{"id":102607,"date":"2025-10-28T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102607\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:36:08","slug":"jon-stewart-pitches-zohran-mamdani-on-the-daily-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102607\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Pitches Zohran Mamdani on \u2018The Daily Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Zohran Mamdani<\/a> visited The Daily Show, was he expecting to spend his time fielding Jon Stewart\u2019s newest schemes? Stewart went big-brained while he had Mamdani on the October 27 episode of his talk show, suggesting new ways for Mamdani to fit all kinds of people into New York should he be elected mayor on November 4. \u201cWe talk about housing and all those different things. Do we just need more land?\u201d Stewart asked Mamdani. Then, before the candidate could answer, Stewart leaned forward and suggested, \u201cThere\u2019s this park that I\u2019ve been to \u2026 in the middle of the city.\u201d Mamdani, ever composed, impersonated Trump in response: \u201cWhat an incredible opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even after Mamdani took a moment to explain his slightly more feasible ideas for more affordable housing, Stewart was kept pitching. \u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t wanna go with the more-land thing? I know they do this sometimes in the Middle East \u2014 they just build islands out of nothing.\u201d He\u2019s likely referring to the UAE\u2019s Palm and World Islands, which are man-made archipelagos. \u201cCan\u2019t we connect lower Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty and then just throw up a couple of high-rises?\u201d Stewart asked. This time, Mamdani was onboard. \u201cI just wanna take this moment,\u201d he riffed. \u201cThat is the policy idea I came here tonight to announce.\u201d Stewart was thrilled: \u201cPerfect!\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, throughout the entirety of the interview, Stewart and Mamdani were chummy pals. (Or, to use Curtis Sliwa\u2019s favorite terminology<\/a>, Stewart was \u201cglazing\u201d him.) By the end, Stewart took a moment to just acknowledge Mamdani\u2019s historic run. \u201cHonestly, I think any New Yorker who looks at someone getting an opportunity, who\u2019s representing communities that have not been as represented: a Muslim, a young person, a progressive, a democratic socialist,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cThere are so many different communities that are looking to you and, I hate to put it on you, as a bit of a Jackie Robinson moment. And I know that that probably wields some weight, but man oh man, what an exciting opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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