MAGA melts down at Tom Hanks playing Trump fan on SNL50 - eviltoast

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Tom Hanks reprised his 2016 “MAGA” character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, sparking backlash from Trump supporters.

The sketch, Black Jeopardy!, featured Doug again hesitating to shake hands with a Black host.

Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.

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    3 days ago

    And Malcolm x was killed within months of denouncing the racism of the NoI.

    And Fred Hampton was killed the same year as founding the rainbow coalition.

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      To be fair Hampton had to be stopped. If permitted to continue AIDS and crack wouldn’t have hurt nearly as many nor could the state ensure a new wave of prison “workers” every few weeks. /s