On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart went after Fox News for their wishy-washy reaction to Saturday’s No Kings protests.
Stewart opened the monologue with clips of House Speaker Mike Johnson calling the No Kings protests the “hate America rally,” and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling participants “the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic party.”
“Not the hardest core! I expected partial Marxism and hard core, but not full display hardest core ha-Marxism,” Stewart joked. “It was going to be like ‘Mad Max’ out there with Chuck Schumer on flaming guitar!”
He added, “So, this weekend, we sat in our bunkers, doors locked, windows boarded, muskets and cyanide pills at the ready, prepared for whatever the hardest core had in store. Do your worst, display your Marxism to its fullest!”
Stewart then cut to CNN’s report, which claimed that about 7 million people participated in the nationwide demonstration, and that the protests were “largely peaceful” and “often joyful.”
“It was kind of an incredible turnout that was somewhat inspiring. 7 million Americans, zero mass shootings?” Stewart said. “I look forward to Republicans apologizing sincerely for implying these Americans were… what’s the word I’m looking for? Deplorable!”
Back on Fox News, anchors were calling participants, “silly” and “dumb.” One commentator said because of all the “absurdist costumes,” the protests “don’t look serious.”
“Make up your mind, Fox,” Stewart said. “You complained it would be a terrifyingly ‘shit your pants’ protest, and now you are complaining about how boringly unpants-shitting it was? Although there was one nit you picked that really felt off brand.”
Stewart then targeted another Fox News complaint, which was the No Kings protests were comprised of mostly “old white people.”
“Extra extra, this read all about it! ‘This country has too many angry old white people,’ says — hold on — Fox News,” Stewart joked. “Fox News says, ‘Why are old white people so angry?’ Fox News, mad that there are so many old white people in America.”
Watch the entire monologue below.
