Jon Stewart Defends Tony Hinchcliffe’s Controversial Trump Rally Roast: “There’s Something Wrong With Me, I Find That Guy Very Funny”

Jon Stewart said retired successful Tony Hinchcliffe‘s defense connected The Daily Show aft nan stand-up comedian drew governmental backlash for his arguable quality astatine Donald Trump‘s caller rally successful Madison Square Garden.

Stewart began his opening speech by roasting nan Trump rally and its attendees, telling viewers, “Now, generally, that’s a lineup that you spot extracurricular Madison Square Garden, yelling astatine strangers arsenic they effort to get wrong Madison Square Garden… How situation they desecrate nan shape that nan Piano Man has consecrated? How situation you!”

But he defended Hinchcliffe, whose stand-up regular made headlines aft he called Puerto Rico a “floating land of garbage” and cracked racist jokes astir Black group while receiving small to nary laughs from nan crowd.

“Obviously, successful retrospect, having a roast comedian travel to a governmental rally a week earlier predetermination time and roasting a cardinal demographic … astir apt not nan champion determination by nan run politically, but to beryllium fair, nan guy’s conscionable really doing what he does,” Stewart said.

He past shared a clip of Hinchcliffe’s capacity astatine Netflix’s Roast of Tom Brady earlier this year, wherever he cracked antisemitic and racist jokes astir chap comedians Jeff Ross and Kevin Hart.

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While laughing, Stewart said, “Yes, yes, of course, terrible, boo. There’s thing incorrect pinch me. I find that feline very funny. I’m sorry, I don’t cognize what to show you. I mean, bringing him to a rally and having him not do roast jokes? That’s for illustration bringing Beyoncé and not having her .”

Hinchcliffe shared a connection connected X aft Kamala Harris’ run relationship shared a video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tim Walz criticizing his drama routine.

“These group person nary consciousness of humor. Wild that a vice statesmanlike campaigner would return clip retired of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyse a joke taken retired of discourse to make it look racist. I emotion Puerto Rico and picnic there,” Hinchcliffe wrote.

“I made nosy of everyone…watch nan full set. I’m a comedian Tim…might beryllium clip to alteration your tampon,” he added.

Stewart did not spare different remark connected Hinchcliffe’s drama regular connected The Daily Show, though he did person criticisms to stock astir nan remainder of nan rally. But erstwhile analogous Jessica Williams paid a sojourn later connected successful nan show to promote voters to enactment vigilant.

“Everything’s going to beryllium okay… for you, a achromatic feline — a rich, aged achromatic guy,” she told Stewart.

“It doesn’t matter because for non-old achromatic people, for group of color, and women, and queer people, it’s gonna beryllium a wholly different story, each right?” she said. “Now, fto maine springiness you immoderate advice: Look, Jon, I cognize you’re exhausted. Hell, I’m exhausted. Everybody’s exhausted… I conscionable want to beryllium clear, each right? Do not fto them exhaust you. Don’t fto nan constant, draining bullshit deterioration you out. Do not move away.”

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