Jon Stewart has criticized the GOP’s response to the Southern California wildfire disaster, denouncing right-wing leaders’ willingness to attach strings to relief funds as “psychotic” and mocking critics’ baseless accusations that “DEI” or “woke” somehow contributed to the Los Angeles fires . Neighborhoods now destroyed.
In a new batch of Daily showThe political comedian pointed out the hypocrisy and double standards in approving disaster relief when comparing red and blue states. He began by targeting Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who said in a video that he didn’t believe any Californians deserved federal help.
“What’s wrong with you? Really, the senator from Alabama? The state that’s at the bottom in math, reading, and test scores? Next time you get hit by a hurricane, why don’t we have a little parent-teacher conference to see if you got your highest grades, or if you… You’ll get the money – or actually, let’s not do it because you’ll get the money anyway because we’re not psychopaths,’ Stuart said.
He continued: “Red states are always the tragic victims of circumstances beyond their control, and Democrats always vote for their aid, while blue states’ disasters are the result of their own flawed morals and policies, and if we helped the survivors of blue states, well, what message would that send? What is What lesson will they learn?
Stewart then addressed misinformation related to the combined Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, which collectively burned up to 37,000 acres across Los Angeles. In particular, he focused on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ claim that the fires were essentially a psychological operation to bring about the collapse of the United States. Surely no one would believe that, Stewart assumed, before a response to the post revealed that Elon Musk certainly did.
“Unfortunately, a lot of the information out there is incorrect, and because of poor forest management, that information jumps out, ignites into a bigger and bigger bullshit inferno, which coincidentally seems to reinforce whatever grudge these people have against California, especially the ideology,” he said.
Another example was A (Since debunked) claim That Oregon fire trucks were delayed in Sacramento for safety tests: “The whole thing is nonsense,” Stewart explained. The fire trucks were not sent to Sacramento for emissions testing. “They were sent there to be transferred to minivans without their parents’ consent,” Stewart explained.
However, the biggest focus of right-wing criticism seems to be the constant talking point about DEI. At this point, Stewart mocked how the GOP had aligned itself between Los Angeles Fire Chief Christine Crowley and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the former of whom she criticized for failing to adequately fund the fire department.
“A lesbian firefighter has attacked the city’s black mayor… who will provide appropriate support, in this reversal of a Sophie’s choice?” Stewart joked. “In the DEI crime hierarchy, the black lady mayor [versus] “Lesbian firewoman, I don’t know which one of these she is – I want to say white whale, but that would be wrong.”
While Stewart emphasized that “improvements can be made” through leadership and construction, he reiterated that “sometimes it unleashes a hurricane and makes a mockery of human infrastructure and our ability to dictate the terms of our existence on this planet,” but one thing “what we should not dictate is the cruelty we show.” “For those who are in pain because we don’t think they are consistently voting correctly.”
At the conclusion of the show’s segment, Stewart saved the best for last: a parody ad for a GoFundMe-like service called “GoF—You,” a crowdfunding site available in “all blue states and any cities where the mayor is black or gay.” is the No. 1 source for politicians dangling money over your head while delivering a monologue about why they hate your policies.
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