{"id":15186,"date":"2025-11-23T05:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=15186"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:59:13","slug":"bill-maher-slams-michelle-obamas-bad-attitude-after-claiming-america-isnt-ready-for-a-woman-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=15186","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Slams Michelle Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Bad Attitude&#8217; After Claiming America Isn&#8217;t Ready for a Woman President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;Real Time&#8221; host Bill Maher took a sharp swipe at former First Lady Michelle Obama, expressing his &#8220;shock&#8221; at her recent insistence that America is not ready for a woman president. Maher dismissed her reasoning during a panel discussion on Friday, calling her claim &#8220;logical fallacy 101.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Obama ignited a media firestorm earlier this month following then-Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; defeat in the 2024 election against President Donald Trump. She flatly declared, &#8220;we ain&#8217;t ready&#8221; for a female president. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m like, don&#8217;t even look at me about running, because you all are lying,&#8221; Obama stated. &#8220;You&#8217;re not ready for a woman. You&#8217;re not.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">She elaborated on her stance, arguing, &#8220;we&#8217;ve got a lot of growing up to do, and there&#8217;s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The HBO liberal host, however, took strong exception to the former First Lady&#8217;s sweeping conclusion. &#8220;Just because we &#8216;weren&#8217;t ready&#8217; or didn&#8217;t like the candidates \u2014 Hillary and Kamala \u2014 that doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re not ready for a woman, maybe,&#8221; Maher countered.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">He went on to criticize what he termed her &#8220;bad attitude.&#8221; &#8220;I mean, we said we&#8217;re ready for a Black president and someone \u2014 I can&#8217;t remember who. Maybe she remembers,&#8221; he quipped, referencing Barack Obama. Maher concluded, &#8220;So maybe it just has to be the right one.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Former DNC chair Donna Brazil echoed Maher&#8217;s sentiments. She pointed to the tens of millions of people who cast votes for both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. Brazile also cited polling data showing that a significant majority\u201480% of Americans\u2014say they would support a female president. 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