Jon Stewart uses Donald Trump to explain why the GOP lost on gay marriage

Jon Stewart explains why the GOP lost on gay marriage

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published 30 June 2015

"Last week was amazing," Jon Stewart said on Monday's Daily Show, pointing to the Supreme Court decisions on ObamaCare, fair housing, and, especially, same-sex marriage. But of course, prominent national Republicans weren't pleased with the gay marriage decision, and Stewart played a few of the more vocal dissents, gleefully shooting them down as soon as they were raised. Then he got to the bottom line.

"Look, justices, senators, your problem isn't judicial activism, or overreach, or politically correct policing," Stewart said. "Your problem here is bald-faced, out-in-the-open, common sense experience. That's why you're not going to win the marriage-equality fight." To illustrate his point, he showed a clip of Donald Trump acknowledging that his three marriages aren't very traditional. "You're not going to win the marriage-equality fight because even a man pathologically disposed to not understand other people's points of views," he said, pointing at Trump, "even he gets it." You can watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.