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Daily Show's Man In a Chicken Costume: 'Fascism Is Happening'
['Alex Christy', 'News Analyst']
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Comedy Central’s The Daily Show asked the age-old philosophical question “If you can’t believe a man in a chicken suit then who can you trust?”
According to the guy in the chicken costume that Klepper wants us to take seriously, “fascism is happening.”
The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper played more of his man on the street field trip to Portland's "naked protest against Trump immigration crackdown" and found one non-naked man a chicken costume to say "Like, fascism is happening.
Klepper asked one protester who was not naked, “So, as someone who was an early adopter to chicken costumes, what other cosplay are you impressed by?”
By suggesting protests with nudity and chicken costumes can’t be violent, and all Klepper had to do was ignore examples that contradict his narrative.