In one media story this week, comedian Jon Stewart compared Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the certification of her election defeat to being mocked at her own funeral.
As is tradition, a joint session of Congress convened on Monday to tally the Electoral College votes and formally certify the results. As president of the Senate, Harris, who lost the November election to President-elect Donald Trump, joins only two other vice presidents in recent history who have had to take personal responsibility for their own defeats in presidential elections. joined.
Liberal late-night hosts, including Stewart, grimaced at the uncomfortable situation while cracking jokes on Monday night's show.
“Of course, the ultimate humiliation of this January 6th was that Donald Trump's opponent, Kamala Harris, was the vice president and therefore officiated at the ceremony,” Stewart responded on The Daily Show. , referring to the ceremony held on the 4th. -One year anniversary of the Capitol riot.
Kamala Harris officially announces Trump's 2024 presidential victory during joint session of Congress
WASHINGTON DC – January 6: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ( (R-Louisiana) to shake hands. January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla)
“Poor baby…but it's just the worst,” Stewart added.
Stewart played a video clip of Harris reading the electoral votes received by Trump before the chamber erupted in cheers.
“That's heartbreaking,” Stewart said later, wincing.
“She was like, 'Hmm, I can hear you,'” he continued. “It's like attending your own funeral, and even the mourners are like, 'Wow!'”
“I can't think of anything more uncomfortable than standing there with the crowd applauding your opponent,” he said.
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Jon Stewart reacts to Vice President Kamala Harris' certification of 2024 election results. (The Daily Show/Screenshot)
After Harris read her electoral votes to cheers from Democrats, Stewart joked, “The room is so excited. I think she can still win!”
“She just needs to get like 130,000 votes in Georgia! And then Michigan, Pennsylvania, and maybe a few in Wisconsin. Maybe North Carolina…” he continued.
The comedian ended his segment by praising the civility of the recognition ceremony.
“It's amazing how our democracy functions so smoothly when you don't look a little bitter when you lose. I won't name names! I just said it,” he said.
Congressional certification of the election was the final step before that. President Trump's inauguration on January 20th.
Vice President-elect JD Vance (left) and President-elect Donald Trump (right) (Getty)
In her role as Senate president, Harris is the first to oversee the congressional certification of an election defeat since then-Vice President Al Gore in January 2001 after losing to George W. Bush in 2000. He became the first vice president to do so. election.
Forty years ago, then-Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the certification of his narrow loss to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election.
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FOX News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
