Jon Stewart on Biden-Trump debate: 'This cannot be real life'

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By Shannon Connellan  on 
Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" beside an image of Trump and Biden.
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President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump went head to head in their first presidential debate of the election on Thursday night — and Jon Stewart has unpacked it all for you.

The Daily Show host went live after the candidates left the stage in Atlanta, wrapping up the media coverage and prep leading up to the debate, the rules, and every little moment in the debate that everyone is talking about today.

Essentially it's 15 minutes of Stewart's glorious reactions, with an undercurrent of major dread.

"This cannot be real life. It just can't! FUCK! WE'RE AMERICA!" Stewart ends the segment with, and...yeah.

For more of Stewart's takes, we've rounded up the recent Daily Show coverage here.

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Shannon Connellan

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture.


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