The Daily Show Labels It ‘Unmoderate’ to Keep Boys Off Girls’ Sports Teams
24th February 2024
f Donald Trump is the threat to democracy that the late night comedy shows claim he is, you would think that The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic would put policy differences aside and support Nikki Haley, but you would be wrong. On the Thursday edition of the Comedy Central program, Lydic argued that, on some issues, Haley is worse than Trump and has some rather “unmoderate” positions on women’s issues, such as protecting the integrity of women’s sports.
Lydic was condemning what she claims is a media tendency to portray any Republican who didn’t storm the Capitol or claim the election was stolen as a moderate, “Is Nikki Haley the moderate in the race? Because when you actually take a look at her policies, they aren’t that different from Trump. She also wants to build the wall. She also wants mass deportations. She’s also opposed to Obamacare and the Paris Climate Accords and, in fact, on abortion she’s even more extreme than Trump.”