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Jon Stewart on Trump’s MSG rally, Tony Hinchcliffe
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Jon Stewart on Trump’s MSG rally, Tony Hinchcliffe

Jon Stewart is back and rejuvenated after announcing today that he has extended his contract with Comedy Central to remain as host of Comedy Central The Daily Show see you next year.

“This is my last show before the choice, but not my last show. I’m coming back, baby. We’re doing another year,” the host said to cheers and applause as he danced (and even did some moves from Charli XCX’s viral “Apple” dance).

The political comic began by looking at the presidential candidates’ respective final efforts to get out the vote before Election Day on November 5th. He joked about Beyoncé’s performance at Kamala Harris’s event (“No singing? Shit, that’s me “I voted for Trump”) and promptly joined Donald Trump’s headline-grabbing rally in his own backyard at New York’s Madison Square Garden .

After playing a mix of increasingly caustic clips over the speakers that ended with Tucker Carlson’s cackling face, Stewart joked, “I’ll never be charmed by his girlish laugh.”

He continued: “In general, this is a lineup, as you can see outside Madison Square Garden, screaming at strangers as they try to get to him inside Madison Square Garden. And let me just say: How dare they desecrate the stage that the Piano Man dedicated? How dare you? How dare you?”

Stewart then turned to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, whose racist jokes against Puerto Ricans have sparked a firestorm of backlash from both the public and the media, prompting a rare bit of damage control from Trump’s camp.

“In retrospect, having a roasted comedian come to a political rally a week before Election Day and roast a key group of voters probably wasn’t the best campaign decision from a political perspective, but to be fair, the guy is just doing what he does. Stewart said. The host then played a clip of Hinchcliffe’s material from the Tom Brady roast a few months ago, which included material about Jewish people and enslaved people.

“Yes, yes, terrible,” replied Stewart, unable to suppress his laughter. “There’s something wrong with me. I find this guy very funny, so I’m sorry. I don’t know what to tell you. I mean, bringing him to a rally and not making him make jokes would be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and not—oh.”

Stewart then moved on to skewer Trump’s mass deportation policies, a topic raised just yesterday by fellow late-night host John Oliver. “Day 1? “Have a snack, get to know the staff,” Steward said of Trump’s plan to implement the extremely unwieldy plan on his first day. “On the first day we usually just read the syllabus, there is generally no homework.”

Commenting on videos played during the show, Stewart pointed out Trump’s unreliable statistics and explained his estimate of the number of people to be deported at “between two and 11 billion people.”

“We only deport people who came here illegally, or people who came here legally but secretly-legally, or people who have children who are actually citizens, or people who look like they came here illegally , or …” People who protested the war in Gaza, or a special prosecutor Trump doesn’t like, Jack Smith — who, by the way, calls a more American name than Jack f—ing Smith. “Where are you going to deport him to, Faneuil Hall in Boston?” Stewart said.

He continued, referencing a previous incident in which Trump was unable to accurately identify his wife in a photo: “Right now you think you’re safe because the group that Trump is talking about is not you.” As if : “Are you sure that’s not my wife?” Donald Trump knows the damn difference or even cares.”

As Stewart continued to lament this moment in US politics, he was shocked when he was interrupted by show-stealing fan favorite Jessica Williams, a former correspondent on the show. In keeping with the theme of the show, she unleashed some roasts of her own.

“Don’t be sad. Everything will be fine. For you – a white man, a rich old white man,” she said. Asked if his privilege would save him, Williams replied: “Maybe. But honestly, how long do you really have left to live your life? You have terminal D(isease), right?”

Williams then admitted that Stewart was probably tired of “working himself out” on the show every day, prompting a “double woof” comment when Stewart – now unable to maintain his role – replied that he just moderate on Mondays.

Williams concluded with some funny but serious advice, warning against political apathy and saying, “Let go, Jon, I’ll tell them your story,” to which he replied that he had signed on to the show for another year.

“Oh my God, you’re crazy,” Williams said. “Do you think you’ll live another year?” That’s optimistic.”

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