Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah was relieved on the Wednesday edition of the The Daily Show that Democrats appear to have learned their lesson by codifying gay and interracial marriage. However, Noah could not just leave it there, he absurdly accused the GOP of opposing interracial marriage.
Noah began by remembering the Dobbs ruling, “Now, everyone is still shell-shocked by the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and although this made conservatives happy because they finally made government small enough to fit inside a woman’s vagina, everyone else was pretty furious.”
He also claimed that, “Well, it turns out that the same Supreme Court ruling that struck down Roe v. Wade, it also opened the door to future rulings that could overturn other rights. Alright? Things like the right to gay marriage, interracial marriage, and contraception, all of which are based on the right to privacy, just like Roe v. Wade.”
That is only partly correct. Griswold and contraception are based off the right to privacy, but Loving and Obergefell are equal protection cases. While there is no movement in any legislature to overturn any of those three cases, Noah still declared “Which is why Democrats are trying to learn their lesson and protect those rights before Clarence Thomas gets to them.”
After playing some news clips of the House voting on the bill, Noah added, “Also, it’s even weirder that 157 Republicans voted against this bill. You voted against, so you’re on the record now against interracial marriage. Like look, I know mixed couples have ruined your lives for the past few years, but I think it’s time to let that go.”
It is not weird and it is incredibly dishonest to allege such things. The bill lumped gay and interracial marriage together. The no votes were for the same position held by a Democratic president a short ten years ago. And speaking of mixed couples that have “ruined” lives, Clarence Thomas is not going to vote to overturn his own marriage.
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Here is a transcript for the July 20 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
7/20/2022
11:01 PM ET
TREVOR NOAH: Okay. Let's kick things off with some big news coming out of Washington, D.C. Now, everyone is still shell-shocked by the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and although this made conservatives happy because they finally made government small enough to fit inside a woman’s vagina, everyone else was pretty furious.
And people weren’t just angry at the Supreme Court. No, they were pissed at Democrats because they didn’t codify Roe v. Wade. I don't know about you but, I haven’t said "codified" this much in my entire life. We just say it like it’s normal now, “Codify, did they codify, you didn’t codify, they should’ve--, did you codify your Starbucks order?” I did.
Well, it turns out that the same Supreme Court ruling that struck down Roe v. Wade, it also opened the door to future rulings that could overturn other rights. Alright? Things like the right to gay marriage, interracial marriage, and contraception, all of which are based on the right to privacy, just like Roe v. Wade. Which is why Democrats are trying to learn their lesson and protect those rights before Clarence Thomas gets to them.
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Also, it’s even weirder that 157 Republicans voted against this bill. You voted against, so you’re on the record now against interracial marriage. Like look, I know mixed couples have ruined your lives for the past few years, but I think it’s time to let that go.
