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Jon Stewart Mocks Donald Trump’s History of Gettysburg [Video]

Jon Stewart mercilessly roasted Donald Trump over the former president’s re-telling of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Trump held a rally on Saturday in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, where he recounted the 1863 Civil War battle that resulted in a pivotal Union victory. The ex-president’s haphazard description of the event drew Stewart’s mockery on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show.

“This weekend, our former president – and illustrious historian Donald J. Trump – spoke near one of America’s most hallowed battlefields,” the comedian began. “And if you thought Lincoln consecrated Gettysburg with his soaring rhetoric, well, bu-bu-buckle up.”

“Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was,” Trump said in a clip Stewart played. “The Battle of Gettysburg. What an– I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow.”

“That is plagiarized almost …

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