Posted on May 30, 2022
Jon Stewart slams Memorial Day tweets as US veterans die from burn pits
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Jon Stewart has slammed Americans for posting about Memorial Day on social media while failing to show up in support of veterans who are sick and dying from toxic exposure to burn pits.
“Where are the American people?” he demanded.
The TV host and veteran advocate took to the stage at the Rolling to Remember event in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, where veterans, their families and advocates called on Congress to pass the Honoring our PACT Act.
Mr Stewart urged Americans to pressure their senators to pass the comprehensive burn pits bill as he hit out at the tokenistic shows of support for US veterans over Memorial Day weekend.
“It’s hard to be here today and not get frustrated again as I look out in the crowd and see the same thing I always see – veterans and their families and caregivers,” he said.
“Where are the American people?” he demanded.
The TV host and veteran advocate took to the stage at the Rolling to Remember event in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, where veterans, their families and advocates called on Congress to pass the Honoring our PACT Act.
Mr Stewart urged Americans to pressure their senators to pass the comprehensive burn pits bill as he hit out at the tokenistic shows of support for US veterans over Memorial Day weekend.
“It’s hard to be here today and not get frustrated again as I look out in the crowd and see the same thing I always see – veterans and their families and caregivers,” he said.
Jon Stewart slams Memorial Day tweets as US veterans die from burn pits
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Mr Stewart described how US service men and women who returned from America’s post-9/11 wars sick and dying from toxic exposure were then “put on trial” by the government that sent them there to prove that their conditions were directly caused by serving their country.
“This may be one of the lowest hanging fruits of the American legislative agenda,” he said.
“Those that took up arms in defence of this country and its constitution suffered grievous harm in that defence and when they came home we put them on trial.”
He described the pushback from the US government that veterans have long come up against after becoming sick from toxic exposure.
“‘You got cancer? Prove it was us’,” he said
“‘I slept next to a burning field of s**t and jet fuel.’"...
..."Mr Stewart described how US service men and women who returned from America’s post-9/11 wars sick and dying from toxic exposure were then “put on trial” by the government that sent them there to prove that their conditions were directly caused by serving their country.
“This may be one of the lowest hanging fruits of the American legislative agenda,” he said.
“Those that took up arms in defence of this country and its constitution suffered grievous harm in that defence and when they came home we put them on trial.”
He described the pushback from the US government that veterans have long come up against after becoming sick from toxic exposure.
“‘You got cancer? Prove it was us’,” he said
“‘I slept next to a burning field of s**t and jet fuel.’"...
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