The Daily Show has some fun with the GOP reaction to Hillary Clinton's campaign launch
Jon Stewart isn't the world's biggest fan of Hillary Clinton, and he said on Monday night's Daily Show that he was underwhelmed by Sunday's "State Farm commercial gone viral" announcing her presidential bid. But he's not the only critic of Hillary for America's launch party. "Republicans, of course, have been anticipating this announcement since, like, 1978," Stewart said, rolling his eyes. "They have had ample time to man the ramparts, stockpile munitions."
So Stewart went through the various responses: Sen. Rand Paul's professional-grade dystopian fantasy ad, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' Clinton-branded thumb drives, Sen. Ted Cruz's amateurish "Vine on the set of what looks like a 1970's porno shoot," Fox News analyst Brit Hume's creepy Clinton marital critique, and NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's assertion that "eight years of one demographically symbolic president is enough." Wow, Stewart said of that last one. "I guess your dog whistle wasn't working, and you just went with the regular whistle." He then brought on Jessica Williams, who managed to deftly make fun of Clinton's "everyday American" shtick, the GOP's tone-deafness, and... Jimmy Carter? —Peter Weber
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