{"id":129833,"date":"2024-10-08T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/jon-stewart-slams-elon-musks-reckless-dark-maga-appearance-at-trump-rally\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:36:15","slug":"jon-stewart-slams-elon-musks-reckless-dark-maga-appearance-at-trump-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/jon-stewart-slams-elon-musks-reckless-dark-maga-appearance-at-trump-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Slams Elon Musk\u2019s Reckless \u201cDark MAGA\u201d Appearance at Trump Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">When <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> sauntered onstage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-donald-trump-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s recent Pennsylvania rally<\/a>, wearing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-says-hell-take-your-whole-family-to-mars-but-only-if-trump-wins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cOccupy Mars\u201d T-shirt<\/a> and an all-black \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat, he declared himself not only a <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812256998588662068?lang=en\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812256998588662068?lang=en&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1812256998588662068?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump supporter<\/a>, but a heavy for \u201cdark MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOoh, <em>dark MAGA<\/em>?\u201d <strong>Jon Stewart<\/strong> quipped on Monday\u2019s episode of <em>The Daily Show.<\/em> \u201cI didn\u2019t know it came in flavors! I wonder if for the holidays they\u2019ll come out with peppermint bark MAGA. Or pumpkin spice MAGA.\u201d After taking some swipes at Musk\u2019s overly enthusiastic presence at the rally\u2014\u201cHe\u2019s acting like a guy who won a radio contest\u201d\u2014the late-night host grew serious about the tech billionaire\u2019s assertion that Democrats are the anti-free-speech party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cNow, you might think one of the world\u2019s richest men controlling one of the world\u2019s most influential platforms could be a recipe for what some may consider election interference,\u201d Stewart began. \u201cYou stupid, stupid people. You disgust me. Election interference is what <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> did.\u201d Stewart then reminded viewers that Trump has threatened the Facebook cofounder about engaging in election interference this election cycle, with the former president having accused him of doing so back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/trump-threatens-to-send-mark-zuckerberg-to-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a>. However, the ex-president seemingly has no issue this cycle with Musk <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/07\/elon-musk-pac-election-bonus-gun-rights-petition-referrals.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/07\/elon-musk-pac-election-bonus-gun-rights-petition-referrals.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/07\/elon-musk-pac-election-bonus-gun-rights-petition-referrals.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offering his followers money<\/a> to register swing voters.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZcniq iframe-embed\">\n<div data-testid=\"IframeEmbedContainer\" class=\"IframeEmbedContainer-hptgUZ jiSsxp\">\n<p><iframe class=\"IframeEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IframeEmbedContent\" height=\"300px\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IPUhRjAMCTo\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write; autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Stewart also noted that Trump\u2019s campaign has called the new movie <em>The Apprentice<\/em> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/inside-the-fight-to-release-the-apprentice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fictionalized depiction of Trump\u2019s early rise to power<\/a> and \u201celection interference by Hollywood elites,\u201d adding that Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/donald-trump-movie-the-apprentice-legal-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened legal action<\/a> over its release. Said Stewart, \u201cOh, come on! That\u2019s election interference? Maybe it\u2019s election interference, but you gotta be a little bit flattered that you\u2019re being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/sebastian-stan-little-gold-men-different-man-apprentice-awards-insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">played by <strong>Sebastian Stan<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The segment later cut to a clip of Musk claiming that Democrats are coming after free speech. \u201cElon, were you not watching the rest of the show?\u201d Stewart asked. \u201cA movie Trump doesn\u2019t like is <em>gonna get sued.<\/em> A tech mogul he doesn\u2019t like, he wants to put in prison. It\u2019s not free speech if only Trump\u2019s admirers get to do it without consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Stewart\u2019s commentary turned even more contentious after he played another clip of Musk at the rally. \u201cBut at least the Constitution remains intact and is there to ensure that we have the First Amendment,\u201d Stewart said before showing a clip in which Musk said: \u201cThe Second Amendment is there to ensure that we have the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cGuns don\u2019t protect our free speech!\u201d Stewart replied. \u201cOur free speech is protected by the consent of the governed, laid out through the Constitution. It\u2019s not based on the threat of violence. It\u2019s based on elections, organizing referendums, a judicial system. Our social contract offers many, many avenues to remedy these issues and allows sides to be heard and adjudicated. Guns, from what I can tell, seem to mostly protect the speech of the people holding the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Stewart didn\u2019t stop there. Musk\u2019s words, he said, are \u201ca tool of intimidation, and one that I think is actually being irresponsibly and recklessly invoked. Because some people in your crowd thought they might have been shadow banned by Facebook. I mean, for God\u2019s sakes: You guys are in Butler, Pennsylvania. The whole reason you\u2019re there is because some fucking asshole with an AR-15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/donald-trump-butler-pennsylvania-rally-secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to permanently litigate his vision<\/a> of this country\u2019s free speech. That\u2019s why you\u2019re there. The whole point of a society is, guns don\u2019t decide it. I would prefer at this moment not to trade in a government that offers me many remedies for my concerns, legitimate or illegitimate, for a situation where my rights are determined by how many militia members agree with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/jon-stewart-slams-elon-musks-reckless-dark-maga-appearance-at-trump-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Elon Musk sauntered onstage at Donald Trump\u2019s recent Pennsylvania rally, wearing an \u201cOccupy Mars\u201d T-shirt and an all-black \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat, he declared himself not only a Trump supporter, but a heavy for \u201cdark MAGA.\u201d \u201cOoh, dark MAGA?\u201d Jon Stewart quipped on Monday\u2019s episode of The Daily Show. \u201cI didn\u2019t know it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[158,54,104,6466,766,2469,644,8030,6476,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-129833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-2024-election","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-elon-musk","11":"tag-jon-stewart","12":"tag-late-night-tv","13":"tag-mark-zuckerberg","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-the-apprentice","16":"tag-the-daily-show","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}