Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert recounted a number of erroneous, misleading, and outright horrifying statements by Donald Trump on Thursdays Late Show, starting with the Presidents assertion in a press conference on Wednesday that states should open immediately in preparation for an as-yet non-existent vaccine. Trumps comments directly contradicted recommendations from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr Robert Redfield, who told Congress this week that it would take at least a year for a vaccine to be safely developed. Trump insisted without evidence that a vaccine would be available this fall: We know the vaccines are coming, so open up your states.
Thats crazy, Colbert responded, and called the advisory akin to saying, Hey, we know you dont have any winter clothes yet, but go stumble into the blizzard. I ordered you a parka, its supposed to be here between October and next August.
Trump also insisted that America is handling the pandemic well, if you discount so-called blue states which voted Democratic in the 2016 election. The blue states had tremendous death rates, Trump said in a press conference. If you take the blue states out, were at a level that I dont think anybody in the world would be at.
Im not entirely sure where to begin there. This is unspeakably monstrous, Colbert said of the comments, especially for the president of the United States. Whoever they are, these are all human lives that he is responsible for.
This is like being asked to speak at a funeral and saying, Were here to mourn the passing of Kevin but if you take him out of the equation, this is a pretty good party.
Also and I know this is going to shock you Trumps wrong as the states with the highest Covid death tolls are New York, New Jersey, Texas, California and Florida, two of which (Texas and Florida) voted for him in 2016. Theyre also not coincidentally the states with the largest populations in the country, so hes just saying if you dont count the states with people, hes done a great job, said Colbert. Forget the presidency I wouldnt trust Trump to run a middle school field trip.
The highest infection rates as of this writing are in states that Trump won, Colbert added, but it doesnt matter were all Americans. Were all human beings. Donald Trump is the only one who doesnt care whether Americans live or die.
Trevor Noah
Even if you made the very weird decision to not count deaths from all the blue states, America would STILL have one of the worst death rates of any country in the world. Even Trump’s lies are lies. pic.twitter.com/vHhaQMRjRq
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On the Daily Show, Trevor Noah also addressed Trumps blaming of Americas coronavirus death toll the country has lost nearly 200,000 people to the virus on so-called blue states.
Did this dude just try to pull the If you eat around the mold, everythings fine move, but with corona deaths? Noah joked. While were at it, why dont we just not count the red states, too? Then, the US has zero deaths, which is pretty impressive, if you ask me.
On a serious note, he added, its truly astounding that a leader a leader would even think of his country in that way. You cant just write off entire states. My man, this isnt the electoral college; the popular vote counts.
The comments arent just embarrassing, unpatriotic, and just gross, Noah continued. Theyre also wrong. Because even if you made the very weird decision to not count deaths from all the blue states, America would still have one of the worst death rates of any country in the world. So even Trumps lies are lies its like the inception of lies. Somehow, Trump cant even flatten the curve hes grading himself on.
Seth Meyers
And on Late Night, Seth Meyers breezed through a series of disturbing mid-week revelations: Trump contradicted the head of the CDC on the timeline of a potential vaccine; a report found the justice department considered charging peaceful protesters, including the mayor of Seattle, with sedition; and a whistleblower revealed that military police leaders considered using a heat ray to disperse peaceful protesters for Trumps photo-op with a Bible in June.
Things are so insane that were skipping past multiple layers of news at once, Meyers said of the depressing list. We dont have time to process the fact that the government has a fucking heat ray because weve already moved on to the fact that they considered using it against peaceful protesters. Thats the same weapon the Martians used in The War of the Worlds.
Nothing is fiction anymore, he added. We should all start studying the schematics of the Death Star now, just in case.
And of course, theres Trumps dismissal of nearly 200,000 American coronavirus deaths on blue states. Meyers, a resident of one of those states (New York) who knows people effected by this virus, had one thing to say to that comment: go fuck yourself, you rotting, soulless business ham.
Sure, if you just take out all the people that died, then you did a great job, dude, he added. By the same token, if you take out all his albums, Kid Rock has had a fantastic career.
This has to be one of the most grotesque things a president has ever said, Meyers concluded. Im sure hes not our first sociopath president, but hes definitely the first one whos open about it.read more
Stephen Colbert on Trump blaming ‘blue states’ for Covid deaths: ‘Unspeakably monstrous’
