Jon Stewart Sounds Off on the ‘Real Cancel Culture’
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has stirred up controversy after a right-wing rant during a commencement speech earlier this month where he complained about abortion rights and “degenerate cultural values,” and encouraged the female graduates to focus on getting married and having kids. The subsequent response by Fox News, which claimed Butker had become a victim of outrage since the speech, led The Daily Show host to take note.
“Not the advice you want to hear when you’re $100,000 in debt, earning a degree in electrical engineering,” Jon Stewart quipped in his opening monologue, before musing, “But I imagine that the cancellation of one Harrison Butker was swift and unforgiving at the White House.”
His statement was answered by a clip of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirming that Butker was still invited to the White House to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory.