How we miss him.
For more than 16 years, Jon Stewart had his finger on the pulse of American politics and in a culture of noise, corruption and lies, The Daily Show host regularly called out politicians and the media.
It didn’t matter if the person was Democratic or Republican because Stewart was always ready to offer some reassuring insight and comedic analysis of global politics.
The comedian recently sat down with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning to give his opinions on the state of America and it made for fascinating viewing.
Clip via – CBS This Morning
Here are Stewart’s views on…
Why Trump supporters should not be all lumped together
“There is now this idea that anyone who voted for him has to be defined by the worst of his rhetoric. There are guys in my neighbourhood – that I love, that I respect, that I think have incredible qualities – who are not afraid of Mexicans, not afraid of Muslims, not afraid of blacks. They’re afraid of their insurance premiums.”
The question that nobody asked during the campaign trail
“Nobody asked Donald Trump: what is it that makes America ‘great’?” Stewart felt that Trump saw the presidential election as a “competition” that could be defined as America vs. the world relativism. He also stated that Trump’s “candidacy has animated the thought that a multi-cultural democracy is impossible … but that’s what America, by it’s founding and constitution is!”
The Republican tactics during the election
“The ultimate irony of this election is the cynical strategy of the Republicans, which is, ‘our position as government doesn’t work we’re going to make sure that it doesn’t work’. Draining the swamp? (Mitch) McConnell and (Paul) Ryan, those guys are the swamp, and what those guys did was make sure that the government doesn’t work, and use this lack of the government working as evidence of it. Trump isn’t a Republican. He’s a repudiation of Republicans. but they will reap the benefit of his victory in all of their cynicism. I guarantee you that Republicans will now come to Jesus about the power of Government.”
The liberal hypocrisy.
“You hate this idea of creating people as a monolith. Don’t look at Muslims as a monolith. They are individuals, anything else is ignorance… but everyone who voted for Trump is a monolith or racist. That hypocrisy is also real.”
The ‘division’ in US society.
“I don’t believe that we’re a fundamentally different country today, then we were two weeks ago. The same country with all its grace and flaws and volatility and insecurity and strength and resilience, exists today as it existed two weeks ago. I feel badly for the people for whom this election will mean more uncertainty and insecurity, but, I also feel like this fight has never been easy.”
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