Jon Stewart gets Tim Walz to visit a non-swing state on The Daily Show
Among other things, Tim Walz promised Jon Stewart not to use any of the Cheneys' foreign policy ideas.
In 2016, people who knew nothing about comedy would say things like, “Comedy is going to be great under Trump.” Well, it didn’t work out like that, and nothing proves it more than the lack of theatrically released comedies in the last decade. But then a weekend like this comes along, and Donald Trump spends two days working at McDonald’s and gabbing about Arnold Palmer’s monster hog. Sadly, on tonight’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart reminds us just how maddening this kind of crap can be. Because if you listen closely, Trump is also speaking publicly about sicking the military on “the enemy within,” i.e., his political opponents. But as members of the media allowed Trump and his cronies to poo-poo the former president’s threat against their colleagues and co-workers, Stewart argues that maybe, perhaps, just this once, we take him at his word.
“To all the Republican officials who seem very confident that Trump isn’t being serious when talking about extreme measure to defeat his enemies, he’s already tried it,” Stewart said. “Remember that day he tried to overthrow the government, and I know it didn’t work but attempted murder isn’t the same thing as never tried murder.”
“Somehow Trump’s absurdity renders him benign. We dismiss his threats because of how much fun he has expounding on the length, width, and girth of Arnold Palmer’s cock.”
