Pete Davidson’s joke about wounded veteran was insensitive, but he shouldn’t apologize

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It’s often said that comedy is tragedy plus time, yet there seems to be no amount of time that makes poking fun at a wounded veteran funny. Enter Pete Davidson of “Saturday Night Live” and Texas congressional candidate for the Republican Party Dan Crenshaw.

“This guy is kind of cool — Dan Crenshaw,” Davidson said on this past weekend’s show. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate for Texas and not a hit man in a porno movie.”

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