There is a tendency among some people to believe that, unlike other late night hosts, Jon Stewart goes after both sides. However, that is only really true if you consider going after Democrats for not being left enough to be equal treatment. On Monday’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Stewart ranted at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for not shutting down the government and later welcomed Sen. Chris Murphy to echo his opinion.
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Later, Stewart asked Murphy, “Clearly, a decision was made within the Senate. Was there a meeting? Was there a lunch where all the senators in the Democratic caucus had, I'm going to assume, mostly mushy food.”
After Murphy quipped that they do serve Jell-O, Stewart continued, “I've been to the Senate. There is a chewing and indigestion issue. Was there a discussion as to whether or not you would invoke the filibuster, not give them cloture, and how did that discussion go?”
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