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WATCH: Jon Stewart delivers joke-less monologue on Charleston shooting

The killing of nine at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina rendered the comedian unable to, in his words, do his job.

Jon Stewart on stage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on February 28, 2015. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Comedy Central)

By Gabe Friedman June 19, 2015 11:17 am

As Jon Stewart said Thursday night, his job for the past 16 years has been to deliver jokes based on the news.

On Thursday, however, he simply could not do his job – the killing of nine at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina had left him, for the first time, unable to write jokes.

Below is video of Stewart’s joke-less monologue, in which he delivers one of the most impassioned segments of his career.

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