>>> WE ARE BACK WITH THE IMPORTANT CLASH OVER HOW THE UNITED STATES SHOULD CONFRONT VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO OVERSAW THE LONG-RUNNING IMPRISONMENT OF ALEXEY NAVALNY. THE U.S. HAS BEEN FUNDING OPPOSITION TO PUTIN'S LONG-RUNNING INVASION. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO LIMIT OR STOP AID, THEN THERE'S PROMINENT MAGA FIGURES LIKE TUCKER CARLSON WHO ARE OPENLY TOUTING PUTIN. HOW DO YOU CONFRONT A NUCLEAR ARMED AUTOCRATIC DICTATOR ON OFFENSE ARE ALSO MIXED WITH WHAT ARE CALLED SOME PRETTY ABSURD ONES. HOW SHOULD WE IN SOCIETY AND AMERICAN POLLS COUNTER TUCKER CARLSON DOING ON YOUR SCREEN IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT WHICH IS THIS TOTAL PROPAGANDA WHERE HE PRAISES NOT ONLY THE PUTIN SYSTEM BUT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT PUTIN AND THE KREMLIN OVERSEE NOW. THAT'S ONE QUESTION. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN QUITE CLEAR CONFRONTING PUTIN WITH TOUGH NEW SANCTIONS OVER NAVALNY'S DEATH AND UKRAINE WITHOUT PUTTING AMERICAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND. TUCKER JUST PUT OUT A NEW STATEMENT CRITICIZING RUSSIA FOR NAVALNY'S DEATH. I WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S A BIT OF A TURN FROM EVERYTHING HE SAID AND DID ON HIS RECENT TRIP TO VISIT PUTIN IN RUSSIA. NOW HIS STATEMENT CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS PUTIN INTERVIEW AND WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AT TIMES AS AN ODDLY PROMOTIONAL TRIP. ALL OF THIS DRAWING A BITING NEW ROAST FROM JON STEWART IN HIS SECOND EPISODE SINCE RETURNING TO THE DAILY SHOW LAST NIGHT. >> WHERE DO I GO TO STUDY THE PARTICULARS OF UNQUESTIONING PROPAGANDA. I WOULD NEED MENTORSHIP. >> WE'RE HERE TO INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA. >> SAINTS BE PRAISESED. DOES THIS INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS? >> THIS IS THE GROCERY CART ESCALATOR. THIS IS DESIGNED, I'M FIGURING THIS OUT NOW, WHERE THE WHEELS DON'T MOVE, THEY LOCK ON THE GROCERY CART ESCALATOR. LOOK, MA, NO HANDS. >> IT WENT ON LIKE THAT. NOW AS ARE TO THE INTERVIEW, THERE CAN BE VALUE, FACTUAL, JOURNALISTIC AND OTHERWISE, TO QUESTIONING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH POWER. IN THIS INSTANCE CARLSON DID NOT QUESTION PUTIN VERY SHARPLY OR FACT CHECK HIM VERY MUCH. AT TIMES, CARLSON EVEN ECHOED SOME OF THE BLATANT LIES AND PROPAGANDA COMING FROM PUTIN, A FORMER KGB OFFICER. ONE EXAMPLE I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU WITH COMEDY AFTERWARD, IF YOU WANT TO FIND A LAUGH AMIDST THE HORROR, TUCKER CARLSON WRONGLY SANG OUT LOUD OF COURSE WHEN PUTIN LIES ABOUT A PRETTY WELL-NOENL FACT, THE FACT THAT GERMANY STARTED WORLD WAR II. >> WHAT IF PUTIN STARTS SAYING [ BLEEP ] LIKE WORLD WAR II WAS POLAND'S FAULT? BECAUSE THEY FORCED HITLER TO INVADE THEM. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD. >> Translator: THIS TERRITORY WAS TRANSFERRED TO POLAND AND INSTEAD OF THAT A CITY OF DANSK EMERGED. HITLER ASKED THEM TO GIVE IT AMICABLY BUT THEY REFUSED. >> OF COURSE. >> EVEN JON STEWART DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY AFTER THAT, NEITHER DO I. IT IS JUST TELLING. NOW THEN JON STEWART'S LONG-TIME COLLEAGUE JOHN OLIVER GOT IN ON THIS MOCKING AND ROASTING TUCKER ABOUT EVEN PUTIN CRITICIZED TUCKER OVER THEIR INTERVIEW AFTERWARDS. >> TUCKER WAS SO DOMICILE EVEN PUTIN LATER MADE FUN OF HIM. >> Translator: I HONESTLY THOUGHT HE WOULD BE AGGRESSIVE ASKING SO-CALLED SHARP QUESTIONS. I WASN'T SIMPLY READY FOR IT. FRANKLY SPEAKING, I DIDN'T GET COMPLETE PLEASURE FROM THIS INTERVIEW. >> WOW, THAT IS EMBARRASSING. GETTING ROASTED BY PUTIN FOR BEING A LAP DOG EMBARRASSING. >> THAT'S HOW PUTIN PLAYED TUCKER. PUTIN IS GOOD AT THIS, GOOD AT RHETORIC. I'M NOT SHOWING YOU ANY PUTIN CLIPS FOR THEIR VORACITY. MAYBE NO MATTER WHAT INTERVIEWER PUTIN, WHO'S OVERSEEING THIS DICTATORSHIP, CURRENTLY HOLDING AN AMERICAN REPORTER HOSTAGE, HE MIGHT CRITICIZE ANYONE FOR HIS OWN ENDS BUT IT DOES SHOW TUCKER'S EFFORT TO PROMOTE PUTIN AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS NOT EVEN BEING RETURNED IN SHORT ORDER. THAT'S ALL OF THAT. THEN THERE'S THE ACTUAL UNITED STATES CONGRESS WHERE THERE IS SOME BIPARTISAN, I WANT TO NOTE, ON BACKING UKRAINE IN THE SENATE. TRYING TO TELL A STORY IN YOUR MIND WHERE ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ARE JUST AGAINST THIS AND THEY'RE FALLING IN LINE WITH TUCKER, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE CASE. THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO FUND AND SUPPORT UKRAINE. IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT POLICY, YOU AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE IN BOTH PARTIES IN THE SENATE PUSHING IT. BUT OVER IN THE HOUSE WHERE THERE IS A MORE EXTREME MAGA FLANK THE REPUBLICANS THERE ARE TRYING TO BLOCK ANY VOTE ON THAT BIPARTISAN PACKAGE AS TRUMP AND TUCKER BEND TO PUTIN IN THE BACKGROUND. JOAN IS WITH US AS PROMISED. WE ARE JOINED BY JAY COMENDORI. WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. WELCOME BACK, JOAN. CHEY, AS I SAID, SOME OF IT IS ABSURDIST. DO YOU THINK TUCKER WAS FILLETED, ROASTED AND TOASTED? >> OH, HE CERTAINLY WAS. I MEAN, IT REMINDED ME THERE'S A FAMOUS LINE IN "THE OFFICE" WHERE MICHAEL THOMAS SAYS I WANT PEOPLE TO SUCK UP -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SUCK UP TO ME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER, I WANT THEM TO SUCK UP TO ME BECAUSE THEY GENUINELY LOVE ME. THE REALITY IS A GUY LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN KNOWS TUCKER IS AN OPPORTUNIST. HE KNOWS THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED BECAUSE THEY WILL SIMPLY NOT BE LOYAL TO THE DICTATOR AND TO THE REGIME. THAT IS A PROBLEM I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS REALLY HAVE. THEY ARE ALL A BUNCH OF OPPORTUNISTS. YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE GOP PRIMARY WHERE PEOPLE LIKE DeSANTIS AND CHRISTIE WHO WERE FORMERLY TRUMP SUCKUPS DIDN'T DO WELL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHY THEY DID SUCK UP TO THE GUY AND THEY ARE NO LONGER DOING IT. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. JOAN, HERE WE ARE AT THE TABLE. I PROMISED YOU YOUR TURN AT THIS. IT SEEMED LIKE A ROUGH RUN FOR TUCKER THERE. >> IT'S A ROUGH RUN FOR TUCKER. I PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD ENGAGE IN SOME TUCKER FREUD BUT IT WAS ALMOST SAD TO WATCH. HE'S BEEN COMPLETELY NEUTERED. PUSHING THAT SHOPPING CART IS KIND OF THE DEFINITION OF BEING NEUTERED. AND BEING TREATED LIKE THAT BY VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT MADE ME JUST WIV FOR THE DAY WHEN PUTIN DOES THE SAME THING TO TRUMP BECAUSE THAT DAY PROBABLY WILL COME. PUTIN KNOWS HE OWNS THESE PEOPLE AND HE ACTS ACCORDINGLY. YOU KNOW, TUCKER'S BEEN ALL ABOUT THE END OF MANHOOD, MASCULINE KNIT AT THIS IN CRISIS, TESTICLE TANNING MIGHT BE SOME OF THAT. >> YOU'RE QUOTING HIM AND THE SUGGESTIONS IN THE AD ABOUT TANNING. >> HE DID A WHOLE FEATURE ON THE BEAUTIES OF TESTICLE TANNING AND I WAS PAID TO WATCH IT AND NOT PAID ENOUGH. >> AS A JOURNALIST. THERE'S THINGS YOU COVER IN JOURNALISM. I WANT TO BRING IT BACK A NOTCH BECAUSE WITH REGARD TO "THE DAILY SHOW", THERE'S A HISTORY HERE. I WANT TO SHOW THE ORIGINAL ONE, WHEN THE YOUNGER JON STEWART CONFRONTED A VERY DIFFERENT TUCKER CARLSON WHO WAS PITCHING A VERY DIFFERENT SET OF -- VERSION OF CONSERVATISM IN A DEFENESTRATION WHO BELIEVE LED TO THE CANCELLATION OF THAT SHOW. >> YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE. >> YOU NEED A -- >> IS THIS JON STEWART. >> IT'S SOMEONE WHO WATCHES YOUR SHOW AND CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE. HOW OLD ARE YOU? >> 35. >> YOU WEAR A BOW TIE. >> YEAH, I DO. >> SO THIS IS -- >> I KNOW. I KNOW. LET ME JUST -- NO, COME ON. >> LISTEN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU'RE NOT -- YOU'RE NOT A SMART GUY BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT EASY TO TIE -- >> CHEY, WAS JON STEWART RIGHT ABOUT TUCKER THEN? IS HE RIGHT NOW? DOES IT MATTER IF SOMEONE WHO IS THIS PROMINENT IN THE MAGA WORLD WHO IS ONLY OUSTED IN THE COSTLY DEFAMATION LOSS FOR FOX, DOES IT MATTER IF THIS PERSON IS A FRAUD? SHOULD PEOPLE CARE? >> I THINK PEOPLE DEFINITELY SHOULD CARE. THAT SCENE YOU JUST SHOWED IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE SUPER VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY OF TUCKER CARLSON. JON STEWART EMBARRASSED HUMILIATED HIM. WHY DID HE DO SO? BECAUSE TUCKER CARLSON AT THAT TIME WAS A GEORGE W. BUSCH NEO CON NOW HE IS A DONALD TRUMP ISOLATIONIST PRO PUTINIST. VERY DIFFERENT ORIENTATION. WHAT HE LEARNED IS I'M NEVER REALLY GOING TO BELIEVE IN ANYTHING AGAIN. I'M GOING TO SIMPLY GO WHERE THE WINDS BLOW ME AND I'M GOING TO GO WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES MAY TAKE ME. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND THAT IS WHY TUCKER'S A FRAUD. >> I'M ONLY JUMPING IN TO SAY YOU'RE REMINDING EVERYONE THE CONSERVATISM AND REPUBLICANISM WERE AGAINST THESE DICTATORS ABROAD. >> YES. >> THIS IS NOT FLIP FLOPPING ON SOME RANDOM NICHE ISSUE. THE WOKISM STUFF GOES BACK AND FORTH. IT COULD BE REDUCED TO LOCALIZED RHETORIC AND POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TACK BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS NOT THAT. THEY JUSTOVER SAW THE MURDER, THE STATE ASSASSINATION OF A DISSIDENT. THEY JUST INVADED A COUNTRY FOR THE LARGEST LAND WAR. THEY'RE HOLDING A WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER WHO MANY JOURNALISTS HAVE STOOD UP AND SAID THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T CARE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS OWNED BY NEWS CORP WHICH IS OWNED BY FOX. THERE'S LARGER ISSUES AT STAKE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, PART OF IT, I MENTION, NOT THE SUM OF THE SENATE, BUT PART OF IT ARE TAKING CUES HOW SAY ON THE EVIDENCE DOESN'T STAND FOR ANYTHING? >> TUCKER CARLSON, WHEN JON STEWART DID THAT, HUMILIATED HIM, WAS IN FAVOR OF INVADING COUNTRIES THAT HAD DICTATORS LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN IN CHARGE AND NOW HE GOES TO THOSE COUNTRIES AND SAYS EVERYTHING IS GREAT AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD ON THIS. AND THE REASON THIS HAS HAPPENED, AS YOU KNOW, IS BECAUSE AS THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS OPPOSE TRUMP, REPUBLICANS OPPOSE DEMOCRACY AND TUCKER UNDERSTOOD THAT. >> YES. >> HE SIMPLY WENT WHERE THE DICTATORS ARE. >> THAT IS -- JOAN GETS THE LAST WORD. CHEY'S READING ON IT IS THE DARKEST READING, PROBABLY THE MOST DISTURBING READING. YOU SAY WHY DOES HE NEED TO GO SO FAR TO JUSTIFY THIS. THE WORST POSSIBLE ANSWER, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL, I CAN'T SAY WE'VE PROVED IT. >> RIGHT. >> I CAN'T SAY TUCKER'S ADMITTED IT, THE WORST POSSIBLE THEORY IS TO SOFTEN MORE OF THAT STUFF HERE AT HOME IN AMERICA. >> EXACTLY. HE'S BEEN SUCKING UP. HE SUCKS UP TO DICTATORS NOW. THAT'S HIS THING. THE ONE THING I ALWAYS LIKE TO LEAVE PEOPLE ON A POSITIVE NOTE. >> SURE, LET'S DO IT. >> THERE'S BEEN SOME KARMA THAT COMES WITH TUCKER. HE'S NO LONGER ON FOX NEWS BROADCASTING TO MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. HE'S GOT THESE NARROW CHANNELS.
