Jessica Williams' Exits 'Daily Show' By Calling Out Bernie Supporters Who Pledge To Vote Trump

"I don't get it."
Jessica Williams attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in New York.
Jessica Williams attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in New York.
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Jessica Williams covered one last political controversy on the campaign trail during her last appearance on "The Daily Show" Thursday night.

The 26-year-old, who was the Comedy Central show's youngest and first black female correspondent, called out Bernie supporters who say they'll back Trump come election time.

Over a video montage of Sanders backers declaring why they can't vote for Clinton, Williams directed her attention to a poll showing that 1/5 of Bernie supporters would vote for Donald Trump over Hillary. Williams interviewed some of these die-hard Sanders voters to attempt to understand why they would vote for someone like the presumptive GOP nominee.

"He is a bigot and a racist, however, Hillary has been a scam artist all her life," said one interviewee. "And I hope the FBI comes and indicts her."

Of course, all of that didn't sit well with Williams.

"I don't get it. How do you go from a left-wing progressive like Bernie to a man who worships money only slightly less than he worships himself?" she asked.

Couldn't have said it better ourselves. Look for Williams when she begins her new, half-hour scripted series on Comedy Central soon.

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

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