Of all the late night comedians to react on Monday to former President Donald Trump’s conviction in New York, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart was the only one to invite someone on to disagree with him about the appropriateness of the trial. That somebody was former Rep. Ken Buck, who, despite not being a Trump fan, pointed to several reasons why the trial was inappropriate and debunked Stewart’s arguments that Trump’s reactions make him a hypocrite as The Daily Show audience showered him with boos.
Stewart asked, “You do have a frustration and complaints about the process of this Donald Trump trial. I think you called it shameful precedent? No. Shameful precedent? Is that correct?”
Quibbling over details, Buck called it a “bad precedent,” which led Stewart to again ask, “Why do you think it is a precedent?”
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