Roseanne Barr showed why she was once the queen of TV comedy on Wednesday night, delivering a gripping routine about why female soldiers were better than male soldiers before describing herself as a “hating” Jew and sarcastically thanking to Christians for their understanding of Judaism.
As one viewer said, it was probably the first time jokes were made about the menstrual cycle during a lavish fundraiser at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
Barr, who was booted from her own show after being accused of racism, was part of an uncancelled comedians’ evening in support of Kari Lake. The Trump ally is locked in a tough battle for the Arizona Senate seat vacated by Kyrsten Sinema.
‘Kari, it’s time there was a woman in the Senate. It’s time there was a woman everywhere,” she told the crowd gathered around the resort pool as the sun set. ‘You know why?
“Because whatever a man can do, a woman can make another man do even better.”
Roseanne Barr appeared at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home Wednesday night to raise money for Kari Lake’s Senate campaign. She was part of a comedy night.
Barr ran for president in 2012 and is now an outspoken Trump supporter.
He couldn’t help but sidestep the kind of controversial territory that saw his career derail. But first he reviewed some of the political ideas he would have implemented if he had ever come to power.
‘First, I would institute an all-female army. That’s what I do. Think about it,” she said. “We could win some of these damn wars for a change, you know what I mean?”
‘Everyone gets their period at exactly the same time. Drinking those Red Bulls drinks… “I’m looking for a man to blame for all my problems…” can you imagine that… be so cool?
“Especially (if) we are fighting women who are thinner than us.”
He said Trump was the last hope to defend the country and then addressed some of the controversies over anti-Semitism that have plagued the nation during the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
‘Every day I have to maintain a positive attitude. Because I’m not a really positive person,” Barr said. ‘I’m more or less positive because I’m Jewish.
‘So I’m very, very negative, bitter and hateful. But I’m so glad to be here for Kari, who is a wonderful woman of God, a wonderful Christian woman.
‘And I have to say that, as a Jew, I love Christian people so much because they are the only ones who know anything about Judaism. Go figure.’
Lake poses with his followers. She is locked in a tough battle for Arizona’s vacant Senate seat.
Former President Donald Trump showed up to support Lake
Mar-a-Lago is preferred fundraising destination for 2024 Republican candidates
The line drew laughter, although more than one person later nervously admitted to verifying that Barr was raised in a Jewish family.
Other jokes were classic Roseanne territory. She joked about her age, 71, and the importance of adult diapers, and her morning routine of waking up, peeing, and then getting out of bed.
But the harsher side of comedy was also part of the goal of the night.
“God gave us our sense of humor to get us through times like this, and the left seems to lack humor,” Lake said in introducing Barr.
“And I’ll tell you what, they’ve given us a lot to make fun of and they’ve given us a lot to laugh about right now, believe it or not.”
Lake campaign officials said the night raised $1 million for his fight in Arizona, with ticket prices topping $100,000 for a couple.
Also on the bill were former Saturday Night Live star Jim Breuer and Chad Prather.
One million dollars was raised throughout the night, according to organizers.
But the presenter was the one who laughed the most. Trump spoke of Lake’s political skills, but couldn’t resist criticizing President Joe Biden.
‘He’s a horrible guy. He’s a horrible president,’ he said before looking around the terrace where he stood.
‘He doesn’t know where the hell he is. He couldn’t get out of this scenario… you have one, two, three, four… many doors.’