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From Druski to Bryon Noem: Why Conservatives Are Always the Last Ones in on the Joke
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This week, the internet handed conservatives two gifts wrapped in irony, and they opened both boxes with a press release and a cease-and-desist threat that didn't even exist. Druski's two-minute sketch about "conservative women" racked up over 160 million views on X alone — and the right responded with outrage instead of self-awareness. Then the Daily Mail dropped a report claiming Kristi Noem's husband Bryon leads a secret double life that includes wearing fake breasts and chatting with fetish models online — and again, the response was pearl-clutching rather than perspective. Both moments had the DNA of great satire. Both moments were real. So why can't conservatives laugh? I'm joined by Newsweek Politics and Culture editor Carlo Versano to talk about what happens when the joke is about you and you refuse to get it — and whether the inability to take a punch might be one of the right's biggest political liabilities right now.
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