On the same night, Democratic socialist candidates endorsed by New York Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in the New York Democratic primaries, with campaigns focused heavily on Israel in the form of ‘Free Palestine,’ Daily Show host-of-the-week Josh Johnson led the comedy show with a joke on the World Cup, specifically Scotland fan. He likened the troves of Scottish fans to an “all-white parade” and was thankful the parade was not chanting about “The Jews.”
Johnson started with the World Cup, even as media coverage had tried to frame the event as bad for its playing in Trump’s America.
He began, “Let's start with the biggest story in sports right now. The World Cup fans have come from all over the world to see which country has the most athletic black people! But one country has been making their presence known a little more than the rest.”
On Tuesday's The Daily Show, host Josh Johnson, after videos played of Scottish World Cup fans parading in the streets, said he was "just happy to see an all-white parade where they're not chanting about 'The Jews.'" pic.twitter.com/8NdkAx5yMr
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Then, a soundbite played from a local news reporter in Florida, which described the Scottish fans: “South Florida is getting taken over by the Scottish this week for the World Cup, turning Little Havana into an international street party”
After more audio from the streets of happy Scottish fans in the streets prior to their World Cup match versus Brazil, full of bagpipes, but no sing-along of “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.”
Johnson then remarked, “This is so fun. Also, I'm just happy to see an all-white parade where they're not chanting about ‘The Jews.’"
Johnson was clearly referring to some Nazi and KKK rallies in the past, as he just decided to lump in the whole white population with those groups of people.
But, even more ironically, Johnson’s joke came on the night of the crowning of Democratic Socialist (DSA) candidates for US House seats in New York City due to the efforts of Mayor Mamdani.
Among the endorsees of Mamdani were former City Comptroller Brad Lander, who he with cross-endorsed in the New York Mayor’s primary, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, who has said she wanted to use the American flag as a napkin.
The interesting thing with Mamdani’s endorsement of Lander was that Lander is a Jewish man, which apparently might not go over well with some DSA-aligned people, including Mamdani’s wife. A The New York Times headline from the day of the primary read, “‘This is the Team,’ Mamdani Says. His Allies Hint Lander Doesn’t Belong.”
Wonder what the issue could possibly be? Maybe Johnson's aforementioned “The Jews."
The transcript is below. Click "expand":
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show
June 23, 2026
11:01:18 PM Eastern
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JOSH JOHNSON: Let's start with the biggest story in sports right now. The World Cup fans have come from all over the world to see which country has the most athletic black people! But one country has been making their presence known a little more than the rest.
REPORTER: South Florida is getting taken over by the Scottish this week for the World Cup, turning Little Havana into an international street party
[Sounds of Scottish Fans and bagpipes]
JOHNSON: This is so fun. Also, I'm just happy to see an all-white parade where they're not chanting about "The Jews."
You know, the Loch Ness monster is back in Scotland right now like, "Finally! I can get some sleep. The only reason why I'm so elusive is cause I don't want to hear those damn bagpipes!"
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