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Jon Stewart lampoons Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst for ridiculous SOTU responses

And the "Implody" goes to...
Sarah Gray
January 22, 2015 11:42PM (UTC)

On Wednesday night Jon Stewart handed out an "Implody" award, for an altogether lackluster State of the Union address rebuttal.

And to Stewart's shock, he had five (yes, five!) GOP responses to choose from: Sen. Joni Ernst's official response, Sen. Rand Paul's YouTube address, Sen. Ted Cruz's poorly filmed rebuttal and more!

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After examining each speech -- and giving them a thorough mocking -- Stewart made a decision. Watch below to see who receives the "Implody":


Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray is an assistant editor at Salon, focusing on innovation. Follow @sarahhhgray or email sgray@salon.com.

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