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In one of the viral media moments of the week, comedian Jon Stewart compared Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the certification of her election loss to being mocked at her “own funeral.”
As is tradition, a joint session of Congress called on Monday to count the Electoral College votes and formally certify the results. As president of the Senate, Harris, who lost to President-elect Donald Trump in the November election, joined two other vice presidents in recent history who had to preside over their own defeat in a presidential election.
Liberal late-night hosts, including Stewart, grimaced at the awkward situation while cracking jokes on their Monday night shows.
“Of course, the ultimate indignity of this January 6 is that Donald Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris, because she is vice president, acts as mistress of ceremonies,” Stewart reacted on “The Daily Show,” referring to the ceremony that took place. place all four days. -Year anniversary of the Capitol riots.
KAMALA HARRIS MAKES TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY OFFICIAL DURING JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 6: US Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after Harris certifies the Electoral College vote during a joint session of the Congress to certify the 2024 presidential election at the United States Capitol. on January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla)
“Poor baby… But it sucks,” Stewart added.
Stewart played a video clip of Harris reading the electoral college votes Trump received before cheers erupted in the chamber.
“That must hurt,” Stewart said afterward with a grimace.
“She says, ‘Um, I can hear you,'” he continued. “It’s like attending your own funeral and even the mourners say, ‘Woo hoo!'”
“I can’t imagine anything that’s more uncomfortable than standing there while the crowd cheers for your opponent,” he said.
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Jon Stewart reacts as Vice President Kamala Harris certifies the 2024 election results. (The Daily Show/Screenshot)
After cheers erupted from Democrats after Harris read her own electoral votes, Stewart joked: “There’s a lot of joy in that room. I think she can still win this!”
“She just needs to find about 130,000 votes in Georgia! And then some in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and maybe Wisconsin. Maybe North Carolina…” he trailed off.
The comedian concluded the segment by praising the civility of the certification ceremony.
“It’s amazing how well our democracy works when you don’t act like a little bitch when you lose. No naming names! Just saying it,” she said.
The electoral certification by Congress was the last step before Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, and President-elect Donald Trump, right. (Getty)
Harris, in her role as president of the Senate, became the first vice president to oversee congressional confirmation of her electoral defeat since then-Vice President Al Gore did so in January 2001, after losing to George W. Bush in the elections. 2000 elections. election.
Four decades earlier, then-Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the certification of his narrow 1960 election loss to John F. Kennedy.
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
