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Jon Stewart made a career of being “fake news” that shills for Democrats. It seems things haven’t changed since his “retirement.”
Conservatives aren’t always the biggest fans of Jon Stewart because of the legacy of his former Comedy Central show that merged comedy and politics in an unholy partisan alliance. What’s worse is that all of the late-night comedy shows have grabbed hold of this model and very few of his acolytes are competent enough to pull it off as effectively as he did.
But occasionally, even Jon Stewart is right about something — his support and advocacy for veterans and first responders is truly commendable.
For the past several years, Stewart has been demanding Congress address the illness, suffering, and even death of veterans and servicemembers caused by exposure to toxic chemicals from burn pits. Burn pits were used to burn solid waste in open air without equipment and were used in Iraq, Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and other locations across Asia and the Middle East.
Congress is finally acting on this with the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.
However, this is Washington with a Democrat President, House, and the Democrat Vice President acting as the tie-breaking vote of a 50/50 split Senate, so you know there’s gonna be some shenanigans.
So very often the shenanigans seem to relate to spending. The Dems just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to shoving unrelated spending into bills.
The PACT Act was no different. Democrats shoved $400 billion in unrelated spending into the bill.
Most of the Senate understands the importance of passing this act, and of getting veterans the health care they need. However, it has been held up in Congressional red-tape, essentially.
It was originally passed in June, but then was required to be put up for a revote after the House made a change to the legislation. The change in the bill up for a vote before the Senate, according to the Congressional Budget Office, was to the tune of $400 billion in completely unrelated spending.
Source: Human Events
Jon Stewart lost his mind when GOP Senators refused to vote for it anyway. Stewart used his platform to say that Republican Senators don’t care about veterans and insist that the bill hadn’t changed between what was passed in June and what came back from the House.
Stewart became the useful idiot slamming Republican Senators for not passing the PACT Act with the $400 billion stuffed in there.
(LANGUAGE WARNING)
‘If this is America first, then America is f*cked.’
Watch Jon Stewart’s full speech Thursday slamming Republican senators for stalling the PACT Act, which would expand health care for veterans affected by burn pits. pic.twitter.com/qMRUfdoFR4
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 28, 2022
Of course, Stewart grabbed the attention of the Regime Media and the headline was, “Republican Senators block veteran’s health bill.”
Jon Stewart passionately defended the PACT Act after GOP blocked the veterans’ health bill on Capitol Hill. https://t.co/wWNBlJb47S pic.twitter.com/Fojy0VjpqT
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 28, 2022
Stewart kept insisting that the bill hadn’t been changed.
“If this is America First, America is f*cked!”
– Jon Stewart GOING IN ON the Senate Republicans who killed the PACT Act that would have helped veterans affected by toxic burn pits, simply because they’re mad about reconciliation. pic.twitter.com/hnUtu4orRU
— TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) July 28, 2022
Stewart even showed up on Fox News saying that the “budget gimmick” isn’t in the bill.
“That’s simply not true. Don’t take my word for it. Go to https://t.co/G35KQ3kOI5. The text of the bill has not been changed.” — @JonStewart on @FoxNews dismantling Republican Senator Pat Toomey’s talking point that a budget gimmick was snuck into the PACT Act at the last minute. pic.twitter.com/IU7lZDb0MK
— The Problem With Jon Stewart (@TheProblem) July 29, 2022
He’s wrong.
Navy veteran and journalist Jack Posobiec called him out on Twitter for it. As anyone who follows him knows, Poso always has the receipts.
Here are links to the House and Senate bill scores from the CBO, again, an non-partisan office
House – https://t.co/e1e4ZrrSvy
Senate – https://t.co/cFMclUYM7o
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 30, 2022
And for the record, I’m a veteran who has multiple friends with permanent health problems bc of burn pits. Both sides need to just stop screwing around and get this done. And Democrat celebs like @JonStewart who never served can shut the funk up.
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 30, 2022
He even retweeted a video of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) saying that he’d vote for the bill if the $400B of spending was taken out.
Literally @tedcruz even said he’d vote for the PACT Act if the Dems take out the $400B in separate spending, and @JonStewart responded by screaming and insulting him
What gives, Jon? pic.twitter.com/6pPuU8utjj
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 30, 2022
Wow. Even Democrats are now admitting @JonStewart lied about the PACT Act
Shameful, Jon pic.twitter.com/zjobqX5Iju
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 1, 2022
This led to a confrontation on Capitol Hill with Jon Stewart, Raheem Kassam of National Pulse, and Jack Posobiec of Human Events on the weekend and it got heated.
Kassam tweeted all about it including video of Stewart searing at Posobiec and calling him a “f*cking troll.”
As I was leaving, I thanked Jon for his time and he said, “I hope this is good for your brand.”
I thought that was an appalling thing to say at an event where EVERYONE supports a form of the PACT Act, and told me all I need to know about where his mind is on this.
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
Make up your own mind who is “in good faith” here or not. pic.twitter.com/P6cj3tntB5
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
According to Jack, after about an hour, Jon calmed down and they came to an agreement that the bill needs to be passed.
I’m here in DC with @jonstewart and @GruntStyle1SG with a message about helping the veterans pic.twitter.com/fdIvBSkRG7
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 1, 2022
While it’s great that they came to an agreement, Jon Stewart’s behavior was shameful — especially with a calm, cool Jack Posobiec making him look even worse.
Here’s him screaming at me while all I kept saying was “calm down so everyone can talk to each other”.
Never thought I’d have to be the voice of reason on Capitol Hill 🤣 pic.twitter.com/a9Z40hf0IN
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
Here’s a longer clip of Jon screaming at Jack.
It would be really nice if we could dispense with the name-calling and vitriol when it’s pretty clear that both sides want the same thing.
Conservatives could learn a lot from Poso’s calm demeanor when facing a raging Jon Stewart.
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