Jon Stewart on Wednesday urged warning about merely mocking serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) for his many, many fabrications.
The comic warned folks towards making the identical mistake with the beleaguered first-term lawmaker that he made with Donald Trump when he introduced his presidential ambition earlier than the 2016 election. Santos’ “mediocrity” is permitting him to keep away from true penalties for his scandal, mentioned Stewart.
“The factor we now have to watch out of, and I all the time warning myself on this, and I bumped into this hassle with Trump, is we can't mistake absurdity for lack of hazard, as a result of it takes folks with no disgrace to do shameful issues,” Stewart mentioned on the newest episode of his podcast, “The Drawback With Jon Stewart.”
“In absurdity is the place the true hazard all the time is,” he added.
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Stewart, former host of “The Day by day Present,” has admitted he first thought Trump was a comedic “present from heaven” when he introduced his candidacy in 2015.
Stewart later acknowledged that he failed to understand that the then-reality TV character’s “shamelessness is what made him harmful.”
“I believed it made him a buffoon, and I believed that’s what would disqualify him,” Stewart informed The Hollywood Reporter in 2021. “What it did is made him the right vessel. It's a must to be shameless to do shameful issues.”
“I’m not saying he’s the identical as these figures, however probably the most harmful figures are those that appear comedian and absurd,” Stewart added on the time. “Saddam Hussein appears absurd. Muammar Gaddafi would stand in a kaftan and rant like a madman.”
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