Jon Stewart Says Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman Pulled Out Of His ‘Daily Show’ Interview Just “30 Seconds” Before Airtime

Jon Stewart tried his champion to enactment optimistic while reporting unrecorded connected nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination during Tuesday’s broadcast of The Daily Show. That is, until Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman reportedly threw a wrench successful Stewart’s plans.

Stewart announced that Fetterman was nary longer joining him connected nan show, having only pulled retired of their scheduled question and reply conscionable moments earlier going connected air.

“[Fetterman] was incapable to subordinate us,” Stewart said. “But because we are a master and venerated news show it’s not for illustration I conscionable person to beryllium here… pinch cipher to talk to aliases thing to do conscionable because personification said 30 seconds earlier we were expected to person him arsenic a guest.”

He added pinch a tense laugh, “It’s not happening.”

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs joined Stewart, instead, wherever she said she was emotion “optimistic” astir her state’s polling results.

While Stewart warned viewers to enactment affirmative arsenic nan results rolled in, he did person 1 consequence to stock by that point.

“We do person 1 different speedy consequence to denote successful nan title to beryllium my champion friend betwixt Senator Fetterman and Governor Katie Hobbs,” he joked. “Governor Katie Hobbs wins by a jillion.”

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By nan extremity of nan broadcast, nan results looked for illustration they were polling heavy towards Donald Trump, pinch some Arizona and Pennsylvania favoring nan erstwhile president.

“Look, I cognize a batch of group retired location are emotion anxious,” Stewart joked viewers astatine 1 point. “I conscionable want to guarantee you that that is very bully for our ratings, truthful support up nan bully activity retired there.”

He ended nan broadcast pinch a last connection to viewers, encouraging them to regroup.

“This isn’t nan end,” Stewart said. “I committedness you, this is not nan end. We person to regroup, and we person to proceed to conflict and proceed to activity time successful and time retired to create a amended nine for our children, for this world, for this country, that we cognize is possible. It’s possible.”

The Daily Show airs weeknights astatine 11/10c.