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Jon Stewart is facing massive backlash from Democrats over his comments about Joe Biden. Stewart's return 'The Daily Show' on Monday night opened with a 20-minute monologue going after Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Stewart especially mocked the current President after his disastrous press conference last week, where Biden struggled to assure Americans that he was still cognitively capable of performing his duties.
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00:00Jon Stewart is facing massive backlash from Democrats over his comments about Joe Biden.
00:05Stewart's return to The Daily Show on Monday night opened with a 20-minute monologue
00:09going after Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
00:12Stewart especially mocked the current president after his disastrous press conference last week
00:16where Biden struggled to assure Americans that he was still cognitively capable of performing his duties.
00:22The conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip.
00:41Garbanzo.
00:42But the blowback was swift with everyone from progressives to Elon Musk to the White House weighing in.
00:48Chris D. Jackson, an election commissioner in Tennessee, tweeted,
00:52Wow, so you basically say because Biden is old, he is basically as bad as Trump.
00:56Why the F do we never learn in this country?
00:59Sorry, but I won't be watching you either.
01:01Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tweeted,
01:04Well, after nine years away, there's nothing else to say to the both-sidest fraud,
01:08Jon Stewart bashing Biden, except please make it another nine years.
01:12A self-described Democratic activist tweeted,
01:14Jon Stewart retired and came back as Bill Maher.
01:17Meanwhile, Republicans gloated a bit with Elon Musk writing,
01:20balance and humor return.
01:22And Texas Congressman Wesley Hunt tweeted,
01:25You know you're in trouble when you're a Democrat president and Jon Stewart turns on you.
01:29The White House was even asked to weigh in during Tuesday's press briefing,
01:32in which they noted the press conference was entirely Biden's idea.
01:36During his monologue, Stewart had lamented about Biden and Trump's age-related issues.
01:40They are the oldest people ever to run for president,
01:44breaking by only four years the record that they set!
01:49However, Stewart's return was still a ratings hit.
01:52The Daily Show viewership shot up to 1.85 million viewers,
01:56the biggest audience for the show in nearly six years.
01:59For more on the story, head to THR.com.
02:02And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
02:05keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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