-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Jon Stewart held nothing back as he tore into President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump 's performances at the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season during a live episode of "The Daily Show." “We just watched what you watched," the comedian said in apparent shock. The show highlighted that both candidates had a low bar to meet as many pundits questioned whether Trump could "pretend to be normal for 90 minutes?” and if Biden could “stay alert, stay engaged and stay awake.
” Still, both candidates failed to clear that bar, Stewart said. Stewart played a clip of Biden murmuring through an incoherent talking point about "beating" Medicare, quipping, “I need to call a real estate agent in New Zealand.” Related "He got his name wrong on the cognitive test!": Jon Stewart mocks Trump after Biden attack backfires “OK, a high-pressure situation.
” Stewart said giving Biden the benefit of the doubt. “A lot of times you can confuse saving Medicare with ..
. beating it. I’m sure it’s not something that repeated throughout the debate, causing Democrats across the country to either jump out of windows or vomit silently into the nearest recycling bin.
Anybody can f**k up talking.” But a montage of Biden with many blank facial expressions led Stewart to say, “But a lot of people have resting 25th Amendment face.” Moreover, to Stewart, Trump “does not appear to have passed the a**hole test.
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