Hasan Minhaj Returns in New Talk Show Grilling Warren on Biden’s Age
Hasan Minhaj might not have taken over The Daily Show, nor even still host his Netflix series (Patriot Act), but the 38-year-old comedian still has good timing. He launched his new talk show by striking at the heart of the discourse, throwing daggers at whether President Joe Biden is too old to remain president.
The inaugural episode of Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know premiered Monday morning on YouTube with a half-hour sitdown with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with Minhaj cracking wise that “one of the benefits of President Biden being the president is that we don’t have to argue about whether or not he can drive.” Warren pushed back on this, telling Minhaj: “I know you want to have fun, but I’ve just got to tell you this. I talk to the man, and the man is sharp. The man knows what he’s talking about. He does the job.”
But Minhaj’s program undercuts her message, flashing a reminder graphic underneath her onscreen reading: “Remember that this was recorded before the first presidential debate.” Nevertheless, Warren persisted. “It’s a sharpness and a pointedness about what he is trying to accomplish,” shs said of Biden in April. “The heart of it is, what does he deliver, and he is delivering.”