Matt Binder Responds to Smear Campaign by John Lavine

Matt Binder's Response to John Lavine

• 🎯 Matt Binder addresses a smear campaign initiated by John Lavine, a writer formerly of the New York Post and now at The Free Beacon.
• 💬 The conflict began when Lavine tweeted critically about Zohran Mamdani's statement regarding family support during financial hardship.
• 💡 Binder defended Mamdani's acknowledgment of privilege, drawing a parallel to his own experience entering comedy with a safety net.

Lavine's Accusations and Binder's Rebuttals

• 🔍 Lavine's criticism of Binder escalated to digging up an Instagram post from February 2013, questioning Binder's self-portrait involving a bottle of Johnny Walker.
• 🍻 Binder clarified the post was a self-deprecating commentary on his past, not an indication of his current lifestyle or drug of choice.
• 🎭 Lavine's attempt to paint Binder as out-of-touch was countered by Binder highlighting Lavine's own perceived downward career trajectory and his need to resort to decade-old social media posts.

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