. Hes brainwashed. Thats what this exchange proved.

1245d ago

Nolan Zugernat

@zugernat.bsky.social

“My ignorance is equal to your knowledge and experience”: America’s anti-intellectualism on full display as dumbfuck comedian Bill Maher attempts to argue with Susan Rice

445d ago

Sally Luxmoore

@sallyl.bsky.social

I had no idea that Bill Maher was on the wrong side of this! 😱 (I'm a Brit, in the UK). Had not come across Susan Rice before, but very impressed by her.

945d ago