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Stewart deploys football analogies to describe the Democrats’ self-sabotage—comparing their recent electoral successes to a football team leading comfortably but losing in the final moments, a catastrophe akin to the New York Giants’ infamous season. He remarks that Democrats, despite having the “wind at their back,” managed to surrender their leverage and enthusiasm, ensuring they remain stuck with ineffective leadership.
He criticizes Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, for his performative protests on social media—claiming to fight but actually working behind the scenes to capitulate to Republican demands. It is a “show,” Stewart suggests, a spectacle designed to protect vulnerable Democrats but ultimately amounting to betrayal of their promises.