It was not official that Donald Trump would win the presidential election during The Daily Show’s live taping on Tuesday night on Comedy Central, but the writing was on the wall as the assembled cast struggled to deal the news as the guy with the bleep button got a workout.
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Despite playing the part of the level-headed host, Stewart was anxious. Thankfully for him, the pie-in-the-sky lieutenant governor of Michigan, Garlin Gilchrist II, was there to cheer him up. Gilchrist painted a rosy picture of Kamala Harris’s chances, leading Stewart to ask him, “I've got to tell you something, sir. On a night where I'm looking for some positivity and some good news, you have brought it, my friend. You have brought it to me. You’ve given my heart a lift, you've made me feel good. I want to ask you, how is this even close in Michigan?”
He further asked, “Donald Trump called for a ban on all Muslims traveling to America and then goes to Dearborn and he's getting big votes in the Arab American community, all these different things. He's partnered with Elon Musk, who might be one of the bigger threats to Detroit's automaking industry. How is this so close?”
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