Larry Wilmore got into the business of making attack ads on Wednesday night, after he heard presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)’s attempt a foray into comedy.
After applauding Caitlyn Jenner and her debut in the pages of Vanity Fair, Wilmore turned to the words of Huckabee about his stance toward transgender people.
“I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE,” Huckabee said in a video that surfaced this week. “I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I’d rather shower with the girls today.'”
(Huckabee’s remark was delivered in February and was not referencing Jenner but the acceptance of transgender people in general.)
Wilmore forced a laugh at the gag.
“What was his book again?” the host asked. “Oh yeah, ‘God, Guns, Grits and Gravy’ and Go Fuck Yourself.”
Wilmore proceeded to roll a mock up of an attack ad against Huckabee, playing off a snippet of the ex-governor’s remarks (“I think I’d rather shower with the girls.”)
“Mike Huckabee likes to shower,” the ad said in dark tones, “but he’s anything but clean.”
Wilmore made his own poorly-received jokes about Jenner’s sexuality earlier this year:
“Oh, hmm, haven’t checked in on Larry Wilmore’s show in a while, I wonder what he’s up—oh, uh, actually, nevermind.” pic.twitter.com/qqcuaabaDM
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) April 28, 2015
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