Gov. Spencer Cox On Why Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Made Him Finish His Book | The Daily Show
Republican Governor Spencer Cox joins Jon Stewart to discuss his new book, “Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt,” and reveals how the assassination of Charlie Kirk in his home state of Utah pushed him to finish writing it. Gov. Cox believes genuine, good-faith debate is the only way out of America’s polarization crisis and explains how Utah’s handling of religious freedom and LGBTQ+ rights shows that opposing sides can find common ground. Jon debates the governor over whether the solution to America’s polarization starts with individuals talking to each other or with the system itself changing first. #DailyShow #CharlieKirk #Utah #Polarization
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September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
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@jjang2922
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Save the lake but add a few data centers
@backlogrob8358
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Politics might have become unhealthy (on the right mostly), but it is not inherently unhealthy
@robbiesilverwolf
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Wait he does one show a week and his show is called the Daily Show?
@wong5150
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
spencer has the mormon delivery/cadence.
@grantacosta
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
You defunded and mandated the removal of the "liberal" arts classes like critical thinking and logic in our educataion system including at the state university level. You are also mandating that my children now receive religious education in public school. I wish you could actually be honest for once.
@Bulgungorium
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
The act of equivocating tolerant actions and intolerant actions is baffling unless you defer to intolerant actions.
@misshavisham3220
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
So much for this guy's honesty. Article from MARCH OF 2025 (early in Trump's second term):
"Feds pause $50 million Biden-era investment in Great Salt Lake"
"In December [of 2024–during Biden's term], the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced the largest ever federal investment in the Great Salt Lake, awarding Utah $50 million to go toward habitat restoration and securing more water to flow to the lake.
"It was widely celebrated among Utah’s leaders. But state officials now say that funding has been paused.
“We’re still working with our partners in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and trying to figure things out from a federal level on what goes, what stops. Right now, as they figure that out, we’re on a temporary pause,” said Brian Steed, the state’s Great Salt Lake Commissioner.
"The agency’s commissioner and Biden appointee Camille Calimlim Touton stood alongside Steed and other state officials on Dec. 2 to announce the $50 million package, which stems from the Inflation Reduction Act."
@MegaCavalier23
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Confirmation bias is new??? That’s been fox’s whole ploy for the right lol
@user-sn9gv1fi2k
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Political violence is un-American.
@Jen1N.
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Oh so he's vying for the Republican nomination for 2028. Trying to sound like a "Reasonable Republican" (oxymoron btw)
@jalapnuts
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
So this is why he proudly opened up protected lands in our state to the oil and mineral racket and helped the FBI literally cover up evidence at UVU? BRUH??
@Anibal-h2j
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Spencer, run for Pres. in 2028 an Independent n you will WIN.
@Anibal-h2j
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Great interview but Spencer next time put on a phukkin' TIE.
@tonyfan3
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Right wing nuts, I’m not going to give you everything you want just because you cry about it – I have free choice
@thbowden2053
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
It should be RED CROSS, not the Switzerland flag with WHITE CROSS.
@spi_media_core
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
This is typical politician speak. Lots of bloviation about how we need to do things better but no way/path/answer/solution to do it. 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
@garrettsharpe1464
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Quite rich for Spencer to decry the gamification of society and reduction in socialization due to AI and online activity when he was such a supporter of the mega data center next to the Great Salt Lake.
@nohbuddy1
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Can I refuse to bake a cake for a Jewish wedding, Catholic wedding, or Mormon wedding in Utah?
@brookealbretsen5180
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I am NOT living next to The Great Trump Lake!!!!
@TopFiveStocks
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
He said political groups are bad but at the start he said he wants to carry the tp usa flame? Kinda confusing and contradictory.
@samarpan2000-1
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I love the show. Interview Katie phang with Epstein case.
@drbassie
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Age of contempt….never owning which party started us down this path in the 80's and 90's.
@nohbuddy1
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
How can you have been alive and aware of US politics and media the last 30 years and think "both sides are the same" regarding this? See how Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, conservative media, etc treated Democrats and liberals
@nohbuddy1
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
He gladly packed Utah's supreme court to push their gerrymandered map
@carolynloweryshannon8585
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
It’s new to be in silos? How about segregation?
(Not in favor of either)
@nabiln85
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I’m 9 minutes into this interview and I can’t believe there’s 13 more – how more empty platitudes does this guy have in the tank?
@BMF-Weldz
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
This guy gives the permits to companies like Morten Salt, do the math as to how that water evaporates so quickly.
Or just zoom in on maps.
@whoprofits2661
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
MAGA complaining about polarization is peak hypocrisy.
@wyoflyboy4675
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Jon Stewart gives us all another master class in problem solving and critical thinking. Something sorely lacking in Utah political leadership.
@Lovers4Fun
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
He should've stopped at "I'm not here to make an arguement".
@zptees
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
at 13:58 the second-hand embarrassment is getting to the point where I don't even want to watch the rest.
@ldbartsch
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I stopped talking to family who consistently defend and vote for Trump because there have to be consequences for these heinous actions. And how I interact with them is the only consequences I control.
@TJones-zw9mw
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
As of right now, The Trump Administration has not given the State of Utah a billion dollars to save the Great Salt Lake. It would be really nice to see happen, but I'm not holding my breath.
@Kaon-music
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
This guy is exactly the problem. Just talking while doing nothing. Utah is a haven for child abuse….protect the children of instead of whining no one agrees with you.
@willbroccolo8389
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Should've asked him about the AI in Box Elder County.
@jarvisalden9019
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
I think healthy debate is actually the most important thing of all. And i think we need to spin it to be a positive to lose an argument. The only person who truly gains anything from an argument is the person who learns something new. The person who ends up being right gains nothing but pride. Their knowledge has not increased, they have no new information. The person who "loses" an argument becomes more informed.
@TheSmarq17
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Typical GQP Magat. His words are so empty. Magats that I have chosen to ignore have earned from me based on what's currently going in my country. I have lost ALL patience with these people, family and friends are no longer family and friends to me because they have been brainwashed by a disgraced reality TV star. I literally have no time for any of them. It's that simple.👎
@tracynonumbers
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Jon – just ask the question
@romanjones4643
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm
'SOCIAL' Media is destroying our country!