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Desi Lydic pops the champagne too soon on Hegseth's impeachment

Michael Kosta reports from the same Washington traffic jam that, by one absent lawmaker's account, kept Democrats from the vote.

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0:00Desi Lydic opens with Lauren Boebert losing her Colorado reelection bid to Eileen Laubacher.
0:53Lydic turns to the Republican-led impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth, with Thomas Massie's criticism in clips.
2:30Trump defends Hegseth at a press conference and berates CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
4:22Out comes the champagne, until a clip reports the 211 to 204 vote and eleven absent Democrats.
5:28Lydic reviews the absent members' explanations, from an awards event to traffic.
6:54Michael Kosta reports from a car stuck in D.C. traffic; his payoff comes at 08:45.

Desi Lydic has a bottle of champagne in her hand before the bad news arrives. A news clip finishes the thought for her: the House effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has failed, 211 to 204, and eleven Democrats were not there to vote.

That turn sits at the center of a Daily Show headlines segment that drew about 3.4 million views since yesterday. Its joke is the gap between a party celebrating an election wave and a party that could not get its own members into the room.

Lydic warms up with Lauren Boebert's loss in Colorado to Eileen Laubacher, then moves to the impeachment push led by a Republican, Kentucky's Thomas Massie. In a clip, Massie says Hegseth "has violated the norms of war and it's to the disadvantage and the dishonor of our country." Lydic enjoys his insults, then plays Donald Trump defending Hegseth and telling CNN's Kaitlan Collins, "Massie's a loser just like you're a loser at CNN."

The excuses get their own roll call. The description notes that Nancy Pelosi missed the vote to receive an award in San Francisco, while Jonathan L. Jackson pointed to traffic. When an absent member says how they would have voted, Lydic answers, "Oh, you would have voted no! So, that's so nice to know."

Then the traffic excuse becomes a sketch. Michael Kosta appears from a staged car backseat, claiming he and the Democrats are "still stuck in the same traffic jam," with bottles and a jug at hand that make the hours on the road very clear. His verdict: "Not doing their best is what they do best!"

The comments came in seven times faster than on the show's usual first day. Many of them turn to House Democratic leadership and to Haley Stevens, whose name lands in Kosta's punchline.

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