July 29, 2022

On Wednesday, Republican Senators halted a bipartisan bill that they formally supported which would give veterans much more access to healthcare after they were exposed to toxins.

Jon Stewart who fought to help pass health care for first responders during 9/11 and for our troops was furious.

"This is an embarrassment to the Senate, to the country, to the founders that all they professed to hold dear," Stewart said angrily. "And if this is America first. Then America is f**ked."

The Guardian reports: "The measure, called the Honoring our Pact Act, would make it easier for veterans to access military care related to exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam and toxins from pits used to burn military waste in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Initially, Republicans supported this bill in a big way (84-14), but on Wednesday, twenty-five of these cowards refused to move this measure forward.

First Jon Stewart took to Twitter:

But Stewart didn't stop there. The former Comedy Central host went on Newsmax to take apart the warmongering Republicans.

But Stewart did not stop there.

"America’s heroes who fought in our wars outside sweating their asses off.. while these motherfuckers sit in the air conditioning," he raged.

Newsweek listed all 41 Republican Senators that failed to fulfill their duty and "meet the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance the legislation aimed at protecting veterans exposed to toxic materials during their service."

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