Trevor Noah: Tough-Talking Republicans Trying To 'Baby-Proof' The Election

As "The Daily Show's" Trevor Noah pointed out Tuesday, Republicans often want to be seen as tough, hawkish -- even "nail-eating," in the words of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush -- leaders. Which makes the GOP presidential candidates' whining about tough questions in last week's CNBC debate all the more ironic.

“What happened at that CNBC debate that transformed this crew from ‘The Expendables’ to the cast of ‘Scooby-Doo?'” Noah asked. He said Democratic candidates were asked similarly tough questions in their debate by CNN moderator Anderson Cooper, "but you didn't hear them complain."

Noah pointed to an open letter this week from some of the Republican campaigns to TV networks sponsoring the remaining debates, issuing demands about things ranging from the types of questions asked to the room temperature.

"The Republicans are now trying to baby-proof the whole election from top to bottom," Noah said. "To be fair, when someone as handsome as Anderson Cooper is being mean to you, it still sort of feels like a compliment."

Watch the clip from "The Daily Show" above.