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Lawrence O'Donnell Skewers Jon Stewart [1]

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Date: 2024-02-22  

First, Jon Stewart said this about President Biden on Monday, January 12th:

"Did anyone film that?" Stewart asked. "Because if you're telling us behind the scenes, he's sharp and full of energy, and on top of it, and really in control, and leading, you should film that. That would be good to show to people, instead of a TikTok where he goes 'chocolate-chip cookie!'"

Lawrence responded by first titling the segment:

Lawrence then gave the following history lesson to Jon Stewart about all that FDR did while he was essentially on his death bed to die three months after taking office for the last time:

Franklin Roosevelt was designing the United Nations for the post-war period calling up the United Nations deciding which countries would be members of the Security Council which country should have veto power. He was calculating every day how to deal with the Soviet Union's dictator Joseph Stalin as an ally them in combat against Notts in Germany and how he would have to deal with Stalin as a potential adversary after World War, 2 nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, the creation of Social Security system, which Franklin Roosevelt had done 10 years earlier were all issues far more complex.

Then every issue that passed through George Washington's mind or Abraham Lincoln's mind and the presence, Franklin Roosevelt was making decisions about those issues sometimes in bed, sometimes when he was nodding off, always in his wheelchair when he was out of bed sometimes after a long naps sometimes and just speaking itself took every bit of strength he had. And whenever President Roosevelt had to be awakened in the middle of the night with the latest battle news and World War 2, even as his physical energy was seeping out of him, he was always ready. He was always ready to do his job in the middle of the night. In the middle of the day, he was always ready to make the next decision.

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