Saturday night, SNL roasted the Democratic candidates in their cold open, with comedian and writer Larry David playing the part of Bernie Sanders. Somewhere along the line, David-as-Sanders made the claim that, while his colleagues were able to afford gold-plated underpants, it made more sense to elect the man with a single pair of underpants that he dried on a radiator: Bernie Sanders.
Now, far be it from me to speculate on whether Bernie does, in fact, own one pair of underpants that he dries on a radiator. I’ve heard stories about him hoarding plastic cafeteria silverware in his Congressional office, but nothing about any questionable laundry habits. Thankfully, CNN, which is clearly trying to earn itself the Pulitzer it should have received for its intense “missing plane” coverage several years ago, has fact-checked SNL’s claim and labeled it…errrr….”underpants on fire.”
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I’m so glad we’ve cleared that up.