“I would have lost,” answered Trump to a reporter. “If Jon Stewart still had his unfunny show on TV. But he quit. I guess you can call him a quitter. I mean I’m still producing a TV show and it will run for another thirty years I bet, maybe fifty, you never know. But Stewart quit and I won.”
Jon Stewart retired from The Daily Show last summer after a 16 year run on the award-winning satirical talk show. While he has made several public appearances during the past election, it did not compare to his nightly show that reached millions of viewers, many in the 18-34 age demographic.
Representatives for Jon Stewart disagreed with Trump saying, “The election had nothing to do with Jon. Clinton simply forgot to have a message during her campaign.”
Clinton and the DNC have agreed with Trump’s statement.
