Jon Stewart looked at the news on Thursday morning and could find no jokes to spin in the wake of the tragic events that occurred in Charleston, South Carolina.
"I didn't do my job today," Stewart started off "The Daily Show" on Thursday night. "So I apologize. I've got nothing for you in terms of jokes and sounds because of what happened in South Carolina."
Nearing the end of his hosting tenure, the 52-year-old comedian spoke candidly about the "depraved violence that we do to each other" in the United States and the "gaping racial wound that will not heal yet we pretend doesn't exist."
The audience kept their laughs to a minimum through much of Stewart's monologue as he focused on the racism of the situation rather than the politics of gun control and mental illness. He also highlighted South Carolina's continued remembrance of the defeated Confederacy - naming roads after Confederate soldiers and flying the Confederate flag over the South Carolina State House.
