Comic David Lucas has gone viral after he made a crude joke about George Floyd at certainly one of his latest exhibits on the Humorous Bone in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
The Macon, Georgia, native began out by performing a extremely unstable present that stated he would have by no means kneeled on the neck of the Black man, whose demise sparked the summer season of civil unrest of 2022, however would have shot him as a result of it could have been faster.
The group was so outraged that members of the viewers acquired up and left.
Initially, Lucas was responding to a Black heckler within the crowd. After making an attempt to bait him to hitch him on stage and threatening to have the disruptor thrown out, he slipped right into a one-liner that he most likely didn’t assume would shade the remainder of the evening.
“N—ga tried to smash the entire present,” he stated in regards to the viewers member. “In entrance of all these f—king good a— white folks at my present, and also you need to present them the explanation George Floyd acquired his neck kneeled on.”
The viewers instantly began to boo.
“Don’t go ‘Oooo’ at that joke. It’s only a joke, man. I might have by no means kneeled on George Floyd’s neck. I might have shot that n—ga. That was method too lengthy,” he stated earlier than sarcastically saying, “Oh, God, I feel I simply canceled the remainder of my Black followers.”
A number of folks began to rise up and go away.
“It’s best to find out about George Floyd earlier than you get yo a— up there speaking about him,” a person yelled out from the viewers.
The extra the viewers began to activate him, he turned extra emboldened— feeding off of these cracking up at his joke in regards to the man tragically killed by Derek Chauvin over the Memorial Day weekend of 2020.
He quipped, “I’ve been to Minnesota, and I went within the fuel station, and I requested them n—fuel to let me see that faux $20,” referencing the counterfeit invoice Floyd used on the retailer that prompted the police to strategy him on that day.
Lucas proceeded to specific his endorsement of Donald Trump and Kyle Rittenhouse, weaving in a joke in regards to the Ku Klux Klan supporting him in an try and incite additional outrage together with his model of blue humor.
Although the comedy present seems to have taken place in early January, Lucas uploaded the footage from his set on YouTube throughout Black Historical past Month. Many on social media blasted him, saying he was “shuckin’ and jivin’” for his white followers and for making enjoyable of one thing so heinous to Black folks.
“Downing your individual folks to get giggles out them YT of us is corny asl,” a remark learn, whereas one other provided, “Seeing the yt folks laughing at that joke don’t sit ceremony with me!!”
“Not all the things must be a joke, homie,” one individual wrote. “Rise up for one thing or fall for something.”
Different remarks applauded the individuals who walked out on him.
Not all feedback condemned him. On the X platform, a number of profiles that appeared to share alt-right content material celebrated the set and inspired others to observe him, saying he was additionally filming a Netflix particular that they couldn’t wait to observe.
“David Lucas is spitting details. Did you discover the Democrats can’t deal with the reality,” one remark learn.
Lucas loves the eye and posted Tomi Lahren’s touch upon the video. Nonetheless, folks reminded him that this was not an excellent look.
Having Tomi Lahren pull as much as your remark part since you made enjoyable of a black man who was killed by police isn’t the flex you assume it’s David Lucas pic.twitter.com/qAd8TSyWnI
— Quan (@BlackK_GMS) February 11, 2024
“Having Tomi Lahren pull as much as your remark part since you made enjoyable of a black man who was killed by police isn’t the flex you assume it’s David Lucas,” one individual tweeted.
The comedian doesn’t appear to care what folks assume, letting his 158K followers on Instagram know that he’s not solely unbothered but additionally booked and busy.
Some merely don’t care about his posturing, warning him that the waters he’s swimming in may get deep.
“Exhibiting out for them YT of us, however I assure they ain’t gonna maintain you down lengthy,” one individual wrote underneath his publish on Instagram about not having the ability to be canceled. “You gonna really feel that hit from shedding your individual folks as a fanbase. I promise you you’ll remorse it.”
