Black comic Drew Desbordes, higher recognized on-line as “Druski,” ignited a slew of conservative backlash this week after placing on white make-up to mock “conservative ladies” in a sketch that gave the impression to be geared toward Turning Level USA’s Erika Kirk.
“Erika Kirk’s husband was assassinated in September,” Clay Travis, founding father of conservative media outlet OutKick, wrote on X. “It’s March & a black comic is placing on white face & mocking her in a video.”
Druski, 31, stirred up controversy final yr with a video through which he made himself seem like a white NASCAR fan who was “simply proud to be an American.”

In his newest video, titled “How Conservative Girls in America Act,” the influencer seems as a white lady with a blonde wig and heavy make-up. Though Druski didn’t say he was dressing up as Kirk particularly, many on the web observed similarities his character and to the Turning Level USA CEO.
The video begins together with his character strolling onto a stage, dancing to loud music as pyrotechnics go off. His outfit is just like the one Kirk wore to her late husband Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, which additionally featured fireworks, in Arizona final yr.

The video then reveals Druski, because the “conservative” lady, doing press conferences, together with one in regards to the battle in Iran; driving a automotive with Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” blasting; holding a Bible throughout an interview, and doing Pilates.
“We’ve got to guard all males in America, particularly all white males in America,” Druski’s conservative lady stated at one mock press convention, whereas standing in entrance of a Black safety guard turning his head. “These are the boys that we care about on this nation.”
The scene echoed Kirk’s speech on the Arkansas governor’s mansion earlier this month, the place she stated, “Don’t let anybody disenfranchise you since you’re a younger man — particularly a younger, white male man.”
Whereas many viewers laughed on the sketch, which amassed tons of of thousands and thousands of views on X alone, some MAGA-aligned conservatives weren’t glad in any respect.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who was as soon as ridiculed on-line for liking a porn video on his public Twitter account, known as Druski’s sketch “Beneath contempt.”
Proper-wing influencer and OutKick contributor Jon Root known as Druski a “despicable human being.”
And Fox Information’s Joe Concha instructed the comic to “Get pleasure from your time in hell.”
Nonetheless, Kirk critic and conservative podcaster Candace Owens laughed on the comic’s bit on Thursday’s episode of her present.
“That is how all people’s feeling,” Owens stated, reacting to the bit. “All people for the primary time. It’s not left or proper. It’s like everybody’s united and feeling this. It feels faux. It feels unsuitable.”

