He also said that the danger posed by another Trump term doesn’t excuse Biden from scrutiny but “actually makes him more subject to scrutiny.”
To leftists and progressives fed up with Biden, particularly his commitment to Israel as it continues to bomb civilians in Gaza, the assessment was not just fair — it was obvious. But more centrist Democrats, including those most likely to have appended “Blue Wave” and “Resistance” labels to their social media accounts in the Trump years, were appalled at what they saw as a betrayal by one of their own.
has anyone listened to jon stewart’s political takes when he wasn’t reading them off a teleprompter? remember, when colbert had his capitol rally to make a point about what (the republicans in) congress was doing, stewart joined in with his rally watering down the impact of the initial rally because he thought colbert was doing a giant bit.
jon stewart has generally had terrible political takes. it’s just that during his heyday it was the no drama obama years and there generally wasn’t anything to both sides on the democratic side so liberals didn’t hear him badly try to equivocate the two parties.
then again I’ve never watched the daily show, even the kilborne years so what do I know.
I think your memory of how that rally evolved is deeply flawed. Colbert was always in character… He announced his rally as the march to keep fear alive.