Jon Stewart Pressure Flips GOP Senators, PACT Act for Veterans Passes

Jon Stewart‘s passionate pleas for Congress — particularly GOP Senators — didn’t fall on deaf ears … because the Senate reversed area and resoundingly handed a invoice to assist veterans uncovered to burn pits.

The previous ‘Day by day Present’ host turned up the warmth on Republicans like Senators Ted Cruz and Pat Toomey after the PACT Act was shot down within the Senate final week … and it appears like Jon’s technique paid off.

Final week’s 55-42 defeat of the laws all of the sudden grew to become an 86-11 victory Tuesday when the invoice was put to a brand new vote. The GOP tried to cross amendments to deal with what they declare was a “price range gimmick” Democrats cooked into the invoice, however these efforts failed.

Regardless of that, the Republicans flipped and voted in favor of the PACT Act — designed to increase healthcare protection for veterans uncovered to burn pits and different toxins throughout their service.

Bear in mind … Jon put GOP management on blast after final week’s defeat, calling Sen. Toomey “a “f***ing coward.”

Toomey and different GOP Senators, like Cruz, mentioned they voted in opposition to the invoice as a result of they claimed it will create $400 billion in unrelated spending.

Sen. Cruz tried blaming the Democrats after we obtained him after the “no” vote … and our clip lit one other hearth beneath Stewart.

It did not take lengthy for him to reply, calling BS on Cruz’s claims.

Jon additionally obtained right into a heated shouting match over the invoice Monday simply exterior Capitol Hill, squaring off with media persona and conservative commentator Jack Posobiec.

Proper earlier than all this, Jon was being floated as a severe presidential nominee in 2024 … an concept JS continues to shoot down — nevertheless it’s arduous to argue his impassioned, vocal stress did not play a task within the Senate turnaround.