"[in response to Markwayne Mullin's saying that "speaking his mind" is what America loves about Donald Trump] No, that's what America loves about Dolly Parton! Transparent, speaks her mind...yet Dolly rarely jails her political enemies! I mean, Senator Markwayne...do you want to know how embarrassing your weak-kneed rationalizations for jailing political opponents ring? I'm gonna play you a clip of a fellow Senator. A fellow Republican Senator. Now, Ted Cruz has supported this President through insults to his own wife's looks and to his own father's loyalties. And yet still manages to maintain a modicum of self-respect when it comes to this President trampling all over our Constitution. Sir, it brings me no pleasure to have to play this.[clip of Ted Cruz saying that Brendan Carr's threats against free speech are "dangerous as hell"]FANTASTIC. Fantastic! Senator Ted Cruz boldly stating that the FCC Chairman threatening the licenses of broadcast networks is dangerous.I just want to say this to Trump's defenders: you don't have to bend over backwards to try to make Trump's authoritarian power grabs seem like the rule of law! He does not give a fuck anymore! He's saying it straight up! Trump is saying "people like dictators"! Trump is saying "I hate my opponents and I want them punished"! And Trump is saying "I'll use all the levers of government possible to accomplish that goal!" So you can get on board with THAT and say "I'm with that," or you can join the rest of us and you can fight like hell for this Constitution because let me tell you something, it is a form of representational government worth preserving and defending!"
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The Daily Show (titled The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 1999 to 2015) is an American late-night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central and, in Canada, The Comedy Network. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998. Jon Stewart took over as host in January 11, 1999 to August 6, 2015, making the show more strongly focused on politics and the national media, in contrast with the pop culture
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