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Jon Stewart: “We peacefully transferred power again.”

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Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:10:50

Yes, that's right. To certify. And how. It was supposed to be a fair election. Exactly right. Which for some reason was big news because we. We peacefully transferred power again. We're back. Right. Look at us. Right. Look at what we've done. Yeah, yeah. But I just, I think that we. We've been through a lot. (1:10:50–1:10:53)

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