If only democracy held up as well as Monopoly
Late night shows are too late for those who blog early, so Pres. Joe Biden’s appearance Wednesday night with Jimmy Kimmel is just getting to my feed. Biden is in Los Angeles for a three-day Summit of the Americas (Daily Beast):
Kimmel began by discussing an issue close to his heart, gun violence prevention, asking point blank, “Why haven’t we done anything about this?”
The president blamed “intimidation by the NRA” and the “MAGA party” that has taken control of the GOP before pivoting to praise Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for meaning what he says despite their many disagreements on the issues.
“Like when he said we can’t confirm a Supreme Court Justice with a year left and then said the opposite?” Kimmel asked in response.
Biden didn’t quite have an answer for that one, but while he said we need another assault weapons ban he would not “emulate Trump” by issuing any executive orders that potentially violate the Constitution. “I also get asked, ‘Look the Republicans don’t play it square, why do you play it square?’” he added. “Well guess what, if we do the same thing they do, our democracy would literally be in jeopardy and that is not a joke.”
When Kimmel suggested that the Democrats are “playing Monopoly with someone who won’t pass Go and won’t follow any of the rules,” Biden said then we need to “send them to jail.”
Uncle Joe is such a tease.
The whole thing is here.
Oh, yeah. Kimmel used his monologue to reply to criticism from Fox News that Biden appearing on his show was somehow frivolous.
Kimmel shared a comprehensive montage that showed Donald Trump fielding “tough questions from real hard-hitting journalists” at Fox and sent his “thoughts and prayers” to get them through this “difficult time.”
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