Newsmax “Wise Guys” host John Tabacco, responding Tuesday to Jon Stewart’s jibes at him during his monologue on “The Daily Show,” said he found the bit funny, but he also wonders why he’d “mock a guy who’s Italian for his real Italian last name?”

“Listen, Jon Stewart has done some great things for 9/11 first responders, so I’ll give him that, and I did think it was funny,” Tabacco told “Newsline” host Bianca de la Garza.

Stewart, playing a clip from Newsmax of Tabacco talking about President Donald Trump’s tariffs during a panel discussion, asked if the TV host is in the “witness protection program.”

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