“If Vice President Harris wins this election, not only would she be the first female president: a Black woman would occupy the White House, a former Trump residence.” He turned to Trump and added, “Obviously you wouldn’t be renting to her. I mean, that would never happen anyway… Maybe if Doug [Emhoff] did the signing.”
Gaffigan also brought up Trump’s debate moment where he falsely accused Haitian immigrants in Ohio of eating dogs and cats, comparing it to one of Trump’s biggest scandals from 2016 : “You know, if you’re keeping track at home, this is the second time grabbing a kitty has been part of a campaign issue.” The joke drew perhaps his biggest round of groans from the audience all night.
Receiving far more laughs and applause from the audience were Gaffigan’s many jokes at Harris’ expense. He particularly digged in at Harris for choosing not to attend the event , while also focusing on a string of campaign rallies throughout Michigan.
“You know, this event has been referred to as the Catholic Met Gala,” Gaffigan said. “Twenty-two percent of Americans identify as Catholic, Catholics will be a key demographic in every battleground state… I’m sorry—Why is Vice President Harris not here?”
Gaffigan said, “I mean, consider this: This is a room full of Catholics and Jews in New York City. This is the layup for the Democratic nominee.”
Gaffigan repeatedly joked about Biden having dropped out of the election, at one point saying, “President Biden couldn’t be here tonight. The DNC made sure of that.”
He later added, “The Democrats have been telling us Trump’s re-election is a threat to democracy. In fact, they were so concerned of this threat that they staged a coup, ousted their democratically elected incumbent, and installed Kamala Harris.” Gaffigan was repeating a months-long MAGA talking point , receiving cheers and applause from the audience at the same time.
Gaffigan also brought up the much-speculated idea of the “ Shy Trump Voter ” deciding the election: “I don’t know if you’ve heard about this: people who publicly say they would never vote for Trump, but then when they go in the voting booth, they do.”
“It’s a small group,” Gaffigan said. “They’re called the Biden family.”
He is horrible. How can a comedian be not funny? He was awful.
Reject the Oligarchy
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Gafighan was funny about 10 years ago. Pale Force on Conan was gold. Then... the TDS set in and he would drone on about it in his appearances, and the humor sort of withered away as it was replaced with smug one sided finger wagging lectures. He was a star and invited to party with celebrities so we should all listen to him tell us what we should believe. Anyhow... he's just kind of a jerk now. No surprise he was picked for this.
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