Liberal mag polls comics on Larry David calling Trump ‘racist’

Published November 12, 2015 11:55pm ET



The mere fact that “Saturday Night Live” had billionaire and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as host on Saturday has some liberals seething in anger, almost a week after the program aired.

In a new article posted Thursday on the Nation’s website, the venerable liberal magazine did an unscientific poll of comedians on whether TV comic Larry David deserved a $5,000 reward given out by a liberal group for calling Trump “racist” during the show. Most said no because the incident, which was clearly staged, allowed Trump to laugh off the accusation.

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