Jon Stewart Tackles Biden’s Age, Anti-Woke Culture at Netflix Is a Joke Show
"I'm not saying that Biden can't contribute to society, he just shouldn't be president," Stewart remarked at his L.A. comedy show on Friday.
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KIRSTEN CHUBA
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MAY 4, 2024 12:48PM
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At a comedy show as part of
Netflix Is a Joke Fest on Friday,
Jon Stewart went deep on Joe Biden, antisemitism and the idea of “go woke and go broke.”
Stewart headlined at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for his “Jon Stewart and Friends” show, which saw him bring out
Jimmy Kimmel,
Sarah Silverman and Mike Birbiglia as his special guests.
Starting things off with the upcoming presidential election, Stewart questioned, “Why are we allowing this? And now we’re going to have a president that’s [one of] the two oldest people that have ever run for the office of the presidency,” with Biden and Donald Trump breaking the record that they themselves set
“I know liberals say, ‘Don’t say Joe Biden is old’ — don’t say what people see with their own eyes! You can say it, he can’t hear us,” he joked. “I know you know how fucking old he is, and I know you don’t want to say it because Trump is so scary, but he’s so fucking old,” Stewart said, adding, “When you watch him on television, you’re nervous, aren’t ya?
“I’m not saying that Biden can’t contribute to society, he just shouldn’t be president,” Steward continued, acknowledging that Trump is just as old, but commenting that his supporters don’t live in reality, and he can lie his way out of most things.
Stewart has previously
criticized Biden on
The Daily Show in recent months, as some Democrats have expressed anger at the comedian for his takes. Elsewhere in the set, Stewart mused, “Been a rough ride for Jews lately. We were killing it, too — remember when
Seinfeld was the No. 1 show in the country?”
He joked, “People say to me all the time, they say, ‘Aren’t you worried about antisemitism?’ And I truly believe this, antisemitism will be fine.”
The comedian also weighed in on anti-woke culture, saying he was “so fucking sick” of the idea of “go woke and go broke.”
“What are you losing? ‘You can’t say anything anymore.’ What do you want to say?” Stewart said. “Shut the fuck up. And by the way, the people who talk about anti-woke are the biggest fucking pussies you would ever find,” specifically calling out the
controversy surrounding Bud Light and its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
“I’m just so tired of it. The woke shit, you lose nothing. I’m a comedian. I’ve lost two words in 35 years,” he said of phrases that are no longer culturally appropriate for him to say. “Honestly, are you that fucking unimaginative that you can’t figure it out?”
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