Despite Dem Wins, Daily Show Suggests Strikes To Combat 'Dictator'
Despite Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta’s preferred team winning on Tuesday, he welcomed Harvard Kennedy School Prof. Erica Chenoweth (pronouns: they/them) to Wednesday’s episode of The Daily Show, where the two strategized how to combat the “dictator” president. One tactic Chenoweth came up with was for “limited strikes.”
Ronny Chieng Claims Haley Stevens Would Push Her Mom In Front of a Bus
Comedy Central’s Ronny Chieng taped Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show before any results came in, meaning he was still reacting to the pre-election news when the show aired. As part of his monologue, Chieng argued that Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens deciding to endorse GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers was analogous to throwing her mother “in front of a speeding bus.”
Stewart and Meyers Attack Stevens For Endorsing Rogers
Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and NBC’s Late Night host, Seth Meyers, both attacked Michigan Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the state’s Senate race. In terms of the reasoning behind Stevens’s decision, Meyers completely omitted any talk about concerns over anti-Semitism, while Stewart tried to have it both ways.
Late Night Shows Target GOP Senate Candidates, Let Dems Go Unscathed
The 2026 field of Democratic Senate candidates offered up plenty of material for the late night comedy shows to work with, but, according to a new NewsBusters study, the four regular late night shows told only seven jokes about them during the fall campaign, but 45 about the Republicans (or 87 percent of Senate candidate jokes).
Jordan Klepper Says Black Man at Vance Rally 'Might Want To Slip Out'
Comedy Central’s Jordan Klepper tried to tie Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show to Halloween by making fun of what he considered to be Republican fearmongering ahead of next Tuesday’s midterms. However, at one point, it was Klepper doing the fearmongering as he noticed a black man in the background of a recent rally featuring Vice President JD Vance and claimed he “might want to slip out a…
Klepper: Alaska Trick Is 'The Kind of S***' Mitch McConnell Would Do
Comedy Central's The Daily Show host of the week, Jordan Klepper, was the only one of the late night comedy hosts to discuss the Wednesday report from The New York Times that Alaska Democrats did, in fact, recruit a random guy named Dan Sullivan to challenge incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan in order to confuse voters in the state’s ranked choice voting system. Klepper admitted to not being a…
Klepper Tries To Defend Talarico's Remarks About God Being Non-Binary
After Monday’s regular airing of The Daily Show, Comedy Central followed up with a midnight special that featured Jordan Klepper traveling across the country to interview various MAGA people for the purposes of making them look foolish. However, when Klepper tried to defend Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s remarks about God being non-binary, it was him who looked rather…
Stewart Claims GOP's Closing Argument Is 'Islamophobia'
Jon Stewart continued his efforts to drag Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed across the finish line on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Echoing a recurring theme on the show, Stewart tried to pass off concerns about El-Sayed and his radical associations as “Islamophobia.”
Ronny Chieng Mocks Rogers For Asking El-Sayed About Terrorist Groups
Comedy Central’s all-out effort to drag Abdul El-Sayed across the finish line in Michigan’s Senate race continued on Thursday when The Daily Show host Ronny Chieng mocked Republican Mike Rogers for asking El-Sayed about his affinity for terrorist organizations.
Stewart Tells El-Sayed That Rogers 'Holds a Special Place Of Disdain'
On Wednesday, Comedy Central should have renamed itself Abdul El-Sayed Central. Before The Daily Show smeared El-Sayed critics as racist bigots, The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart sat down with El-Sayed for a softball interview that included some cheap shots at El-Sayed’s opponent, Mike Rogers.
Daily Show Stumps For El-Sayed, Bashes Critics As Bigoted
Comedian Mo Amer stopped by Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Wednesday to stump for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and bash his critics as racist bigots.
Stewart Blames Trump For French Riots
On Monday’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart tried to have it both ways. On one hand, Stewart mocked Vice President JD Vance for blaming immigration for the French riots because, according to him, rioting is just what French people do. On the other hand, however, Stewart tried to blame President Trump for the riots because of the Iran War’s effect on gas prices.
Stewart Claims Conservative Economics 'Treat Humans Like S***'
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart’s effort to drag America into socialism continued on Wednesday’s edition of The Weekly Show podcast when he and economist Kathryn Anne Edwards both claimed that conservative economics “treat people like shit.” Later, during the audience Q&A portion of the show, Stewart would also claim those policies are killing people.
Sebastian Stan Defends New Movie's Conservative Themes On Daily Show
Actor Sebastian Stan is no conservative, but he believes his new movie Fjord is, and he traveled to Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Wednesday to promote it and defend its themes from host-of-the-week Michael Kosta, who wondered if people are “overthinking it.”
