Scott Jennings Roasts Late-Night Comedians: "At Some Point, People Might Expect It To Be Funny"

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings roasted late-night comedians for
their obvious descent � fueled by President-elect Donald Trump�s landslide
victory on Tuesday � into naked Democratic activism, arguing that �at some
point, people might expect it to be funny.�

Jennings ripped into the comedians � name-dropping Jimmy Kimmel, who was
brought to tears after Trump won � and argued that they were alienating half
the country by telling them that only the Trump-hating people in their
audience really mattered.

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Jennings noted that liberal comedian and HBO host Bill Maher � who has
repeatedly swiped at his own side for going too far with regard to gender
surgeries, COVID lockdowns, and more � seemed to understand that going all-in
on activism instead of comedy � and in the process, potentially alienating
half the country � was not the wisest course of action.

�The rest of these people have become pathetic. I mean, they stopped being
comedians and they started becoming political activists. I mean, Jimmy Kimmel
out here crying? I mean, it�s pathetic,� Jennings said. �And so my my
question is, if you�re going to have a late-night comedy show, at some point,
people might expect it to be funny and not just a constant political screed
against one party, and I don�t � I don�t know that this activism for four
more years is sustainable if you�re going to market something as comedy, but
the actual product is nothing more than sort of a lowbrow political
activism.�

�These people represent the way a lot of people feel, so it�d actually be
interesting if the Trump folks could actually make us feel like, �we�re not
going to take away your rights,� and that doesn�t make sense, you think it
doesn�t make sense a lot of people actually think that makes sense. That�s
the way a lot of people feel,� Tour� protested.

�That is their audience,� CNN host Abby Phillip said.

�Is that their mission? To be activists and not comedians?� Jennings pressed.

�Well, sometimes the comedian does stop telling jokes and says serious
things,� Tour� replied.

Jennings pushed on, adding, �During the Biden years, there was nobody who
provided more comedy fodder possible than Joe Biden.�

That was enough for the rest of the panel, who all began protesting at once
that Biden had been on the receiving end of plenty of criticism and mockery.

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