Actress and comedian Leslie Jones stopped by Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Thursday to deliver a monologue about how “[bleep] up” things are in America and how it is so obvious that even Europeans can see it.
One of the things that Jones was particularly upset with was gun rights, “Unfortunately, the rest of the world is aware of our culture of violence.”
She then played a series of YouTube videos where people went around asking Europeans what they thought of America. One woman said, “The gun situation kinda freaks me out.”
Another said, “There's all these shootings going on,” while a third echoed the sentiment, “Guns, violence.” One man, through a translator, likewise said, “School shootings, many people with guns,” while two additional women, also through translators, declared, “Everyone can buy a weapon there” and “People have so many guns. I feel like I would not feel safe there.”
Jones agreed, “You're right. You're not going to be safe here. You think I do cardio for my health? I do it so I can outrun bullets, bitch! Everybody shouldn't be allowed to have a gun. I shouldn't even legally own a megaphone. But I do. The point is, we got problems, America. And don't try to blame all of this on Trump. Because even if you take him out of the picture, our political system is not normal.”
It’s not the first time The Daily Show has gone to Europe to trash the Second Amendment. Still, Jones then proceeded to play another montage of news clips covering scandals involving North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s porn scandal, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Beetlejuice incident, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s admission she shot her dog, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. decapitating a dead whale.
It is noteworthy Jones chose three Republicans and one Democrat who has endorsed Trump. Earlier in the show, the cast lampooned New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Is it too much to ask to include one more clip of him or of Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling the fire alarm, or of Sen. Robert Menendez’s corruption scandal?
Instead, Jones lamented, “Of course Europe thinks we're [bleep] Up. I think we're [bleep] Up. We are [bleep] Up! Listen, listen, I had to leave America to realize how much bullshit we live in. I know that this last decade has been hard on everyone.”
To liberals upset with everything, she tried to offer some encouragement:
I've been around the world, I've been around the country and people feel helpless and hopeless. They don't trust the Supreme Court, don't trust the politicians, our criminal justice system, and our food supply. They think that power comes from the top down, but let me let you in on a secret: The people have all the power… But we got all the power, but we got to get involved. And I get it. I get it. You just want to go to work, come home, take care of your kids, watch your Hulu. But you got to get involved, that's the way to make things change. And if we do that, we can be better. We can do better.
Other countries have funny scandals too, so whether it's guns or the Supreme Court, Jones really just means that the Constitution gets in the way of the left’s priorities.
Here is a transcript for the September 26 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
9/26/2024
11:20 PM ET
LESLIE JONES: Unfortunately, the rest of the world is aware of our culture of violence.
FEMALE 1: The gun situation kinda freaks me out.
FEMALE 2: There's all these shootings going on.
FEMALE 3: Guns, violence.
MALE [VIA TRANSLATOR]: School shootings, many people with guns.
FEMALE 4 [VIA TRANSLATOR]: Everyone can buy a weapon there.
FEMALE 5 [VIA TRANSLATOR]: People have so many guns. I feel like I would not feel safe there.
JONES: You're right. You're not going to be safe here. You think I do cardio for my health? I do it so I can outrun bullets, bitch! Everybody shouldn't be allowed to have a gun. I shouldn't even legally own a megaphone. But I do. The point is, we got problems, America. And don't try to blame all of this on Trump. Because even if you take him out of the picture, our political system is not normal.
MALE LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR: A candidate for governor is accused of making disturbing statements on a porn site, including allegedly saying he is a black Nazi.
PAMELA BROWN: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert kicked out of a performance of the musical Beetlejuice and she and her companion were noticeably groping each other in front of others.
WEIJIA JIANG: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem revealing in a new book that she shot her dog, Cricket.
MALE LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR 2: Federal officials are investigating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allegedly decapitating a dead whale.
JONES: Decapitating whales? What did the whales do to you, cuz? Can't you just go to a Diddy party like a normal millionaire? Of course Europe thinks we're [bleep] Up. I think we're [bleep] Up. We are [bleep] Up! Listen, listen, I had to leave America to realize how much bullshit we live in. I know that this last decade has been hard on everyone. I've been around the world, I've been around the country and people feel helpless and hopeless. They don't trust the Supreme Court, don't trust the politicians, our criminal justice system, and our food supply. They think that power comes from the top down, but let me let you in on a secret: The people have all the power. If we—
But we got all the power, but we got to get involved. And I get it. I get it. You just want to go to work, come home, take care of your kids, watch your Hulu. But you got to get involved, that's the way to make things change. And if we do that, we can be better. We can do better. We can be... Gauche.
