Jon Stewart is blasting the GOP’s response to Southern California’s wildfire catastrophe, denouncing right-wing leaders’ urge to connect strings to reduction funds as “psychotic” and mocking pundits’ baseless accusations that “DEI” or “woke” in some way contributed to Los Angeles’ now-ravaged neighborhoods.
In a brand new installment of The Daily Show, the political comedian identified the hypocrisy and double commonplace of catastrophe reduction approval when evaluating purple and blue states. He started by taking purpose at Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who stated in a clip that he doesn’t imagine any Californians are owed federal assist.
“What the f— is unsuitable with you? Actually, senator from Alabama? The state with the underside in math, studying and check scores? Subsequent time you get hit by a f—ing hurricane, why don’t we’ve got a bit parent-teacher convention to see in the event you received your scores up, you’ll get the cash — or really, let’s not do it ’trigger you’ll get the cash anyway ’trigger we’re not f—ing psychos,” Stewart acknowledged.
He continued, “Pink states are at all times the tragic victims of circumstance outdoors of their management, and Democrats at all times vote for his or her assist, whereas blue-state disasters are a operate of their flawed morality and coverage, and if we assist blue-state survivors, effectively, what message will that ship? What lesson will they be taught?”
Subsequent, Stewart tackled misinformation associated to the joint Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, which have now collectively burned upward of 37,000 acres throughout Los Angeles. Specifically, he zeroed in on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ declare that the blazes had been basically a psyop to carry in regards to the collapse of the US. Absolutely nobody would imagine that, Stewart posited, earlier than a response on the submit revealed that Elon Musk absolutely did.
“Sadly, a number of the knowledge that’s out there’s not appropriate, and due to poor forest administration, that info simply jumps, igniting into bigger and bigger nonsense infernos, that coincidentally appear to strengthen no matter grudge these of us have towards California, particularly their ideology,” he stated.
One other instance was a (since-debunked) claim that Oregonian firetrucks had been delayed in Sacramento for security testing: “The entire thing is bullsh–. The hearth vehicles weren’t despatched to Sacramento to get emissions testing,” Stewart defined. “They had been despatched there to be transitioned into minivans with out their dad and mom’ consent.”
Nonetheless, the most important linchpin within the right-wing criticism gave the impression to be the perpetual speaking level of DEI. At this level, Stewart made enjoyable of how the GOP might align itself between L.A. Hearth Chief Kristin Crowley and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, whom the previous has criticized for failing to offer enough funding for the fireplace division.
“Lesbian firefighter has attacked Black woman mayor … who will the correct help, on this reverse of a Sophie’s Alternative?” Stewart joked. “Within the hierarchy of DEI crimes, Black woman mayor [versus] lesbian firefighter, I don’t know which a type of is their — I wanna say white whale, however that’d be unsuitable.”
Whereas Stewart contended that “enhancements could be made” throughout management and development, he reaffirmed “generally hearth f—s a twister and makes a mockery of human infrastructure and our potential to dictate the phrases of our existence on this planet, however the one factor it shouldn’t dictate is the cruelty we’d present to these in ache as a result of we don’t assume they constantly vote proper.”
In closing the present’s section, Stewart saved the perfect for final: a satirical advert for a GoFundMe-like service referred to as “GoF—You,” a crowdfunding web site out there in “all blue states and any cities the place the mayor is Black or homosexual” which is the “No. 1 supply for politicians to dangle cash over your head whereas delivering a monologue about why they hate your politics.”
Watch the complete monologue under:
