Jon Stewart Reveals He’s Thought About Running for Office to Replace ‘Sh*theads’ in Congress: ‘How Do You Not?’
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Jon Stewart revealed that he has considered running for public office as a way to replace the “shitheads” currently in Congress.
“Oh, god. How do you not?” Stewart said when Kara Swisher asked if he has any political aspirations on Thursday’s episode of her podcast Sway. “When you see the shitheads that are …”
Stewart went on to question how anyone could watch United States politicians without considering running for public office themselves.
“How do you not when you watch all that and you’re like, oh my god, what is — this is terrible,” he said. “It’s like when you get in a car and the one driver’s drunk and you’re like, do you everything about taking the wheel? You’re like, yeah, I did.”
He went on to reason that he simply does not have the “temperament” for the job, prompting Swisher to note that politicians often get elected regardless of their behavior.
“I mean, we’ve got Marjorie Taylor Greene over here, we’ve got [Donald Trump],” Swisher added, later pointing to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s (D-NY) calls to get certain representatives out of the House.
Stewart cited his “patience” as the way he deals with certain lawmakers, adding, “It’s having the patience that, how come that person gets to still be here? Make that person leave.”
“I also think there’s a lot that goes around that that has nothing to do with passion or care about issues or wanting to help people, that has to do with fundraising and the way the game is played and the lack of perspective on it,” he continued. “And sometimes I feel like, well, I can be more effective on the outside than on the inside.”
Testing his limits, Swisher later asked Stewart what he would do if Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran for president.
“Oh, Jesus. Don’t even say,” Stewart said, prompting Swisher to reveal that talk about a potential Carlson run is “all over Washington.”
Why? That’s the worst — that’s terrible,” he replied. “You’re bumming me out, dude.”
Listen above, via The New York Times’ Sway.
