Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta used his second day of temp hosting The Daily Show to react to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Wednesday decision to step down as the GOP Senate leader by accusing him of being responsible for school shootings.
Kosta made the remarks after playing a clip of McConnell on the Senate floor, claiming that he felt it was time to move on to his life’s next chapter, “Next chapter? I don’t think there’s that much left in the book, my friend. I think you’re looking at the acknowledgements page right now. But yes, this is the end of Mitch’s reign in the Senate. And in honor of all that he has done to stop mass shootings, there will be a 21-gun salute at an elementary school later this month.”
While the “joke” is nominally about McConnell, it is really about all Second Amendment defenders. If you believe the Constitution…
