Comedy Central host Jon Stewart expressed frustration with Senate Democrats on Monday after the passage of legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in history.
The United States Senate passed an amended continuing resolution Monday that would keep the government open through Jan. 30, 2026, while also containing appropriations for the full fiscal year for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction. Stewart told viewers that the episode of “The Daily Show” was sponsored by “I can’t fucking believe it!”
“And what, you ask, is ‘it ? Well, ‘it’ is the Democrats. You remember the Democrats,” Stewart said. “They shut down the government last month for a very particular reason.” RELATED: The Fine Print Hakeem Jeffries Missed: ACA Subsidies Set To Expire Because Dems Made Them Temporary
Stewart then played a montage of various Democrats demanding the extension of enhanced subsidies for Obamacare passed during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate minority leader before following it with a clip of Fox News host Dana Perino announcing that Democrats had “caved.”
“Excuse me, ‘cave on the shutdown?’ Huh? Not this forceful, young, authentic Democratic Party that hangs out down by the river and curses in what appears to be a cerulean blue blazer. ‘And I say… no f—–g way.’ No, they f—–g caved on the shutdown,” Stewart raged. “Not even a full week removed from the best election night results they’ve had in years, seven Democratic senators and an ‘independent’ voted with their Republican counterparts to end the shutdown and reopen the government. And did they get their extended healthcare subsidies?”
Stewart then played a clip of a report by ABC News detailing that Republicans agreed to hold a vote on legislation to extend the enhanced subsidies at a later date.
“I cannot f—–g believe it! You had the wind at your back! Election victories all over the country. The new Sydney Sweeney movie, box office bupkis!” Stewart shouted. “Apparently, her new MAGA fanbase didn’t show up in droves to see a biopic about a lesbian professional boxer who overcomes domestic violence to live her truth. Who could have seen that coming? Democrats, you sold out the entire shutdown not to get what you wanted, but for a promise to not get what you wanted later.”
“Where in ‘The Art of War’ — hold on. Okay, here it is. I got it. Sun Tzu said, ‘Never press your advantage. It’s unseemly! Fighting’s hard. How ’bout a snack?’” Stewart continued. “I can’t f—–g believe it. And by the way, what good does a promise of a Senate vote even do for you? Democrats, you don’t control the Senate. Do you even know how this shit works? Let’s just say that you managed to win a vote in the Senate, which you haven’t done all year, do you know what happens then?”
Schumer came under fire from left-wing media figures and Democrats in Congress over his decision to help pass a GOP-backed spending bill to prevent a government shutdown in March.
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