Trump’s Epstein Furor Grows As MAGA Karens MTG and Boebert Demand Answers | Christopher McDonald
Jordan Klepper takes on conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings, a former White House aide for George W. Bush who quickly ditched his establishment-bucking opinions to spew MAGA talking points for “the fun party.”
Emmy-nominated actor Christopher McDonald sits down with Josh Johnson to discuss revisiting his career-defining role as Shooter McGavin in "Happy Gilmore 2." They talk about how the actor is known as "Shooter" among fans, the responsibility of playing a bad guy, and his dream storyline for “Hacks.”
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We have got so much to talk about tonight.
Trump just can't escape Epstein Island.
The AG goes AWOL, and Republicans want to speak to a manager.
So let's kick it off with our continuing coverage of the very normal and not shady handling of the Epstein files. It's pretty boring stuff.
Jeffrey Epstein died back in 2019, but not since Tupac Shakur has a dead man dropped so many bangers. All right? Yesterday, video of the government questioning him
back in 2010 started making the rounds, and you'll never guess whose name came up. Go ahead.
Guess. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18.
Though I'd like to answer that question,
at least today, I'm going to have to assert my 5th,
6th, and 14th amendment right, sir.
I'm going to put that down.
I'm going to put that down as a yes.
I'll be honest, I've never heard anybody plead anything other than the fifth before. But this guy's so guilty, he's calling out every amendment he can think of.
Like, no, no, no, what's the one with the women voting? 19, throw that in too. Now, this video is dropping less than a day since we found out Pam Bondi reportedly warned Trump back in May that his name was in the files multiple times.
And it just so happens her next appearance was scheduled last night at a summit against
human trafficking.
Pam, show us what you got.
I do have a note from the Attorney General, from Attorney General Pam Bondi that I wanted
to share.
I'm sorry to miss all of my CPAC friends today.
Unfortunately, I am recovering from a recently torn cornea, which is preventing me from being with you. Damn.
Even Pam Bondi's cornea is like, release the Epstein files or I quit. I don't even understand this.
Like, why does her cornea mean she can't talk?
Like, I don't know a lot about women's bodies,
and this is embarrassing to ask,
but is the cornea in the throat?
Like, the only member of the Trump administration
that I would believe has an eye injury
is FBI Director Cash Patel. I can't tell if that man is blind or can see the future.
He always looks like he just saw the Epstein files. But yeah, A lot of people were suspicious about this excuse
because now everything is being viewed within the context of the Epstein story.
So Bondi skipping a panel on sex trafficking was bad timing.
And speaking of bad timing...
Roy Black, a prominent criminal defense attorney who defended Epstein, passed away on Monday at the age of 80. Yes, yes, Epstein's lawyer died.
But don't we all? That man was 80. That's a very normal age to be pushed into an oncoming train.
No matter what the reason was, Epstein's lawyer dying just looks bad. He had his whole life to die, and he choose now.
That's inconsiderate. Because of all this, Trump has lost total control of the situation.
Even his allies in Congress are turning on him. In an effort to gain clarity, three Republicans joined Democrats on the House Oversight Committee
to subpoena the Justice Department to give Congress all of the Epstein files.
This fight's coming no matter, I mean, this is here and I'm ready to take this vote. I think
we should take this vote and move forward, move this country forward and people deserve transparency.
Nancy Mace, damn. Trump forward, and people deserve transparency.
Nancy Mace? Damn!
Trump is even
losing the white women.
Which is great, because
it means we're getting the white women, and we're
getting those files, alright?
This feels like when you're at the airport, and Southwest
has delayed you for 23
hours. You're standing in line at
customer service, and there's a white
woman in line in front of you bubbling harder than Prosecco. She's even doing the like and then she turns to you and says, I'm going to say something.
And you're like, yes, yes. Yes, white lady.
Go up there and get that manager for all of us. All right? And it's not just Nancy Mace.
This is an issue across the entire Karen American community. All right? Marjorie Taylor Greene wants the files.
Lauren Boebert wants a special counsel. She's like, I came to Washington to expose pedophiles and jack people off.
And I'm fresh out of people to jack off. Now, it may be surprising that some of the most diehard congressmen are going against Trump on this,
but you have to remember that they ultimately just want to be reelected.
And right now, their voters are absolutely losing it over this Epstein thing.
How much are your constituents clamoring for more information about Epstein right now?
It's the number one phone call that we get, by far. It's probably 500 to 1.
500 to 1?
Yeah, it's the number one phone calls that we get. I'm sorry probably 500 to 1.
500 to 1? Yeah it's um number one phone calls that we get. I'm sorry 500 to 1? I want to know about the Epstein files but that is wild that means people are calling in 500 times about Jeffrey Epstein for every one caller who's just like hey uh my tap water poison.
And I could understand it if everything else in your state is going fine, but this congressman's from Missouri, okay? They have real problems, but they're using all their Boost Mobile Minutes on this thing. I'll talk to my kids next month.
This Epstein thing is too important. And worst of all for Trump, it's not just his allies in Congress
or conservative Americans.
He's pissed off his most important base of support.
Crazy ass lunatics.
Jacob Chansley, the QAnon shaman
who became famous for his horned outfit
during the January 6th,
Capitol riot is lashing out at the man
who gave him a pardon.
Chansley called the president a fraud. Oh.
Like, wow. Do you know how down bad you are when the guys who went to prison for you are turning on you? Like, I need to stress this real quick.
He went to jail for Trump.
This would be like if Nelson Mandela
came out of prison like,
you know what?
I'm done with black people. These guys believe in everything but you.
Take a look. He also suggested that the president had defiled a corpse.
Billionaire Elon Musk wasn't spared either, with Chansley describing the world's richest man as a baby eater. This is so, so bad.
That's the thing about QAnon. Like, if Kendrick Lamar wanted to ruin your life, at least he'd do a bunch of research on you and your family.
QAnon just comes out and says you're eating spines. And there's no way for you to prove you don't eat spines.
In fact, every time you've got something between your teeth, they're like, see, see, he flossing babies. At this point, forget about excuses.
Trump is going to need psychoactive drugs to get people's minds off Epstein. And luckily, he has one.
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Where is it? Where is it? Hurry, hurry. I'm starting to wonder about that missing minute of prison footage.
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Every year there's more and more reporters in the news media. So to find out who some of them are, we go to Jordan Klepper in our ongoing segment, News to Meet You.
If you're one of the dozens of people who have tuned into CNN recently, you've probably seen a lot of this. Wait a minute.
What am I lying about? You're lying. You're lying, Scott.
I don't care. I don't care who appointed him.
I don't care. Here's what I do care about.
They are. We can agree on basic facts.
They are. They are.
We also did not say... You're accusing her of being a holocaust?
No, no, no.
Oh, come on.
Let me educate you.
No, no, no.
You don't need to...
You don't need to...
You don't need to be condescending to me.
So let me educate you about my position.
I'm sorry.
I didn't catch all of that.
Now, if you don't know, the southern gentleman the other eight people were screaming at is
this guy.
Scott Jennings.
See you next week. I didn't catch all of that.
Now, if you don't know, the Southern gentleman the other eight people were screaming at is this guy, Scott Jennings, senior CNN commentator and bitter enemy of the Von Trapp family singers. Now, before becoming the conservative face of CNN, you got to start in politics, smoothing over dubious activity for the second Bush administration.
White House aide Scott Jennings, the 29-year-old wunderkind, part of a nefarious White House scheme to systematically fire disobedient U.S. attorneys.
Jennings declined to answer most questions in the face of sharp complaints from Democrats. Senator, pursuant to the president's assertion, I must respectfully decline to answer that question at this time.
I must respectfully decline to answer your questions. I'm going to have to decline to answer that question.
I'll have to decline to answer that. Wow.
Worst Jeopardy! contestant ever. I mean, not the point, but his transformation is full Jonah Hill here.
Pretty soon, he's going to get those arm tats and won't shut up about his therapist. We get it, Jonah.
But that was the last time Jennings would ever decline to share his opinion, because he soon joined CNN, where he made a name for himself as a rare conservative voice who would openly attack Donald Trump. He's clearly violated his oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.
This is outrageous. It's beyond the pale.
Every Republican ought to be able to say so. We need a new nominee.
If we nominate him again, we will lose. It sounds like an unhinged, deranged person has gotten loose and is out on the street.
It may be a danger to themselves and others. Exactly.
Scott Jennings is a principled man who knows Donald Trump is a danger to the party. He's not going to backtrack.
You're certainly not going to see Donald Trump suddenly praising him for his total compliance say, I don't know, two years later. You know, we have a man here that I don't know, but he's defending me all the time on CNN.
And he defends me really well. Scott Jennings.
Here's Scott. Michigan.
We were flying in here today, and I said, look at these farms. I gotta get a farm in Michigan because when you own as many libs as I do, you gotta put a place to put them all.
And the person sitting next to him on the plane said, okay, I'm gonna put my headphones in now and just listen to a podcast. Cool, cool.
So, how did Jennings metamorphosize from principled caterpillar to craven butterfly? Well, after a few years on CNN, Scott Jennings realized that bucking the establishment was hard, and shouting MAGA talking points was easy and fun. Democrats care more about dudes who want to become women than dudes who just want to be dudes.
Democrats, they are for things. Illegal aliens.
You're for boys and girls sports. There's thousands of Hitlers running around this country right now, running around college campuses, running around New York City.
Those are the Hitlers I'm going to read. Okay, okay.
In fairness, the Times Square's Hitlers are just Venezuelan guys in Hitler outfits. You know, when it comes to spotting Nazis, Jennings has proven he has a keen eye.
Watch him hear Hitler-splained to his colleagues after Elon Musk gave a Sieg Heil salute in public. What do you mean, come on? I mean, you are way off the rails.
I'm off the rails. You're'm off the rails.
You're the one who defended seek piling as a normal activity.
This salute trutherism is outrageous.
So do it right now on TV.
This is the biggest conspiracy. So do it right now on TV.
If you think it's normal, if you think this is a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV.
Why won't you?
I want to redirect us here.
Oh, my favorite game. Truth or dare or Nazi.
Oh. You know what? Let's goose step in another direction, shall we? Because Scott Jennings is not all Nazis and live farming.
He also knows how to have a good time. The Republicans have become the fun party.
We're the
fun party. We're the fun party.
America, it's the fun party. Once again, it's cool to be a Republican.
Chuck, Julie, I invite you to get in on it. We're back, baby.
We're back, baby. And they say white people can't dance.
Sorry, I read that wrong.
They say white people can't dance, and they're right. Of course, Jennings' antics started to garner him more camera time, so he continued to roll out funnier and funnier bits.
Some of these countries are basically irrelevant. You know, Kazakhstan, whatever.
Some of them are more relevant. But, you know, look.
You're going to hear from the Kazakhs on that. I know, I know.
Keep going. Very nice.
Nailed it. Oh, man.
That is a killer Borat in 2025. I mean, does he do this at home? I'd hate to be his wife.
Now, you'd think debasing yourself with a Borat impression on CNN might be the end of your career, but now that there are rumors that Jennings could replace Mitch McConnell in the Senate, which is shocking, frankly. I didn't know it was even possible to switch places with Mitch McConnell through an election.
I thought the only path involved
was breaking an ancient curse.
But if I could ask Scott Jennings just one question,
it would be this.
Do you actually believe in this Trump shit?
Or are you just shamelessly parodying MAGA talking points
to gain access into our country's highest halls of power?
I must respectfully decline to answer your question.
Fair enough.
Good night.
And good fucking luck.
Thank you, Jordan.
When we come back,
Herson McDonald will be joining us.
Don't go away.
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My guest tonight is an Emmy-nominated actor who reprises his iconic role as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore 2.
Please welcome Christopher McDonald. Thank you.
Very nice, Con. Man.
Yeah. Thank you.
Very nice, Klaus. Man! Thank you so much for being here.
My entire pleasure. Thank you for having me.
I feel like I would be making a misstep if I didn't start this thing off with a big thank you. Because I remember watching you in Happy Gilmore in the original one.
And at the time, my grandma was a little bit sick. And I was very worried about her and everything.
And I was sitting with my mom. We were watching Happy Gilmore.
And I was like, just watching your performance. It's such an incredible movie.
And the time that I was laughing, I didn't think about any of it. And I don't know if you get stories like that all the time, but like, especially this moment, I'll never forget is when you are trying to like, you're trying, you're trying to like, I think do some short game and people are partying because this is the part in the movie where Happy's like taking over, changing golf.
And you turn around, you're like, damn you people, this is golf. And then tap it in, and you're like, yeah! And that moment has made me laugh ever since, and I cannot thank you enough.
Oh, that's awesome. Thank you.
We are all... Thank you.
I get it. I've got to say something, though.
You know Adam Sandler's movie's got a lot of heart in it. Now, the first one had a lot of heart and was all about his grandma, so it was kind of a great thing.
He was fighting to get grandma's house back. And in this one that's going to kill tonight, it's amazing how much heart is in it.
Julie Bowen's amazing. Adam's amazing to work with.
But he always fills it with heart and family. And that makes the world of difference.
It's why we go to the movies, to feel that kind of emotion. So kudos to him and kudos to Netflix for making a big, big, big opening.
Yeah, no, absolutely. Absolutely.
So I have always wondered, do you golf in real life? I do. You do? I love the game.
Golf, I don't play as good as the, you know, some of our people that are in our movie
because we got all these crazy cameos. I think it's leaked a little bit out there what kind of players we have, but I would stand back and watch them in awe all day long.
Amazing golfers. I play a lot for charities.
I raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation, for Jim Kelly, my dear friend, Buffalo Bill guy, for Kelly for Kids, awesome guy. St.
Jude with Patrick Warburton. You go out there, you're playing a scramble, basically, the best ball, and it's quicker, funner, because you're all having a good time, and you're doing it for a great cause, and I think that's always a blessing to give back like that.
No, 100%. Absolutely.
You are a phenomenal actor. You've been in, like, over 100 films, like 40 stage productions and everything.
And a lot of people know you, like, as Shooter, you know? Like, that's actually a thing that, like, my grandpa used to do sometimes, is that even if even if he saw somebody another movie Rather than learning their name. He would just do that his favorite role.
They were in in the other movie So like if he saw you in Greece to eat like I know shooter was in Greece, too Yeah, shoot her killing it in Greece, too And so I wonder what it it's like to play all these different roles and be known by so many for one of them. It's incredible to have something like Shooter McGavin and Happy Gilmore in my filmography because people don't even know my name.
They just go, Shooter! Okay. You know, you go any airport, walk down the street in New York City.
Used to be like, used to be I was working with the great Kirstie Alley, and I was a very mean husband in that one, but very funny. And it's like, and they would stop and say, now why are you so mean to her? What are you doing? And so I thought, you know, it's kind of crazy.
They're going to do it anyway, and I just embrace it. I love the fans.
I give back as much as I can. I just think that it's the fans that keep this thing going.
And so call me whatever you want. But I know it's always going to be shoot up.
Yeah. Oh, man.
Now, you are absolutely incredible in Hacks. You are like, you are phenomenal.
Yeah. Okay.
Thank you. Okay? Thank you.
I know I'm not the first person to tell you, but I feel like I should be another person to tell you. You know what I mean? And you get cast as like the villain or a bad guy or a guy who has to like come to his senses a lot.
Like, what is it like to play a bad guy but know you're a good person?
It's called acting.
I do it.
I tell you, I do a little research on the people.
I think you must have a bad guy to feed your leading man, especially in Happy Gilmore.
You've got to hate the shooter.
You've got to love to hate him, too, because a lot of people do.
So it's really interesting to see that happen in Hacks, which is such a brilliant written show. I mean, it's won many, many awards.
It's just the trio that put it together are fantastic. They've been friends forever.
They're all very funny people. And then there's Gene Smart and Hannah Einbinder, who are, blow your mind, great., you know, all our other people that are in the show that are just fantastic.
And the writing makes all the difference in the world.
So I'm kind of a bad guy.
I have to be, I get her out of the business,
you know, at my hotel, I'm up in Vegas.
But I'm always in her life
because we've had this history together
and in the show and in life.
She's an old pal for 30 years.
So it's really great to be working on that show.
And I feel blessed every day.
I really do when I'm working.
That's awesome.
And I'm curious then if, because the reason I asked the first question was basically,
I wonder if like, knowing that you're like such a sweet person,
like I had actually heard about you before I ever met you and how like cool you were and everything.
And like some of the charity work that you've done and stuff. And so in my head, I'm like, oh, he must get it all out when he shoot her.
You know what I mean? You wanted to curse out somebody at the hotel. And you're like, nope, save it.
Use it. Use it.
Use it. And then you're filming and you're like, okay, let it rip.
Yeah, it's kind of true, actually.
Very, very well done there.
Oh, okay.
What's a moment you knew you were using it?
What's a moment you were like, ooh, I want to let loose on this guy.
Okay, I'm in the theater in New York City,
and one of my pet peeves is the phones going off during production of the show.
And, you know, and you don't get it.
Bling, bling, bling. And it's like, I'm going to have to kill him.
It's very, very annoying. And at the same time, when they finally get it, and then someone else's phone goes off.
People, please shut your phones off when you go to the theater. Because the theater is sacred.
It's unbelievable. I've done three Broadway shows.
It's one of the biggest throws of my life also. And it just happened the other night
when I was seeing Jean Smart doing her,
call me Izzy, and she's amazing.
And the phone goes off, and you just want to...
So I hold off. I got off.
And then I, you know, I basically vent it when I get out.
Because you can do anything in New York City.
You can just yell stuff. So I just get it out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you ever, like, yell in New York, and then another guy's like, you read my mind? They're really not probably bright enough to say you read my mind. They go, yeah! Yeah.
What did he say? Yeah, some of that. Yeah.
Take that. Yeah, right.
Oh, man. That's funny.
I have also been curious. Is there a role, out of all the things that you've already done, that you still want to do? Is there still a character that you want to play, or is there still like a type, you know? Yeah, I would tell you, to be totally honest, I think I would love to do a love story.
It's one of the few things I've done. I've done musicals.
I've done dramas. I've done historical pieces.
I've done all these great genres on television and everything like that. But a true love story, I'm getting a little, you know, getting up there in the old age.
And it just would fill my heart with joy to do that, to have a real great leading man part like that.
Yeah.
I mean, I think that's not going to be a problem because you are very tall and good looking.
Like this, you know.
Oh, all right? Yeah. Even that there, even the lean, that was a good looking man's lean.
Even when you were like, oh. Yeah.
No, absolutely. You're a funny man.
I would love to see that. I would 100% love to see that.
Yeah, I'll put it out there in the universe. Kind of like, kind of visualize it, make it happen.
Yeah. I'll put it out there.
Yeah, I mean, hopefully that could be like an arc, you know, maybe in a show that you're already doing. I like the way you're thinking there.
I see where you're going. Yeah, I mean, because you're already hanging out with them.
You might as well be like, hey, why don't you do this? Yeah. I would love that.
Yeah. I absolutely love that, yeah.
What is the thing now that separates the actor that you felt like you were when you started your career from the actor that you are now? Because obviously, people learn lessons in everything. Yeah.
And I find that when really great artists make their art, their work, there can be a little bit of a of a loss of like the shine to it. Because now it's not the thing you do when you're not at work.
It's the thing that you do to eat. And those type of things put extra pressure on the thing that is your creativity.
So what, what changes have you seen in your, in your acting approach from when you started to present day? That's a very deep question, my friend. An acting career is very, very difficult.
You start out, it's like a roller coaster. You're going up, you get a job, and then you don't work for a couple of weeks, or three weeks, or a month, and then it's very hard to keep that momentum going.
What you want to do is get in a hit. That's always helpful, because if people know you, and they say, oh, my God, like when I hit Thelma Louise, Thelma Louise was huge for me.
I was the jerky husband. Thank you.
And what had happened was she had to choose rather go over the cliff or go back to her jerky husband. She chose the cliff and that was good use of a jerky character.
But that opened so many doors for me. I was meeting with great directors that I've always admired and that kind of thing, that kind of momentum is what you want as an actor.
And it doesn't always come. And like I say, it's a roller coaster.
And then you just go, okay, what do I need to do? And I watch film a lot. I mean, I watch a film a day, just a movie, just to keep going, watching the work that's going out by these wonderful actors.
And having worked with a lot of these actors, it's a joy just to talk actors. Actors are great people, by the way, really fun, really curious, really.
They're just, they find things in life and they bring it to their work. And that's exactly what I do.
I just think it's a gas to do that. I steal like an artist.
Yeah. Oh no, that's phenomenal.
Now I had one last thing. You know, sometimes at the end, you know, you'll shake hands, you'll wave and everything, but
it's my first week I'm trying to do things a little differently and I have you here, which is
such a blessing. So I was wondering if you
play a little golf with me. This will be fun.
It is, um, it is all we could afford. Now, I don't know what the thick one versus the thin one is called, but basically, I'll give you this guy.
Oh, I'm so happy. This is fantastic.
I think we may have to share this one. I don't know if this is the beginning one or the end one.
That's the driver. Yeah, you'll need driver with this one.
Okay. Ridiculous.
Okay. Okay, got you.
I might even put the driver away. Yeah, that's a putter right there.
Okay, this is a putter. Or a toothpick.
I don't know which. Yeah, all right.
Well, so I think you put the balls in this section, right? This is the hole. This is a flag.
Okay. Get it through the two bad things.
They're called the sand pit. You want to get it out of those sand pits.
Okay. And get it to the circle thing.
That's called the hole. So you want to cut it.
Yeah.
Okay.
Now, would you like to go first or should I go first?
I'll watch you.
That's your show.
Here we go.
All right.
Good luck.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
Okay.
You put a lot of stoozy on that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That was a mistake.
I'm going to start mine over here.
Okay.
The shooters still have it in the miniature
world. We'll see.
Close.
Okay.
Now you can
hit your second shot or you can do it
again because we're making the rules up right now. Okay.
I think I'll go for second shot. Atta boy.
Because I think I can, okay. You have to get around that tree.
That's tricky. Yes, yes.
Just go look over there and just pull a little foot wedge. Okay.
I went tree for tree. There you go.
You go ahead. All right.
All right. So I'm still back here.
So I'm going to, I'm going to, oh, geez. Did I fall there? Here we go.
Oh, my goodness. Here we go.
Come on, sweetheart. Get over there.
Okay. Okay.
It's just the hardest game in the world. All right.
All right. So here we go.
Bow. That was.
Always let the host win. Gosh, you're right there.
Do it again.
Is that is that the rule? That's the rule when you're on a TV show. Oh, really? All right.
I'll finish it for you. Oh, my goodness.
Get in there. There it is.
Still got it. Happy Gilmore 2 will be released globally on Netflix July 25th.
Christopher McDonald.
Thank you.
Thank you, man.
Thank you so much for the rest.
We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. That's our show for tonight.
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I'm tired of hearing people trying to pin Trump to it. Trump has been out front saying that he knew the guy, and he banned him from Mar-a-Lago.
They knew each other.
They ran in the same circles.
It's just like me.
I know a lot of dirtbags myself.
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