It has been a long-running tenet of Jon Stewart's Daily Show, especially during the correspondent's reports to simply ask the questions and let the people they are interviewing provide the comedy, whether intentional or not. Quite often, the most appropriate phrase to describe what then happens is "hoist by their own petard".

In yesterday's junkyard I made a comment about Republican party members (and most especially its leaders) having a distinct lack of self-awareness. Then last night I was catching up on the Daily Show and happened to see this report by John Oliver which perfectly demonstrates the point.

Let the hoisting begin: (patience young padawan, it appears the clip is taking a while to load...)

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