Jon Stewart is getting serious in his comedy dotage. On “CBS This Morning,” he told Charlie Rose how Republicans will get serious, too, about governing.
“But they will reap the benefit of his victory, in all of their cynicism and all of their — I will guarantee you Republicans are going to come to Jesus now about the power of government,” Stewart said.
Trump’s catch line caught flak.
“He wants to make America great again,” Stewart said.
“What are the metrics? Because it seems like from listening to him, the metrics are that it’s a competition. And I think what many would say is what makes us great is — America is an anomaly in the world. … His candidacy has animated that thought — that a multi-ethnic democracy, a multicultural democracy is impossible. And that is what America by its founding, and constitutionally is — unlike every other state.”
Stewart continued: “This is the fight that we wage against ourselves and each other, because America is not natural. Natural is tribal. We’re fighting against thousands of years of human behavior and history to create something that no one’s ever – that’s what’s exceptional about America. And this ain’t easy.”
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