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 Buddies” 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 people who have ever run for the workplace of the presidency,” with Biden and Donald Trump breaking the file 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“I do know liberals say, ‘Don’t say Joe Biden is outdated’ — don’t say what folks see with their very own eyes!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’ll be able to say it, he can’t hear us,” he joked. “I do know you understand how fucking outdated he’s, and I do know you don’t need to say it as a result of Trump is so scary, however he’s so fucking outdated,” including that “once you watch him on tv, you’re nervous, aren’t ya?”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contribute to society, he simply shouldn’t be president,” Steward continued, acknowledging that Trump is simply as outdated, however his supporters don’t stay in actuality, and he can lie his means out of most issues.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 experience for Jews these days. We had been killing it too — bear in mind when Seinfeld was the No. 1 present within the nation?”
He joked, “Folks say to me on a regular basis, they are saying, ‘Aren’t you anxious about antisemitism?’ And I actually imagine this, antisemitism might be superb.”
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’ll be able to’t say something anymore.’ What do you need to say?” Stewart stated. “Shut the fuck up. And by the best way, the individuals who speak about 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 uninterested in it. The woke shit, you lose nothing. I’m a comic. I’ve misplaced two phrases in 35 years,” he stated of phrases which might be not culturally applicable for him to say. “Actually, are you that fucking unimaginative that you would be able to’t determine it out?”