Jon Stewart Chuckles at Raskin for Saying ‘Being the Minority Definitely Is a Lot More Fun’: ‘That’s Not Going to Fly... ‘

STEWART: “I follow this relatively closely, enough to look like this now. I’m 27.
(Laughter)
I follow this relatively closely. I don’t know who is in charge of the Democratic Party. I don’t know the direction you are going. Isn’t there something enlivening about the opportunity before Democrats right now, to rethink, to have that opportunity, almost a rumspringa, if you will? You won’t control the judicial, the Congress, the executive. You have the opportunity to recreate what this party will be going forward. Is there a process for that? Is there a desire for that?”
RASKIN: “Yes, and being the minority definitely is a lot more fun. It invites a lot of creativity and, you know, it is a riot in the pre-January 6th sense of the word.”
STEWART: “(Laughs) That is not a slogan that is going to fly with most minorities. I mean, most minorities would be like, ‘Meh.0”
RASKIN: “But we now have the opportunity to organize for massive Democratic victory in 2026 and that is exactly what we are doing. Because we think that everywhere they are headed is so extreme that the vast majority of the American people are going to reject it. Most Americans do not want to ban abortion across the country. Most Americans do not want to deport 12 million people. Most Americans don’t want to turn the Department of Justice into an instrument of revenge and retaliation. And we are going to be standing up every single day, Jon, for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the freedoms and rights of the people.”
(Cheering and Applause)
STEWART: “It’s gonna be a lot of work.”