Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper Offers Begrudging Praise of DeSantis Over Social Media Ban: ‘This A**hole’ May Have ‘Done Something I Agree With’

The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper offered up some begrudging praise for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over a bill he signed this week banning social media accounts for children under 14.

According to the new law, social media apps like TikTok need to get a parent’s consent before anyone under 14 can use their service.

“This makes me…so mad,” Klepper said in reaction to the news on Tuesday. “This asshole Ron DeSantis might have done something I agree with.”

Klepper argued the law “maybe isn’t a bad idea” after wondering what it “says” about him that he’s on the same side as DeSantis on an issue.

“I think we can all agree that social media is a nightmare for kids. It increases their risk of depression, it exposes them to predators, it harms concentration, it gives you wildly unrealistic expectations of how easy it is to prepare meals,” the comedian joked. “Just throw in the potatoes, some scallions, some boiling water, a couple of fast edits, voila, beautiful dinner and your entire family loves you, you’re a great father! No, it’s not that easy! Turns out, there’s a lot of prep work! The videos don’t show you that, that you got to blanch the onions, julienne the carrots, now it’s 10:00 p.m., your kids are starving, they hate you. Why am I supposed to be all the cooking anyway? I was at work all day! I’m not a failure! I’m on TV, goddamn it! Hypothetically.”

Klepper did fit in a couple shots at DeSantis, recommending that if he run for president again, he use a platform like a social media ban for kids.

“Honestly, I wish Ron DeSantis had run on this when he was a presidential candidate,” Klepper said. “This is a much better message than his platform of wearing high heels and smiling like a demon in a horror movie.”

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