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Jon Stewart Wants GOP To End Death Grip On 9/11
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 14, 2010
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Last night, the Daily Show took up the Senate's failure to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which would have given $7.4 billion to Ground Zero first responders and their survivors. Jon Stewart asked, "Since when do Republicans make 9/11 first responders stand over in the corner with the gays and Mexicans?"
Since the Republicans apparently didn't want to support sickened 9/11 first responders, Stewart asked them to end their use of 9/11 as a political issue and offered up a stirring montage. What would Giuliani think?
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