Stewart Rips Everyone on Immigration: It’s GOP Hypocrites vs. ‘Passive-Aggressive’ Dems!

Immigration reform seemed like a sure thing this year, until it suddenly wasn’t again. Jon Stewart tried to figure out why things went so horribly wrong, and it turned out to be mostly Republican hypocrisy on enforcing the law mixed with some “passive-aggressive” Democratic taunting.

The big reason Republicans backed out is because, as John Boehner put it, they just don’t trust President Obama to enforce the law. Stewart cried, “That’s his whole job!” and called Republicans out for “the greatest projection in the history of psychology.” Referring to the NBC sportscaster’s pinkeye, Stewart said GOP blaming Obama for not enforcing the law “is like Bob Costas saying ‘No, I don’t want to borrow your glasses. I don’t know where they’ve been.'”

But of course, for every action, there is an equal and opposite disingenuous reaction, and it came in the form of Chuck Schumer engaging in some “passive-aggressive democracy,” which the GOP didn’t go for either. Say what you will about Chris Christie, Stewart said, at least he “knows how to clog a border.”

Watch the video below, via Comedy Central:

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