Comedian Jon Stewart hinted at a possible run for office in a podcast released Thursday, saying it’s impossible not to consider one looking at the “s***heads” in Congress. He also slammed Republicans for viewing Putin as “an ideological brother.”
“Oh, god. How do you not?” Stewart said of running for office while speaking on the Sway podcast. “How do you not when you watch all that and you’re like, ‘Oh my god, what is — this is terrible.'”
“It’s sort of like when you get in a car and the one driver’s drunk, and you’re like, ‘Did you ever think about taking the wheel?’ You’re like, ‘Yeah, I did.'”
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The former host of The Daily Show admitted that he wasn’t sure if he had the temperament for office, according to the interview.
“It’s having the patience, like, ‘How come that person gets to still be here? Make that person leave!'” Stewart said when asked about the behaviors of former President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican.
Stewart also ripped GOP lawmakers for allegedly defending Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I think for years, it’s been pretty clear that they would much rather do a deal with Putin than [Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat],” Stewart argued in regards to the 45th president and his Republican allies.
“They view Putin as a defender of Western civilization. They view him as an ideological brother.”
On the topic of running for office, he added, “I also think there’s a lot that goes around 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.”
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“Sometimes I feel like, well, I can be more effective on the outside than on the inside,” the Emmy Award-winner, who has visited Congress on several occasions to advocate for 9/11 victims, continued.
