Stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings is fed up with the left, accusing them of abandoning their rules and slamming those that are irritated that she has been calling out liberals in current public appearances.
Within the newest episode of her “Good For You” podcast, Cummings railed towards the political left, saying that finish of the political spectrum has turn into hypocritical and censorious lately.
“I always thought of myself as a pretty liberal person,” Cummings stated. “But I don’t think the Left is as liberal as it used to be. It’s like the Left became the party of censorship.”
The comic stated she needed to begin talking up in regards to the issues on her aspect of the political aisle.
“It’s just wild to me that we are in a time where, if you are on the left and you don’t criticize your party, how much do you even care about your party? Do you know what I mean? It’s like what’s going on on the left – I had to say, like, I finally just broke,” she stated.
Cummings continued, characterizing her earlier help for the left as her having “Stockholm Syndrome.”
She added her realization that “if you love your party, you have to be able to criticize it, you know? And I don’t really take sides.”
The comedian then quipped about liberal hypocrisy, saying, “’My body, my choice, but you have to take this vaccine,’ and ‘My body, my choice, pro-choice party, but you don’t have a choice in your candidate.’”
“I’m not an expert on politics, which is why I’ve always said I’m not weighing in on it, but I am an expert on hypocrisy, OK? I was raised by hypocrites, I’ve dated them, and I know hypocrisy when I see it,” she added.
Cummings’ statements had been motivated by liberal critics who slammed her current bit on CNN’s stay New 12 months’s Eve particular, the place she mocked liberal media and the Democratic Social gathering’s dealing with of President Biden and the 2024 election whereas talking to indicate hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.
She even ripped the community internet hosting her in the course of the broadcast, joking that the three,000-person crowds that frequent her stand-up reveals are the identical because the viewers measurement for CNN.
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On the podcast, Cummings burdened that she was motivated by calling out apparent hypocrisy, not for the sake of dunking on the left or scoring political factors.
She added, “So to me, I didn’t think I was being political, you know? I thought I was just like, pointing out hypocrisies across the board.”
Responding to the particular criticism that she didn’t go after Trump in her New 12 months’s Eve monologue, she stated, “Because that’s hacky to do. Everyone’s done that and to do it on CNN, that’s just like, that’s home court advantage, cheap shot, hack – There’s nothing risky or dangerous about that.”
