Jon Stewart addressed the presidential assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Monday’s episode of the show Daily show.
The comedian’s monologue took the approach of pointing out a series of WHCD-related absurdities, including before, during and after the event. “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is supposed to be an evening of fun and joy, until it’s interrupted, like most things in America, by gunfire. That’s why we can’t have nice things,” Stewart said. “To be perfectly honest, it’s not a nice thing. No one wanted this dinner in the first place! No one needed it. No one wanted this dinner.” [this]. We are in very bad shape in this country now. We can’t even make dinner that wasn’t supposed to be there in the first place. “Hey, let’s celebrate the First Amendment with an administration that does everything it can to destroy it.” Sounds great!
He continued, “Should we have the dinner in a safe place? Well, we can. Or you know, why not just the Hilton? You know what, let’s not have it in a safe place. Let’s go to the Hilton. You know the Hilton slogan, ‘Entry points are harder to defend than rooms.’
Stewart had long disliked the World Conference on Human Rights, sometimes called a “nerd party”, and was an outspoken critic of the warmth between journalists and politicians fostered by such events. His monologue captured footage of some of the attendees who appeared to use the shooting as an opportunity to create content. “In crisis situations like this, people tend to show who they really are and who the elite in Washington, D.C. are. Like this influencer, whose caption says: ‘Shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,’ but whose duck face says ‘Coachella.’ ‘We’re all going to die, Gucci.’
Stewart spent much of the segment on how people reacted when the shootings were fired and the Secret Service moved to remove prominent government figures from the room. He reserved most of his doubts for the Department of Health and Human Services. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen in the video being quickly escorted from the room, but clearly leaving his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, behind.
“From J.D. Vance Dancing with the stars “Fast out to Hegseth’s house dropping ‘Blue Steel’ on fire, to RFK Jr. being whisked away by a Secret Service cell that apparently couldn’t afford a single worker bee for his wife, I don’t know,” Stewart said before the video froze. “See there? There’s a group of men carrying another man out of the room, and then there’s a woman. A woman who looks like…desperately seeking someone to take care of her, [someone] To help her. This is a woman who reaches agony and fear. This is RFK Jr.’s wife. How ridiculous is this scene? ”
Stewart then showed the clip again in slow motion and asked the audience to pay attention to the intro in which White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, a man not known for his compassion or empathy, escorts his pregnant wife out of the room. “[There’s] Stephen Miller carefully protects his wife. See, turns out this is an option! You could protect your wife instead of hitting her in an escape pod, I don’t know. And the man who outdid you [RFK Jr.] It’s Stephen Fucking Miller. This one was more chivalrous. Stephen Miller, a man who might enjoy the new Faces of death film. And now, for the rest of your life, for the rest of your life, your wife will ask you a question that no one has ever asked you before, ever: “Why can’t you be like Stephen Miller?”
Making his point, Stewart added: “Looks like we’ve got a new addition to the Wikipedia page ‘Kennedy family that abandons women to their fate.'” After groans from the audience, Stewart responded, saying: “Oh, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Too early or too much?
After poking fun at FBI Director Kash Patel’s much-mocked evening on WHCD, Stewart moved on to Donald Trump’s post-fire interview with 60 minutespicking out the most bizarre things the president has ever said to CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell. Stewart played clips of Trump repeatedly saying he was protected by people who were “very strong, physically strong, and really attractive,” as well as the fact that the Secret Service “pulled those weapons out so quickly, they looked like Matt Dillon.”
At this point, Stewart showed a photo of Matt Dillon from There’s something about Mary He appeared on the screen and said, “I know what you’re thinking: Matt Dillon? Is Donald Trump so old that he confuses the man from There’s something about Mary With Matt Damon from Born films. But this is not true. In fact, Trump is old, and he’s not confused at all. He’s referring to Marshal Matt Dillon of Gun smoke TV show!
Like most Internet users, Stewart focused on “Jim from.” The officeA Trump moment 60 minutes interview, the moment the president looks directly into the camera as O’Donnell reads portions of the WHCD shooter’s statement, particularly the passage: “I am no longer willing to let a pedophile, rapist, and traitor cover my hands with his crimes.”
The final section of Stewart’s monologue featured direct testimony of WHCD from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Daily showThe only actor at the event. Normally, with these recaps, the writer has to pull out the highlights of a segment, but the Triumph interview is a really funny must-see TV show, so on this occasion, Hollywood Reporter It will be linked directly to the relevant part on the YouTube video here. Watch it, you won’t regret it.
