Comedian Jon Stewart is under fire from the left. daily show A viewer questioned President Joe Biden’s mental state, saying the president can’t remember “very basic things.”
Stewart began a nine-year hiatus. daily show On Monday, he noted that the “big news” of the weekend was the damning information in the “special counsel’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified information.”
Stewart noted that Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report pointed to Biden’s “diminished capacity and memory deficiencies,” adding, “If indicted, he will not be able to meet with our office. He is likely to appear before the jury as a sympathetic and good person, just as he was then.” In other words, he is an old man with a poor memory. ”
“This man couldn’t remember anything during his deposition. Do you understand what that means? He didn’t have the ability to remember very basic things when questioned. Simple. “The footage of a president unable to remember facts must have been brutal to watch,” Stewart said.
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The comedian then followed it up by playing a montage of clips making fun of former President Donald Trump and saying the 45th president doesn’t remember certain things.
“It turns out that the main cause of early-onset dementia is being ostracized,” Stewart quipped.
Stewart then returned to the topic of Biden, poking fun at the president’s disastrous Thursday news conference. There, his mental strength was questioned following the release of the special prosecutor’s damning report, and his mental state deteriorated.
The comedian also poked fun at one of Biden’s embarrassing blunders at that press conference: the president calling on Mexico to open its border to Gaza.
“If you’re a geography buff, you might have noticed that Gaza and Mexico don’t share a border,” Stewart said.
Stewart also pointed to the Biden-Harris campaign’s participation in the Chinese app TikTok over the weekend, saying Biden should “fire everyone” and saying, “How do you do TikTok and end up looking old?” What?” he added.
“Yes, everyone was talking all weekend about whether the Democratic presidential pick could mentally handle the toughest job in the world,” Stewart said.
“It’s not crazy to think that the oldest people to run for president in the history of this country might have these challenges,” the comedian added.
Stewart made fun of both Biden and Trump during his monologue, but Daily Show viewers didn’t seem satisfied with Stewart’s commentary on Biden.
“It’s such a shame. His ‘comeback’ was so hyped because of this take?” ” 1 His X/Twitter User reacted.
“And lazy humor at best,” says another. Said.
“Jon Stewart complaining that 2024 is ‘two old men’ again is like me complaining that it’s ‘two white people’ again. That misses the point. , minimize risk,” says the third article. commented.
Another social media user said: “It seems like a lot of people who were overjoyed to see Jon Stewart back are now completely pissed at him.” observed.
“He likes SNL and CNN, but forget about switching to that.” [both sides] That’s not what the core audience is here for,” said another. declared. “He will continue to fight.”
The other is simply commented“There’s nothing interesting about this,” while another said I have written, “Woof, woof, woof. I swung and missed. ”
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