“Daily Show” correspondent Michael Kosta on Thursday revealed what Americans can take from the immediate response to the Sept. 11 attacks in the aftermath of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Kosta — who noted there’s still limited information on the shooter and their motive — called out several right-wing figures for using the word “they” while seemingly pinning the blame for the deadly shooting on the left.
“Look, I’m sure people in the media would love to talk about how they are responsible for what they’ve done and how they had better watch out or else they’ll get what’s coming to them. But I think it would be better if we, as a country, understood that we have a problem with political violence,” Kosta said.
“And we need to start thinking less in terms of what they should do and more in terms of what we have to do.”
Kosta stressed that the last time Americans “thought in terms of we” was on Sept. 11, 2001, the 24th anniversary of which was Thursday.
“[It was] when we all came together as a nation, and we did,” said Kosta as the “Daily Show” audience erupted in cheers.
“Even if it was just for one day — you know, sure, we turned pretty quickly to scapegoating Muslims and blogging about how Bush did it but on that one day, we were united as a country. For 24 hours, we even admired Rudy Giuliani, that’s how incredible our unity was.”
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Check out more of Kosta’s Thursday monologue on “The Daily Show.”
