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Jon Stewart Grills Mike Huckabee On His Praise For David Barton

A few weeks back, we captured video(link is external) of Mike Huckabee being introduced by David Barton at the Rediscover God in America conference in Iowa, during which asserted that he wished every American would be forced - at gunpoint - to listen to Barton's teachings.

Last night, Huckabee appeared on "The Daily Show" and Jon Stewart ended up dedicating nearly the entire interview to questioning Huckabee about his support for and praise of Barton and his pseudo-history:

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During the discussion, Stewart mentioned a few of Barton's more outrageous claims by name, which we first reported here - specifically Barton's claims(link is external) that Jesus opposed the minimum wage and the Estate Tax and that God set the boundaries of nations(link is external).

For more examples of Barton's absurd statements and intentional misuse of history, take a look through our archive of posts about him(link is external).