Pete Davidson's apology to Texas Republican Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw on Saturday Night Live – and Crenshaw's acceptance of it – ought to become a watershed moment in American culture.
On Saturday, November 3, three days before the recent election, Davidson, a comedian, poked fun at Crenshaw's appearance, making a vile joke and then making light of Crenshaw's eyepatch: "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or … whatever."
Two-term U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, the only Republican member of Congress in New England, got about 2,000 more votes than his nearest competitor, a Democrat, on election day last week.
