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Dave Chappelle to Trump voters in Netflix special: 'You are poor; he's fighting for me'

Though Dave Chappelle's new Netflix standup special was filmed long before Congress voted on a sweeping tax bill that includes a 40 percent tax cut for corporations, there's a bit from the comedy show that sounds relevant.
In this July 18, 2015 file photo, comedian Dave Chappelle speaks at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation's Art for Life Benefit in New York.(Photo: Scott Roth, AP)

(USA TODAY) -- Though Dave Chappelle's new Netflix standup special was filmed long before Congress voted on a sweeping tax bill that includes a 40 percent tax cut for corporations, there's a bit from the comedy show that sounds relevant.

In a new expletive-laden NSFW clip from his third streaming special in a year, Equanimity, out Dec. 31, Chappelle talks about the "poor whites" who elected President Trump.

"I've never had a problem with white people ever in my life, but, full disclosure, poor whites are my least favorites. We've got a lot of trouble out of them. And I've never seen so many of them up close," Chappelle says about the "decent folk" who voted for Trump.

"I stood with them in line ... and I listened to them say naive, poor white people things" about how Trump will help them once elected.

Chappelle continues: "I'm standing there, thinking in my mind, 'You dumb (expletives). You are poor. He's fighting for me.'"

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