Charlamagne Tha God says it’s ‘hard’ to ask Cuomo to resign ‘if you voted for Biden’ in clash with Bill Maher

CHARLAMAGNE Tha God said it's "kind of hard" to ask New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign "if you voted for Joe Biden" in a televised clash with Bill Maher.

On Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the HBO host argued with while they discussed the sexual harassment allegations against the governor and .

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Last year former staff assistant Tara Reade  and accused him of attacking her in the Senate corridor in 1993.

Biden has categorically this, saying "it never happened."

Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by three women – including two members of his staff – but has denied any inappropriate behavior and ordered an independent investigation into the allegations.

During Maher's and Charlamagne's discussion they focused on the topic of whether Cuomo should resign.

Maher insisted the governor doesn't need an investigation into the sexual harassment claims raised against him by three women, including two former staffers.

Despite saying he believed those women, Maher claimed "it’s always on a case-by-case basis."

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Charlamagne responded by saying it’s "kinda hard" to call for Cuomo’s resignation when ";you voted for Joe Biden."

He continued "If you weren’t more upset with Joe Biden, who had more serious allegations..."

"No, he didn’t!" Maher said. "Yeah, he was accused of actual rape," said Charlamagne.

"No, he wasn’t,” said Maher. "What are you talking about?!" Charlamagne gasped. "Tara Reade!"

"Are you talking about the hallway incident?” Maher asked. "Well, I don’t believe that," he said.

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"That’s what I’m saying. Some I believe, some I don’t. That’s my right. I don’t believe her. These women I believe completely. I don’t think that Joe Biden is the guy who finger-b****s you in the hallway. I don’t. I just don’t."

Speaking about Reade's allegations Charlamagne said, regardless of whether they believe her on not, they were "more serious" than Cuomo’s and yet "I didn’t hear people asking him to resign or drop out of the race."

"That’s when he was sniffing their hair," Maher said "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," Charlamagne replied. "No, it’s not," argued Maher.

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"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 said Biden 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. "Let’s not pretend that we live in this world where all these things are the same."

Eventually the pair agreed as Charlamagne finally said "I agree with that."

Last April Biden's former staffer, Tara Reade, accused him of assaulting her in the basement of an office building in  in 1993.

Let’s not pretend that we live in this world where all these things are the same.

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She claimed the alleged assault happened while she was working as a staff assistant in Biden’s office at the time, when he was a senator for .

Joe Biden had explicitly denied the allegations and said the accusations "absolutely did not happen," in a statement in May.

Bennett  claiming he quizzed her about her sex life after she went to him for help as a survivor of sexual assault.

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A third woman, Anna Ruch, accused him of touching her bare lower back, grabbing her cheeks and asking to kiss her at a wedding in September 2019.

Gov.Cuomo has denied the allegations and has ordered an investigation- while calls for his resignation mount.