Jon Stewart urges Democrats to end seniority system after midterm wins

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Comedian Jon Stewart urged Democrats to scrap their seniority system after the party won the midterm elections, according to HuffPost, The Daily Beast and the New York Post. On his podcast The Weekly Show, Stewart said the victory “means nothing if squandered” and urged Democrats to “govern sanely, govern competently.” The New York Post reports that he also called on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to give up his leadership role. HuffPost reports that the remarks came in answer to a listener question about whether Schumer should step aside. The outlets describe the midterm result as a sweep that returned both chambers of Congress to Democrats.

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Jon Stewart said on his podcast The Weekly Show that Democrats must end the seniority system in their party.
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Stewart said the midterm victory “means nothing if squandered.”
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The Daily Beast
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Democrats won the midterm elections, which the New York Post describes as a sweep returning both chambers of Congress to the party.
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The New York Post reports that Stewart called on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to give up his leadership role.
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HuffPost reports that Stewart was answering a listener question about whether Schumer should step aside.
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All three outlets report that Stewart urged Democrats to end the seniority system after their midterm wins. The left-side outlets focus on the demand for structural change and on Schumer’s role, while the right-side New York Post stresses Stewart’s profane attack on the party’s old guard and his call for Schumer to step down.

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Both left-side outlets are Far Left, and both frame Stewart’s remarks as a demand for Democrats to overhaul the party, with HuffPost tying it to ousting Schumer and The Daily Beast stressing the warning against squandering the win.
Jon Stewart Says Democrats Must Scrap Its 'Sensational language“Bulls**t System”A profane epithet for the seniority system that adds a judgement beyond the facts, although it is a quote from Stewart.More neutral: seniority systemThese are Jon Stewart’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' — And Loaded verb“Toss This Leader Out”The verb presents removing a leader as a dramatic ejection, which goes beyond what the podcast remarks report.More neutral: Calls for Schumer to Step AsideDisagree with this highlight? With It
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The side’s only outlet here, the New York Post, leads with Stewart’s profane attack on Democrats’ system and a call for Schumer to step down.
Jon Stewart warns against ‘Sensational language“bulls–t system”A profane epithet for the seniority system that adds a judgement beyond the facts, although it is a quote from Stewart.More neutral: seniority systemThese are Jon Stewart’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ ruling Dem party, calls for Chuck Schumer to step down after midterm sweep
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The politically savvy comic proposed one simple way for Democrats to free the party from what “got us…
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Toss This Leader OutMore neutral: Calls for Schumer to Step Aside
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Jon Stewart Says Democrats Must Scrap Its 'Bulls**t System' — And Toss This Leader Out With It
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Jon Stewart Says Democrats Must Scrap Its 'Bulls**t System' — And Toss This Leader Out With It
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Scrapping the seniority system
Schumer’s leadership
Victory means nothing if squandered

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HuffPostFar Left
Jon Stewart Says Democrats Must Scrap Its 'Sensational language“Bulls**t System”A profane epithet for the seniority system that adds a judgement beyond the facts, although it is a quote from Stewart.More neutral: seniority systemThese are Jon Stewart’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' — And Loaded verb“Toss This Leader Out”The verb presents removing a leader as a dramatic ejection, which goes beyond what the podcast remarks report.More neutral: Calls for Schumer to Step AsideDisagree with this highlight? With It
The Loaded modifier“politically savvy comic”The praising label pre-judges the comedian’s political judgement in the outlet’s own voice.More neutral: comedianDisagree with this highlight? proposed one simple way for Democrats to free the party from what “got us into this mess” during his Wednesday podcast.
20 hr agoRead at HuffPost (opens in a new tab)
The Daily BeastFar Left
Jon Stewart Has Tough Message for Dems After Blowout Victory
Jon Stewart is sharing some strong words with Democrats after their landslide midterm-election victory. On the latest episode of The Weekly Show , Stewart celebrated the blue wave that swept through the country on Tuesday, but said, “This victory means nothing if squandered. …
22 hr agoRead at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)

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Scrapping the seniority system
Schumer stepping down
Party’s old guard

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Jon Stewart warns against ‘Sensational language“bulls–t system”A profane epithet for the seniority system that adds a judgement beyond the facts, although it is a quote from Stewart.More neutral: seniority systemThese are Jon Stewart’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ ruling Dem party, calls for Chuck Schumer to step down after midterm sweep
After Democrats swept the midterms, Jon Stewart called on the party to end its seniority system and urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to step down.
3 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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The Daily Beast, Nov 5, 1:04 PM EST
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The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 5, 1:04 PM EST
HuffPostFar LeftNov 5, 2:18 PM EST
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