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ANNOUNCER: From New York City,
the only city in America,
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it's the show that
invented news.
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This is The Daily Show
with your host, Al Franken.
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[music playing]
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[cheers and applause]
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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Thank you.
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Welcome.
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No, no, no.
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Welcome to the-- welcome
to The Daily Show.
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I'm your host for
the week, Al Franken.
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I'm the-- I'm the
ninth guest host so far
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and the first white
male guest host.
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Feel free to applaud.
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[applause]
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We got a great show
for you tonight.
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My friend, Senator Lindsey
Graham, is joining me.
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Yeah.
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So let's get into
the headlines.
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[music playing]
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You know, last week,
I was thinking,
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there's not going to be
much news when I host.
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But oh, boy, it's going
to be an exciting week.
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If former President
Trump is correct,
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we are on the
verge of something
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unprecedented in
American history,
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a former US President
arraigned before a judge
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facing criminal charges.
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REPORTER: Over
the weekend, Trump
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claimed he will be
arrested tomorrow, indicted
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by Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg for charges
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related to hush money
payments he made
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to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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The only person saying that
Donald Trump will be arrested
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tomorrow is Donald Trump.
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And Trump's own
spokesperson says
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that they have
not been notified
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of any pending arrests.
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REPORTER: Over the weekend,
the former president spent
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his time on his
social media platform,
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Truth Social, urging
his supporters
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to protest and, quote,
"take our nation back."
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That's right.
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According to Donald
Trump himself,
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Donald Trump may actually
be indicted this week!
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[cheers]
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And-- and I've got just one
thing to say about that--
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finally!
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And you know what the
best thing about it is?
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It's happening right
here in the greatest city
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on the planet, New York City!
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[cheers and applause]
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Wow.
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Wow.
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This is easy.
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You guys are great.
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Aren't you great?
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Aren't you a great audience?
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Aren't you the best?
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[cheers and applause]
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Oh, god.
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God, they love me.
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And I got to say,
who would have
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ever thought that
Donald Trump would be
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brought down by a porn star?
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All of us, right?
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It was pretty--
pretty predictable.
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But yeah, Donald Trump
paid Stormy Daniels
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to keep this story quiet.
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And here we are, still talking
about it seven years later.
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So that would be another
failed Trump business venture.
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Now, if Donald Trump
does get arrested,
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he'll have to go through
the normal procedure,
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the perp walk, the
fingerprinting, and of course,
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"the mug shot."
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I certainly hope that the
booking officer is respectful
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and doesn't take advantage
of the opportunity to play
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some, you know, stupid joke.
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Mr. President, does-- this
will be your mug shot.
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So I'm going to snap the
photo on the count of three,
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OK, Mr. President?
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One, here we go.
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One, two, hit the wind machine!
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Three!
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Now, as you saw, Trump
asked his supporters
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to come out and protest.
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And they're already coming
up with some fun ideas.
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Apparently, some Trump fans
are talking about preventing
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Trump's arrest by forming
a so-called "Patriot moat"
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around Mar-a-Lago.
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And I have to ask, who are
these people who can just
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leave whatever they're
doing to go physically
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protect Donald Trump?
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Nurse, you have to
find someone else
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to finish the brain surgery.
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The president has
summoned me to Mar-a-Lago
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to be a human moat for him.
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Of course, many Republican
officials are also
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coming to Trump's defense.
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House Majority Leader Kevin
McCarthy, Lindsey Graham,
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who will be on the
show in a little while,
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and even Mike Pence
appeared on the noose--
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sorry, sorry, the news.
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They appeared on the news
to speak up for Trump.
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But one person who was
conspicuously quiet
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all weekend is Trump's chief
rival for the 2024 election,
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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And Trump will put
a lot of pressure
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on him to rally to
Trump's defense.
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So today, he
finally did in just
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a bit of a backhanded way.
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I don't know what goes
into paying hush money
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to a porn star to secure
silence over some type
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of alleged affair.
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I just-- I can't speak to that.
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But what I can speak to is that
if you have a prosecutor who
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is ignoring crimes
happening every single day
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in his jurisdiction and
he chooses to go back
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many, many years ago to try to
use something about porn star
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hush money payments,
you know, that's
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an example of pursuing
a political agenda.
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Did I mentioned that
this whole thing was
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about porn star hush money?
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Because it's about porn star
hush money, just to be clear--
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porn star hush money.
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DeSantis has it all.
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Let's move on to some
international news
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because Donald Trump
isn't the only leader
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facing indictment this week.
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His best friend
was also indicted.
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The extraordinary
announcement
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today about Russia's
leader, Vladimir Putin.
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The International Criminal
Court at The Hague
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issued an arrest warrant for
the Russian president for war
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crimes, implicating
him in the abduction
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of thousands of Ukrainian
children during the war.
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Ukraine's president hailed the
move as a historic decision.
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But the charges are
largely symbolic.
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VLADIMIR DUTHIERS:
Over the weekend,
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Putin made an unannounced
visit to a city
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that Russia seized
from Ukraine last year
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after a brutal battle.
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REPORTER: In a surprise visit,
President Putin drove himself
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through Russian-occupied
Mariupol Saturday,
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inspecting newly built
facilities in what's believed
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to be his closest tour
to the front lines
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of this war he started.
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That's right.
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Charged with war
crimes, Putin thought
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it best to get out of town
until things cooled down.
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So he packed the bag and
took off to Mariupol,
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one of the cities in Ukraine
that his army destroyed.
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He walked around,
saw the sights,
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and shook a lot of hands.
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The hands were in a big
pile on the edge of town.
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Putin then laid a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown
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Russian Soldier Who Had No Idea
Why the [bleep] He Was There.
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For more on the war,
let's go live to Ukraine
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with Roy Wood, Jr., everybody.
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Yeah, what's going on?
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Roy-- Roy, where are
you at this moment?
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Al, I'm near the
front lines, and it
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has been nonstop shelling.
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The conditions are brutal.
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Last week, the
Russians destroyed
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the water treatment plant.
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So I had to shit in my helmet.
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And I still had to
wear it the next day.
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They only give you one helmet.
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Uh-huh.
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You know, I've been
thinking a lot--
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I've been thinking
a lot about this.
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I'm actually thinking
of coming over.
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Coming over where?
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Coming over here?
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Al, with all due respect,
brother, battlefield reporting
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is not for
71-year-old comedians.
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Leave that to me
and Richard Engel
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from NBC, who, by the
way, was the one who
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told me to poop in my helmet.
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I found out later I could
have just shit on the ground.
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Engel's a liar.
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You just shit on the ground.
It's war.
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You can shit where you want.
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That's well
known about Engle.
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Roy, maybe I'm not being clear.
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I don't want to
report on the war.
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I want to fight.
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What?
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The fighting is the
worst part of war.
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It goes fighting then
small talk with Sean Penn.
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Why do you want to fight?
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Roy, I was born too late
to fight in World War II.
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And there was no way I was
going to go to Vietnam,
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and Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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No, thank you.
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I've been looking for a
good war my whole life.
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So Ukraine may
just be the cause
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that I'm willing
to risk it all for,
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even if it means
a hero's death.
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[claps]
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[applause]
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Why they clapping for
you in the studio, man?
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Them people trying
to get you killed.
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Look, let me give it
to you straight, Al.
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You need it straight.
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I know what
you're going to say.
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You're proud of me.
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But I should first
make out a will.
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You don't already
have a will?
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You 71.
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Jesus.
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What I was going to
say is that we don't
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need thrill-seekers over here.
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Oh, you know what?
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I take offense with that.
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I'm not a thrill-seeking--
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I merely want the thrill of
standing shoulder-to-shoulder
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with the brave fighting men
and women of the Ukraine
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to repel the invaders.
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God, that would be thrilling.
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You?
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You gonna stand
shoulder-to-shoulder
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to the men and women--
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Al, don't take
this the wrong way,
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but-- but physically, you
look like the kind of dude
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that if you was on the
subway, a pregnant woman
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would give you her seat.
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Respectfully.
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Respectfully.
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What's-- what's the
right way to take that?
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Roy, you don't know
anything about me.
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I could withstand any--
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[explosion]
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Jesus!
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Whoa!
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That-- that was close.
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Yeah, close to me.
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Al, this is a regular
occurrence over here.
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This is war.
- OK.
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OK.
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Maybe I could just do
something like help
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evacuate the wounded.
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Oh, yeah, well, do you
have any medical training?
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Well, I just had my
fourth colonoscopy.
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You know, it's-- it's
important to do that regularly.
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[explosion]
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Jesus!
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Same old thing.
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We good.
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Everybody good?
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OK, maybe-- maybe
you have a point, Roy.
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Perhaps I can help Ukraine
by, you know, I don't know,
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doing a hard-hitting episode
about the war on my podcast?
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You--
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[applause]
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What's wrong with them
people in the studio?
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Why are they clapping
all the time for you, Al?
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You think you can help the
war effort by talking about it
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for two hours on a podcast?
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Two hours?
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Well, not two hours straight.
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You have to do a lot of ads
to monetize a popular podcast
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like The Al Franken Podcast.
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You know what?
You know what?
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I changed my mind.
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Come on over here.
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Bring your ass on over here.
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I can get you on the
front lines tomorrow.
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I got to run.
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I got to go do something.
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Fantastic.
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Roy Wood, Jr., everyone.
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I'm on my way.
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We'll be right back
with South Carolina
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Senator Lindsey Graham.
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[explosion]
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Welcome back.
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Welcome back to The Daily Show.
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My guest tonight is
the senior senator
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from South Carolina,
with whom I served
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in the United States Senate.
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Please welcome Senator
Lindsey Graham.
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[music playing]
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That was fun.
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Good to see you.
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Thanks, man.
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Well.
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Well?
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Thanks for coming, man.
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So this is what
happens, right?
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AL: I'm hopeful we'll
find some common ground.
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There's always hope.
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And--
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[laughs]
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You know, I think that--
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We've got a joke planned,
which I think is terrible.
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But go ahead.
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OK, my joke was--
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[laughs] He's
proving my point.
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--that I'm thinking that--
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what everyone else is
thinking, which is,
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how could the two
of us possibly
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come off good after this?
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Or either of us?
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Or either of us.
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Now, is that funny?
No.
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No.
Well, thanks for--
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Well, anyway, I'm
glad to be here.
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That's how you kill a joke.
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Well-- [laughs]
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By saying we have a joke
that I don't think is funny,
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but let's try.
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But, you know--
anyway, whatever.
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Good to see you.
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OK, I'm going to go on the
Senate floor, and I'm going
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to [bleep] you up.
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I don't want
to ruin his life.
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I thought he was
a good senator,
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and that's why I'm here.
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You thought I covered up.
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What'd you just say?
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I thought you were.
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Well, we were friends.
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Yes, were.
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Well, there's
been a strain on it.
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SENATOR GRAHAM: We are.
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We are friends, but
there's been some strain
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in terms of your politics.
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Only on your part, not mine.
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Yeah.
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Well, you know.
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But let's find
some common ground.
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For example, Ukraine--
we both believe
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that this is in the vital
interest of the United States.
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Yeah, Putin sucks.
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That's common ground, right?
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[cheers and applause]
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And he should be in jail.
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How about that?
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Yeah.
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Maybe not so much on Trump
but definitely on Putin.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Well, Putin's
slightly more serious,
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but there are some serious
charges against Trump.
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But nevertheless, there
are some Republicans,
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and we mentioned Ron
DeSantis, the governor who
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doesn't agree with you and me.
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Well, you know,
it's a free country.
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But let me just
say this, if this
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is not in our vital
interest, what would be?
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To have a guy invade
another country,
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rewrite the map of
Europe by force of arms--
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does this bring
back any memories?
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Signs an agreement,
tears it up.
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And he's gotten an arrest
warrant from the ICC,
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which has done a great job.
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And they want to
arrest him because he's
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taken Ukrainian
children, kidnapped them
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from their families,
and sent them to Russia.
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Other than that, this
doesn't matter to us.
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I don't want to live in
a world where that crap
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goes on without punishment.
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I want him to be punished.
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I want him to be defeated.
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I want the Ukrainians
to kick his ass.
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And I want China to look and
see what's coming their way
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if they're going to Taiwan.
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I absolutely agree, and I--
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[applause]
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And I think President Biden has
done an excellent job leading
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this coalition, and by sharing
our intelligence with them
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at the beginning, getting
the coalition together
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before the war even started.
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I think you would admit that
was a great accomplishment.
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Yeah, I'm trying to be--
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Yeah, I'm trying to be helpful.
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I think the Ukrainians
needed F-16s yesterday.
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I think I would do more
on the military front.
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But we're in it
together, right?
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I want to help the
administration where I can.
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You know, you've got Xi and
Putin meeting in Moscow.
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AL: And that's scary
because we don't want them--
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Well, you don't want
them aligning together.
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So I'd like to see Russia
become a state sponsor
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of terrorism under US law
because anybody that provides
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material aid to state sponsor
of terrorism, any nation
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runs into sanctions.
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AL: And that would make it
harder for China to ship--
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It would make
it a lot harder.
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--to ship arms to them.
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So let's make it
harder for China
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to help Russia in a
cruel, barbaric endeavor
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to change the world
for the worst.
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OK.
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Now--
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[applause]
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You seem a little critical
of Biden for the planes
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not being there yet--
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SENATOR GRAHAM: Yeah--
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--and the tanks
getting there earlier,
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or our tanks not there.
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The German tanks
are getting there.
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Anybody's tank.
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Just send a tank.
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But, you know,
I want to quote
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some stuff that Trump said.
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This is what he told a guy
named Sean "Han-NIT-y"--
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"Han-NIT-y."
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[laughter]
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I have no idea who he is.
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This is what
Donald Trump said.
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This is two weeks
after the war started.
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"I could have negotiated.
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At worst, I could have made a
deal to take over something.
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You know, there
are certain areas
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that are Russian-speaking
areas, frankly.
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But you could have
worked a deal."
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So in other words, Trump,
at the beginning of the war,
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was saying, like,
hey, I could have--
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I could have
stopped this thing.
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I could have just given them--
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SENATOR GRAHAM:
Anybody who speaks
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Russian, stand up, right?
- Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And that reminds me
of the Sudetenland.
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Yeah, that reminds
me of a lot of things
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that didn't turn out well.
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So how about this idea?
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In 1994, when we
were much younger,
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the Ukrainians had
1,700 nuclear weapons
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left over from the Soviet era.
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Soviet Union collapses, they
give back the nukes to Russia
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with the understanding that
their territorial sovereignty
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will be respected.
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And it included
Crimea on the '94 map.
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AL: OK.
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So now here's
Putin years later,
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tearing that up,
claiming things not his,
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warning things because people
speak some of the language--
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So why did Trump say
such a stupid thing?
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Well, I'm not here to
say I agree with that.
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But when he was
president, I thought
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he did a pretty
good job at taking
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the fight to the terrorists.
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I really do.
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He kill-- killed Soleimani.
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He killed Baghdadi.
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The Abraham Accords
was a big deal.
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And there you go.
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He also kind of was impeached
for shaking down Zelenskyy.
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Yeah, but--
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I know on that one,
you didn't vote guilty.
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No, I didn't vote
for either one of them.
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But I'm sure there would
be another one coming.
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Yeah.
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AL: I think if--
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he's not--
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Y'all can boo me if you want.
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This will actually
help at home.
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I went to New York and nobody
liked me is actually the--
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I can withstand that.
468
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Don't you like him?
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Don't you like him?
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You're killing me.
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Yeah, I mean--
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I've survived a lot.
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My point is, this
is what he's saying.
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This is what your guy, that
you want to be president,
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said after the war has started.
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SENATOR GRAHAM: Yeah, I
think that's a mistake.
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Where my guy, who I
want to get reelected,
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had organized the coalition,
and started, and had stood up,
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and said, no, we're not going
to allow this to happen.
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So I think-- yeah, you know.
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We've got '24
election is coming.
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But I think we've got a
chance here in the near-term,
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really, with the proper
military support, continued
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economic assistance to the
Ukraine for the Ukrainians
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to decimate the Russian
army in Ukraine.
486
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They just need the
weapons to do it.
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And wouldn't that be a great
outcome to a very tragic
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event, to have Putin lose?
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SENATOR GRAHAM: It would be.
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And you talk to some of your
other Republican friends
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on the other side--
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, I
know, you're very close.
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Yeah, we spend tons of time.
494
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Yeah.
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[laughs] But there
is a kind of a--
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I'm trying to get the space
later-- laser taken down,
497
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but we'll see how that works.
498
00:21:51,211 --> 00:21:53,280
Yeah, that was a
Jewish space laser.
499
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But she said it was--
500
00:21:54,448 --> 00:21:55,482
I always thought
it'd have been
501
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funny to have a laser
with a yarmulke on it,
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just flying around.
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AL: [laughs]
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Apparently nobody
else did, so--
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00:22:01,789 --> 00:22:03,056
- She has seen it.
- Yeah.
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[laughs]
507
00:22:04,158 --> 00:22:05,259
Well, you know what?
508
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I think what we should
do is take a quick break.
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OK, and pay the bills.
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And we'll be right back
with Senator Lindsey Graham
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right after an important
message from MyPillow guy.
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[laughs]
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[cheers and applause]
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Welcome.
515
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Welcome back to The Daily Show.
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We're here with
Senator Lindsey Graham.
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You know, Lindsey, you
asked me during the break
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what I'm doing.
519
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And part of what
I've been doing
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is the "only former US Senator
currently on tour" tour.
521
00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:56,411
And when the
audiences ask me, they
522
00:22:56,511 --> 00:23:00,048
say, who is the funniest US
Senator while you were there?
523
00:23:00,148 --> 00:23:01,817
And I always say
Lindsey Graham.
524
00:23:01,917 --> 00:23:04,786
And they always hate it
because they're my crowd.
525
00:23:04,887 --> 00:23:06,555
And then I tell them this--
526
00:23:06,655 --> 00:23:09,424
when you were running
for president in '16--
527
00:23:09,525 --> 00:23:10,459
Y'all remember that?
528
00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:11,627
Yeah, remember?
529
00:23:11,727 --> 00:23:12,828
You're the only ones.
530
00:23:12,928 --> 00:23:14,496
You were like
2% at one point.
531
00:23:14,596 --> 00:23:15,497
Yeah, that was--
532
00:23:15,597 --> 00:23:16,565
I peaked.
533
00:23:16,665 --> 00:23:19,868
[laughs] So one day I go--
534
00:23:19,968 --> 00:23:22,304
I go in the Senate
bathroom, and I turn to you.
535
00:23:22,404 --> 00:23:27,309
And I say, Lindsey, if
I were a Republican,
536
00:23:27,409 --> 00:23:28,911
I'd vote for you for president.
537
00:23:29,011 --> 00:23:29,912
And you said--
538
00:23:30,012 --> 00:23:31,179
That's my problem.
539
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:37,152
[laughter]
540
00:23:37,252 --> 00:23:38,420
That's the third story.
541
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,423
So when you get our age,
you have a lot of time
542
00:23:41,490 --> 00:23:42,925
to talk to people
in the bathroom.
543
00:23:43,025 --> 00:23:48,030
So and yeah, that was my
problem in a nutshell.
544
00:23:48,130 --> 00:23:50,032
The Al Franken wing of
the Republican Party
545
00:23:50,132 --> 00:23:52,801
is not as big as you
think it would be.
546
00:23:52,901 --> 00:23:54,036
AL: Yeah.
Yeah.
547
00:23:54,136 --> 00:23:55,304
Well, let's--
548
00:23:55,437 --> 00:23:57,206
I hope you make it the
rest of the week, by the way.
549
00:23:57,306 --> 00:23:58,574
Don't you think
he'd be a good host?
550
00:23:58,674 --> 00:24:00,275
[cheers]
551
00:24:00,442 --> 00:24:04,580
Well, thank you.
552
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,014
Maybe if you have
a recess week,
553
00:24:06,114 --> 00:24:08,584
and you're not going overseas,
you could do it for a week.
554
00:24:08,684 --> 00:24:10,118
Well, maybe not.
AL: Maybe not.
555
00:24:10,219 --> 00:24:11,119
Maybe not.
556
00:24:11,220 --> 00:24:14,189
OK, let's talk about--
557
00:24:14,289 --> 00:24:17,926
yo said this week
that these charges
558
00:24:18,026 --> 00:24:21,263
or this charges in New York
might actually help Trump.
559
00:24:21,363 --> 00:24:22,264
What did you mean by that?
560
00:24:22,364 --> 00:24:23,799
I think-- well,
the Republicans will
561
00:24:23,899 --> 00:24:26,969
help Trump because
the Cyrus Vance
562
00:24:27,069 --> 00:24:28,904
was the previous prosecutor.
563
00:24:29,004 --> 00:24:30,939
He looked at this and
said, no, thank you.
564
00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:33,442
And the US attorney looked at
it and said, no, thank you.
565
00:24:33,542 --> 00:24:35,611
And this guy comes
along, Alvin Bragg,
566
00:24:35,711 --> 00:24:37,579
and he's now going
to prosecute Trump,
567
00:24:37,679 --> 00:24:39,147
taking a misdemeanor
to a felony
568
00:24:39,248 --> 00:24:42,417
by merging two statutes that
have never been used before.
569
00:24:42,484 --> 00:24:43,418
It's in New York.
570
00:24:43,485 --> 00:24:44,987
And most people
in our side think
571
00:24:45,087 --> 00:24:48,790
it's a never-ending effort to
take a wrecking ball to Trump.
572
00:24:48,891 --> 00:24:50,425
So yeah, I think
it'll help him.
573
00:24:50,492 --> 00:24:52,427
OK, well, let's
take another state
574
00:24:52,528 --> 00:24:55,497
where there might be a
wrecking ball coming for him.
575
00:24:55,597 --> 00:24:56,999
And that's in Georgia.
576
00:24:57,099 --> 00:24:58,166
Yeah, there's Georgia.
577
00:24:58,267 --> 00:24:59,234
Yeah.
578
00:24:59,334 --> 00:25:00,903
Don't know what's
going to happen there.
579
00:25:01,003 --> 00:25:01,904
No.
580
00:25:02,004 --> 00:25:03,438
And you testified there.
581
00:25:03,472 --> 00:25:04,439
I testified, and
I was treated well.
582
00:25:04,473 --> 00:25:05,440
So I went there.
583
00:25:05,474 --> 00:25:06,441
You know, I
wanted to tell you--
584
00:25:06,475 --> 00:25:07,476
I didn't do this.
585
00:25:07,576 --> 00:25:08,644
I wanted to say,
like, Lindsey--
586
00:25:08,744 --> 00:25:10,479
because at first you
fought testifying--
587
00:25:10,579 --> 00:25:11,980
I said, just go
there, tell the truth,
588
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,448
you have nothing
to worry about.
589
00:25:13,515 --> 00:25:14,883
Yeah.
AL: Didn't I?
590
00:25:14,983 --> 00:25:16,251
That's what they told Nixon.
591
00:25:16,351 --> 00:25:18,453
[laughter]
592
00:25:18,554 --> 00:25:20,722
Because you had
talked to Raffensperger.
593
00:25:20,822 --> 00:25:25,093
And part of-- you
know, part of this
594
00:25:25,194 --> 00:25:28,797
is he talked to
Raffensperger on tape.
595
00:25:28,897 --> 00:25:29,998
We've all heard the tape.
596
00:25:30,098 --> 00:25:31,266
Yeah, he's talking
to Raffensperger.
597
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,838
And he said, all I need
is 11,780 votes, one more
598
00:25:36,939 --> 00:25:38,874
than we have is what he said.
599
00:25:38,974 --> 00:25:42,511
And then later in the thing
said, you better do this,
600
00:25:42,611 --> 00:25:43,612
you could get in trouble.
601
00:25:43,712 --> 00:25:45,013
You and your lawyer
could get in trouble.
602
00:25:45,113 --> 00:25:47,316
Now, that-- that's pretty bad.
603
00:25:47,416 --> 00:25:49,418
Well, why don't we
wait till it comes out,
604
00:25:49,484 --> 00:25:53,488
see what Ms. Willis does with
the grand jury testimony,
605
00:25:53,589 --> 00:25:55,724
if she chooses to indict him.
606
00:25:55,824 --> 00:25:57,926
And based on what she
says, I'll respond.
607
00:25:58,026 --> 00:25:59,895
But New York is the
one in front of us.
608
00:25:59,995 --> 00:26:01,129
And we'll deal with that one--
609
00:26:01,230 --> 00:26:03,765
Well, we don't even know
that because Trump said it,
610
00:26:03,866 --> 00:26:06,034
and it may not be true.
611
00:26:06,134 --> 00:26:08,704
Anything's possible.
612
00:26:08,804 --> 00:26:12,975
Anything's possible.
613
00:26:13,075 --> 00:26:14,276
But-- but you're right.
614
00:26:14,443 --> 00:26:17,713
I mean, OK, let's talk about
this because Trump, in that
615
00:26:17,813 --> 00:26:20,749
tape, I remember said
to Raffensperger,
616
00:26:20,849 --> 00:26:23,719
I won Georgia by
over 400,000 votes.
617
00:26:23,819 --> 00:26:26,855
No, you know he
won the election--
618
00:26:26,955 --> 00:26:27,856
he lost the election.
619
00:26:27,956 --> 00:26:29,124
You know he lost the election.
620
00:26:29,224 --> 00:26:31,693
I voted to certify the
Georgia election for Biden.
621
00:26:31,793 --> 00:26:32,694
Yes, I did.
622
00:26:32,794 --> 00:26:34,396
AL: Yeah, you voted to certify.
623
00:26:34,463 --> 00:26:38,066
Yes, I did.
624
00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:39,835
Because you would
have been crazy not to.
625
00:26:39,935 --> 00:26:41,036
I mean--
626
00:26:41,136 --> 00:26:43,071
Well, that doesn't mean
I can't be in the Senate.
627
00:26:43,171 --> 00:26:44,606
Yeah, well,
there were a number
628
00:26:44,706 --> 00:26:48,644
of your Republican colleagues
who did not vote to certify.
629
00:26:48,744 --> 00:26:51,880
You know this election
wasn't stolen.
630
00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:54,650
You know that Trump
lost the election.
631
00:26:54,750 --> 00:26:57,553
No, when I see Biden,
I call him Mr. President.
632
00:26:57,653 --> 00:26:59,488
AL: But that's different.
633
00:26:59,588 --> 00:27:01,423
That's different than
acknowledging that--
634
00:27:01,456 --> 00:27:02,758
Well, I voted on the
floor of the Senate
635
00:27:02,858 --> 00:27:05,727
to certify the results
of the 2020 election.
636
00:27:05,827 --> 00:27:09,898
And here's the question
for you and maybe others.
637
00:27:09,998 --> 00:27:11,633
Trump is trying to come back.
638
00:27:11,733 --> 00:27:13,569
I think he's got a
better-than-good chance
639
00:27:13,669 --> 00:27:15,671
of winning the primary
and a 50/50 chance
640
00:27:15,771 --> 00:27:19,308
of being president again.
641
00:27:19,441 --> 00:27:20,742
And you got to ask yourself--
642
00:27:20,842 --> 00:27:26,215
[laughs] now, this is
what we all came here for.
643
00:27:26,315 --> 00:27:27,449
Right.
644
00:27:27,482 --> 00:27:31,186
So you've got to ask
yourself, how can that be?
645
00:27:31,286 --> 00:27:33,622
Well, yes.
646
00:27:33,722 --> 00:27:34,623
But--
647
00:27:34,723 --> 00:27:36,091
[laughs]
648
00:27:36,191 --> 00:27:37,125
Here's what I--
649
00:27:37,226 --> 00:27:38,527
Or I can ask you
to ask yourself.
650
00:27:38,627 --> 00:27:41,063
Here's what I know about this
country, about this democracy,
651
00:27:41,163 --> 00:27:43,198
about our Constitution.
652
00:27:43,298 --> 00:27:48,437
The number one tradition that's
meaningful in this country
653
00:27:48,537 --> 00:27:52,274
is the peaceful transition
of power, right?
654
00:27:52,407 --> 00:27:58,180
[applause]
655
00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,681
You voted to certify.
656
00:27:59,781 --> 00:28:00,816
Mhm.
657
00:28:00,916 --> 00:28:03,752
From everything
that's come out, we know
658
00:28:03,852 --> 00:28:05,821
that Lindsay Powell was lying--
659
00:28:05,921 --> 00:28:06,822
Sidney Powell.
660
00:28:06,922 --> 00:28:07,856
Sidney, sorry.
661
00:28:07,956 --> 00:28:10,192
Sidney Powell.
662
00:28:10,292 --> 00:28:12,895
Giuliani was lying
that he was told
663
00:28:12,995 --> 00:28:15,197
over and over again by his--
664
00:28:15,297 --> 00:28:20,335
anyone who had any credibility,
he lost, that there was no--
665
00:28:20,435 --> 00:28:22,638
Bill Barr,
everybody, everybody.
666
00:28:22,738 --> 00:28:28,043
How then can you want
a guy who allowed
667
00:28:28,143 --> 00:28:33,382
us to go through this
violent insurrection--
668
00:28:33,415 --> 00:28:34,850
SENATOR GRAHAM: Right.
669
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:35,851
Really?
670
00:28:35,951 --> 00:28:36,852
To be president again?
671
00:28:36,952 --> 00:28:37,853
Yeah.
672
00:28:37,953 --> 00:28:39,254
Yeah, well let
me just say this.
673
00:28:39,388 --> 00:28:41,690
The other side of the story is
that when President Trump was
674
00:28:41,790 --> 00:28:43,725
president, on the
things that I care
675
00:28:43,825 --> 00:28:45,394
the most about,
national security,
676
00:28:45,494 --> 00:28:46,929
I thought he did
a damn good job.
677
00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:50,699
He got the Abraham Accords,
which is probably the biggest
678
00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:53,168
change in my lifetime
in the Mideast, where
679
00:28:53,268 --> 00:28:55,070
Arab nations recognize Israel.
680
00:28:55,170 --> 00:28:58,807
And we're trying to work on
Saudi Arabia on Biden's watch.
681
00:28:58,907 --> 00:29:00,742
He killed Soleimani, who's
a guy that should have
682
00:29:00,842 --> 00:29:02,044
been killed a long time ago.
683
00:29:02,144 --> 00:29:03,478
He secured our border.
684
00:29:03,579 --> 00:29:04,846
He made us energy independent.
685
00:29:04,947 --> 00:29:06,882
So I look at the
policies of Trump,
686
00:29:06,982 --> 00:29:09,051
and I like the
policies of Trump.
687
00:29:09,151 --> 00:29:11,854
And at the end of the day,
he's got to prove to people,
688
00:29:11,954 --> 00:29:15,157
not me, that he's
able to lead us again.
689
00:29:15,257 --> 00:29:16,859
And that will be a
challenge for him.
690
00:29:16,959 --> 00:29:18,794
And that will be a
challenge for Biden to say,
691
00:29:18,894 --> 00:29:20,829
give me four more years
after the last four.
692
00:29:20,929 --> 00:29:22,264
We'll see what happens.
693
00:29:22,431 --> 00:29:24,733
Well, I think
Biden wins that.
694
00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,001
But we don't have to say--
695
00:29:26,101 --> 00:29:27,002
Can we bet?
696
00:29:27,102 --> 00:29:28,003
Yeah, how much?
697
00:29:28,103 --> 00:29:34,376
20 bucks.
698
00:29:34,476 --> 00:29:36,945
To be paid here.
699
00:29:37,045 --> 00:29:40,749
See, the other eight hosts
asked me to come on your show.
700
00:29:40,849 --> 00:29:43,452
They're trying to
knock you out, so--
701
00:29:43,552 --> 00:29:45,254
AL: Well, there will-- there
will be a permanent host,
702
00:29:45,387 --> 00:29:46,255
and it won't be me.
703
00:29:46,388 --> 00:29:47,289
But it will be somebody.
704
00:29:47,389 --> 00:29:52,427
But I mean, here's the thing.
705
00:29:52,528 --> 00:29:59,535
This guy just-- well, he
pardoned all these criminals.
706
00:30:00,936 --> 00:30:04,606
I mean, that's who
you pardon, I guess.
707
00:30:04,706 --> 00:30:09,811
But Manafort, Stone, Flynn.
708
00:30:09,912 --> 00:30:12,414
And he's going to populate
his new administration
709
00:30:12,447 --> 00:30:13,448
with crooks if he wins.
710
00:30:13,549 --> 00:30:15,317
I'm going to give you
my two cents' worth.
711
00:30:15,417 --> 00:30:17,519
It won't be about
who he pardoned.
712
00:30:17,619 --> 00:30:19,855
It will be about
can he make things
713
00:30:19,955 --> 00:30:21,590
better for the people
who feel like things
714
00:30:21,690 --> 00:30:22,791
are not going well?
715
00:30:22,891 --> 00:30:24,293
Can he secure a broken border?
716
00:30:24,426 --> 00:30:25,294
Can he lower inflation?
717
00:30:25,427 --> 00:30:26,295
AL: OK, let's talk
about the border.
718
00:30:26,428 --> 00:30:27,296
Can he make it safe?
719
00:30:27,429 --> 00:30:28,997
Let's talk about the border.
720
00:30:29,097 --> 00:30:32,501
You and I worked on-- you
were one of the Gang of Eight
721
00:30:32,601 --> 00:30:33,702
in 2013.
722
00:30:33,802 --> 00:30:35,437
I've been in every gang
you can be in, just about.
723
00:30:35,537 --> 00:30:36,438
Yeah.
724
00:30:36,538 --> 00:30:37,439
This was in 2013.
725
00:30:37,539 --> 00:30:38,440
Right.
726
00:30:38,540 --> 00:30:39,875
We passed 68--
727
00:30:39,975 --> 00:30:43,946
with 68 votes in the Senate,
comprehensive immigration--
728
00:30:44,046 --> 00:30:45,647
Exactly right.
729
00:30:45,747 --> 00:30:48,016
--campaign reform--
comprehensive
730
00:30:48,116 --> 00:30:49,885
immigration campaign-- reform.
731
00:30:49,985 --> 00:30:52,120
And I thought that
was a great bill.
732
00:30:52,221 --> 00:30:53,121
SENATOR GRAHAM: I did too.
733
00:30:53,222 --> 00:30:54,756
And I think we need that.
734
00:30:54,857 --> 00:30:58,560
I've heard you say recently,
we don't have enough workers
735
00:30:58,660 --> 00:30:59,628
in this country.
736
00:30:59,728 --> 00:31:01,597
We need immigration
reform because we're
737
00:31:01,697 --> 00:31:03,532
a declining population, right?
738
00:31:03,632 --> 00:31:04,900
People like me--
I'm not married.
739
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:05,934
I don't have any kids.
740
00:31:06,034 --> 00:31:07,603
I'm screwing it up
for the rest of you.
741
00:31:07,703 --> 00:31:10,772
So the bottom line is that
we need to get a workforce
742
00:31:10,873 --> 00:31:12,074
that's more reliable.
743
00:31:12,174 --> 00:31:14,443
Let people come here, and
work, and make it a win-win.
744
00:31:14,543 --> 00:31:15,911
We need to secure our border.
745
00:31:16,011 --> 00:31:19,581
We need to open up America
to merit-based immigration
746
00:31:19,681 --> 00:31:20,816
from all over the world.
747
00:31:20,916 --> 00:31:22,651
And I've always believed that.
748
00:31:22,751 --> 00:31:24,486
We need to get our
debt under control.
749
00:31:24,586 --> 00:31:26,121
That's going to
take bipartisanship.
750
00:31:26,221 --> 00:31:27,556
But get back to the point.
751
00:31:27,656 --> 00:31:29,358
You've got to come
to grips to the idea.
752
00:31:29,391 --> 00:31:32,194
A lot of Americans believe that
Trump was a good president,
753
00:31:32,361 --> 00:31:34,196
but they don't like what
he did or what he said.
754
00:31:34,363 --> 00:31:36,632
And this is going to be
a real contest in 2024.
755
00:31:36,732 --> 00:31:39,034
[laughter]
756
00:31:39,134 --> 00:31:41,203
It will be a real
contest, my friend.
757
00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:43,672
Well, I think the
Florida governor is going
758
00:31:43,772 --> 00:31:45,774
to make it a real contest.
759
00:31:45,874 --> 00:31:48,944
Yeah, no, we got a
deep bench on our side.
760
00:31:49,044 --> 00:31:51,513
We have a deep bench.
761
00:31:51,613 --> 00:31:52,514
AL: And so do we.
762
00:31:52,614 --> 00:31:55,517
If you're a Republican.
763
00:31:55,617 --> 00:31:57,286
I-- [stutters]
764
00:31:57,386 --> 00:31:59,087
[laughs] I made
him speechless.
765
00:31:59,188 --> 00:32:00,189
This is the
highlight of my life.
766
00:32:00,289 --> 00:32:01,423
He's done it.
He's done it.
767
00:32:01,523 --> 00:32:02,424
[laughs]
768
00:32:02,524 --> 00:32:04,259
I just think this guy is--
769
00:32:04,393 --> 00:32:06,161
I mean, OK, I'll say it.
770
00:32:06,261 --> 00:32:08,397
I just think he's a
pathological liar.
771
00:32:08,497 --> 00:32:10,132
[laughs] And--
772
00:32:10,232 --> 00:32:11,600
Yeah.
773
00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:17,406
[cheers and applause]
774
00:32:17,506 --> 00:32:19,575
And I don't mean to
be harsh, because I
775
00:32:19,675 --> 00:32:20,576
know he's your friend.
776
00:32:20,676 --> 00:32:21,610
Well, [inaudible].
777
00:32:21,710 --> 00:32:26,815
And a malignant
narcissist, and--
778
00:32:26,915 --> 00:32:31,453
and he chose some good people
to be in his administration
779
00:32:31,553 --> 00:32:32,487
at first.
780
00:32:32,588 --> 00:32:35,424
But it seemed like
as those guys went,
781
00:32:35,524 --> 00:32:37,659
those men and women
went, he brought
782
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:39,795
in worse and worse people.
783
00:32:39,895 --> 00:32:41,997
And I just--
784
00:32:42,097 --> 00:32:44,066
I don't know how
the American people
785
00:32:44,166 --> 00:32:45,467
are going to reelect this guy.
786
00:32:45,567 --> 00:32:48,770
And I understand the MAGA
voters are still loyal.
787
00:32:48,871 --> 00:32:50,138
Well, it's not just
about MAGA voters.
788
00:32:50,239 --> 00:32:54,810
But don't take this wrongly,
he can survive your criticism.
789
00:32:54,910 --> 00:32:56,545
[laughs] He's going to be--
790
00:32:56,645 --> 00:33:00,182
Al Franken is down on Trump
is not the end of Trump.
791
00:33:00,282 --> 00:33:02,784
So here's what's
going to happen.
792
00:33:02,885 --> 00:33:05,020
If Biden doesn't secure
our border quickly,
793
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,122
the people who took
over Afghanistan
794
00:33:07,222 --> 00:33:08,557
are going to come back our way.
795
00:33:08,657 --> 00:33:10,792
We're living on borrowed
time between the rise
796
00:33:10,893 --> 00:33:12,027
of radical Islam
and Afghanistan
797
00:33:12,127 --> 00:33:13,061
and a completely open border.
798
00:33:13,161 --> 00:33:15,097
AL: You're saying
the Taliban is going
799
00:33:15,197 --> 00:33:16,164
to provide cover for al-Qaeda?
800
00:33:16,265 --> 00:33:17,232
I'm saying ISISK.
801
00:33:17,332 --> 00:33:19,101
Yeah, that's what
General Kurilla said.
802
00:33:19,201 --> 00:33:20,369
For ISIS?
803
00:33:20,469 --> 00:33:23,305
Yes, that's what he said
two days ago, three days ago.
804
00:33:23,405 --> 00:33:24,406
OK, well--
805
00:33:24,506 --> 00:33:26,508
Small detail.
806
00:33:26,608 --> 00:33:30,646
You know, Obama
started against ISIS.
807
00:33:30,746 --> 00:33:33,949
Trump-- it was finished during
the Trump administration,
808
00:33:34,049 --> 00:33:37,052
although I don't like the
way Trump sold out the Kurds.
809
00:33:37,152 --> 00:33:38,987
Well, we still
have troops there.
810
00:33:39,087 --> 00:33:40,255
No, he wanted to get out.
811
00:33:40,422 --> 00:33:42,324
But I went and said, you
know, they'll come back,
812
00:33:42,424 --> 00:33:44,560
Mr. President-- the Kurds,
the Syrian Democratic forces.
813
00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:45,561
AL: And also didn't--
814
00:33:45,661 --> 00:33:46,728
But he left them in.
815
00:33:46,828 --> 00:33:48,497
AL: Trump wanted to
leave Afghanistan sooner.
816
00:33:48,597 --> 00:33:50,065
Yeah, but he didn't.
817
00:33:50,165 --> 00:33:51,433
And Biden did.
818
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,102
And I went to Biden, and I
went to Blinken and Sullivan,
819
00:33:54,203 --> 00:33:56,338
and said, if you'll
keep a force there,
820
00:33:56,438 --> 00:33:57,673
I'll stick with you,
give you whatever
821
00:33:57,773 --> 00:33:59,007
support I can from the right.
822
00:33:59,107 --> 00:34:00,442
But they chose poorly.
823
00:34:00,509 --> 00:34:02,811
So this election is going
to be a big-deal election
824
00:34:02,911 --> 00:34:04,947
about security,
how are we doing
825
00:34:05,047 --> 00:34:08,150
here domestically, how safe
are we, how prosperous are we.
826
00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:10,586
This whole defund the
police stuff blew up
827
00:34:10,686 --> 00:34:12,521
in democratic friends' face.
828
00:34:12,621 --> 00:34:14,189
And we'll see what
happens in 2024.
829
00:34:14,289 --> 00:34:15,524
That was not--
830
00:34:15,624 --> 00:34:20,462
that was not something that
any percentage of Democrats
831
00:34:20,529 --> 00:34:21,563
really believed in.
832
00:34:21,663 --> 00:34:23,465
That was actually the
Minneapolis City Council
833
00:34:23,532 --> 00:34:27,769
who did that after George Floyd
and put out a thing that said
834
00:34:27,870 --> 00:34:28,937
"defund the police."
That was--
835
00:34:29,037 --> 00:34:30,205
SENATOR GRAHAM: I
know there's nothing
836
00:34:30,305 --> 00:34:31,406
funny going on right now.
837
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,976
But it is important
between me-- listen,
838
00:34:34,076 --> 00:34:36,612
I know you think Trump's
horrible for the country,
839
00:34:36,712 --> 00:34:37,913
and a lot of people
believe that he
840
00:34:38,013 --> 00:34:40,115
can fix the problems that
we're suffering under now.
841
00:34:40,215 --> 00:34:42,050
But here's the good news.
842
00:34:42,150 --> 00:34:44,953
We'll have an election,
and they will decide.
843
00:34:45,053 --> 00:34:45,954
AL: Yep.
844
00:34:46,054 --> 00:34:51,226
[applause]
845
00:34:51,326 --> 00:34:53,428
That's the way it's
supposed to work.
846
00:34:53,529 --> 00:34:54,429
Yes.
847
00:34:54,530 --> 00:34:55,430
Yes.
848
00:34:55,531 --> 00:34:59,535
[cheers and applause]
849
00:34:59,635 --> 00:35:02,437
Lindsey Graham, everybody.
850
00:35:17,357 --> 00:35:18,825
[cheers and applause]
851
00:35:18,926 --> 00:35:22,362
Well, that's our--
852
00:35:22,462 --> 00:35:24,431
that's our show for tonight.
853
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861
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Thank you.
862
00:35:53,026 --> 00:35:57,331
Now, here it is,
your moment of zen.
863
00:35:57,431 --> 00:35:59,733
Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
always amazing to see you.
864
00:35:59,833 --> 00:36:00,734
Love you.
865
00:36:00,834 --> 00:36:01,735
Sorry.
866
00:36:01,835 --> 00:36:03,937
I'm just so honored always--
867
00:36:04,037 --> 00:36:05,873
as always, to
interview you, sir.
868
00:36:05,973 --> 00:36:07,975
You were a prosecutor.
869
00:36:08,075 --> 00:36:09,376
What would you have
done if somebody said,
870
00:36:09,476 --> 00:36:12,446
here's the case,
prosecute this?
871
00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:14,514
Well, here's what
I would have done.
872
00:36:14,615 --> 00:36:16,750
I would have told
them to go to hell.
873
00:36:16,817 --> 00:36:19,353
[audio out] I had it happen.
874
00:36:19,453 --> 00:36:20,754
REPORTER: Oh, it looks
like we're having
875
00:36:20,787 --> 00:36:23,757
some audio issues there.
876
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