The radio show host Charlemagne said this to Maher the other day, and apparently they argued over it. Haven't been able to find a clip.
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"The panel then began to speak about allegations that other women have made about Biden’s inappropriate touching, which Maher persisted was a “different issue.”
“That’s when he was sniffing their hair,” Maher told Charlamagne. “The first allegation was just … it wasn’t even a MeToo, even though it was interpreted that way in the press. It was just he was just trying to do an old-man thing.”
“Hey man, harassment is harassment,” said Charlamagne. “No, it’s not,” argued Maher.
“I don’t think we can tell women the difference between sniffing hair and saying something inappropriate because I think sniffing hair is just as inappropriate as saying something,” Charlamagne said.
Maher then took his Biden defense a step further, explaining that the Democrat was “just trying to show [Lucy Flores] encouragement.”
“She was just about to make a speech, he came up behind her just to be like, ‘You’re going to do good out there, honey,'” Maher explained to his panel. “Let’s not pretend that we live in this world where all these things are the same.”
Charlamagne finally conceded with a simple: “I agree with that.” "
Some of it is here, starting at :39 seconds in, to about 1:12 -
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