‘I Truly Believe They’re a Mess’: Jon Stewart Fears Democrats Will ‘Squander’ Recent Wins

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 6th, 2025, 6:20 pm

Comedian Jon Stewart wasn’t completely convinced of Democrats’ dominance in the recent elections, and, asked guests Chris Hayes and David Plouffe , “How will they squander it?”

On Thursday’s edition of podcast, Stewart called the Democratic victories in gubernatorial and mayoral races, as well as California’s Prop 50 redistricting, “ Amazing .”

“I guess the question next for both of you is, how will they squander it? How? How will it all go to — how will they piss this away?” Stewart asked.

“Look, I think there’s basically three elements to the victories,” MSNBC’s Hayes said. “There’s what we call thermostatic public opinion which is when

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