From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lehrer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Thursday, February 15th.

You know, one thing we haven't mentioned yet here this week is John Stewart's return to the Daily Show,

nine years after he left his position there as host in 2015. He has signed back on to host on Monday nights, if you haven't

heard this yet, through the November election, Monday nights through the November election,

and this week was the first one. Now, I think it's fair to say that the daily show

exists largely to get laughs at the expense of the right and make satirical or political points

for the audience by doing so. And they certainly did that this week, showing clips of Donald Trump

having apparently more serious memory lapses than Joe Biden has, for example, even though

Biden seems to get covered a lot more by the press for his. But then Stewart's ultimate point

in his 20-minute monologue, at least to me, seemed to be that we should talk more about both candidates' ages and mental acuity,

not less. And yes, that includes Biden and the Democrats. So here's an example. Stewart played

a montage of leading Democrats saying there's nothing to see here when it comes to Biden's age

and abilities, ending with a clip of Vice President Harris, which we will hear now,

followed by John Stewart's commentary about it.

I was in almost every meeting with the president,

and the president was in front of and on top of it all,

coordinating and directing leaders who are in charge

of America's national security, not to mention our allies around the globe.

Did anyone film that? Because if you're telling us behind the scenes, he is sharp and full of energy and on top of it and really in control and leading. You should film that.

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