Crossposted on NewsBusters.
Host Larry Wilmore: “You used to be a carpenter. Is that right?
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Well, I used to help out in...”
Wilmore: “Help out a carpenter?”
Sanders: “I wouldn’t want to go too far on that.”
Wilmore: “And you’re Jewish?”
Sanders: “Yes. Ha! I get where you’re going!”
Wilmore: “I’m just saying. And the Pope loves you. Right?”
Sanders: “Right.”
Wilmore: “Millions of people come to hear you speak your sermons on mounts. Are you Jesus?”
— Exchange on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, April 13.