VIDEO: Jon Stewart Loses His Cool in a Gut-Wrenchingly Honest Monologue on the Charleston Shooting
Beginning with an apology for his inability to deliver comic relief on Thursday in the wake of the church shooting in South Carolina, the "Daily Show" host gave a long speech about racial tensions in the United States and, above all, how frustrating it is that America won't do "jack shit" even in the face of vicious attacks from within.Beginning with an apology for his inability to deliver comic relief Thursday in the wake of the church shooting in South Carolina, the “Daily Show” host gave a long speech about racial tensions in the United States, his anger at the media for mislabeling terrorism and, above all, how frustrating it is that America won’t do “jack shit” even in the face of vicious attacks from within.
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