As Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue gutting federal programs and increasing unemployment numbers as a result, protests have sprung up around the country, with some of them even getting musical. Although, it hasn’t been good music, if you ask “The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic.
During Thursday night’s headlines, the Comedy Central star first zeroed in on a recent Capitol Hill protest by federal workers, in which they sang Pete Seeger’s “Which Side Are You On?” with slightly modified lyrics. Of course, these weren’t professional singers, so hitting the right notes was a less than successful endeavor.
“Which key are we on?” Lydic sang intentionally poorly. “Sorry, but that sounded so bad I had to cleanse my ears with an RFK Jr. speech.”
Lydic then begged to see a protest that didn’t involve singing, at which point footage from another musical protest, this one at the Kennedy Center, popped up — though this time, those involved were dancing to the music, not singing.
“Is this how white ladies protest now? ‘I demand to dance for the manager!’” Lydic joked. “You know what? At least they’re getting out there. And these are regular citizens doing their best. It’s not their responsibility to block the Trump agenda, that’s on the Democratic Party.”
But, turning to what Democrats have indeed been doing, Lydic was less than impressed. She first called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, in which he plans to interview political figures from both sides of the aisle.
“I can’t believe they rebuilt L.A. that fast. Glad you have the time,” she quipped. “I mean, forgive me for not subscribing to the Gavin Newsom pomade hour, but I think the moment calls for a little more than polite conversation.”
At that, Lydic shifted into clips of Dems like Rep. Jasmine Crockett and more being blunt to media, offering messages of “f–k off” and similar variations.
“You guys kiss your lobbyists with that mouth?” she joked. “That’s right, the Democratic strategy, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Look, I get the spirit behind it, but cursing in politics doesn’t exactly age well. The Gettysburg Address wouldn’t have been the classic it became if it went ‘Four score and a f–k ton years ago…’”
You can watch the full segment from “The Daily Show” in the video, above.
