Hutchinson’s testimony was so astonishing, Meyers said, that even Fox News “tried to summarize what happened, and when it was over, they just sat there in an awkward silence trying to figure out whose turn it was to speak.” The moment was “like when you get in the car with your parents after they took you to a movie that had a lot more nudity than they expected,” said the Late Night presenter. “So the plan was for Trump to join the mob in the Capitol, which is enough to say it would be scary and impossible to contain,” he said. “And Trump’s friends, including Mark Meadows, knew things could get worse, at least. And Meadows, in particular, did not seem to care. “ Hutchinson recalled that days before Jan. 6, she asked Mendous, the White House chief of staff and her boss, about the plan. Meadows did not look up from his phone and replied: “A lot is happening, Cass. I do not know, things can get real, very bad on January 6. “ “He reacted to the coup plans like an exhausted dad who just said his kids were playing with a bobcat they found in the woods,” Meyers said. “So, on the one hand, as an unprecedented constitutional crisis unfolded, there were people like Hutchinson who at least paid attention and asked questions,” he added. “On the other hand, there were guys like Mark Meadows, who was completely isolated and pretended nothing was happening. The friend just scrolled through his phone, ignoring calls for help as a lifeguard in a pool that has a Wordle conjecture. “This hearing was really shocking and I honestly did not think I had the ability to shock anymore,” he continued. “Even Fox News seemed stunned and paralyzed by how devastating it was. “At this point, we do not need any more information. We need the Ministry of Justice to act on this. “
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert also reacted to Hutchinson’s testimony, which was “one that changed the game, even Fox News did not know how to turn it around.” Colbert created an analysis clip after hearing from Fox presenter Brett Baier, who said, “the testimony alone is really, really strong,” to silence the other two Fox presenters. (A Fox News spokesman explained that it was a lost slogan between presenters at separate studios in New York and DC on Tuesday.) “This is the pause,” Colbert said. That’s the Fox News motto: “Fair and true, yes, we’re still here.” Finally, co-presenter Sandra Smith said: “From your point of view, I wonder about the country that is watching it right now, how much is changing what people believed or did not believe.” “That was not his issue at all, Sandra,” Colbert said. I think his point was “a very strong testimony.” Who cares if what viewers believe changes? “Your job is to report the news, not to guess how your audience will react!” In other bad news for Trump, House of Representatives Vice President Liz Cheney closed the hearing by raising concerns about possible witness forgery by an “unknown person.” “Who could it be?” said Colbert, erupting his impressions of Trump. “How stupid do you have to be to commit crimes while being investigated for other crimes?”
Trevor Noah
And on The Daily Show, Trevor Noah looked at the gruesome consequences of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade last week. “Ever since the Supreme Court ruled that having a child is a sacred choice between a woman and her state legislature, abortion laws have been in chaos,” he said. Some states have banned abortions, others have protected the right to a trial, and others have banned it only to have their courts overturn those bans until they reinstate it. “So right now, women’s reproductive rights are as unpredictable as McRib – he’s here, he’s gone, he’s here, he’s gone, he’s back!” explained Noah. In order to impose bans in some states, aggressive prosecutors could use data from period tracking applications or search history to prove that women have requested an abortion. “Which, first of all, is a very unhealthy practice in a relationship,” Noah said. “You’re not looking for anyone on the phone, okay? It destroys trust. Do not do it. And also, what a miserable world women live in. “You have to use your phone for everything, especially for period monitoring or where you will find an abortion clinic,” he continued. How do you search for abortion pills without Google? Will you just write a question on a piece of paper, throw it out the window and hope for the best? “That’s where we are in America right now: women taking care of their own health have to make their mark on the internet as if they were planning a robbery,” she said. “They have to turn off location services, they have to talk to each other through encrypted applications. They have to kill the Duolingo owl before it smells them in English and Italian. “
