'Daily Show' Spots The 1 Telling Sign That New Pope Is An 'Everyday American'
'Daily Show' correspondent Desi Lydic on Thursday mocked conservatives for throwing a 'tantrum' over the social media history of Pope Leo XIV, including one post that criticized Vice President JD Vance back in February.
'Ooh! The new pope does not like JD Vance, he really is an everyday American,' quipped Lydic of the newly-named pontiff, the first one to be born in the United States.
She then addressed Leo with a nod to one of Pope Francis' final visitors, 'Be careful, though, Father — if you piss off JD Vance, he's going to pay you a visit.'
Lydic, after noting that the pope called for 'unity and peace on Earth' in a speech on Thursday, turned to right-wing media figures like former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) who were quick to criticize the Chicago-born pope for not giving his address in English (he delivered it in Italian and Spanish).
'I don't know how you claim that this is an American pope if he won't even speak in his native tongue,' Santorum said. 'That — that, to me, was very disturbing.'
Lydic played with Santorum's language frustrations.
'Yes, yes. How dare you? If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for the pope. Shame! Shame on you!' she joked.
'Come on, does it really matter what language he speaks? It's church, you're going to be sleeping through it anyway.'
Check out more of Lydic's Thursday monologue on 'The Daily Show.'
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