Jon Stewart Slams Conservatives for ‘Politicizing Every Aspect of American Life’ in Return to The Daily Show

Jon Stewart made his highly anticipated return to The Daily Show on Monday, marking his first time in the host’s chair since August 2015.

Last month, it was reported that Stewart would host the program on Mondays while also being an executive producer for the show. The host was greeted with a standing ovation from a raucous audience. As they cheered, Stewart reprised his exaggerated scribbling on the notes in front of him:

Thank you. Welcome! Welcome to The Daily Show! My name is Jon Stewart! Now, where was I? I am excited to be back! I’m very excited to be back. It’s good to see you guys. It’s good to see you guys.

Why am I back? you may be asking yourselves. It’s a very reasonable question. I have committed a lot of crimes. From what I understand, talkshow hosts are granted immunity, so. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but take it up with the Founders. I don’t know. We’re gonna have so much we’re gonna talk about this year. Obviously, elections. Maybe we’ll talk about Chin. Maybe we will talk about AI. Maybe something a bit lighter – Israel-Palestine. Who knows?

Stewart then pivoted to Sunday’s Super Bowl in which the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime. The host alluded to the vitriol conservatives have rained down on Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and girlfriend Taylor Swift.

“It was sadly, a lose-lose for real America,” he said. “The Kansas City Chiefs are world champions, which means the decades-long plot in which Travis and Taylor brainwash America into getting routine vaccinations is complete. But it was really kind of a no-win for conservatives. I mean, if the Chiefs lost, who wins? The People’s Communist Republic of Gay Pelosistan. It’s almost like the right’s ridiculous obsession with politicizing every aspect of American life ruins everything.”

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