'That Is Not What This Is About!': Jon Stewart Freaks Out At Biden's Stephanopoulos Interview

'That Is Not What This Is About!': Jon Stewart Freaks Out At Biden's Stephanopoulos Interview

Posted • July 9, 2024: After a couple of weeks of vacation, the full slate of late night comedy shows returned on Monday to reveal their reactions to President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and subsequent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

While nobody called for Biden to step aside, there were definitely calls for him to step up his game because democracy is allegedly at stake.

… Over at Comedy Central and The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, who was the only one to react to the debate when it first happened, reacted to the same Biden-Stephanopoulos clip, “That is not what this is about!

There are no participation trophies in ‘End-game democracy.’ Yes, I remember FDR saying, ‘Well, if the Nazis take over Europe, at least both teams had fun.” (…)