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GOP

Jon Stewart Has The Perfect Clapback To Margie Greene’s Latest ‘Godly’ Conspiracy Theories

“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart offered a much-needed antidote to the conspiracy theories being regurgitated by right-wing media outlets and congressional Republicans regarding the solar eclipse that took place Monday across the United States.

Stewart began by tackling the fearmongering that took place on Fox News in connection to the eclipse, where hosts ominously suggested that the four minutes of darkness across Texas could cause havoc at the U.S.-Mexico border, with Fox’s Bill Hemmer saying the eclipse would provide “a real opportunity for smugglers and cartels and migrants to come right in.”

Stewart countered, “Or they could just wait ’til nighttime.”

“Is there nothing Fox can’t tie to immigration?” he added, wryly mocking: “This here cicada infestation provides perfect cover for Venezuelans.”

And then Stewart turned to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who had been spreading wild scenarios on social media that the eclipse and last week’s earthquake in New Jersey were “signs” that God wanted the nation to “repent.”

“How do you know? How would you know that that is what God meant,” Stewart asked. “Why would God be so obtuse? Why would he do that? Or she? Why would she? Or how crazy would it be if God insisted on they/them?”

Stewart had another question for loose cannons like Greene who love to try and tell us what God expects from us.

“Is this shit really how God works?”

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GOP Gun Nuts

WATCH Jon Stewart Eviscerate An Oklahoma Republican On The Issue Of Gun Control

Jon Stewart has had enough of Republicans who continually assert that more guns in the United States make us all safer, and he’s letting them know that he’s sick and tired of their bullshit.

On his AppleTV+ show “The Problem With Jon Stewart” this week, the host spoke with Oklahoma state Sen. Nathan Dahm (R), who immediately made it clear he doesn’t think the country needs any gun legislation.

“I’m a strong proponent of the Second Amendment. I believe the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Stewart reminded Dahm, “Oh, it’s also the one right that uses the phrase ‘well-regulated.'” He then added:

“I don’t want to ban guns. But you’re saying more guns makes us more safe. So, when? We got 400 million guns in the country. We had an increase, and gun deaths went up. So when exactly does this curve hit, that takes it down? Would a billion guns do it?”

Later in the discussion, Stewart asked the Oklahoma Republican:

“If you don’t have background checks, and you don’t have registration and permitting, how do you know who has a problem in terms of the people who you’re giving a gun to?”

“That’s your subjective opinion,” Dahm responded.

Stewart reminded Dahm:

“It’s not my subjective opinion. We have 50,000 gun-related deaths. That’s not a subjective opinion. That’s dead people.

“When the police go to a house filled with guns, why don’t they breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this Second Amendment that shall not be infringed is being exercised so fruitfully in this home?”

The former “Daily Show” host then asked Dahm why he had proposed a bill in his state to ban drag show readings in his state, to which the lawmaker retorted, “Because the government does have a responsibility to protect … children.”

That’s when Stewart won the debate and made Dahm look like a clueless fool:

“What you’re telling me, is that you don’t mind infringing free speech to protect children from this amorphous thing that you think of. But when it comes to children that have died, you don’t give a flying fuck to stop that, because that shall not be infringed.

“That is hypocrisy at its highest order.” 

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Fox News

Tucker Carlson Attacked Jon Stewart And Quickly Regretted It When Stewart Clapped Back

 

Fox News host Tucker Carlson thought he’d attack former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart over Stewart’s advocacy on behalf of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

HuffPost notes that Carlson made his hateful remarks on his show:

Carlson fired off a series of highly personal and deeply weird insults at Stewart for his advocacy of healthcare for U.S. veterans. Stewart, Carlson said, looks “like a guy who lives in the men’s room at your public library, eating imaginary insects out of the air” and “a homeless mental patient.”

“He’s shrieking and disheveled and very short,” Carlson said. “Really short. Too short to date. Was he always that short?”

But someone should have warned Carlson that it’s a bad idea to attack a comedian, especially one as beloved as Jon Stewart, and certainly not when he’s advocating on behalf of veterans.

Stewart quickly clapped back at Carlson.

Others on Twitter then joined the debate and also took turns slamming Carlson.

Memo to Tucker Carlson: You should probably stick to polishing Donald Trump’s butt. At least you’re good at that.