At a comedy present as a part of Netflix Is a Joke Fest on Friday, Jon Stewart went deep on Joe Biden, antisemitism and the thought of “go woke and go broke.”
Stewart headlined at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles for his “Jon Stewart and Pals” present, which noticed him deliver out Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and Mike Birbiglia as his particular friends.
Beginning issues off with the upcoming presidential election, Stewart questioned, “Why are we permitting this? And now we’re going to have a president that’s the 2 oldest folks that have ever run for the workplace of the presidency,” with Biden and Donald Trump breaking the document that they themselves set 4 years in the past.
“I do know liberals say, ‘Don’t say Joe Biden is outdated’ — don’t say what folks see with their very own eyes! You may say it, he can’t hear us,” he joked. “I do know you know the way fucking outdated he’s, and I do know you don’t need to say it as a result of Trump is so scary, however he’s so fucking outdated,” including that “whenever you watch him on tv, you’re nervous, aren’t ya?”
“I’m not saying that Biden can’t contribute to society, he simply shouldn’t be president,” Steward continued, acknowledging that Trump is simply as outdated, however his supporters don’t reside in actuality, and he can lie his method out of most issues.
Stewart has beforehand criticized Biden on The Every day Present in current months, as some Democrats have expressed anger on the comic for his takes. Elsewhere within the set, Stewart mused, “Been a tough trip for Jews recently. We had been killing it too — keep in mind when Seinfeld was the No. 1 present within the nation?”
He joked, “Individuals say to me on a regular basis, they are saying, ‘Aren’t you apprehensive about antisemitism?’ And I actually imagine this, antisemitism might be positive.”
The comic additionally weighed in on anti-woke tradition, saying he was “so fucking sick” of the thought of “go woke and go broke.”
“What are you shedding? ‘You may’t say something anymore.’ What do you need to say?” Stewart mentioned. “Shut the fuck up. And by the way in which, the individuals who discuss anti-woke are the largest fucking pussies you’ll ever discover,” particularly calling out the controversy surrounding Bud Gentle and its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
“I’m simply so bored with it. The woke shit, you lose nothing. I’m a comic. I’ve misplaced two phrases in 35 years,” he mentioned of phrases which are not culturally applicable for him to say. “Truthfully, are you that fucking unimaginative you could’t determine it out?”