The cast of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show came together on Tuesday to put together a satirical movie trailer about a male GOP politician who becomes a woman after a “freak jacking off accident” and has an epiphany that the party needs to support abortion, all while portraying the party as a bunch of out-of-touch, sex-crazed misogynists.
The trailer begins with the narrator introducing the protagonist and immediately shows The Daily Show does not understand pro-lifers, “Meet Senator Tim Greco, he likes fast cars, sexy women, and abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.”
Pro-life laws have life of the mother exceptions, but the trailer moves right along with Greco, played by Michael Kosta, in the office of “GOP Party Boss,” who laments, “Our poll numbers with women are just tanking, that just doesn't make any sense.”
Kosta explains that “They're probably just mad they suck at sports,” as he proceeds to crumble up the paper with the graph and miss a waste paper basketball shot.
In the next scene, Kosta is seen telling a colleague that “I'm going to go jack off in the breastfeeding room,” with the narrator repeating, “A freak jacking off accident transformed him.”
After a rather bizarre transformation scene, Kosta was replaced by Desi Lydic as the narrator explains, “Into the one thing his political party couldn’t understand.”
Lydic then visits a doctor who informs her that she is pregnant, which she does not take well, “I can't be pregnant. It's Thirsty Thursday. Isn't there some kind of medical procedure I can get?”
The doctor recommends an abortion, but Lydic doesn’t want to go there at first, “No, god no. No, I mean like a medical procedure.”
She replies, “Not in this state. Thanks to that law that Tim Greco just passed.” She then hands Lydic a newspaper that features a picture of Kosta with a sign that reads, “No abortions, even if you're pregnant after a breast pump electrocuted you.”
Lydic returns to the boss’s office to explain that “I got turned into a pregnant woman from a magical breast pump on my penis… I know what women voters want: legalized abortion.”
The party boss responds by mocking the suggestion and some inappropriate behavior, “Greco, that's a good one. Hey, does this mean, since you're a lady now, that I could have sex with you?”
As Lydic leaves, it is revealed that the boss has been drawing cartoonishly large breasts on a stick figure.
In the final scene, Lydic is at a whiteboard giving a presentation, where she again explains that “Women voters want access to abortion. You know, like, before.”
One of her male colleagues again responds by proving The Daily Show doesn’t actually understand conservatives, “Or maybe women voters want trans women banned from working in sandwich shops?”
He then asks Lydic, “Hey, now that you’re a woman, can we maybe –”
Despite the absurd nature of impregnating yourself after masturbating as a man, Lydic’s character actually hurts the pro-abortion argument. Pro-abortion advocates routinely point to the difficult health positions women find themselves in, but here is The Daily Show arguing for abortion out of pure convenience because it is Thursday after a choice Kosta/Lydic freely made.
Here is a transcript for the March 26 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
3/26/2024
11:17 PM ET
NARRATOR: Meet Senator Tim Greco, he likes fast cars, sexy women, and abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
MICHAEL KOSTA [TIM GRECO]: The ayes have it. Total abortion ban.
NARRATOR: He thought he had politics all figured out.
GOP PARTY BOSS: Our poll numbers with women are just tanking, that just doesn't make any sense.
KOSTA: They're probably just mad they suck at sports. Kobe!
NARRATOR: Until one day—
KOSTA: I'm going to go jack off in the breastfeeding room.
NARRATOR: A freak jacking off accidents transformed him.
[transformation scene]
DESI LYDIC [GRECO]: It’s killing me.
NARRATOR: Into the one thing his political party couldn’t understand.
DESI LYDIC: Whoa. I’m a woman. I'm going to barf.
NARRATOR: This November...
DOCTOR: It’s not the flu, you're pregnant.
LYDIC: I can't be pregnant. It's Thirsty Thursday. Isn't there some kind of medical procedure I can get?
DOCTOR: You mean, an abortion?
LYDIC: No, god no. No, I mean like a medical procedure.
DOCTOR: Not in this state. Thanks to that law that Tim Greco just passed.
LYDIC: Shouldn’t have made that sign so specific.
NARRATOR: The inspirational story of one Republican.
LYDIC: Boss, it's me, Tim Greco. I got turned into a pregnant woman from a magical breast pump on my penis.
GOP PARTY BOSS: I believe you. Continue.
LYDIC: I know what women voters want: legalized abortion.
GOP PARTY BOSS: Greco, that's a good one. Hey, does this mean since you're a lady now, that I could have sex with you?
LYDIC: No! Maybe.
NARRATOR: And what it is probably going to take to make Republicans realize what women voters actually want to.
LYDIC: Women voters want access to abortion. You know, like, before.
MAN: Or maybe women voters want trans women banned from working in sandwich shops?
GOP PARTY BOSS: Write that down.
MAN: Hey, now that you’re a woman, can we maybe –
LYDIC: Ew, no. Maybe.
NARRATOR: What Women Voters Want. Coming to theaters this fall.
