Jon Stewart admitted Friday that liberals are shocked that President-elect Donald Trump won re-election fairly and easily, saying bluntly: “Damn, damn, I was wrong.” stated.
on his podcast “Weekly program” The veteran political cartoonist said the most shocking thing about Trump's stunning upset victory was that he achieved it through a legitimate democratic process.
“I think we were prepared for every scenario, but like every scenario, how is Donald Trump going to get back to normal? [White House]?How is he going to use undemocratic principles?'' Stewart said on the episode that aired on Friday.?
“What kind of coercion and despicable means? [shenanigans] Is this guy going to use a worm to get back into the Oval Office?'' he asked about a conspiracy, which quickly turned out to be completely unfounded.
“And it turns out he took advantage of our election system as it was designed. At that moment, I thought, 'I don't know if we have a team of lawyers for that.'” joked in a dark tone.
Mr Stewart admitted he was dizzy as to why he and other liberals could get it so wrong.
“We were wrong, I was wrong, and I will continue to be wrong,” he said.
“I love sitting and thinking about dissection and where we go from there, but I think I still feel like I'm in a vertigo moment to some degree.”
In an introspective rant, he also accused the Kamala Harris team's down-to-earth campaign methods of being a colossal failure.
“By the way, I never want to hear in my life that a game on our proud ground comes out on top. It's a 50-50 toss-up race, we're sure of that, but we're proud of it. In the ground game of salesmen, it turns out that even if people knock on other people's things, you can't get them to do what you want, like vacuum cleaners and Bibles. You’ve known it for a while,” he said.
Stewart, 61, described President Trump's 2016 victory as a “gut punch,” but he felt this time was “different,” ending the segment on a positive note.
“I still believe in this country, I still believe in individuals, I still believe in change and the power of this organization, goodness and ability. Fortunately, the Mets made the playoffs,” he said. said.
