Jim Gaffigan, Donald Trump and the Death of Laughter – The Wall Street Journal

G.K. Chesterton called humor the chief antidote to pride and the hammer of fools. He observed that it adds a new beauty to human life. Which is a longish way of saying theres nothing so foolish, prideful or ugly as a society that cant laugh at itself.

Jim Gaffigan is one of the most successful stand-up comedians of the past decade. His 2013 book, Dad Is Fat, spent 17 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. According to Forbes, he earned $30 million in 2019 from his live performances, movie roles and television specials. Everybody loves Jim.

But making America laughand getting rich from itis apparently no longer enough for Mr. Gaffigan. Now the man who rode to fame riffing about Hot Pockets wants to tell you how to vote.

During the final night of the Republican National Convention last week, Mr. Gaffigan delivered a profane Twitter rant against President Trump: I dont give a f if anyone thinks this is virtue signaling or whatever. We need to wake up. We need to call trump the con man and thief that he is.

There was more. Along these lines. You could look it up.

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Jim Gaffigan, Donald Trump and the Death of Laughter - The Wall Street Journal