“Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper spent much of his Thursday night monologue trashing Matt Gaetz, the former House Republican who is now President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.
“Call me old-fashioned, but it seems to me like a guy who was recently investigated by the Justice Department isn’t the best fit to lead to Justice Department,” he said, referring to an investigation in a sex trafficking probe involving a 17-year-old girl.
No charges were brought and the probe was eventually dropped.
But Klepper is hardly alone in his dislike for Gaetz as even many Republicans aren’t thrilled with his nomination.
“If you’re wondering why does Matt Gaetz’s own party hate him so much, the answer would actually take some time,” he said, then tried to sum it up: “It’s not just the underage sex allegations. It’s also that he routinely attacks other Republicans, he doesn’t do any work himself, and his personal quest to overthrow Speaker Kevin McCarthy so divided his party a fellow Republican had to be restrained by the mouth from fighting him on the House floor.”
Klepper rolled footage from last year of Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) describing how Gaetz would show videos of women he slept with and boast of drug-fueled sexual escapades.
Yet this week, Mullin indicated Gaetz has his vote because he “completely trusts” Trump.
“There you have it, folks, the Republican submission to Donald Trump in a nutshell: Matt Gaetz is a creep who forced me to watch his sex tapes, and yes, I will be voting for him,” Klepper said.
So what can Democrats do?
Fellow “Daily Show” correspondent Desi Lydic offered one option.
“I spoke to Democrats and their strategy is to vote for him unanimously,” she joked. “It’s part of a new strategy that they call, and I quote, ‘fuck around and find out.’ If Donald Trump wants a co-clown as AG, Donald Trump gets a co-clown as AG.”
She said Democrats won’t clean up MAGA messes anymore.
“You want to be bad and smoke a cigarette? Well guess what: Now you gotta smoke the whole carton,” she said. “Good news: According to RFK’s new health guidelines, it’s healthier than vaccines.”
She previewed this mock new plan in the Thursday night monologue:
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