The comedian said he was also worried about people 'weaponizing' his jokes, like his one about Don Lemon, to push an agenda.
hosts, that “it’s a joke about how that question, in my opinion, is an insult, because we didn’t really ask it of Mike Pence when he was running and hiding around the White House. … I think it was fair to at least point out some of the stuff that she’s done from a policy standpoint, and then flip it to sexism.”
The comedian added that he was nervous at first because if the first joke didn’t land with Harris, “the next two minutes, I’m done.” But on the other side, he was worried about people “weaponizing” his jokes to cancel him or push an agenda.
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