‘The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Says Republicans “Don’t Give A F*ck About Free Speech” & Jokes Pete Hegseth Was Distracted By ‘The White Lotus’ When He Set Up War Group Chat With Journalist
deadline.comThe Traitors, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and The White Lotus all caught strays as Jon Stewart took on the topic of free speech during his Monday night monologue.
The Daily Show host kicked off his latest episode by tackling the news of the day, notably Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s group chat blunder. “Oopsie poopsie,” said Stewart in reference to Hegseth accidentally including The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat about the U.S.
plans for military strikes on Yemen. “Back in my day if you were a journalist who wanted leaked war documents, you had to work the sources, meet them in a dark garage, gain the trust, pound the pavement.
Now, just wait for the National Security Director to be distracted by The White Lotus while he’s setting up his bomb Yemen group chat,” Stewart said.
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