Comedian Jon Stewart found himself angrily shouting at alt-right provocateur Jack Posobiec on Monday for acting in bad faith and trolling him, only to eventually shake the prominent Pizzagate conspiracist’s hand and claim the two found common ground over veterans’ health-care issues.
Over the past few days, Stewart has been passionately advocating for Congress to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act, which would provide health benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxins from burn pits. The former Daily Show host has specifically taken aim at Senate Republicans for blocking the bill they just voted for weeks earlier, calling out the GOP’s “fuckery” and “bullshit” excuses for suddenly opposing the legislation due to a “budgetary gimmick.”
With the Senate scheduled to vote on the bill again this week, Stewart joined veterans and advocacy groups Monday on Capitol Hill to continue whipping up support for the stalled legislation. At one point, Stewart even jokingly assured skeptical conservatives that they didn’t need to just take his word when it came to supporting the bill.