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A quippy monologue had former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) make a joke out of comedian Martin Short for “being so out-of-touch.”

While some media outlets had recognized the pitfall of political bias, endeavoring to reestablish the barrier between facts and opinion, the same couldn’t be said of the entertainment industry. As such, jokes during Short’s “Saturday Night Live” Christmas show monologue were called out for the ivory tower perspective that treated hard work as an insult.

Hosting the long-running NBC sketch show for the fifth time, the Canadian comedian made a dig at Gaetz’s shift from the public to the private sector after withdrawing himself from nomination for attorney general.

“We must move this monologue along because I have 10 sketches to get to where I play an elf,” said Short with some self-deprecating humor before turning on the former congressman. “Also, I left my Uber driver waiting, and you know how testy Matt Gaetz can get.”

It wasn’t long after the remark was made on the live broadcast before the OANN-bound Gaetz was decrying the elitism of the joke as he posted on X, “SNL just called me an uber driver? As an insult? It is a job held by HONEST & HARD WORKING people. Imagine being so out-of-touch that you insult uber drivers just to take a swipe at me. Sad!”

As others piled on to the stretched attempt to suggest the resigned legislator was down on his luck despite already having a new gig lined up following his departure from Congress, Gaetz found himself agreeing with commentators who expressed respecting, “Uber drivers more than…SNL comedians. It’s not an easy job!”

“Some Uber drivers make a decent amount of money,” one commented prompting him to respond, “Working people are proud people.”

In addition to the passing gibe at Gaetz, Short had also attempted to mock President-elect Donald Trump’s close relationship with Elon Musk, likening it with his own friendship with fellow Canadian, “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels, without the “sexual tension,” before throwing in a jab at Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s concerns with the pharmaceutical industry while singing a song promoting prescription drugs to get through the holiday season.

Of course, the programs audience had made clear the sort of content they wanted to deliver when the “Weekend Update” segment set them cheering at the mention of the name of the suspect charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

As one person had suggested in reacting to the fawning over the suspect, “SNL has always been a radical left show as the network executives want. It’s driven some good people from the show with its huge bias. They seem to no longer really care about being funny as long as they can help Democrats demonize anyone who doesn’t agree with them.”

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