Last Updated on July 12, 2024
Jon Stewart shared some previously unthinkable thoughts on his latest “The Weekly Show” podcast, claiming President Joe Biden is “becoming Trumpian” for not bowing out after his horrendous performance in the first presidential debate.
The Hill reported that the washed-up comedian suggested Democrats are trying to silence concerns about Biden’s cognitive abilities. Stewart seems to be using any strategy possible to position a winning Democratic candidate against former President Donald Trump. That includes this mischaracterization of Biden to garner more calls for him to drop out of the race.
All I’m saying is if we are taking an honest look at what our best chance to defend ourselves against a perceived threat, I think we are selling ourselves short. And in a lot of ways, using — as, as Tommy [Vietor of Crooked Media] put it — omerta to stifle what could be an incredibly productive, at least conversation. Even if Joe Biden came out and said, ‘Look, I understand where I’m at in my life span and cycle and what I do. Here’s how this government works.’ Rather than coming out and becoming Trumpian and saying, ‘You think someone else could hold NATO together, they could never; only God can tell me to get out of the race.
Stewart referenced segments of Biden’s first postdebate interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos from last week, where he said, “Who’s gonna be able to hold NATO together like me?” and that he would only drop out by the hands of the “Lord Almighty,” reported The Hill.
Although Stewart has been tough on Biden, he has never actually called on him to step out of the race. On “The Daily Show,” he stated the Biden campaign’s excuses for the president’s mental stagnation at the debate were “bull****.” Stewart even went a step further, demanding the campaign to publicly explain how a man with this sort of cognitive decline can even win the presidential race.
If you were to come out and say, ‘Here’s, here’s my team. Here’s how we hold the line.’ But we’re not seeing any of that. Nothing that’s been done inspires any confidence other than the fatalism … And that’s the part that I think has degraded people’s trust in institutions and the government from the get-go.
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Whether Biden remains the candidate is up to the DNC as many Democrats have already realized the predicament, calling for Biden to drop out. The president seems adamant about defeating “fascist” Donald Trump. Still, his vision will not be the likely outcome as poll after poll shows the former president with a steady lead.
