Watch Jon Stewart analyze the Harris-Trump debate on The Daily Show

The daily show went live last night and followed the debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with moderator Jon Stewart commenting on the debate.

“So far, it looks like this presidential race is going to be a close one,” Stewart told the late-night show audience, listing some of the recent expressions of support for both candidates. He mentioned Dick Cheney's comments about wanting to vote for Harris, after which Stewart told the former vice president to “fuck off.”

Stewart analyzed both candidates' pre-debate strategies before moving on to the event itself. After playing a clip of the debate's first question about the American economy, Stewart was pleased to note that neither actually answered the question.

“I just want to say how incredibly refreshing it is, after surviving the PTSD of the last presidential debate, to go back to the old motto of 'Nobody's going to answer any damn questions!'” Stewart affirmed. “We're back! America is back! You ask them a question and they just turn the page and answer whatever they want to answer.”

Stewart went over more questions and the candidates' answers, including how they have handled the issue of abortion and Trump's rallies. After playing a clip of Harris commenting on Trump supporters leaving his events early, Stewart declared, “She attacked what is Donald Trump's most valuable family member: the crowds at his rallies.”

Later, Stewart played the clip of Trump claiming that people in Springfield are eating their pets. “What the hell just happened?” Stewart asked, addressing the audience from a second camera. “A quick reminder to all the pet owners out there: Always remember to keep your dogs on a leash,” the host joked. “That's an important way to prevent your dogs from fighting with other dogs, getting hit by a car, or getting eaten by your immigrant neighbors.”

Stewart ultimately concluded that he didn't know if the debate would change anyone's mind about his vote. “People are terribly entrenched in their view of these things,” he said. “What I think is a perfect answer from one candidate, another sees as an evasion or a lie or something like that. It doesn't matter what they say anymore.”

He added: “But one thing will always be true, and that is the quality of the former president that I respect least: Whenever he is cornered and forced to face even the smallest consequences for his own mendacity and scheming, he resorts to the greatest refuge of villains. As Shaggy would say, 'It wasn't me!'… In any other country, such a lack of responsibility would be grounds for disqualification.”