Jon Stewart skewers Republicans’ hysterical ‘migrant crime’ election narrative

Jon Stewart has roasted Republicans for pushing their wild narrative around immigration after Donald Trump coined the new nickname “migrant crime”.

On Monday night’s The Daily Show, the host rolled a plethora of media clips of lawmakers condemning migrants, baselessly calling them “illegal invaders” and “criminals, rapists, murderers, child predators”, among other things.

“We got criminals, we got terrorists. Is there anyone else down there we should be worried about?” Mr Stewart asked before he cut to a clip of Mr Trump saying: “Anybody ever heard of Hannibal Lecter, he’s a nice fellow, but that’s what’s coming into our country right now.”

Amazed at what the former president said, Mr Stewart responded: “Wouldn’t cannibals amongst them be the solution to the problem? Or are they fasting until they get to America?”

Mr Stewart went on to acknowledge that there is a bipartisan agreement that the US-Mexico border is a challenge, citing a report from CNNthat officials were on track to process more than 300,000 migrants in December 2023 – an all-time monthly high – and adding that it was “not sustainable”.

However, Mr Stewart did point out that while the parties agree that this is an issue, Republicans did turn down a chance to pass a strong border bill earlier this month due to “how confident they are that fearmongering will be an effective election year strategy”.

“It’s all about branding,” the host added.

Instead of focusing on supporting a bill that could see stronger immigration restrictions, Mr Trump has spent his time trying to coin a term that associates President Joe Biden with “migrant crime”.

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Well known for creating new terms and