{"id":1583257,"date":"2022-08-01T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583257"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:17:15","slug":"watch-jon-stewart-jack-posobiec-fight-hug-it-out-over-vet-burn-pit-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jon-stewart-jack-posobiec-fight-hug-it-out-over-vet-burn-pit-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Jon Stewart, Jack Posobiec Fight, Hug It Out Over Vet Burn Pit Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-jon-stewart-jack-posobiec-fight-hug-it-out-over-vet-burn-pit-relief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jon-stewart\">Jon Stewart<\/a> and conservative journalist Jack Posobiec had heated words over a controversially crafted bill that would provide funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/veterans\">sick veterans<\/a>, but managed to hug it out moments later.<\/p>\n<p>The former late-night funny man and the Navy intelligence officer-turned journalist have been sparring on Twitter for days over a bill intended to provide $400 billion for veterans who suffered a wide range of ailments from exposure to burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq. \u00a0Republicans have objected to the bill because they say House Democrats used an accounting trick that the Congressional Budget Office said could add a minimum of $275 billion in unrelated spending over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>When Posobiec and Stewart met up in Washington Monday, it was on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people have suffered for 15 years!\u201d Stewart shouted at Posobiec, pointing a finger in his face.<\/p>\n<p>Posobiec, who stayed calm, asked Stewart why he was attacking him, given that they both unquestionably support health care for veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you\u2019re a f\u2014ing troll!\u201d yelled back Stewart, who has advocated for veterans sickened by burn pits on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, passed the Senate in June, but had to go through again after House Democrats made key changes. Senate Republicans last Wednesday filibustered\u00a0the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/gop-senators-block-bill-veterans-toxins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure<\/a>, effectively blocking it. Their reason is\u00a0an added Democratic provision they say would move appropriated funds from discretionary to mandatory spending. Mandatory expenditures would no longer fall under annual appropriations and could conceivably be renewed automatically every year with little or no oversight, say Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Posobiec has spent much of the last week trying to make this point to Stewart on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jon Stewart is Unhinged. Watch him scream and swear in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JackPosobiec<\/a>\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AWGRB0rHwK\">pic.twitter.com\/AWGRB0rHwK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1554169156194516993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-v-53e1244a=\"\">\n<p>Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, have also been making the case that the GOP supports the aid to veterans but not under the new terms proposed by Democrats.\u00a0Sen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pat-toomey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Toomey<\/a> (R-PA) said Sunday that he would vote for the legislation if the gimmick can be cut. He proposed an amendment that would put guardrails on the $400 billion, satisfying GOP concerns and potentially allowing the bill to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I want to do is treat it for government accounting purposes the way we have always treated it for government accounting purposes, because if we change it to the way that the Democrats want, it creates room in future budgets for $400 billion of totally unrelated extraneous spending on other matters,\u201d Toomey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/jon-stewart-clashes-cruz-over-burn-pits-bill\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I actually give props to Stewart for coming around to doing the right thing here after his ridiculous outburst. Few people can climb down, and we need more of that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CaHAgQvdKt\">https:\/\/t.co\/CaHAgQvdKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heminator\/status\/1554172755628756994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, Posobiec and Stewart buried the hatchet in a scene also caught on video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJon Stewart and I have decided to come to an agreement, have we not, Jon?\u201d Posobiec asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes sir,\u201d said Stewart. \u201cI lost my temper a little bit, I felt like I was being trolled, and I realized the important thing is just got to get this done for these guys, and get them over the finish line to get them the health care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill would establish a presumption that military service caused 23 respiratory illnesses and cancers related to the smoke from burn pits, fire pits used in war zones to dispose of various types of waste, many of them toxic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Stewart and conservative journalist Jack Posobiec had heated words over a controversially crafted bill that would provide funds for sick veterans, but managed to hug it out moments later. 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