Stephen Colbert managed to work a joke about Trump's racism and the KKK into his monologue.
Stephen Colbert managed to work a joke about Trump’s racism and the KKK into his monologue.
Colbert was speaking about Trump falling asleep in court when he said:
Once the trial got underway, reporters noticed that Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest. In fact, his lawyer passed him notes for several minutes before Trump appeared to jolt awake and notice them. “Whaaa! Oh, my god, I was having the most terrible dream that I had to read something. Oh, no! The dream was real! But if it’s real, then where’s the hamburger with b**bs?”
Before jury selection even started this morning, prosecutors argued that Trump had violated his gag order and asked Judge Merchan to hold Trump in contempt for criticizing potential witnesses in social media posts, asking him to fine
Trump $3,000. Only three K?
But I guess that’s on brand for Trump. K, K, K.
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Never forget what Trump’s brand is and who is appealing to. His rants about immigration really aren’t about immigrants coming to the United States. Trump targets immigrants who have a certain skin color. If there was a wave of white British immigrants coming to the United States, let’s call them a British Invasion, the ex-president wouldn’t be so bent out of shape.
Racism is the brand, and everyone from network late-night comedians to everyday Americans must stand together against what Trump is selling.
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Jon Stewart took down Trump after day one of the hush money trial with a joke that highlighted the ex-president's assaults on America.
Jon Stewart took down Trump after day one of the hush money trial with a joke that highlighted the ex-president’s assaults on America.
Stewart said about Trump falling asleep at his trial, “Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial. Move on to the good stuff! Now, in case you’ve lost track, this is the trial where Trump allegedly paid hush money to an adult film star that he slept with and then allegedly falsified business records to cover it up. Or as Trump would put it:”
Clip of Trump saying, “This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. And again, it’s a case that should have never been brought. It’s an assault of America, and that’s why I’m very proud to be here.”
Stewart responded with a brutally true observation, “Well, it’s true, Trump is always very proud to be part of any assault on America.”
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Jon Stewart was right. If there is one thing that Donald Trump loves as much as money and crime, it is assaulting America. Trump assaults America by undermining its alliances and influence around the world. He also assaults America by practicing hateful politics that divide. He literally killed Americans by intentionally mismanaging a pandemic. There was also the literal violence assault against America on 1/6, and the ex-president’s ongoing effort to destroy democracy.
Trump’s reckoning appears to be coming, and comedians like Jon Stewart are reminding the country why must go down.
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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow blasted Trump and called him "buffoonish" for falling asleep during his criminal trial.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow blasted Trump and called him “buffoonish” for falling asleep during his criminal trial.
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Rachel #Maddow on Trump falling asleep in court, "To me, that's — I mean, it's insane. It's also a reminder of how scary however scary and somber and important this is a reminder we are dealing with somebody who is just fundamentally buffoonish." pic.twitter.com/E8RV6ErrNO
I do not know if he was asleep. It is possible he was, you know, meditating or, or just resting his eyes or something. I don’t know. But like that’s those headlines, you know, on the front page of the New York Times front page of The Washington Post, front page of the Huffington Post front page of multiple news outlets today coming out of this, that Trump appeared to fall asleep on the first day of his trial. Those are gonna stick. I mean, I know it’s not the most important legal thing, but we are in the middle of a campaign and you know, the age issue is the main thing the Trump campaign wants to use against his opponent, the whole sleepy Joe thing. This is, as you said, Ari this is the most historic thing that Donald Trump has ever done. No president ever has no former president ever has
been a criminal defendant and on day one, the headlines coming out of it or that he appeared to doze off.
And to me that’s just, I mean, it’s, it’s insane. It’s also a reminder of how, how, how scary, however scary and, and, and somber and important. This is we’re also dealing with somebody who is just fundamentally buffoonish and this will be as much a reminder of that as it is of all the more serious things here that are at stake. You know, this is a guy, this is, we’ve already had mentions today of like the one alleged mistress and the other alleged mistress and the doorman who is making the allegations about the alleged love child with the third alleged mistress. And then, I mean, and the the crux of this is not who he slept with. The crux of this is his alleged criminal conspiracy with the National Enquirer.
I mean, this really is a fundamentally buffoonish person, and this will center that in the mind of the American people in a way that you know him staying awake in court today might have might have diverted. But this is what we’ve got. You go to, you go to the election with the candidates, you have.
Rachel Maddow was correct. Falling asleep in court will do lingering political damage to Trump. It will stick in the minds of voters and be the top takeaway from day one of his trial.
Trump is a buffoon, but he is a dangerous buffoon who is seeking to destroy US democracy.
The case itself should remind people of all of the criminality, drama, and chaos that comes along with Trump where ever he goes.
America tried a buffoonish Trump presidency, and the result was a crashed economy and a million people dead from a bungled presidential pandemic response.
When Donald Trump gets anywhere near power, things get worse for regular people, and his courtroom napping is one of many reasons why Trump should not be returned to the White House.
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From the April 7 edition of MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes:
TODD ALLBAUGH: I've been a Republican for a long time. It was at that moment, Chris, in that room in the senate Republican caucus when I heard people, a Party I had fought for for over 30 years of my life, actually giddy and happy and talking about how we can take people's Constitutional rights away, or at least impede them, in order to hang onto power.
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Now, you have a group of people in the state legislature, particularly in the senate Republican caucus, who want to impede peoples' voting rights. That's the point where I said "I can't do it anymore." I can't be a Republican, I can't keep going to caucuses because this Party no longer represents me and what I believe in.
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Republicans used to fight for voting rights, and here they were taking them away. So, yes, the point is, this was a poignant point in my life. I remember it clearly and certainly the point in that room that day was how do we do this quickly because there was a lot of recalls going on in Wisconsin at that time. How do we do it quickly so that we can make sure we hang onto power in the future.
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