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Nov 2023
21m 33s

President Obama Gets Elected to Office |...

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The Daily Show jumps in our time machine and heads back to the day after the United States elected its first Black president, Barack Obama, into office in 2008. Host Jon Stewart covers this historic political moment before John Oliver joins to report on his search for the new White House pet. Also, Jon sits with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace to discuss the network's response to the momentous occasion and Wallace’s thoughts on seeing a Black man elected president.

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