Jon Stewart is no stranger to displays of political passion, but tonight’s episode of The Daily Show marked a new level of enthusiasm: The comedian smashed a porcelain prop cup with the words “World’s Most Dad” printed on them to the protestation (and bleeding) of his fingers. “I’ll be going to the hospital soon,” he said, laughing and hiding his hand under the desk.
The fervent gesture was made as Stewart blasted Elon Musk‘s temporary contracted organization, the Department of Government Efficiency, and its haphazard slashing of the government’s budget via premature firings of federal employees, a significant number of which have since been reinstated to their posts. “Yeah!
F— you, guy who tests water for appropriate levels of fecal matter! What are we talking about?” a baffled Stewart asked. Dubbing Musk the “Nick Cannon of white people” (in reference to both having fathered numerous children by different women), Stewart also mocked the X owner’s chainsaw display, as peer and former mentee John Oliver did yesterday.
Also calling out president Donald Trump‘s debunked claims that millions of deceased individuals are profiting off of Social Security money, Stewart quipped: “We’re not paying millions and millions of dead people Social Security money.
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