Stewart: You Don’t Bring a Roast Comedian at a Rally and Not Have Him Roast, It’s Like Bringing in Beyonce and Not Have...

STEWART: “You know how many ‘Scenes from an Italian Restaurant’ he’s going to have to play to exorcise the demons that were on that stage? There is not enough ‘Downeaster ‘Alexas’’ in the world to clear out the xenophobic stench. You pieces of — but of course, for the media, there was one moment in particular that raised the alarms.”

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JANSING: “The opening act grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons: a comedian who offered unfunny, racist, cringe-worthy jokes.”
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SCARBOROUGH: “Basically calling Puerto Ricans trash.”
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Wilson: “The most repulsive racial jokes about Latinos.”
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ACOSTA: “Disgusting and hateful.”
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HUNT: “So incredibly crude.”
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BASH: “Frankly, just too X-rated to play here.”
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BRZEZINSKI: “Extremely vile so-called jokes.”
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STEWART: “‘Extremely vile so-called jokes.’ She name-checked my comedy album from the ’90s! Did that really —
(Cheering and Applause)
I don’t know who is AI, me or that guy.
(Laughter)
Now obviously, in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before Election Day and roasting a key voting demographic, probably not the best decision by the campaign politically. But be fair, the guy is really just doing what he does. I mean, here he is at the Tom Brady roast a few months ago.”

[Clip starts]
HINCHCLIFFE: “The great Jeff Ross, ladies and gentleman. Jeff is so Jewish, he only watches football for the coin toss. (...) Gronk, you look like the Nazi that kept burning himself on the ovens. (...) Kevin is so small that when his ancestors picked cotton, they called it deadlifting.”
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STEWART: “Yes, yes, of course, terrible, boo. Yes. (Laughs) There is something wrong with me. I find that guy very funny. I’m sorry! I don’t know what to tell you. I mean, bringing him to a rally and having him not do roast jokes, that would be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and not have — oh.”
(Audience reacts)