‘The Daily Show’ Gives Oregon Occupiers a ‘Star Wars’ Segment [Watch]
Trevor Noah and "The Daily Show" never seem to run out of comical fodder when it comes to right-wing politicians and extremists. This time, they decided to take on Ammon Bundy and his white posse of armed militants.
According to Uproxx, Noah really had an opportunity to cash in on the situation by doing a special contrast between the extremists and the current hype around "Star Wars." Except, he titled it "Land Wars."
Noah came into the segment pointing out that the media has classified the occupiers as taking over a "federal" building, which seems almost like they took over the "Treasury" building or something.
"It's more like a rest stop," Noah comically added to that.
But he also looked toward the incident as something that would have taken place back in the old west, maybe over a century ago. Back when ranchers challenged the federal government over land laws and did so with their own guns.
"I know there's a time difference between New York and Oregon, but it didn't think it was 150 years," Noah said.
He then comically segued the segment over to a "Star Wars" intro with the opening title cards explaining their motives.
See that video below:
In the second segment, Noah comically spoke about how the occupiers said they were prepared to spend years in the building if necessary.
"Then they entered day 2," Noah said, accompanied by a graphic of the militia posting things they need sent to them the day after their occupation.
He then brought in Jordan Klepper who said he took on the mission to raise the items that the militia said they needed. He had prepared a care package, which included cold weather socks, shirts, camo and a copy of "Tomorrowland" on Blu-ray. But that Blu-ray would be useless to them once their power was cut off.
Noah pointed out that Klepper was sending them the Christmas gifts he got but did not like. Watch the video below:
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