Jon Stewart Mocks Mitch McConnell Recovery Photo After Weeks of Silence
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
Jon Stewart Mocks Mitch McConnell Recovery Photo After Weeks of Silence
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
Summary
Jon Stewart used Monday’s “Daily Show” to ridicule Mitch McConnell’s rehabilitation-center photo, calling it “totally believable evidence” the senator was alive and “the happiest boy in the hospital.”
The image had been posted Sunday to show McConnell was “alive and well” after weeks of silence and mounting speculation about his health.
Other late-night hosts piled on the same photo, with Jimmy Fallon joking that “nothing says perfect health” like being held up while seated and guest host Ike Barinholtz pairing well wishes with criticism of McConnell’s health-care record.
The segment was part of a broader late-night cycle that also turned to the reported death of Senator Lindsey Graham and President Trump’s remarks about him.