Jon Stewart Slams Mitch McConnell: He Has Been the ‘White Whale’ of 9/11 First Responder Benefits

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STEWART: “Not me personally, but in terms of getting the 9/11 bills past, Mitch McConnell has been the white whale of this since 2010. In 2010 — and this brings up something, because I think it’s the cynicism that’s displayed by Washington that also causes this situation to be so emotional. They asked Mitch McConnell about the testimony after it was done and he said, gosh — I think he used the word gosh. Gosh, we haven’t looked at that in a while, but we will look at it and I’m sure we will deal with it as compassionately as we have in the past. But I want to make it clear that this is never been dealt with it domestic compassionately by senator Mcconnell. He has always held out until the very last minute and only then under intense lobbying and public shaming has he even deigned move on it. This is not a republican-democrat issue. There are Republicans on the if we would honestly like to have more of them, but senator Mcconnell has seen fit to comment — in 2010 he used it to make sure the Bush tax cuts will be permanent.“