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[UPDATE] 'SNL' Mocks 'Gross' GOP Candidate Who Lost His Eye to an IED Blast

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[This post has been updated with GOP candidate Dan Crenshaw's response to Saturday Night Live and more on how he lost his right eye.]

Since the Vietnam War, liberals have been known for their great disdain for America's service members, despite their efforts to hide it. During NBC's latest edition of Saturday Night Live, that disdain poked its ugly head out in the form of supposed comedian Pete Davidson mocking Republican congressional candidate and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw about the eye he lost to an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan, "or whatever" according to the funny man.

The vile attack came during the SNL's faux news segment "Weekend Update" where Davidson was mocking multiple Republican politicians for their looks. The comedian stated he'd "realized there are some pretty gross people running for office this year". When a picture of Crenshaw was put on the screen, co-star Michael Che blurted out: "Oh, come on, man!"

"Hold on," Davidson told him. "You may be surprised to hear he's a congressional candidate from Texas and not a hitman in a porno movie," he ridiculed Crenshaw to the uproarious laughter of the liberal crowd. "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or whatever."

"Or whatever" proves NBC, SNL, and Davidson clearly have no honor or decency, especially considering the jokes on the show get pitched, edited, and reviewed. Crenshaw's campaign website tells the story of how he lost his eye and his sight, but kept fighting:

On Dan's third deployment in 2012, his life changed forever. After six months of combat operations, Dan was hit by an IED blast during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was evacuated and awoke from his medically induced coma learning that his right eye had been destroyed in the blast and his left eye was still present, but badly damaged. Dan was completely blind and the doctors did not believe he would ever see again.


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