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Hey, what's going on, everybody?
I'm Trevor Noah,
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and this is The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Today is February 1, which means
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it's the start
of Black History Month.
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Yes, my friends,
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it's that time of the year
when white people
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who are true allies gift
their black friends a PS5.
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Do the right thing, guys.
Don't be racist.
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Anyway, on tonight's show--
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reddit traders are high
on silver,
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anti-vaxxers are ruining things
for everyone,
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and we introduce you
to an insane Georgia woman
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who makes laws
for the country now.
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Plus, Jeremy O. Harris of Slave
Play is joining us on the show.
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So let's do this, people.
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch
in New York City
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to your couch
somewhere in the world, this is
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The Daily Social Distancing
Show with Trevor Noah.
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All right, let's kick things off
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with the big snowstorm
that slammed
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into the Northeast
United States today,
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where some places will be
getting up to 24 inches of snow.
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In fact, there was so much snow
in New York
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that we couldn't go anywhere,
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and we had to stay home all day.
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It was crazy! But while the
sunny West Coast doesn't have
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to worry about snow,
California is having some scary,
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weather-related problems
of its own.
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Amazing new drone video shows
where a chunk
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of California's scenic
Highway 1 collapsed
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after heavy rainstorms
last week.
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Both lanes near Big Sur
washed down
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-into the Pacific Ocean.
-NEWSWOMAN 2: Wow.
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HODA KOTB: That landslide left
a massive gap in the highway
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and a deep ravine littered
with fallen trees.
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Thankfully,
nobody was hurt there.
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Transportation officials
have no estimate
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of how long it might take
to actually fix that.
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Merchants say that collapse,
just another major blow
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to the area's
tourism industry.
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Nah, man. If anything, I think
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a big hole like that is gonna
help the tourism industry.
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I mean, just look
at the Grand Canyon.
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They were gonna patch that up
years ago,
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but it's so popular that
they've never even bothered.
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Now, luckily, nobody was
on this road when it collapsed,
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but they do have
to fix this road ASAP
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because since
we all have GPS now,
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I don't know how obvious
that hole is gonna be, right?
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People are just gonna be like...
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I mean, yeah,
it looks like a hole,
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but Google says
we should just go straight,
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so, I mean, what's the worst
that could ha...?!
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And this does look scary,
but you know who did enjoy it?
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That panda
from the National Zoo.
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Oh. If only we all looked that
adorable plunging to our deaths.
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Let's move on now
to the coronavirus pandemic,
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the only thing with more
mutations than Rudy Giuliani.
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The big issue right now
is getting people vaccinated
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as quickly as possible.
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And now,
there's yet another thing
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making that harder
than it should be-- assholes.
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NEWSWOMAN:
The Los Angeles Times says
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dozens of anti-vaccination
protesters disrupted operations
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at one of the largest
vaccine sites in the country.
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They blocked entrances and
forced the inoculation center
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at Dodger Stadium to close
for about an hour Saturday.
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Hundreds of people waited
in their cars to get shots.
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Some city officials are calling
for increased security
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at testing
and vaccination locations.
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Whoa!
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These people in L.A. had to sit
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in their cars for an hour!
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How did they notice?
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But on the real, though,
what the (bleep), anti-vaxxers?!
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If you don't want a vaccine,
then don't get one.
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I don't agree with you, but
don't ruin it for everyone else.
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Like, we don't come
interrupt you
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when you're busy
dying of measles.
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'Cause here's what
I don't understand.
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Why does it always have
to be the most ridiculous people
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who are the most fired up?
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Like, why can't anti-vaxxers be
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like those Instagram models were
last summer, you know?
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Where they just post a black
square on Instagram for one day,
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and then never
bring up vaccines again.
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But let's move on now
to international news.
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Ten years ago, the country
of Myanmar emerged
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from a half-century
of military rule
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to transition
to civilian government.
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But, yesterday,
the military apparently decided
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that they liked it better
the old way.
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Breaking overnight--
developments in Myanmar,
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the country formerly known
as Burma.
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This morning,
the military there announced
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that it took control
of the country in a coup against
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the democratically-elected
government.
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It detained several politicians,
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including the country's
civilian leader,
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The raids came hours
before a new session
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of parliament was scheduled
to open,
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and members
who won the November elections
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were set to take their seats.
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The military alleges voter fraud
in the November election.
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Oh, man. Trump must be
kicking himself right now.
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I don't know why I didn't think
about using the military.
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Can I have a coup-over?
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And here's the thing.
I know it's sometimes hard
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to get Americans to care about
another country's politics.
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So if Myanmar wants to get
the U.S. to pay attention,
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they should change
the country's name again,
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this time
to "The Capitol Building."
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Yeah, because if Americans heard
that there was a coup
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at the Capitol building,
then they'd at least
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care about that
for, like, two weeks.
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But I am hoping for the best
for the people of Myanmar.
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And what this shows us is
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that maintaining a civilian-led
democracy isn't easy
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and can't be taken for granted.
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When you think about it,
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civilians controlling
the military
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is an amazing accomplishment
in the first place.
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'Cause the military has
way more power.
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You know, it's like
the political equivalent
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of having a pet T. rex.
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What did I say
about jumping on the couch?
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-Bad rex! Bad rex!
-(growling)
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And finally, let's move on
from the coup in Myanmar
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to the ongoing coup
on Wall Street.
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Last week--
you probably remember--
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day traders on reddit shocked
the markets by driving stocks
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in GameStop
and AMC Movie Theatres higher
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than the queen's hair
in Bridgerton.
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But now, reddit has its eye
on something even more shiny.
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NEWSWOMAN: The GameStop saga
continues to grow.
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NEWSMAN: It's not just
stocks anymore, though.
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Reddit users are buying up
silver,
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pushing up the value
of the precious metal.
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Silver has now hit
a five-month high
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at nearly 30 bucks an ounce.
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NEWSWOMAN 2: That reddit group
says that they're doing it
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because big banks,
specifically JPMorgan Chase,
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have been "suppressing metals
for a long time."
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NEWSMAN 2: Over the weekend,
retail sites
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that sell silver coins
and silver bars said
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they were getting hit
by unprecedented demand,
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and they couldn't meet it.
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TYLER WALL:
The demand has been incredible.
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Pretty much physical silver
is almost all gone
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in terms of live inventory.
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We typically have
about a thousand silver products
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in inventory
available for purchase.
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We're getting so cleaned out
right now that we're actually,
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last I checked,
down to about 80 items in stock,
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which is a number
I've never seen before
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and never thought
we would ever see.
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The entire industry
is, frankly, wiped out.
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In terms of actually
finding live silver
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that you can purchase
and receive today,
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it's becoming impossible.
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(evil cackling)
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I'm rich! Rich, I tell you!
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(cackling)
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That's right, people. Now
silver prices are skyrocketing.
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Which is gonna cause confusion
at the next Olympics.
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I mean, if silver's
more valuable than gold,
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everyone's gonna try
and get second place.
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Sprinters will be
at the finish line like...
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After you, man. After you.
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No, I insist, brother.
After you. No, you go.
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-Yeah, you go.
-I'm always going first.
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Bro, I'm always going first.
You go ahead of me.
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Why don't you go ahead of me
now?
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This time,
you can go first, right?
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Now, while some reddit users say
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that driving silver higher will
cripple banks like JPMorgan,
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others claim that this movement
is secretly being coordinated
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by big Wall Street firms because
it would help the banks.
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And I believe this,
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because Of course
Wall Street will do that.
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When Wall Street sees
a scam going,
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it doesn't try to stop it.
It tries to joins in.
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If Wall Street caught you
robbing its mom,
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it would be like, "Hey!
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"Hold her legs down
while I take off her shoes.
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"Sometimes she hides
cash in there.
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Let me get in there.
Let me get in there!"
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But whether it's coordinated
by the banks themselves or not,
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the fact is, the reddit surge
is now spreading
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from game stock to silver
to all sorts of stocks.
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And one of our correspondents
has a pitch
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for where it should go next.
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LYDIC:
Are you a redditor looking
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to stick it
to the hedge funds?
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Well, forget about GameStop
and silver.
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You've got to invest...
in kiwis.
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I'm Desi Lydic, and kiwis are
the investment opportunity
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that Wall Street
doesn't want you to know about.
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They're portable,
they hold their intrinsic value,
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and it's easy to think
you're ordering ten from Amazon
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and miraculously wind up
with ten crates.
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Here's a fact.
As far as we know,
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every single hedge fund
is shorting kiwis.
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And are we gonna let them
do that
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to America's national fruit?
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I don't think so.
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But if we all buy kiwis, then...
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Rocket ship!
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And kiwis are more
than an investment.
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They go great in fruit salads.
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They can be organic
truck nuts.
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And they're the only fruit
covered in fur.
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So if you ever wonder
what it's like
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to take a bite out of a hamster,
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now you can... with kiwis.
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And the best part is,
you don't even have to go
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through those Wall Street
fat cats to get your kiwis.
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Just call me and let me know
how many you want,
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whether five or 5,000.
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(buzzer sounding)
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But this opportunity
will not last forever.
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You've got maybe two days tops
before it smells so bad in here
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that my landlord kicks me out.
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So, order now, and remember--
the more kiwis we all buy,
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the more the hedge funds suffer.
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It's just economics.
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So call today...
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please.
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(door opens)
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MAN:
Honey, what did you do!
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I'm handling it!
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All right, when we come back,
we'll look at one of the newest
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and most terrifying stars
of the Republican Party.
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You don't want to miss it.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Last year's election brought
a lot of new faces
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to Washington, D.C.
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But just like that kid
at sleepaway camp
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who keeps wetting the bed,
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one of them
may be going home early.
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NEWSMAN:
Tonight, growing outrage
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at newly elected representative
Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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The noted conspiracy theorist
and ardent Trump supporter
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from Georgia
is facing calls to resign
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in a long-shot bid
to expel her from Congress
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after a review of her social
media found in 2018 and '19
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she repeatedly indicated support
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for executing
prominent Democrats,
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including Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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NEWSWOMAN: In a widely shared
video from 2019,
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Greene declaring Pelosi
a traitor,
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implying she should be executed.
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GREENE: It's a crime
punishable by death,
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-is what treason is.
-MAN: Yeah!
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Nancy Pelosi is guilty
of treason.
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She's called
for the hanging of Barack Obama.
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She's called for the hanging
of Hillary Clinton.
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Right now they're trying
to expel me from Congress.
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Yep, they don't like...
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they don't like a lot
of the things I say and do.
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Um, they're-they're...
you know, it's a witch hunt.
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Yeah. They don't like
the things you said
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because you called
for their execution.
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They're not looking
for a witch hunt.
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They're looking to stay alive.
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I mean, people,
what kind of psychopath
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calls for the execution
of America's leaders
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on Facebook?
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I mean, at least
if you did it on Snapchat,
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it would be harder to find.
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Also, the puppy nose
makes you seem less crazy.
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And here's why I take this
assassination talk seriously
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from Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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She's got three names.
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Assassins always have
three names.
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Lee Harvey Oswald.
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John Wilkes Booth.
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Neil Patrick Harris.
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That guy kills
at every awards show.
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So who is this person that
might get expelled from Congress
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after less than a month?
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Well, let's get to know her
in our brand-new segment,
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Fringe Watching.
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? ?
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Meet Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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In Congress, she represents
Georgia's 14th District,
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right outside Atlanta.
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And in life she represents
some views
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right outside of reality.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene,
she won her House race
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for a district
in Northwest Georgia.
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She has, in the past, promoted
the QAnon conspiracy theories.
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Q is a patriot.
We know that for sure.
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But we do not know who Q is.
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People believe that Q is someone
very close to President Trump.
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According to him,
many in our government
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are actively worshipping Satan.
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Or they call Moloch.
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I mean, is it gonna be true
that the child pedophilia
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in the elites
and the Washington D.C.?
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Is that what we're
really gonna see come out?
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Is it gonna be Satanic worship?
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Q is in the House...
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of Representatives!
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Now, Marjorie Taylor Greene
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is hardly the first member
of Congress
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to hold some out-there beliefs.
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I mean, Ted Cruz believes
that beard is working for him.
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But QAnon is not just extreme,
it's delusional, people.
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How are you gonna be
in the government
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and believe that the government
is full of Satan-worshipping
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sex predators?
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I mean, it must be exhausting
to be walking around
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the halls of Congress just
constantly opening doors like,
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"Aha!
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No. Just a supply closet."
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"Gotcha!
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No. Just a copy room."
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"Bam!
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No. That's my office.
Man, I'm so lost."
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And it's not just QAnon.
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In fact, it seems like Greene
has a conspiracy theory
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for every letter
of the alphabet.
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NEWSWOMAN: The Trump-backing
Republican embraces
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completely false
QAnon conspiracy theories,
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and in a newly uncovered video
from 2018,
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claimed former president Obama
is Muslim,
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the Clintons had JFK Jr. killed,
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and even questioned whether a
plane crashed into the Pentagon
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on 9/11.
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GREENE: It's odd, there's never
any evidence shown for a plane
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in the Pentagon.
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NEWSWOMAN: Facebook posts
have surfaced in which Greene
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called the deadly Parkland
high school shooting fake,
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along with video
showing her harassing
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Parkland shooting survivor
David Hogg.
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GREENE: Why are you supporting
red flag gun laws
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that attack
our 2nd Amendment rights?
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How do you get avid gun owners
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and people that support
the 2nd Amendment
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to give up their guns and go
along with anti-gun legislation?
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How do you do that?
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Maybe you accomplish that
by performing a mass shooting
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into a crowd that is very likely
to be conservative.
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Is that what happened
in Las Vegas?
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WOMAN: Have you seen the picture
of Ruth Bader Gingridge
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walking to the airport?
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Yeah, like the body double
for Hillary Clinton, so...
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-Yeah.
-It's interesting, so...
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I do not believe
that was Ruth, no.
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-I don't think so. -Yeah.
-I don't, either.
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Wow. Okay,
so RBG has a body double,
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Hillary Clinton has
a body double...
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This woman makes it sound like
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everyone has
their own body double.
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(chuckles): I mean, that's
such a silly thing to believe.
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Yo, The Weekend,
they're onto us.
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Get out of there man. Run!
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But the big question is,
how did Osama bin Karen
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get elected to Congress
in the first place?
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Well, it turns out she was lucky
to be one of nine Republicans
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running for the seat,
so everyone's attention
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was spread around
instead of focused all on her.
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Kind of like how there are
so many different kinds
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of Oreo now
that you hardly even noticed
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that one of the flavors is
human flesh.
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And while some of
the QAnon stuff did come out,
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mostly what voters knew
about her
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was that she was
a hard-core Trump supporter.
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And yeah, she sometimes sounded
like a crazy person,
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but only in a comforting,
familiar way.
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NEWSMAN: She's a former
CrossFit gym owner
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who has had a few rolls at her
father's construction company,
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but really has
no political background at all.
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We need conservatives
in Washington
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that will keep it that way.
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The Democrat Party is
no longer an American party.
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They are now the party
of socialism.
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They want to rip our borders
wide open.
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They want to kill babies
up until birth,
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and maybe even afterwards.
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I have a message
for Antifa terrorists.
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Stay the hell out
of Northwest Georgia.
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Goddamn!
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I know which house I'm skipping
on Halloween.
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And by the way,
everyone's freaking out
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about Greene's QAnon beliefs,
but if you ask me,
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the scarier cult
she's involved in
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is CrossFit.
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I mean, that shit's just
Scientology with jumping jacks.
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But yes,
aside from the cult stuff,
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a lot of Greene's beliefs
are pretty typical
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for today's Republicans.
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But she also has
a little extra something
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that makes the far right
love her even more.
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It's racism.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
also has a track record
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of incendiary
and racist rhetoric.
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There is an Islamic invasion
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into our government offices
right now.
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If you want
Islam and Sharia law,
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you stay over there
in the Middle East.
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You stay there,
and you go to Mecca
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and do all your thing and,
you know what,
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you can have
a whole bunch of wives or goats
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or sheep or whatever you want.
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But that doesn't make me
a racist,
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because I... just because I say
leave the statue up there.
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The most mistreated group
of people
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in the United States today
are white males.
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NEWSMAN:
On a now-deleted Facebook post,
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Greene questioned whether
California's deadly Camp Fire
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in 2018 was started by lasers
beamed down from outer space.
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Lasers, she says, somehow
connected to the Rothschilds,
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the Jewish European
banking family,
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the target of some
of the oldest, laziest,
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most dangerous anti-Semitic
tropes on the books.
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Jewish space lasers.
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Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Jewish space lasers?
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What, is this lady just playing
conspiracy slot machine
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and going
with whatever comes up?
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? ?
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'Cause here's my question.
If you were secretly starting
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a forest fire,
why would you use a space laser
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when you could just use,
I don't know, matches?
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It's such a waste
of a Jewish space laser.
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It's like using the Death Star
to make s'mores.
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(imitating radio transmission):
Yes, make sure they're toasty.
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And honestly, guys,
if you're anti-Semitic,
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this is a weird way to try
and get people on your side.
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Because when I hear
someone saying,
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"Jews have a space laser!"
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I'm like, "Awesome. Can I join?"
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I will say, though,
it is impressive
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that Greene has some wild,
racist theory for every group.
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I mean,
no wonder she got elected.
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'Cause she's like, "I want to be
a congresswoman for everyone.
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"Whether you hate Jews,
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"Blacks, Muslims
or filthy Canadians,
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I'm on your side."
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So, that's who
Marjorie Taylor Greene was
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before she started threatening
to kill Democrats.
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And her calls for violence
are nothing new.
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While some Republicans
only came around
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to supporting an insurrection
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after Donald Trump
lost the election,
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Greene was rallying the troops
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even before November 2020.
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If this generation doesn't
stand up and defend freedom,
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-it's gone.
-Yeah.
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And once it's gone,
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freedom doesn't come back
by itself.
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The only way
you get your freedoms back
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is it's-it's earned
with the price of blood.
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When we rise up,
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we can end all of this.
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We can end it.
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We can do it peacefully.
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We can. I hope it doesn't ha...
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we don't have to do it
the other way. I hope not.
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But we should feel like
we will if we have to.
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Okay, no, guys. I'm sorry,
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but calls
for a violent revolution
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just don't have the same weight
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when you're streaming it
from your hotel room.
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"It's time
for the people to rise up
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"and take back their freedoms!
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"Excuse me,
can I get another towel, please?
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"'Cause I'm going to the pool.
Yeah, thank you so much.
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"Let's spill some blood!
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No, the cabana will be fine.
Thank you."
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So, now that
all these death threats
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and conspiracy theories
have come to light,
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Congress is trying to figure out
how to deal with Greene.
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Do you censure her?
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Do you expel her?
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Do you use
a secret Jewish space laser
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to distract her like a cat?
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I mean, one thing's for sure.
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While Congress tries to decide
what to do with her,
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she's out there
getting stuff done herself.
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NEWSMAN: Georgia Congresswoman
Marjorie Taylor Greene
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calling on President Biden
to be impeached.
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Just filed
articles of impeachment
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on President Joe Biden.
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We'll see how this goes.
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What a letdown.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
came to Washington
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calling for executions,
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and a few weeks later,
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she's already settling
for impeachment?
494
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,868
Man, I guess Congress will
turn anyone into a moderate.
495
00:20:02,901 --> 00:20:04,136
But you know what?
496
00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:06,672
I have a conspiracy theory
of my own.
497
00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:09,642
I think Marjorie Taylor Greene
498
00:20:09,675 --> 00:20:12,978
is secretly a Democrat.
499
00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:14,747
Yeah, no. Think about it.
500
00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,516
She's making Republicans
look unhinged,
501
00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:18,851
she's from Georgia,
502
00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:21,153
which we all know
is a blue state,
503
00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:23,088
and she's a member of Congress,
504
00:20:23,122 --> 00:20:25,190
which she herself believes
505
00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,760
is a satanic, demonic cult.
506
00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,061
Now, if I'm correct
507
00:20:29,094 --> 00:20:31,697
and Marjorie Taylor Greene
is a Democrat,
508
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,999
well, that's great news
for everyone,
509
00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,669
because that would be
the only way
510
00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:39,171
that Republicans would actually
want to hold her accountable
511
00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:40,906
for anything she's done.
512
00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,676
All right, when we come back,
playwright Jeremy O. Harris
513
00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:46,412
will talk to us
about his groundbreaking play,
514
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:46,512
Slave Play.
You don't want to miss it.
515
00:20:50,215 --> 00:20:52,317
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
516
00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:54,319
Earlier today,
I had the privilege
517
00:20:54,352 --> 00:20:57,289
of speaking with award-winning
playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
518
00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:59,257
His Broadway production,
Slave Play,
519
00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:00,458
was recently nominated
520
00:21:00,492 --> 00:21:03,962
for a record-breaking
12 Tony Awards.
521
00:21:03,995 --> 00:21:05,564
So, we talked about that,
522
00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:09,267
how he's trying to help keep
the theater industry alive,
523
00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:11,670
what he's doing
during the coronavirus pandemic
524
00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:13,605
and so much more.
525
00:21:13,638 --> 00:21:16,308
Jeremy O. Harris, welcome to The
Daily Social Distancing Show.
526
00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:18,443
(chuckles)
Thank you for having me.
527
00:21:18,476 --> 00:21:21,346
Had I known you were gonna
challenge my 'fro,
528
00:21:21,379 --> 00:21:22,847
I would have blown out my 'fro,
529
00:21:22,881 --> 00:21:25,850
but I feel like you...
you-you snuck up on me.
530
00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:27,352
This is not cool,
what you've just done here.
531
00:21:27,385 --> 00:21:29,187
'Cause I can do that.
But I was like,
532
00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,455
I don't like
doing that to people,
533
00:21:30,488 --> 00:21:31,723
'cause then
they feel intimidated.
534
00:21:31,756 --> 00:21:33,225
And I didn't think
you were gonna do this.
535
00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:34,659
Well, I mean,
I did know that I was
536
00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,528
on an African man's
television show.
537
00:21:36,561 --> 00:21:38,296
-(laughs) -This is, like,
vaguely political.
538
00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:40,966
And, so, I wanted to, like,
you know, walk in the step
539
00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:43,201
of, like, you know,
past African liberationists,
540
00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,836
past Pan-Africanists
541
00:21:44,869 --> 00:21:48,540
and, like, live in a full
'70s 'fro moment for you.
542
00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:50,742
-I like that. I appreciate that.
-I switched it up.
543
00:21:50,775 --> 00:21:52,344
You know, they also gave...
They also told me
544
00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:55,013
that you've been wearing
sweatshirts on the show.
545
00:21:55,046 --> 00:21:56,681
-Yeah. I wear my hoodies.
-And they...
546
00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:57,916
"Wear, like, just a hoodie.
You're..."
547
00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,951
And I was like,
"I'm not gonna do that."
548
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,920
-(laughing)
-I c... I can't do that.
549
00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:05,323
That's... For me,
that felt like utter, like...
550
00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:07,425
utter, like,
beautiful privilege.
551
00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:08,760
Like, you have beauty privilege.
552
00:22:08,793 --> 00:22:10,695
You have light skin privilege.
You have, like...
553
00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,564
(laughing)
554
00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:15,033
I'm like, my mom in Virginia
is gonna be like,
555
00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:17,936
"What the hell is Jeremy doing
with-with unwa...
556
00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:20,538
"with, like, natural hair
and, like, a (bleep), um...
557
00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:22,807
-a hoodie on in the show?"
-(laughs)
558
00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:24,542
I think... I think
you look fantastic, Jeremy.
559
00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:26,645
I-I... That's... You know what?
You know what it is for me
560
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:27,979
is, like, people often ask me.
561
00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:29,381
They go like, "Why
are you wearing the hoodies?
562
00:22:29,414 --> 00:22:30,715
What is the hoodie about"? I go,
563
00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:32,884
"This is how I dress
when I'm at home,
564
00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:34,452
"and I'm not in the mood
565
00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:37,422
to act like I have not been
at home for a year."
566
00:22:37,455 --> 00:22:39,391
Yes, I get to pop outside
now and again,
567
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:41,826
but we're all at home,
so I'm not gonna now live
568
00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:43,228
in a world
where I'm gonna be uncom...
569
00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:46,398
Like, I'll wear a suit outside
because I'm outside,
570
00:22:46,431 --> 00:22:48,667
but I won't wear the suit inside
because I'm inside.
571
00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,001
Do you know what I mean?
572
00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,904
So, I-I will make
my pandemic experience
573
00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:54,072
as comfortable as possible,
574
00:22:54,105 --> 00:22:55,273
and I hope
you would do the same.
575
00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,341
You look fabulous, though.
I will s...
576
00:22:56,374 --> 00:22:57,709
That's-that's a stunning jacket.
577
00:22:57,742 --> 00:22:59,344
Like, that's a nice collar,
that's a nice shirt.
578
00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:01,012
It feels like you.
579
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,081
So, what are you doing now?
Before we talk about the play
580
00:23:03,114 --> 00:23:04,749
and all the accolades,
what are you up to?
581
00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:06,284
I've been sitting at home,
582
00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:08,920
wondering if I even know
how to write a play, one.
583
00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:10,789
'Cause I think that, like,
you know, a big thing for me
584
00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:13,258
is that, like,
I-I think about theater
585
00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:15,560
-as, like, community building
in a way. -Uh-huh.
586
00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:16,895
Like, I... Like,
I think everyone's always like,
587
00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:18,296
"Slave Play.
Like, you made it to Broadway.
588
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:19,798
Like, how did you do that?"
Or like, "(bleep) you.
589
00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:21,066
You wanted to go to Broadway."
590
00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:22,734
And I'm like,
I didn't want to do any of this.
591
00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:23,935
I wanted to make a play
for, like,
592
00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:26,671
my small group of friends in...
at Yale.
593
00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:29,007
-Wow. -So, I wrote this play in
my second year in grad school.
594
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,308
There's three years there.
595
00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:31,743
My second year,
I read it to my classmates,
596
00:23:31,776 --> 00:23:34,579
um, and then third year
was off-Broadway.
597
00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:36,114
Like, it was just, like,
a really random,
598
00:23:36,147 --> 00:23:38,083
um, series of occurrences.
599
00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:40,252
And, um... Oh, God.
600
00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:43,288
Oh, God. Um...
Sorry. I got calls.
601
00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:45,257
-(laughing)
-My-my friend
602
00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,692
is calling me
over and over and over again,
603
00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,594
and I didn't know that
that was gonna happen.
604
00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:51,963
(laughs):
Um, that's really funny.
605
00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:54,132
-Um... -So, that's freezing up
our picture right now.
606
00:23:54,165 --> 00:23:55,433
Hold on.
We'll-we'll get it back.
607
00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,269
We'll wait a second.
It'll come back.
608
00:23:57,302 --> 00:24:00,605
I'm honestly just gonna tell her
that I'm, um...
609
00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:02,374
Wait.
610
00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:04,609
(laughs):
"I'll call you back.
611
00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:07,078
I'm on The Daily Show."
612
00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,381
-(laughing)
-My apologies.
613
00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:13,184
(laughs)
Um, that would be a fun thing.
614
00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,754
Um, I wonder how many times
that's happened to your guests.
615
00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:18,790
I don't think
it's ever happened, actually.
616
00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:21,026
I've completely lost you.
617
00:24:21,059 --> 00:24:22,827
This is so weird.
I didn't take the call.
618
00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:24,296
I think it's just because...
619
00:24:24,329 --> 00:24:25,764
Um...
620
00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,699
-Is it... Am I back now?
-Oh, there you are.
621
00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:29,234
-There you are. You're back.
-Great.
622
00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:30,769
-You're back. You're back.
-Great. Okay, I'm gonna do this
623
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:32,904
and make sure
that FaceTime doesn't come back,
624
00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:35,874
'cause that's the issue.
625
00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:38,710
Turn FaceTime off.
626
00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:41,313
You see, this is fun.
This is what I love about this.
627
00:24:41,346 --> 00:24:42,747
Now, now, imagine...
You see, now,
628
00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:44,583
if I was wearing a suit
for this moment right now,
629
00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:46,418
I would feel like
something had gone wrong.
630
00:24:46,451 --> 00:24:47,752
But because
I'm wearing a hoodie,
631
00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,688
I'm like, we're just...
It's just happening.
632
00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:51,823
Life is just happening
right now.
633
00:24:51,856 --> 00:24:55,393
You know, Broadway's one of the
hardest, hardest, hardest places
634
00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,095
to get anything on.
635
00:24:57,128 --> 00:24:58,563
You didn't
just break into it, Jeremy.
636
00:24:58,597 --> 00:25:02,000
You broke into it with a play
that many would argue
637
00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,702
would never make it
onto Broadway.
638
00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:05,170
It is one
of the most risqué things.
639
00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:06,605
So, I went to watch Slave Play,
640
00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:09,174
and I-I remember sitting there.
641
00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:10,842
And I won't spoil it for people,
but I remember
642
00:25:10,875 --> 00:25:12,877
for the first, like, ten
minutes, 15 minutes, I was like,
643
00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:15,380
"This is the worst thing I've
ever experienced in my life.
644
00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:17,048
-This is horrible."
-(laughs)
645
00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:19,117
And-and what was happening
around me was...
646
00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:21,152
There were a lot of, like,
racist jokes being said.
647
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:22,787
There were a lot of...
And I was just like...
648
00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:24,055
And people were laughing
around me,
649
00:25:24,089 --> 00:25:25,624
and I was...
I was really uncomfortable.
650
00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:28,193
I was like, "Wow."
I was like, "So, clearly,
651
00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:30,028
"this is not for me.
652
00:25:30,061 --> 00:25:31,997
"This is for some
of these old white folk.
653
00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:33,465
They're having a great time
right now."
654
00:25:33,498 --> 00:25:35,100
And then the play switches,
655
00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:37,302
and then I started laughing,
656
00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:39,704
and then people around me
didn't laugh anymore.
657
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:42,007
And I-I remember
the entire time...
658
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,808
I walked out of it going,
"This..."
659
00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:45,644
It-It's, like, similar
to the experiences I've had
660
00:25:45,677 --> 00:25:47,779
with, like, The Matrix
or Devil's Advocate
661
00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:50,916
or just an experience
that takes you through a story
662
00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:53,985
that warps how you're seeing
the world around you.
663
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:57,222
It seems like a play
about interracial relationships,
664
00:25:57,255 --> 00:26:00,792
but then when the George Floyd
protests happened,
665
00:26:00,825 --> 00:26:02,193
people were using the play
666
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,195
and using, you know,
quotes from the play
667
00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,530
and ideas from the plays
668
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,232
in the streets
while they were protesting.
669
00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:09,234
Talk me through some of that.
670
00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:11,369
Like, it seems like
it's one thing,
671
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,572
but it feels like
it's so many other things.
672
00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:15,807
What was Slave Play
meant for you?
673
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,208
What were you...
what were you trying to do?
674
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:18,877
Because it seems like
it achieved everything.
675
00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:22,047
Yeah, I mean,
I-I was a Black kid
676
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,750
who had been in white schools
for most of my life, right?
677
00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:27,485
And, like, you know,
when you are that--
678
00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,421
one of those few Black kids
who are in, like,
679
00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:32,457
predominantly white spaces,
you tend to either be attracted
680
00:26:32,490 --> 00:26:35,160
to all of the-- these-these
groups of white people
681
00:26:35,193 --> 00:26:37,062
that will always make you feel
like an other
682
00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,664
and never make you feel
like you have as much worth
683
00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,333
or you'll find
the other Black people
684
00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:44,436
that are in those programs
and, like, form little pods
685
00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:46,638
and find little ways
to embolden yourself
686
00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:49,140
outside of the sort of,
like, psychic terror
687
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:51,142
of being around white folks
every time
688
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:53,912
that you enter a classroom
or walk down the street
689
00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,414
and, um, having people always
be like, "Can I touch your hair?
690
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,216
Can I do this?" And then, like,
when the minute you say, like,
691
00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,618
"I feel like everyone's racist
here,"
692
00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:01,086
be like, "I-I'm not racist."
693
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,154
So, like,
I wanted to make a play
694
00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,557
that ostensibly told
all of those kids
695
00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:08,293
who feel gaslit by the systems
696
00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:10,562
and the institutions
that they are a part of
697
00:27:10,595 --> 00:27:12,731
that, like, hey,
you're not wrong.
698
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:15,066
Um, the people around you
are racist,
699
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,668
even if they say they aren't.
700
00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:19,070
Um, or the people around you,
like, are-are dealing
701
00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:21,806
with years and years and years
of systems
702
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,008
in the same way that you are,
703
00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:24,910
even if they feel, like,
separate from those systems.
704
00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:27,212
-Right, right, right.
-And-and you're not wrong
705
00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:28,280
to want to call it out.
706
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,982
And, for me, because Broadway
was never the goal
707
00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:32,450
or never the option,
708
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,719
I feel ver-very emboldened
to talk to the producers
709
00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:35,720
who want to take it there
and be like,
710
00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:36,855
"If you're gonna take this
to Broadway,
711
00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:38,957
it has to be for the same people
that I wrote it for."
712
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,226
-Right. -Like, you can't take
this play to Broadway
713
00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:42,961
and then be like,
"Okay, now only white people
714
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,462
"who have American Expresses
715
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,798
and can afford $400 tickets
can come see it."
716
00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:48,500
I was like, "The tickets have
to be affordable.
717
00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:51,503
"It has to be privilege-- We
have to privilege Black people,
718
00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:53,038
young people, et cetera."
719
00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:56,241
And, luckily, we were able
to do that, which was amazing.
720
00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:57,909
I'm not shocked that your play
721
00:27:57,943 --> 00:28:00,445
has been nominated
for a record 12 awards.
722
00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:04,449
Congratulations. Like, to have
12 nominations is unheard of
723
00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:07,586
and it's amazing and I hope you
win every single one of them.
724
00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:11,122
Because, oftentimes,
when we talk about racism
725
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:12,958
and systemic racism in society,
726
00:28:12,991 --> 00:28:14,693
we-we speak about it
through the lens of,
727
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:17,562
like, overt hatred, you know?
728
00:28:17,596 --> 00:28:20,565
But it is really hard
to have these conversations
729
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:21,766
with the nuance that it deserves
730
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,768
when you're talking about it
through the lens of love.
731
00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:25,737
The whole of Slave Play
is about love.
732
00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:27,272
It's about how couples love
each other.
733
00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:28,607
It's about
how people love each other.
734
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,775
It's about how families,
how friends love each other
735
00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:34,246
and how race
either adds a complexity
736
00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:37,115
or an added dynamic
to that love.
737
00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:39,851
S... (stammers)
Was that a big part of it?
738
00:28:39,885 --> 00:28:42,454
Or-or why was love so crucial
for you?
739
00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:43,955
'Cause, when you're watching
the play,
740
00:28:43,989 --> 00:28:46,758
at no point do you think
that any of those white people
741
00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:49,027
does not love the Black people
that they're interacting with.
742
00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,595
You don't even not like them.
743
00:28:50,629 --> 00:28:53,832
You understand that everybody
is being subject to the system.
744
00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:55,867
Well, I mean, it's because--
I mean, I grew up in the South.
745
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,003
Right? And so, in the South,
there are certain things
746
00:28:58,036 --> 00:29:00,005
that are, like,
very plainspoken, right?
747
00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:01,539
And that's why I like the South,
748
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:03,341
um, because, like,
in the South,
749
00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:08,079
um, I had friends who I knew for
a fact, like-like, adored me.
750
00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:10,815
I don't know if love was what
happened, but they adored me.
751
00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:13,051
They were obsessed with me.
But they'd be in a car
752
00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:14,986
and their da--
and we'd be on a carpool.
753
00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:16,621
We'd be talking about,
you know, Pokémon
754
00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:17,923
or whatever we were talking
about
755
00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:20,191
and then their dad
would start whistling "Dixie"
756
00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:22,327
in the carpool.
This is a real story.
757
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,095
And they would whistle along.
758
00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:25,764
And I didn't know
what "Dixie" was.
759
00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:27,766
Then I'd learn the song
and I'd come home
760
00:29:27,799 --> 00:29:29,467
and then, like,
I'd sing the song to my mom
761
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,403
and she'd be like,
"What the (bleep) are you doing?
762
00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:33,271
That's-that's a racist song."
763
00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:34,639
I'd be like, "What are you
talking about, Mom?"
764
00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:36,308
And then my mom's like,
"You go back
765
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:37,442
and you tell them
that's racist."
766
00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:38,710
So I go back.
I tell them it's racist.
767
00:29:38,743 --> 00:29:40,111
They're like,
"Oh, my God. Well, yeah,
768
00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:42,314
"you know, my-my grand--
my grandpappy did,
769
00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:44,849
"like, fight for, uh,
the Confederacy,
770
00:29:44,883 --> 00:29:46,384
"and I guess
I am a little bit racist.
771
00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:49,020
I'm sorry if that makes you feel
weird." Anyway, you go on.
772
00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:51,156
When I moved to the North,
773
00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:53,325
I would be in situations
774
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:56,795
with hyperambitious other,
like-like, students,
775
00:29:56,828 --> 00:29:58,930
many of whom were white,
who would say things
776
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:00,665
or do things
that were based on race.
777
00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:02,667
They'll-they'll be based
on race. So they'd be like,
778
00:30:02,701 --> 00:30:05,270
"Well, yeah, Jeremy might be one
of the smartest people here,
779
00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:08,273
"but, you know,
he got in because--
780
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:10,542
-"like, the reason he could get
in... -Right, right, right.
781
00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:11,943
is because he's Black.
Or the reason is..."
782
00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:13,345
It's like no one knows
what my SAT scores are.
783
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:15,547
It's like, "Bitch,
I'm-I'm sure I out-tested you."
784
00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:17,415
You know? But, like, they
would say these little things,
785
00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:18,683
and then when you'd say,
like, "That's racist,"
786
00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:20,151
they'd be like,
"No, it's funny. I'm learn--
787
00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:22,220
I learned this from Tina Fey.
Or I learned this from..."
788
00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:24,489
You know, and they'd say
all these jokes that you know.
789
00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:26,625
The-the-- In the mid-2000s,
790
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,127
in the Obama years,
when everyone felt safe,
791
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,329
Comedy Central, NBC,
all these places were, like,
792
00:30:31,363 --> 00:30:33,365
built up
around liberal comedians
793
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:35,100
saying, like, racist things
794
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:37,135
that made Black and brown people
feel weird
795
00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:38,470
but they were told they couldn't
because they were--
796
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:40,071
they all voted for Obama.
797
00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:42,474
And so I started to think a lot
about how
798
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,409
the most insidious form
of racism
799
00:30:44,442 --> 00:30:47,412
is the kind of racism that we
see, uh, perpetrated by people
800
00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:49,681
that, um--
like, in their voting--
801
00:30:49,714 --> 00:30:52,384
like, that are liberals who,
like, vote against policies
802
00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:55,253
-that, like, protect young Black
and brown people. -Yes. Yes.
803
00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:57,722
And so I became really obsessed
with this sort of entanglement,
804
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,391
right, a sort of, like,
entanglement
805
00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:02,627
that is based around,
uh, mutual respect,
806
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:04,963
mutual love but, like,
807
00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:07,032
wherein, like,
that respect is hampered
808
00:31:07,065 --> 00:31:09,301
by, um, being blind
809
00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:12,604
to the ways in which being
socialized white...
810
00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:15,106
(chuckles)
has, like, um, challenged--
811
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:17,709
has made it almost impossible
for you to, like, understand
812
00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:21,446
the complexities of any-anybody
that's not your own.
813
00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:25,183
I really do appreciate how
you've created a conversation
814
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:28,587
that is honest, that is
heartbreaking, that is funny.
815
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,854
It's funny as shit, man.
816
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,123
It's one of the funniest things
you will ever watch.
817
00:31:32,157 --> 00:31:36,328
And it leaves people, in
my opinion, walking out, going,
818
00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:39,030
"Man, I see the world
in a slightly different way
819
00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:40,699
"and I see the way
I participate in the world
820
00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:41,967
in a slightly different way."
821
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,368
And so, um, yeah, man,
822
00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:45,303
I would add even more
nominations to your 12.
823
00:31:45,337 --> 00:31:48,139
I could talk to you for hours,
but maybe-maybe we'll catch up
824
00:31:48,173 --> 00:31:49,808
on another day.
Thank you for joining me.
825
00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:51,876
Thank you for being here, and
thank you for creating, Jeremy.
826
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:54,379
-I appreciate you, man. -Can I
just say one thing before we go?
827
00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:56,548
-Oh, of course. -I know we have
to go. The thing that--
828
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,117
the thing that I really want to
say is that if-if we really want
829
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:01,286
more people to see this, right,
we want as many people
830
00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:03,688
as possible to see this,
we have to think about the fact
831
00:32:03,722 --> 00:32:07,092
that, in America,
theater is on its last legs.
832
00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:08,860
All of the arts are
on their last legs.
833
00:32:08,894 --> 00:32:13,131
I want everyone
to look into Be An Arts Hero
834
00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,566
and the work that they are doing
835
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,502
and also to research
the Federal Theatre Project
836
00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:19,037
and the Federal Arts Project,
837
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:21,673
which is one of FDR's, like,
plans inside of the New Deal,
838
00:32:21,706 --> 00:32:25,343
where he made Federal One
and put money into the art--
839
00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:27,279
the hands of artists
not just in New York,
840
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:29,381
not just on Broadway
but everywhere,
841
00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:32,751
because the bil-- the-the
multiple billions of dollars
842
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,754
that arts bring to the economy
are nec-- are necessary.
843
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,956
And I know it's fun to think
about theater as, like,
844
00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:40,091
that bad musical your son
or daughter was in
845
00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:42,127
that you, like,
suffered through.
846
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,963
But, like, you know,
theater is what made Fleabag,
847
00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:46,965
is what made, uh,
I May Destroy You,
848
00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:50,535
is what, like, helped make
the-the foundational principles
849
00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:53,104
of all of the shows you watch
on Netflix, Hulu,
850
00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:54,940
-all of these other places.
-Yes.
851
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,841
And if you want to make sure
that there's a new generation
852
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,710
of people
who are still able to do that,
853
00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:00,912
who didn't starve while they
were trying to do that,
854
00:33:00,946 --> 00:33:02,781
please, please, please ask
your representatives
855
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,849
to bail them out.
Bail all of them out.
856
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:07,552
Because, like,
I'm a lucky artist. I'm fine.
857
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,988
I'm sitting in, like,
a gorgeous apartment right now.
858
00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,990
But there are plenty of people
who are my peers,
859
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,358
plenty of people
who are above me,
860
00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:15,160
who have been an inspiration
to me who are struggling
861
00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:16,895
to figure out how they're
gonna get their next meal
862
00:33:16,928 --> 00:33:19,564
because we've thought more
about Wall Street bailouts
863
00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:22,000
than we've thought about the
art-- the art sector bailouts.
864
00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:24,102
And those are important,
'cause they feed our soul
865
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:27,572
and they also help reshape
how we think about America
866
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,474
in significant ways.
867
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:31,409
Well, you know what, we'll-we'll
make sure we do that then.
868
00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:33,645
Thank you, man. Don't be
a stranger. Look after yourself.
869
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:35,714
I won't. I won't.
Thanks, man.
870
00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,215
All right.
Thanks again, Jeremy.
871
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:39,351
Now, in case you're wondering,
Jeremy himself
872
00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:42,187
has curated a collection
of plays by Black writers
873
00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:44,055
called The Golden Collection.
874
00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:46,258
For more information
about The Golden Collection,
875
00:33:46,291 --> 00:33:49,294
including how to buy it,
please check out the link below.
876
00:33:49,327 --> 00:33:50,729
We're gonna take a quick break,
877
00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:50,829
but we'll be right back
after this.
878
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:53,265
Well, that's our show
for tonight. But before we go,
879
00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:56,068
today is the first day
of Black History Month,
880
00:33:56,101 --> 00:33:59,404
so, please, consider supporting
Color of Change.
881
00:33:59,438 --> 00:34:02,541
They move decision-makers
in corporations and government
882
00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:05,043
to create a more humane
and less hostile world
883
00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:06,778
for Black people in America.
884
00:34:06,812 --> 00:34:08,980
If you are able to,
then go to the link below
885
00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:10,382
and donate whatever you can.
886
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:12,584
Until tomorrow,
stay safe out there,
887
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:14,586
wear a mask,
and if you're in an area
888
00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:17,022
that's getting slammed by snow,
889
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:21,927
just remember there are kids
in Miami who never get any snow.
890
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,829
So do a good deed
891
00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:25,964
and mail some of it to them.
892
00:34:25,998 --> 00:34:28,800
Now, here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
893
00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:30,969
Let's-let's be truthful
about Charlottesville.
894
00:34:31,003 --> 00:34:35,040
There was every type
of-of racist group,
895
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,310
and it came
in every disgusting level.
896
00:34:38,343 --> 00:34:40,312
So we had all the idiots there.
897
00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:42,714
I don't even know why we put
the idiots on the news.
898
00:34:42,748 --> 00:34:45,984
Why do we put those idiots
from the far-left
899
00:34:46,018 --> 00:34:48,186
and the far-right,
why do we even give them
900
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:49,821
a microphone or a camera?
901
00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:49,921
Because they're the idiots
of our nation.