There’s nothing humorous about an aged particular person battling stairs.
For four-plus years, these unofficial guidelines have been lifted for one cause. The aged U.S. president and his administration constantly lied about his bodily and psychological health. And, sadly, President Joe Biden struggled with stairs in addition to flat surfaces.
He wasn’t effectively, however each the Legacy Media and Democrats shouted in any other case.
Insurgent comedians seized on Biden’s fragile state, realizing that to take action would let the general public know the reality behind the presidential lies.
It was darn close to patriotic and admittedly comical in a darkish, miserable manner.
Stephen Colbert, an alleged satirist by commerce, helped conceal Biden’s situation for partisan causes. Now, after the entire world is studying particulars of Biden’s decline, Colbert insists President Donald Trump is equally stymied by stairs.
Besides Trump recovered from a latest stair stumble, rendering the gesture meaningless. Colbert’s “Late Present” scribes pounced and seized anyway.
The far-Left present created a faux GOP advert saying President Trump is declaring battle on stairs. It begins with the chief’s delicate stumble and segues to viral movies the place bizarre folks slip on stairways.
It’s gross on the floor, if solely as a result of Crew Colbert lined up Biden’s numerous stumbles – each bodily and rhetorical.
It will get worse, although.
The remainder of the clip mocks President Trump for summoning the troops to combat his anti-stair battle. It’s a riff on his name to summon the Nationwide Guard to safe the peace throughout L.A.’s newest riots. Or, “principally peaceable” burnings, lootings and makes an attempt on law enforcement officials’ lives.
The video has one chortle – the “canine and cats” line is outdated however displays Trump’s 2024 overreach on one of many crazier narratives lately.
The remainder is flat. Right here’s why.
President Trump, for now, isn’t stumbling via his second time period. Sure, he’s 78 however he seems to be in sturdy well being. It’s just like how “The Simpsons” portrayed Trump as weak and drained a couple of years in the past.
Satire calls for a kernel of reality to hit residence.
Secondly, the L.A. riots are actual and horrific. Somebody might die in the event that they proceed. We’ve already seen burned vehicles, blocked highways and looted companies. The latter might by no means get well.
It’s critical enterprise.
Colbert is all too keen to reduce that, versus utilizing humor to mock politicians who equally downplay the chaos.
That’s not satire. It’s propaganda. And no one does that higher than Colbert. Sadly.