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Thursday, March 30, 2023
'Get the f--- out of the way': John Leguizamo has a message for do-nothing-about-guns Republicans
John Leguizamo is hosting The Daily Show this week.
The satirical news program has been using a rotation of celebrity guests
from the world of comedy and acting and politics. Before Leguizamo was
known for his film and television acting, he was best known as a
comedian who worked one-man-show-style material into theater
performances in New York City, like 1991’s “Mambo Mouth.”
On Tuesday, Leguizamo did a piece touching on the response (or
pathetic lack of response) from Republicans over the Nashville,
Tennessee, school shooting that left three children and three adults
dead. Leguizamo remarked, “Like all of you, I'm sick to death of
this. And I want you to know, and I want to know, what our
representatives plan to do about it, okay?”
Leguizamo went on, “Because if you ask this representative from
Tennessee, he plans to do jack shit about it.” He then ran a clip of Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, whose only goal as a legislator seems to be banning drag shows.
The clip shows Burchett’s withering answers to reporters outside of
Tennessee’s Capitol building after the shooting that claimed three young
children’s lives. In the clip, Burchett says, “We're not gonna fix it. Criminals are going to be criminals,”
and then relates something he says his father told him as a World War
II veteran, about fighting in a war. “’Buddy,’ he said, ‘if somebody
wants to take you out and doesn’t mind losing their life, then there’s
not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it.’”
Leguizamo parroted Burchett’s ‘not a lot you can do about it’ mantra,
responding “That’s the best you have to offer?” Then he said what all
of us feel: “You're a congressman! If you don't have any ideas for how
to keep our kids safe, get the fuck out of the way and don't work at of
Pinkberry or some shit.” He also makes a point of connecting how little
Timmy Burchett seems to have missed the point of his daddy’s tale. “And
by the way, no disrespect to his father, but going to school in America feels like fighting in World War II? That should be a sign that things are seriously fucked-up in America.”
Then Leguizamo turned to CrossFit hate ghoul Rep. Marjorie
Taylor Greene’s attacks on trans children, specifically citing one of
the three tweets (seen below) that Greene put out after the police
reported that the shooter, while assigned female at birth, used he/him
pronouns. All three of those tweets were taken down by Elon Musk’s
Twitter. That’s how bad and offensive they were.
Leguizamo responded to the audience’s boos, saying, “I know, It seems crazy because since 99.9% of the mass shooters are not trans.” Here, Leguizamo and The Daily Show used the side camera, as Leguizamo tried a new tack in trying to get Greene on board with gun safety legislation:
“Here's the thing, Marjorie. I agree with you. I don't think trans
people should be allowed to own assault rifles either. So let's stop
them.
“But just to be safe, we should also ban non-trans people from owning assault rifles, okay? Just in case they become trans, okay? You know what I mean? No assault weapons for anybody. That'll show them.”
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