CBS’s Stephen Colbert freaked out on Thursday’s edition of The Late Show at ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel and downplayed his comments that MAGA was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” but at least he played the clip. The same could not be said of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, hosts of The Tonight Show and Late Night, respectively. Instead, all three men chose to portray Kimmel’s suspension as the result of a Trump administration seeking to clamp down on its critics.
Complete with the red tie, Stewart played the part of a late night host who is now so completely subservient to Trump. However, the irony in Stewart’s character was purposely obvious. In one instance, he teed up a clip package of CNN commentator Scott Jennings and Newsmax contributor Chrissy Clark, “Look, there are certain rules of free speech that we all must abide by. But in case anyone needs a refresher, we're going to go over the rules again.”
In the clip Jennings claimed, “He does not have a right to have a television show where he lies his ass off to the American people,” while Clark stated, “There are repercussions to spreading lies.”
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