Jon Stewart Mocks Matt Schlapp Blasting Boy Scouts Rebranding with 2022 Report of Sexual Assault Scandal Against Male Staff

STEWART: “But I think we can move household appliances down on the threats to democracy list, just below aluminum-free deodorant. Clearly, this was an overblown reaction. But that doesn’t mean that this trial coverage isn’t obscuring some true horrors.”

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CAIN: “They’re dead. The Boy Scouts are dead.”
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Hannity: “The Boy Scouts, we can pretty much declare, are dead!”
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STEWART: “Oh, my God! The Boy Scouts are dead? While we were all fixated on the titillating details of the Stormy Daniels’ testimony, the Boy Scouts all died? I’m assuming in a terrible s’mores explosion, engineered by one Joseph ‘Charles Manson’ Biden!”

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The boy scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in history. The organization will be renamed Scouting America to emphasize its commitment to inclusion of all youth.”
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STEWART: “Oh. The Boy Scouts are alive, they just rebranded as an organization. Partly because they started letting girls in five years ago, and partly because they had a giant molestation scandal. I say that so that no one can hear me. A giant molestation scandal. Rebranding yourself is a tried-and-true formula for many such organizations. In fact, it’s why the Catholic Church now goes by the name Gary.
(Laughter and Applause)
So — I feel terrible for anybody at home named Gary right now. So what is the issue?

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COMPAGNO: “There used to be sacred organizations where the children could really flourish.”
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NEWSMAX Reporter 1: “Is anything sacred, Bob Brooks?”
NEWSMAX Reporter 2: “No.”
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STEWART: “Yeah. Nothing is sacred. What did happen to all those sacred organizations, Gary?
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But as you all were saying?”

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SCHLAPP: “What happens to institutions in America, and really all over the world, is patriotic people start these institutions and the left must destroy it. It’s a sad day when young boys can’t learn how to be strong men. We’ve wrecked it. Actually, they wrecked it.”
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STEWART: “Okay, I don’t want to break character here or anything, but this [bleep] , this guy, who is blaming the left for the loss of our institutions where young boys can become strong men, his name is Matt Schlapp. You may remember him, he’s the head of the American Conservative Union. You may remember him as the strong man who was sued, this guy was sued by another fella for non-consensually grabbing his dick in 2022.
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Yeah. That only got dropped after a reported $480,000 settlement. The point being, when this guy talks about the depravity of our institutions, he knows of what he speaks.
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All this false outrage is starting to make me cynical about America’s media ecosystem. Is there anything else going on that does merit a DEFCON 1 freak-out?”