At the Second City’s recently opened Come What Mayhem!, there was this delicious blackout: a woman is on a high ledge about to jump. A man crawls out to save her. She explains she just can’t stomach the idea of a President Trump. Then she lists his deplorable policies and campaign statements. Then both the woman and her rescuer jump together.

To many people, Trump is a disastrous presidential candidate, but to comedians he is something else: a gift. At the Emmys, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, winning for Veep,  took her shot at the Donald.

“I’d also like to take this opportunity to apologize for the current political climate. I think that Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics.” She then promised to “rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”

But Trump bashing is nothing new. As far back as the ’90s, the now defunct Spy magazine mercilessly referred to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian.” And throughout his reign on The Apprentice, he was great joke fodder for his hair, his bombast, and his catchphrase, “You’re fired!”

Now every standup has a bit on him. Hillary Clinton is not a beloved candidate either. But she’s not a very interesting target. (My joke: I think America is finally ready for a … robot president.)

Of all the late night satirists, none have been more vituperative than Seth Meyers, who recently called Trump a “liar and a racist” on his show. Meyers has been publicly after Trump for years, calling him out on his anti-Obama “birther” stance at the 2011 Correspondents’ Dinner. Now Trump won’t allow Meyers anywhere near him.

Canada’s own Samantha Bee has been another headache for the Trumpster, mercilessly attacking him for his racism on her “Tacogate” pieces.

For seriously inspired Trump satire, you only have to look at our own This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where Mark Critch’s Trump pieces are the gold standard for Trump impersonations. His press conference on the Great White North is sheer brilliance. 

“I have nothing against the Great White North. I really get behind the ‘white’ part, if you know what I mean.” 

Is all this anti-Trump satire a result of the antipathy between liberal comics and a right-wing politician? Does comedy, in general, have an ideological bias? If you think satire is inherently liberal, you’d be wrong. Recall Bill Clinton’s treatment at the hands of Rush Limbaugh and the Fox network neo-cons.

No, comics aren’t liberal or conservative. They just like making fun of bozos of any stripe.