By Katherine Tinsley
11:34am PDT, Jun 18, 2025
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Jon Stewart recently criticized Utah Senator
Mike Lee for his response to the assassination of Minnesota state representative
Melissa Hortman and her husband,
Mark Hortman.
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Senator Mark Lee mocked Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman's deaths in a deleted X post.
"When Marxists don't get their way," Lee wrote in a deleted post.
"Nightmare on Walz Street," he added.
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In response, Jon Stewart pointed out how gun violence has become an issue across the U.S.
"Turns out, when it comes to mass shootings, one's not too many. A s******* isn't too many. By the way, you can say Second Amendment all you want, but you don't seem to mind throwing out the Constitution when it comes to deportation," Stewart said about the horrific incident.
"Violence should never be accepted," Stewart continued. "It should never be tolerated. But that's for their issues."
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Jon Stewart previously met Mark Lee in 2019 during a FealGood Foundation gathering, as the organization was fighting to get a bill approved for providing money and care to 9/11 first responders. Stewart noted how difficult it was to interact with Lee.
"We met a lot of people in Washington. Some were hopeful, some of those meetings … Some were upsetting meetings," Stewart said. "That was the only meeting where we all walked out and looked at each other and went, 'What the f*** is wrong with that guy?'"
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When
Laken Riley was murdered in Georgia by undocumented immigrant
José Antonio Ibarra, Mike Lee gave a passionate speech about how her death proved that the Laken Riley Act and border control were needed.
"He's right to be upset at our leaders for allowing unsafe conditions to happen. That's fine," Jon Stewart said.
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Jon Stewart pointed out the double standards in Mike Lee's stance, as he wants protection for women like Laken Riley but not Melissa Hortman.
"I truly want to know why, in his mind, one death at the hands of an immigrant is worth $150 billion of border security, a militarization of American cities — well, just the blue cities. I know the undocumented immigrants in red state fields are the good ones," Stewart said.
"But I want to know why those deaths in Minnesota are worth only a night of edgelord s*** posting. No billions for mental health," he noted. "No stopping illegal weapons coming in. No,nothing. We should ask him why. I bet he's got some stories to tell."
