‘Anchorman’ Star Pummeled for Comics for Kamala Fundraiser
David Koechner's Instagram followers torch comic, cite Bidenomics (and more)
Conservative actors think twice before sharing MAGA-approved memes on social media.
It could come back to haunt them. It’s downright spooky to lose gigs in a highly competitive industry like Hollywood. It’s why so many right-leaning stars keep their views to themselves.
Not liberal celebrities. They can do or say almost anything without fear of retribution.
So when comic veteran David Koechner shared his ties to Monday’s Comics for Kamala fundraiser he probably expected a few “atta boys,” at best.
Not quite.
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Monday’s event raised a reported $500,000 for the Harris/Waltz ticket. Koecher appeared alongside Mark Hamill, Nick Offerman, Ed Helms, D.L. Hughley and other funny faces.
The comments were surprisingly negative for several reasons.
One, Koechner didn’t say anything outrageous in his post. To his credit, “The Office” alum didn’t smear GOP voters or malign the Trump/Vance ticket. He just mentioned the fundraiser and his participation in it. Two, it’s assumed his followers are either sympathetic to him or appreciate his progressive brand.
Koechner has made no secret of his political leanings.
It’s also Kamalot Time, when the media is on a full-court press to promote her candidacy following President Joe Biden’s stunning withdrawal from the race. Journalists aren’t asking Harris any tough questions, in part, because she’s hiding from them (for now).
Yet the bulk of the comments went something like this:
And this is why the rest of the world foresee the recession
I have been a fan for so long, but this disappoints me. How can anybody look at the last four years and say sign me up for four more? Wow.
Must love a recession and high taxes.
Thanks for compiling this list for me. It will come in handy when I make choices in the future.
Embarrassing bro
Everyone involved has earned the upmost disrespect.
AH YES. THE MIDDLECLASS WOULD JUST LOVE AN ADDITIONAL 4 YEARS OF THIS.
Wow didn’t realize you’re a woke fool like KH… You’re rich so you’re not feeling the pain like the rest of us from this god awful admin. Do better
We literally don’t know her position on anything yet. But you all endorse her lol our leaders are being selected for us SMH
Not liking trump doesn’t make Kamala a great candidate. Shes a disaster and everyone knows it. Fools all of you.
To be fair, some commenters cheered Koechner on, but they were in the minority and less animated.
Hollywood stayed mostly quiet this year as President Biden showed increasing signs of mental decline. Now, with Harris announced as the Democratic standard bearer they’re rushing to show their support.
Rich folk love them some inflation. Why? While it’s true they have to pay higher prices, just like poor people, however at the same time they have assets that are growing in value. If you have enough assets, inflation actually BENEFITS you. So Patton Oswalt and Jason Bateman are telling poor folk to impoverish themselves which will only make the two of them even richer. I suppose if I stole hard drugs from my parents, gave them to my wife and she died of an overdose and I failed to take any responsibility I’d probably have trouble recognizing morally problematic stances too.
And there’s even a ‘next level’ factor too. I recall an article in the LA TImes almost 20 years ago that talked about a restaurant with complaining customers. Why were they complaining? They wanted the restaurant to RAISE prices to push the ‘riff raff’ (that would be you and me) out of ‘their’ restaurant. For the same reason you know that there are some hoping for $10 a gallon gas – simply to clear the ‘riff raff’ from ‘their’ highways. Unfortunately the Democrat voter doesn’t do ‘math’.
Never herd of any of them outside of Stiller. I wonder how he feels about his parties open dirty secret of being jew haters and anti Semitics.
He doesn’t feel much.
leftist/liberals are leftist/liberals first.
Anything else comes at a very distant second place.
All I can say is thank you for the list of comedians and actors/actresses to avoid. As one of the comments in this article stated, “You’re rich so you’re not feeling the pain like the rest of us”. I hope fans stop turning up to buy a ticket to your show or movie. Really won’t matter because four more years under a similar administration to Biden’s, everyone will be so broke financially, they won’t have the the extra money to afford luxuries like movies or a comedy show. I hope you enjoyed your careers and the money you made.
Well, that’s a useful list. Thanks!
There’s nobody on that list that I ever heard of, that I’m not already actively avoiding however…