The Every day Present host detailed what he thinks went flawed, whereas additionally sharing a reassuring message to Democrats — saying, “I simply need to please guarantee individuals this is not ceaselessly.”
On Tuesday evening’s episode of The Every day Present, the late-night host shared his ideas on what he believes went flawed for the Democratic social gathering after Republicans gained the presidency, with Trump successful 312 electoral votes over Harris’ 226. He is additionally predicted to win the favored vote, and can be the primary Republican candidate to take action in 20 years.
Whereas Trump — who’s the primary convicted felon to be elected president — didn’t win in a landslide, it wasn’t as shut as pundits predicted. That is one thing Stewart famous on the high of his monologue, together with the truth that the Harris-Walz marketing campaign raised a whopping $1 billion, had 1000’s of volunteers who repeatedly knocked on doorways, and nonetheless didn’t win.
Stewart shared clips from information shops by which individuals gave their ideas on what went flawed — starting from President Joe Biden dropping out too late to the Democrats not focusing sufficient on the economic system. Nonetheless, the comic acknowledged that he is not shopping for a preferred principle that Democrats misplaced as a result of their marketing campaign was too “woke.”
After displaying a montage of clips of commentators suggesting Dems have been too “woke” and centered an excessive amount of on social points, Stewart stated, “I solely have one downside with the ‘woke’ principle. I simply did not recall seeing any Democrats operating on woke s–t.”
“These have been the commercials I noticed for the Democrats,” he continued, earlier than displaying a sequence of advert snippets that includes Democrats voicing somewhat conservative views on immigration.
“These are the Democrats!” Stewart stated after the montage concluded. “They did not speak about pronouns. They did not say ‘Latinx.’ It was the reverse.”
He went on so as to add that Dems “did not do the woke factor,” however “acted like Republicans for the final 4 months.”
“They wore camo hats and went to Cheney household reunions,” he jokingly added. “Have you learnt how harmful it’s to put on a searching hat across the Cheneys?”
Do You Agree with Jon Stewart On Why Democrats Misplaced?
Finally, Stewart stated he believes the core downside got here right down to the Democrats’ message.
“Democrats have been principally operating towards an identification that was outlined for them based mostly on a few months of post-George Floyd Defund the Police #MeToo Instagram posts from 4 years in the past,” he defined. “What occurred was the nation felt like authorities wasn’t working for them, and the Democrats, particularly, have been taking their hard-earned cash and giving it to individuals who did not deserve it as a lot as them. And so the Democrats bought shellacked.”
Nonetheless, he ended his monologue on a optimistic be aware.
“I am positive any strong examination of higher polices could be very welcome, however I simply need to please guarantee individuals this is not ceaselessly. That is the map in 1984 when Ronald Reagan gained,” Stewart stated, presenting the electoral map on the time, by which Republicans gained each state aside from one: Minnesota.
“Everybody thought, that is the tip of the Democrats,” he added. “However eight years later there was a Democrat again in workplace. We do not know what is going on to occur in 4 years in any respect.”
