It is entertaining watching celebrities and public officials who are assumed to be in lockstep with their progressive counterparts come out as critics of the widespread antisemitic rhetoric we hear now.
It’s been an eye-opening experience seeing reports of antisemitism on college campuses and in the streets of cities across the country. It’s been bubbling up just under the surface and the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war brought it to light. Our higher educational system, for one, cannot be forgiven for the damage it has done for several decades. The silver lining to the far-left extremism that is playing out now is others on the left speaking out against it.
Case in point – Jon Lovitz.
The comedian and actor is on a tear against the likes of talk show hosts who he slammed earlier this week. He called out Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers for their politicization of late-night shows.
Lovitz, who’s been a comedy icon for nearly 40 years since his days as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member, was asked about the transformation of comedy over the years and drew attention to how polarizing late night shows have become since the Trump era.
“I don’t like it. I don’t like it,” Lovitz said. “They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they’ve all become very political. And for me, it’s just- it’s too much.”
“I mean, Johnny Carson would, you know, he would do two or three jokes about whoever was president then or what was going on then and that was it. But they were entertainment shows,” he said. “I know all those guys. And they’re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they’re funny, you know. But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it’s like- and that’s all it is, the whole thing, it’s just like, that’s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was ‘The Tonight Show’ and David Letterman.”
Amen. I haven’t watched a late-night show in years because they just aren’t funny anymore. When I’m winding down for the night, the last thing I want to hear is some progressive’s hot take on Trump or other Republicans disguised as a (lame) attempt at a joke. I think it is why Gutfeld on FNC is winning in ratings. He mocks everyone, including himself.
Later in the week, Lovitz went off on Bernie Sanders and The Squad.
Lovitz, who describes himself as socially liberal but fiscally conservative, lamented how Democrats had always been pro-Israel in years past, but now the party has shifted so far left that the Squad promotes the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement.
“They go, ‘Let’s give all that money away from Israel, give it to Hamas.’ That’s what they would say. That’s what they want,” Lovitz said. “What’s that- Ilhan Omar? She wants to [not] give money to Israel for military aid. They’re our ally! They’re a democracy! Just go- all right. You’re against giving money to a Democratic ally, correct? You’re against that. But we’re giving money to Ukraine.”
He turned his aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pointing to a recent Fox News Digital report revealing she’s part of a secret Facebook group that praised Hamas.
“‘Free Palestine. I’m not antisemitic,’ but that means you want to get rid of Israel. She’s in her office- in her office, there’s pictures of it. She’s got a map and a post-it over Israel, it says ‘Palestine.’ I mean, she’s Palestinian. I get it… but she’s spreading lies,” Lovitz said. “She said that Israel bombed the hospital and killed 500 people. And then after they proved that Israel did not fire the bomb and the United States proved it and the bomb hit the parking lot, not the hospital, and the bomb was fired by jihad terrorists, and they have video of it where it’s coming from, not from Israel, from Gaza and turning around and hitting the parking lot. She’s never taken the tweet down or said I made a mistake. So how can you listen to anything she says?”
We can’t listen to her. We don’t because she is hideous in her rhetoric.
He didn’t spare AOC, either.
“You know, AOC said?” Lovitz began. “I don’t care what party she’s in. I think she’s cute. But she’s an idiot… She goes, ‘You know, 29, a lot of people my generation because of climate change are asking themselves, you know, should they have children? And I think it’s a good question. And I think, you know, maybe they shouldn’t.’ Oh. Okay. So you’re telling all the people of your generation don’t have kids. Then in 50 years, there’s nobody left on the Earth, moron!… This is what you’re dealing with! Don’t have kids. Okay. There’ll be no one left to breathe your clean air. It’s moronic!”
Lovitz said the quiet part out loud – Palestinians are a manufactured population.
“Before this happened, you know, 500,000 Palestinians would go to Israel for work, like they’re dependent on Israel for their survival,” Lovitz said. “Secondly, if you want to get really technical, they’re not Palestinians. They’re Jordanian refugees. In 1964, Yasser Arafat changed the name to the PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and started calling them Palestinians. So I’ve had people go, ‘Well, if they’re not supposed to live in Palestine, why are they called Palestinians?’ So it’s a propaganda thing. That’s true.”
That will leave a mark.
He trashed the calls for a cease-fire.
Lovitz slammed Bernie Sanders for owning three homes on a senator’s salary. Plus, he’s a self-proclaimed socialist.
“‘That’s normal.’ No, it isn’t. Not on that salary,” Lovitz said while showcasing his Sanders impersonation.
“All my friends that are Jewish, like, they go, Bernie Sanders, self-loathing Jew. You know, what’s wrong with this guy? And that’s what that is. ‘Oh, that’s not true.’ Yeah, it is. Yeah, you are. ‘I don’t like it when people make money. It’s not right. They should only make so much. And then it’s enough.’ Well, you have three homes. You should just have one. ‘That’s none of your business.'”
Lol.
What's even more notable, is you praising Hamas.
And you're Jewish.
You're praising people who raped, mutilated and murdered 100's of Jewish women like yourself. Just because they're Jewish.
Beyond disgusting.
You must hate your father or mother or both.
You're a million times… https://t.co/KPp5isqEVE— Jon Lovitz (@realjonlovitz) November 25, 2023
I won’t be surprised if Lovitz goes after Greta Thunberg next. He’s on a roll. Let the truth bombs continue.
WATCH: Climate activist Greta Thunberg chants “Crush Zionism” at a pro-Palestinian rally in Stockholm.
— EnvirosTakingLs (@EnvirosTakingLs) November 25, 2023
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