Trevor: WELL, HELLO.
WHAT’S GOING ON EVERYBODY
I’M TREVOR NOAH.
THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW," AND I’M HAPPY
TO ANNOUNCE THAT I JUST
COMPLETED ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTION-- I FINALLY MANAGED
TO STOP EATING FROG EGGS.
NO, THAT WAS BABY YODA’S
RESOLUTION.
THAT MEANS HE’S GOT MINE!
ANYWAY, ON TONIGHT’S SHOW:
THE STOCK MARKET IS GOING CRAZY,
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING NUTS, AND
CORONAVIRUS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
PLUS, INAUGURATION POET AMANDA
GOURMAN IS JOINING US TO CHAT
ABOUT HER FUTURE.
SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE!
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S
COUCH IN NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR
COUCH SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW," WITH TREVOR
NOAH.
Trevor: LET’S KICK THINGS OFF
WITH THE STOCK MARKET, AMERICA’S
NUMBER-ONE SUPPLIER OF GREAT
DEPRESSIONS.
AS VOLATILE AS THE STOCK MARKET
CAN BE, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF ITS
WILDEST WEEKS YET.
THE CRAZIEST BUSINESS STORY
OUT THERE: AN INTERNET TRADING
MOB IS DRIVING THE GAMESTOP
SHARES HIGHER.
IT APPEARS TO SPITE SHORT
SELLERS.
LOOK AT THE STOCK.
IT’S UP MORE THAN 680% SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
THEY REALIZED THAT ALL OF THE
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS WERE
HEDGING ON GAMESTOP, SO THEY
JUST BOUGHT A BUNCH OF CALL
OPTIONS, BOUGHT A BUNCH OF STOCK
AND CREATED THE GAMMA SQUEEZE
THAT YOU SAW ON FRIDAY.
Trevor: OKAY, OKAY, I DON’T
KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT
EXPLANATION IS WAY TOO
COMPLICATED.
SHORT SELLING THE THING OF THE
LONG SELL AND THEN-- LOOK WHAT
WE REALLY NEED IS THE SCENE FROM
"THE BIG SHORT," WHERE MARGOT
ROBBIE BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US IN
THE BATH TUB.
AND I ACTUALLY CALLED HER TO DO,
THAT BUT SHE BLOCKED MY NUMBER,
SO I HAD TO FIGURE OUT PLAN "B."
BASICALLY, THERE’S A GROUP OF
PEOPLE ON REDDIT WHO DON’T USE
THE STOCK MARKET TO INVEST.
THEY USE IT TO GAMBLE.
AND, YEAH, THAT’S WHAT LOTS OF
"SERIOUS" INVESTORS DO, TOO.
BUT THESE GUYS ON REDDIT ARE
MORE HONEST ABOUT IT, AND THEY
LOVE TO TROLL THE PEOPLE WHO
AREN’T.
SO, THERE’S A STORE CALLED
GAMESTOP THAT SELLS VIDEO
GAMES-- NOT A GREAT BUSINESS TO
BE IN SINCE GAMES CAN BE
DOWNLOADED NOW.
WHICH IS WHY THE SERIOUS
INVESTORS DECIDED TO SHORT
GAMESTOP, WHICH MEANS TO BET
AGAINST IT.
BUT THE REDDITORS ARE GAMERS WHO
HAVE A SEMI-IRONIC LOVE FOR THE
STORE.
SO THEY STARTED MAKING MEMES
ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER TO PUNISH
THE SERIOUS PEOPLE BY BUYING
WORTHLESS GAMESTOP STOCKS.
NOW, INSTEAD OF FAILING,
GAMESTOP IS SUCCEEDING WILDLY.
NOT REALLY, OF COURSE, NOT AS A
BUSINESS.
BUT, COME ON, STOCKS ARE NEVER
REAL.
THE SERIOUS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
LOST $5 BILLION, AND SOME GIANT
HEDGE FUNDS HAVE GONE BANKRUPT.
GOT IT?
GOOD.
NOW LET’S GET OUT OF MARGOT
ROBBIE’S BATHROOM BEFORE SHE
GETS HOME AND SCOOZ ME WHAT I’M
DOING HERE.
THE LAST TIME SHE CAUGHT ME HERE
WAS A BIT AWKWARD.
NOW THAT WE’RE ON THE SAME
PAGE, THIS SHIT IS WILD.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, "THIS ISN’T HOW WALL
STREET IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE
HEDGE FUNDS?"
WALL STREET IS GOING TO BE FINE.
THERE IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT
OF WORK AND THOUSANDS OF
BUSINESSES CLOSING AND YET THE
STOCK MARKET IS AT AN ALL-TIME
HIGH.
I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HEDGE FUND
GUYS.
THEY CAN CRY ON THEIR HELICOPTER
THAT TAKES THEM TO THEIR BOAT
THAT TAKES THEM TO THEIR YACHT.
I THINK IT’S FUNNY WHEN WALL
STREET DOESN’T LIKE WHEN
SOMEBODY WALL STREETS THEM.
WHEN THEY MAKE MOVES THAT COST
PEOPLE THEIR HOMES, THEY’RE
LIKE, HEY, MAN, THOSE ARE THE
RULES."
BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM
THEY’RE LIKE, "THOSE AREN’T THE
RULES.
IS SOMEBODY GOING TO REGULATE
THIS."
AND THEY ARE MOVING BEYOND
GAMESTOP.
NOW THEY’RE PUMPING UP THE STOCK
PRICES OF OTHER FAILING
COMPANIES LIKE BED BATH &
BEYOND, A.M.C., AND EVEN TOOTSIE
ROLES.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW THAT TOOTSIE ROLE HAD ITS
OWN STOCK.
WHO WAS THAT FOR?
IT’S A CANDY THAT LOOKS AND
TASTES LIKE A TURD BUT ALSO
STICKS TO YOUR TITHE.
INTERESTED IN INVESTING?
NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE
ONLY REASON THESE REDDITTORS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF
IS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET.
THINK ABOUT IT REDDIT AND THE
SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY MAKE IT
POSSIBLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH
PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE YOU.
THIS WASN’T POSSIBLE DECADES
AGO.
NOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE DOWN A
HEDGE FUND, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE
TO HELP YOU DO IT.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAN AN
INSURRECTION, YOU CAN FIND
PEOPLE TO HELP YOU DO IT.
IF YOU’RE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE
WORLD ATTRACTED TO THAT PART
STAPLER THAT LOOKS LIKE A FACE,
THEN I’LL SEE YOU AT
hotstaplerfaces.com.
LET’S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT
ISN’T SURGING, HUMANS
IT’S A TREND THAT SOMETIMES
HAPPENS AFTER BLIZZARDS, LONG
POWER OUTAGES, OR WHENEVER
COUPLES MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF TIME
TO KILL AND NOT MUCH TO DO.
MANY PEOPLE JOKED THAT COVID
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS WOULD LEAD
TO A NEW NATIONWIDE BABY BOOM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT SOME RESEARCHERS PREDICT WE
MIGHT JUST SEE THE EXACT
OPPOSITE.
IT’S LOOKING LIKE THAT "BABY
BOOM" IS ACTUALLY A "BABY
BUST."
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
ESTIMATES THIS YEAR COULD SEE A
DIP FROM 2019 APPROACHING
300,000 FEWER BIRTHS.
THE U.S. BIRTH RATE WILL
DECLINE AN ESTIMATED
7% TO 10% THIS NEXT YEAR.
THAT’S ON TOP OF AN ALREADY
35-YEAR LOW.
Trevor: WOW!
SO, APPARENTLY, THESE PAST 10
MONTHS HAVE BEEN ALL NETFLIX AND
NO CHILL.
HONESTLY,@IM NOT SURPRISED.
WHO IS INTO "TIGER KING."
WHEN YOU’RE SITTING NEXT TO
SOMEONE, YOU’RE LIKE, GODDAMN
CAROL BAFNGIN."
YOU’RE NOT MAKING BABIES TO
THAT.
APPARENTLY NOBODY HAS BEEN
MAKING BABIES WHILE THEY’RE IN
LOCKDOWN.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
IT MAKES SENSE.
WHEN YOU’RE SPENDING 24 HOURS A
DAY WITH SOMEONE FOR MONTHS, THE
LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS
MAKE ANOTHER ONE OF THEM TO HANG
OUT WITH.
NOT TO MENTION, I’VE BEEN SO
SCARED OF GETTING COVID, I DON’T
EVEN SEE MY OWN FAMILY.
SO I’M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO
LET A STORK HAND DELIVER ME A
BABY.
NO, THANK YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT’S NOT
WHERE THEY COME FROM?
WHERE DO THEY-- SEX?
SO YOU HAVE SEX WITH A STORK?
PLUS I AGREE WITH THESE PEOPLE--
THEY’RE RIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
I DON’T NEED A BABY.
I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH MOUTHS TO
FEED: MY MOUTH AND THE OTHER
MOUTH ON THE SIDE OF MY NECK.
"DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, TREVOR?"
GO BACK TO SLEEP, CORNELIUS.
BUT THIS STORY ACTUALLY GIVES ME
A GREAT IDEA.
IF THERE ARE FEWER BABIES THAT
MEANS THERE WILL BE FEWER KIDS.
THAT MEANS FEWER DAYCARES AND
DAYCARES WILL LOSE BUSINESS, AND
WALL STREET WILL SHOT INVEST IN
DAYCARES SO I’M BUYING DAYCARES.
I LOST EVERYTHING, WHY ISN’T
THIS REGULATED.
AND, FINALLY, LET’S DO SOMETHING
YOUR DAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ON
VACATION AND CHECK IN ON
THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.
IT’S WHERE THE GAME CELEBRATES
ITS GREATEST PLAYERS.
BUT THIS YEAR, THE CELEBRATION
IS GOING TO BE A TINY BIT
SMALLER.
ALL THE FORMER BASEBALL
PLAYERS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR
INDUCTION INTO THE BASEBALL HALL
OF FAME THIS YEAR STRUCK OUT.
NO PLAYER WAS NAMED ON THE
REQUIRED 75% OF BALLOTS FROM THE
BASEBALL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA.
SEVEN-TIME CY YOUNG WINNER ROGER
CLEMENS FAILED TO GET ENOUGH
VOTES IN HIS NINTH YEAR ON THE
BALLOT.
CLEMENS WAS SUSPECTED OF HAVING
USED PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS
DURING HIS CAREER.
HE DENIES THAT.
AND BASEBALL’S ALL-TIME HOME
RUN LEADER, BARRY BONDS, ALSO
FAILED IN HIS NINTH TRY.
HE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE
TAKEN PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING
DRUGS.
PITCHER CURT SCHILLING, WHO WON
THREE WORLD SERIES TITLES, FELL
16 VOTES SHORT.
SINCE RETIRING, SCHILLING HAS
FACED CRITICISM FOR POSTING
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS CRITICAL
OF MUSLIMS, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE,
AND JOURNALISTS.
Trevor: TISK, TISK.
SOCIAL MEDIA IS BAD NEWS, GUYS,
BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THERE’S A LOT OF BIGOTS IN THE
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.
THEY JUST DIDN’T HAVE SOCIAL
MEDIA TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
YOU THINK TY COBB WAS WOKE?
I MEAN, JUST AS A RULE, ANY
BASEBALL PLAYER WHOSE CARD WAS A
PAINTING PROBABLY HATED
SOMEBODY.
I RESPECT THAT THE BASEBALL HALL
OF FAME WANTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR
INTEGRITY, BUT IT IS KIND OF
FUNNY THAT THE HALL OF FAME HAS
HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
BECAUSE SOME BASEBALL PLAYER IS
LIKE, "I DON’T WANT TO SHARE A
BATHROOM WITH THIS PERSON."
AND THE HALL OF FAMER IS LIKE,
GET OUT OF HERE.
MAKE SOME LAWS OR SOMETHING."
LET’S MOVE ON TO THE MAIN
STORY, THE CORONAVIRUS.
YOU KNOW, IT’S THE REASON YOU’RE EATING A CAESAR SALT ADD ON THE
SIDEWALK IN 30-DEGREE WEATHER
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS STRUGGLING
WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT SOME ARE
HANDLING IT BETTER THAN OTHERS.
SO LET’S CATCH UP ON THE LATEST
CORONA NEWS AROUND THE WORLD IN
ANOTHER EPISODE OF "KEEPING UP WITH CORONA."
FIRST THINGS FIRST: JUST BECAUSE
WE HAVE A VACCINE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS DOESN’T MEAN IT’S
GOING AWAY IMMEDIATELY.
IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, IT’S ONLY
GETTING WORSE.
THE URGENCY OF THE VACCINE
EFFORT EVEN MORE CRITICAL THIS
EVENING, A RACE AGAINST TIME AS
THOSE NEW AND MORE-CONTAGIOUS
STRAINS OF THE VIRUS SPREAD.
COVID-19 HAS BEEN MUTATING
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, AND IN
RECENT MONTHS, YOU’VE HAD
THESE DISTURBING VARIANTS EMERGE
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE
U.K., SOUTH AFRICA, AND BRAZIL.
Reporter: EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
WARN, WITH THE NEW VARIANTS,
EVEN BRIEF INTERACTIONS, LIKE AN
OUTDOOR CHAT WITHOUT A MASK OR
HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE INDOORS,
CAN INCREASE YOUR TRANSMISSION
BY UP TO 70%.
AUTHORITIES STILL DON’T KNOW WHY
THE NEW VARIANTS ARE SO
CONTAGIOUS.
SO AS AN EXTRA LAYER OF
PROTECTION, THEY RECOMMEND
WEARING TWO MASKS.
Trevor: WHOOO!
CORONAVIRUS IS ONE HELL OF A
COMPETITOR, MAN.
IT’S LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN--
IT HEARD WE MADE A VACCINE AND
IT WAS LIKE, "AND I TOOK THAT
PERSONALLY."
BECAUSE SO FAR, THERE’S THREE
MAJOR VARIANTS OUT THERE, AND
NEW ONES ARE POPPING UP ALL THE
TIME.
PRETTY SOON, WE’RE GOING TO NEED
A SOMMELIER TO TELL THEM APART.
"AH, YES, HERE WE HAVE A 2021
FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF WALES.
VERY STRONG.
IF YOU GIVE THAT A SMELL, YOU’LL
NOTICE YOU CAN’T SMELL."
BUT BECAUSE THESE VARIANTS ARE
SO MUCH MORE INFECTIOUS,
AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SUGGESTING
THAT EVERYBODY WEAR TWO MASKS,
WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA
ESPECIALLY FOR AMERICA, BECAUSE
WHEN EXPERTS SAID "WEAR A MASK,"
HALF THE COUNTRY WAS LIKE,
"HELL, NO. THAT’S MY FREEDOM!"
SO IF YOU TELL THEM TO WEAR TWO
MASKS, THEY’LL BE LIKE, "SCREW
YOU! I’M ONLY WEARING ONE MASK,
LIBTARD!
AND IT TURNS OUT THESE NEW
VARIANTS ARE HITTING
PARTICULARLY HARD RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE A YEAR OF RESTRICTIONS,
PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF THAT
LOCKDOWN LIFE.
A NEW COVID LOCKDOWN IN THE
NETHERLANDS HAS SPARKED VIOLENT
PROTESTS THAT CONTINUE TONIGHT.
PROTESTORS HAVE FOUGHT WITH
POLICE IN SEVERAL DUTCH CITIES,
SETTING FIRES TO BUILDINGS.
HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
MADE SINCE THE PROTESTS STARTED
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE LOCKDOWN INCLUDES A
9:00 P.M. CURFEW.
THAT’S THE FIRST IN THE
NETHERLANDS SINCE WORLD WAR II.
Trevor: ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THIS
RIGHT HERE IS A BAD SIGN.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP
LOCKDOWNS GOING IN THE REST OF
THE WORLD WHEN THE COUNTRY THAT
INVENTED LEGAL WEED IS LOSING
ITS SHIT?
I MEAN, THE NETHERLANDS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE CHILL COUNTRIES.
THINK ABOUT IT-- HOW OFTEN DO
YOU HEAR, "CAREFUL, CAREFULY,
YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH THAT
DUDE.
HE’S DUTCH."
ALTHOUGH, ON THE OTHER HAND,
KNOWING THE DUTCH, THE PAINTINGS
BUT, YEAH, OF COURSE PEOPLE HATE
LOCKDOWNS.
I MEAN, EVEN JUST THE NAME,
"LOCKDOWN," SOUNDS LIKE
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD GET MAD
ABOUT.
WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO DO IS
REBRAND LOCKDOWNS, YOU KNOW?
MAKE IT MORE APPEALING.
LIKE, CALL IT A "NATIONWIDE
SLUMBER PARTY" OR "EXTENDED COZY
TIME" OR THE "PRETEND YOU’RE AN
INDOOR CAT CHALLENGE."
OF COURSE, LOCKDOWNS ARE ALWAYS
A TEMPORARY FIX.
THE REAL SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE
GETTING EVERYONE VACCINATED, AND
ONE COUNTRY IS SHOWING HOW IT’S
DONE.
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SUCCESS
STORY RIGHT NOW, ISRAEL.
ISRAEL IS A RELATIVELY SMALL
COUNTRY, BUT IT HAS ADMINISTERED
FAR MORE FIRST DOSES.
ISRAEL CONTINUES TO LEAD THE
WORLD IN VACCINATIONS USING THE
AMERICAN-MADE PFIZER OR MODERNA
VACCINES.
WHILE IN MOST COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD YOU HAVE TO BE
PART OF A PRIORITY GROUP TO BE
VACCINATED, ISRAELI CLINICS HAVE
BEEN GIVING OUT ANY REMAINING
DOSES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AFTER THE DAY’S SCHEDULED
APPOINTMENTS END FOR PRIORITY
PATIENTS.
EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH
OUR PHONES.
WE ALL GET NOTIFICATION WHERE WE
CAN RECEIVE THE VACCINATION, AND
IT WORKS VERY, VERY WELL.
Trevor: WOW, WELL DONE,
TO ISRAEL, LEADING THE WORLD IN
VACCINATIONS.
AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY’RE
DONG THIS THROUGH PEOPLES’
PHONES.
I MEAN, THERE’S ALREADY AN APP
WHERE YOU CAN CATCH DISEASES.
SO WHY NOT HAVE ONE THAT CURES
THEM, TOO?
WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY
CAN’T AMERICA HAVE THAT APP,
TOO?
ISRAEL DOESN’T EVEN HAVE TO
CHANGE IT,
I’LL LEARN HEBREW.
EVERYTHING’S CLOSED, I GOT
NOTHING ELSE TO DO!
NOW, AS IMPORTANT AS GETTING
EVERYONE VACCINATED IS, THERE’S
ONE THING THAT’S EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT: MAKING SURE YOUR
VACCINE ACTUALLY WORKS.
CHINESE COMPANY, SINOVAC,
SAYS IT HAS CONFIDENCE IN ITS
VACCINE, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN
PICKED UP BY INDONESIA, BRAZIL,
AND TURKEY.
BUT THERE’S BEEN SKEPTICISM OVER
THE VERACITY OF ITS DATA.
QUESTIONS ARE BEGINNING TO
ARISE BECAUSE INDONESIA ALSO
CONDUCTING ITS OWN TRIAL,
RELEASING NUMBERS THAT PUT ITS
EFFICACY OUT ABOUT 70%.
BRAZIL’S FINDINGS FOR THIS VERY
SAME VACCINATION, DROPPED
EFFICACY DOWN TO 50%."
Trevor: YES, MUCH LIKE AN
AIRPLANE TOUCH SCREEN, CHINA’S
VACCINE ONLY WORKS ABOUT 50% OF
THE TIME.
NO "LION KING.
LION KING.
PLAY LION KING.
PLAY LIONG KING.
I GUESS I’M WATCHING "CATS."
AND I GOTTA SAY, GUYS, I FEEL
REALLY BAD FOR THESE COUNTRIES.
HOW COULD THEY HAVE GUESSED THAT
CHINA WOULD MAKE A CHEAP
KNOCKOFF OF THE VACCINE?
WHAT DO YOU DO, START STANDING
THREE FEET AWAY FROM OTHER
PEOPLE.
HUG ONLY ONE GRANDPARENT.
IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY STOPPED
MOVING FORWARD.
CHINA HAS BEGUN CARRYING OUT
ANAL SWABS FOR COVID IN A
CONTROVERSIAL MOVE THAT’S
RECEIVED SOME PUSHBACK.
A HOSPITAL IN BEIJING CARRIED
OUT THE SWABS WHEN TESTING STAFF
AT A SCHOOL, WHILE AUTHORITIES
IN SOME HOT-SPOT AREAS MAY
INTRODUCE THE MEASURE FOR PEOPLE
ARRIVING FROM ABROAD.
THEY’VE BEEN DOING BLOOD
SERUM TESTS TO DETERMINE IF
PEOPLE HAVE COVID
ANTIBODIES, AND IN SOME PLACES,
INCLUDING A BEIJING HOSPITAL,
THEY CARRIED OUT ANAL SWABS,
WITH THE IDEA BEING THE PRESENCE
OF THE VIRUS IN EXCREMENT IS
LONGER TO DETECT THAN, SAY, IF
YOU DO2A MOUTH SWAB.
Trevor: YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE’S A POINT AT WHICH I WOULD
JUST RATHER HAVE THE CORONA
VIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, I CAN’T SAY I’M
SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS.
I MEAN, SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING,
THE ANUS IS THE NOSTRIL OF THE
BUTT.
AND THE PLUS SIDE IS, WITH
TESTING LIKE THIS, YOU MIGHT NOT
EVEN NEED A VACCINE.
YOU JUST TELL PEOPLE, "WE’RE NOT
HAVING LOCKDOWNS, BUT EVERY TIME
YOU LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT, SOME
STRANGER IS GOING TO SHOVE A
Q-TIP UP YOUR BUTT."
WE’LL BE DONE WITH CORONA IN,
LIKE, TWO WEEKS.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE’LL FIGURE OUT HOW BIDEN AND
THE REPUBLICANS CAN COME
TOGETHER.
AND AMANDA GORMAN, THE SUPERSTAR
POET FROM THE INAUGURATION, IS
JOINING US ON THE SHOW. SO DON’T GO AWAY.
Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE
DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
LET’S TALK ABOUT AMERICA’S NEW
PRESIDENT: JOSEPH RAFIKI BIDEN.
THERE’S NO DOUBT HE’S GOT A
TOUGH JOB AHEAD OF HIM.
BUT IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH
LAST WEEK, BIDEN MADE CLEAR WHAT
HIS TOP PRIORITY IS. TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES,
TO RESTORE THE SOUL AND SECURE
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA REQUIRES
SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS.
IT REQUIRES THE MOST ELUSIVE OF
THINGS IN A DEMOCRACY: UNITY.
UNITY.
Trevor: UNITY...
UNITY...
UNITY?
UNITY...
BUT, LOOK, I GET IT.
AMERICA HAS BEEN DIVIDED FOR THE
LAST FOUR YEARS-- TECHNICALLY 12
IF YOU INCLUDE THE OBAMA YEARS.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS PRETTY DIVIDED
UNDER BUSH AND CLINTON, TOO.
AND BUSH.
THEN YOU HAD THE 60s, AND THE
CIVIL WAR...
AND THE WHOLE THING WITH THE
PILGRIMS AND THE INDIANS WASN’T
GREAT, EITHER.
ALL RIGHT, SO AMERICA’S BEEN
DIVIDED FOR, LIKE, 2,000 YEARS
NOW.
THE POINT IS UNITY.
SO I CAN SEE WHY UNITY WOULD BE
VERY APPEALING FOR PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW.
BUT FOR UNITY TO WORK, YOU HAVE
TO AGREE ON WHAT UNITY IS.
AND IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW,
THEY’RE NOT EVEN UNITED ON THAT.
U.S. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN FROM
TEXAS, HIS RESPONSE TO THE
INCLUSION OF TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY WAS TO
TWEET, "ANOTHER UNIFYING MOVE BY
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, QUESTION
MARK?"
DEMOCRATS CLAIM TO WANT TO
UNIFY THE COUNTRY, BUT
IMPEACHING A FORMER PRESIDENT,
A PRIVATE CITIZEN, IS THE
ANTITHESIS OF UNITY.
JOE BIDEN, YOU TALK ABOUT
UNIFYING THE COUNTRY.
PURSUING IMPEACHMENT AFTER HE
LEAVES THE OFFICE WILL FURTHER
DIVIDE THE COUNTRY.
IT’S HARD TO UNIFY WHEN
YOU’RE IMPEACHING A PRESIDENT
WHO HAS ALREADY LEFT OFFICE.
JOE BIDEN VOWED THAT HIS TOP
PRIORITY WAS-- QUOTE-- UNITY.
DOES ANYONE AT THIS POINT STILL
BELIEVE HIM?
ANYBODY?
RAISE YOUR HAND AT HOME.
Trevor: "RAISE YOUR HAND AT
HOME"?
DUDE, ONLY ONE OF YOUR VIEWERS
IS DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK YOU
CAN SEE HIM THROUGH THE TV.
BECAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
APPARENTLY, REPUBLICANS THINK
THAT UNITY MEANS THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE TO ACT LIKE REPUBLICANS.
THAT’S NOT WHAT UNITY IS.
UNITY DOES NOT MEAN AGREEMENT.
IT DOESN’T MEAN DOING WHATEVER
THE OTHER SIDE WANTS.
UNITY MEANS "THE STATE OF BEING
UNITED."
AND "UNITED" MEANS "UNIFIED."
AND "UNIFIED" MEANS--
TO BE IN FOR THE SAME THING.
AND THING-- SAME THING, MEANS--
I’LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH, UNITY
DOESN’T MEAN YOU JUST DO WHAT
THE LOSERS WANT, ALL RIGHT.
IT DEFINITELY DOESN’T MEAN YOU
CAN’T HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE FOR
WHAT HE DID.
THAT WOULDN’T FLY IN COURT.
"YOU ARE ACCUSED OF
MANSLAUGHTER.
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?"
"I PLEAD ’UNITY,’ YOUR HONOR."
"MAN, GET YOUR ASS TO JAIL."
AND IT’S ONE THING TO TRY TO
FIND UNITY WITH PEOPLE WHO
DISAGREE WITH YOU ON POLICIES,
BUT HOW DO YOU FIND UNITY WITH
PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN RECOGNIZE
YOUR LEGITIMACY?
A CLEAR MAJORITY OF HOUSE
REPUBLICANS, WHO ARE NOW KIND OF
BRAYING ABOUT UNITY, VOTED TO
OVERTURN THE ELECTION AND, IN
EFFECT, MAKE TRUMP PRESIDENT FOR
FOUR MORE YEARS OVER THE WILL OF
THE VOTERS.
THIS ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT FACT?
WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS
THAT THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER OR
NOT THERE WAS FRAUD SHOULD
OCCUR.
WE NEVER HAD ANY PRESENTATION IN
COURT WHERE WE ACTUALLY LOOKED
AT THE EVIDENCE.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, A QANON
SUPPORTER, SHE HAS REPEATEDLY
INDICATED SUPPORT FOR EXECUTING
PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC
POLITICIANS.
IN 2019, SHE LIKED A COMMENT
THAT SAID, "A BULLET TO THE HEAD
WOULD BE QUICKER TO REMOVE HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI."
IN 2018, SHE SAID, "THE STAGE IS
BEING SET," AFTER SOMEONE ASKED
WHETHER THEY COULD HANG
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY
CLINTON.
Trevor: HOLY SHIT!
THIS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LADY
WANTED TO SHOOT PELOSI AND HANG
OBAMA AND HILLARY?
THIS WOMAN IS SOMETHING ELSE.
IT’S LIKE A NORMAL KAREN FELL
INTO A VAT OF CHEMICALS AND
THEN BECAME A BATMAN VILLAIN.
I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE
UNITY WITH SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY
WANTS YOU DEAD?
THERE’S A REASON WHY "PLANET
EARTH" NEVER ENDS WITH A BILL
BEING SIGNED.
"SUDDENLY, THE CHEETAH LUNGES AT
THE YOUNG GAZELLE, EAGER TO
REACH A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT AND
SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE, FORGET THE
COUNTRYFOR A MINUTE.
THAT’S THEIR COWORKER!
IMAGINE GOING INTO WORK EVERYDAY
KNOWING ONE OF YOUR COWORKERS
WANTS TO KILL YOU.
A COWORKER STOLE MY YOGURT ONE
TIME, AND I STILL HOLD IT
AGAINST HIM.
I WAS HUNGRY FOR 20 MINUTES THAT
DAY, KEVIN!
YOU’RE A MONSTER!
LOOK, CONSIDERING WHERE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIGHT NOW,
I DON’T KNOW IF THE TWO SIDES
CAN REALLY COME TOGETHER.
BUT IT WOULD BE FUN WATCHING
THEM TRY TO TALK THEIR ISSUES
OUT.
TODAY, WE’RE HERE TO WORK ON
UNITY.
NOW, THIS IS A SAFE SPACE TO
SHARE YOUR FEELINGS AND
HOPEFULLY FIND SOME COMMON
GROUND.
DEMOCRATS, LET’S START WITH YOU.
WHAT DOES UNITY MEAN TO YOU?
WE WANT UNITY.
YOU KNOW, IT’S ABOUT COMING
TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW,
RESPECTING EACH OTHER.
WRONG!
WRONG.
AH, REPUBLICANS, YOU HAD A
VERY STRONG REACTION TO THAT.
WHAT DOES UNITY MEAN TO YOU?
UNITY IS BRINGING EVERYONE IN
THE COUNTRY TOGETHER TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT ALL THE
TIME.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT, WE’LL STORM YOUR OFFICE.
THAT’S WHAT UNITY IS.
HMMM... VERY GOOD SHARING.
I LOVE HOW HONEST YOU’RE BEING.
YUP.
DEMOCRATS, IS THAT SOMETHING
YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO?
NO.
HE JUST SAID HE WANTS TO STORM
MY OFFICE.
OR PUT YOU IN PRISON.
WHAT!
AH, ACTIONS, VERY GOOD, VERY
GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I FEEL WE SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER
SAY.
WE WON THE ELECTION.
YOU STOLE THE ELECTION.
NOW, REMEMBER, COMPROMISE,
OKAY.
SO HOW ABOUT DEMOCRATS WON THE
ELECTION BY STEALING IT?
YEAH, THAT’S FAIR.
NO.
IT’S NOT.
LOOK, WE JUST WANT THE
REPUBLICANS TO COME TO THE TABLE
IN GOOD FAITH AND FIND AREAS WE
CAN AGREE ON SO WE CAN PASS
MEANINGFUL LAWS.
OKAY, LET’S EXPLORE THIS.
REPUBLICANS, WHEN DEMOCRATS JUST
SAID THAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU
HEAR?
AH, I HEARD THAT THEY WANT
MANDATORY SHARIA SOCIALISM AND
TO PUT RU PAUL ON THE $50 BILL.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID AT
ALL!
ALTHOUGH I AM OPEN TO THE RU
PAUL THING TO JAZZ UP THE MONEY.
LISTEN, IF THEY REALLY WANTED
UNITY, HOW DO THEY EXPLAIN THE
CAPITOL RIOTS.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL
MOMENT FOR UNITY, BUT THERE
WASN’T A SINGLE DEMOCRAT IN THAT
MOB BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL TALK
WITH NO INSURRECTION.
SEE, SEE, SEE, THIS IS WHAT
HE DOES.
IT’S ALWAYS MY FAULT.
IT IS ALWAYS YOUR FAULT.
MY FAULT?
IT’S YOUR FAULT EVERY SINGLE
TIME YOU’RE WALKING AROUND LIKE,
"IT’S NOT MY FAULT.
IT’S NOT MY FAULT."
YOU CAN STOP.
BOTH OF YOU STOP!
ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATS.
LOOK, WE’RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME,
SO WHAT I’D LIKE TO DO IS JUST
TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT ALL
THE PROGRESS WE’VE MADE.
EXCUSE ME, PROGRESS?
THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS.
SEE.
YOU FINALLY AGREED ON SOMETHING.
YOU’RE BOTH UNITED BEHIND THE
FACT THAT YOU CAN NEVER UNITE.
UNITY ACHIEVED.
REPUBLICANS, YOU’RE CURED.
DEMOCRATS, LET’S PICK THIS UP
AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE A LOT TO WORK THROUGH.
COOL, BECAUSE I GOTTA RUN.
I’M PARKED IN A HANDICAPPED SPOT
SO I GOTTA RUN.
OF COURSE YOU DID, OF COURSE
YOU DID.
Trevor: ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE
COME BACK, THE STAR POET FROM
Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE
DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
POET, ACTIVIST, AND AUTHOR,
AMANDA GORMAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE
BEING THE YOUNGEST INAUGURAL
POET IN HISTORY, AND SO MUCH
MORE.
IF WE’RE TO LIVE UP TO OUR
TIME, VICTORY WON’T LIE IN THE
BLADE BUT IN ALL THE BRIDGES
WE’VE MADE.
THAT IS THE PROMISE TO GLADE THE
HILL WE CLIMB, IF ONLY WE DARE
IT, BECAUSE BEING AMERICAN IS
MORE THAN A PRIDE WE INHERIT.
IT’S THE PAST WE STEP INTO AND
HOW WE REPAIR IT.
Trevor: AMANDA GORMAN,
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
I’M SUPER EXCITED.
Trevor: I AM THE ONE WHO
SHOULD BE EXCITED.
2021 KICTD OFF WITH A BANG.
IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOR
EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK FOR YOU,
MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE, IT HAS
BEEN EXTRA WHIRLWINDY, WHICH IS
A WORD I TRADEMARKED AND YOU CAN
USE ONE DAY IF YOU’D LIKE TO IN
ONE OF YOUR POEMS.
YOU WENT FROM NOT JUST BEING
NOTABLE BECAUSE YOU READ A POEM,
THE YOUNGEST EVER INAUGURAL
POET, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF WHAT
THE POEM MEANT TO PEOPLE,
BECAUSE OF THE INSPIRATION
BEHIND IT, BECAUSE OF HOW PEOPLE
FELT AFTER THEY HEARD WHAT YOU
DID.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU,
JUST IN THIS LITTLE PERI SINCE
THE INAUGURATION?
WHAT HAS YOUR WORLD BEEN LIKE?
MY WORLD HAS BEEN CRAZY.
I MEAN, IT’S BEEN TURNED UPSIDE
DOWN.
I MEAN, WHEN I WAS WRITING THE
POEM, I KNEW IT WAS A HISTORIC
MOMENT.
I KNEW IT WAS AN IMPORTANT
MOMENT, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO
DO JUST SERVICE.
BUT I WASN’T REALLY PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE WAYS IN WHICH
MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE MIGHT
CHANGE.
I WENT, I DID THE POEM, I WALKED
UP AND JUST KIND OF EXPECTED
EVERYTHING TO BE THE SAME.
AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO OPEN MY
INSTAGRAM JUST TO, YOU KNOW,
LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE’S POSTS,
AND ALL OF MY YAPS ARE JUST
CRASHED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
FOLLOWERS FLOCKING TO MY
CHANNEL.
IT’S BEEN AMAZING AND I’M STILL
KIND OF ABSORBING IT ALL LIKE A
SPONGE.
Trevor: THE POEM "THE HILL
WE CLIMB," WASN’T JUST MOMENTOUS
BECAUSE OF THE DAY IT WAS
PERFORMED ON.
I THINK WHAT MADE IT SPECIAL
SUINCORPORATED, UP UNTIL THAT
DAY, THE THINGS SO MANY PEOPLE
WERE FEELING ABOUT AMERICA.
IF YOU DON’T MIND, WALK ME
THROUGH WHY YOU FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO WRITE A POEM FOR
THAT MOMENT, AND EVEN STILL BE
WRITING THE POEM ON THE ACTUAL
DAY THAT YOU WERE DELIVERING IT.
RIGHT, EXACTLY.
WELL, FOR ME, I MEAN, I WAS
WRITING IT AND TRYING TO FIND A
WAY TO ENCAPSULATE WHAT HAD GONE
ON OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FOUR
YEARS, AND EVEN LOOKING MORE
EXPANSIVELY THAN THAT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE
INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL.
SO FOR ME, IT WAS TRYING TO SAY
WE’VE HAD THIS REMINDER OF THE
WAYS IN WHICH DEMOCRACY IS BOTH
FRAGILE AND ALSO ENDURING AND
HOW... TO DEFEND IT.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IN
CULTURES, WE THINK OF THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE CAN CLEANSE
OURSELVES WITH WATER.
I THINK THE WAY WE CAN CLEANSE
OURSELVESES WITH WORDS, MEANING
THIS POEM WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
KIND OF RESANCTIFY, REPURIFY AND
RECLAIM NOT JUST THE CAPITOL
BUILDING BUT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
A PRETTY HIGH ASK OF MYSELF,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT I DID
WHEN I SHOWED UP AND I ROLLED UP
MY SLEEVES, AND THAT WAS THE AIM
OF THE POEM, TO USE WORDS TO TRY
TO GO BACK TO THE QUINTESSENCE
OF WHAT AMERICA CAN BE.
Trevor: I THINK YOU
ACHIEVED THAT.
I THINK YOU ACHIEVED THAT A
THOUSAND TIMES OVER.
IT SHOWED IN HOW PEOPLE
RESPONDED.
CONSIDER IT FROM THIS
PERSPECTIVE-- AND YOU MAY NOT.
THIS IS HOW I SAW IT: ON A DAY
WHEN JOE BIDEN IS INAUGURATED,
KAMALA HARRIS IS STEPPING INTO
THE ROLE AS V.P., LADY GAGA IS
PERFORMING, JENNIFER LOPEZ IS
PERFORMING, YOU WERE THE THING
THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING-- YOU
WERE THE TRENDING THING.
IT WAS LIKE YOU COMPETING WITH
BERNIE SANDERS’ MITTENS WAS
BASICALLY IT.
THAT MUST BE-- DO YOU TAKE A
MOMENT TO GO LIKE, "MAN, THIS IS
SURREAL?"
THAT IS SO SURREAL,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MY FRIENDS,
THEY’RE SO FUNNY AND THEY COME
FOR BLOOD.
THEY WERE TEXTING ME, "JOE BIDEN
DID A GOOD JOB OPENING UP FOR
AMANDA GORMAN."
IT’S NOT A COMPETITION.
YOU KNOW IT’S NOT A FIGHT OVER
WHO WINS THE INAUGURATION.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, "BUT YOU
DID."
I THINK FOR ME, IT WAS SO
DAUNTING TO BE ON A STAGE, YOU
KNOW.
THERE WAS MICHELLE OBAMA TO MY
RIGHT, AND BARACK OBAMA, HILLARY
CLINTON, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN
MYTHOLOGIZED FOR ME AND TO FIND
MYSELF NOT ONLY BEING IN THAT
SPACE BUT OWNING IT AND CLAIMING
IT WAS I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF
MY CAREER.
Trevor: I BELIEVE THAT YOU
ARE SLATED TO PERFORM AT THE
SUPER BOWL.
THAT IS CORRECT?
YES.
I DIDN’T --
YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU
UNDERSTAND, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF
THIS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?
POETRY AT THE SUPERUE UNDERSTAND
THE LEVELS YOU’VE MADE IT TO,
WHERE THEY WERE LIKE, THIS
PERSON IS SO GOOD THAT WE HAVE
TO BRING HER TO DO POETRY AT THE
SUPER BOWL.
RIGHT
( LAUGHS )
LITERALLY, THAT WENT OVER MY
HEAD, BECAUSE I KNEW ABOUT THE
SUPER BOWL AND THE INAUGURATION
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
AND IT WAS, LIKE, THERE WAS NOT
SPACE IN MY HEAD FOR BOTH.
LIKE, I KEPT BEING LIKE, "I HAVE
TO WRITE THAT INAUGURATION
POEM."
AND MY TEAM WAS LIKE, "THERE’S
THIS LITTLE THING CALLED THE
SUPER BOWL WHICH YOU SHOULD ALSO
KEEP IN MIND"
SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S VERY RARE I
WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT
AN EXTANT POSSIBILITY THAT A
POET WILL BE AT SOMETHING LIKE
THE SUPER BOWL.
IT’S JUST NOTHING I HAVE REALLY
HEARD ABOUT BEFORE.
Trevor: RIGHT.
SO THE MOMENTS I STRIVE FOR
IN MY LIFETIME, WHICH IS TO
BRING POETRY INTO THE SPACES
THAT WE LEAST EXPECT IT SO WE
CAN FULLY GRAPPLE WITH THE WAYS
IN WHICH IT HAD HEAL AND KIND OF
RESURRECT US.
Trevor: LET’S TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT POETRY.
I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE POETRY,
LIKE SOME ART FORMS, HAS ITS
HIGHS AND THEN IT HAS MOMENTS IT
DISAPPEARS.
WHY DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD NEVER
FORGET POETRY?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT POETRY THAT YOU
FEEL SOCIETY NEEDS TO HOLD ON
TO?
WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS POETRY
STANDS AS A GREAT REMINDER OF
THE PAST THAT WE STAND ON AND
THE FUTURE THAT WE STAND FOR.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW,
COINCIDENCE THAT WHEN AMERICA
SEEKS TO KIND OF CONSECRATE ITS
IDEALS, IT DOES SO THROUGH
POETRY.
I DON’T THINK IT’S A COINCIDENCE
THAT WE SEE A POEM AT THE BASE
OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AS
OPPOSED TO A SCIENTIFIC FORMULA
OR EVEN A PROSAIC PARAGRAPH.
YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT THAT WE CALL
FORTH POETRY IN THOSE MOMENTS?
OR EVEN POINT OUT TO STUDENTS,
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE AT A BLACK
LIVES MATTER MARCH AND YOU SEE
BANNERS THAT SAY THEY BURIED US
BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE
SEEDS.
THAT’S POETRY AT A RACIAL
JUSTICE MOVEMENT.
IT’S POETRY BECAUSE IT’S
INHERENTLY REBELLIOUS IN ITS
NATURE AND I THINK IT BECOMES
THE LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC OF THE
PEOPLE AND WE GET TO COOPT IT
AND PLAY ON IT.
WHAT’S MORE, WE GET TO USE THOSE
WORDS TO REALIZE OUR THOUGHTS
AND TRANSFORM THOSE THOUGHTS
INTO ACTIONS.
Trevor: YOU HAVE A JOURNEY
AHEAD OF YOU THAT I THINK NOBODY
CAN PREDICT, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND YOU’VE HAD A JOURNEY THAT
HAS BEEN UNPREDICTABLE, YOU
KNOW.
YOU-- YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT IT,
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN A FAMILY
WITH A SINGLE MOM RAISING
YOURSELF AND YOUR TWIN SISTER
AND YOUR BROTHER AS WELL AND HOW
YOU FOUGHT TO ACHIEVE.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THEN WHAT
ARE YOU ASPIRING TO, SEEING THAT
YOU’VE BASICALLY DONE IT ALL, I
MEAN, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS?
RIGHT.
THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, I’M REALLY TAKING THAT
TIME TO SIT BACK AND THINK AND
LIKE, WOW, THAT WAS IT.
WHAT’S NEXT?
AND FOR ME, I DON’T THINK IT’S
ABOUT KIND OF BEATING MY LAST
THING OR EVEN COMPETING AGAINST
MYSELF.
I HEAR THAT A LOT.
AND THAT’S FINE FOR OTHER
PEOPLE.
I’M NOT NECESSARILY FIGHTING
AGAINST MYSELF OR COMPETING OR
CONTESTING AGAINST ANYTHING I’VE
DONE.
BUT I WANT TO KEEP ON THE
TRAJECTORY THAT I STARTED FOR
MYSELF.
I NEVER WANT TO KIND OF DALLY OR
DIVERGE FROM THAT.
AND FOR ME, THAT JUST MEANS
USING MY POETRY TO TOUCH AND
HEAL AND IMPACT AS MANY PEOPLE
AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT CAN BE AT THE
INAUGURATION, THE SUPER BOWL.
IT CAN BE IN A LIVING ROOM.
IT’S OFTEN IN CLASSROOMS WITH
OTHER STUDENTS.
AND SO THAT’S WHAT’S NEXT FOR ME
ON THE MORE, LIKE, RESUME TICK
THING THAT I ALWAYS HAVE TO
MENTION WHEN I’M ON TALK SHOWS.
I’M LIKE, "I HAVE THREE BOOKS
COMING OUT."
THERE’S ALSO THAT.
WHAT I NEED TO WRITE.
BUT I’M JUST CHUGGING FORWARD.
Trevor: I KNOW EVERYONE
WILL BE READING THE BOOKS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA
GORMAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON
ALL YOUR SUCCESS.
THANK YOU, SO MUCH.█ç
Trevor: AMANDA’S BOOKS,
"THE HILL WE CLIMB," "CHANGE
SINGS," AND HER POETRY
COLLECTION ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO
PRE-ORDER RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK, BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
Trevor: THAT’S OUR SHOW FOR
TONIGHT.
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♪ ♪ ♪
THE MAYOR OF MOUNT PLEASANT,
SOUTH CAROLINA, ASKED A
CHICK-FIL-A MANAGER TO HELP
AFTER SEEING HIS CITY’S VACCINE
DRIVE-THROUGH IN A GRIDLOCK.
CHICK-FIL-A SHOULD BE THE
PLACE THAT THEY’RE DISTRIBUTING
THE VACCINE BECAUSE IT IS SO
EFFICIENT.
YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO
CHICK-FIL-A AND THOSE LINES ARE
WRAPPED AROUND?
THEY GET YOU GOING.
THEIR DRIVE-THROUGHS ARE LIKE
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
THEY’RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT
THEY DO AT CHICK-FIL-A.
I CAN’T FATHOM HOW THEY GET
ALL THOSE CARS THROUGH THERE.
MAYBE THE NATIONAL BASED
CHICK-FIL-A TOOK OVER THE
VACCINATION SITES, WE’D GET OUR
SHOTS IN NO TIME.
VACCINE WITH A CHICKEN
SANDWICH.
SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
YES, IT DOES, THEIR WATCH FELL FRIES.