Jon Stewart reacted to the first presidential debate of 2024 live during his Thursday monologue on The Daily Show, and, like many other commentators on the night, the late-night host was particularly concerned with Joe Biden’s performance.
Acknowledging that Biden’s main goal for the night was to “not look old and not have a senior moment,” Stewart showed the moment where a confused-looking Biden fumbled his response about Medicare.
“Need to call a real estate agent in New Zealand,” Stewart quipped, before attempting to do some damage control on Biden’s behalf: “OK, a high pressure situation. A lot of times you can confuse saving Medicare with beating it. I’m sure it’s not something that repeated throughout the debate, causing Democrats across the country to either jump out of windows or vomit silently into the nearest recycling bin.”
