Jon Stewart was hot today about Republicans reneging the “Honoring Our Pact” Bill, designed to help veterans exposed to Agent Orange and Toxic fumes from the burn pits that disposed of chemical weapons during the war in Iraq.
Here’s fair warning, Jon’s language is definitely not office safe.
“If this is America First, then America is fucked.”
Take 10 minutes to watch Jon Stewart tear into Republicans for blocking a Senate bill providing benefits to veterans, including for those exposed to burn pits. pic.twitter.com/UMzCV5uKnU
— The Recount (@therecount) July 28, 2022
“Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart tore into Republicans as “stab-vets-in-the-back senators” on Thursday after they blocked the passage of a bill expanding health care coverage for military veterans.
“If this is America first, then America is fucked,” an exasperated Stewart said.
The comedian, surrounded by a group of veterans on Capitol Hill, spoke to reporters after GOP senators pulled their support for a bill meant to help those suffering from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam and toxic pits full of burned military waste in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
“Ain’t this a bitch, America’s heroes who fought in our wars, outside sweating their asses off, with oxygen, battling all kinds of ailments, while these motherfuckers sit in the air conditioning, walled off from any of it.”
“These are men and women, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers we just let stand outside in the heat when they can’t breathe,”
“Boy, they haven’t met a war they won’t sign up for, and they haven’t met a veteran they won’t screw over. What the fuck are we?”
And the onslaught didn’t end there, Jon continued to call them out on Twitter…
Congratulations @SenToomey You successfully used the Byzantine Senate rules to keep sick veterans suffering!!!! Kudos! I’m sure you’ll celebrate by kicking a dog or punching a baby…or whatever terrible people do for fun!!!!!
— Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) July 27, 2022
Take that, Toomey!
The question is..How do you shame the shameless? @SenToomey @LeaderMcConnell #supportveterans #notthewarmachine or really..how do you shame the shameful?
— Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) July 28, 2022
PS Fuck the R caucus and their empty promise to our veterans.
— Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) July 27, 2022
Fuck ‘em indeed, Jon.
And all because Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer gave them some of their own medicine yesterday.
Hey, Republicans, this fight is between you and us Democrats, leave the vets out of it!
And don’t piss off Jon Stewart anymore, it will not end well for you.
Schemer’s gonna give you a chance to fix this vote come Monday. Don’t fuck up again!
What I don’t understand is seeing how there isn’t a single group other than rich, white, male, Xtian folks these Republiscum MAGAt assholes haven’t fucked over recently, why are they still “expected” to win majorities in the House and Senate this Fall???
Rhetorical question.
*sigh*
They’re expected to because their base is exactly like them-selfish, self-centered pieces of shit.
Thing is, the ‘pube pols ARE fucking over their base but the people who make up that base also are on the left side of the I.Q. bell curve. These people have been voting for those fools for decades. Are their lives any better? Of course not. These people are the ones dying by the hundreds, hell thousands, from opioids. These are the people who sneer at people with an education while crawling around in coal mines or doing other meaningless crap. President Obama spoke a simple fact when he said that all these people have are their guns and bibles.
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I am going to share this one!
The quote I heard and really appreciate is “the senate is where transparency goes to die”.
vote blue every 2 years and bring 5 people w you to do the same !
Jon is amazing and the GOP should know better than to get on his bad side.
A lot of them probably need to sit on cushions after the reaming he gave them over 9/11 first-responders. Anybody notice a pattern here?
Give billions, no strings attached, to the semiconductor industry, but for regular folks, they cry poor.