Charlie Kirk Criticism Ignites MAGA Cancel Culture Spree | The Daily Show

Welcome to The Daily Show. I’m Desi Lydic. We’ve got so much
to talk about tonight. Someone needs to take
away America’s phone. The National Guard is
getting its own Eras Tour. And Trump is building an entire
room just for his balls. So let’s get
into the headlines. [CHEERING] All right. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s been a tough
week for America. No matter what side
of the aisle you’ve been on, we have all been processing
what happened to Charlie Kirk and what’s happened since. Honestly, I don’t
even know if I have the right words for this. But I do take
comfort in knowing that I’m not the only
one who can’t seem to find the right words. [LAUGHTER] Well, we all grieve
in our own way. To be fair to Trump,
he is an old man. And when an old man
wants to tell a story, it doesn’t matter what
you asked him about. Yeah. Uncle Marty, you
want some coffee? You know, my dentist
is an Asian lady. [LAUGHTER] She dyed her hair pink. I told her, you
look disgusting. [LAUGHTER] But while the president
is retreating into home renovations,
the internet has been processing Kirk’s
death in a different way. If you’ve been on social
media over the past week, you’ve probably
seen some pretty shocking reactions to a public
figure getting assassinated. There was celebration. There was mockery. Honestly, I found a lot
of it so disturbing, I almost went back to Threads. [LAUGHTER] I mean, I didn’t. Nothing could make me
go back to Threads. But I did think about it. And as expected,
when people are being this shitty
on the internet, there’s going to be backlash. REPORTER: On social
media, people who’ve criticized Kirk
are being called out, their names and photos
widely circulated. Some people who
celebrated his death are now under scrutiny from
conservative activists. Those activists have
created online websites to hold accountable those
behind the messages. The website claims
it’s received more than 63,000 submissions so far. REPORTER: Some employers
already firing or suspending people for their posts
about Kirk, impacting teachers,
commercial pilots, doctors, and even NFL staff. Even the NFL staff
are getting fired? [LAUGHTER] Oh, that’s why the Giants suck. [LAUGHTER] Unfortunately, this is
a pattern we’ve gotten used to. Because we live in an internet
landscape that is so toxic, even RFK wouldn’t swim in it. So every horrible event
tends to have the same cycle. One side starts posting
their hot takes for clicks, and the other side tries
to cancel them for it. But one thing is
different this time. This time, the government’s
getting involved. Employers, you
have an obligation to get rid of people. People say, oh, people
have a right to say things. Well, actually, they
don’t necessarily have a right to say things. I think it is time for this
to be a crackdown on people. So when you see someone
celebrating Charlie’s murder, call them out, and hell,
call their employer. [AUDIENCE BOOING] Hold on. The vice president
wants me to try to get people fired from their jobs? First off, as a white
woman, we’ve been doing that for years, OK? Stop appropriating our culture. But secondly, is
this what we want? The vice president’s job
isn’t to lead an online mob. The vice president’s
job is to– OK, he doesn’t
really have a job. But you get my point. [APPLAUSE] You get it. [CHEERING] And look, a lot of people
are saying that this is a left versus right thing. But truly, I think this
problem goes so much deeper. Our discourse has been
so poisoned by the internet that our elected officials
are now using the power and resources of the federal
government to carry out
social-media-style justice. REPORTER: Secretary
Pete Hegseth has directed his staff to look
for posts from service members. Secretary of State
Marco Rubio floated revoking critical visas. The power of law enforcement
under President Trump’s leadership will be
used to find you, will be used to take away your
money, take away your power. REPORTER: Republican
Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana posted he will
use his congressional authority to get people banned for life
from social media platforms, blacklist
their businesses, and they should be kicked out of school
and have their driver’s licenses revoked. [LAUGHTER] All right. First of all, revoking
someone’s driver’s license is not
a punishment for them. It’s a punishment
for their friends, OK? I’m not driving
Amy to the airport because you got mad at her
tweets, Clay Higgins. You drive Amy to the airport. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] But do you see how far this
has gotten out of control? We’re going to revoke
a person’s driver’s license just for having shitty tweets? And our attorney general is
in so deep that she doesn’t think it’s going far enough. There’s free speech,
and then there’s hate speech. And there is no
place, especially now, especially
after what happened to Charlie, in our society. We will absolutely
target you, go after you if you are targeting anyone
with hate speech, anything– and that’s across the aisle. [LAUGHTER] First of all, you would
think that the attorney general would know that hate
speech is protected by the First Amendment. [CHEERING] Even if you’re not a big
reader, it is the first one. You have to read it to get
to the one you like. Now, honestly, if I
went back in time and told the Founding
Fathers that this is what would become
of the First Amendment, they would say, that’s insane. And why are you
wearing pants, woman? [LAUGHTER] To which I would say, why
are you wearing a wig? [LAUGHTER] Anyway– [APPLAUSE] –I’m getting off track. I’m getting off track. The point is, we need to
understand that no matter how mad someone makes
you online, that’s not enough to make it illegal. That said, if you are going
to crack down on hate speech, can I request that we start
with the YouTube comments under my lasagna recipe? [LAUGHTER] My mozzarella
portions are not gay. [LAUGHTER] Very good. [APPLAUSE] Now, I was heartened to see
a lot of conservatives criticize Pam Bondi
for what she said about prosecuting hate speech. Unfortunately, one guy thinks
she didn’t go far enough. And what do you make
of Pam Bondi saying she’s going to go after hate speech? Is that– I mean, a lot of
people– a lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech. Should probably go
after people like you because you treat
me so unfairly. It’s hate. You have a lot
of hate in your heart. Yikes. Someone’s ballroom
construction is not going well. [LAUGHTER] For more on how we can
move forward as a country, let’s turn now
to Michael Kosta. [CHEERING] Wait. Kosta, why are you
dressed like that? Dressed like what, Desi? This is just how people
look now, totally rad. Quit being such a freakazoid. [LAUGHTER] You look like an undercover
cop trying to take down the Breakfast Club Oh. Well, thank you. But look, if you want
to fix a society poisoned by social media, the only
solution is to return to a time before the internet. So all of us need to pretend
that it’s the 1980s again– no Twitter, no algorithms,
just the sweet sounds of Duran Duran playing
whatever music is they play. Totally tubular. [LAUGHTER] OK, OK. Even if this made any
sense, why the ’80s? Why not the 1950s or the 1800s? None of those times
had social media. Yeah, they did. Psych. They didn’t. No, Desi, the 1980s is right. The music is fresh. The fashion is bitchin’. And we’re in that sweet spot
after the smallpox vaccine but before RFK, Jr.
said we couldn’t get the smallpox vaccine. You know, he was just a cool
heroin addict back now. Cowabunga. Where’s the beef? [CHEERING] Come on. This is clearly
an overcorrection. That era wasn’t all stupid
hair and wearing neon. There was still political
violence in the ’80s. Yeah, yeah, but I didn’t
know about that, you know? I was just a little
kid back then. Do you remember any of that? No, of course not. I was born whenever
29 years ago was. [LAUGHTER] Don’t google it. I can’t google it. It’s the ’80s. Plus, the ’80s
being awesome is one of the only things
conservatives and liberals agree on. Liberals have early Madonna,
the dawn of hip-hop, thongs on the outside of pants. Conservatives get to run
politics, hang out with Mr. T, and hate gay people, even
while being secretly gay. We all get something,
to the max. [LAUGHTER] Our entire country can’t
just pretend it’s the ’80s. Why not? What’s your damage? ET phone home, gag
me with a credit card and put me on layaway.
– OK. Stop. Shut up. Shut the [BLEEP] up, Kosta. We can’t solve our issues
with mass delusion. We have to address
our social media addiction, not to mention
our widespread gun use, the collapse of our social
bonds, mental health treatment. There is so much
that we have to fix if we want to move forward. And you think fixing all
of those systemic issues will be easier than just
pretending it’s 1980? [LAUGHTER] [CHEERING] I’ll have what she’s having. Yippee-ki-yay, Desi. Michael Kosta, everybody.

Desi Lydic unpacks the toxic internet landscape in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, where members of the Trump administration have called for people to lose their jobs for criticizing Kirk, the attorney general has seemingly forgotten the meaning of free speech, and Trump only wants to discuss White House renovations. Plus, Michael Kosta offers some solid reasoning for going back to the ‘80s. #DailyShow #CharlieKirk #CancelCulture #Trump

0:00 – Desi Lydic’s TDS Welcome
0:23 – Trump Boasts New Ballroom Amid Kirk Assassination
1:32 – Social Media Booming With Kirk Criticisms
3:08 – GOP Calls for Kirk Criticizers to be Punished
4:08 – Trump Admin to Target Kirk Criticizers
7:24 – Michael Kosta Weighs in on War on Hate Speech

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47 comments

  3. The right are so mad that when they spewed racist rhetoric and would get fired, they are trying to do an uno reverse and do the same people used to do when people would spew racism. The Republican Party is on a revenge tour

  5. Oh no the consequences of my words.. lol. Spoiler.. we don't care what yall call it. We watched a man who used words only get blown away. Then people dance on the grave. Do any of you remember when Americans could talk and disagree? Nope that got ruined by cry babies on social media forever ago. Pendulum swings both way. Tldr. The rules you make for the game also bind you.

  9. Hey we an vote them out and boycott their followers. Free speech threw their pocket book that all the will here.nice that we pay jd to replace charley kirk.

  12. You've just witnessed how a psychopath responds when somebody he is aligned with is murdered. Donald Trump has no capacity for empathy or compassion. He does not care when people die. If you look up antisocial personality disorder, you will get a much better understanding of a sociopaths or Psychopaths inability to feel emotions. In fact, the only emotion Donald Trump is truly capable of feeling is rage. It's a narcissistic rage, When anybody disagrees with him or he is criticized. He is emotionally unstable and cannot handle any sort of criticism. America's president is the biggest snowflake in the nation.

  14. Yea free speech is a first amendment right Charlie was assassinated for his expression of his first amendment, right you have free speech, but that don’t mean there aren’t policies at workplace. Some of that speech may draw the line I’m gonna go over the line

  19. Vance was in Munich accusing the Europeans of stifling free speech. I know hypocrisy is a hallmark of the right, but it still stuns me every time.

  20. Oh, so now the left cares about cancel culture when it's used against them? This is comedy gold. The left tore down statues, canceled the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians, and forced product labels like Uncle Ben's Rice and Aunt Jemima's syrup to change their names. You're more upset about that American Eagle ad than your side offing Charlie.

  21. Yes you have every right to spew hate speech and celebrate someone's death. Your employers have every right to decide they dont want someone of such low character to represent their company.

  26. Most people are not celebrating his death. I just feel zero sympathy for a man that said we shouldn't be using empathy and who advocated for people to be treated worse if you aren't white or male.
    He spouted hate. He paid dearly for doing so.

  28. Do you wanna make a skit about anything? You should be making a skit about early 2000s political violence. It was near to nonexistent the only thing that I can remember is a shoe being thrown at bush.😂

  35. May 4th, 1970…..Kent State…..Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed Vietnam protesting students….killed four, maimed nine. America has always been pointlessly violent.

  41. Those people deserve to lose their jobs. The man was just brutally assassinated. There's nothing funny about that. Whichever way you lean. If its being celebrated then thats just wrong. Think of his family and how you'd feel if in there place.

  42. All I see is lies being spewed by those on the left because they know the truth will just continue to hurt. Free speech comes with responsibility, if you are guilty of slander, defamation or hate speech- don't cry when consequences comes for you.

  45. People who call for violence on social media NEED to be removed from society – and that is exclusively a left wing thing.

  46. It's funny that they say that the government got involved when they went after Trump's people when they were in office

    it's funny that she said even hate speech is protected under the amendment so she understands it is hate speech that they're spreading

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