The Daily Show accidentally praised a slave state to make a joke about West Virginia

Greg P. | 7:20 AM on March 02, 2016

During last night’s Super Tuesday coverage, The Daily Show tweeted out jokes — well, we think they were jokes — as the election results came in.

One joke about Virginia was so bad that they had to delete it:

For the record, this was the joke so stupid that @TheDailyShow had to delete it out of embarrassment: pic.twitter.com/nmXEV38pld

— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) March 2, 2016

The Daily Show deleted the "Rich-mond" joke becuse it was getting so much mockery on here.

— Jamie (@HelixFernandez) March 2, 2016

But it’s worse than that bad joke. Here’s what they posted a little later, again on the state of Virginia:

Hillary claims a victory in Virginia. The good Virginia too, not that creepy "West" Virginia. That place gives us the willies. #SuperTuesday

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 2, 2016

One, there’s nothing really funny about stereotyping people from West Virginia. It’s lazy and we expect more from professional comedians. But two, calling Virginia “good” and West Virginia “creepy” leaves out that West Virginia only exists because it broke off from Virginia during the Civil War and joined the Union:

That one time you remember WV seceded from VA because West Virginia didn’t want to have slaves https://t.co/dQJ8TDOCdT

— Steph Haberman (@StephLauren) March 2, 2016