Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday offered a rare compliment to the Trump administration for how it has handled a fund for 9/11 victims but blasted Congress for playing political games with the program.
Stewart, who has been a vocal advocate for the program that provides help to 9/11 victims killed or injured by the terrorist attack, plus their families, offered the qualified praise as part of a press conference on Capitol Hill marking the introduction of a bill that would restore recent cuts and make the fund permanent.
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