SNL Alum Says Baldwin’s Trump Hate Is RUINING The Iconic Show

Rob Schneider starred in “Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo.”

Who would have thought he’d ALSO be the voice of reason?

Weird times we’re living in…

According to Fox:

Rob Schneider thinks Alec Baldwin’s “Saturday Night Live” Donald Trump impersonation is ruining the show because Baldwin has let his personal politics take center stage.

“The fun of ‘Saturday Night Live’ was […] you never knew which way they leaned politically,” Schneider told The New York Daily News on Friday. “You kind of assumed they would lean more left and liberal, but now the cat’s out of the bag [and] they are completely against Trump, which I think makes it less interesting because you know the direction the piece is going.”

Back then, things were all in good fun. They didn’t push a HATE-FILLED political agenda… they were just there for a good laugh!

The former “SNL” regular compared Baldwin’s performance to comedian Dana Carvey’s impression of George H.W. Bush in the late ’80s and ’90s.

Carvey recently appeared on “Conan” to discuss his 25-year friendship with the former president. Over the years, Carvey said he grew close to Bush, even exchanging phone numbers.

“We had so many warm moments with them … It was a different time,” Carvey admitted.

A time I wish we could go back to…

Schneider says Baldwin’s impression of Trump is different from Carvey’s playful impersonation of Bush.

“Carvey played it respectfully,” Schneider said. “To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays.”

Was Dana Carvey liberal? Maybe. Probably… but you didn’t necessarily know it from his impersonation. It was in light-hearted fun.

Not so much anymore.

And it’s clear from looking at Baldwin’s Twitter account, Schneider says, that he has very strong opinions about the Trump administration.

“I don’t find his impression to be comical,” Schneider told the Daily News. “Because, like I said, I know the way his politics lean and it spoils any surprise. There’s no possible surprise. He so clearly hates the man he’s playing.”

It’s not funny. It’s HATEFUL.

Watching someone throw a fit over how much they hate our president really isn’t funny at all…

It’s gross.

Now, I don’t know much about Schneider’s politics… (isn’t that the whole point he’s trying to make?) but he’s definitely stood up against the liberal hate before.

This isn’t the first time Schneider has scolded a public figure for their words and actions against Trump. In January 2017, Schneider came under fire for calling out Rep. John Lewis for not attending Trump’s inauguration and for telling “Meet the Press” he’s not a “legitimate president.”

“Rep. Lewis, you are a great person. But Dr. King didn’t give in to his anger or his hurt. That is how he accomplished & won Civil Rights,” Schneider said in a since-deleted tweet posted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Schneider also attacked UC Berkeley for cancelling conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s speech last April, arguing it limited Americans’ right to free speech.

“UC Berkeley, after you done eliminating speech you don’t like & words you don’t like what’s next?” the comedian tweeted. “Maybe add burning books to the curriculum.”

Berkeley asked Coulter to postpone her appearance for a month after protests over the planned speech grew into a nationally-watched firestorm.

Schneider USED to be a liberal… until he realized he couldn’t stand their crap anymore. It hasn’t earned him many points in Hollywood.

Schneider reportedly used to consider himself a Democrat but he’s since become an Independent — a move he realizes may not be popular with all of his fans.

“Literally if you don’t go the party line — you’re out. There’s a real ugliness to it,” he explained.

He’s of course already getting MASSIVE hate for this… so he took to Twitter to smooth things over a bit:

Today, I was asked about SNL & their political satire. I said I believe you must have empathy for those you play… pic.twitter.com/E5Y8VekN4M

— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) April 27, 2018

He’s right.

This isn’t comedy. It’s just hate.