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Jon Stewart Investigates What Went Wrong for Democrats on Election Night


Jon Stewart recapped the results of the election on 'The Daily Show,' investigated when went wrong for the Democrats.

“You know, if there’s one thing people love more than someone appearing randomly at their door, it’s that same fucking person coming back two or three times to talk politics,” Stewart quipped. He then played a montage of centrist Democratic campaign ads positioning candidates as pro police, anti-illegal immigrant and critical of transgender healthcare. Democrats were mostly running against an identity that was defined for them based on a couple of months of post-George Floyd, defund the police Instagram posts from four years ago.

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