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Jordan Klepper Heads Back to Trump Rallies — and Brings Some Friends — in Latest ‘The Daily Show’ Special (EXCLUSIVE)

Michael Schneider
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“The Daily Show” correspondent/host Jordan Klepper has once again hit the road for another Comedy Central special — and just in time for the election. Klepper is behind “The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Rally Together,” which will premiere right after “The Daily Show” on Monday, Oct. 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET — and then also be available the following day on Paramount+, The Daily Show’s YouTube Channel, CC.com and video on demand.

The half-hour special will follow Klepper as he heads to swing states and covers Donald Trump events. From the description of the special: “For the past eight years, Jordan Klepper has traveled across America from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Mesa, Arizona to question the MAGA faithful about their devotion to Donald Trump, and he’s always done it alone––until now. In this half-hour special, Jordan will travel to Trump events in swing states over the election’s crucial closing days. This time, he’ll bring along some curious friends and experts in their fields to help unpack and understand why so many Americans are supporting Donald Trump.”

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This is Klepper’s fifth Comedy Central/”The Daily Show” special, following the Emmy- and DGA-nominated “The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse – Into The MAGAverse” (which looked at Trump rallies during the 2020 election), the Emmy-nommed “The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Globe – Hungary for Democracy” (in with Klepper traveled to alt-right Hungary) and “The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Midterms – America Unfollows Democracy.”

As one of the hosts of “The Daily Show,” Klepper was part of the team that won the show’s Emmy this year for outstanding talk series. Klepper is also behind “The Daily Show” short-form series “Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse,” in which he interviews insurrectionists, anti-vaxxers and Trump supporters (which can also be all the same).

Indeed, like we wrote two years ago, it’s even more true now: Thankfully the “The Daily Show” and its fellow late night brethren are still working expose the truth about how democracy is dangerously close to losing its grip in this country, and how concerned we truly should be — while the mainstream media seems to be struggling on how to cover what’s happening.

“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Rally Together” comes from Klepper, who stars and is the writer/executive producer. Jen Flanz and Ian Berger are also executive producers, while Zhubin Parang is co-executive producer, and Ian Berger is director. Sushil Dayal is supervising producer; and Abby Arora, Jocelyn Conn, Pamela DePace, Ramin Hedayati, Jessie Kanevsky, Brittany Radocha, Shawna Shepherd, Beth Shorr, Elise Terrell and Fiona Wozniak are producers. Ian Berger, Devin Delliquanti, Jen Flanz, Zhubin Parang and Scott Sherman are writers; Ari Pearce and Matthew Parillo are executives in charge of production for Comedy Central.

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