Jon is really such an exceptional person that,
he really could be president tomorrow and he's smart enough to not want the job.
>> [LAUGH] >> Seriously, but he is a leader.
In 2019, he testified, before Congress,
about our government's shameful act of healthcare for the men and
women who responded to the events of September 11th.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yeah, people like my dad who ran into
the towers that day but instead of, you know, giving their lives in a moment,
they walked away with a lifetime of illness and pain.
And John sat there with those responders behind him and
Congress before him and gave the least funny speech he's ever made.
>> They did their jobs with courage, grace,
tenacity, humility.
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18 years later, do yours.
>> So that was, of course,
Pete Davidson speaking about Jon Stewart when he was getting his Mark Twain prize.
Many other comedians, not only lauded Jon Stewart but also talked
about the possibility of him being president and thus the Op-eds were born.
There's an Op-ed on Politico from Juleanna Glover.
If Tucker runs in 2024, here's who the Democrats need and
if you're on the podcast you're not seeing.
It is a picture of Jon Stewart beseeching God?
I'm not sure what that photo is but it's gotten serious.
The Op-ed starts off.
Perhaps the most important reason for
the democrats to consider Stewart is who he'd be running against, Trump may run.
Stewart has far more TV experience.
It is plainly much smarter with more agility before crowds.
Trump's go to show of strength has been his ability to pull thousands for
his political rallies because they're viewed as entertainment by his supporters.
A Stewart rally would be a road show of the most hilarious and
civic-minded entertainers known today.
Also says, Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis and former Vice President,
Mike Pence seem like they're running.
Stewart would just wood-chip right through those two stiff-as-a-board speakers.
And also goes on to say what it would mean if Tucker Carlson were to run and
everybody knows their history with Jon Stewart bodying Tucker Carlson
like 15 years ago or whatever.
Now I'm gonna jump ahead, briefly, for time.
Jon Stewart tweeted just two days ago.
No thank you.
And that's the entire tweet.
It doesn't say what he's responding to but it's easy to imagine that it's
the discussion of him, potentially, running for President.
Francesca, what do you make of this?
>> Well, I was, can we get lunch on Wednesdays?
So and then I saw that tweet.
>> [LAUGH] >> And he said, no thank you.
I was okay God.
But I, definitely, have alerts on his tweets so I know every time he tweets.
I would love for Jon Stewart to run for president.
I'm sorry, we need someone who is a no Bser and I'm so tired.
And this is why people like Bernie Sanders have been popular is because
when they speak, it's very difficult to detect their Bs and
most politicians have a ton of it, right.
And that's kinda been Jon Stewart's clarion call,
that' his motto is no Bs, really.
When he signed off from the Daily Show, that's effectively what he said,
he was smell it out wherever it is.
And I do think it is very admirable.
I know that he and
his wife do awesome work in terms of rescuing factory farm animals.
And he's done this work when it comes to 9/11 1st responders.
And so, he has a history of advocacy and I do think that that can be very effective.
It's mostly just me feeling selfish and wanting him.
>> Mm-hm.
To destroy the Republican Party single handedly and he absolutely could.
Do I think he could govern well?
No, but neither can any Democrat.
So.
>> Yeah. >> We're kind of in the same sitch.
>> And that's not purely speculative, we can look at recent history.
Yeah, so whenever something like this is raised,
especially when the aspirations are put onto a celebrity, although this is
a celebrity who has spent decades talking about politics at the very least.
They ask you, would you support this person?
Well, we're in context ,who else is running in theory.
Well, first of all, he's apparently not gonna do it but if it was Jon Stewart or
Kamala Harris, yeah, [INAUDIBLE].
If it's Jon Stewart or Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg or whatever.
Well, yeah, no, I'm gonna do that.
But do I want Jon Stewart over Katie Porter or AOC or Nina Turner?
No, I don't.
I don't want that at that point but yeah,
I wonder how he would be received nationally.
Look he is a dynamic speaker.
He can point to a couple of really good things that he's done.
Even just the video that Pete Davidson tossed to.
That thing that Jon Stewart did there is better than the vast majority of
everything a lot of politicians have done through their entire career,
let alone if you deduct points for all the corruption and all that.
But anyway, it doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
And I think there are plenty of good progressives who might be far better on
the policy because, let's keep it real,
I don't know exactly where 2022 John Stewart stands on all of this.
It's been a bit since he was actively opining on a daily basis about the news of
the day.
We've got a lot of great progressives in theory that could run.
>> Yeah. >> Having the primary [INAUDIBLE]
the thing that we should be pushing for.
>> Yeah, but it does speak to what people see in comics,
which is a lack of a filter.
>> Mm-hm. >> And a truth telling this and
kind of a little bit of a leadership that we do not see and
that's a sad state of affairs.
>> Yeah.
>> But then you also have moments like Zelenskyy in Ukraine.
>> Sure.
>> Former comic.
>> [CROSSTALK] >> He
who shall not be named should definitely not run for
president but Jon Stewart, I definitely think we can get behind.
>> Yeah, it's good to have every comedian says that they speak truth to power.
It's good to have that, actually speaking truth to power and
not just cover for transphobia.
>> [LAUGH] >> Like that's a nice change of face.
>> Or just speaking truth on Tucker Carlson's show.
Exactly, or that kind either.
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