Throughout Monday night time’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart homed in on President Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disastrous nationwide safety leak.
“You know, back in my day, if you were a journalist who wanted leaked war documents, he’d work the sources, meet them in a dark garage, earn the trust, pound the pavement,” Stewart mentioned. “Now you just wait for the national security adviser to be distracted by ‘White Lotus’ while he’s setting up his ‘Bomb Yemen’ group chat.”
Stewart then turned his consideration to Trump’s ongoing assault on the First Modification, calling the GOP “powerful creatures [that] have been genetically modified to resist shame, self-reflection of any kind.”
After enjoying Fox Information clips of fear-mongering about alleged Orwellian censorship on the left and a clip of Trump victoriously proclaiming “we have saved free speech,” Stewart highlighted Trump’s relentless assaults on the press, legislation companies, educational establishments like Columbia College, and protesters.
“See, these guys don’t give a fuck about free speech. They care about their speech. It’s such blatant hypocrisy,” Stewart mentioned.
Lastly, Stewart zeroed in on the Trump administration’s try to erase sure histories from authorities insurance policies, paperwork, and web sites.
“You can’t say words like ‘women’ or ‘sex’ or ‘#MeToo?’ How can a lot of your cabinet members describe their weekends?” Stewart mentioned. “Fear not, at least we’ll always have art.”
