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Jim Gaffigan, you’ve heard of him, he’s the pale comedian who made and was made famous by Hot Pockets. He’s loved by many conservatives because of his clean comedy and Catholic sensibilities. Up to 2020, some might have even mistaken him for conservative.

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So what happened in 2020, you ask? Well, Jim Gaffigan, right here on Twitter/X and possibly under the influence of some intoxicating substances, went on an uncharacteristic rant about Trump.

This was part of a thread really unloading on Trump. Many people were outraged for Trump, some conservatives felt personally attacked and of course, quite a few on the left were, “yeah, go get him, Jim!”

Then we didn’t hear much after that. Gaffigan went on to do another 20 streaming comedy specials plus land a gig in the Andy Rooney spot of 60 Minutes. That was until today.

Read the piece, the Twitter headline doesn’t really reflect the article. Gaffigan doesn’t regret what he said and the apology is of the “sorry if anyone felt hurt” variety. And that’s fine. That’s what comedians do and he’s entitled to his viewpoint. Besides, if you saw his Tim Walz, you might even like him again.

“I regret that people think that I was criticizing people that support Trump. And that was never the intention. I regret – someone said like, now I can’t follow you anymore and I kind of said ‘F you’ to them,” the comedian stated.

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So let’s see how Twitter received his message.

The rest of the Tweet.

… Al Smith dinner which were taken just fine in the comedic venue they were meant for.  But obviously the guy is funny but also just dumb. He basically doubles down on his negative comments about Trump in this article by calling him a fascist which agains insults his supporters, “I was ‘normalizing a fascist,’ right? I knew going into it that I was going to get criticism from both sides. I’m not a roast comedian. I mean, I love politics, but I just don’t talk about it,” he said. Sure seems like he talks politics just enough outside of stand-up to lose half his audience.

That was a really good summary. One correction though, he won’t lose half his audience. Like Rogan or Seinfeld, he’s too big for that. Sure, if Gaffigan becomes the “anti-Trump comedian” he can go the way of Kimmel or Colbert, we just don’t see that happening.

Also important context.

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Ha ha!

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Some people were turned off of Gaffigan for good.

And others were more willing to let it slide.

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Decent Gaffigan impression.