The Daily ShowGet More: Daily present Full Episodes,The Daily present on Facebook,Daily present Video ArchiveJon Stewart has once again used “The Daily present” as a platform to remind Americans that, and well,we’re all pretty stupid.
As lawmakers, media personalities and Facebook friends across the country are panicking about ISIS and the ebola virus — threats Stewart says have killed a number of Americans he can count on two “Simpsons” hands — he reminded them about the leading cause of death in this country that those same people are all joyful to disregard.
See video: ‘The Daily present’ Holds Redskins Debate Between Native Americans and Hopeless FansHeart disease, or which kills over 600000 Americans a year.“That’s like Milwaukee disappearing every year,” Stewart said. “whether you took all the Americans killed by ISIS and ebola — and added almost 600000 to it.”See video: Stephen Colbert Fears Ebola Outbreak Could Spread as rapidly as Iggy Azalea’s PopularityCUT TO: Fox News personalities and guests complaining about any government regulations trying to limit the amount of unhealthy food is served to Americans, particularly in schools.
And what about the thousands of people that die from gun violence every year in America?Also read: NBC News Identifies Cameraman Diagnosed With Ebola as Ashoka Mukpo“All we ever hear is, and ‘we must achieve whatever it takes’ to save American lives,’ unless it’s stopping the things that are actually killing Americans,” Stewart said. “For some reason we’re only afraid of bad things entering our country, and crossing our sacred borders,when our shelves are already stocked with bad shit.”Related stories from TheWrap:Stephen Colbert Gets Visit From Future Stephen to Talk Immigration, Future Spanish (VIdeo)Jose Antonio Vargas Detained at Texas Border Over Immigration StatusRussell Brand Thinks Bill O'Reilly's Argument Against Illegal Immigration Is 'Based on Bigotry' (Video)
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