The CBS comedians weren't the only late night hosts to lose their minds at the Trump Administration's response to the Los Angeles riots, NBC's host of Late Night, Seth Meyers, and Comedy Central's Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, followed suit.
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Meanwhile, Meyers brought out the sound effects, “The point is, that’s what the Trump administration wants, a spectacle for right-wing media, a climate of fear and chaos. And no one is better suited to achieve a climate of fear than Trump's creepiest aide, Stephen Miller. [Thunder] [Laughter ] [Witch cackle]. Miller wants terrifying mass immigration rates everywhere, regardless of whether the targets are people with criminal records or 4-year-olds. He's a rabid authoritarian who wants to create the feeling that nowhere is safe from courthouses to 7-11s.”
If that is true, Meyers should blame the people protesting the idea of law enforcement for willingly walking into that trap. As it was, Meyers would later return to the idea of authoritarianism, “Now, let’s never forget—let's never forget how the Trump administration bullies. They do it to provoke a response that retroactively excuses their bullying. They did this on purpose. It was not a misstep by Trump. This was a misstep by Trump. ICE didn't come to LA to stop people who are setting cars on fire, they came to rip families apart in an act of political theater, and we can't forget that. They want escalation. They want spectacle, because their barbaric immigration raids are wildly unpopular, so, they're resorting to authoritarian crackdowns on protests.”
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