"A self-proclaimed "MAGA Dentist" is facing backlash after a video of her joking about turning down pain-relieving gas for liberal patients at her Santa Clarita clinic blew up online. Dr. Harleen Grewal of Skyline Smiles made this quip and other wisecracks about her distaste for left-leaning clients during a speech at the Republican Liberty Gala in 2021, comments that recently attracted mass attention after a video of the speech went viral on TikTok."
""I have a secret hat I use sometimes, it says, 'Make your smile great again,'" she said at the gala. "So I wear that when I work with my patients, when they look horrified or complain, I quietly cut back on the laughing gas." In the address, she also jokes about missing the days when "the Dems stayed home during COVID with their masks on" as well as liberals' reaction when they see the photo wall of Republican leaders in the office:"
"The comments were met with laughter within the context of the Republican gala but have been met with outrage on the internet as well as calls to report Grewal to the California Dental Board. "Dental care by a dentist who acknowledges that she doesn't control your pain based on your political party? How does she have a license to practice?" wrote one person in a Yelp post."
Dr. Harleen Grewal, who identifies as a "MAGA Dentist," made jokes at a 2021 Republican gala about withholding pain-relieving laughing gas from liberal patients and mocking liberals' COVID behaviors and reactions to Republican imagery. A video of the speech circulated widely on TikTok before being taken down, and recorded versions and response videos continue to spread. The remarks provoked public backlash, including calls to report Grewal to the California Dental Board and a surge of negative Yelp reviews. One Yelp commenter questioned how a dentist who admits to altering pain control by political party could hold a license.
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