Trump's Conspiracy Theory About Campus Protests; Lindell's Unhinged MAGA Rally Speech: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at over 2,000 people getting arrested in crackdowns on pro-Palestine protests across college campuses.


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[robertshields]

I remember years ago I was involved in a protest march. Almost everyone had the same few signs.
It wasn't because someone was being paid. It was because a local man who ran a printing shop backed our cause and made the signs himself, free of charge, the night before.

[collinmurr]

The way Seth and his writers can attack these serious issues head-on with intelligence and humor is just brilliant. On a day like today, it is much needed.

[idkyet]

I just want to say how proud and grateful I am to Seth and his writers and producers and staff that they were willing to say so much more than some of their peers on the matter.

[candacen]

It's telling how the news is covering the protests where the police responded with violence like at Columbia, UT Austin, and Emory, but there's been very little news coverage of the protests at Princeton and Rutgers in NJ, where the police have given the protesters space and there's been no violence at all.

Thank you for sharing the story about the university's response in North Carolina. It shows how some schools actually value their students.

[Min]

Mike Lindell was talking about Adam Mockler “attacking” him in the parking lot. He has a great channel and he’s a super intelligent young man. He was simply debating Lindell and Lindell couldn’t keep up with that well spoken young man. I love that they used that clip!

[mikejunior]

The CNN reporter spoke about the police mobilization at Columbia University. Imagine if the J6 insurrection was met with the same amount of force applied...

[dina]

"All of these things can and should be true at once." Thank you Seth

[myoak]

Hearing Mike Johnson threaten to bring in the national guard, since that worked so well at Kent State. Seriously, do they have memory loss? That was within his lifetime even.

[kandreasworld]

Those bike locks are the EXACT SAME ones that the college themselves suggested students buy.

[civildisorder]

From the bottom of my heart, thank you Seth for having the back of the students protesting, and thank you for being critical of the police's violent response. There's not a lot of this happening in broadcast television right now, where it should be.

[nky]

Thank you, Seth, for calling out the officials' line that there were "outside agitators" leading the protests. They've been using that line since the 1960s (i was there, i remember). It's a way to nullify the seriousness of the student protests. I'm disheartened that the media figures have accepted this line with very little pushback.

[efenedick]

How spoiled Mike Johnson must be, to assume college students must all have their tuition paid by their parents like his probably was. And saying that during a student loan debt crisis too! The audacity!

[ianmcintire]

Boy, trying to compliment someone by referring to them as a bucket is just beyond the pail.

[Stormsteed]

Seth, I also think it’s worthy to note the eerie timing of the campus protests right now when considering that the anniversary of the Kent State massacre is May 4th. Fifty four years ago this Saturday, four college students were killed and nine were wounded when the Ohio National Guard rushed in to quell protests over the Vietnam war. It’s hard not to see the parallel to what Eric Adam’s is escalating in New York.

[LE-tevx]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, this take on the protests is by far the most sane I've seen from any program on television. It's kind of disillusioning to see that news comedy programs are the only ones able to get news right in this day and age, but it only makes me happier than ever to be here watching this show.

[SpacemanSR]

This is one of the best Closer Looks in its run. Seth and the writers absolutely crushed it

[abthedragon]

Mike Johnson: Stop wasting your parents money
How about you stop wasting your constituent's money and do YOUR jobs!

[garycpriestley]

I mean, this show is so good... but the bloopers and Seth's attempts at recovery make it priceless 😁😆😅🤣😂

[Mixxie]

I’m a Rhode Islander 8 minutes from Brown (at least before the Washington bridge debacle) and I was totally ignorant of the activity there.

[Tolly]

"All of these things can and should be true." Well said, Seth!