Larry David, who plays Bernie Sanders on “Saturday Night Live,” has a new supporter, and distant cousin Sanders would be shocked.
Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter comes to David’s defense in a series of tweets following his much-maligned monologue including a joke about trying to find a date at a Nazi concentrate camp.
“I’ve always been obsessed with women,” David said, “and I’ve often wondered if I’d grown up in Poland when Hitler came to power and was sent to a concentration camp, would I be checking women out in the camp? I think I would.”
Splitsider.com went on: “He then went on to complain that there are no pickup lines that would work in a concentration camp. I think horniness in the face of death is kind of life-affirming. But David’s monologue was just one moment in an episode that was out of whack, overall.”
But while the Anti-Defamation League and others hammered David for making light of the Holocaust, Coulter joined others in supporting the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator.
“Aren’t there any Jews at the ADL?” Coulter tweeted They’re supposed to be funny.”
She also said: “IT’S NOT A HOLOCAUST JOKE! It’s a ‘Failed Pick-up Artist joke.’”
Aren’t there any Jews at the ADL? They’re supposed to be funny. AOL: Larry David’s ‘SNL’ Holocaust joke ripped by Anti-Defamation League
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 6, 2017
American Journalists: THE JOKE BOMB SQUAD; Motto: We Can De-Wire Any Joke in 30 Seconds or Less! (Debate over Larry David’s ‘Holocaust’ jke)
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 6, 2017
WaPo: ‘The debate over Larry David’s Holocaust joke on SNL: Bad taste, or just bad comedy?’ And who knows comedy like the Washington Post?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 6, 2017
IT’S NOT A HOLOCAUST JOKE! It’s a ‘Failed Pick-up Artist” joke. WaPo: ‘The debate over Larry David’s Holocaust joke on SNL: Bad taste..?’
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 6, 2017
Others took the side of comedians’ right to offend.
I have a feeling that the people being offended by the Larry David joke feel offended on a regular basis.
— The Shadow (@behindblueyes71) November 5, 2017
Clearly anyone shocked by Larry David’s monologue has never seen an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm #SNL
— Slutty Slug (@jabbathiccbutt) November 5, 2017
larry david getting backlash for telling holocaust jokes on SNL just sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode
— Sam Allan (@s_mallan) November 5, 2017
Larry David, a comedian, had the audacity to make a joke about a thing. The nerve. Unbelievable.
— Chris Ray Gun (@ChrisRGun) November 5, 2017
Oh no. Larry David told an offensive joke. Countless are emotionally scarred. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims.
— David Rotella (@ninjadave26) November 5, 2017
My warmest condolences to all you non-Jews who were injured by Larry David’s joke at his own expense.
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) November 5, 2017
Larry David urinates on Jesus Christ and nobody bats an eye.
Larry David makes a Holocaust joke and everybody loses their minds! pic.twitter.com/fQjZIrFeoA— Charles????Lindbergh (@L1NDBERGH) November 5, 2017