"I think what's happening right now with all of us, myself included, because having the ability to have a catharsis, or talk about it, or work with people every day is emotionally sustaining, but I think we have a shared feeling of helplessness. We're all watching the same thing and going, 'This is, some of the show? Fuck it.' Who are you going to believe, you or your lying eyes? And where we're at is sort of that: how are we going to slow this down?"
"'People keep saying, 'Oh, this guy is Hitler.' No, he's not... Hitler was popular. This guy's not,' Stewart noted, arguing that voters have been the true 'bulwark' against democracy's backslide. 'It ain't flying in a lot of places where you think it might be flying.'"
Jon Stewart was asked whether he would consider running for office and declined to give an explicit commitment while analyzing why the question recurs. He said viewers' exasperation and distrust of elected officials fuel speculation, describing a shared feeling of helplessness and the need for catharsis. He said daily conversation and working with people are emotionally sustaining even as people feel powerless. He expressed hope in voters, cited changing attitudes in his hometown, and argued that voter resistance has blunted threats to democracy despite institutional dysfunction.
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