Biden 2024: It Is What It Is?

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

After a lackluster debate performance, calls are mounting for President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race. Yet, he insists he is still running. Is this the right move? Joining us to explore our current conundrum, we’re joined by Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, Founders of Crooked Media, hosts of Pod Save America and Authors of Democracy or else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, as well as Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator and Author of The Moment. Together, they hash out the best path forward for Democrats to defeat Trump this election and save democracy. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod Follow Pod Save America: >Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/podsaveamerica >Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@podsaveamerica >Buy Democracy or Else - http://crooked.com/books Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher/AP – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu — This podcast is brought to you by: ZipRecruiter Try it for free at this exclusive web address: ziprecruiter.com/ZipWeekly NetSuite For more info, head to netsuite.com/Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	John Stewart is back in the host chair at the Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on the Daily Show Ears Edition podcast.
0:08.0	The Daily Show podcast has everything you need to stay on top of today's news and pop culture. You get hilarious satirical
0:15.1	takes on entertainment, politics, sports, and more from John and the team of
0:19.6	correspondence and contributors. The podcast also has content you can't get anywhere else like
0:25.1	extended interviews and a roundup of the weekly headlines. Listen to the
0:29.4	Daily Show, EARS Edition, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.2	Hey everybody,
0:36.2	Hey everybody,
0:40.7	welcome to the Weekly Show with John Stewart. I am John Stewart. We were off last week. It was July 4th. It was, it was, we celebrated
0:48.4	America. We celebrated the holiday of America with good cheer, with barbecues, with explosions,
0:58.0	which in some ways feels prescient, where America appears to be heading in the present moment.
1:04.5	Oh my God, was that an explosion?
1:06.6	What the?
1:07.3	Oh, the house is shaking.
1:09.4	Now we were here of course with our super producers,
1:11.2	Brittany Meedevic and Lauren Walker.
1:13.0	Guys, we were going to do taxes.
1:16.6	We were breaking down the tax bill that every American page
1:19.6	we were going to show where it goes to,
1:21.4	how it might be disconnected from the urgent needs of the people and then
1:26.8	there was a something happened.
1:28.8	Lauren that's exactly it is?
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