‘Daily Show’ Hits Platner, Triples Down on Colorado GOP Candidate
Far-left show brings up Nazi tattoo, saves hardest blows for cartoonish pastor
“The Daily Show” attempted some fair and balanced political satire this week.
Yes, that’s a newsworthy moment.
Late-night hosts serve the DNC. Are they paid contributors or is it simply for the love of the game? We may never know, but when a show actually mocks a Democrat, it’s shocking.
Desi Lydic of “The Daily Show” did just that. She dared to mention the humiliating saga of Graham Platner. He’s the “oyster farmer” and Reg’lar Guy who hopes to dethrone Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.
Except there’s just one problem for the Democrat. Actually, dozens.
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Platner’s past and very recent past have caught up to him. Where to even begin?
- He had a Nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years before he covered it up last year
- He has disparaged specific U.S. Military members
- He just got busted in an alleged sexting scandal
- He pushed his wife to record a video defending him against said alleged scandal
- He has an active account on Kik, a platform known for very, very bad behavior
That’s a partial list. And, around the Beltway, everyone expects more shoes to drop. Shoes that make his Nazi tattoo look quaint by comparison.
Still, kudos to “The Daily Show” for even mentioning Platner’s name. The show did its usual dodging though, yukking it up over a minor matter in Platner’s dating profile pic to distract from the larger issues in play.
The Democrats are rallying around a guy with a Nazi tattoo. The Left went from “Punch a Nazi!” to “Elect Our Nazi.”
Except Lydic had even juicier material in hand – Colorado’s own Victor Marx. He’s running for governor on the Republican ticket, and he may be the worst candidate in a very, very long time.
Sound hyperbolic?
Victor Marx claims to have been forced to kill a man at age 7. And he talks about the necessity of killing people in the course of his “high-risk missionary” work. So I asked him how many people he’s killed on his missions.
“Does it matter?” Marx said. pic.twitter.com/AnmSo7ABwI
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 28, 2026
See?
Lydic dedicated the bulk of the segment to a Kyle Clark/Marx interview shown on Denver’s KUSA-TV last week. She could have done an entire episode on it, frankly. Marx’s answers bordered on the surreal.
She didn’t have to say much during the segment. Just contort her face and mug for the cameras. Marx’s answers proved comedy gold.
“This guy is the Republican front runner in Colorado,” she said. That’s not necessarily true. Polling has been scarce in Colorado, and one poll that showed Marx dramatically ahead was pushed out aggressively by his camp.
Even worse for the would-be governor?
When pressed on some of his campaign’s dubious claims during this week’s gubernatorial debate (the only one he attended) Marx suggested his dog can back up his claims.
That actually happened.
If late-night activists want to pound the GOP moving forward, they may want to relocate to Colorado or, more specifically, Marx’s campaign headquarters.