News · moment 11 of 22
Doug Emhoff Defines Yiddish Words with Alex Edelman
from President Lip Reading & The Real Emily In Paris | The Tim Dillon Show #413 · #413
5 min
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Tim reacts to a video of Doug Emhoff defining Yiddish terms with comedian Alex Edelman, questioning who this bizarre outreach is even for, and speculates about high-end Jewish voters secretly backing Trump over Israel policy, plus confusion over the AI-looking food in the video.
- Tim calls everyone from Beto O'Rourke to any Democrat running against Ted Cruz a bunch of losers who've lost every time.
- Alex Edelman posted a video from dinner at Doug Emhoff's home where they're asked to define Yiddish words.
- Tim questions who this video is targeted to and what the political aim of Doug Emhoff defining Yiddish terms actually is.
- High-end Jewish people Tim knows in LA and New York are voting for Trump over Israel concerns, but they're doing it quietly and staying closeted about it.
- Tim references Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration" and compares this to a hypothetical where he'd invite people to define gay slang—saying the campaign should tone down the Jewishness instead.
- Tim mocks the campaign logic: "We're not doing great in swing states—what if Doug Emhoff defined Yiddish terms to reach working class whites?"
- Tim notices they appear to be eating Chinese food and asks what's happening in the photo.
- The food in the video looks AI-generated and fake, and Tim can't identify what Emhoff is eating.
- Something is visibly wrong with the food in their hands—it doesn't look real on closer inspection.
Doug EmhoffAlex EdelmanDonald TrumpTed CruzChristopher GuestBarry Ize