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Tucker Carlson thinks SNL should mock transgender people over ISIS

“I would love to see an SNL sketch, like, making fun of transgender bathrooms, for example.”

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Fox & Friends co-host Tucker Carlson, in a segment in which he attacked Saturday Night Live for a skit that mocked terrorist group ISIS. Carlson claimed that SNL won’t make fun of “the sacred cows on the left,” and opined that SNL should mock transgender acceptance instead of a group who violently oppress and kill thousands of people.

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