'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart attacks GOP for pushing an unrecognizable 'bizarro Trump'
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart tore into former President Donald Trump on Monday night and MAGA Republicans, who he said have created a "fictional character" — a "bizarro Trump" who's a "truth-teller" and whose accomplishments and character "bear little resemblance" to the actual Trump.
The comedian began his show jabbing the GOP over its attacks that Vice President Kamala Harris is lacking policy specifics.
"If there's one thing the American public demands it is a detailed," he begins, before displaying a poster of The Golden Bachelorette. "Oh, the Golden Bachelorette!"
After playing a clip of Harris sharing specific numbers in some of her policy plans, Stewart jabs the former president — Trump would not "trifle with America in that manner."
The comedian then played a clip of an interviewer asking Trump for his detailed plan of action on how he would bring down prices. Stewart then queued up a prop: a chart showing "policy specifics" over "time," and a sharpie at the ready. The clip then showed Trump launching into a tangential attack on his opponent, saying Harris could "never do this interview" and saying she talks about her lawn.
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A bewildered Stewart put his chart away — and brought out a second board showing "Huh?" over "time."
"I guess I had the wrong chart! The question, sir, was, 'How are you going to bring down inflation?' Your answer so far has been, 'Huh?'" Stewart mocks.
As the clip continued, Trump launches into an aside about China and Russia.
"Huh?" Stewart squeals, drawing out the word.
In another clip, Trump is asked to detail legislation he would pass to make child care more affordable.
Trump's response included mentions of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and his daughter Ivanka Trump. But it included no specifics.
"Huh," jokes Stewart, before launching into Trump's response about how tariffs will pay for child care costs. "F-- it one more."
Stewart then plays a clip of former Hawaiian Rep. Tulsi Gabbard asking Trump about in vitro fertilization.
After saying "life is very tough," Trump said IVF can give people children who they would not have children.
"As you know we have no taxes on a thing called tips, you know that," said Trump.
Stewart gives up and breaks out a new chart showing "What the actual f--- are you talking about?" over "time."
Stewart later looked at what Trump supporters actually like about the former president, arguing it must not be his "clear, specific policies," as they "demand from Kamala Harris."
After playing multiple clips of Republican supporters praising Trump for, among other things, telling it like it is and being authentic, Stewart launches into a long attack on the former president.
Stweart said the country finds itself in a conundrum: the qualities and policies that people profess they admire about Trump "don't seem to be an accurate reflection of said former president."
"It's as if they've created a fictional character," he said. "A bizarro Trump, whose accomplishments and character bear little resemblance to the self-aggrandizing perpetual victim guy he continues to tell you explicitly that he is."
This "fictional Trump, who's portrayed as much better than he actually is, is running to be president of a country he paints as much worse than it actually is," says Stewart, joking that those who listen to Trump's speeches may walk away thinking families are being "murdered several times while making breakfast."
Watch the clip below or at this link.