Jon Stewart rips into Trump admin and MAGA for 'giving up 2nd Amendment'

Jon Stewart has ripped into Donald Trump's administration and MAGA faithful for their comments on a recent protest against ICE agents.

Pretti was shot and killed during a protest in Minneapolis just weeks after Renee Good, 37, was shot three times by an ICE agent. Stewart has since pounced on the president and his administration for their rhetoric around the shooting of Pretti.

The Trump admin has claimed Pretti carried a handgun and resisted attempts to be disarmed at the time of his death. Eyewitnesses, officials, and Pretti's family have all denied this claim, with videos of the shooting showing no evidence to support claims made by US Border Patrol head Greg Bovino.

Scott Bessent, during an appearance on ABC's This Week, says he would "bring a billboard, not a gun" to a protest. Stewart has since criticized his comments, as well as Bovino, the Trump admin, and MAGA rhetoric following Pretti's death.

Stewart, during an appearance on The Daily Show, said, "People don't bring billboards to f***ing protests, they call them signs. There is nothing that I love more than watching somebody deliver a practised line that they think is devastating, only to trip on their own d**k. This is blowing my f***ing mind.

"The people that brought you this guy [Kyle Rittenhouse], and these guys, [January 6 protestors], as f***ing heroes, for brandishing their weapons, are telling you the big mistake was letting a citizen legally carry a gun.

"I wasn't shocked when you guys gave up the 1st Amendment, and I wasn't shocked when you dropped the 4th Amendment, and the 10th Amendment, and the 14th Amendment, at Trump's behest. But the 2nd? Isn't that kind of your load bearing ball of the 'Don't Tread On Me' flag? Your snake is down to a newt.

"Your deeply felt constitutional principles are suddenly the Black Knight in Monty Python." Stewart went on to say guns are the GOP's "whole personality", pointing out some members of the party had weapons in their Zoom meeting backgrounds, on lapel pins, and on Christmas cards.

Footage of Ted Cruz cooking bacon by firing a rifle was then played by Stewart, who was left stunned by the clip. He added, "The crazy thing is, the right had jettisoned the entire integrity and belief of their political worldview.

"The entire foundation of it for a guy who really doesn't give a f**k. You gave it all up, this is your president on this harrowing weekend of bloodshed. This is who you threw it all away for."