Liberal comic Jon Stewart just may have some serious anger management issues, having spent the last several days in an explosive rage after Senate Republicans sniffed out a Democrat scam to use legislation that was ostensibly supposed to be about expanding health benefits for veterans as a cloak for hundreds of billions of dollars in leftist pet projects and pork.
Stewart, a longtime shill for the Democratic Party who has spent years advocating for the nation’s vets, was deployed as a celebrity attack dog after GOP senators blocked passage of the PACT Act last week, a bill that aids those who during their service for their country suffered health problems from exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances and which initially had their approval before it was hijacked by duplicitous Dems as a vehicle for $400 billion in unrelated spending.
The 59-year-old Stewart, who has struggled to recapture the stardom that he previously enjoyed as the host of “The Daily Show,” has spent days yapping at Republican lawmakers, including Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey whom he called a “f**king coward.” And on Monday, he flew off the handle at conservative reporter Jack Posobiec whom he accused of being “a f**king troll” in a heated exchange that was captured on video.
Jon Stewart is not wellpic.twitter.com/s64jpCgsIY
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 1, 2022
National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem J. Kassam, who was also present during Stewart’s volcanic, profanity-laced tirade detailed the ugly encounter on Twitter.
“So uh, @JackPosobiec and I went to speak with Jon Stewart outside the Capitol. Jack asked some pretty ordinary questions, and Jon began screaming in our faces for about 10 minutes. At one point he was nose to nose with me. I kept trying to calm him down,” he wrote.
So uh, @JackPosobiec and I went to speak with Jon Stewart outside the Capitol. Jack asked some pretty ordinary questions, and Jon began screaming in our faces for about 10 minutes. At one point he was nose to nose with me. I kept trying to calm him down. pic.twitter.com/5C9bxEXTAr
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
“After all the screaming was over, Jon pulled me aside and explained to me that he doesn’t want discretionary spending amendments because it would lead to underfunding. I listened. Before I could reply he walked away. We then spoke with Vets for 45 mins,” Kassam added.
After all the screaming was over, Jon pulled me aside and explained to me that he doesn’t want discretionary spending amendments because it would lead to underfunding. I listened. Before I could reply he walked away. We then spoke with Vets for 45 mins.
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
“As I was leaving, I thanked Jon for his time and he said, ‘I hope this is good for your brand,’ Kassam wrote of an insulting and undignified remark by Stewart. “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.”
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
“At least we can say we tried. @JackPosobiec consistently asked if he could use his platform in any way to bring opposing sides together. Jon just screamed at him. At one point grabbed him. CNN cameras will show only part of this, but I got lots too,” he said.
Make up your own mind who is “in good faith” here or not. pic.twitter.com/P6cj3tntB5
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
Stewart also addressed critics in a bizarre rant in which he self-identified as a “liberal piece of s**t” and likened himself to President Joe Biden’s son’s dope dealer.
Jon Stewart at protest in support of the bill providing health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits:
“I get it: I am a liberal piece of shit…I’m Hunter Biden’s cocaine dealer…But the VFW isn’t…and the Wounded Warriors Project isn’t, so why are they standing here?” pic.twitter.com/b5MugIOZtP
— The Recount (@therecount) August 1, 2022
“I get it, I am a liberal piece of sh*t,” he said with a twang. “I get it. I know what I am. I’m Hunter Biden’s cocaine dealer. I get it. I’m more gay pride flag than man. I get it. But the VFW isn’t, and the American Legion isn’t, and the IAVA isn’t, and DAV isn’t, and the Wounded Warriors Project isn’t so why are they standing here?”
“You can attack me all you want and you can troll me online and you can tell me I don’t know, if Schumer would just take out his $400 billion, it’s not in there but here’s the beautiful thing, I don’t give a sh*t,” he ranted. “I’m not scared of you, and I don’t care…”
Posobiec, who, unlike the easily-triggered Stewart, kept his cool throughout, eventually found common ground with the hot-headed comic with the two agreeing to work together in the interest of vets.
Good work @JackPosobiec and @jonstewart for coming through this like men. Now THIS is great to see: https://t.co/8I5b8xmvjH
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 1, 2022
Stewart’s red-faced antics have succeeded in him getting media attention but have also drawn serious questions on whether he is ok upstairs.
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