--- title: Here Are the Politicians Who Dropped By Stewart's Last 'Daily Show' description: Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie, Chuck Schumer and a handful of other politicians gave Jon Stewart a mixed send-off. canonical: https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-07T04:50:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:09.513Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show' og:description: Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie, Chuck Schumer and a handful of other politicians gave Jon Stewart a mixed send-off. og:url: https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show' twitter:description: Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie, Chuck Schumer and a handful of other politicians gave Jon Stewart a mixed send-off. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last _Daily Show_ ## Video: Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WrYwrJkn.m3u8) (1:05)  _Published 2015-08-07. Jon Stewart signed off for the last time on The Daily Show Thursday after 16 years as host._  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 4:50 AM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 4:50 AM CUT Among Jon Stewart’s [many visitors](http://time.com/3988371/stephen-colbert-daily-show-finale/ "undefined") during his final episode of _The Daily Show_ Thursday were a handful of politicians who recorded send-offs for the host. Though they didn’t say as much, the looks on their faces seemed to register the feeling of a thorn being magically removed from their sides. From the U.S. Senate, there was Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham and John McCain. Congressman Charles Rangel bade farewell, as did Secretary of State John Kerry, New Jersey governor Chris Christie and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. Hillary Clinton even offered her own sarcastic message: “And just when I’m running for president, what a bummer.” > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/629497403486404608) The media industry also paid tribute to Stewart, with goodbyes from Wolf Blitzer, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and even arch-nemesis Bill O’Reilly. Some of the politicians clearly relished the opportunity to give Stewart a taste of his own medicine. McCain, though, put it most succinctly: “So long, jackass.” > [](https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/629494213990854656) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/"},"headline":"Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-08-07T04:50:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:09.513Z","description":"Clinton was disappointed he wasn't sticking around to cover her campaign","url":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/","name":"Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last Daily Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show","description":"Jon Stewart signed off for the last time on The Daily Show Thursday after 16 years as host.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/WrYwrJkn/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-07T05:51:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WrYwrJkn.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3988440/jon-stewart-last-daily-show-politicians/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```