And in the moment that you addressed the Bernie or Bust people —— 
 
 I wasn’t going to say the “ridiculous” thing. They told us to stretch, and I just saw these people going: “Boo! Bernie!” Whatever. 
 
 When you’re a comic, and you do material that you mean in one way, and people take it in another — like years ago, I would do a lot of racial stuff, and I meant it in a very bleeding-heart liberal way, ultimately. By being the idiot.There were people who would take that literally, and we would call those mouth-full-of-blood laughs. They’re the laughs you don’t want. And those people cheering for Bernie when he came out — the whole place was so inspired; the whole room was amazing. But that little section of quote-unquote Bernie Bros or whatever, it’s the fans you don’t want. The fundamentalists of any group, including fans of Bernie or fans of Hillary or fans of anyone are a bummer. So that’s just a given. It’s not that big a deal. 
 
 Did you feel as if you were addressing them as a comedian would knock down a heckler? 
 
 No, no — it didn’t feel like heckles. It was such chaos. You can’t hear, really, anything that’s going on at all. It just is a really loud white noise. It’s too much to take in or hear any individual voices. It wasn’t a heckler return. It was something that’s been burbling in me. 
 
 Was there anything you wanted to do in your speech that the Democratic National Committee wouldn’t allow? 
 
 At the very beginning, when Al said, “I’m Al Franken, and this past year I’ve been hashtag-I’m With Her,” and I was going to say, “And I’m Sarah Silverman, and this past year I’ve been with the possibly agnostic Jew.” Because you know the Right is going to use these emails to try to separate them. It’s what they want so badly. I just felt like, let the comedian defuse it and just address the elephant in the room. But they were like, no. And they are right. They’re right. But I get so indignant. At least I’m aware, and awareness brings change, so maybe I’ll be less obnoxious. ||||| The comedian endorsed Hillary Clinton for president but said she remains ‘inspired’ by Bernie Sanders’ ideals at Democratic convention in Philadelphia 
 
 After a first day shot through with a sense of betrayal and injustice at the Democratic national convention, it took a comedian to articulate the feeling of tragedy gripping Bernie Sanders supporters. 
 
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 Sarah Silverman started with a pretty obvious “Feel the Bern” gag (“I put cream on it”), but went on to make one of the speeches of the night, with a thoughtful exposition of the argument for switching from Sanders to Hillary Clinton. 
 
 But while she articulated the argument for Sanders voters to get behind Clinton, she also displayed a flash of unscripted irritation, which appeared to anger some of the Vermont senator’s delegates in the room. After a day of rolling emotions, Silverman said: “To the ‘Bernie or Bust’ people, you’re being ridiculous.” 
 
 The remark came after a unifying speech, which began with her own declaration of support for Sanders. 
 
 “As some of you may know, I support Bernie Sanders and the movement behind him,” Silverman told the cheering audience. 
 
 “Not only did Bernie wake us up, he made us understand what is possible and what we deserve. You know, my shrink says we don’t get what we want, we get what we think we deserve, and Bernie showed us that all Americans deserve quality healthcare. 
 
 “All it takes to accomplish this, it’s everyone, it’s all of us. Or as a pretty kickass woman once said – it takes a village,” Silverman said, the first of numerous references to the common ground shared by Clinton and Sanders. 
 
 Silverman called the Democratic primary “exemplary”, especially when compared to the “major arrested development stuff” employed by Trump, who clearly lacked “human touch or coping tools” as a child. 
 
 “That is the process of democracy at its very best, and it’s very cool to see,” Silverman continued, before going in for the full endorsement: “Hillary is our Democratic nominee, and I will proudly vote for her.” 
 
 As the audience cheered and jeered, the chants of Bernie and Hillary gliding over one another, Silverman continued. “So inspiring! It’s so inspiring – just a few years ago, she was a secretary, and now she’s going to be president. She’s like the only person ever to be overqualified for a job as the president. So I tell you this: I will vote for Hillary with gusto as I continue to be inspired and moved to action by the ideals set forth by Bernie, who will never stop fighting for us.”
– Sarah Silverman drew one of the biggest cheers of Monday night at the Democratic National Convention when she told Bernie Sanders diehards they were "being ridiculous." But there was one line the Democratic National Committee informed the comedian she couldn't deliver during her speech, she tells the New York Times in an interview that delves into her support of Sanders, how it felt to face a riled-up audience, and the "fundamentalists" found in any group. "At the very beginning, when Al said, 'I'm Al Franken, and this past year I've been hashtag-I'm With Her' … I was going to say, 'And I'm Sarah Silverman, and this past year I've been with the possibly agnostic Jew,'" she reveals. "But they were like, no. And they are right. … But I get so indignant. At least I'm aware, and awareness brings change, so maybe I'll be less obnoxious." Read her entire interview here. (Four takes on Bill Clinton's speech Tuesday night.)