‘The Daily Show’ mocks Newsmax for reaction to deadly ICE shooting
While some right-wing politicians have begun criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti by ICE in Minneapolis on Saturday, other talking heads are refusing to budge.
One of them is Newsmax’s Greg Kelly, who recently tried to claim that the phone Pretti can be seen holding in video footage “could be mistaken for a gun.” In a clip broadcast on The daily show, Kelly holds her own phone like it’s a weapon, before saying: “This is crazy.”
“I won’t disagree with you, it’s crazy,” responds host Desi Lydic. “And if you think it couldn’t be any stupider, never underestimate Greg Kelly.”
Cue another clip of Kelly, this time telling the audience that her phone’s background – a black, red and green pattern – cannot be changed. “I think it’s like Black Lives Matter or something,” Kelly says. “I don’t support it, but I can’t get rid of it.”
“That’s the most Newsmax sentence of all time,” Lydic says. “‘I don’t know what it is, but I don’t support it.’ It’s amazing what you can get canceled for right. “I don’t support civil rights, I swear, it’s a technical problem, you have to believe me!”
