Jerry Seinfeld is facing backlash on social media for tweeting a joke that loosely referenced the Black Lives Matter movement.

“New! Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” Mr. Seinfeld tweeted Thursday morning in a promo for his web series. “Lewis Black. Black’s life matters. @Acura!”

The post was met with a slew of negative responses from verified Twitter users, but it doesn’t seem likely that the 62-year-old comedian will issue a retraction. Mr. Seinfeld, who is often dubbed comedy’s cleanest comic, has previously expressed his disdain for “creepy” political correctness.

“This is worse than the finale of ‘Seinfeld‘ which I still don’t like,” tweeted Dreamworks writer Benjamin Siemon. “Who’s writing your tweets now? The Breitbart humor section staff?”

“Now I see why Larry David wrote all the jokes,” tweeted Bleacher Report writer Tyler Conway.

“This is a bad tweet,” wrote San Francisco Chronicle columnist Caille Millner.

“What the f— jerry,” tweeted “Gilmore Guys” podcaster Kevin T. Porter.

“Yikes,” added music producer Jacques Greene.

Other commentators criticized the comedian for making light of a movement meant to shine a light on the black struggle in America.

Mr. Seinfeld has yet to comment on the controversy.

On Thursday, he tweeted a tribute to Mary Tyler Moore, who died Wednesday at the age of 80.

Pretty obvious the basic structure of my show was based on

The MTM Show.

Hub of the wheel, let’s say.

But I adored her.

Perfection. — Jerry Seinfeld (@JerrySeinfeld) January 27, 2017

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