Jon Stewart rips into pollsters who got it so wrong: ‘I don’t ever want to hear from you again!’
Jon Stewart attacked pollsters who predicted Kamala Harris would be crowned president of the United States.
Just before it was announced that Donald Trump would become the 47th president of the United States, the host of The Daily Show criticized election researchers.
‘It is not yet fully known, we do not know exactly what the results will be. Our time is running out,” Stewart, 61, said.
“I just want to send a quick message to all the poll workers, the election poll workers – blow me up!
‘I never want to hear from you again. I never want to hear again, ‘We corrected for the overcorrection’… You know nothing about sex and I don’t care about you,” he added with a big grin on his face as the audience applauded.
Stewart’s comments came just before Trump regained the White House, and after the ‘Nostradamus of the US presidential election’, professor Allan Litchman said he was confident Harris would win.
61-year-old Daily Show host Jon Stewart invaded the pollsters on Tuesday evening, just before Donald Trump was declared president
On Wednesday, the ‘Nostradamus of the US presidential election’, professor Allan Litchman, who said he was confident Harris would win, was left speechless as he watched Trump’s victory.
Litchman was heard saying, “I don’t understand” to his since packaged livestream of the elections, when Trump’s victory became clear.
Lichtman, 77, has successfully predicted nine out of 10 elections since 1984.
He was confident that Kamala Harris would win, first by a landslide and then by a trickle.
But as Trump stormed to victory last night, Lichtman’s miscalculation was inevitable.
“I’m not doing interviews, I’m done,” he said.
“Good thing I have nothing to do tomorrow,” continued the 77-year-old, who predicted a Trump victory in 2016.
He then went full throttle against Trump, claiming the president would not serve his second term.
‘Do you know what happens if Trump wins? He will not serve a full term, but will hand it over to J.D. 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, also seemed shocked by the results, which played out in real time.
Lichtman thanked his fans for tuning in before signing off for the evening.
‘I’m encouraged by all the kind emails I’ve received, many people saying we should keep doing this show.
“Tomorrow I’m going to sleep all day,” he immediately added.
At several points it appeared as if the veteran professor was grimacing and cradling his face as he followed the results on the screen.
Just last month, Lichtman came out claiming that Harris had achieved what he believed were his critical goals for victory. He told CTV News how his made-up numbers are “based on a fundamental understanding of how American presidential elections really work.
The predictions raised eyebrows because they came from a man who has accurately predicted almost every U.S. presidential election for decades.
Yet Lichtman has been wrong in the past – albeit only once, in 2000, when he incorrectly predicted a win for Al Gore.
In that case, part of the prediction came true, in that Gore got the popular vote.
This time, however, that was far from the case.
Stewart then gave viewers some reassurance when he concluded his election night coverage with a plea to “keep fighting.”
He also lashed out at pollsters and pundits, stating: ‘You don’t know 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.
“We’re going to make it look like this is the final end of our civilization. We’re all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work really hard to bring the world to the place we want it to be.”
“And I just want to point out from a perspective that the lessons that our experts draw from these results, which they will say with certainty, will be wrong. And we have to remember that.’
He then played a series of clips highlighting previous predictions about what America would look like after previous elections that failed to materialize, such as moving toward a “post-racial America” following the 2008 election of Barack Obama.
“Yes, that took a day!” he joked.
He then played a clip of some reporters saying that Trump would leave Washington DC, a “pariah” after the January 6, 2021, insurrection, and “never step foot in the Capitol again.” Never.’
“Someday,” Stewart exclaimed. “My point is this: f**k!”
Stewart added, “But this isn’t the end! I promise you, this is not the end.”
“And we have to regroup and we have to keep fighting and keep working day in and day out 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 in Pennsylvania, preventing Harris from catching him.
His message came before Fox News called the election for Trump after the network declared he had won in Pennsylvania, preventing Harris from catching him.
Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida, and declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sealing an extraordinary political comeback.
“We made history tonight for a reason, and the reason is that we overcame obstacles that no one thought possible,” he said.
“And it is now clear that we have achieved the most incredible political result.”
He told his supporters: ‘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 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
Vance briefly took center stage to describe Trump’s victory as the greatest political comeback in history.