There have been a few anti-Trump moments at the Emmys tonight, but this bit by Aziz Ansari where he joked that he was endorsing Donald Trump and then suggested all Hispanic and Muslim nominees should leave the audience immediately was incredibly “lame.”
Video: @AzizAnsari makes lame anti-@realDonaldTrump “jokes” at #Emmys #TTT16 pic.twitter.com/cKKMu6DhQD
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) September 19, 2016
Ironically, Aziz — who is Muslim — won an Emmy earlier in the night but something got screwed up and the show cut him off in the middle of his speech:
They cut off Aziz! He ran back up to the microphone to talk but was given no sound #rude #emmys
— Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) September 19, 2016
First they cut off Aziz Ansari, now the PvsOJ producers. Ease off a little, orchestra guy! #Emmys2016 https://t.co/CW6sxniHra
— Zach Goudie (@zachgoudie) September 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheAna_Luh/status/777673135638384640
Probably Islamophobia, right?
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