Jon Stewart says he’s bored of anti-Trump Democrats calling the president a ‘fascist’ and says the word is being overused to the point where it’s losing its meaning.
The Daily Show star, 62, said the liberal media has ‘numbed’ the country to the word as he was speaking off-air to an audience member who accused him of being ‘light on the fascist message recently.’
‘Oh, well, I’d tell my critics – shut up! You’re a fascist! Stewart snapped back, before elaborating on why he has removed the word from his shows since last year’s election.
‘I think if you cry “fascism” at every administrative overreach, even the ones that are constitutionally OK, you will find yourself out of fascism bullets when the time really comes,’ Stewart continued as he noted he is ‘very big on specificity and nuance.’
He accused the media over ‘crying wolf’ over the last ten years – ‘to the point where they numbed everybody.’
‘It was an anesthetic, and it got to where- what was the thing they litigated throughout this campaign? “He’s a fascist, he’s a terrible person, democracy is on the ballot.”
‘Guess what lost at the [ballot box]? If you told us democracy was on the ballot, democracy got its ass kicked by a majority vote. So I am very cautious about when to know, like, yeah- hopefully I won’t do it the night after Kristallnacht… but it’s like when you put your dog down. It’s one of those things, like, you’re not quite sure, but I do understand how annoying that is.’
Stewart’s comments come after Charlamagne Tha God sparked backlash after U-turning on calling Trump a ‘fascist’ and questioning how much Democrats ‘really believed’ the argument in the first place.
Jon Stewart slammed the media’s constant ‘fascist’ attacks against Donald Trump, saying they’ve ‘numbed’ the country and made the term lose its meaning
I think if you cry “fascism” at every administrative overreach, even the ones that are constitutionally OK, you will find yourself out of fascism bullets when the time really comes,’ Stewart said about the term being used against president Trump
The radio host, 46, took aim at the liberal meltdown over Trump’s victory on his show this week – despite previously telling CNN that Kamala Harris ‘should keep calling Trump a fascist.’
But following Trump’s landslide victory Charlamagne changed his tune.
‘Do y’all find it strange that now he’s won, they’re not calling him a threat to democracy, they’re not calling him a fascist,’ he said on his show. ‘It just makes you wonder how much of it did they really believe?’
Stewart has recently began using his famously-liberal show to turn his criticism on Democrats.
Earlier this month, Stewart went after Democrats for using Chuck Schumer as their mouthpiece after the New York senator was mocked over his response to Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
‘It’s going to affect beer,’ Schumer said as he held up a can of Corona Extra. ‘Most of it, Corona here, comes from Mexico.
‘It’s going to affect your guac – because what is guacamole made of? Avocados,’ he continued, displaying the fruit in his hand, before adding: ‘If you have pizza, it’s going to affect the cost of cheese.’
But Schumer’s remarks misfired, prompting ridicule from conservatives and liberals alike, including left-leaning Stewart who blasted the Senator on his Daily Show program.
Demonstrators gather to protest a day after President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory
Stewart has recently began using his famously-liberal show to turn his criticism on Democrats
‘Your response to the trade war is to f***ing tell us guacamole is made of avocados?’ the comedian, sporting a dumbfounded expression said, before begging the party to appoint a new spokesperson.
‘Democrats, can you please stop f***ing trotting Schumer out there every time Trump traverses into the unreal,’ Stewart said, dropping his voice to a whisper: ‘He’s not good at this.’
Stewart, whose remarks prompted the crowd to erupt in applause, further accused Schumer of not being an appropriate opponent to combat ‘manipulator’ Trump.
‘What is the decision making process here?’ he asked, before mocking Democratic leadership with a hilarious impersonation.
‘”Hey! Who should we get out there to effectively battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulators in history?'”
‘”I don’t know, how about Schumer? He’s uninteresting but at least he’s monotone,”‘ he quipped. ‘”Oh wait! Chuck, before you go out there, you look too young! Put on these readers and lower them on your nose. Perfect.”‘