Jon Stewart blasts Republican response to California fires on 'The Daily Show'

Jon Stewart talks about the ongoing fires in Los Angeles and the various responses to the disaster in a new episode daily show. The late-night host specifically targeted Republicans who have called for strings attached to the bailout funds.

Stewart began by highlighting the “incredible moments of human compassion and kindness” that have occurred since the fires broke out last week, praising people for looking out for their neighbors and donating to charity. He also paid tribute to the “tireless efforts” of firefighters and rescue workers, some of whom came from Canada and Mexico. “Damn your open borders, Biden,” Stewart quipped.

However, not all reactions have been so positive, including those from incoming President Donald Trump and many Republicans. “The problem now is that Republicans seem to want to make 'I told you so' a condition of funding California disaster relief,” Stewart explained before playing a montage of clips of politicians calling on state leaders to take responsibility before giving the money responsibility. . The montage ends with Tommy Tuberville saying California “doesn't deserve anything.”

“What the hell is wrong with you? Really, Senator from Alabama?” Stewart responded. “The state at the bottom in math, reading, and test scores? Next time you get hit by a damn hurricane, why don’t we have a little parent-teacher conference and see if your scores improve and you get money — or actually Let's not do it because you're going to get money no matter what because we're not fucking crazy. That's what's wrong with you.”

He added that many Republicans hold the exact opposite view “when their states are at risk.” “Red states are always the tragic victims of circumstances beyond their control, and Democrats always vote for their aid,” he said. “While blue state disasters are the result of their flawed ethics and policies, if we help blue state survivors, what message does that send? What lessons will they learn?”

Elsewhere in the episode, Stewart addressed the misinformation related to the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire that has spread rapidly online over the past week. He highlighted Alex Jones' conspiracy theory that the fires were a plot to cause the collapse of the United States, which Elon Musk apparently believes is “real.”

“Unfortunately, a lot of the information is incorrect and due to poor forest management, it jumps around and creates more and more nonsense, which coincidentally seems to fuel these people's resentment toward California, especially It’s their ideology,” Stewart said.

The host ended his monologue with a satirical ad for a GoFundMe-like service called “GoFuckYou,” a crowdfunding site “available in all blue states and any city where the mayor is black or gay.” Joke ads promoted the service as a “number one.” Politicians wave money at you while delivering monologues about the number one source of why they hate your politics. “