Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Josh Johnson reacted on Thursday to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that paved the way for states to get rid of minority-majority districts with all of the scholarly analysis one expects from a comedy show, which is to say none at all. Instead, Johnson just called everyone a racist while also smearing Justice Clarence Thomas as an “Uncle Tom.” Meanwhile, over on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel claimed the goal for Republicans is to ensure that only white people can get elected.
Reacting to a clip of Newsmax host Rob Schmitt arguing such districts are not needed anymore because it is not the 1960s, Johnson quipped, “I just thought when racism would be over, I'd hear about it from a civil rights leader or something. Not a guy who looks like a racist version of the dad from Modern Family.”
If Johnson were to be believed, things are actually worse than the 60s, “It almost feels like we're going in reverse. Because the people from the '60s in black and white TV were like, 'Wow, this country is being pretty racist. We should pass some legislation,' and the people crippling that legislation are from now, in 4K. Just so we're all aware, newscasters who would do reports like ‘That Jackie Robinson is the best colored player in the Negro League’ believed in voting rights more than our representatives now.”
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. steve malzberg
