Jon Stewart Says ‘We Dodged a Catastrophe’ After Trump Assassination Attempt, ‘but It Was Still a Tragedy’

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Ethan Shanfeld Jon Stewart returned to “The Daily Show” desk Tuesday night and spoke about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. “We dodged a catastrophe, but it was still a tragedy,” Stewart said.

He then paid tribute to firefighter Corey Comperatore, who died from the shooting. “He had given his life in service to his community and he died literally shielding his family,” Stewart said of Comperatore. “He’s a reminder that in those moments of crisis, there are helpers, and we can all make a choice to try and be one of those people.” Earlier in his opening, Stewart joked about how “the internet is a great source of information” when “shit hits the fan” in the U.S. “For instance, within minutes, I found out that this is staged, and then I found out that it was actually an inside job, and then I found out it was Joe Biden who ordered it,” Stewart quipped of the Trump shooting conspiracy theories.

The “Daily Show” host then discussed why people feel the need to immediately know the suspect’s identity and their background following a tragic event. “When we hear about a horrific event, you’re on pins and needles in this sort of reverse demographic lottery to make sure that the psychopathic shooter doesn’t belong to one of your teams,” Stewart commented. “You just sit there going, please, no democrats, no liberals, no progressives — it’s like that Press Your Luck game… And we’re all doing it.

We have to know what our posture will be on the tragedy.” He added, “And none of us knows what’s going to happen next other than there will be another tragedy in this country, self-inflicted by us to us, and then we’ll have this feeling again.” When late-night TV returned on.