Jon Stewart calls Chuck Schumer a ‘human flat tire’ as he mocks him over bizarre shutdown joke

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'The Daily Show' host Jon Stewart laid into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Monday night, roasting the Democratic bigwig for his response to the ongoing government shutdown.

Kicking off his Monday monologue, Stewart rolled a clip of Schumer at a press conference trying to rally the troops. “Democrats are adamant that we must protect the healthcare of the American people,” Schumer declared.

But Stewart wasn’t buying the act. “If you had stopped there, that would be great,” he said. “But you’re gonna keep talking, aren’t you?”

Sure enough, Schumer did. The Senate leader turned to Minnesota Sen Amy Klobuchar with what he thought was a zinger. “New data came out today from KFF, and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries. KFF… That’d be Kentucky French Fries, hmmm?” he quipped.

Jon Stewart rips Chuck Schumer's 'joke'

Stewart looked disgusted. “Who is that joke even for? Six-year-olds who watch C-SPAN? What the f**k are you doing?!” he shouted.

“Chuck Schumer is a human flat tire,” Stewart quipped. “You just can’t… [impersonating Schumer’s nasal drawl] ‘Kentucky Fried French Fry.’ Look at Klobuchar! Poor Klobuchar. That is the face of someone who talked to their dad, who said, ‘Just please don’t do your Indian accent in the restaurant. That’s all I’m asking.’”

The rant comes at the 8:00 minute mark:

The comedian dubbed Schumer “Hack-ie Mason,” and then went on a rant against Democratic leadership in general.

“Look, I’ve given Democrats an enormous amount of s**t for their poor leadership, lack of specific and actionable plans, terrible messaging, abysmal wordplay – did I mention poor leadership?” he said. “But standing up for 75 million Americans in this moment, to defend the rights of people to go into a little less medical debt seems like the least they can f**king do.”

Stewart warned Republicans not to get too comfortable either. “Perhaps, maybe, that will remind the Republicans that their mandate wasn’t 100 percent. They’ve just caught a constitutional, administrative, and logistics break,” he added.

Not Jon Stewart's first roast of Chuck Schumer

It's worth noting that Stewart has been clowning Schumer for years.

He has mocked Schumer’s stiff delivery, even doing impressions of the senator with glasses sliding down his nose, mumbling through what Stewart once called “the most uninspiring performance art in politics.”

He’s also joked that Schumer lacks “rizz.” Stewart practically begged Democrats to find a new spokesperson after a limp argument the senator made back in February against President Donald Trump’s high tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

“Democrats, can you please stop f**king trotting Schumer out there every time Trump traverses into the unreal? He’s not good at this,” Stewart complained.

He then painted an imaginary strategy session from hell. “‘Hey, who should we get out there to effectively battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulators in history? Oh, I don’t know, how about Schumer? He’s uninteresting, but at least he’s monotone. Oh, wait, and Chuck, before you go out there, you look too young! Put on these readers and lower them on your nose. Perfect!’”

“Honestly, listening to Chuck Schumer speak on almost any topic makes me want to bomb Canada,” Stewart concluded.

Shutdown impasse continues

Meanwhile, Schumer’s Democrats are not willing to give an inch in the government shutdown standoff. A weekend away from Washington did little to cool tempers, and Senate Democrats again blocked the GOP’s latest effort to reopen the government, all but guaranteeing the shutdown will drag on for at least another week.

Schumer and his caucus insist they won’t budge unless Republicans agree to a deal preserving Affordable Care Act tax credits, the so-called Obamacare subsidies.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), needs at least eight Democrats to break ranks and vote with Republicans to keep the lights on through November 21.

So far, only Senators John Fetterman (D-Pa), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev), and Angus King (I-Maine) have crossed the aisle. Meanwhile, Sen Rand Paul (R-Ky.) remains the only Republican to defy his own party.

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