Jon Stewart: Americans 'still have time' to preserve democracy
CNN
Comedian Jon Stewart reflected on the state of American politics on Sunday, warning that although the country's democratic system is under threat, Americans "still have time" to preserve it.
"It's bracing sometimes to hear the reality of people's lives in other countries as -- it's not to say that warning signs don't exist or bells aren't going off or that democracy is a birth right and it is something that will be always be with us as as a kind of sash that we wear, having been crowned the greatest democracy," Stewart told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" while discussing an interview from his new Apple TV+ series, "The Problem With Jon Stewart."
He continued: "But it did remind us that we have a long way to go before we end up in those situations. And it's kind of like, you know, watching a fable where you realize -- like maybe the end of 'A Christmas Story' -- where you're like, 'what day is it? It's Christmas Day. Oh, my God that's great, I still have time.' Like we still have time."