Daily Show Prep: Wednesday, January 29

by Casey | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

Hour 1

WATCH: Republicans spar with NBC reporter who asked for examples of Ukrainian corruption

WATCH: Congressman Zeldin Dices Rude NBC Reporter Who Repeatedly Cuts Him Off

Trump signs USMCA, paving way for job market boom

Facing Racial Tensions, Buttigieg Camp Surveyed Staff About Microaggressions

Hour 2

European Parliament Votes For Brexit Deal, The Final Rubber Stamp Before Britain Leaving Bloc Friday

EU Vice President Orders British Flags Removed From Parliament After Rousing Farage Brexit Speech

HISTORIC: Arab States Welcome Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

Joe Biden: My VP Pick Needs To Be Able To Be President ‘Because I’m An Old Guy’

.@JoeBiden: "Whomever I pick” for VP, must “be capable of being president, because I’m an old guy — no I’m serious!” pic.twitter.com/WGnGkNnghI

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 29, 2020

Beauty On The Ballot: Candidates’ Attractiveness Plays Role In Voters’ Decisions, Especially In U.S.

Hour 3

CNN's Don Lemon responds to outrage over his segment where he and others mocked Trump supporters as rednecks

Lemon: “I didn’t catch everything that was said. … I was laughing at the joke and not at any group of people”

The joke was mocking a group of people: Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/21NOtCjTPT

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 29, 2020

Lemon vs Lemon pic.twitter.com/nRIk58PsLB

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 28, 2020

CNN’s Lemon Backtracks on Trump Supporter Mockery — ‘I Was Laughing at the Joke and Not at Any Group of People’

Let’s do a THREAD rewinding back to times when @DonLemon condemned Trump and, more importantly, his supporters as racist….

January 11, 2018 -> Don Lemon Lectures Trump Base for Supporting a 'Racist:' Makes You 'Worse Than Him'https://t.co/fGl364CCES

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 29, 2020

Manchin: ‘I Really Do’ Think Hunter Biden Is a Relevant Witness in Impeachment Trial