Jon Stewart Eats Some Crow After Suggesting Biden Is Too Outdated To Be President

Jon Stewart held himself accountable for claiming that Biden was too outdated and too weak to be president on The Day by day Present.

Stewart mentioned, “Which one of you pricks wants to fight? Put up your dukes! Biden is back, baby! I know all that all the haters have been out there, talking they are shit — he is too old, he is too weak, he won’t be able to make it, he is — I see you haters. I know who you are! (Stewart pulls out a mirror and blows himself a kiss). Really. You know, we said in rehearsal, can you get me a prettier mirror? And boy, did they deliver. Of course, by the way, the State Of The Union was just the Democratic message. But does that message survive a concise and intelligent rebuttal? It happened on Thursday. I should read the whole thing, though I should. Would it survive a concise and intelligent rebuttal from the G.O.P.? Or whatever it was that Alabama senator Katie Britt..”

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It was good to see Jon Stewart stroll again his drained and company media-infused take that Trump and Biden had been two equally outdated guys who’re the identical, and the nation is screwed on this election. Stewart did a pleasant bookend to his feedback concerning the SOTU by speaking about how Trump is the alternative of the G.O.P.’s performative patriotism and extra like a wanna-be monarch who opposes freedom and democracy.

The primary few reveals had been a bit of bumpy, however Jon Stewart is likely to be getting his sea legs again within the faux anchor chair of The Day by day Present.

This week’s episode was superb and essentially the most narratively strong but.

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