His return to the public eye was spearheaded by an appearance on "Saturday Night Live." During his opening monologue, Chappelle encouraged viewers to "give Trump a chance," saying, "We, the historically disenfranchised [African-American community] demand that he give us one too."
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Dave Chappelle tonight in NY on his November SNL monologue: "I was the first guy on TV to say 'Give Trump a chance.' I f***ed up. Sorry."
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) May 16, 2017
During a show on Monday night, Chappelle seemed to walk back those remarks. "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist was in the audience and tweeted that Chappelle remarked, "I was the first guy on TV to say 'Give Trump a chance.' I f***ed up. Sorry."
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In a clip of the show uploaded to Instagram, Chappelle remarked, “Every day when you wake up, you never know what he’s going to do next — Donald Trump — he’s exciting like you thought a black president would have been.”
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After Chappelle ripped on Trump’s travel ban, the audience roared in approval, and the comedian joked, “You guys are not a good gauge of how people actually feel though. You’re largely rich, white New Yorkers. You didn’t even know he was going to win in the first place.”
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