Academics withdraw study claiming Jon Stewart helped Trump in 2016

By Colin Wilhelm

Published May 18, 2019 1:53pm ET

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Academics withdraw study claiming Jon Stewart helped Trump in 2016 — Jon Stewart attends the 12th annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in New York. | (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Liberal comedian Jon Stewart probably didn’t help get President Trump elected.

Researchers have retracted a study that claimed Jon Stewart’s departure from “The Daily Show” may have swung the 2016 presidential election.

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