Jon Stewart rips 'the Shoddyguard,' aka the Secret Service, over security blunders
'You can't just turn off the alarm because it's irritating. This is the White House, not a '97 Honda Civic!'
Jon Stewart ripped into the Secret Service on Wednesday over a series of security blunders, including its handling of the man who jumped the White House fence and made it into the residence.
The "Daily Show" host mocked the agency's excuse for not releasing dogs to stop the intruder because the agents were afraid the dogs might attack them.
"Sounds strange but it makes more sense when you find out a lot of Secret Service agents are cats," Stewart said.
He also ripped the Secret Service for muting the White House alarm because it had been going off a lot and was annoying staffers.
“You can’t do that!” Stewart stammered. "You can't just turn off the alarm because it's irritating. This is the White House, not a '97 Honda Civic!"
He also tore into now-ousted Secret Service Director Julia Pierson's explanation for the department not discovering seven shots had been fired at the White House in 2011 for four days.
“It’s difficult to see at night,” Pierson testified on Tuesday.
“You can get a flashlight and look around," Stewart said, "or only have a president during daylight hours."
"Four days!" he continued. "It took the White House only a little less time to find out they'd been hit by bullets than it took James Franco to saw off his own arm!"
