“Daily Show” correspondent Michael Kosta crushed MAGA pundits’ pathetic attempts to downplay Republicans’ massive losses in the midterm elections on Tuesday.
“You guys recognize how bad a loss this was, right?” Kosta asked during Wednesday night’s show. “You’re not going to pretend that this is normal, are you?”
Kosta then played clips in which Sean Hannity and Katie Miller tried their best to liken the results to every other midterm election.
“What you’re seeing is historically, the party in power loses the midterms,” Miller said.
“History matters. Midterms are very, very predictable,” Hannity said.
Kosta scoffed at the notion that losing elections in GOP strongholds like Kansas and Texas was somehow normal.
“You couldn’t even get South Carolina to vote for Lindsey Graham’s sister-widow,” Kosta said. “It’s one thing to say that lots of couples have messy breakups. It’s another thing to say that if you’re OJ.”
Kosta asked for someone to offer a reasonable explanation for the Republicans’ losses. Then he turned to noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for the most unreasonable explanation.
“I have tried to salvage Trump. I’ve not been sure. I’ve invested so much. Maybe I was blind to it. I think he’s the ultimate Democrat sleeper cell and he works for them!” Jones said.
“Yes, that’s the good stuff!” Kosta said.
Watch Kosta’s full opening segment from Wednesday night’s show: