Jon Stewart: Not All Trump Voters Should Be Defined By the Worst of His Rhetoric – WATCH

Jon Stewart shared his analysis of the 2016 election in a recent interview with Charlie Rose.

Stewart remains optimistic about America despite Trump’s victory: “I don’t believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we were two weeks ago. The same country that elected Donald Trump elected Barack Obama.”

Of concerns raised by people of color, minorities, Muslims, immigrants, women (the list goes on), Stewart said, “I feel badly for the people for whom this election will mean more uncertainty and insecurity. But I also feel like this fight has never been easy.”

Stewart blasted Republican leaders Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell for their cynical political gamesmanship that led to Trump’s victory. Stewart described their strategy as, “I’m gonna make sure that government doesn’t work. And them I’m going to use its lack of working as evidence of it.”

He added, “Donald Trump is a reaction not just to Democrats but to Republicans. He is not Republican. He’s a repudiation of Republicans. But they will reap the benefit of his victory, in all of their cynicism.”

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