Charlamagne Tha God says he’d back one of his fellow media personalities for a run at the presidency in three years’ time.
“I would love to see Jon Stewart run in 2028,” the popular radio show host told host Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, in a teased clip from a FOX News Channel sit-down due to air Saturday.
“If we’re talking about like a change agent coming from the outside that’s really going to shake things up and somebody that I feel like can speak to, you know, all people, plus we actually… he’s a celebrity who actually knows what they’re talking about,” he said.
Charlamagne, real name Lenard Larry McKelvey, further noted that Stewart has prior form in getting legislation passed, having lobbied for the 2022 passage for a bill expanding healthcare and state benefits for military veterans exposed to toxins in the line of duty.
He didn’t stop there, adding that Stewart would be well-served running alongside another figure from the nation’s late night roster. “Maybe a Jon Stewart-[Stephen] Colbert ticket, because, you know, Colbert’s not going to have a job,” he said. “He’s not working because of President Trump, so they say.”
CBS recently announced it would be cancelling Colbert’s The Late Show next year. The decision, which the network has said was taken for “economic” rather than “political” reasons, followed just days after Colbert criticized CBS’ parent company, Paramount, for agreeing to pay Trump $16 million to settle allegations of defamation.
Given the payment comes ahead of a lucrative merger between Paramount and production giant Skydance, requiring approval from the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Trade Commission, Colbert had said the settlement amounted to a “big fat bribe.”
