While some politicians on the right have begun to criticise the Trump administration’s response to ICE’s deadly shooting of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, other talking heads are refusing to shift their stance.
One of these is Newsmax’s Greg Kelly, who recently attempted to argue that the phone Pretti can be seen holding in video footage “could be mistaken for a gun.” In a clip played on The Daily Show, Kelly holds his own phone up as if it’s a weapon, before saying, “That’s crazy stuff.”
“I won’t disagree with you there, that is crazy stuff,” responds host Desi Lydic. “And if you think this couldn’t be any stupider, never underestimate Greg Kelly.”
Cue another clip of Kelly, this time telling the audience that his phone’s background — a black, red and green pattern — can’t be changed. “I think it’s like, Black Lives Matter or something,” says Kelly. “I do not support, but I can’t get rid of it.”
“That is the most Newsmax sentence of all time,” says Lydic. “‘I don’t know what that is, but I do not support it.’ It’s amazing what you can get canceled for on the right. ‘I don’t support civil rights, I swear, it’s a tech issue, you gotta believe me!'”
