Liberal journalists’ love for liberal comedians is not confined to the late night comedy shows. On Monday, PBS arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with comedian Jenny Yang, who he declared is using comedy as “a serious response” to the Trump administration’s immigration policies that Yang herself would call “a second pandemic.”
Brown gushed that “For Yang, who was born in Taiwan and moved to the U.S. with her family as a child, the comedy is a serious response to the Trump administration and its policies around immigration.”
Yang then recalled that “I have felt a deep sense of anger and hopelessness. And so for me to get some hope into my veins, I was like, ‘What if I actually go to where the people are and witness myself how are people living right now?’”
PBS correspondent Jeffrey Brown hypes how comedian Jenny Yang using comedy as "a serious response to the Trump administration and its policies around immigration."
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PBS then played a clip from Yang’s grocery store tour where she explained that “I decided I'm going to tour the country inside immigrant grocery stores and raise money for local immigrant organizations that are protecting our communities. Why not? Why not?”
Back in the interview, Yang alleged that ICE attempting to enforce the law is akin to the COVID era, “These ICE raids have created a second pandemic for people. It’s created a sense of isolation, of fear. And so I think for me to come to immigrant grocery stores to say, ‘No, this is our space, and we can reclaim it. We can have joy in it. We can laugh in it. We can grab snacks and drinks that we love.’ That kind of physical, visceral experience is what I love about art and comedy.”
Brown, who loves himself some left-wing immigration activism, then gave some biographical background that included some of Yang’s other liberal credentials, “Yang, who spent several years as a labor organizer before becoming a comedian, appeared alongside Michelle Yeoh in the Netflix action series The Brothers Sun. She wrote for TV shows like Fox's Last Man Standing and Busy Tonight on E! In 2016, Yang was recognized by the Obama administration for her contributions to Asian American and Pacific Islander art and storytelling.”
Yang also claimed that, “I can write jokes about immigration policies. I have done topical jokes, but that's not my personal comedy.”
Lending a hand, Brown followed up, “But it almost sounds like the personal is political in this sense.” An appreciative Yang agreed, “A hundred percent. Jeffrey knows what's up.”
She elaborated, “My art is not just what I say on stage. My art is in the practice of how I do my touring, of how I put together my work, of who I hire to do my art, you know? So, going to a grocery store, connecting with the immigrant grocery store owner, of benefiting a local organization that might help with people who’ve been impacted by the immigration policies, that in and of itself is, like, part of my art.”
It is a sad commentary on the state of liberal art that it is now defined as liberals giving money to left-wing causes. As for PBS, their desire to launder liberalism through comedy continues to underwhelm.
Here is a transcript for the September 14 show:
PBS News Hour
9/14/2026
7:50 PM ET
JEFFREY BROWN: For Yang, who was born in Taiwan and moved to the U.S. with her family as a child, the comedy is a serious response to the Trump administration and its policies around immigration.
JENNY YANG: I have felt a deep sense of anger and hopelessness. And so for me to get some hope into my veins, I was like, “What if I actually go to where the people are and witness myself how are people living right now?”
YANG [ARCHIVE]: I decided I'm going to tour the country inside immigrant grocery stores and raise money for local immigrant organizations that are protecting our communities. Why not? Why not?
BROWN: The tour started with stores in just a handful of cities, but grew to nearly 20.
YANG: These ICE raids have created a second pandemic for people. It's created a sense of isolation, of fear. And so I think for me to come to immigrant grocery stores to say, “No, this is our space, and we can reclaim it. We can have joy in it. We can laugh in it. We can grab snacks and drinks that we love.” That kind of physical, visceral experience is what I love about art and comedy.
BROWN: Yang, who spent several years as a labor organizer before becoming a comedian, appeared alongside Michelle Yeoh in the Netflix action series The Brothers Sun. She wrote for TV shows like Fox's Last Man Standing and Busy Tonight on E!
In 2016, Yang was recognized by the Obama administration for her contributions to Asian American and Pacific Islander art and storytelling.
YANG: I can write jokes about immigration policies. I have done topical jokes, but that's not my personal comedy.
BROWN: But it almost sounds like the personal is political in this sense.
YANG: A hundred percent. Jeffrey knows what's up.
BROWN: Yeah.
YANG: My art is not just what I say on stage. My art is in the practice of how I do my touring, of how I put together my work, of who I hire to do my art, you know?
So, going to a grocery store, connecting with the immigrant grocery store owner, of benefiting a local organization that might help with people who've been impacted by the immigration policies, that in and of itself is, like, part of my art.
