‘The Daily Show’ Cancels Milwaukee Shows After Trump Assassination Attempt
The Daily Show canceled its plans to film from Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention this week following the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday. The program will not air on Monday, and return Tuesday from New York City.
“The Daily Show will not broadcast Monday (tomorrow) but we’ll be back up Tuesday through Thursday from our NYC studio,” the series announced on social media. “Our apologies for the inconvenience, but due to logistical issues and the evolving situation in Milwaukee, we need to reschedule our events on the ground in Wisconsin and will look to make those up in the coming weeks.”
Discussion of security at the RNC arose this weekend following the assassination attempt against the presumptive nominee at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump’s campaign said after the event he was doing “fine,” and he later announced he would still travel to Milwaukee and speak at the convention, which begins Monday.
The Daily Show had been set for on-the-ground coverage of the convention, and was going to film its daily installments at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee with Jon Stewart and the news team sharing hosting duties. Stewart is scheduled to host this week’s Thursday show, in conjunction with the closing night of the RNC.
Representatives for the series did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The show hosted a voter registration and dog adoption event on Sunday in Milwaukee titled “Indogcision: Rescuing Democracy,” originally planned to kick off their week of programming.
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