Jon Stewart Addresses Media Acting Surprised When Donald Trump Gets A Bill Passed: “It Reminds Me Of The Way Every Pro Wrestling Match Gets The Announcer Slack-Jawed”

Stewart addresses the media and Republicans who voted no ‘for show.’

The Republican party’s spending bill, which has been dubbed the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ has passed. As a result, as many as 17 million Americans will lose health insurance due to $930 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade. 4.7 million people will lose access to SNAP food assistance due to $68.6 billion in cuts to the program, and one million people will lose access to low-cost birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing, abortion, and general reproductive care.

Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show to address the media’s role in what he feels is the ‘dramatization’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s bill.

“Or we could talk about the media’s narrative, dramatizing the fragility of Trump’s ruling coalition and what that fragility could mean.”

Clips were then shown of various news outlets’ reporting about the aforementioned bill and how it was often reported that there was a chance it would not go through. The last clip was of Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie-breaking vote to pass said bill.

Stewart expressed that the media’s shock and awe of it going through reminds him of pro commentators appearing to be surprised at what they’re seeing unfold.

“Ooh! It surprisingly got through! Like every f*cking thing Trump has wanted. From Qatari jet bribes to (Jeffrey) Epstein File secrecy to extorted media conglomerate protection money. I can’t believe ABC paid that. That was so f*cked up… I’ll let myself out (Stewart laughed). Sure! I wouldn’t wanna be ABC. But every time a new ‘Trump’s never getting’ that comes up, the media is blown away when he actually does get it, without ever acknowledging that the ‘no’ votes from Republicans are scripted to allow certain Senators plausible deniability without putting any part of that agenda actually at risk. It reminds me of the way every professional wrestling match gets the announcer slack-jawed, with shock at the stunning turn of events.”

The next clip Stewart showed was of WWE talent Seth Rollins hosting the ‘Raw Daily Show’ in March 2015. Rollins said if Jon Stewart were to show up, he’d wire his jaw shut and make him retire. Stewart then appeared on the program to confront Rollins, and the commentators were saying, ‘No way.’

“Look at old tubs. What a surprise! I can’t believe he showed up there! Like we rehearsed. It should have been clear that this bill, like everything else, was going to pass on the day they said it was going to pass. That the nos for the bill were for show.”

At the 2015 WWE SummerSlam event, Jon Stewart got involved in Seth Rollins and John Cena’s match and cost Cena the winner-takes-all bout for the World Heavyweight and United States Championships.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit The Daily Show with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.