Kennedy Center removes Trump joke from Netflix broadcast of Mark Twain Prize

A joke about Donald Trump was cut from a Netflix comedy show before it went online in July. Comedian Whitney Cummings performed the joke at the Kennedy Center in Washington on June 28. The ceremony was honoring comedian Bill Maher with the Mark Twain Prize. Cummings' joke referred to Trump's links to Jeffrey Epstein. She first said the joke would stay in the broadcast, but she was later told it had been removed. Netflix said it did not make this decision. The Kennedy Center, which Trump chairs, has the contractual right to remove material from the broadcast. Cummings talked about the removal on her podcast in mid-July. The case has raised questions about who controls what comedy audiences are allowed to see.