Jon Stewart criticized pollsters who predicted Kamala Harris would be crowned president of the United States.
Just before news broke that Donald Trump had become the 47th president of the United States, the Daily Show host slammed election pollsters.
“It hasn’t been fully called yet, we don’t know exactly what all the results will be.” “We’re running out of time,” said Stewart, 61.
‘I want to very quickly send a quick message to all the pollsters, the election pollsters: screw me!
‘I never want to hear from you again. “I never want to hear ‘We corrected for overcorrection’… You don’t know shit and I don’t care about you,” he added with a big smile on his face as the audience applauded.
Stewart’s comments came just before Trump recaptured the White House, and after the ‘Nostradamus of the American presidential election’, Professor Allan Litchman, said he was confident Harris would win.
Daily Show host Jon Stewart, 61, lashed out at pollsters Tuesday night, just before Donald Trump was declared president.
On Wednesday, the ‘Nostradamus of American presidential elections’, Professor Allan Litchman, who said he was sure Harris would win, was left speechless as he witnessed Trump’s victory.
Litchman was heard saying, “I don’t understand it” in his live broadcast of the elections held since then, when Trump’s victory became clear.
Lichtman, 77, has successfully predicted nine out of ten elections since 1984.
I was sure that Kamala Harris would win, at first in a landslide and then in a trickle.
But when Trump cruised to victory last night, Lichtman’s miscalculation was inevitable.
“I’m not doing any interviews, I’m done,” he said.
“It’s a good thing I have nothing to do tomorrow,” continued the 77-year-old who predicted a Trump victory in 2016.
He then attacked Trump thoroughly, claiming that the president will not finish his second term.
‘Do you know what happens if Trump wins? “He won’t serve a full term, he’ll hand it over to JD Vance,” he said, citing Trump’s advanced age.
Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his family and wife Melania and promised to usher in America’s “golden age.”
His son, Sam, seemed equally perplexed by the results unfolding in real time.
Lichtman thanked his fans for tuning in before signing off for the night.
‘I’m encouraged by all the kind emails I’ve received, lots of people saying we should keep doing this show.
“Tomorrow I’m going to sleep all day,” he added immediately afterwards.
At several points, the experienced professor appeared to grimace and caress his face as he followed the results on the screen.
Last month, Lichtman came forward to claim that Harris had met what he believed were her critical goals for victory: He told CTV News that her made-up metrics are “based on a fundamental understanding of how American presidential elections actually work.” “.
The forecasts were surprising, coming from a man who has accurately predicted nearly every U.S. presidential election for decades.
Still, Lichtman has been wrong in the past, though only once, in 2000, when he wrongly predicted an Al Gore victory.
In that case, part of the prediction came true, in that Gore won the popular vote.
However, this time, that was far from the case.
Stewart continued to give viewers some reassurance as he ended his election night coverage with a call to “keep fighting.”
He also lashed out at pollsters and pundits, declaring: “You don’t know shit about shit.”
The political commentator told his late-night viewers, “This is not the end,” adding, “we have to keep fighting,” before Fox News called the election for Trump.
‘Let’s make it seem like this is the purpose of our civilization. We’re all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work hard to get the world to the place we prefer it to be.’
‘And I just want to point out, just as a matter of perspective, that the lessons that our experts draw from these results, which they will pronounce with certainty, will be wrong. And we have to remember that.”
He then played a series of clips noting previous predictions of what the United States would look like after previous elections that didn’t pan out, such as the move toward “a post-racial America” following the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
‘Yes, that lasted a day!’ he joked.
He then played a clip of several reporters saying Trump would leave Washington, D.C., a “pariah” after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, and would “never be allowed to set foot in the Capitol again.” Never.’
“Never,” Stewart exclaimed. ‘My point is this: fuck!’
Stewart added: ‘But this is not the end! I promise you, this is not the end.’
‘And we have to regroup and we have to continue fighting and working day after day to create a better society for our children, for this world, for this country that we know is possible. It’s possible.’
Stewart’s message came before Fox News called the election for Trump after the network declared he had won Pennsylvania, leaving Harris unable to catch him.
His message came before Fox News called the election for Trump after the network declared he had won Pennsylvania so Harris couldn’t catch him.
Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida, and declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, cementing an extraordinary political comeback.
“Tonight we made history for a reason, and the reason is that we overcame obstacles that no one thought possible,” he said.
“And now it is clear that we have achieved the most incredible political achievement.”
He told his followers: “every day I will fight for you.”
Trump was joined on stage by members of his family and his wife, Melania Trump, as well as his running mate, JD Vance, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Vance briefly took center stage to describe Trump’s victory as the greatest political comeback in history.