1 00:00:00,968 --> 00:00:02,035 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:03,670 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New York City, 3 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:05,372 the only city in America, 4 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:07,374 it's The Daily Show! 5 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:08,742 Tonight, 6 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:11,912 Nancy Pelosi is a jet-setter, 7 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:14,515 taking down terrorists, 8 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:17,017 and Ms. Pat. 9 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:21,188 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah! 10 00:00:21,288 --> 00:00:23,323 -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 11 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,568 What's going on, everybody?! 12 00:00:34,668 --> 00:00:36,036 Welcome to The Daily Show! I'm Trevor Noah! 13 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:37,337 Thank you so much for tuning in! 14 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:39,406 Thank you for coming out in person! 15 00:00:39,506 --> 00:00:41,575 Thank you for being here, everybody! 16 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:44,311 All right, we're gonna have a fun, fun show for you tonight. 17 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:46,213 Take a seat, take a seat. 18 00:00:46,313 --> 00:00:47,948 There are so many things happening in the news. 19 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,150 President Biden is killing it, 20 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:52,686 Nancy Pelosi is gonna get us all killed, 21 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,856 and Donald Trump has endorsed twins. 22 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:57,191 So, let's do this, people. 23 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:59,459 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 24 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,528 -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 25 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,835 All right, before we get into the big stories, 26 00:01:07,935 --> 00:01:09,736 let's catch up on a few other things 27 00:01:09,837 --> 00:01:11,271 that are going on in the world. 28 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:12,873 First up, a passenger 29 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:15,709 on a flight from Bali to Australia 30 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:18,579 was fined more than $1,800 31 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:22,816 for having two undeclared Egg McMuffins in their luggage. 32 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:27,120 And, honestly, 33 00:01:27,221 --> 00:01:29,189 I don't know if they'll be able to pay for that. 34 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:30,924 You know? No, 'cause, I mean, 35 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:34,862 the type of person who saves Egg McMuffins for later 36 00:01:34,962 --> 00:01:37,664 probably doesn't plan and has $1,800 lying around for fines. 37 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:39,099 You know what I mean? 38 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:41,001 But, apparently, Australia is-is very concerned 39 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,903 about bringing in food from Indonesia 40 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:45,405 because there's an outbreak of foot and mouth disease 41 00:01:45,506 --> 00:01:47,107 and that's why they're being really strict. 42 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:48,509 And when I saw this, I was like, "Damn, 43 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:49,843 "do you know how poisonous you got to be 44 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:52,513 to get banned from Australia?" 45 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:54,581 Yeah. Their border patrol is like, "Oh, a pet snake? 46 00:01:54,681 --> 00:01:56,717 "Come on through. Killer spiders? Right this way. 47 00:01:56,817 --> 00:01:58,118 "Aah! Egg McMuffin! 48 00:01:58,218 --> 00:01:59,419 "Oh, that could hurt someone, mate! 49 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,188 That could really hurt someone!" 50 00:02:02,155 --> 00:02:03,390 Uh, in sports news, 51 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:06,727 the head of the Saudi Arabian golf tour revealed today 52 00:02:06,827 --> 00:02:11,598 that Tiger Woods turned down a $700 million offer 53 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:13,767 to play for their league. 54 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:16,069 -Yeah. Turned it down. -(murmuring, applause) 55 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:19,072 -(cheering) -Yeah. Kudos to Tiger Woods. 56 00:02:20,374 --> 00:02:22,075 That is-- that is really amazing. 57 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,644 All these other golfers just taking the money 58 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:25,379 from Saudi Arabia, you know? 59 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:27,080 But Tiger stood up. He was like, "No." 60 00:02:27,181 --> 00:02:28,415 I-I would do the same thing. 61 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:31,552 In fact, Saudi Arabia, offer me that $700 million. 62 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:32,920 Yeah, you'll see. 63 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:35,522 Just put it in my bank account. You'll see what I'll do. 64 00:02:35,622 --> 00:02:38,592 And the rest of you won't see me again. You'll see. (chuckles) 65 00:02:38,692 --> 00:02:40,160 Oh, here's something fascinating. Here's something. 66 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:43,096 A major new study of 72 million people has found 67 00:02:43,197 --> 00:02:45,699 that poor children are much more likely 68 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:48,368 to move up the economic ladder if they have friends 69 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:50,237 who are rich. 70 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:53,173 Yeah. I know, which seems kind of obvious, you know? 71 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:55,209 I mean, I feel like they didn't need to do a whole study. 72 00:02:55,309 --> 00:02:56,743 They could have just watched Fresh Prince. 73 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,278 But... 74 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:00,781 still, now we know statistically 75 00:03:00,881 --> 00:03:04,184 that poor kids do better with rich friends, 76 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:05,519 which shows you why it's so important 77 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:07,588 to have different zoning when it comes to housing, 78 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:09,756 to have schools that are integrated, you know? 79 00:03:09,857 --> 00:03:11,758 It gets people on the same trajectory. 80 00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:13,527 I mean, on the downside, it also means 81 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:16,530 that you have some kids coming back demanding weird snacks. 82 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:17,865 You know? They're just like, 83 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:21,668 "But, Daddy, Theodore has prosciutto-wrapped melon balls!" 84 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:23,237 Like, "Well, Theodore sounds like a little bitch. 85 00:03:23,337 --> 00:03:25,072 Now eat your cheese stick." 86 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,442 But, anyway, anyway... (chuckles) 87 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,878 let's move on to the big news of the day, 88 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:32,546 'cause there is a lot of it. A lot of news. 89 00:03:32,646 --> 00:03:34,581 Starting with China, 90 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:36,583 the original build-the-wall country. 91 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:38,752 Since Xi Jinping rose to power in 2013, 92 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:40,254 the communist regime 93 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:42,556 has steadily been increasing its influence around the world. 94 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:44,591 Right? They've been advancing into Africa. 95 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,960 They've been claiming territory in disputed waters. 96 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:49,096 And, most importantly, creating the perfect algorithm 97 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:51,265 to get us all hooked on pink sauce. 98 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:54,101 But one thing China wants more than anything 99 00:03:54,168 --> 00:03:58,172 is for the world to acknowledge that they own Taiwan. 100 00:03:59,139 --> 00:04:01,241 Which is why they've gotten super pissed off 101 00:04:01,341 --> 00:04:05,045 at where Nancy Pelosi just booked her Expedia trip. 102 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:08,448 House speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan. 103 00:04:08,549 --> 00:04:10,384 The speaker arriving just, really, moments ago 104 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,686 for a visit which has been controversial 105 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:14,888 and speculated about for weeks now. 106 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:17,758 She says that the congressional delegation's visit 107 00:04:17,858 --> 00:04:19,927 is part of the unwavering commitment 108 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:22,462 to support Taiwan's vibrant democracy. 109 00:04:22,563 --> 00:04:24,331 NEWSWOMAN: In the past few days, China launching 110 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:27,734 the most aggressive military exercises in 25 years, 111 00:04:27,835 --> 00:04:31,605 accusing the U.S. of interfering in its internal affairs. 112 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:34,141 NEWSWOMAN 2: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned 113 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:36,143 President Biden in a call last week 114 00:04:36,243 --> 00:04:39,413 about the U.S. meddling in the contested territory, 115 00:04:39,513 --> 00:04:42,649 with Chinese officials reportedly communicating... 116 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:47,988 NEWSWOMAN: Two weeks ago, President Biden had warned 117 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:50,524 the U.S. military did not want Pelosi to go. 118 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,693 I think that... 119 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:55,462 the military thinks it's not a good idea right now. 120 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:58,232 Yeah, I would agree. 121 00:04:58,332 --> 00:05:01,735 Now's not a great time to start World War III. 122 00:05:01,835 --> 00:05:03,537 I mean, the world has so many other things 123 00:05:03,637 --> 00:05:04,738 to deal with right now. 124 00:05:04,838 --> 00:05:07,608 All the drama on Love Island, you know. 125 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:09,710 I can't believe that Ekin-Su ended up with Davide. 126 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,712 Are you serious? 127 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:15,315 And it's crazy that Pelosi just ignored Biden like that. 128 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:17,918 You know? Well, I mean, I-I assume she ignored him. 129 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:21,121 Maybe she just couldn't understand him, you know. 130 00:05:21,221 --> 00:05:22,656 Yeah, he was like, "Listen, Jack, 131 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,858 "don't skedaddle over to the... the Taiwanese, I mean... 132 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,260 "Come on, man, we need you here in America. 133 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,594 You read me, skipper?" 134 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:29,062 She's like, "You got it, Joe, I'm on my way." 135 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,865 "No!" 136 00:05:31,965 --> 00:05:35,068 So now, because Pelosi has defied Chinese warnings 137 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:37,070 not to visit Taiwan, the Chinese government 138 00:05:37,137 --> 00:05:40,641 is conducting military exercises in Taiwan's backyard. 139 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:43,177 Yeah, which is a scary escalation. 140 00:05:43,277 --> 00:05:44,678 But at the same time, when you think about it, 141 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:47,080 it's also kind of ridiculous that countries do this. 142 00:05:47,181 --> 00:05:48,482 You know, they fly their planes past, 143 00:05:48,582 --> 00:05:50,551 aim their guns, but they don't shoot. 144 00:05:50,651 --> 00:05:52,753 It-It's scary but it's also ridiculous. 145 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:54,087 You know, it's like threatening someone 146 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:55,722 by standing outside their house, just yelling, 147 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:56,723 "You want to mess with me? 148 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,958 Look at what I'm capable of." 149 00:05:58,091 --> 00:06:00,794 (grunting) 150 00:06:00,894 --> 00:06:02,029 "Imagine this is your face." 151 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:04,498 (grunting) 152 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:07,100 "Yeah, think about what you did." 153 00:06:08,402 --> 00:06:10,838 But let's move on from the war America may be about to start 154 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:13,040 to the one it is still trying to finish-- 155 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,775 the War on Terror. 156 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:18,178 As you know, it started on September 11, 2001 157 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:21,281 when the Twin Towers were destroyed by George W. Bush. 158 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:22,716 No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. 159 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:25,586 -(groaning) -I'm kidding. I'm kidding. 160 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:26,920 It was Dick Cheney. 161 00:06:27,054 --> 00:06:29,690 -No, I'm-- no, no, I'm-- no. -(applause) 162 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:33,293 It was al-Qaeda, it was al-Qaeda. 163 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:36,396 And the plotters of the attack included Osama bin Laden, 164 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:40,067 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Ayman al-Zawahiri. 165 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:42,803 And America swore revenge, and over the next 20 years 166 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:46,340 America killed Bin laden, captured Sheikh Mohammed, 167 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,343 invaded Afghanistan, invaded Iraq, 168 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:54,414 bombed Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya, 169 00:06:54,515 --> 00:06:57,451 deployed troops to Mali, Kenya, and Nigeria, 170 00:06:57,551 --> 00:07:01,221 and completely obliterated the big shampoo bottle industry. 171 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:04,391 Only tiny bottles for you. 172 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:09,096 But in that whole time, the U.S. never managed 173 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:14,535 to find Ayman al-Zawahiri until yesterday. 174 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:18,839 The U.S. has now killed the world's top terror target. 175 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:21,508 More than 20 years after 9/11, 176 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:25,045 the hunt for Bin Laden's number two is now over. 177 00:07:25,112 --> 00:07:28,182 NEWSWOMAN: He has been in hiding for more than 20 years, 178 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:30,617 one of the world's most wanted terrorists. 179 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:33,854 But tonight the United States finally caught up 180 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,656 with Ayman al-Zawahiri. 181 00:07:35,756 --> 00:07:37,658 Justice has been delivered, 182 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:40,060 and this terrorist leader is no more. 183 00:07:40,093 --> 00:07:41,862 NEWSMAN: Senior officials say the U.S. government used 184 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:44,698 an unmanned drone and Hellfire missiles 185 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,266 to target the third floor balcony 186 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:49,803 of a residential apartment building in downtown Kabul. 187 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:52,272 NEWSMAN 2: Experts say Hellfire missiles do not explode. 188 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:55,776 Instead, the missiles are equipped with razor-like blades 189 00:07:55,876 --> 00:07:59,279 extending from the fuselage, which slice through a target. 190 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:01,748 MAN: So it will go through and essentially vaporize 191 00:08:01,849 --> 00:08:04,751 a human body, but somebody standing within feet 192 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:07,054 of this person would not be injured at all. 193 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:09,223 NEWSMAN 2: The senior administration officials 194 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:11,525 saying authorities spent months identifying 195 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:15,395 Al-Zawahiri's patterns to avoid civilian casualties. 196 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,599 The strike was so precise from a drone, 197 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:20,501 it killed him on a balcony 198 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:24,404 without harming any family members in the building. 199 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:26,540 Goddamn. 200 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:30,177 America clipped the world's most wanted terrorist 201 00:08:30,277 --> 00:08:32,846 off of his safe house balcony? 202 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:34,114 I mean, also, at this point 203 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,517 maybe we should stop calling them safe houses. 204 00:08:36,617 --> 00:08:39,052 No, every terrorist gets killed in a safe house. 205 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,554 They should, they should call it 206 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:45,192 a house that you think you're safe in, but you never know. 207 00:08:45,292 --> 00:08:46,827 And what's crazy is that America didn't just kill him. 208 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:50,097 They killed him with a razor blade missile, 209 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:51,465 which I didn't even know was a thing. 210 00:08:51,565 --> 00:08:52,466 -Did you? -(audience shouts) 211 00:08:52,566 --> 00:08:53,867 I didn't know. 212 00:08:53,967 --> 00:08:55,869 Yeah, the weapons America has sound like things 213 00:08:55,969 --> 00:08:58,205 that kids just make up on the playground. 214 00:08:58,305 --> 00:09:00,607 "I'm shooting you with a laser-guided missile 215 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:02,809 with razor blades in a shark's body." 216 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,913 Meanwhile, the CIA is up in a tree like, "With a shark's body. 217 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:07,314 "Did you get that, boys? 218 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:10,684 We got to go make one of those." 219 00:09:10,784 --> 00:09:13,787 Razor blade missiles? That's especially genius 220 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:16,023 because, like, if it hits, you kill the target, 221 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:18,158 but even if it misses him by a little, 222 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:19,860 he gets, like, a really shitty haircut. 223 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,862 (laughter) 224 00:09:22,029 --> 00:09:23,363 That's just as good. No one's gonna be loyal 225 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:25,899 to a guy with a bowl cut. 226 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:27,367 I will say, though, I will say, 227 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:28,836 you know, when you see stories like this, 228 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:31,071 when you see stories about what America's capable of, 229 00:09:31,171 --> 00:09:33,574 this is where you realize there's really no excuse 230 00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:37,044 for the amount of domestic terrorism in America, right? 231 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:39,346 -(applause) -Because Zawahiri... 232 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:42,049 Zawahiri lived 233 00:09:42,149 --> 00:09:44,952 all the way in Afghanistan, right, 234 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:46,854 in some random safe house in the middle of nowhere, 235 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:48,889 and America knew what time of day 236 00:09:49,056 --> 00:09:51,358 he liked to go out onto his balcony. 237 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,760 But when a white supremacist posts on Facebook 238 00:09:53,861 --> 00:09:56,663 that he's gonna murder everyone and then buys an AR15, 239 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:59,533 everyone's like, "Oh, there was no way to stop this, yeah. 240 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:02,302 Oh, if only he liked balconies. Wah." 241 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:04,571 (laughter) 242 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:07,074 And I know some people are saying, "Oh, who cares? 243 00:10:07,174 --> 00:10:08,909 "America killed Al Qaeda's leader, 244 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:10,511 "but Al Qaeda isn't even in the game anymore. 245 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:12,145 This is like taking out Tom from Myspace." 246 00:10:12,246 --> 00:10:19,052 That's not the point. The point is, America never forgets. 247 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:21,755 Unless it's slavery, but everything else, 248 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:25,592 -America never forgets. -(applause and cheering) 249 00:10:29,196 --> 00:10:31,131 You thought it was over. 250 00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:33,133 America came back. 251 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,235 America's a kid who never stops playing hide-and-seek 252 00:10:35,335 --> 00:10:37,571 decades after the game is done. 253 00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:39,573 Yeah, you're at a retirement party giving a speech, 254 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:42,576 and America pops up behind you like, "I found you, bitch!" 255 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:44,578 -(laughter) -"I'm with my grandkids." 256 00:10:44,678 --> 00:10:47,214 "Not anymore." 257 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:48,949 Still, though, this is like one hell of a strike. 258 00:10:49,049 --> 00:10:51,485 They got him with a missile. I'm still stuck on this. 259 00:10:51,585 --> 00:10:54,755 -A missile filled with swords. -(laughter) 260 00:10:54,855 --> 00:10:57,925 This is how I know I'm not cut out for the war room and, like, 261 00:10:58,025 --> 00:10:59,626 all of the things you need to do as commander in chief, 262 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:01,895 all these... I-I know, if I was in that room, 263 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:05,632 I would not have been able to keep my cool in there. 264 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:08,335 All right. 265 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:10,871 Target acquired, Mr. President. 266 00:11:10,971 --> 00:11:14,274 They say contact in three, two, one. 267 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:16,844 Oh, shit! Goddamn! Oh! Oh! 268 00:11:16,944 --> 00:11:18,912 Oh, did you see the swords? The swords are coming out of there! 269 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:20,914 Oh, it's like Fruit Ninja! Aah! Aah! 270 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:22,382 How are you watching this? 271 00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:23,817 How's everybody just watching this? 272 00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:25,152 Oh, you're not even going to flinch? 273 00:11:25,252 --> 00:11:26,653 Nobody's going to flinch? Oh, I'm the only one. 274 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:28,355 Oh, okay. You're acting like you've all seen a missile 275 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:30,290 that has swords come out of it. Okay, I'm the only one. 276 00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:31,692 All right, you guys aren't even moving here. You're not... 277 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:33,360 Did you see that shit? You see that? 278 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:35,162 That shit was wild! Wow. That was crazy. 279 00:11:35,262 --> 00:11:36,930 That missile just knew. It can find anyone. 280 00:11:37,097 --> 00:11:39,867 Wow. Even you, Kamala. (stammering) 281 00:11:39,967 --> 00:11:41,468 I'm just playing, but where are you hiding? 282 00:11:41,568 --> 00:11:43,770 Oh, I see you. Oh, shit, that was crazy. 283 00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:45,973 (laughter, applause and cheering) 284 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,309 Oh, then finally... 285 00:11:49,409 --> 00:11:52,546 Today was a big day for the midterm primary season 286 00:11:52,646 --> 00:11:54,381 with a lot of closely-watched races 287 00:11:54,481 --> 00:11:57,017 that will tell us a lot about the direction 288 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:59,553 of the Republican Party. You know? 289 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:01,955 Will it be filled with crazy extremists 290 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:03,724 who worship Donald Trump like a god, 291 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:06,693 or will it be filled with traditional conservatives 292 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:08,629 who worship Donald Trump like a god? 293 00:12:08,729 --> 00:12:11,665 And one race that everyone is talking about 294 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:14,902 is the Republican Senate race in Missouri. 295 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,070 And the reason it's getting so much attention 296 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:19,072 is because Donald Trump decided 297 00:12:19,106 --> 00:12:23,610 to give one of the weirdest endorsements of all time. 298 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,679 NEWSWOMAN: It is primary day in America. 299 00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:27,681 Former President Trump hedging his bets 300 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:31,418 in a Missouri Senate race, simply endorsing "Eric," 301 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:33,987 a first name shared by two rival Republican candidates. 302 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,956 NEWSWOMAN 2: Trump has triggered confusion in Missouri 303 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:38,592 after endorsing "Eric" in the state primary 304 00:12:38,692 --> 00:12:40,627 without providing a last name. 305 00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:42,396 There are two Erics in the race. 306 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:45,098 Both Eric Greitens-- who's been accused of abuse and blackmail-- 307 00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:47,968 and Eric Schmitt-- the current attorney general-- 308 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:50,103 have claimed the endorsement as their own. 309 00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:52,105 NEWSMAN: Now both Erics are saying 310 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:54,374 the former president is supporting them. 311 00:12:54,474 --> 00:12:55,976 Each posted a statement online 312 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,744 thanking Trump for his endorsement. 313 00:12:57,845 --> 00:13:01,048 A source close to the former president told NBC News, 314 00:13:01,081 --> 00:13:03,183 leaving off the last name of the "Eric" 315 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:06,119 he was endorsing was intentional, saying, 316 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,355 it was an "epic troll." 317 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:12,292 Just when you think you've seen it all from Donald Trump, 318 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,894 he does something like this. 319 00:13:14,061 --> 00:13:15,329 There are two Erics running 320 00:13:15,429 --> 00:13:16,830 against each other in the primary, 321 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:19,900 and Trump put out a statement endorsing "Eric." 322 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:23,737 -(laughter) -Just Eric. 323 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:27,107 He could be supporting any Eric in the world. 324 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:30,177 Well, not any Eric, but you know what I mean. 325 00:13:30,277 --> 00:13:31,712 -(audience groaning) -You know? 326 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:34,114 -I'm not his father. -(laughter) 327 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:35,816 To me, the best part of the story is 328 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:37,951 that before he made the announcement, 329 00:13:38,085 --> 00:13:40,687 Trump called Eric Schmitt and told him 330 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:42,256 that he was getting the endorsement. 331 00:13:42,356 --> 00:13:44,291 Then he called Eric Greitens 332 00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:47,427 and told him he was getting the endorsement. 333 00:13:47,528 --> 00:13:50,664 -(laughter) -But he didn't mention to either of them 334 00:13:50,764 --> 00:13:52,566 that he was endorsing both of them. 335 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,701 Yeah. What an asshole. 336 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,638 Turns out the dude even brings infidelity 337 00:13:57,738 --> 00:13:59,506 into his endorsements, you know? 338 00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:02,809 He's the first politician to have a side Eric. 339 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:04,878 "You're only Eric for me, Eric. 340 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:06,413 "Don't listen to those other Erics, 341 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:07,748 they're just jealous." 342 00:14:07,848 --> 00:14:09,183 All right, that's it for the headlines, 343 00:14:09,283 --> 00:14:10,584 but before we go to a break, it's time to check in 344 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:11,952 on all the latest social media trends 345 00:14:12,052 --> 00:14:13,620 with our very own Ronny Chieng, everybody. 346 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,756 (cheering, applause) 347 00:14:22,095 --> 00:14:24,398 so good to see you, Ronny. 348 00:14:24,498 --> 00:14:27,067 So, uh, what's happening online? What's trending? 349 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:29,703 (sighs) Another day in hell, Trevor. 350 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:33,073 I guess what's trending today is what, what is it today? 351 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:35,409 Oh, Tuesday vibes. 352 00:14:35,509 --> 00:14:37,611 Whatever that means. 353 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:39,813 Hey, when you have a PhD in stupid 354 00:14:39,913 --> 00:14:42,149 maybe you can explain it to me, okay? 355 00:14:42,249 --> 00:14:43,317 'Cause as far as I'm concerned, 356 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:46,420 every day on the Internet is #StupidVibes. 357 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,156 Eve-even you, Trevor, participating in this. 358 00:14:49,256 --> 00:14:52,326 What is this? Trevor Noah: "Three days till the weekend. 359 00:14:52,426 --> 00:14:57,097 Prayer emoji." 360 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:59,900 Oh, prayer hands. Oh, prayer-prayer hands. 361 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,735 Even if God heard you he'd be like, 362 00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:03,937 "What am I supposed to do with this?" 363 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:05,572 In fact, I'm gonna start a new Internet challenge 364 00:15:05,672 --> 00:15:07,274 right now. Yeah. It's called 365 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:10,177 the "smash a phone against your face challenge," all right? 366 00:15:10,277 --> 00:15:11,612 What you do is you take your own phone 367 00:15:11,712 --> 00:15:13,680 and then you smash it on your face! 368 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:16,049 Ronny, Ronny, Ronny, okay, Ronny. Ronny. 369 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:17,618 First of all, I don't know why you keep going after 370 00:15:17,718 --> 00:15:20,354 my social media posts. Secondly, if you hate the Internet, 371 00:15:20,454 --> 00:15:22,956 you realize you don't have to do this segment, right? 372 00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,424 Wait, wait, what-what are you talking about? 373 00:15:24,525 --> 00:15:26,527 I-I live for this shit. 374 00:15:26,627 --> 00:15:28,929 Yes. And-- oh, oh-- 375 00:15:29,062 --> 00:15:31,665 and-and by the way, 376 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,834 by the way, that guy-- that guy who got a fine, 377 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:37,104 uh, for bringing McDonald's McMuffins into Australia-- 378 00:15:37,204 --> 00:15:39,773 yo, that punishment wasn't harsh enough. Okay? 379 00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:41,408 They should have given him the death penalty. 380 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:42,576 -What? -Okay? 381 00:15:42,676 --> 00:15:44,878 What kind of idiot brings McDonald's 382 00:15:44,978 --> 00:15:46,680 to another country? 383 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,816 Every country has McDonald's, okay? 384 00:15:49,917 --> 00:15:52,386 There's McDonald's in every airport. 385 00:15:52,486 --> 00:15:56,089 In fact-- yo, most airports now 386 00:15:56,123 --> 00:15:57,791 are just a McDonald's. 387 00:15:57,891 --> 00:16:01,295 It's like we're just flying from McDonald's to McDonald's. 388 00:16:01,395 --> 00:16:03,163 And he smuggled it in his luggage? 389 00:16:03,263 --> 00:16:07,067 Yo, smuggle it up your ass like a professional, okay? 390 00:16:07,167 --> 00:16:09,736 Oh, oh, oh, an-- oh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, Tiger Woods-- 391 00:16:09,837 --> 00:16:11,438 and Tiger-- oh, Tiger Woods didn't take the money 392 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:13,874 -From the Saudi golf, uh, whatever? -Yeah. 393 00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:16,743 Yo, Tiger, Asian to Asian-- yo, take the money. 394 00:16:16,844 --> 00:16:19,446 Take the money. I'm telling you, take it. 395 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:21,748 I-I always take the money 396 00:16:21,849 --> 00:16:23,951 from the worst people in the world, okay? 397 00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:27,054 Because what better way to punish evildoers 398 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,256 than to take their money? 399 00:16:29,356 --> 00:16:30,791 Yeah! Take their money. 400 00:16:30,891 --> 00:16:32,726 -I take everyone's money. -No-- wait, no. What? 401 00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:36,129 Oil companies, big tobacco, ISIS, Comedy Central-- 402 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:39,399 if I don't take the money, 403 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:42,269 bad people will just have more money, all right? 404 00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:44,071 In fact, in fact, next week, 405 00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:46,073 I got asked to judge an episode 406 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:48,442 of The Masked Singer in North Korea and, you know, 407 00:16:48,542 --> 00:16:49,743 you should come with me, Trevor. 408 00:16:49,843 --> 00:16:52,079 -You should-- They really want you. -No. No, Ronny. 409 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:54,982 I told you I am not going to North Korea, Ronny. 410 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:56,483 Oh, okay, so, what-- 411 00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:58,785 you just want a dictator to keep all his blood money? 412 00:16:58,886 --> 00:17:00,354 You're basically funding terrorism at this point. 413 00:17:00,454 --> 00:17:01,788 No, I'm not! What are you talking about? 414 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:04,825 Also, also, everyone, get off Nancy Pelosi's back, okay? 415 00:17:04,925 --> 00:17:06,426 All this, "Oh, she's causing World War III. 416 00:17:06,527 --> 00:17:09,429 Ugh, World War III." Good, we need World War III. 417 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,532 Ronny, how you can say that? 418 00:17:11,632 --> 00:17:13,700 Easily, Trevor. We need World War III 419 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,869 to complete the trilogy, okay? 420 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:19,406 What if-- what if-- 421 00:17:20,674 --> 00:17:24,044 what if Lord of the Rings ended at number two? 422 00:17:24,077 --> 00:17:26,180 We'd be like, "Yo, are these guys gay or not?" 423 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,648 We'd never know, all right? 424 00:17:27,748 --> 00:17:30,450 Also, aren't you sick of all these World War II movies? 425 00:17:30,551 --> 00:17:33,253 Like, we need something new. We need some fresh ideas here. 426 00:17:33,353 --> 00:17:35,122 China versus America. 427 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:38,192 Tons of roles for Asian actors. Yeah. 428 00:17:38,292 --> 00:17:40,527 Yo, actors who can do everything. 429 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:42,896 Actors who can do intense! (growls) 430 00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:45,933 Or s-sad. (cries) 431 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,734 Or happy! Yay! 432 00:17:47,835 --> 00:17:49,970 If you cared about Asian representation, Trevor, 433 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,805 you would support World War III. 434 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:55,742 Anyway, that's what's trending. So, uh, #TuesdayVibes. 435 00:17:55,843 --> 00:17:59,146 -Ronny Chieng, everybody. -(cheering, applause) 436 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:01,081 No World War III. All right, when we come back, 437 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:02,716 we're gonna be chatting to a civil rights lawyer 438 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:05,285 who tells us why public safety doesn't mean more cops, 439 00:18:05,385 --> 00:18:07,521 so don't go away. 440 00:18:07,621 --> 00:18:09,656 (cheering, applause) 441 00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:19,899 (cheering and applause) 442 00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:28,241 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 443 00:18:28,341 --> 00:18:30,276 My first guest is an award-winning 444 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:33,079 civil rights lawyer and founder of Civil Rights Corps. 445 00:18:33,179 --> 00:18:34,680 He's here to talk about his work 446 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:36,682 challenging the money bail system; 447 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,918 holding prosecutors, judges, and police accountable; 448 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:41,854 and finding a nonpunitive approach to public safety. 449 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,923 Please welcome Alec Karakatsanis. 450 00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:45,491 -(cheering and applause) -How are you? 451 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:46,759 -Thank you for having me. -Thank you so much. 452 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,761 Welcome to the show. 453 00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,963 You-you have a really interesting story, Alec, 454 00:18:51,064 --> 00:18:53,733 because, you know, y-you worked as a public defender. 455 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:55,701 You've worked in the justice system for a long time. 456 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:56,969 You're part of many organizations 457 00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:59,038 that fight for people who are incarcerated, 458 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,506 unjustly or in a way 459 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,708 where they-they can never find their way out of the system, 460 00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:04,811 which is unjust in-in a different way. 461 00:19:04,911 --> 00:19:07,313 Um, but a lot of your notoriety 462 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:08,848 has come from your Twitter threads, 463 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:10,750 in how you break down the world, 464 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,685 the way we see policing in the country, 465 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:15,188 and the way even liberal organizations, funny enough, 466 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:16,255 are part of the problem. 467 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:18,324 So let-let's start with that part. 468 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:21,828 You know? What made you decide to not be looking at Fox News, 469 00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:24,630 not be looking at, you know, right-wing outlets 470 00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:26,599 but rather say, "No, New York Times, 471 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,601 "L.A. Times, Washington Post, 472 00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:33,072 you need to change the way you talk about policing in America"? 473 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,743 I began this work because I care so deeply about safety. 474 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:37,977 Everyone's safety. 475 00:19:38,044 --> 00:19:39,746 I care about violence in our communities. 476 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:41,380 And as I was going around the country 477 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:42,582 fighting these injustices-- 478 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,851 the cash bail system, police abuse-- 479 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,153 all over the country, we were running into obstacles. 480 00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:50,289 And one of the main obstacles was this status quo approach 481 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:51,891 that many progressive people have. 482 00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:53,359 And it's not their fault, really, right? 483 00:19:53,459 --> 00:19:55,361 We're bombarded constantly in the media 484 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:57,029 -with what we call cop-aganda. -Mm-hmm. 485 00:19:57,130 --> 00:19:59,799 And cop-aganda has, really, I think, three main functions. 486 00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:02,001 The first function of cop-aganda 487 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:04,470 is to narrow our conception of what safety means. 488 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:06,172 We're constantly being told 489 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:07,774 that there's all of these threats around us, 490 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:10,042 but the threats that the media and the police 491 00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:12,745 and certain large corporations want us to be focused on 492 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:15,248 are not the things that actually most determine our safety. 493 00:20:15,348 --> 00:20:17,950 So, for example, you've seen all over the country, 494 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,853 um, uh, con-conversations about retail theft, 495 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:22,588 -um, or a wave of crime, right? -Yeah. 496 00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:25,958 What you don't hear is about the epidemic of wage theft. 497 00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:30,129 -Wage theft costs $50 billion every single year. -(applause) 498 00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:34,167 Wage theft alone is about five times the value 499 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:38,504 of all robbery, burglary, larceny, shoplifting combined. 500 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:40,073 And why are we not hearing about it? 501 00:20:40,173 --> 00:20:41,340 And I think it's because 502 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:43,276 you have this "law enforcement" system-- 503 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,278 I use that system in quotes because police want us 504 00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:46,446 to call them law enforcement, 505 00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:49,115 but, in reality, they only enforce some laws 506 00:20:49,215 --> 00:20:51,250 against some people some of the time. 507 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:54,253 So, so let's, let's-let's talk about that. 508 00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:55,655 (applause) 509 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:58,791 That, you know, th-there's a disconnect, 510 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:01,260 it feels like sometimes, in the conversations we have 511 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,363 in America because, on the one hand, 512 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:08,134 many people will agree that law enforcement needs overwatch. 513 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:11,204 You know, many people agree that law enforcement, um, 514 00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:14,841 that isn't in some way regulated by-by an outside body 515 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,409 will run rampant. 516 00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:17,710 But at the same time, there are many communities 517 00:21:17,810 --> 00:21:19,145 who will still say, 518 00:21:19,245 --> 00:21:22,048 "Yes, but we-we still need some form of law enforcement. 519 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:24,283 "We need some form of justice. 520 00:21:24,383 --> 00:21:25,685 We need some form of protection." 521 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,220 And this is something that almost goes 522 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,022 beyond law enforcement as we know it in the world today. 523 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:33,092 So, so what is an argument for a better world 524 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:35,962 that, that doesn't subscribe to the notions of how people think 525 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:37,397 law enforcement needs to exist now? 526 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:38,598 Let's just start with some 527 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:40,533 of the very basic facts that we know. 528 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:43,436 If we care about safety, we care about harm, 529 00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:46,239 the number one thing we need to do is address 530 00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:48,107 the actual root causes 531 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:50,510 of violence and harm in our society. 532 00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:53,646 The actual root causes of harm in our society 533 00:21:53,746 --> 00:21:56,015 are not the fact that we're not policed enough, right? 534 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:58,251 We have the most police of any society, 535 00:21:58,351 --> 00:21:59,852 we have the most prisons, prosecutions, 536 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,888 courts, judges, probation, parole. 537 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:04,290 If probation, parole, prosecutors, judges, 538 00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:06,325 and courts-- if money spent on that made us safe, 539 00:22:06,426 --> 00:22:08,995 we would have the safest society in the history of the world. 540 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:11,197 -We don't. -(applause) 541 00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:14,333 What actually matters, what actually matters 542 00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:17,804 for our safety is investing in things like reducing poverty. 543 00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:19,739 -Right. -Like safe, permanent supportive housing. 544 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,941 -Right. -Health care, public health. 545 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,943 I completely, I completely agree with you on that. 546 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:26,045 You know, I-I'm a firm believer in that. 547 00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:29,015 Uh, I think it's the, you know, the cause versus the symptom. 548 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:31,417 Th-Th-There is a confusing element 549 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,953 that-that I think often gets overlooked, 550 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,321 and it's the transition. 551 00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:37,957 You know, I-I see it when people talk about electric cars, 552 00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:40,159 I see it when people talk about policing, 553 00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:42,695 and-and it's the unfortunate truth that there is always going 554 00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:45,164 to be a transition from one system to another. 555 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,366 Unless there is a revolution that happens overnight, 556 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:48,768 there needs to be a transition. 557 00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:50,603 What do you propose for the transition in between? 558 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:52,405 Because we do have police now. 559 00:22:52,505 --> 00:22:54,440 There are unions that are very powerful, 560 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:57,310 that even the police say, "Hey, w-we, we can't say anything. 561 00:22:57,410 --> 00:22:59,378 The union is controlling how this is doled out." 562 00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:01,114 So, what do you do for the interim? 563 00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:03,483 'Cause I think we can-- you and I will agree on all of that. 564 00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:04,984 You know, those are long-term solutions, 565 00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:07,153 but in the, in the, in the short term what do you think we can do 566 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:10,156 to keep people safe and also find a way 567 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,791 to move the system over? 568 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:14,260 The good thing is that we know exactly what works 569 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,528 and we have a lot of evidence. 570 00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:17,263 So anyone who tells you that the solution, 571 00:23:17,363 --> 00:23:18,731 even in the short or medium term, 572 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,066 is more funding for police, 573 00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:21,734 that's like climate science denial. 574 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:24,003 There's overwhelming research that the programs 575 00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:25,571 -that already exist-- -Mm-hmm. 576 00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:27,206 um, permanent supportive housing, 577 00:23:27,306 --> 00:23:30,009 safe consumption sites, violence interruption, 578 00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:31,477 restorative justice, 579 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:34,147 investing in safe places for communities to gather, 580 00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:36,182 or at school, music theatre programs, 581 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:38,284 early childhood education-- all of these things work, 582 00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:39,952 and they work quickly. 583 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:43,089 -The problem is we don't have the political power. -(applause) 584 00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:45,591 -Right. -Often what happens is, we identify, 585 00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:47,693 like, in our work, these enormous injustices. 586 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:50,296 Like, there are 500,000 human beings in cages 587 00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:51,764 right now this country 588 00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:53,666 because they can't afford to pay cash to get out. 589 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:56,402 Right? We identify that injustice, and what happens? 590 00:23:56,502 --> 00:23:58,037 A lot of prominent establishment liberals-- 591 00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,705 they propose a reform. 592 00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:02,442 But the reforms that are being proposed are backed 593 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:06,245 by those same interests that created the current problem. 594 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:07,713 And so, we're constantly being hit with short 595 00:24:07,814 --> 00:24:10,283 -and medium-term solutions that are reforms... -Mm-hmm. 596 00:24:10,383 --> 00:24:11,884 that actually exacerbate the problem. 597 00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:14,654 Let me give you an example. Take the bail system. 598 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:16,789 If you care about the presumption of innocence, 599 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:19,192 about people being taken away from their children 600 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:20,960 -because they can't make a monetary payment-- -Right. 601 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,528 like, millions of children are separated from their parents 602 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:25,932 every single year-- you want to fix this problem. 603 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:27,300 So enter the establishment Democrats. 604 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,335 What do they do in most of these cities? 605 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,437 They're trying to replace the cash bail system 606 00:24:31,537 --> 00:24:33,840 with privatized, for-profit, electronic monitoring, 607 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,475 electronic incarceration. 608 00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:37,110 This is enormously profitable. 609 00:24:37,210 --> 00:24:38,544 There are billions of dollars to be made 610 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,280 with private corporations who want to convert our system 611 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,749 -of mass incarceration... -Right. 612 00:24:42,849 --> 00:24:44,217 ...to a system of mass electronic detention. 613 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:47,620 I-I... As I say, I've always admired the fact 614 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,956 that you almost have a "start at home" approach. 615 00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:52,458 You know, you aren't spending your time fighting 616 00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:53,960 with conservatives or Republicans 617 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:56,496 who believe in that system. You're challenging liberals, 618 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,965 you're challenging progressives, you're challenging Democrats 619 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:01,467 who claim this to actually follow through on it. 620 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:04,137 So, my question to you would then be, 621 00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:06,172 for-for... for the media specifically, 622 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:08,841 who you have a, you know, a targeted focus on, 623 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:10,810 you know, for the newspapers for the publications, 624 00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:13,146 what do you think is a change that they could make overnight? 625 00:25:13,246 --> 00:25:14,981 Because they're the... That's completely in-house. 626 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,983 What is something they could do right now 627 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:19,152 that could present a clearer vision 628 00:25:19,252 --> 00:25:20,553 of where America should be? 629 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:21,988 I think there are a few things. 630 00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:24,590 Number one-- as I wrote in my newsletter recently, 631 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,926 cover the things that are most threatening 632 00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:28,528 to our health and safety. 633 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:32,098 -Cover the 100,000... -(applause) 634 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:35,435 Cover the 100,000 violations of the Clean Water Act 635 00:25:35,535 --> 00:25:36,936 every year that are killing children, 636 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:38,271 that are killing families. 637 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:40,039 Did you know that... 638 00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:43,409 there are 100,000 deaths in the U.S. alone, 639 00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:46,612 and ten million across the globe, because of air pollution? 640 00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:49,248 That is five times the number of homicides in the U.S. alone. 641 00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:52,051 Did you know how many people-- tens of thousands-- 642 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:54,620 die from eviction and-and, uh, 643 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,223 predatory lending practices that put people into poverty? 644 00:25:57,323 --> 00:25:59,092 Um, these are solvable problems. 645 00:25:59,192 --> 00:26:01,861 We know how to solve them, but the people in this country 646 00:26:01,961 --> 00:26:03,396 don't treat them urgently. 647 00:26:03,496 --> 00:26:05,665 And the reason is because the volume of news stories, 648 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,500 the sheer volume, every single day, 649 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,469 it's about shoplifting, it's about this isolated crime, 650 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:10,970 it's about that isolated crime. 651 00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:13,473 And we're not talking about the threats to our existence, 652 00:26:13,573 --> 00:26:16,109 like the rise of fascism. Or, for example, um, 653 00:26:16,209 --> 00:26:18,211 the growing right-wing threat in this country 654 00:26:18,311 --> 00:26:19,679 to reproductive health. Did you un-- 655 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:22,548 did you realize that, um-- 656 00:26:22,648 --> 00:26:26,452 When-- You know, I've been looking and studying 657 00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:28,287 very carefully how the media is covering 658 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:31,624 -Joe Biden's current request for 100,000 new cops. -Mm-hmm. 659 00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:34,360 When I see liberal Democrats all over the country, 660 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:36,629 both in newsrooms and in politics, um, 661 00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:39,332 talking about that "This isn't a big deal, 662 00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:41,934 and we need to pass 100 cops" just to have a little bit 663 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:43,936 of talking points and success for the midterms. 664 00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:46,773 Understand this: voters who care about that 665 00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:50,676 and what a right-wing fascist force taking over our society 666 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:52,645 are gonna vote for the Republicans anyway. 667 00:26:52,745 --> 00:26:55,448 Um, people who care about building and investing 668 00:26:55,548 --> 00:26:57,283 in communities are looking for leadership 669 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:59,285 on things that we actually know work. 670 00:26:59,385 --> 00:27:01,988 Like better schools, early childhood education, 671 00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:04,357 programs in communities run by the people 672 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:05,958 who are most impacted by these problems. 673 00:27:06,025 --> 00:27:08,594 I will say this, though-- 674 00:27:08,694 --> 00:27:11,697 Be-Before I let you go, and I know I got to let you go. 675 00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:13,066 I-I will say this, though, 676 00:27:13,166 --> 00:27:16,002 this is where I will disagree with you slightly. 677 00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:20,173 Th-- Time and time again, you'll find when you actually 678 00:27:20,273 --> 00:27:23,509 look at voting blocs, people do not have access 679 00:27:23,609 --> 00:27:25,978 to that information, and so they do not vote accordingly. 680 00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:27,914 People will say, "You know what? 681 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:30,049 "I just want crime in my neighborhood to go down. 682 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:33,019 "I feel like the Democrats are not serious about crime. 683 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,389 "I feel like, you know, we need better cops or more cops. 684 00:27:36,489 --> 00:27:38,791 I feel like--" because they maybe don't have the information 685 00:27:38,925 --> 00:27:41,461 or they-they haven't been given any possible solution 686 00:27:41,561 --> 00:27:43,496 that isn't policing. And so I think 687 00:27:43,596 --> 00:27:45,398 there's a difficult disconnect that may go back to, 688 00:27:45,498 --> 00:27:47,066 if they read about it, if they see it, 689 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:48,634 they would, uh, think about it as a possibility. 690 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:51,070 So, uh, Alec, thank you so much for joining me on the show. 691 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:53,172 -Thank you for having me. -Thank you for your time. 692 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,575 -And, uh, hopefully we'll chat again. -(cheering, applause) 693 00:27:55,675 --> 00:27:58,611 Alec's book, Usual Cruelty, is available now, 694 00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:01,047 and you can sign up for his Copaganda Newsletter 695 00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:02,782 for free on Substack. All right, stay tuned, 696 00:28:02,949 --> 00:28:04,450 because when we come back, the hilarious Ms. Pat 697 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,586 will be joining me on the show. Don't go away. 698 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,721 -Thank you, again. -(cheering, applause) 699 00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:13,492 (cheering and applause) 700 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:17,229 Welcome back to The Daily Show! 701 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:19,631 My guest tonight is a very funny comedian 702 00:28:19,732 --> 00:28:22,201 who's here to talk about her hit BET+ series 703 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:24,103 The Ms. Pat Show. 704 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:26,271 I'm gonna miss you calling me four times a year 705 00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:27,873 to pay your phone bill. 706 00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:30,743 I know you loved us, 707 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:32,745 and I love you, too. 708 00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:36,215 And I know you did your best, 709 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,817 but your best wasn't always good enough. 710 00:28:40,753 --> 00:28:42,588 Rest easy, Mom. 711 00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:48,193 ♪ ♪ 712 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:50,596 What the (bleep) is that supposed to mean? 713 00:28:50,696 --> 00:28:53,265 (cheering and applause) 714 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,300 Please welcome Ms. Pat! 715 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:57,436 -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 716 00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:03,375 Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. 717 00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:10,716 Ms. Pat, welcome to The Daily Show. 718 00:29:10,816 --> 00:29:12,051 Thank you for having me. 719 00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:13,385 I've been trying to get here for years. 720 00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:14,787 -I made it. -You made it? 721 00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:16,355 What do you mean you made it? I feel like I made it, 722 00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:17,556 -talking to you. -(cheering and applause) 723 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,591 First things first, congratulations. 724 00:29:19,692 --> 00:29:22,194 You know, it is so rare for a new show to come out 725 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:23,729 in this, like, flooded market 726 00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,264 and get the recognition that yours has. 727 00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:27,466 Congratulations on the Emmy nomination for your show. 728 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:29,568 -Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. -Best Directing. 729 00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:31,904 -(cheering and applause) -It... 730 00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:34,373 I-I don't know how to explain your show to people. 731 00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:35,774 I go, "It's hilarious. 732 00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:37,309 "It is also engaging. 733 00:29:37,409 --> 00:29:40,112 It-it feels like a sitcom but for grown folk." 734 00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:42,581 Like, if you told me, if you pitched to me and you said, 735 00:29:42,681 --> 00:29:45,084 "I'm gonna make a show that's about, um, 736 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:47,086 "a life of selling crack, 737 00:29:47,186 --> 00:29:49,755 "formerly selling crack and sexual assault 738 00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:52,591 "and also struggling as a single mother 739 00:29:52,691 --> 00:29:53,726 and it's all gonna be funny," 740 00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:54,860 I'd be like, "That's impossible." 741 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,729 But you did it. I'd love to know how. 742 00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:59,131 How did you-- how did you think, "I can make all of this funny"? 743 00:29:59,231 --> 00:30:01,967 Well, I mean, the show was in the works for five years 744 00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:04,403 with Lee Daniels and we went through three writers 745 00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:07,039 and he found somebody that can catch my voice. 746 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:09,341 And you know, I'm a comedian. You know, he came up. 747 00:30:09,441 --> 00:30:11,543 He was like, "Hey, Jordan E. Cooper is my co-creator." 748 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:14,013 He was like, "Oh, we're going to do a cussing sitcom." 749 00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:16,382 And I'm like, "A cussing sitcom? I can curse?" 750 00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:18,951 And he was like, "I think that'll be great," 751 00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:21,053 because I curse in my real-day life, you know? 752 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:23,055 I curse every day. Let him tell it. 753 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:26,859 -Uh, I'm saved on Saturdays, but... -(laughter) 754 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:28,894 'Cause I don't want to go to church on Sunday. 755 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:32,698 -You have to tithe. But... we took... -(laughter) 756 00:30:32,798 --> 00:30:34,800 You know, what was great about this show was, 757 00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:36,702 we took everything that I've been through, 758 00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:38,170 and we threw it in with comedy 759 00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,272 'cause that's what I do with my real-life stand-up. 760 00:30:40,372 --> 00:30:42,808 I take the darkest things, and I try to find the funny, 761 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:44,176 and then I tell people, 762 00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:47,279 "You can't change the past so why cry about it?" 763 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:50,249 So I took child molestation, and I made it funny. 764 00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,251 I took getting shot in the back of the head and made it funny. 765 00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:53,786 Yeah, you see, the audience right now is going like, 766 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:56,021 -"Wait. What?" I could feel you... -(laughter) 767 00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:58,657 But that is exactly what you do is, you use... 768 00:30:58,757 --> 00:31:00,359 And I mean, as comedians, we understand this, 769 00:31:00,459 --> 00:31:02,995 but it's so rare to be able to translate that to an audience. 770 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,897 You know, you... It feels authentic. 771 00:31:04,997 --> 00:31:06,832 You don't minimize the experiences. 772 00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:10,636 And every single episode of the show 773 00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:12,971 brings you into a world that you may not be familiar with, 774 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:15,240 but it makes you understand people. 775 00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:17,142 You know, that's what I feel like your show does. 776 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:20,612 It makes me understand someone who hasn't lived my life. 777 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:23,449 Yeah, exactly, and... Well, I take it... When we take it... 778 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:25,584 And even though you haven't been through what I've been through, 779 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:27,753 you probably know a Ms. Pat, or you probably know a victim. 780 00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:29,288 -I like that. -Or you probably know somebody been though 781 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:30,656 -what I have been through. -Yeah. 782 00:31:30,756 --> 00:31:32,157 You know, just because you haven't been molested 783 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:33,559 -don't mean nobody else haven't been molested. -Mm-hmm. 784 00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:34,760 Just 'cause you haven't been shot 785 00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:36,028 don't mean nobody else haven't been shot. 786 00:31:36,128 --> 00:31:39,198 So we all kind of been through stuff 787 00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:41,033 with families and friend members. 788 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:43,302 I just experienced it, and put it on TV with comedy. 789 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:44,803 You've put it on TV with comedy. 790 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,305 You've been successful at doing it. 791 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,140 You've got a wonderful cast that tells amazing stories. 792 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,809 I would love to know where you see the series going from here. 793 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,378 What do you hope to achieve? 794 00:31:52,478 --> 00:31:54,980 Uh, it's gonna show you the real path of my life as a comedian. 795 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,448 'Cause I'm a comedian in this show. 796 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,851 So eventually, before they cut out the lights, 797 00:31:58,951 --> 00:32:00,652 I'm gonna become a famous comedian. 798 00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:02,621 (laughter) 799 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,690 -NOAH: Yeah. -(applause and cheering) 800 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:06,392 I'm no fool, Trevor. 801 00:32:06,492 --> 00:32:08,894 (laughs) I got an ending. 802 00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:10,796 Before they turn out the lights, "Hey, let me give you 803 00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:14,199 the last episode, okay? Let's end this thing right." 804 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:15,934 It is such a wild story. You know, I-- 805 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:17,202 Sometimes people will hear my story and they go, like, 806 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:18,570 "That doesn't sound real." I'm like, 807 00:32:18,671 --> 00:32:20,139 "But it is real but it doesn't sound that great." 808 00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:22,875 And then I-I read your story, I was like, "But this is not real. 809 00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:24,810 One person couldn't have gone through all of this." 810 00:32:24,910 --> 00:32:26,378 What-What is your secret? 811 00:32:26,545 --> 00:32:28,781 Beyond the comedy that you use as-as a tool 812 00:32:28,881 --> 00:32:31,150 to process this information, like, 813 00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,419 where does your resilience come from as a human being? 814 00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,255 Um, I don't dwell on things I don't have control over. 815 00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:38,757 -I cannot change the past. -Wow. 816 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:41,960 So-- (chuckles) 817 00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:45,564 And I'm-- You know, I'm not a big churchgoing person, 818 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:48,000 but I just learn when I can forgive 819 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:51,170 the people who harm me, I can start to live. 820 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,907 So, my mother, my first kid's father, 821 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:56,208 who shot me in the back of the head, 822 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:59,645 those were the two biggest devils in my life. 823 00:32:59,745 --> 00:33:03,415 So once I forgave them, I found happiness. 824 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:07,619 I love that. I love that. I love the show. 825 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:08,854 It's an honor to have you here. 826 00:33:08,954 --> 00:33:10,756 Come back when you've won all the Emmys, 827 00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:12,691 all the awards, super famous comedian. 828 00:33:12,791 --> 00:33:14,159 Everyone should watch your Netflix special. 829 00:33:14,259 --> 00:33:16,528 And I hope you'll join us again and again and again 830 00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:17,663 -Again and again. -and again and again. 831 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:18,931 Ms. Pat, thank you so much 832 00:33:19,031 --> 00:33:20,199 -for being here with me. -Thank you for having me. 833 00:33:20,299 --> 00:33:22,568 -(cheering, applause) -Thank you so much. 834 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,403 For upcoming stand-up dates, 835 00:33:24,536 --> 00:33:27,306 check out MsPatComedy.com, 836 00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:29,641 and don't forget-- season two of the The Ms. Pat Show 837 00:33:29,742 --> 00:33:32,544 premieres August 11 on BET+. We're gonna take a quick break 838 00:33:32,644 --> 00:33:34,980 -but we'll be right back after this. -(cheering, applause) 839 00:33:41,655 --> 00:33:43,690 (cheering, applause) 840 00:33:46,793 --> 00:33:48,128 Well, that's our show for tonight. 841 00:33:48,228 --> 00:33:50,163 But before we go, before we go, 842 00:33:50,263 --> 00:33:52,532 I just wanted to remind you that recovery efforts 843 00:33:52,632 --> 00:33:55,468 are underway after record-breaking floodwaters 844 00:33:55,569 --> 00:33:58,271 have hit eastern Kentucky. We need to help them. 845 00:33:58,371 --> 00:34:00,273 And The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky 846 00:34:00,373 --> 00:34:03,476 is doing all that they can to assist these efforts. 847 00:34:03,577 --> 00:34:05,045 So if you can, please support them 848 00:34:05,145 --> 00:34:07,314 and the work that they're doing at the link below. 849 00:34:07,414 --> 00:34:09,015 Until next time, stay safe out there. 850 00:34:09,115 --> 00:34:11,985 And remember, if you're a terrorist who wants to get 851 00:34:12,085 --> 00:34:13,787 some fresh air on a balcony, 852 00:34:13,887 --> 00:34:16,323 maybe just buy a fan instead. 853 00:34:16,423 --> 00:34:19,125 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 854 00:34:19,226 --> 00:34:20,694 Tonight, Biden gave a speech boasting that 855 00:34:20,794 --> 00:34:23,363 he's killed an Al Qaeda figure in Afghanistan. 856 00:34:23,463 --> 00:34:27,200 Great. Feel safer? Of course you don't. Nobody does. 857 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:28,935 They loathe the elected president so much 858 00:34:29,035 --> 00:34:30,170 they're incapable of acknowledging 859 00:34:30,270 --> 00:34:33,006 any accomplishment, no matter what it is. 860 00:34:33,106 --> 00:34:36,009 Trump is bad. Trump killed Baghdadi. 861 00:34:36,109 --> 00:34:38,979 Therefore, killing Baghdadi was bad. 862 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:42,115 That's how these purported geniuses actually think. 863 00:34:42,215 --> 00:34:45,151 They are purely reactive.