MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Judy Kurtz @ TheHill.com, Dec. 21
Dave Chappelle says he “feels sorry” for “poor whites” who voted for President Trump in the 2016 election because the commander in chief doesn't have their best interests in mind.
[....] “You are poor,” Chappelle said, before adding of Trump, “He’s fighting for me!”
Chappelle said he encountered many Trump voters on Election Day of last year: “To my surprise, you know what I didn’t see? I didn’t see one deplorable face in that group. I saw some angry faces, and some determined faces — but they felt like decent folk.”
“In fact, I’m not even lying, not to sound f---ed up, but I felt sorry for them,” Chappelle continued. “I know the game now. I know that rich white people call poor white people ‘trash.’ And the only reason I know that, is because I made so much money last year, the rich whites told me they say it at a cocktail party,” he said to laughs. “And I’m not with that s--t.”
Chappelle, 44, reportedly inked a deal last year with Netflix worth $60 million dollars for a trio of comedy specials [....]