Jon Stewart is shredding Democrats who voted to end the government shutdown, calling the move a “world-class collapse.”
“They f—ing caved on the shutdown,” Stewart said Monday while hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
“Tonight’s show will be brought to you by I can’t f—ing believe it,” he cracked.
“Not even a full week removed from the best election night results they’ve had in years, seven Democratic senators and an independent voted with their Republican counterparts to end the shutdown and reopen the government,” Stewart exclaimed.
The eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted with Republicans on Sunday to approve a plan to reopen the federal government amid a weekslong shutdown.
The deal included a promise from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to hold a vote on ObamaCare subsidies before the end of the year. The extension of the subsidies had been one of the Democrats’ key demands throughout the shutdown.
“You had the wind at your back. Election victories all over the country,” Stewart said, referring to ballot box victories for Democrats in early November.
“Democrats, you sold out the entire shutdown not to get what you wanted, but for a promise to not get what you wanted later,” Stewart said.
“What good does a promise of a Senate vote even do for you, Democrats? You don’t control the Senate. Do you even know how this s— works?” the 62-year-old comedian said.
Stewart also ripped Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who voted “no” on the bill to end the shutdown.
“Either all eight senators who voted to capitulate coincidentally are not up for reelection in 2026, or Chuck Schumer worked behind the scenes to give in to the Republicans while still protecting vulnerable Democrats, including himself,” Stewart said.
A Schumer spokesperson didn’t immediately return ITK’s request for comment about Stewart’s remarks.
“This is a world-class collapse by Democrats,” Stewart said.
Amid the shutdown, Stewart said, “Americans were finally seeing the gap between how Donald Trump bends reality, and actual day-to-day reality.”
“This shutdown has focused America’s attention away from [the president’s] gift for distraction and on to stark actualities, and seeing through — many for the first time — his bald-faced lying,” Stewart said, pointing to recent comments by Trump in a “60 Minutes” interview that the country has “no inflation.”
“This is what the Democrats have squandered: A country finally shaking off Trump’s Jedi mind tricks and saying, ‘No, these are the f—ing droids we’re looking for,” he said.
“And instead of pressing that advantage — perhaps neutralizing Trump’s reality distortion field for good — the Democrats just suddenly went, ‘Droids? I guess we aren’t looking for those droids. But you’ll help us find them later, right?'”
“They squandered their leverage, sapped their voters’ enthusiasm and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,” Stewart said of Democrats.
