Stewart has been a hallmark of political satire for decades. But now he’s getting serious.
And now Jon Stewart rained on Democrats’ parade with a brutal reality check.
Jon Stewart Torches Democrats: “Still a Mess” Just 48 Hours After Election Night
On Thursday’s episode of “The Weekly Show,” Jon Stewart delivered a blistering post-election autopsy that left Democratic strategists scrambling for the mute button. The former “Daily Show” host, once the left’s most trusted satirist, declared that Tuesday’s scattered wins in New York City, Virginia, and New Jersey changed absolutely nothing about the party’s deeper rot.
“I think the Democrats are still a mess. I truly believe they’re a mess,” Stewart said. “What this shows to me is, again, there is this underlying potential energy within the United States of America that is much larger than I think any of us could have imagined. And channeling the energy directionally will be the challenge for whoever wants to harness it. I still don’t believe they’re doing that.”
Translation: Democrats lucked into a few races, but the machine itself remains broken, arrogant, and completely clueless about the voters it’s hemorrhaging.
The Numbers Are a Bloodbath: 33% Favorability, 2.1 Million Voters Gone, 19% Approval for Congress
Let’s run the tape the DNC doesn’t want you to see.
RealClearPolling’s final pre-election average had Democratic favorability at a grotesque 33.4%. The New York Times’ August deep-dive into voter rolls revealed the party shed roughly 2.1 million registered voters between 2020 and 2024—more than the entire population of Nevada.
Quinnipiac’s July survey delivered the knockout blow: just 19% of Americans approved of Democrats in Congress, the lowest number in the poll’s history. That’s not a slump. That’s a party on life support while its consultants cash eight-figure checks.
Even Their Own Are Begging for Mercy: “Elitist Institution,” “Deep in the Wilderness,” “Really, Really Bad Shape”
The confessions keep pouring in from inside the bubble.
Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett went on Mark Halperin’s show in October and begged Democrats to stop lying to themselves: “We’re in terrible shape. Like, we just have to be very honest with ourselves—the Democratic Party is in really, really bad shape… it’s going to be a tough couple of years deep in the wilderness for us.”
Bernie Sanders, still seething from two stolen primaries, painted a picture of a party that exists only for coastal donors:
“When people think about the Democratic Party, they think of these cocktail parties in New York City or LA, where wealthy people mingle with consultants, mingle with the leadership. That’s not much of a party. That’s really kind of an elitist institution.”
From Jon Stewart’s late-night gut punch to Bernie’s socialist indictment to their own centrist strategists waving the white flag, one message rings crystal clear: Tuesday’s victories were a fluke, not a comeback.
The Democratic Party remains a donor-driven, consultant-bloated, out-of-touch disaster that just got handed a mirror—and it’s too terrified to look.
