Michael Kosta had the distinction of being in the anchor seat for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. Kosta claimed that the debate proves that Republicans only favor diversity when it comes to whether “women should have rights,” while MSNBC’s Paola Ramos continued her book tour and implied that Latinos who support Donald Trump are race traitors.
During his monologue, Kosta teed up a clip of Walz, “But they both surprised me a bit. For example, when talking about immigration, Walz quoted a book I didn't think the Democrats had ever read. I guess it's called the bibble?”
In the clip, Walz declared, “I don't talk about my faith a lot, but Matthew 25:40 talks about, ‘To the least amongst us, you do unto me.’”
The Daily Show isn’t that much different than the rest of the media. Quoting the Bible is only cool when Democrats do it, “Wow, Tim Walz has really stolen every Republican shtick. You know, he's folksy, into cars, hunts, quotes the Bible, you know, what’s next? He's going to find out he is the webmaster of nudeafrica.com?”
Kosta then teed up another clip, this one of Vance, “And we learned a surprising thing about Vance as well. He does support diversity in certain circumstances.”
Vance was then shown defending Trump’s federalist abortion stance, “Let the individual states make their abortion policy and I think that's what makes the most sense in a very big, a very diverse [jump cut] and divided country. [jump cut] We can be a big and diverse country where we respect people's freedom of conscience. [jump cut] Donald Trump has been very clear that on the abortion policy specifically, that we have a big country and it is diverse.”
While Vance may have a non-white wife and mixed-race children, Kosta tried a different angle, “Yeah, you see, America? Republicans do support diversity. Some states believe women should have rights, and some don't. It’s the beautiful tapestry of America.”
And Democrats believe that all unborn babies have no rights. Kosta then did skewer Walz for butchering the question about him falsely saying he was in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre, but later, he welcomed Ramos and asked, “When I read this, why would -- with Trump rhetoric at the Southern border, of migrants, why would the Latino population support him in such a way?”
Ramos replied, “Well, think about it like this. Maybe you and I -- I always identify as a Latina, and when I do that, I always think about the fact that my parents are Cuban exiles and Mexican immigrants, right, but there is a sector of Latinos that don't want to see themselves in that way. They do not want to see themselves lumped with other immigrants.”
She then lamented, “So, even if we think about how the Latino community has changed in the last 20, 30 years, we're talking about a community now that is a lot more Americanized and assimilated. Most of the Latino voting bloc is under the age of 50, U.S. born.”
As it was, Ramos rolled right along, “Anyways, long short, I think what Trumpism does really well as many think about the Latino voting bloc, they're betting on this one idea. And that is the fact that there are some Latinos that are so Americanized and assimilated now that they too will sort of buy into the nativism. That they too will look at, here are the words, ‘Send them back,’ and not at all see themselves reflected in that ‘them.’”
People feeling at home in their new home is a good thing, especially if the whole reason for moving was to get away from your previous, bad home. One can remember their family’s history of fleeing communism and view assimilation as a good thing.
Here is a transcript for the October 1 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
10/1/2024
11:09 PM ET
MICHAEL KOSTA: But they both surprised me a bit. For example, when talking about immigration, Walz quoted a book I didn't think the Democrats had ever read. I guess it's called the bibble?
TIM WALZ: I don't talk about my faith a lot, but Matthew 25:40 talks about, "To the least amongst us, you do unto me."
KOSTA: Wow, Tim Walz has really stolen every Republican shtick. You know, he's folksy, into cars, hunts, quotes the Bible, you know, what’s next? He's going to find out he is the webmaster of nudeafrica.com? And we learned a surprising thing about Vance as well. He does support diversity in certain circumstances.
JD VANCE: Let the individual states make their abortion policy and I think that's what makes the most sense in a very big, a very diverse [jump cut] and divided country. [jump cut] We can be a big and diverse country where we respect people's freedom of conscience. [jump cut] Donald Trump has been very clear that on the abortion policy specifically, that we have a big country and it is diverse.
KOSTA: Yeah, you see, America? Republicans do support diversity. Some states believe women should have rights, and some don't. It’s the beautiful tapestry of America.
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KOSTA: When I read this, why would -- with Trump rhetoric at the Southern border, of migrants, why would the Latino population support him in such a way?
PAOLA RAMOS: Well, think about it like this. Maybe you and I -- I always identify as a Latina and, when I do that, I always think about the fact that my parents are Cuban exiles and Mexican immigrants, right--
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: -- but there is a sector of Latinos that don't want to see themselves in that way.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: They do not want to see themselves lumped with other immigrants.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: So, even if we think about how the Latino community has changed in the last 20, 30 years, we're talking about a community now that is a lot more Americanized and assimilated.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: Most of the Latino voting bloc is under the age of 50.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: U.S.-born.
KOSTA: Yeah. [Speaking Spanish]
KOSTA: I understood that.
RAMOS: I was testing you. I was testing you,
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: -- but all this to say—
KOSTA: I don't know how to respond but I understood.
RAMOS: [Speaking Spanish]
KOSTA: [Speaking Spanish]
RAMOS: Anyways, long short, I think what Trumpism does really well as many think about the Latino voting bloc, they're betting on this one idea.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: And that is the fact that there are some Latinos that are so Americanized and assimilated now that they too will sort of buy into the nativism.
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: That they too will look at, here are the words, "Send them back,"--
KOSTA: Yeah.
RAMOS: -- and not at all see themselves reflected in that “them.”
