“South Park” on Wednesday hilariously addressed the “severe beating” President Donald Trump took in the midterms, with an expletive-laden assembly scene at the show’s fictional elementary school announcing all the “liberal changes” coming to its small-town community.
The episode wasted no time in acknowledging the Democratic landslide in last week’s elections, which saw Republicans lose majorities in both the House and Senate. It opened with a related school assembly led by fourth-grade teacher Mr. Garrison.
“Now I know you’ve all heard about the midterms and the severe beating our president took,” he told the confused children, adding: “And of course we could just go on and on and make a bunch of jokes about him. But it’s no fun punching down on a helpless loser.”
Mr. Garrison continued, “So we’re just gonna sort of not do that this week, OK?”
Trump indeed lost his congressional grip last week and will spend the next two years as a lame-duck president, a fear that sent much of his dwindling MAGA movement into a frenzy, which “South Park” expertly mocked — by joking about the cultural shift to come.
“However, the school is going to be implementing some … liberal changes,” said Mr. Garrison.
The rueful teacher went on to bring out the school’s principal, Peter Charles, whose initials and often violent approach to implementing a politically correct agenda has dubbed him “PC Principal.” He appeared veritably ecstatic about informing his students of what comes next.
“FUCK YEAH!” PC Principal screamed into his microphone, while dancing energetically to blaring electronic music. “FUCK YES, DUDE! YEAH, WE ARE BACK! WE ARE FUCKIN’ BACK, BABY! WOO!”
He continued, “All right everyone, listen up, I don’t know about you, but I’ve been pretty MESSED UP the last couple years! But we are back! Fuck yes, fuck yes. We are gonna get shit back on track! We are gonna be tolerant! We’re gonna be respectful of all races!”
PC Principal added that the school will no longer sideline gay and minority students, that everyone will get “fucking sex changes” and that “we are gonna support fucking Palestine” — in a cartoonish tirade that terrified MAGA legions might actually believe.
“South Park” has succeeded so deftly at mocking Trump and his movement in recent seasons that the White House formally reacted with a furious statement last year — when creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone depicted the president as a gay man with a micropenis.
Wednesday’s opening appeared to primarily target voters who have swallowed MAGA fears wholesale, especially that ostensibly revived “woke” culture will herald social changes beyond their imagination — from a congressional majority of PC Principal-aligned Democrats.