“I Call Bullshit!” Jon on the PACT Act Being Blocked in the Senate
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- “This is an embarrassment - to the Senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. If this is America first, then America is fucked.” Jon Stewart joined an impassioned press conference on Thursday, calling out Republican Senators who are blocking passage of the PACT Act in the Senate. The bill will expand healthcare and benefits for the more than three million veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their military service. The Senate originally passed the legislation in June with extraordinary bipartisan support. The House passed it shortly thereafter, and it arrived back to the Senate on Wednesday for final passage. But a group of Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Pat Toomey, decided to block the measure for purely political reasons, costing sick veterans time they do not have.
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#Veterans #PACTAct #BurnPits
"You don't support the troops, you support the war machine."
That's it, right through the heart.
It’s all about government contracts
Exactly. They only want the war machine to keep goin
Dwight Eisenhower warns about the Military Industrial Complex and how politicians can fall under their spell. The lust for power and money is the root
war = $
they could care less about the veterans.
Republican Sen. Toomey said on the Senate floor that he voted against the bill because it would create $400 billion in unrelated spending
Seems reasonable to vote against a bill when someone slips in $400billion for things not related to what the bill is claimed to be for...
Even Democrat senate majority leader Chuck Schumer switched his vote to no when they slipped in all that corrupt spending. The news won't talk about that though...
As a soldier, I'm accustomed to not being treated to human standards. I'm just too tired. I don't care anymore, and I no longer have the will to complain. I got that beaten out of me pretty effectively.
Thank god there are people like these guys with the gift of gab speaking for us.
I was so close to joining the military but ended up figuring out no one really cares and glad I didn't join.
Don’t give up. Try to stay positive. Politicians make these decisions and the only way to change their decisions is to vote them out.
Do not despair. Even if it is not obvious, you are well loved in America and many parts of the world.
What you have done has saved our families at your own cost and there is no job or profession in this world that can equal this sacrifice.
But you must STAY POSITIVE.
Fight these SOB ‘representatives’ as far as possible without investing your emotions in them.
Vote them out.
And thanks 🙏🏻 and God bless.
a lot of people act like they care to look patriotic and they also vote for politicians who act like they care about vets but it's just lip service, I'm tired of people not holding politicians responsible.
at least people on the Left are shitting on Biden and won't vote for him again, Conservatives were lied to about all kinds of promises, Trump delivered on none of it and they still love him, it's obvious they don't really care about actual issues.
I'm so very sorry Matt.
May you find peace and a reason to care once again.
☮️🛐🛐🛐☮️
As a career Navy Veteran that's lost 8 friends to suicide & knows others that have lung issues from being "in the shit," Jon, I can't thank you enough for helping advocate for us alongside the many Veteran organizations to make sure the #PACTAct is passed. Your statement, “You don’t support the troops, you support the war machine” has to be one of the most accurate and powerful condemnations I’ve heard about this Senate, let alone overall #Congress. #JonForPresident
AMEN!
I said the exact same thing after his speech in front of congress supporting firefighters. If they ran him against Trump, he has the wit to swing back harder.
22 a day can no longer be ignored
AGREE!!!
@cdutch1964, thank you so very much for your service. Bless you and all who served.
Don't forget our vets!
We ALL need to help Jon Stewart.
Contact your representatives. Democrat, Republican, whatever and let them know how you feel.
Until we start acting like we're citizens and have our own responsibility to make this country better the politicians will continue to do as they will.
Dear Jon Stewart. I’m a Marine exposed to burn pits. I’ve had all kinds of respiratory and gastric intestinal issues that I have never understood until you enlightened me about it. My doctor at the VA says, "what are burn pits?”Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are a hero and a legend. You have always been my favorite celebrity for as long as I can remember. I’m so glad to have you back.
Thank you for your service. I’m so sad you’re going through that and wish you healing and health.
Sam I hope you find a way to heal, and be given appropriate health care with erudite doctors who give a damn. Great dog also!!
Very best wishes from Canada
First and foremost, thank you for your service and sacrifice. I am so sorry for what you and your brothers and sisters in arms went through and are going through. I have the utmost respect and admiration and gratitude for all who serve. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul.
Sam I would like to express my gratitude for your dedication to freedom . I know many things are changing on a daily basis and wishing you a healing journey like no other 💙 please when you can , look into your benefits coverage with respect to acupuncture and or an affordable acupuncture clinic in your area . I know this treatment was added as recommendations for PTSD and or mental health af5er combat as well. May you have health and peace of mind 💙
I am a VET who served in Afghanistan and a life long fan of Jon Stewart.
From the bottom of my heart thank you Jon for making me laugh and being on the front line for people like me. Your voice is what we need to motivate our strength.
P.S. If you ever did run for office I would campaign completely as a volunteer and expect nothing from you but a win.
Thank You for your Service
Thank you for your dedication, time, and service. I appreciate you so much. A big hug goes to you 🤗
Right on brother or sister. I’d be more than willing to volunteer as well. Jon has a big heart. He cares for the forgotten.
Ditto brother.
I'm a bit torn as to whats more confusing, another modern military defeated by 3rd world desert sapiens, or a hollywood semite advocating on the defeated's behalf.
Love "you don't support the troops, you support the war machine." How true. John always gives me hope that there are compassionate, smart and active people out of there.
Navy vet here and wasn't expecting to cry watching this video so wow. Thank you Jon for your passion and support. Extremely blessed to have someone as articulate and passionate as you supporting us.
Thank you for your service, sailor, and God bless you! 💙
As a veteran myself I got teary eyed watching this. Seeing a nonveteran standing up and screaming support for veterans I was just awe struck.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! 🥰
I'm sorry it is this way.
Me too, brother; me too. I had to stop the video a couple of times. Luckily I only watch this kinda stuff when I'm drinking alone. I'm not against showing tears for stupid reasons; shedding water for genuinely important reasons like this always feels more personal.
I've heard that Mr. Stewart is a supporter, even/especially because of his stance against pointless wars (that do less for the USA, and more for certain entities within it); and I've also long been wary about the dubious morality of Sen. McConnell (in multiple, specific aggrievances to the nation) but this one still hit me hard. I'm working in Japan in order to bolster relations between these two great cultures; and glad I'm geographically in a position where I don't have to exercise physical restraint against my more "patriotic" impulses when news like this hits. Still, I'm there with y'all in spirit. Even if I decide to never return to U.S. soil, I continually pray that the U.S. can finally be *allowed* to live up to its sacred promises...
As a vetetan of Iraq, I'm beside myself with this man. Literally bawling. I want to give this man a hug.
And you my friend deserve a hug as well. Thank you for your service.
So where is he now that treatments for TBI and ENV exposure are still a problem?
its because you dont know any better
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@@southpaw8040 its funny you believe a word out of what's his name.
@@RyanCohensAlterEgo
Branch/MOS/Rank,Rate/Unit/Last Conus,Oconus?
I enjoyed Jon on the Daily Show, even when I disagreed with him. Now he’s a spokesman standing up for veterans and first responders. His charisma and skill as an orator, no longer used for jokes on Comedy Central, is being put to use to make a difference to our veterans.
Jon, bless you and keep fighting the good fight.
Republican Sen. Toomey said on the Senate floor that he voted against the bill because it would create $400 billion in unrelated spending
Seems reasonable to vote against a bill when someone slips in $400billion for things not related to what the bill is claimed to be for...
Even Democrat senate majority leader Chuck Schumer switched his vote to no when they slipped in all that corrupt spending. The news won't talk about that though...
Right, but you must know he wasn’t joking all that much on the DS.
I know that he doesn't imagine himself as a political leader.
He IS a political leader.
I wish that people like him could be elected.
@@ivoted-5489 Duh. His comedy, like all comedy, is truth.
@@edwardsmith7131 He could be elected but he is too smart to run; once you’ve been elected into politics, all your dreams and wishes die.
"They haven't met a war they wont sign up for. And they haven't met a veteran they won't screw over." The truth everyone should know in America.
As an Army Vet I feel forgotten, so many broken promises from the government while I held up my end of the deal
Nobody can figure out why Republicans have been preventing Veteran care efforts from Congress from passing. There is more since early 2000's. Literally 90% of veterans bills the Republicans have prevented their passage for some reason.
Thats why you should never join the military esp the army, they don't give a fuk about you. You are just a number to them something to be used and then when no longer useful to them to be thrown out like the rest of the garbage, in the end you are you just a foot solder for the elites/globalists.
Run for office. 💙
As a civilian I can say I honestly appreciate your service and what you've sacrificed but man, are you really surprised?? Our govt, scratch that just about all govt has been taking advantage of its soldiers since Ceasar crossed the Rubicon. Promises promises promises are the only thing they can do baring a draft to get able bodied men to sacrifice themselves for their cause.
I graduated in 07 and so many of my friends joined the military, 9/11 was still fresh in our minds recruiters were hounding every high school event we had making all kinds of claims that sounded too good to be true. Out of all my friends that joined only 1 doesnt regret it and made a career out of it. Point is they took advantage of you guys just like they've always done and always will do. I just hope you're one of the few vets that actually see which party is actually standing up for vets rights not that they're doing a good job of it but 9 out of 10 times if benefits are cut or voted against it's a Republican that's doing it. Damn near every time. They dont care and never have.
Definitely
Im a Former Marine who served in Desert Storm. Bless you Jon Stewart! We need more people like you! Please run for the Senate! Thanks for all you do.
Sucks when an accomplished Film Actor, Professional Comedian, and Television Icon speaks more truth than our state representatives.
John Stewart 2020
@J H he's been doing this for almost 2 decades.
I’m glad I’m not alone in that
Jon Stewart 2024
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39.
As a combat vet I want to say thank you for your service trying to help veterans.
This is what patriotism looks like!
Jon thank for being a great American.
Indeed my friend
Republicans are confused standing for a flag with actually supporting the people who died and fight for this country and the Constitution that they're willing to trash but a piece of cloth it's a good symbol
Unfortunately, the Trunts portray the violent Insurrectionists as 'patriots', they are so delusional & hypocritical. America is a mess!!🙄🤦🇦🇺
"The Senate is where accountability goes to die" said it right there
Jon, as a Vietnam Era Army Veteran, I salute you. Your speech was so powerful and direct that it brought tears to my eyes.. I think we get tired of all the passive thank yous for our service. Please, let's unite and show these politicians that we are not political pawns.
I'm not a veteran and it brought tears to my eyes. :(
@@xeoph I'm not even American and I cried. This is a disgrace.
@@andydufrane4869 of course there is.
Bless your idiot heart.
@@andydufrane4869 mhm, so are you going around advocating against the military industrial complex? or are you willing to tell the VFW and the Wounded Warriors Project that they're WRONG for _wanting help?_
maybe you should think of this "bloat" the way the justice system (in theory @ least) thinks about _innocent people_ : it's better to have 10 guilty people walking free than for one innocent person to be imprisoned... so maybe??! it's better to pass a bill with some ... "BLOAT"? is what you're calling it?! than to not. help. veterans. _helping veterans _*_*too much*_* is 5000% better than NOT ENOUGH.
btw, if you think OAN and PragerU aren't lying to you, but the _Wounded Warrior Project_ IS? if you aren't upset about the BLOATED military industrial complex in this country, but you ARE indignant about the _VA_ ?? may I quote : "you're being lied to, and you don't even know it". you're parroting right wing talking points and disregarding anything substantial that was said here!
He's always fought for the working man or the oppressed. His 9/11 victim funds makes me cry every time I see it. He single handedly made congress pass the bill for the funds. He's a god damn patriot.
I never knew Mr.Stewart was this kind of Man. He’s speaking for millions of Americans,veterans and non. Keep it up!!!!!
He's been doing this forever. He's the one who fought for the 9/11 survivors bill when this corrupt government didn't want to support the families and victims of the attack.
He's a beast💪🤺💯🙏🙌
He's done it before
He has indeed been that kind of man
he's always been this kinda guy people just never took him seriously cause he was on comedy central
I’ll never blame a man for just wanting to live his life but Jon Stewart would have my full support and could be the most powerful voice in American government
Those who should lead, wisely do not want the job. We should have jury duty style selection for representation. We don't need lifelong senators and judges, we need carpenters and nurses and teachers and every other type of worker EXCEPT lawyers as representatives.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39.
I’ve been watching Jon since I was young and have since fought for my country. I routinely disagree with Jon Stewart on a lot of policies and politics, but he is spot on 100% with this one. You can tell a lot about a country by the way they treat those who fought for it, and those who fell for it. Go Jon!
wish he would mention chuck shumer tried sneeking something in that had nothing to do with the veterans the last minute. so it was rejected. blame chuck !
You mean how the Democrats stuffed the bill full of unrelated pork? And refused to take it out so it could pass
Thank you for your service brother.
@@lexsamuel3369 Yep. I did not hear that until later. Well, you know their mantra, "never let a crisis go to waste"? I guess freeing up 400 billion to spend as they like was more important to them. Damn, but they have such good press agents. Hiding the truth is what they are good at.
Republican policies are always anti-average-citizen, pro-wealthy. Establishment dems are not much better. Anyone who doesn't see that is an idiot.
There's an honesty to Jon that politicians can't even understand. If he runs I'll vote for him, hell I may even volunteer in my state to help him. His passion doesn't follow party lines and doesn't get lost in politics. Jon would be the best 2 term president in our lifetime
Doesn't get much more real that what Jon's voicings.....
Thing is, people who would probably do a good job.. don't want the job.
This should be a qualification. Randomizing office (making it sort of lik mandatory civil service) would be more fair and democratic than those popularity contests.
I remember him talking to a committee about funding for 9/11 responders having similar health issues due to clearly out debris because Congress wouldn't fund
I would definitely volunteer
They don't let good men be president
I hope this goes viral. Veterans should have everything available to them at their disposal, period.
Everything? That's over the top.
Health care, food & shelter at least.
@@BoltRM Which should be at everyone's disposal, period.
@@andydufrane4869 Who is being lied to? Republicans voted against the bill. The voting is in the open. So who the fuck is lying? The Republicans are, for the most part, scum which is why I left the party last year.
At the very least decent service related healthcare... like really. Its the absolute least we deserve...
And then they wonder why new military recruits keep declining in numbers...
Thank you Jon for everything you do!
Could be forced Vax and woke leaders
and why would a woman join if we won;t even defend her right to choose?
Doing my part to inform and dissuade children from becoming battle fodder for an invasion of foreign nations to get a toxic resource we could have dropped like a shitty girlfriend fifteen years ago.
@@stixx3969 she has equal rights her ass will be drafted in 6 months or less, all13 genders will be canon Foder for joe. China signed it yesterday.
Lauren Lawson you are correct. I'm a veteran and my brother is still in Marines. I have said military recruitment will go down because of what's been happening in the country.
Much respect John Stewart. I hope that every Veteran, every person who fights for our country and every single military family speaks up against what happened. You are right..this is just cruel. It is shameful.
It’s insane how our veterans are treated and the hypocrisy of the powerful is just disgusting.
You mean how the Democrats stuffed the bill full of unrelated pork? And refused to take it out so it could pass?
Respect to Jon Stewart for speaking on this. The fact that politicians get their way while military veterans get treated like shit is beyond criminal. Thank you Mr. Stewart for standing up for us......
As a veteran its nice to hear in words the way I and other veterans feel about this.
Thank you for your service. You are a hero!
@@mistyhowell6683 Right now, Jon Stewart is my hero
Jon has been advocating for our troops and first responders for years. Each speech is as heartfelt as the previous one and each is just as potent. Live long and prosper Jon and thank you for your efforts.
I'm genuinely moved by Jon's passion. We need more people like him to stand up and speak plainly (curse words and all!)for regular Americans who are struggling at the hands of rich career politicians. They are using us as pawns in their in own little version of Hunger Games.
He’s all passion and no brains.
You may not agree with him Jonny, and that's fine, but to call him stupid only shows a horrific bias. Those who disagree with you don't lack brains. They may not have your perspective, but stupid? No. Not stupid. Taking that tactic says more about awful positions you hold than any statement on that man.
Perfect analogy. Hunger games
@@beylethdirons2160 I don’t think he’s dumb. I think his passion clouds his thoughts. If he put emotion aside for three seconds he would realize the democrats tacked onto the bill, 400 billion that doesn’t go to vets.
What positions do I hold then?
If he had any brains maybe he'd mention how the Democrats stuffed this bill full of pork
Well now I'm weeping. This man understands, and can articulate, how we're supposed to behave as a Nation.
Legend. I wish there were more people with his combination of morals and reach.
Jon, this is what America needs more than anything. Keep it up.
Nobody gives a shit about his TH-cam channel. If he were still on TV every night he could bring more attention to this.
BIG TEC-MEDIA will Sencer him, many more have tried why we sleep... in 5432? jon did not kill himself.
Can do without the ghetto profanity & vulgarities...a little self control and self awareness will be beneficial to All. The first Agreement is concerning the words that come out of Your mouth...means alot
What is that? Bills disguised as help for veterans that actually has more pork for democrats than help for veterans?
You people need to stfu. The people are on to you.
Thank you so much please don't stop fighting for us Mr. Stewart .
I have always respected Jon Stewart, this just swells my heart with pride for him actually standing and fighting for our vets. Unlike the spineless coward politicians.
You mean how the Democrats stuffed the bill full of unrelated pork? And refused to take it out so it could pass
Tell reps to stop adding pork
@@docsavage8640 Show us the pork that was put in.
@@owenfire829 lmao
And suddenly you're talking to a ghost.
"Stop putting in pork!!!"
"Show me the pork?"
"😶"
@@StoutShako Right? That seems to be the standard with these people when you ask for proof. 🤷♂️
Damn John, best speech I have ever heard. My two Senators from Oklahoma voted no. And nobody in Oklahoma will care. All 77 counties voted for Trump and we are the reddest of red states. Truly sad. Thank you for voicing the truth about them. Thoughts and Prayers is all they offer to suffering and never anything of substance.
All 77 counties voted for the "un-named". Now, that is a serious problem! Hang in there or come and join us in California. Or maybe, New Zealand!!
From Ardmore I feel your pain too.
@@rogerbossart9586 I have told my children to leave for northern cali. We have some family there. I am too old and I have blood cancer...and five years from teacher retirement. Trust me, teaching social studies the past twenty years has been an ordeal in the land that time forgot.
@@rogerbossart9586 California? New Zealand? Two places with the worst so called "leaders" on the planet. They shit all over informed consent, body autonomy, and constitutional rights & freedoms during this farce of a scamdemic. And no, I'm not a Republican or Trumper. Our precious gov't is two wings of the same corrupt broken bird.
@@soulnomad5231 being an Okie you get it then...
If you were not aware, he has also been a profoundly outspoken ally and advocate for those first responders whose long-term health has been impacted by their experiences on 9-11-01. Dude is an example for all of us to emulate.
Ran Paul spent 10 yrs ....repeat...TEN YEARS...blocking them from treating their cancer. That's so American and typically Conservative that it shits stars and stripes. Stewart had to spend a DECADE to shame Congress into acting
yes he's at the senate all the time
Yep. That work prepared him for this, it seems. We need more people like Stewart & fewer like Mitch “Tortoise” McConnell!
Very aware!
No disrespect meant, but this is the reason I woulda stormed the capital as a Democrat.
Not for a loser who's to afraid of his own ego to admit he's lost.
He also denied Healthcare coverage to the writers on the daily show and was sued by the writers union. But yeah he's a real hero.
No apology necessary Jon, we know where your heart is and where you stand. Hit them with the TRUTH all the time, every time, until the end of time!
It's not really an apology. It's just to show how offensive actions -- or the lack thereof -- are versus mere language. Actions always speak louder than words.
Congrats to Jon and all the Veteran Lobbyists. I believe they would not have passed the law now without this speech
Thank you, Jon. You're a true patriot and exactly the voice that we need at such a difficult time. Your passion and leadership are truly inspirational.
I love when Jon Stewart embarrasses these politicians. This is great. Thank you for that! I hope more people of fame start doing the same when politicians continue to put the demands of lobbyist over the American people
They're not embarrassed. The politicians who voted against it are shameless.
Yeah, I was wondering when Jon would speak out on this. Watching this from Canada, and I just shake my head at the disrespect shown by the Republicans to the men and women in your armed services.
👊😪😪😪✌
Seen how Canada treats it’s veterans lately?
The Conservatives are just as evil
This is one of the main issues hes been pushing for a while now
Damien, sadly because it's never ending when the RepubliCons have too much power.
As someone currently serving its rare anyone in services sees this. Fox News blasts on tvd in the dfac and headquarters.
I wish more people with a platform would use it like him
Its rare to find someone like jon who without any benefit to himself, will fight for a worthy cause...Such a great human being
his push for 9/11 responders was heroic
😂😂😂😂😂😂
He has literally made millions off of his fake causes.
Oh Lord. No wonder comedians love dumb people.
He is
GREAT HUMAN BEING!?! WTF? Is that the standard now? Fighting for other for no personal gain is NOW considered GREAT. Do you people read or hear your comments? Wake the F up! Stewart is just being human and looking out for a cause - like veterans, that all.
without any benefit? LMFAO - how naive are you son... I'm ALL in on supporting our veterans and those men and women who signed on the line to defend this nation - whether or not they deployed or no matter what capacity they served in... I'm ALL in... HOWEVER, here's the issue with ole Jon... he talks out of both sides of his mouth... he's here railing on a great cause that every American should be in behind - to support those who were in a position to potentially have to risk life/limb to defend our way of life and freedoms. That said - Jon has an Apple TV show... he also has been very active in trying to promote himself over the past year to get himself back on the map - he sees that Bernie petered out and there exists a space there to carve some serious coin$. Jon was all for flag kneelers like Kapernick, and others who burn flags... you can't be for Vets 100% and then turn around and be crapping on them at the same time. Jon is fake - Jon is out for Jon... Again - this is a great cause - and this bill shamefully with a hung head - should have been unanimous bi-partisan support... but Jon is just a mouthpiece to get folks who want to protest and rail on the government anyhow - he's looking to cash in on them.
I've always appreciated Jon's consistent stance on Veteran support
Jon, Ive been watching you since I was a teenager. I'm 32 now and your still out here doing the work no one else will. I say this sincerely if you ran for president I would vote for you.
You'd be voting for an uniformed idiot turns out! Glad the Republicans did they're homework!
Get all the facts first, don't fall for FAKE NEWS
It’s so crazy. I hope he starts a fund so we can donate.
@@moniquewrites9046 A new bill without the BS and only for the Vets rights will pass later this week!
See how that works!
Donate Duh
Hey Jon. Money talks bullshit walks
Deadjim. Fu€k Jon Stewart. Seriously what an as$hole. Jon Stewart is a complete shill nowadays. I knew straight away from the explanation given that the Democrats added “pork” to the bill. Why wasn’t Jon smart enough to figure that out? They already voted yes to it. Then the sneaky f*cking democRATS added hidden slushes to it. That’s why they [Republicans] voted against it this time. Watch Ted Cruz “own” Jon Stewart’s ass for his omission lies. Hahaha m.th-cam.com/video/jfbalOGlWcU/w-d-xo.html
As an Australian, I am so moved by Jon’s speech. Keep fighting
Fucking A. Gidday from the Gold Coast mate!
Just saw a bit of this on Stephen Colbert on 10
You mean how the Democrats stuffed the bill full of unrelated pork? And refused to take it out so it could pass
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Cool! Midnight Oil
lol what does being australian have to do with anything
I shouldn't have watched that during my lunch break. It absolutely obliterated me. It's absolutely unreal how poorly we treat our veterans
Im watching , as I just got off of work ( mechanic)...with a son in the Army!! Now , I have to accept the fact that my son re-ups every time it comes around!! If hes got veterans groups behind him , let be public information!!
Yet, they keep voting for these Republicans who shit on them.
You must never read US history. At least the assholes in capital hill is not sending tanks/horses to run veterans over like they used to do in 1930s.
This speech almost brought me to tears. Thank you Jon for using your platform for this.
A voice crying in the wilderness. A rare honest telling of what's going on. How can these senators live with themselves? No shame. Thank you Jon, always for telling it like it is.
It's a prerequisite to have no soul to become a senator isn't it ?
This is the “PACT Act” show me what it has to do with veterans healthcare or benefits.
www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/797/text
@@DutchVai No, in fact there was a time people didn’t vote for you if they didn’t believe you were one of them.
Yeah it is NOT hard for THEM to Live with THEMSELVES or Get a Good night's sleep. BECAUSE When you ONLY think OF YOURSELF, AND lining YOUR Pockets Hand OVER Fist Taking DIRTY MONEY from Lobbyist
AND Gaining Power from Walking on THE BACKS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE, THE DOWNTRODDEN AND POOR ... IT'S NOT HARD AT ALL....
How do Democrats live with themselves? A lot of money and drugs to dull the pain
"They don't stand behind you, you won't even let them stand in front of you" gave me the absolute chills
That line was BRUTAL. Absolutely devastating. What a speech. Jon nailed it.
Am I crazy, or might this be the best speech of my lifetime? I feel like I'm jumping the gun, but this was simply incredible! R-rated speech, yes, but appropriate for an R-rated time in this country's history, and none of it was unnecessary or contrived.
It's what we need. Put on display our unfiltered rage and let it fly.
chickens are not cows
His 9/11 speech is just as good.
God damn dude! This was the most honest and heart felt speech I've ever heard. I will support this cause
thank you.
@@HonorableHarbinger you're not a veteran, you're a lying Republican traitor
@@HonorableHarbinger honestly I don't even know what you are trying to say
@@HonorableHarbinger 400 billion not enough.
Jon has had a history of supporting these types of causes for decades. He fought year after year for 9/11 first responders and recovery crews who were plagued with sickness and/or death due to the toxicity of “the pile.” His tenacious push back against GOP roadblocks would enable lifelong healthcare and compensation for these sacrificial heroes and their families and was integral to the success of the movement.
Jon started his quest with a cadre of four or five first responders who became his personal friends. By the time they were victorious, it was a rather heartbreaking victory as all but one of John’s original compadres succumbed to cancers, a direct result of their heroism on that day and the days following.
Stewart is such a good man and we need to get on the horn and lend our voices towards support of this cause.
Jon's so angry because these are not things that should have to be fought tooth and nail for, these are common sense initiatives to take care of people who absolutely deserve it and do not have time to deal with all this bullshit year after year. Fuck everyone who who voted against healthcare for Veterans (ALL Republicans), and fuck anyone who ever casts a vote for these people again:
John A. Barrasso, WY
Marsha Blackburn, TN
Roy Blunt, MO
Mike Braun, IN
Richard Burr, NC
Bill Cassidy, LA
John Cornyn, TX
Tom Cotton, AR
Kevin Cramer, ND
Mike Crapo, ID
Ted Cruz, TX,
Steve Daines, MT
Joni Ernst, IA
Deb Fischer, NE
Bill Hagerty, TN
Josh Hawley, MO
Cindy Hyde-Smith, MS
Jim Inhofe, OK
Ron Johnson, WI
John Neely Kennedy, LA
James Lankford, OK
Mike Lee, UT
Cynthia Lummis, WY
Roger Marshall, KS
Mitch McConnell, KY
Rand Paul, KY
Rob Portman, OH
Jim Risch, ID
Mitt Romney, UT
Mike Rounds, SD
Ben Sasse, NE
Rick Scott, FL
Tim Scott, SC
Richard Shelby, AL
Dan Sullivan, AK
John Thune, SD
Thom Tillis, NC
Patrick Toomey, PA
Tommy Tuberville, AL
Roger Wicker, MS
Todd Young, IN
It’s all fake.
@@ironfist458 Says the fake account created on Aug 2, 2021. Stay in Russia where you belong comrade.
@@chrissanto lol, good one cheapskate.
@@ironfist458 Is cheapskate still an insult in Russia? In the USA, the term cheapskate has not been used since the 1970's.
My heart felt every word he spoke . Thank you JS ! We need more people to stand up for us.
Still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor. I'm shocked that the senate blocked it and I'm shocked at how little anyone is doing about it! This needs to go viral, now.
“Pact Act has a mechanism (budgetary gimmick) that has the intent of making it possible to have a huge explosion in unrelated spending ($400 billion). This budgetary gimmick is so unrelated to the actual veteran issue that has to do with burn pits its not even in the house version of this Bill. This easy fix can be amended in a day and it will pass with 85 votes and sails through this chamber and goes straight to the president to be sign into law” Senator Pat Toomey
This needs to be done every day. Expose their hippocracy.
"I'm used to the hypocrisy, I'm not used to the cruelty" that line perfectly highlights a society of deep moral failing
@@MelodyKayYoung what’s your former party? Republican?
It’s my understanding that What tends to happen when there’s a good bill for a good cause that one side will put some thing in there making it impossible for the other side to vote for. So if the Republicans are blocking it I’m guessing the Democrats snuck something in the bill the Republicans can’t possibly vote for. So I would say if the Democrats really cared they would put forward a clean bill that everyone can vote for.
You refer to the RNC and the Oligarchy, of course. There still are a FEW Americans that believe that truth and justice are important - and attainable. I can only believe in the first part, I do NOT believe we will recover. Greed has killed the human race, we are the twitching of the corpse before the long, eternal silence.
YES, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FAILED PEOPLE OF COLOR AND HAVE RAPED THE CONSTITUTION. i AGREE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AWFUL.
@@thesoundsmith "greed has killed the human race" is incredibly melodramatic.
Society of deep moral failing has been a corporation for many years now. It’s Unfortunate, while we the citizens fight amongst ourselves, the media assist in promoting division & our corporate leaders sit back and laugh, it’s working, it’s working, it has worked… *CITIZENS of all racial groups will have to come together if we are ever to move forward as a COUNTRY.*
Otherwise, have fun with corporations running every damn politician.
Thanks I'm a veteran and after your speech o want to be part of this family 👪 ❤️
"If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war."
- Senator Bernie Sanders
Absolutely!
This is why I won't serve in the military. If my country is gonna screw me when I get home from serving then screw my country! Military recruitment posters should be torn down and replaced by anti-American propaganda.
Bernie Sanders is a millionaire. He bent over to the DNC's pick. He to a career politician. A fortunate grifter too.
Oh, the draft dodger said that? That’s rich!
@@suerehder-long8287 You mean tRUMP?
🟠🤡
I was denied 7 of my claims, even after registering for the burn pit registry after deployments. I had a 10% one one, but the VA ended up lowering it 0%. Even after doing a year of immunotherapy in a chemo clinic at the VA and having an unknown autoimmune disorder for life. I got diagnosed with it at 25, I’m 31 now and still dealing with the effects. Death seems easier sometimes, I’m not even gonna lie.
Dallas we need your voice! You have so much to offer and share and people around Jon and Jon are rattling the saber to get more results and better services. I’m am a wife of a Navy vet and we’re stronger together so please motivate to be help other vets who need support. Share you story and voice and help your community because you matter!
I am so sorry for you having to struggle the way you have and it hurts my heart to see you hurting so bad. I am a veteran too and I am praying for you complete healing physically and mentally. I’ve lost too many to count to suicide. Stay strong 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
I’m so sorry to hear that…my husband is an Army veteran he used to work for CalVet where he assisted fellow veterans on how to get to 100% disability
I am very sorry about what has happened to you. I have many people with military service in my own family and it is heartbreaking to see how so many are treated. Probably the best thing you can do for your long term health is see if you can find a job in Canada or the EU since at least there you will get better health care and will be more likely to live a good life. It is horrible to even have to think that for someone that gave up so much to serve the country that the best way they can survive after doing that is to leave the country because their treatment is so horrible.
You are not alone. I don’t know you, but you are my brother.
As a fellow vet, and wife of a vet, I know how frustrating that whole benefits system can be. It takes a ridiculous amount of jumping through hoops, finding and filling out forms, seeking documentation, and then waiting, and waiting some more-only to have a crazy, unjust, backwards rating and points chart make a simple service connected injury or disability feel unimportant, and our health devalued.
You can’t let the system wear you down. It’s designed to encourage you to give up. Make them keep the promise. There are several vet groups who can assist you in re-filing and in pushing back on interpretations that are causing undue suffering and pain.
Have the will to find a way.
It has definitely helped us to join other vets groups; we have learned through their experiences and even found advocates in the fight for our promised (contracted) healthcare.
The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Make noise, advocate for yourself, find like minded fellow vets, document names, dates and responses. Follow up and make some more noise.
Do not accept ‘no’ as an answer. Go around, under, behind, through or even over whatever obstacle is in the path to proper care. Re-submit the claims under different terms, along with supporting docs and letters from healthcare providers. Proof of exposure or injury, as well as documented symptoms and effects on your daily life are critical.
I don’t know you, but I stand with you. Always.
You can do this. One boot in front of the other.
Peace on you and yours brother.
So many emotions brought to the surface by this video. I'm British and never served but I have great respect for all veterans no matter which flag they fought under. I wonder how many senators there would be voting against veterans rights if you had to have served to be a Senator or Congressperson.
Republican want to pass the bill but it has an unrelated to veterans loophole in the current version of the bill - th-cam.com/video/y5vbxSgLMPI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you. I'm blown away by your speech. Sadly it only takes a flag pin on a lapel to be considered a patriot by some.
Get the money out of politics, or nothing will ever change. Thanks John for standing up for these brave heroes.
That will be the only way things will change
Sorry brother but saying get money out of politics is like saying get liquid out of soup. This country was founded by wealthy aristocratics and made sure money is how it will work. You never hear that George Washington was the richest man in America when he became president do you? Naa, they leave facts out of the history books. May give you a clue about how the society was really founded and who for.
Best thing to do is defund the bulk of the federal government, and anything Biden wants. Defense should remain a priority, and Biden's done plenty to screw that up too.
@@moety2 lots of companies have taken the water out of soap to reduce plastic packaging. They thought about the problem, and took action.
Capitalism exists everywhere, including politics. Get rid of capitalism first!!
That was some of the most moving heartfelt rage I've ever heard, I feel like finally someone is telling the truth and calling it like they see it. We need THIS. Someone like THIS every day for every issue. Maybe then our country has a chance
Doubt it. It was pelosi that blocked the senate bill, they had already passed it.
Well after all he is just a actor. The demon-crats try sneaking n $ 400 billion dollars of discretionary spending in the bill that would have nothing to do with veterans health care or anything to do with burn pit victims or others. As usual the demon-crats and rino's try getting money for their pork projects off the backs of veterans. Always trying to sneak something in and over on U.S. tax payers using those that need help. I call John Stewart and the demon-crats and rino's trying to pull this low underhanded bull shit just that they are bullshit.
I hope your country wakes up, and looks at the state it is in. I hope more people like Jon Stewart stand up , to lay bare the hypocrisy of greedy politicians who sold the American people. I hope the US as a chance to survive, change the financial and political system in such a way that it finaly benefits the American people, no more lobbyists in the senate, no more greed infested political decisions that are at the cost of the American people. I live in the Netherlands, I think the US is a great nation, but a sick nation. I think for decades the American people have been lied to. They deserve better. Better healthcare, better education,better infra-structure, better work/life ballance, better worker conditions, better food,better water, better care for the poor, better care for the veterans; all in all a better life for everyone, life in a more humane and equal society. And all of the things for the better, have nothing to do wich political side your on. It has everything to do with empathy, community and humanity. I hope for ChangeUS21stCentury!
The problem with this bread and circus spectacle politics is its acquiescence to the root of _all_ of these issues which has uncoincidentally become a third-rail to even mention in any context other than utter reverence: capitalism.
It's no coincidence that our bipartisan blackhole "defense" budget passes with ease to implicitly/explicitly enforce this now global financial "order" through the 1,000+ military bases worldwide and toward the perpetual benefit of US corporate/finance capital at the zero-sum cost of the working class (not to mention the planet that we're consciously destroying at this point...), meanwhile a modest domestic spending bill or god forbid even the most basic of healthcare for the people that actually make this shit produce any sort of life worth living is callously thrown at the wayside. As Eugene Debs put it in his WWI protest speech that got him incarcerated under the Espionage Act (a mere year after its passing, the same one that is extraditing Julian Assange despite lacking any sort of legal standing, "funny" that), _"yours not to question why, yours but to do and die...that is their motto."_ The empire feeds off the republic.
The US is the global hegemon and has positioned itself as the "consumer of last resort" at the end of the global supply chain (which we enforce/coerce militarily/financially) to absorb inevitable overproduction of capitalism through cheap consumption or of course through our favorite activity of war and arms sales (military Keynesianism, the only button we can push at this point clearly). We accomplish this through the Bretton-Woods international financial system, leveraged by the US post-WWII by being the only industrialized nation-state _not_ bombed to shit and effectively taking the imperial baton from the British and their pound sterling, cementing the dollar as the "global reserve currency" and through the IMF/World Bank and its post-71 (Nixon shock) -debt peonage/resource/labor control austerity policy- "structural adjustment" programs lend capital in dollar loans under the stipulation of absolute control of labor/markets/resources by US corporate/finance capital; "an offer they can't refuse" - any nation-states refusing to bend the knee like Cuba (see: Operation Mongoose, Northwoods, etc), Venezuela (sitting on the largest oil reserve in the world, what a coincidence), Iran (which we couped in '53 installing the Shah to prevent oil nationalization, shocker, Operation AJAX), et al. of course gets unilaterally sanctioned and excluded from the global trade network run at our behest at the minimum, but also perpetually coup-ed by the CIA or just overtly invaded. Even a passing glance at the CIA's "regime change" operational history will reveal this grotesque rise of empire akin to the optimates of the late Roman empire but with guns and nukes along with their imperial function as effectively the SS 2.0 (far from hyperbole, there's a direct continuity and overlap of interests, see: Otto Skorzeny, Klaus Barbie, Reinhard Gehlen, and others - _literal_ SS put directly on the CIA's payroll post-WWII for their anti-communist bona fides; also Operation Gladio which upholds the glorified protection racket that is NATO through stoking public fear with spectacular acts of terrorism, the so-called "strategy of tension"). Red scare(s)/Taft-Hartley having hollowed out the heart and soul of labor power in the US provided by the New Deal and as a result, much like your populares movement of the Gracchi bros and later Caesar being crushed by that Roman oligarchy for crossing the _actual_ rubicon of debt cancellation and land redistribution, you have an empire desperately lashing out to maintain its gradually waning influence, and whatdya know, both of these historical clampdowns of class war stemming from the senate as its no coincidence it shares its name but rather an explicit homage to that Roman empire (also see: Federalist Papers to see what the -counterrevolutionaries- "founders" actually intended contrary to our ubiquitous mythology; Charles Beard is good here too). Also reminded of CIA director William Casey regarding the efficacy of Operation Mockingbird and conscious intention to hide this empire (shoutout to Daniel Immerwahr) and its revealingly grotesque "cold" war history:
_"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."_
Surely he's giving two big thumbs up in hell, which at this point is probably hard to distinguish from the world he helped create for us, but I clearly digress...
In the larger context of colonialism with a historical continuity that extends to modern day global US corporate empire, veterans broken as people from the visceral reality of war are merely further utilized from a callous "realpolitik" social control mechanism of empire to be sublimated into policing, black neighborhoods correctly identified as "internal colonies" by Stokely Carmichael, but this is a technique that has been cultivated since the days of Aristotle, the bonus army march on Washington (suppressed with m1917 _tanks_ under a young gen. Patton I believe, also check out Maj.Gen.Smedley Butler who basically played a similar role Jon is here, except having also plundered the global south in the banana wars lol?...though he later realizes this in the "business plot" _actual_ fascist coup plot by wall street to overthrow FDR which he promptly exposes realizing his role as a fixer for the "gangsters of capitalism" - Jonathan Katz has a new/good book on this dude titled Gangsters of Capitalism, ok I digress again sorry), hell the freikorps in Germany suppressing the 1918 revolts (later formalizing as the SS, shocker), Mussolini's black shirts and the March on Rome, it's all the same beast, a "common ruin of the contending classes" justified via a vague abstract appeal to "freedom" without asking who exactly that freedom is for and for what purpose. _Cui bono?_ *Who benefits?* Literally the only question of politics.
The answer being profit for the capitalist class in our contemporary context, inherently at a _purely descriptive_ (ie _not_ normative) level a zero-sum loss to the working class, and of course at the cost of quite literally everything else considering ecological crisis and the ubiquitous social miasma that ripples and reifies as this soulless mechanical logic of capital accumulation for its own sake marches on, and as we serve it blindly even as it not only fails to serve us but in fact leads us only toward a thanatos embrace, an ouroboros of resentment and its corresponding callous cruelty, hollowing out any social trust/meaning to be sold for profit at every available opportunity along the way. As Rosa Luxemburg proclaimed before being executed by that very freikorps paramilitary consisting of hollowed out WWI vets, at the behest of Ebert's ostensibly "social democratic" SPD party (which continues to sell out the working class of Germany under Scholtz) the only true choice for society is:
*_socialism or [continued] barbarism._*
Jon Stewart has been calling it how he sees it for almost 20 years.
Tell em Jon! We are with you! My dad was a veteran. My BEST friend died while still on active duty to our country. They put their lives on the line for us.
We are with our veterans.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending heartfelt condolences 💕
Veterans from around the world (including those of us here in the UK who have served alongside your troops), are watching your government betray our American brothers and sisters with a combination of disbelief and abject horror. We stand with you ✊️🇬🇧🇺🇲✊️ x
@@t-and-p thank you for your kind words and thoughts friend. From here with all that’s going on with our government, it appears the conservative wing of our government talks about support for or troops but they are not willing to spend the funds necessary to take care of our troops properly.
That has to change.
We are obligated each of us to do what we can to support the men and women who are willing to stand at the front of the line to defend us, our democratic republic way of life and our freedoms.
As a veteran myself (Army), I was beyond astonished at the action of senate republicans to basically kick my fellow veterans in the face. Shame! No... shame is too mild a word. Words fail me here. Simply despicable. How can they live with themselves?
Finally someone with the balls to say what needs to be said.
Balls? He gets $24 million a year from Apple to say whatever the fuck they want him to say.
@@therealjohneason ... Then why aren't other people doing it?
I LOVE this guy! - he's tirelessly dedicated hundreds of hours and days to fighting the good fight - keep up the good work Jon!
RUN FOR OFFICE! We want people like you running so we can feel good about the people we elect, so we can believe the people we elect have the integrity and will to make changes for what needs to be done. Jon, the nation needs YOU.
Do you really want him to suffer through that? Will anything actually change? Instead of being ignored online he’ll be ignored on the senate floor.
I fully agree. But the next POTUS has already been chosen. We just don't know who yet.
He already said no unfortunately,
We know there's a good chance nothing will ever change. But our best bet is to get someone in office who will preach as aggressively as Jon Stewart and call out these frauds for what they really are... It's our only chance.
Jon Stewart 2024!
Wow. That was meaningful, direct, and inspirational all at the same time. Any politician that voted against this act, for any reason, should be truly ashamed, as should their family members.
Glad to see someone standing up for our Veterans.
John is a grandstanding douche. Bernie Sanders was the senate chair for the VA in 2015 when 239,000 veterans died waiting for care. And before him, Patty Murray did nothing about the Gulf War Syndrome or any other vet improvement.... except for one part time daycare on American Lake VA Campus. And they both voted to cut the GI Bill in 2012. John doesnt care that the VA neglects Vets .... as long as its democrats that are doing it.
Trump would in be Oval Office, these people wouldn’t be sitting out there in heat, they would be, getting their benefits,that they. Deserve 🇺🇸
@@suesally2103 I used The Veterans Choice Program before Trump was even in office, and Trump took credit for a program that President Obama created. Like that?
There is no one there standing up for our veterans, sorry. Democrats, nope. They refuse to keep half a trillion dollars of unrelated spending out of the veteran's package so the republicans will pass it. They keep that money in there so republicans will stand up for our economy and tax payers and refuse to pass it so then the democrats can say "republicans don't care about vets", and here comes Jon who bleeds donkey blue and refuses to hold them accountable. Republicans, nope, they won't write a bill of their own to demonstrate they are for it.
There is no one standing up for them. Just democrats *using* them, and Jon, knowing he won't blame his own party for playing spending tricks instead of just helping the vets like a fukin stateman. Good grief...
@@MetalMama-zb4wg Yep, like that. If Trump gets a whiff that people might love him to help the vets, he'll do it. If Trump thinks we'll all love him by signing an executive order, he would do it. Trump was a populist president - not a deep thinker. He was an executive, not a chin scratcher. That's why he did so good office. His policies were great, they were simple, tried and true. You don't need to love Trump to understand Trump. He just refuses to hide that a-hole ego that the rest of our leaders and most management do by default. He would be all over this veterans package - just for the opportunity to be adored for it, if nothing else.
I'm an Afghanistan Vet. I just did my job in a Forward Surgical Team, we took care of these young folks the age of my kids at the time. I loved them like they were my own kids. Mr Stewart, thank you for what you do. I feel so inadequate every day when I remember the sacrifices and stories from these heroes.
How about you read the bill instead of whining and do what is best for the USA not just yourself.
@@tessstewart1893 - "How about you read the bill"
Oh shut the fuck up, we both know full well you haven't read it.
James Halliday. Fu€k Jon Stewart. Seriously, what an as$hole. Jon Stewart is a complete shill nowadays. I knew straight away from the explanation given that the Democrats added “pork” to the bill. Why wasn’t Jon smart enough to figure that out? They already voted yes to it. Then the sneaky f*cking democRATS added hidden slushes to it. That’s why they [Republicans] voted against it this time. Watch Ted Cruz “own” Jon Stewart’s ass for his omission lies. Hahaha m.th-cam.com/video/jfbalOGlWcU/w-d-xo.html. If Jon wants to help the vets instead of virtue-signaling for the left, he should pressure the democRATS to remove the sneaky “slush” find they added to it after EVERYONE passed it the first time.
Jesus this made me cry and I'm Canadian
made me cry too, but I'm an American from a rural area who moved to the city to get away from Republicans and who has watched them be hypocritical over the military my whole life. some people will sit and bitch about Clinton being a "draft dodger", having avoided the draft out of luck themselves, and then kiss Trump's ass... this was a horrible reminder how fake the "support the troops" sentiment was, just like "back the blue" meant nothing on Jan 6.
I dont see eye to eye with Jon all of the time, who sees eye to eye with anyone all of the time? But I am 100% behind him on this.
Thank you Jon. My brother (an Army veteran) is gone now. He served in Vietnam & came back to scorn & ignorance. He was forever changed & never got help. He died alone & discouraged & no amount of my inexperienced help made a difference…I weep for your words of truth. Thank you for caring when so many others looked the other way & stayed home with their “heel spurs…”
I was one of the hippies protesting the wars in the 70s. While I protested war, I had absolute respect for those who were forced to serve, even those who chose to serve. I never understood the jerks that spit on our soldiers. Every crowd has their idiots and assholes. Jon is a true American. He hates the war machine, but loves the people who are brave enough to give everything to protect other people.
@@theobserver9131 Thank you…💕. None of us agreed with the war either but they didn’t have a choice at 18. Couldn’t vote but had to go…🥺.
@@megk.4599 War is an unimaginable horror. The fact that we send our children into war is evil.
I know you have said "NO THANK YOU!" to running for office but we the MAJORITY of citizens need you, or at least someone with your passion and morality in ANY office but the one you deserve is POTUS. I and many others would follow you through hell to get this country where it needs to be. Love you Jon, keep your fire going - we see your light.
This should go viral. Every network needs to pick this up and play it over and over.
PBS news hour already did, I'm hoping ALL of the others do.
Watching from Canada, amazing to watch and hear. Bravo Jon Stewart and all the US veterans.
This should be playing on every news outlet, if they have the courage.
🤣🤣🤣never gonna happen
Everyone needs to share this to their facebook, lets make this the #1 trending video in our nation
Thank you Jon, I am Vietnam Veteran suffering from Agent Orange multiple cancers. Bladder cancer 3 different times in 20 years. Lung cancer lobectomy on my right lung. I was a healthy non drinking, non smoker in fantastic condition, peeing streams of blood 🩸 on and off for over 20 years. The VA wants us to die, before they give me want I deserve. GOD HELP US ALL !
Fu€k Jon Stewart. Seriously, what an as$hole. Jon Stewart is a complete shill nowadays. I knew straight away from the explanation given that the Democrats added “pork” to the bill. Why wasn’t Jon smart enough to figure that out? They already voted yes to it. Then the sneaky f*cking democRATS added hidden slushes to it. That’s why they [Republicans] voted against it this time. Watch Ted Cruz “own” Jon Stewart’s ass for his omission lies. Hahaha m.th-cam.com/video/jfbalOGlWcU/w-d-xo.html. If Jon wants to help the vets instead of virtue-signaling for the left, he should pressure the democRATS to remove the sneaky “slush” fund they added to it after EVERYONE passed it the first time.
Just saw this in Australia. It's DISGUSTING how little care you blokes get from successive govts. Whatever their colours.
Come to Ozstraya mate!
You'd be most welcome. I'm sure you ran into a few Aussies in Vietnam. 😉
Free health care Down Under....
@@peterhoare3219 It’s the Democrats that don’t care. They tried to use the bill to funnel money into discretionary funds. The Republicans caught it. Told them to take it out and put it back the way it was first introduced when they did pass it, and they refused. So the Republicans has no choice but to not approve it. Then you get dumb Jon ranting about it like any good lefty lap dog. He’s a f’ king disgrace.
You mean how the Democrats stuffed the bill full of unrelated pork? And refused to take it out so it could pass
Thank you for your services. The Republicans blocked the VA bill because Democrats added on unrelated spendings. Jon Stewart and the mainstream medias join the Democrats to slander the Republicans.
th-cam.com/video/RWxYAHahq28/w-d-xo.html
This is heart wrenching I personally know veterans that have to fight for basic stuff after serving and being wounded. Things need to change
Probably one of the most honourable Americans I've ever heard.
I would vote for Jon Stewart in a literal second if I could and I would do everything in my meager ability to canvas for him. The American people deserve a great American leader
I never thought while watching the Daily Show many years ago that I was looking at a man I believe would make a great president. Jon's intelligence, passion, morals, and conviction is exactly what this country needs for leadership. We would be so ever lucky if he decided to run for the highest office of this nation.
I mean... it worked for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Great comedians usually have far above average intelligence. I remember some study a while back looking at vocabulary and scaling it to IQ and comedians hit very high.
Because that's what we need, another zero-experience celebrity governing the most complex country on the planet. It worked so well with Trump, right?
@@swiftfox2010 Now he's stuck as the leader in our proxy war, dancing for us. I don't envy him.
Probably would share Kennedy's fate and end up shot by some far right asshole.
This is heartbreaking. My heart aches for our veterans.
Its a job, they did not have to go,
@@georgegouvas27 Yeah, you can always say you have bone spurs....if you're rich.
@@georgegouvas27 If it was up to cowards like you, we'd have no army, no freedom, no country. Go back to Greece.
@@georgegouvas27 so the Vietnam draft wasn’t a thing? They could have just stayed home?
@@georgegouvas27 - then the party should not claim to support our veterans, or support the troops. You are essentially saying 'Hey you signed up for a tough job, if you get hurt doing that job, then sucks to be you'
Thank you Jon! We need more celebrities to use their social capital to advocate for us. I myself am a Veteran. Just about every male in my family are veterans.
The guy giggling in the back on the tortoises line says it all. John is so right about this. Reps would rather hurt Biden than help Americans.
Hurt Biden? I don't think anyone needs to help hurt Biden, we all know that Biden is a problem and a crook by now.
John is a grandstanding douche. Bernie Sanders was the senate chair for the VA in 2015 when 239,000 veterans died waiting for care. And before him, Patty Murray did nothing about the Gulf War Syndrome or any other vet improvement.... except for one part time daycare on American Lake VA Campus. And they both voted to cut the GI Bill in 2012. John doesnt care that the VA neglects Vets .... as long as its democrats that are doing it.
Biden would rather hurt Biden then help Americans.
Tell it Jon! For pointing out the infinity loop of hypocrisy that these people are on!
Jon, your a hero. This is heartbreaking!💔 These people aren't worthy of being in the U S. Senate. Thank You to those who served!!
We'll get THIS done!!!🇺🇲
“Pact Act has a mechanism (budgetary gimmick) that has the intent of making it possible to have a huge explosion in unrelated spending ($400 billion). This budgetary gimmick is so unrelated to the actual veteran issue that has to do with burn pits its not even in the house version of this Bill. This easy fix can be amended in a day and it will pass with 85 votes and sails through this chamber and goes straight to the president to be sign into law” Senator Pat Toomey
I served and him only calling out conservatives disgusts me.
♥️ Thank you Jon for standing up for us. ♥️
God bless you brother for standing up for veterans. You Rock John Stewart!
The ferocity is appreciated Mr Stewart, and everyone involved in this.
Jon, please run for office! We need people with your heart and passion running this country.
I agree, Jon could be effective as a politician, but he'd be only a cup of humanity and common sense in an ocean of BS. Look at Katie Porter. Our f'up political system can't be fixed with just one Jon Stewart.
@@tuckerfrd1, sadly you're spot on about that. But boy would it sure feel good to have someone as highly respected and loved as Jon is as POTUS. But as others have stated he has everything to lose and nothing to gain by taking on that role. But I am glad we have someone like Jon and others who actually give a fuck and stand up for the great citizens of this country.
Good for you Jon Stewart All veterans appreciate you 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
My father, a Vietnam and Iraq war veteran (Marines) is dealing with dementia, ptsd, alzheimer's and has had prostate cancer and various other ailments I can't even remember right now and is recovering from a stroke. It's made me sour on this government because of the way it treated him. Thank you Jon Stewart but it's sad you have more balls than any of those paid politicians. People make this clip go viral. This needs to be heard.
Thank you for sharing your story, it think it's important for the senetors to see how affected we are and how our diseases affects our families too.
Damn. I'm sorry you're all going through all that, but thanks or sharing. Best of luck to you and your father.
@@RevShifty Thank you. We are still holding him up but he's a shell of his former self. He used to run miles but now he stares at his phone and the TV. It's shameful that he gave everything to this country and sacrificed himself and his family for a this government and war mongers and sycophants that never served. We as his family will never have the same father again while Ted Cruz and the Republicans fist bump. You don't know how angry that makes me feel.
@@toxicblackman Oh, I believe I know, at least a little. My own father served in Vietnam, and just came back home from a triple bypass. But the only hospital that would treat him was 90+ minutes away, so he suffered his third heart attack the entire way there. The surgery is fairly routine these days, but they put a man infected with covid in his room on day 1, so he needed to wait a week of constant negative test results before they'd touch him.
I get furious whenever that garbage pretends to stand with veterans, or even just Americans. All their rhetoric revolves around finding new ways to shit on Americans, and they have *always* refused to do right by the people who put their futures on the line. It's absolutely disgusting.
I'd normally use much more colorful and foul language to describe how I feel about them, but TH-cam tends to auto delete those posts. But I do understand, at least in broad strokes. I've watched my own father grow from the man who showed me what strength of character and moral strength were be reduced to a tiny man who gets winded if he talks too long and can barely do much more than walk to the head a few times a day. I'm thankful to be close enough to lend him as much help as he can take (the old school ones would never admit to needing help), and I hope you or someone else in your family is able to say the same. It breaks my heart to know that I have better health care than my father, and I knew I wasn't going to serve before I was even 13.
Best of luck to you. I don't know if you've ever been close with someone suffering alzheimers, but it isn't going to get much easier than it is right now. And that's not even touching on all the other issues compounding things on top of that. I seriously can't say it enough, even though I've already said it too much, but best of luck to all of you.
@@toxicblackman
Don't get angry, get even.
Or maybe both!
Tell your story.
Get active and get those around you active.
I've been catching up on the plight of Afroamericans, admittedly mostly from a pasty, pale owl-like being know as John Oliver, and I find it heartbreking.
Anyway, to get to the point I wanna make, getting your community politically active you can get the votes needed to make the necessary changes to bring about the equalities so desperately needed.
Who knows, you may even inspire a young mind that might become the next Obam or M.L. King.
Don't think that you're just one of many, unimportant, nothing's gonna get done, nothing's ever gonna change.
Well maybe you are just one of many. But together the many are strong and CAN bring on change.
Don't be disheartened.
Don't be discouraged.
Don't be silenced.
Don't forget who wears the crown! (Word of Gary Byrd).
People who don't want to be accountable love to "keep it civil" when they are doing something outrageous. When someone is civil, listening with interest and a will to try to understand you: your conversation doesn't go that far as to use obscenities. If someone is listened to, they don't start with cursing.
But when someone has been disrespected, lied to, used for virtue signaling while in the very same time disregarded as a human being, when they take away even what you deserved to get: there are no more words left!
who is lying, disrespecting and virtue signaling?
@@kelliparra2483 the senators that voted against the bill, obviously
thats what i was trying to find out what senators would vote against our veterans
@@rakohus yeah thats what i was asking what senators would vote against our vets
@@kelliparra2483 NAYs ---42
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Sasse (R-NE)
Schumer (D-NY)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)
We need more people like you Jon. Fighting for our veterans!
Or less senators that voted no.
He ain't fighting for veterans, he is bashing conservatives. Wake up.
@@todd4335 I don't like Jon Stewart anymore, but even if he's doing this for selfish reasons, it's worthy of praise.
We need more people like Jon Stewart fighting for all of us! It's time we get it through our heads, These. people. Do! NOT! CARE! ABOUT! US! It doesn't matter whether they're democrats or republicans; our "representatives" work for their corporate donors and play stupid games with our lives. They don't give a shit what happens to any of us.
@@todd4335 Are you out of your mind? No one has fought harder than Jon for the veterans. More than any and all Republicans put together. You need to wake up. 😳👉⏰️
Tell em like it is!
as a veteran, i can appreciate that someone is actually upset on our behalf. it's been 19 years since i was medically discharged from the Army and it has been an uphill fight the whole time. i have multiple issues and the amount of care i get is less than what i would get in the typical social healthcare system. i think the shock of how little the government cares about us veterans wore off after i found out that the VA gets funds to give every veteran 100% disability pay, but there are veterans that have to fight for years to get anything. where is all that extra money going?
Went to corporations and people who wrote/pass the bill. Corruption is legal in the USA
@James john i feel you... i spent 11 years only getting 10% because i had a doctor that refused to believe me and that all she had to do was get xrays and physical therapy, and the pain would go away.
@@thetattoodmini I'm still in the middle of my VA process too.
@@MCPorter83 i will give you some advice then... find out who the local service officer is for your area. go talk to them. they are the guys who really help us with our disability process. i just saw mine today because my condition is rapidly getting worse. they know exactly the system better than anyone and they hustle for you, not the VA.
@@thetattoodmini thank you for the info.
I spent 21 years in the Air Force feeling like I was defending our way of life. Looking at our country.....I'd say I wasted my time and health for nothing. Ungrateful nation. Ungrateful politicians.
They don't make up the whole country. There are many, many more of us that are immensely grateful for your service, and we can NEVER repay you for all you've done. Please don't think all of us are ungrateful or hateful. The ones who are, well they're the minority. They're just a LOUD minority!
You said it.... Our own country attacking itself..... On the verge of civil and ww3..... What the hell was it all for..... Stay safe
Me too🤨 I served ten years was in Iraq exposed to the burning oil pits. thank you for your service
There are many of us in this nation grateful for your service. Sadly, the elected officials aren't.
NOT ungrateful Americans tho, which might be the nation? I'm grateful, everyone I know is grateful. All Americans support you!
I really want Jon to run for office but I can't wish the frustration of working with such a dysfunctional Senate on anyone as rational and justice-loving as him.
Agreeeeeeeeeeeee 💯
I think you're aiming low.
I'd vote for him.
the coward talks - th-cam.com/video/y5vbxSgLMPI/w-d-xo.html
id prefer him to stay out of the system that would rob him of his soul.
Jon, as a vet of 27 yrs in active service - I will support your nomination for the Senate. You should think about it! Genuine passion!
I will vote for him and work for his Campaign if he runs