Throughout his remaining common episode of The Day by day Present earlier than the 2024 election, Jon Stewart joked that he had but to determine who would get his vote. “Usually I simply vote for whoever The Washington Put up endorses,” he mentioned—a reference to the Jeff Bezos–owned paper’s controversial choice to not endorse a presidential candidate, which led a minimum of 200,000 individuals to cancel their Put up (however maybe not their Amazon Prime) subscriptions.
Stewart confirmed this week that he would proceed internet hosting The Day by day Present on Monday nights by means of December 2025, along with internet hosting a reside, hour-long Election Day particular that was beforehand introduced. Then he unpacked a few of the final main rallies from the presidential candidates. In regard to Beyoncé’s look at Kamala Harris’s occasion in Houston on Friday, he quipped, “No singing? Only a heartfelt assertion of the significance of the election? Fuck it, I’m voting for Trump.”
Then there was Donald Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally, which included vitriolic speeches from Rudy Giuliani, Tucker Carlson, and Elon Musk. “Now, usually, that’s a lineup that you just see exterior Madison Sq. Backyard, yelling at strangers as they attempt to get inside Madison Sq. Backyard,” mentioned Stewart. “And let me simply say, how dare they desecrate the stage that the Piano Man has consecrated? How dare you? How fucking dare you? Take heed to me: You understand how many ‘Scenes From an Italian Restaurant’ he’s gonna need to play to exorcise the demons that had been on that stage?” he continued, referring to Billy Joel’s longtime residency on the area.
Stewart then turned his consideration to comic Tony Hinchcliffe, whose racist remarks (“I don’t know in the event you guys know this, however there’s actually a floating island of rubbish in the midst of the ocean proper now. I feel it’s known as Puerto Rico.”) have sparked criticism from each side of the aisle. “On reflection, having a roast comic come to a political rally per week earlier than Election Day and roasting a key voting demographic—most likely not the perfect choice by the marketing campaign politically,” Stewart mentioned. “However, to be truthful, the man’s actually simply doing what he does.”
The host then performed a clip of Hinchcliffe acting at Netflix’s roast of Tom Brady earlier this 12 months, the place he joked about Jews and enslaved individuals. “Sure, sure, in fact, horrible, boo,” Stewart replied, stifling his laughter. “There’s one thing incorrect with me. I discover that man very humorous, so I’m sorry. I don’t know what to inform you. I imply, bringing him to a rally and [having] him not do roast jokes, that’d be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and never hav—oh.”
Nevertheless, Stewart maintained that whereas the Trump rally audio system introduced “an actual darkish, apocalyptic model of America to the stage,” the main target needs to be saved on the person who has precise political energy. Trump struck an identical tone in his personal speech, repeating his mass deportation plans that he’ll enact on “day one” if he wins the election.
“Day one? Have a snack, meet the workers,” Stewart replied. “Day one is, usually we simply learn the syllabus. There’s usually no homework.” He then reminded viewers of the time Trump, throughout a deposition, wasn’t capable of precisely establish his ex-wife Marla Maples in {a photograph}. “Proper now, you suppose you’re secure ’trigger the group Trump’s speaking about, it’s not you,” Stewart added. “As if ‘Are you positive this isn’t my spouse?’ Donald Trump can inform the fucking distinction and even cares.”
