Jon Stewart sends furious message to pollsters as Trump declares victory

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Jon Stewart sent a direct message to pollsters during his US election coverage, where Donald Trump claimed a shock victory over Kamala Harris.

Trump has been re-elected president after sweeping several key battleground states hours after polls closed, leaving him only the second man to be re-elected president in non-consecutive terms.

Stewart finished his Election Day edition of The daily show at midnight Eastern Time and used his closing message to criticize pollsters who throughout the campaign had predicted that Harris would narrowly win the election.

“It’s not quite called yet. We don’t really know what all the results will be. Our time is running out. I want to send a quick message very soon to all the pollsters, pollsters, um, ‘Blow me,’” the comedian said.

“I never want to hear from you again. Ever. I never want to hear, ‘We corrected the overcorrection video with the voters!’ You don’t know s*** about s*** and I don’t give a damn about you,” Stewart said in a scathing rant.

Although visibly frustrated, Stewart tried to end the show on a positive, if sober, note.

The 61-year-old said: “Look, look, look. Here’s the thing. Well, here’s what we know is that we don’t really know anything and we’re going to come out of this election and we’re going to with all kinds of statements about what this country is and what this world is.. And the truth is, we’re not really going to know. We’re all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place we prefer to be, and I just want to point out, just as a matter of perspective, that the lessons that our experts are taking from these results which they will pronounce with certainty will be wrong.”

Stewart then posted a montage of other bad old statements that have come from politicians and pundits since the last US election, such as the decline of Trump and the end of racism.

“My point is this: F***!” shouted Stewart. “But this is not the end. I promise you, this is not the end. And we have to regroup and we have to continue to fight and continue to work day in and day out to create the better society for our children to this world.”

Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida
Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida (Getty)

At the time of writing, the count is still underway in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada.

Addressing cheering supporters in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump called them “the greatest political movement of all time” and said they would “help our country heal” and would “fix everything about our country.” Trump said his victory heralded a “golden age for America” ​​and he also claimed to have won the popular vote.