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Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart mocks Trump, Palin, Bachmann at CPAC

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Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart mocks Trump, Palin, Bachmann at CPAC

Making up for its brief hiatus last week, “The Daily Show” has been catching up on CPAC coverage, last night focusing on GOP all-stars like Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, and the (not) new direction they’re leading the Republican party in.

Of Palin, Stewart opined: “I know where Sarah Palin came from. Someone cast a spell on a YouTube comment and it came to life”:

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