‘F**k Us, F**k Me, I Was Wrong’: Jon Stewart Reacts To Trump Win, Mocks Democrats’ ‘Ground Game’ Fantasies

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Jon Stewart declared he does not want to hear Democrats boasting about a “ground game” ever again following Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss to President-elect Donald Trump.

On the latest episode of his podcast The Weekly Show, released Friday, Stewart said the most surprising thing about Trump’s win is that Democrats were prepared for most scenarios, but not one where he wins fair and square.

The comedian said:

This feels different because it is a democratic victory. I feel like we were prepared for all scenarios and in each one of those scenarios it was, how is Donald Trump going to finagle his way back into the [White House]? How is he going to use undemocratic principles? What measure of intimidation and underhanded [shenanigans] will this man use to worm his way back into the Oval Office? And it turned out he used our electoral system as it is designed. And in that moment, I thought, well, fuck. I’m not sure we have a team of lawyers for that.

Stewart also mocked Democrats who praised their “ground game” in battleground states leading up to the election. Stewart told them they probably should have taken some advice from door-to-door vacuum salesmen:

By the way, I don’t ever in my life want to hear about our vaunted ground game will put us over the top. It’s a 50/50 tossup race, we’re sure of it, but the vaunted ground game — turns out that people knocking on other people’s doesn’t get them to do what you want them to do as, I believe, vacuum and Bible salesmen have probably known for many, many centuries. Fuck us, fuck me, I was wrong, will continue to be wrong. I love to sit back and think about the autopsy and where you move from there, but I think I still feel as though I’m in that moment of vertigo to some extent.

Stewart described Trump’s last victory as a “gut punch,” but argued this win feels “different.” The Daily Show host still offered an optimistic message to disappointed voters.

“I still believe in this country, and I still believe in individuals, and I still believe in the power of change and organization, goodness, competence. I mean, for God’s sake, the Mets made the playoffs,” he said.

Watch above via The Weekly Show.