‘By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets,’ Daily Show host says of White House spokeswoman
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was seen without her cross necklace following the mockery of Daily Show host Jon Stewart.
Leavitt appeared for her briefing on Tuesday in a navy blazer, but she had chosen to forego her signature jewelry.
On Monday night, Stewart skewered Leavitt, saying, “By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets. Is that possible? It’s like some sort of weird Pinocchio cross.”
The host also noted that Leavitt is likely to be “the only one” who will be able to leave the administration “unscathed … Because I don’t think that she has any principles in there left to die.”
Jon Stewart and getting fascists to change their neckwear. Is there a more iconic duo?
Given Tukkker’s career arc post-Crossfire, this might actually be good for Leavitt.
She’ll end up podcasting from her basement and irradiating her testicles with manosphere-branded red lights?
She’ll end up podcasting from her basement and irradiating her testicles with manosphere-branded red lights?
Quite literally the only reason I’d watch her.
DON’TKINKSHAMEME!
God is not with the fucked up MAGAts.
Here’s a necklace idea for TACO Belle:
Hopefully Kristi Noem Is triggered and pulls out her SOP for bad puppies.
Religious people are fucked in the head
Especially those precious ones who are fooled by people like KKKaroline.
I’m shocked she didn’t change it up to a cross with Trump on it. Shit, I better not give them ideas
Sorry there Baghdad Barbie II: Fascist Boogaloo, you already broke that whole thou shall not bear false witness multiple times, you’re still going to hell and removing your fake symbol isn’t going to help that.
You are talking about, TACO Belle.
That’s a ‘T for Trump’ cross isn’t it?
That’s disgusting blasphemy and I’m not even religious. I get it though, he’s their god.
The World State is built upon the principles of Henry Ford’s assembly line: mass production, homogeneity, predictability, and consumption of disposable consumer goods. While the World State lacks any supernatural-based religions, Ford himself is revered as the creator of their society but not as a deity, and characters celebrate Ford Day and swear oaths by his name (e.g., “By Ford!”). In this sense, some fragments of traditional religion are present, such as Christian crosses, which had their tops cut off to be changed to a “T”, representing the Ford Model T.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#The_World_State_and_Fordism
Man don’t give them any ideas.
It’s fucked up on another level, too. She knows she’s lying her ass off. Why would she remove the cross otherwise?
As being a narcissistic sociopath is basically a prerequisite for working in this administration, she likely doesn’t handle ridicule well, and thus no cross.
BRUTAL
She hasnt been wearing that cross for about a month now.
Across from where?
Across from autocorrect. Sorry, I fixed it before seeing your reply.
Sorry I thought you were referencing Arrested Development.
TACO Belle needs a new icon.
There’s only one kind of acceptable neckwear for a fascist
You mean these?
That was such a strange movie.
Really? A joke about a cross is news…
Edit. I’m a moron I thought I was in the news community I deserve the downvotes. Continue with the lambasting
I don’t think the daily show is news. And it is very much politics.
In a way, it usually expects that you already know the news to appreciate it properly
Maybe not already know, necessarily, but (like most things, really) you’ll definitely get more out of it if you have an awareness of the greater context surrounding the individual parts, so to speak. However, one of the things I’ve always liked about Stewart in particular is his ability (imo, of course, ymmv) to very precisely and very succinctly zero in on not only what’s of actual importance itself, but also what makes that important. Crucially, these aren’t always the same thing, even in some cases where you could easily be convinced otherwise. John Oliver is another such ‘super-informer’ we’ll say (and I’m sure some of you might even appreciate in a semi-dark sorta way lol)
i’ll never not read an article about jon stewart ridiculing fascists. dgaf if it’s “news” or not
I read it cause I love the daily show
I made the comment because I thought I was in the news sub
S I deserve the downvotes! I leave my mistake and shame for all to see
I still wish he and Colbert would get together and run for Pres and VP. I honestly think they could smoke just about any other ticket either side could put together (short of the inclusion of dream team style clones and/or resurrection), and could do so running as independents to boot.
Plus, I think they’d just be honest to god good at the fucking job. I mean, look at Zelenskyy! He, too, was a comedian who ended up in his country’s highest office and he’s turned out to be the kind of leader we’ve certainly been in want of for decades here in America, at least… (obviously, i have no place to speak for other countries, especially when being so generous to mine by only saying decades 😋)
Yes great leaders are more often than not the ones who absolutely do not want to do it, but have to or feel they do. If you want power before you even have it, most likely than not you’re part of the people it would corrupt the moment you get it. Power corrupts absolutely but some people definitely can’t handle even a modicum of it.
So when it came down to a choice between her faith and Trump, she ditched her faith. Yeah, that checks.
I’m sure she was a model Christian before Trump got to her.
/s ?
Yes.
I grew up with people like this. The cross is purely for virtue signalling. It has no real value to them other than being like a Costco membership card to get access to manipulate people who are easily manipulated by such things.
Near where I live a church put up one of those 50 foot tall aluminum-siding crosses.
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There are still hungry and homeless people, but that’s how you choose to spend your money?
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If you have to put up a giant symbol to show you’re a church, you’re probably not a very good church. After all, as some guy who I’m totally blanking on his name once said, you will know a tree by the fruits it bears.
If you have to put up a giant symbol to show you’re a church, you’re probably not a very good church.
Insert “awkward look monkey puppet” meme dressed as a bishop with an ornate Gothic cathedral in the background
Are you 100% certain it’s not a cell phone tower?
These are often just appear as a sheet metal pillar from the outside. If you see a small windowless concrete hut surrounded by a fence somewhere on the property, the church could be leasing to a telecom and hiding the antennas inside their oversized idol. Icing on the cake is that this is often a method the telecoms use to hide their operations from local municipalities so that they can avoid taxes until caught.
I am, yeah. I have to drive past it every day so I saw it during construction and at no point was any equipment installed inside it. It’s tall enough to be seen from the interstate but not tall enough to be a cellular tower. Also there’s no equipment vault nearby either.
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Here is an easy way to tell: If someone wears a cross, that isn’t a strong indication of faith. If a cross wears them, that’s a pretty strong indication of faith.
Why would she have to give up her faith to be duplicitous and deliberately cruel?
“faith” is just a politically correct propaganda word. It’s better to use the more valid term “dogma”.
Grifters like Trump are her faith. Now she’s just being honest.
Lordy, this is good:
On Monday night, Stewart skewered Leavitt, saying, “By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets. Is that possible? It’s like some sort of weird Pinocchio cross.”
But this requires a desperate call to the local burn unit:
The host also noted that Leavitt is likely to be “the only one” who will be able to leave the administration “unscathed … Because I don’t think that she has any principles in there left to die.”
I don’t know much about this person, but my attention has been drawn. And I shamefully admit, I’ll be looking to hear of the size of a crucifix she might choose to wear on any given day.
Choose one too small, and one might question her lack of faith. If missing altogether, it could be interpreted as blasphemy.