Jon Stewart Criticizes Chuck Schumer's Support for GOP Spending Bill
The late-night host's critique highlights frustrations with Democratic leadership's lack of strategy and low public approval ratings.
- Jon Stewart sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for supporting a Republican-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.
- Schumer defended his decision by stating it was necessary to minimize harm to the American people, though he failed to secure concessions from Republicans.
- Stewart mocked Schumer's approach of engaging with Republicans informally, such as during gym sessions, as ineffective.
- The Democratic Party's strategy of waiting for Donald Trump's approval ratings to drop below 40% was ridiculed as reactive and weak.
- Stewart highlighted the Democratic Party's historically low approval ratings, contrasting them with Trump's, to emphasize the party's unpopularity.