'I miss Jon Stewart': Twitter slams 'The Daily Show' for joke about 'knocking up' Texans

The Daily Show came under fire on Monday for its choice of joke following the Supreme Court's ruling striking down Texas' anti-abortion law.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the backlash began when the show's Twitter account posted, "Celebrate the #SCOTUS ruling! Go knock someone up in Texas!" after the 5-3 ruling by the high court, as seen below.

The post was quickly panned by both conservatives and liberals:

A former guest, reporter Nick Vlahos, also took the show to task:

Others reacting by invoking host Trevor Noah's predecessors:

After more than an hour of getting blasted on the social media platform, the show released a short statement of clarification:

But it does not appear like that will stem the negative reaction: