If there’s one thing The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic hates, it is Republican politicians putting the integrity of women’s sports above “reproductive rights” on their agenda. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to that effect, Lydic took the Comedy Central airwaves on Thursday to label the whole thing a “performance.”
A sarcastic Lydic teed up a clip of Wednesday’s edition of World News Tonight on ABC by declaring, “He tried to buyout the entire workforce of the CIA, his DOJ is going after anyone who’s investigated him, and now he has defeated America's biggest threat.”
In the clip, senior political correspondent Rachel Scott used the liberal language to report, “At the White House today, President Trump signing an executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports.”
That was followed by a clip of Trump proclaiming, “With this executive order, the war on women's sports is over” and “We're putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.”
Lydic returned to first make fun of Trump’s manner of speaking, “You notice how he paused right before ‘Invade your locker rooms?’ Like, ‘Maybe we won't make that illegal. Should have proofread this.’”
As to the larger point, she continued, “Look, it's bad enough that he's banned trans women from sports. But spare us the performance of pretending that this is a top issue for women in this country. Maybe start with, I dunno, reproductive rights, or pay inequality. Or why it's 2025 and still, none of my clothes have pockets.”
It would be kind of hard to address pay inequality considering it is a myth. It also is just weird that Lydic would claim that there should be a right to kill a baby under the in an abortion under the guise of women’s “reproductive rights,” but she can’t even bring herself to say that female anatomy has anything to do with being a woman. Meanwhile, 79 percent of Americans, including 67 percent of Democrats, agree with the premise behind Trump’s executive order.
Here is a transcript for the February 6 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
2/6/2025
11:03 PM ET
DESI LYDIC: He tried to buyout the entire workforce of the CIA, his DOJ is going after anyone who’s investigated him, and now he has defeated America's biggest threat.
RACHEL SCOTT: At the White House today, President Trump signing an executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports.
DONALD TRUMP: With this executive order, the war on women's sports is over. [Jump Cut] We're putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.
LYDIC: You notice how he paused right before "Invade your locker rooms?" Like, "Maybe we won't make that illegal. Should have proofread this." Look, it's bad enough that he's banned trans women from sports. But spare us the performance of pretending that this is a top issue for women in this country. Maybe start with, I dunno, reproductive rights, or pay inequality. Or why it's 2025 and still, none of my clothes have pockets.
