March 21, 2023

Al Franken brings his trademark wry humor to the Daily Show news desk as this week's guest host. Via the Daily Beast:

Al Franken said Monday that he wasn’t expecting for his guest hosting duties on The Daily Show to coincide with the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump—but he had just one word to express his feelings on the subject: “Finally!”

“Who would’ve ever thought that Donald Trump would be brought down by a porn star?” Franken asked viewers on Monday night, before answering his own question: “All of us, right? It was pretty predictable.”

The way Franken sees it, it was practically inevitable. “Donald Trump paid Stormy Daniels to keep this story quiet, and here we are still talking about it seven years later. So that would be another failed Trump business venture.”

He also welcomed Lindsey Graham as his guest, who bet Franken that Trump would beat Biden in the 2024 presidential election. But Lindsey only bet $20, so that should tell you something.

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