“The Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore on Tuesday celebrated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announcing his run for president as a “gift from the comedy gods.”
“I mean Cruz is a guy that even fellow Republican John McCain called a ‘whacko bird,'” Wilmore began.
The host took the occasion to launch his coverage of the 2016 race, which he titled “Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening.”
“It is time for America to say ‘fuck you’ to the notion that once you go black you never go back,” he said.
Wilmore pointed out with a wink that Cruz chose to announce his run at Liberry University.
“And by the way, there’s no better place to start the unblackening of the presidency than at a university in Lynchburg, Virginia,” he said, as the audience groaned.
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