In one of the viral media moments of the week: comedian Jon Stewart Compares Vice President Kamala Harris, who led the charge in certifying her election defeat, to being mocked at her “own funeral.”
As is the tradition, a joint session of Congress met Monday to count the Electoral College votes and formally certify the results. As president of the Senate, Harris, who lost to newly elected President Donald Trump in the November election, joined two other vice presidents in recent history who had to overcome their own presidential election defeat.
Liberal late-night hosts, including Stewart, winced at the awkward situation as they cracked jokes during their Monday night shows.
“The ultimate outrage of this January 6 is, of course, that Donald Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris, because she was the vice president, serves as master of ceremonies,” Stewart responded on “The Daily Show,” referring to the ceremony that took place on the four-year anniversary anniversary of the Capitol riot.
KAMALA HARRIS MAKES TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL WIN OFFICIAL AT JOINT CONGRESSION
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: US Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with US Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) after Harris certified the Electoral College vote during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2024 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla)
“Poor baby… But it sucks,” Stewart added.
Stewart played a video clip of Harris reading the Electoral College votes Trump received before the room erupted into cheers.
“That must sting,” Stewart said afterwards with a grimace.
“She says, ‘Um, I can hear you,’” he continued. “It’s like attending your own funeral and even the mourners say, ‘Woo hoo!'”
“I can’t imagine anything that would be more awkward than standing there with the crowd cheering on your opponent,” he said.
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Jon Stewart responds to Vice President Kamala Harris’ statement on the 2024 election results. (The Daily Show/Screenshot)
After cheers erupted from Democrats after Harris read her own electoral votes, Stewart joked, “There’s a lot of joy in that room. I think she can still win this thing!’
“She just needs to find 130,000 votes in Georgia! And then some in Michigan, Pennsylvania and maybe Wisconsin. Maybe North Carolina…,” he finished.
The comedian closed the segment by complimenting the civility of the certification ceremony.
“It’s amazing how smoothly our democracy works when you don’t act like a little b—h when you lose. Don’t name names! Just say it,” he said.
The election certification by Congress was the final step for that Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, and President-elect Donald Trump, right (Getty)
Harris, in her role as Senate president, became the first vice president to oversee Congress’ confirmation of his or her election loss since then. Vice President Al Gore did so in January 2001, after losing to George W. Bush in 2000. election.
Forty years earlier, then-Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the certification of his narrow 1960 election loss to John F. Kennedy.
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Paul Steinhauser of Fox News contributed to this report.
