Black comedian Drew Desbordes, better known online as “Druski,” ignited a slew of conservative backlash this week after putting on white makeup to mock “conservative women” in a sketch that seemed to be aimed at Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk.
“Erika Kirk’s husband was assassinated in September,” Clay Travis, founder of conservative media outlet OutKick, wrote on X. “It’s March & a black comedian is putting on white face & mocking her in a video.”
Druski, 31, stirred up controversy last year with a video in which he made himself look like a white NASCAR fan who was “just proud to be an American.”
In his latest video, titled “How Conservative Women in America Act,” the influencer appears as a white woman with a blonde wig and heavy makeup. Although Druski did not say he was dressing up as Kirk specifically, many on the internet noticed similarities his character and to the Turning Point USA CEO.
The video begins with his character walking onto a stage, dancing to loud music as pyrotechnics go off. His outfit is similar to the one Kirk wore to her late husband Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, which also featured fireworks, in Arizona last year.
The video then shows Druski, as the “conservative” woman, doing press conferences, including one about the war in Iran; driving a car with Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” blasting; holding a Bible during an interview, and doing Pilates.
“We have to protect all men in America, especially all white men in America,” Druski’s conservative woman said at one mock press conference, while standing in front of a Black security guard turning his head. “Those are the boys that we care about in this country.”
The scene echoed Kirk’s speech at the Arkansas governor’s mansion earlier this month, where she said, “Don’t let anyone disenfranchise you because you’re a young man — especially a young, white male man.”
While many viewers laughed at the sketch, which amassed hundreds of millions of views on X alone, some MAGA-aligned conservatives were not happy at all.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who was once ridiculed online for liking a porn video on his public Twitter account, called Druski’s sketch “Beneath contempt.”
Right-wing influencer and OutKick contributor Jon Root called Druski a “despicable human being.”
And Fox News’s Joe Concha told the comedian to “Enjoy your time in hell.”
However, Kirk critic and conservative podcaster Candace Owens laughed at the comedian’s bit on Thursday’s episode of her show.
“This is how everybody’s feeling,” Owens said, reacting to the bit. “Everybody for the first time. It’s not left or right. It’s like everyone’s united and feeling this. It feels fake. It feels wrong.”
