Jon Stewart‘s efforts to get well being advantages to veterans got here full circle Wednesday … he was available to observe President Biden usher in a invoice guaranteeing precisely that, with a shout-out from POTUS himself.
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The previous ‘Each day Present’ host was considered one of a number of folks in attendance on the White Home to observe 46 signal the PACT Act into legislation … and you can inform he was emotional to see it attain the end line after a hard-fought battle. The Prez made positive to acknowledge his good work, saying the invoice would not be earlier than him if it wasn’t for every thing he’d performed.
JS took all of it in humbly, and all through the ceremony … was additionally hugging vets who had been in a position to make it in individual, rubbing shoulders with politicians within the room, and getting pats on the again by just about all people round. It is effectively deserved.
As all of us noticed over these previous couple weeks, Jon was on the entrance strains in getting U.S. Senators to vote for PACT — even after a lot of them, principally Republicans, flip-flopped at essential factors within the legislative course of … practically torpedoing all of it collectively.
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There was quite a lot of handwringing over verbiage — together with claims that Dems had been attempting to play a budgetary recreation when it comes to the kind of spending this might fall into long-term — however Jon all the time caught to his weapons and known as out misinformation left and proper in a wide range of methods.
He spoke on to reporters in very impassioned phrases a couple of instances on Capitol Hill … and even acquired into some shouting matches with folks he thought of trolls appearing in unhealthy religion.
Make up your personal thoughts who’s “in good religion” right here or not. pic.twitter.com/P6cj3tntB5
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In fact, Jon additionally used social media fairly creatively — and ultimately, it paid off. Simply goes to indicate … the man is aware of find out how to get stuff performed in D.C. when he places his thoughts to it.
The query … will he ever intention greater and probably run for workplace? Time will inform …