Jon Stewart Trumps it Up On the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

After crashing The Daily Show Monday to lobby in support of the Zadroga Renewal Act, Jon Stewart interrupted Stephen Colbert’s Late Show monologue Thursday in an effort to pass the bill that would extend the health care benefits of 9/11 first responders.

It’s no secret that Jon Stewart is basically the man who launched the career of the Late Show host Stephen Colbert back in his Comedy Central days. During his return trip to The Daily Show this week, Stewart went to Washington D.C. with a group of first responders to “shame” Congress members. “Face it, Jon, the media won’t pay attention to anything at all unless you are Donald Trump”.

“These 9/11 first responders are the most top-notch, first-class, diamond-encrusted heroes American can produce”. The subtext of it was clear and a point Stewart has been making for more than a decade: That serious issues get short shrift in the media, and carnival-barkers like Trump are given too much attention.

One Donald Trump wig and some orange Cheetos dust later, Stewart is Trumpified and ready to make his pitch. Yesterday the Daily News reported that the House of Representatives will include the Zadroga Act as part of an omnibus spending bill. They chose to “Trump it up”, disguising Stewart as the ubiquitous GOP presidential front-runner.

“If I’m elected – and I will be elected – I will build a wall around politics, and I will make politics pay for it”, he continued.

He added, “Tweet at your Congressman with #WorstResponders”.