It has been noted that Jon Stewart slammed both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in his return to The Daily Show on Monday, comparing the 2024 election to Antiques Roadshow.
“These two candidates, they are both similarly challenged, and it is not crazy to think that the oldest people in the history of the country to ever run for president might have some of these challenges,” said Stewart, adding, “Now, Democrats will say that any criticism like this, especially of Biden, is unfair because you just don’t know Biden like they know Biden.”
The Daily Show host then played a series of cable news clips that showed Democrats insisting that Biden is “sharp,” “focused,” and in charge behind the scenes.
“Did anyone film that?” he questioned before showing a creepy Biden TikTok video:
Because if you’re telling us behind the scenes he is sharp and full of energy and on top of it and really in control and leading, you should film that. That would be good to show to people instead of a TikTok where he goes, “Chocolate chip cookie!” We see he’s in charge, you see, “I like cookies!” Of course, when it comes to Republicans, they’ve got a different strategy for their 77-year-old candidate.
After playing a clip of Kari Lake claiming that “Donald Trump is not an old man,” Stewart shouted, “He is an old man! He is objectively an old man! On a human scale, Trump is objectively old!”
He went on:
One thing we know for certain is this. We have two candidates who are chronologically outside the norm of anyone who has run for the presidency in this country in the history of this country. They’re the oldest people ever to run for president, breaking by only four years the record that they set the last time they ran!
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You know what? I think we’ve got a new name for election coverage. Indecision 2024: Antiques Roadshow. Alright, look, here’s what I’m gonna tell you. We’re not suggesting neither man is vibrant, productive, or even capable, but they are both stretching the limits of being able to handle the toughest job in the world. What’s crazy is thinking that we are the ones, as voters, who must silence concerns and criticisms. It is the candidate’s job to assuage concerns, not the voter’s job not to mention them.
Turning his face towards a different camera, the gray-haired Stewart declared, “Come over here. Look at me. Look what time hath wrought.”
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