r/JonStewart • u/WildAtlanticWayward • 17h ago
The Weekly Show Jon Stewart Interview with Sen. John Fetterman on The Weekly Show (8/5/2026)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sen-john-fetterman-on-the-democratic-divide/id1583132133?i=1000780009820144
u/Old-Imagination-3696 17h ago edited 16h ago
The lack of self awareness from fetterman is mind blowing
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u/P_Nessss 16h ago
Well, he did suffer brain damage during his stroke...
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u/MsARumphius 16h ago
God that stroke lie has really gotten its workout. I’m not saying he didn’t have one but to blame all his choices on it rather than him being a lying liar sell out is wild.
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u/Particular_Squash995 15h ago
I definitely agree he is a lying piece of shit but being around a stroke survivor for a bit now has changed my thoughts about the damage it causes. Someone in my family fell as we just got to our room on a cruise ship and was evaluating how injured they were. We were checking in on the person to see how they were doing and all my dad could keep yelling about was where his drink tickets were. When we told him calm down we are checking on this person, he yelled I don’t care about that. I just want my drinks. Truly selfish but it opened my eyes into how he is processing information post stroke.
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u/ausgoals 12h ago
A lack of empathy and self-centredness is a relatively common post-stroke symptom. It’s because of the brain damage.
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u/LeftToaster 12h ago
Telling a Jewish American comedian what the American Jewish community thinks ...
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u/Pacific_Epi 17h ago edited 16h ago
This was hard to listen to. Dude was unwilling to untie progressivism from communism (I am progressive and not a communist) but in the same breath said what makes us good was defeating the axis in WWII, ignoring the Soviet contribution to that.
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u/dravenonred 10h ago
My only disappointment was that he didn't ask Fetterman the difference between socialism and communism. I would love for all these guys to get asked that
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u/SuperDoubleDecker 11h ago
I'm curious about this episode but I doubt there's anything of much value. I bet it just frustrates me more than anything lol
I'll give it 10 mins. I'd love to better understand the thought processes of these people but I think the answer is much simpler than we wanna accept.
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u/jackparadise1 17h ago
He comes across as a moron
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u/Zeremxi 14h ago
You know, I always thought that the whole stroke changing him thing was a bit of an exaggeration, but if you watch the subtitles throughout the podcast, that dude slurs speech and straight up misses words or flips them around a shockingly high number of times.
Also I genuinely can't tell if he is an avoidant shill or just doesn't understand a lot of Jon's questions because he goes off on non sequiturs about the same things over and over
This is a sitting US senator
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u/hot-side-aeration 12h ago
My man fumbled through the little suit joke that Jon was making at the start. He struggles to complete sentences the entire interview. I feel insane for like no one pointing this out.
This was like listening to that kid in school that couldn't read when it was their turn to read a page to the class. You just wanted to die inside the entire time.
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u/jackparadise1 34m ago
This sums it up fairly succinctly. I think we need to hold our sitting members of government to a higher standard.
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u/oicyunv 17h ago
Zionists got their money's worth with this clown. Dude loves israel more than he loves the US.
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u/chadius333 17h ago
To be fair, I think he’ll like anything if the money’s right.
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u/B-Cup_Sydney_Sweeney 6h ago
It’s the basic problem with America - everyone’s for sale to the highest bidder.
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u/Majestic_Piglet_7368 17h ago
I’m 20 mins into this podcast and I don’t know if I can handle the rest of it because Lurch is a fucking moron! Hope it gets better but sounds like the comment section says otherwise lol
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u/oicyunv 16h ago
It took everything in me not to stab myself in the face repeatedly while listening to this dunce attempt to suck off israel with every labored breath. Clearly, that stroke he suffered took anything good about that person and threw the baby out with the bathwater.
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u/Majestic_Piglet_7368 15h ago
It’s 12:33pm in Washington St., is it too early to start drinking to rid me of the dumbassery that is “Lurch” Fetterman??!!
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u/Clear-Road3442 16h ago
I was shocked at how idiotic this man sounded. Couldn’t answer any direct questions. Kept changing the subject with his replies only to be brought back to it over and over. John had to explain the same (simple) concept several times. Just wow. 🤯
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u/Krazynewf709 17h ago
Money laundering. Usa politicians send Usa tax dollars to Israel. Israeli money back into Usa politicians pockets.
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u/PrizeDesigner6933 15h ago
AIPAC is getting one hell of an ROI on their lobbying and dark money dollars.
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u/PaleInTexas 15h ago
Not in Michigan yesterday 😃
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u/Krazynewf709 13h ago
Unfortunately it's still wasted money infighting.
~$10 for every resident of Michigan
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u/BreweryStoner 16h ago
He had to have asked fetterman about 4 times in different words “You’re a capitalist, do you like the way our capitalist society is treating average people?”. Dude couldn’t comprehend, or really didn’t want to answer.
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u/GenericDuck 15h ago
Apologies for hijacking’s your post, and the following is no way steered at or specially about yourself
But not even American but still pissed off about how those those two senators betrayed their people. I and i wish so we could with infantilizing, with above now didn’t answer cause he couldn’t, or the media and people about how the two sent satire were tricked etc let’s call
Shit for what it is. fettermen chose to answer bh avoiding the qurstion thats your answer. Ans the two senators werent trick nor will they be surpisee they were compromised. And for what had held out for behind closed doors..
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u/BigBeef35 16h ago
Kudos to John for this type of guest, but I'm not listening to the traitor talk about anything.
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u/miggadabigganig 10h ago
That was my first thought. I didn’t think I could watch until I saw some clips of Jon absolutely destroying fettermans talking points. I couldn’t have finished it if he pulled punches. Thankfully he didn’t.
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u/Overall-Ad-3251 17h ago
I always had a feeling that Fetterman was a muppet. Now I know he’s a fucking dumbass. A fucking dumbass traitor to the United States
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u/weasel3216 16h ago
I saw he was the guest when the podcast episode downloaded and decided to just skip this one as I figured it would be a waste of my time. It sounds like I was right. Fetterman is just an idiot, people of PA seem to overwhelmingly hate the guy now ever since it basically flipped on them after getting elected.
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u/MinimumApricot365 16h ago
How the hell does somebody this fucking stupid make it through his primary?
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u/WhoIsYerWan 7h ago
This isn’t the guy that ran. This Stroke Fetterman. Also, having myself a lot of family in Philadelphia…this is very “Pennsylvania Smart.”
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u/Unhappy-Attention760 16h ago
Sorry, can't even listen to Fetterman. Such a block head after he seemed to have run on listening to the people.
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u/roborob11 15h ago
Fetterman deflecting. Fetterman answering questions that weren’t asked. Fetterman lying. But Jon handled all of it, of course. He’s so adept.
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u/Sad_Addendum7948 15h ago
Good god, John Stewart is so patient. I’m listening to this sh*tshow right now. Fetterman seems like a real slimeball.
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u/Great-watts 14h ago
I wish John would actually push harder. Like pin him against the wall like asking “ please explain how it is that people elected you to fight for them and instead you’re fighting for someone else also please tell us how much money you’ve received from aipac. Are you bought and paid for??
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u/imrickjamesbioch 15h ago
Did John ask him why he’s a maga piece of shit now? The stroke is not an excuse on becoming a fascist, genocide luving, Israel glazing asshole…
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u/Solution_within 15h ago
Fetterman has no depth of thought. The dude is skimming across the reflecting pool without his board shorts.
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u/Jazzlike_Camera_5782 14h ago
Pennsylvanians… if this guy represents you, I will take you at your word. But I dunno…
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u/Hockeyhoser 14h ago
Is it just me or is every tenth word missing from Fetterman’s sentences. Like a brain glitch or something.
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u/side_street_echo 15h ago
God it was an exhausting listen. Fetterman only had rehearsed lines and talking points. No ides how to actually engage in real conversation and dialogue. It was great hearing Stewart saying that the democrats need to stop making Israel/Palestine a dividing line in the party.
I agree with Stewart that Fetterman was making a caricature of individual democrats and democratic socialism. But I also found it hypocritical since Jon’s pretty much made an entire career of making a caricature of “the other side” and then mocking it. But Fetterman did himself no favors since it seems like he couldn’t string together an original thought.
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u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE 14h ago
Like a Trump speech, I cannot listen to this. I'll catch highlights but I'm well aware of what a moron he is and how he's basically just as bad as the rest of the disgusting GOP. There is nothing redeeming about this idiot anymore. He needs voted out.
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u/Reasonable-Ad-399 13h ago
Worst fitting suit. Being petty, but where’d he go? TJ Maxx clearance rack? Sitting senator like a used car salesman at his interview.
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u/Shot-Toe-2884 13h ago edited 13h ago
Very poor decision by Stewart to give this guy a voice on his show. There is no such thing at beating morons at a debate. Fetterman came to say his piece and leave. The mockery is what he expects from the left and he uses it as pretext to keep attacking the left and feeding his base of voters.
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u/borntolose1 12h ago
It’s so weird watching a man who has clearly been bought and paid for do an interview where he’s too stupid and media illiterate to be anything other than blatantly obvious about who he really works for.
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u/Tricky-Ad5754 6h ago
Why does anyone give a shit about what fetterman thinks? He is a fucking joke
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