The Daily Show host Trevor Noah wasted no time on Thursday night taking jabs at Republicans and the Benghazi hearing that featured Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's testimony.
Noah began his show mocking claims that the hearing wasn't political: "Right now, we're not talking about politics. We're talking about Benghazi.The big Hillary Clinton hearing in Congress, which had nothing to do with politics."
Noah compared the 11 hour hearing to binge-watching a Netflix series. He said we watched it all because “I don’t Benghazi, I binge-ghazi," mocking the hearing and seeming to forget the fact that family members of the four Americans killed in the September 11, 2012 attacks were also at the hearing.
The newly minted Comedy Central star also poked fun at committee chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) saying his face looked like "someone put Anderson Cooper's face under a heavy book overnight." He didn't stop there.
Noting that Gowdy had the "worst week of his life and claiming now everyone is questioning his motives" he added: "Aww, man, Gowdy.That must be horrible, having your character and motives constantly attacked. But, hey, man, if you ever need to talk, I know someone who can empathize," then he flashed a photo of Hillary Clinton.
Noah showed the clip of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy boasting the Benghazi committee investigation drove down Hillary’s poll numbers and called it a “classic supervillain mistake – you have to wait until your enemy’s dead before you reveal the plot!” He said this hurt “Trey Gowdy, the guy who looks like a baby possum on Picture Day at school." He also implied Gowdy was a “football with human makeup on.”
Noah showed Hillary quipping to Gowdy that she could send her memoir Hard Choices over so he could read the chapter on Benghazi. Noah boasted “That is gangsta.”
Showing a promo from director Michael Bay's upcoming movie on Benghazi, Noah joked that Congress was the only institution that could spend more than $20 million on something with no plot than Michael Bay. He then teased, "Actually, I take that back -- Michael Bay has hits."
It’s nice to know a hearing that tried to get to the bottom of why four Americans died during a terrorist attack when they asked for help over 600 times could be fodder for late show hosts. Real classy, Noah.
