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Switching Sides
President Trump is under fire for pardoning the former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted last year of conspiring to import hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.
“The war on drugs continues, and this time we’re on the side of drugs,” Josh Johnson said on Wednesday’s “The Daily Show.”
“I don’t even know what’s crazier, that President Trump is pardoning the president of Honduras for selling drugs, or that the president of Honduras was selling drugs.” — JOSH JOHNSON
“So yeah, Trump is launching a war on narcoterrorists. Which, by the way, I get why he calls them narcoterrorists, because Americans know how to feel about terrorists. We hate those guys. But if you just say it’s a war on drug dealers, that’s a person we invited to bring us drugs that we wanted. That’s like if they told you to start hating your Amazon delivery guy.” — JOSH JOHNSON
“But the point is, in the middle of an active war against drug traffickers, Donald Trump has pardoned a man who smuggled in enough cocaine to give every American resting Kash Patel face.” — JOSH JOHNSON
“You know you’ve been pardoning too many people when you’re like, ‘I’m sorry, which notorious drug lord are we talking about? At least give me the first letter or we’ll be here all night.’” — JOSH JOHNSON
The Punchiest Punchlines (Pardon Me Edition)
“[imitating Trump] I’m pardoning only the finest narcos. We’re talking, we’re talking El Chapo, Pablo Escobar, the ghost of Pablo Escobar, Walter White, Wesley Snipes from ‘New Jack City’ — also for the tax stuff — and Sonny Cuckoo. It wasn’t just the Cocoa Puffs. He was cuckoo for the angel dust.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Now, this sounds hypocritical, but it makes sense, given the administration’s new P.S.A. campaign, ‘Just say no to drugs. Unless they’re from former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández , ’cause he got the high-speed chicken feed.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
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