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ANNOUNCER: Coming
to you from New
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America, it's The Daily Show.
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Tonight, Election
Day is finally
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here, America's Black
governor, and Thuso Mbedu.
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This is The Daily
Show with Trevor Noah.
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What's going on, everybody?
Welcome to The Daily Show.
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I'm Trevor Noah.
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Thank you so much
for tuning in.
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Thank you for coming
out in person.
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Thank you for being
here, everybody.
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Thank you so much
for being here.
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This feels amazing.
Oh, we're going to have fun.
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Take a seat.
Take a seat.
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We're going to
have so much fun.
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We have got a
packed show tonight
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because tonight is the night
we've all been waiting for.
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That's right.
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The new God of War
game is coming out.
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Yeah!
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No, no.
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Obviously-- obviously,
also, the midterms are here.
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So let's get into it, people,
and our election night
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edition of Votedemic 2022.
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All right, tonight
is the night, people.
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All year long, we've
been waiting to find out
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if Republicans will
take control of Congress
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and stop President
Biden's agenda,
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or if Democrats will
keep control of Congress
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and somehow stop
Biden's agenda.
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[laughter]
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And it's all led up to
today, Election Day,
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a great day for
democracy and for people
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who love waiting in lines.
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You know, it's like,
ah, another chance
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to smell a stranger's hair.
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Now you've probably heard
it everywhere, you know?
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But many people believe this
may be the most important
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election of our lifetimes.
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And, yes, I know.
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I know they said that
about 2020, right?
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I also know that they said
it about the 2018 midterms.
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And they definitely
said it about 2016.
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No, which I know
makes some people say,
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well, clearly, none
of these elections
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are as important as people say.
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They always say it's the
most important election.
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But maybe-- maybe we're
thinking of it wrong.
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Maybe everything
is getting worse
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and worse, which
makes every election
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more and more important.
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And I know I said that,
and, like, it sounded good,
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but it's not.
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I get that.
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My inflection didn't
match the feeling.
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Well, think of it this way.
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Think of it this way.
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Like, when you're in a car, the
brakes are the most important
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safety feature, right?
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When you're in your driveway,
it helps to have brakes.
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Yeah, but then when
you get on the road,
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the brakes become
more important.
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Yeah, then you're
on the freeway,
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going 100 miles per hour.
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The brakes are even
more important.
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Then a school bus gets
stuck in front of you.
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And then you realize that the
school bus is full of puppies,
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and the puppies are
holding the only copy
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of Rihanna's new album!
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Now the brakes are
the most important
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brakes of our lifetime!
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[applause]
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Why did I take my
brakes for granted?
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Now, luckily, many
people did feel like this
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was an important election.
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So all around the
country, people
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turned up to vote, everywhere
from Arizona to Pennsylvania
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to Wisconsin to
a bunch of states
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that the media doesn't
even care about.
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People cast their
votes in this election.
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And now that the
voting is finished,
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there is some good news.
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You all voted perfectly,
and every problem in America
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has been solved.
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Congratulations, everyone.
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Congratulations.
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No!
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Why you clapping?
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Being sarcastic, obviously.
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They're still
counting the votes.
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So we're going to have to wait
until tomorrow or two months
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from now, depending on how
many lawsuits there are.
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But right now we've got full
team coverage of election
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night all around the country.
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So let's kick things off
with our very own Roy Wood,
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Jr., everybody who is live.
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Democratic Party headquarters.
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Roy, tumultuous time
for the Democrats.
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What's the mood like
over there right now?
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It's nervous, Trevor.
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The Democrats are not expecting
a good outcome tonight.
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Chuck Schumer already sweating
like Elon Musk looking
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at Twitter's balance sheet.
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Nancy Pelosi-- Nancy
Pelosi pacing so hard,
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she already got in her
steps for the week.
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And Joe Biden, well,
he's taking a nap,
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but it's a nervous nap,
one of them nervous naps,
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you know, like when
you sleep at the wheel.
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[gasps] Arizona.
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Well, Roy, you know, if
Democrats lose big tonight,
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many strategists will
suggest that their campaign
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messages didn't resonate
enough with the voters.
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Because they ran on abortion
rights and saving democracy.
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But it seems like
for most voters,
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that wasn't a priority.
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The Democrats agree
with you, Trevor.
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That's why tonight
they're coming up
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with brand new
campaign messages
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to get voters on their side.
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What, tonight?
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Don't you think it's a
little too late for that?
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Everyone's voted already.
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There's still people
in line in Georgia.
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And just wait until
they get on Twitter
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and see Democrats' new
campaign slogan, vote for us
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and we'll get rid of Mondays.
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It's a good one.
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It's a good one.
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Wait, wait, but that's weird.
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And also, then doesn't Tuesday
just become the new Monday?
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How--
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No, no, that's not how it
works because then Tuesday--
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they got other
ideas anyway, man.
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They got other ideas.
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Here's another one the
Democrats are promising.
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They're promising to make
another season of The Office,
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and for Black voters, Martin.
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[laughter]
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And they've got
a new tax plan--
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pay what you want,
and they'll make
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it so that everyone's team
makes it to the Super Bowl.
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What?
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OK, all right.
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Pay what you want,
and everybody's team
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make it to the Super Bowl.
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That's two policies, Trevor.
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But, Roy-- but, Roy,
I don't understand.
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If everyone's team
makes it to the Super
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Bowl, then whose team--
- Hold on.
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I'm not done with the list.
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Here you come with
all that damn logic.
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How about this one?
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Unlimited breadsticks
at every restaurant,
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even the Chinese ones.
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Even a Chinese restaurant,
unlimited bread--
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they don't even
give you breadsticks
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at Chinese restaurants.
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And-- and-- and look at
this list right here, man.
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Look-- look at all
this stuff, man.
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Pumpkin spice
lattes year round--
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that's for basic
bitches like you, Trev.
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If none of that
works, check this out.
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The Democrats--
here's something else
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they're promising.
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Every Oscars will
have a surprise slap.
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Don't tell me that
won't be exciting.
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A surprise slap?
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Meryl Streep just
hauling off and slapping
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Timothée Chalamet.
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Just stop it!
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You know you want
to see that shit.
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You want a surprise slap.
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Roy, I mean, these sound
very exciting, but, I mean,
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it seems very desperate
from the Democrats.
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Well, yeah, that's
what I told them.
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But they refused to give up.
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And now they're talking
about forgiving everything--
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student loan debt, forgiven.
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Gambling debts, forgiven.
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You gave an
embarrassing best man
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speech at your boy's wedding?
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Forgiven.
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You hear that, Vernon?
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You can't be mad at me no
more for saying your wife
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looked like Shrek.
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It is what it is, bro.
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Get mad at me.
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Why would you say that
during a best man speech?
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She started it.
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I came to that wedding
in peace to support them.
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She the one who said I got
a civil rights hairline.
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You don't do that to a man.
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You know a man's hair is a
line you don't cross, Alicia.
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All right, Roy,
we're going to talk
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to you later about that.
Roy Wood, Jr., everybody.
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And another thing,
let me tell you--
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No, no, no.
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These promises are weird.
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Promises are really weird.
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All right, all right,
before we cross over
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to our next correspondent, we
do have a new live projection
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coming in, and it's a big one.
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In the state of Georgia,
the Georgia Senate race,
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The Daily Show
projects that Herschel
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Walker has won 23andMe.
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[laughter]
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I didn't even realize 23andMe
was a thing you could win.
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But they just announced it,
so good for him, I guess.
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Good for him.
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He did it.
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But, anyway, let's go live
now to Michael Kosta, who,
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I believe, is coming to us from
Election Deniers Headquarters.
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That's right, Trevor.
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There are so many election
deniers running this year
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that they have their
own headquarters,
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where they can watch
the results come in.
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And, fun fact,
the Wi-Fi password
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here is HILLARY KILLED JFK
AND ALSO IS JFK, all caps.
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Wow, OK, so I'm
really intrigued.
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What's the mood
like over there?
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Oh, they are
having a blast here.
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And I'll tell you, one
thing they're not denying,
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more jello shots.
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These people know
how to party, Trevor.
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Wow.
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I mean, I'm assuming
election deniers
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must be doing well tonight.
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Well, they are.
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And hundreds of
election deniers
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ran for office this
year, and a lot of them
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have already won their races.
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I see.
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Wait.
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These are election deniers.
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So I guess they
don't think there's
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any fraud in their elections.
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Well, no, of course not.
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They won.
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OK, but then what
about the election
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deniers who didn't win tonight?
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Well, obviously,
their elections
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were stolen, just like
Trump's was in 2020
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and will be again in 2024
unless he wins, in which case
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it was legitimate.
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It sounds like these
people are just sore losers.
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Whoa, whoa.
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We do not say that word
here, Trevor, OK, especially
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not with the hard
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R. [laughter]
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OK, but, no,
Kosta, the reasoning
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doesn't make any sense.
262
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No, actually,
it's pretty simple.
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Let me break it down for you.
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OK?
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So you see, if they lost,
that's because it was rigged.
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And you can tell it was
rigged because they lost.
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[laughter]
268
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Yeah, but-- but, Michael,
that's circular logic.
269
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Well, it's actually more of
an oval if you ask me, so--
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OK, how do they
know the election
271
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they won wasn't rigged?
272
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Well, that's easy.
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Because they won, so it's fair.
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It's all over here on
this other oval, OK?
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And-- and now that
they've won, they
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can change the voting laws.
277
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You know, purge
the voter rolls,
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throw out ballots
they don't like,
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give themselves the power
to overturn results,
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so they never lose again.
281
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Wait, wait--
but that's rigging
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the election so they win.
283
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What are you
not understanding?
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OK?
285
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If they win, that
means it wasn't rigged.
286
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Do they not have
ovals in Africa?
287
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I mean--
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We have ovals, Kosta.
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This is about logic.
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It doesn't seem like
a democracy to me.
291
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Look, I'd love to keep
explaining it to you,
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but I got to go.
293
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Everyone's heading
over to the Capitol
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to celebrate-- or to storm it.
295
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We'll see when we get there.
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You be careful
out there, Kosta.
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Michael Kosta, everybody.
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[cheering]
299
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This is a really
stressful election.
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All right.
301
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Before we get to our
next correspondent,
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we have some more
results coming in.
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Our analysts have
crunched all the numbers,
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and we can confirm that
that 5 bucks you donated
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didn't do shit.
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For more results,
let's throw it
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over to Dulcé Sloan in the
2022 election center right now.
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Hey, hey.
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[cheering]
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TREVOR NOAH: Dulcé,
it's really crazy.
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What can you tell us
about this 2022 election?
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2022?
313
00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:09,736
No, I'm at 2024
election center, baby.
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Come on.
315
00:11:10,838 --> 00:11:11,805
Look at this.
316
00:11:11,905 --> 00:11:12,806
See where I'm at.
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You know what I'm doing.
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2024?
319
00:11:15,142 --> 00:11:16,844
Yeah, the
presidential election.
320
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We got to move on.
321
00:11:17,945 --> 00:11:19,880
2022 it's old news, OK?
322
00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:21,148
That shit is over.
323
00:11:21,248 --> 00:11:22,583
It's literally not over.
324
00:11:22,683 --> 00:11:23,617
All right?
325
00:11:23,717 --> 00:11:25,085
I want to know who
won tonight's races.
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You want to know who
won tonight's races.
327
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Then Google it.
328
00:11:28,288 --> 00:11:29,189
Ugh.
329
00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:32,326
[laughter]
330
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What are you here for?
331
00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:35,829
Listen, I'm here
to wildly speculate
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about who might win next time.
333
00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:38,932
It's called the news.
334
00:11:39,099 --> 00:11:41,802
[laughter]
335
00:11:41,902 --> 00:11:44,671
[cheering]
336
00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:47,341
[harmonizing] The news.
337
00:11:47,441 --> 00:11:48,709
Fine, I'll play along.
338
00:11:48,809 --> 00:11:52,246
What data can you give us about
the 2024 presidential race?
339
00:11:52,346 --> 00:11:53,247
What?
340
00:11:53,347 --> 00:11:54,481
Whose data?
341
00:11:54,581 --> 00:11:57,351
What are we-- [laughs] it's
way too early for that.
342
00:11:57,451 --> 00:11:59,653
This is my favorite part of
the race, where you could
343
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just get on TV and gossip.
344
00:12:01,455 --> 00:12:03,891
Yes!
345
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:04,892
Now I don't gossip.
346
00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:06,260
I'm a good Christian woman.
347
00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:12,599
But, like, did you hear Trump
called Ron DeSantis a bitch?
348
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,335
[laughter]
349
00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,504
And Joe Biden says
he's running again,
350
00:12:17,604 --> 00:12:19,406
but I heard he died
three months ago.
351
00:12:19,506 --> 00:12:24,945
[laughter]
352
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,181
Why are you groaning?
353
00:12:27,281 --> 00:12:28,248
This is all--
354
00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,384
If the man met Jesus,
the man met Jesus.
355
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What are you upset about?
356
00:12:31,718 --> 00:12:38,258
[applause]
357
00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:40,894
Now, listen, listen, listen--
358
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you can't forget about the
wild card in this race, Oprah.
359
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[laughter]
360
00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:47,768
Wait, wait, wait.
361
00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,636
Are you saying
Oprah is running?
362
00:12:49,736 --> 00:12:51,271
She didn't say she's not.
363
00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:54,608
So as far as I'm
concerned, she is.
364
00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:55,843
Dulcé, come on.
365
00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:57,711
This is what people hate
about the political media.
366
00:12:57,811 --> 00:12:59,146
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
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00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:01,448
I'm not forcing
anybody to watch.
368
00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:03,183
If you don't like it, you
can turn off your damn TV.
369
00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:04,184
TREVOR NOAH: Enough
with the speculation.
370
00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:05,319
Dulcé Sloan, everybody.
371
00:13:05,419 --> 00:13:07,721
This is too much gossip
and speculation, and no.
372
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[cheering]
373
00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:12,526
None of that.
374
00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:17,164
OK, now, as you know, many
news organizations did
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their own exit polling today.
376
00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:22,302
So we sent Desi Lydic
out to some polling
377
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locations in New York City for
some exit polls of our own.
378
00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:28,475
And let's see how
that turned out.
379
00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,911
Hi, I'm Desi Lydic
here outside the polls
380
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on Election Day.
381
00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,381
I would be inside
voting, but I've got one
382
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too many felony convictions.
383
00:13:35,983 --> 00:13:40,721
So, instead, I'm doing
some exit polling.
384
00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:43,090
I'm just doing a little
bit of exit polling.
385
00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:44,825
Can I ask you a few questions?
- Sure.
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00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:45,893
Great.
387
00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:48,729
Did you base your
decision to exit based
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on a sign above the door
that said exit or just,
389
00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:54,101
like, a gut decision?
390
00:13:54,134 --> 00:13:55,102
Huh?
391
00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:56,436
Did you just exit the polls?
392
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We did.
393
00:13:57,538 --> 00:13:58,572
Yes, we did.
394
00:13:58,672 --> 00:13:59,773
DESI LYDIC: Thank
you for your time.
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[laughter]
396
00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:04,578
What was your exit
experience like?
397
00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:06,079
The last two
questions on the ballot
398
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were all about things
we would vote yes or no
399
00:14:08,482 --> 00:14:09,750
for to include for New York.
400
00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:11,852
And one of them was about
having values for the city.
401
00:14:11,952 --> 00:14:13,187
And I thought--
- [stammers]
402
00:14:13,287 --> 00:14:14,288
OK.
403
00:14:14,388 --> 00:14:15,689
I don't want to know
what's on the ballot--
404
00:14:15,789 --> 00:14:16,690
- That's fine.
- --or how you voted.
405
00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,125
I'm more interested in exiting.
406
00:14:18,225 --> 00:14:20,394
Like, what was your
exiting experience like?
407
00:14:20,494 --> 00:14:22,496
Was there an exit
sign over the door?
408
00:14:22,596 --> 00:14:23,730
I didn't even notice.
409
00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:24,932
Didn't notice.
410
00:14:25,065 --> 00:14:26,934
Were you paying attention
to anything important?
411
00:14:27,067 --> 00:14:30,270
Yeah, I was paying
attention to the voting.
412
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,840
What direction do you
think we're headed in?
413
00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:35,542
The way things are looking,
it's very frightening.
414
00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:36,543
Oh, I'm sorry.
415
00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:37,678
I don't mean as a country.
416
00:14:37,778 --> 00:14:40,147
I just mean in terms
of where the door is.
417
00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:41,481
The door looks
like it's leading
418
00:14:41,582 --> 00:14:44,084
in the wrong direction,
away from democracy.
419
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,552
No, I mean, like,
literally, I'm asking
420
00:14:45,652 --> 00:14:46,787
literally about the door.
421
00:14:46,887 --> 00:14:48,088
Like, do you open
it with your hand?
422
00:14:48,155 --> 00:14:49,089
Do you have to get a butt push?
423
00:14:49,189 --> 00:14:50,090
The door is open.
424
00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:51,425
The exit door is open.
425
00:14:51,525 --> 00:14:52,526
Thank you.
426
00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:54,461
I mean, is it that hard
to talk about doors?
427
00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:55,562
Well, yes--
428
00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:57,097
Why is it so hard to
just talk about doors?
429
00:14:57,197 --> 00:15:00,234
Well, yes, because you
think there's some symbolism
430
00:15:00,334 --> 00:15:01,468
attached to the--
431
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:02,569
to the idea of the door.
432
00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:04,404
No, there's no-- no,
I don't-- no symbolism.
433
00:15:04,505 --> 00:15:05,506
I'm done with symbolism.
434
00:15:05,606 --> 00:15:07,040
What color was the
paint in there?
435
00:15:07,074 --> 00:15:09,776
Are we talking eggshell
or more of an off white?
436
00:15:09,877 --> 00:15:14,181
[laughs] It was-- it was
eggshell, but lot of reds.
437
00:15:14,281 --> 00:15:17,050
But, you know, this isn't
really how exit polls work.
438
00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:18,619
I mean, I have a
13-year-old here,
439
00:15:18,719 --> 00:15:22,055
and I'm teaching him
the whole civic process.
440
00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:23,290
- Oh, no, I know.
- You know that.
441
00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:24,491
I know what exit polls are.
442
00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:26,293
I just cannot talk
about these candidates
443
00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:27,561
for one more second.
444
00:15:27,661 --> 00:15:28,562
Yeah, I hear you.
445
00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:31,665
It's not really
about exits or doors.
446
00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,700
No, I know what
exit polling is.
447
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,569
It's just that the
midterms stress me
448
00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:39,406
out so much that I want to talk
about literally anything else.
449
00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:41,608
Like, this morning I
woke up in a cold sweat
450
00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:42,976
screaming, Lee Zeldin!
451
00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:45,312
I think the economy
is also very important.
452
00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:48,448
La, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la.
453
00:15:48,549 --> 00:15:49,516
I don't want to
hear about that.
454
00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:54,955
Just what did the
door handle look like?
455
00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:56,156
You're a coordinator.
456
00:15:56,256 --> 00:15:57,124
Yes.
457
00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:58,659
Oh, just the man
I'm looking for.
458
00:15:58,759 --> 00:16:00,060
I'm doing some exit polling.
459
00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,563
Can you talk to me about
the design of the exits?
460
00:16:02,663 --> 00:16:03,564
Right.
461
00:16:03,664 --> 00:16:06,633
Basically, the exits are--
462
00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:10,537
we have a front exit so people
could come in the building.
463
00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:13,574
Also, the people that are
handicapped or whatever
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00:16:13,674 --> 00:16:15,909
can still come out the
same way they went in.
465
00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:16,910
Oh, got it.
466
00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:19,079
OK, so the front
entrance is also--
467
00:16:19,179 --> 00:16:20,414
- Handicap exit.
- --used as an exit.
468
00:16:20,514 --> 00:16:21,548
Yes.
469
00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,784
This is just the
information I was looking for.
470
00:16:23,884 --> 00:16:27,454
Finally, someone who can give
me the answers that I want.
471
00:16:27,554 --> 00:16:28,722
Thank you.
472
00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:30,691
This is just what I wanted
to talk about today.
473
00:16:30,791 --> 00:16:34,828
[applause]
474
00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:37,764
I've got to go.
475
00:16:37,865 --> 00:16:40,634
OK, go quickly because
I don't like goodbyes.
476
00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:43,604
I hate seeing it leave,
but I love watching you go.
477
00:16:43,704 --> 00:16:47,074
Not like a pervy way, just
like an exiting poll way.
478
00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:49,209
[cheering]
479
00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:50,377
Thank you so much
for that, Desi.
480
00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:51,912
I feel like that was a
complete waste of time.
481
00:16:52,079 --> 00:16:53,814
All right, we need to
take a break right now.
482
00:16:53,914 --> 00:16:54,948
But when we come
back, we're going
483
00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:57,518
to be taking a look at
America's entire history
484
00:16:57,618 --> 00:16:58,719
of Black governors.
485
00:16:58,819 --> 00:17:01,622
That's right, all four
of them, so stick around.
486
00:17:01,722 --> 00:17:07,461
[cheering]
487
00:17:07,561 --> 00:17:10,397
[somber music]
488
00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:11,899
WOLF BLITZER: CNN
projects the Democrats
489
00:17:12,032 --> 00:17:13,567
will retain their majority.
490
00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:18,105
And CNN can now project that
Barack Obama, 47 years old,
491
00:17:18,205 --> 00:17:19,373
will become the president.
492
00:17:19,473 --> 00:17:22,709
CNN projects Donald Trump
wins the presidency.
493
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:26,647
Bernie Sanders, not-- not--
not happening right now.
494
00:17:26,747 --> 00:17:28,448
There is a difference
between these two candidates
495
00:17:28,549 --> 00:17:30,384
of only 16,000 votes.
496
00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:31,385
Oh, look at this.
497
00:17:31,485 --> 00:17:32,386
It just changed.
498
00:17:32,486 --> 00:17:34,855
We have a key race
alert right now.
499
00:17:34,955 --> 00:17:37,658
Too early to call, too early
to call in North Carolina.
500
00:17:37,758 --> 00:17:39,126
Too early to call in Ohio.
501
00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:41,061
We're going to go
live to Ohio and get
502
00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:43,230
ready to party blog style.
503
00:17:43,330 --> 00:17:44,831
You've never seen
anything like this.
504
00:17:44,932 --> 00:17:47,801
[dramatic music]
505
00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:49,369
Hi.
Wolf.
506
00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:50,771
All right, big
round of applause.
507
00:17:50,871 --> 00:17:51,772
We did it.
508
00:17:51,872 --> 00:17:53,440
We've done something,
a hologram.
509
00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:54,441
We've beamed you in.
510
00:17:54,541 --> 00:17:55,442
All right, watch this.
511
00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:56,443
You see what's going on.
512
00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:57,477
Check out these little guys.
513
00:17:57,578 --> 00:17:59,413
Imagine they're
Iowa Republicans.
514
00:17:59,513 --> 00:18:01,315
Drump-- Donald Trump.
JOHN KING: And you get--
515
00:18:01,415 --> 00:18:02,416
WOLF BLITZER: Just
changed again.
516
00:18:02,516 --> 00:18:03,550
It's only 11,000 vote lead.
517
00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:04,685
Just now it changed.
518
00:18:04,785 --> 00:18:05,919
JOHN KING: Math on your
feet, I like this, Wolf.
519
00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:07,087
WOLF BLITZER: Yeah.
520
00:18:07,187 --> 00:18:08,455
JOHN KING: We have a
living abacus right here.
521
00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:09,489
I'm enjoying your company.
522
00:18:09,590 --> 00:18:10,624
Stay as long as you want.
523
00:18:10,724 --> 00:18:12,059
We've been spending
a lot of quality time
524
00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:13,460
together over here.
- What day is it?
525
00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,195
WOLF BLITZER: I don't know.
[laughter]
526
00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:16,196
It's a little intense.
527
00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:17,197
JOHN KING: You know--
528
00:18:17,297 --> 00:18:19,499
[somber music]
529
00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:26,406
[cheering]
530
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:29,876
Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
531
00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:33,313
Tonight the people of Maryland
elected Westmore as America's
532
00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:34,647
newest Black governor.
533
00:18:34,748 --> 00:18:37,851
And he joins as the latest
member of a very small group.
534
00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:39,753
For more, we turn
to Roy Wood, Jr.
535
00:18:39,853 --> 00:18:42,055
in another episode of CP Time.
536
00:18:42,155 --> 00:18:49,162
[music playing]
537
00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:52,465
Well, hello.
538
00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:57,103
Welcome to CP Time, the only
show that's for the culture.
539
00:18:57,203 --> 00:19:01,975
Today, we'll be discussing the
history of Black governors.
540
00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:03,843
And I know when you
think of governors,
541
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,612
you think of old, white
men in big mansions
542
00:19:05,712 --> 00:19:07,947
with the top hat and
that weird monocle.
543
00:19:08,048 --> 00:19:09,315
Just wear some
glasses, Governor.
544
00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:11,584
You can afford the frames.
545
00:19:11,685 --> 00:19:14,421
But, in fact,
America has a history
546
00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:17,157
of unknown but meaningful
Black governors,
547
00:19:17,257 --> 00:19:22,128
like PBS Pinchback, America's
first Black governor
548
00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:25,331
and the only politician
in US history
549
00:19:25,432 --> 00:19:27,667
brought to you by
viewers like you.
550
00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:30,704
Pinchback was born in Georgia
to a Black slave mother
551
00:19:30,804 --> 00:19:33,373
and a white plantation
owner, who emancipated
552
00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:35,875
his baby mama, which
would have made for one
553
00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:38,244
hell of a Maury episode.
554
00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:42,115
During his life, Pinchback,
who could pass as a white man
555
00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:46,586
of Latin descent, leaned into
his Blackness, something that
556
00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:49,723
is known today as Drakeing.
557
00:19:49,823 --> 00:19:51,658
Pinchback got
involved in politics
558
00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:54,194
and rose to the third
highest office in the state
559
00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:58,465
of Louisiana, which is pro
tem of the Senate, not,
560
00:19:58,598 --> 00:20:02,035
as some people believe,
the football coach of LSU.
561
00:20:02,135 --> 00:20:05,605
Then in 1872, after
the lieutenant governor
562
00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:08,742
died, and the governor
was impeached,
563
00:20:08,842 --> 00:20:11,444
Pinchback became governor.
564
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:15,115
Because sometimes the best way
for Black people to take power
565
00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:17,650
is to just wait for
somebody else to die.
566
00:20:17,751 --> 00:20:20,887
[clears throat] Kamala.
567
00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:22,756
Pinchback would
unfortunately only
568
00:20:22,856 --> 00:20:25,191
hold the office for 35 days.
569
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:27,794
But during that brief
stint, he enacted
570
00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:32,232
10 laws, proving it's not about
how long you last, fellas.
571
00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:35,168
It's about how efficient
you are when you in there!
572
00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:38,638
And don't let anybody
tell you otherwise,
573
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:42,275
which brings us to our
sponsor, gas station
574
00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:44,110
sexual enhancement pills.
575
00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:45,612
I don't know how they work.
576
00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:47,113
I don't know what's in them.
577
00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:51,851
But I do know they
make my chest hurt.
578
00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,120
After PBS Pinchback's
governorship,
579
00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:55,922
America would not
see another Black
580
00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:59,492
person serve in that
role for over 100 years.
581
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:02,595
That man would be
Douglas Wilder.
582
00:21:02,662 --> 00:21:06,466
Wilder grew up in the
segregated South of the 1930s.
583
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:09,135
During his time at
Virginia's Union University,
584
00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:12,272
he experienced so much
racism working at a diner,
585
00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:14,274
he considered poisoning
white people's
586
00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:17,344
salads, which may sound harsh.
587
00:21:17,444 --> 00:21:19,813
But if you order a
salad at a diner,
588
00:21:19,913 --> 00:21:22,615
you deserve to be poisoned.
589
00:21:22,716 --> 00:21:26,052
After graduating, Wilder
was drafted into the army
590
00:21:26,152 --> 00:21:28,321
and served in the Korean War.
591
00:21:28,421 --> 00:21:31,124
He would go on to win the
Bronze Star for his heroism
592
00:21:31,224 --> 00:21:34,127
during the Battle
of Pork Chop Hill.
593
00:21:34,227 --> 00:21:36,963
Now Pork Chop Hill,
that's what you want
594
00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:42,302
to order at a diner, a
whole big pile of pork chops
595
00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:46,973
sauteed in butter and garlic,
and there's just the gravy--
596
00:21:47,073 --> 00:21:51,077
delicious.
597
00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:54,681
Wilder returned to Virginia
and got into politics.
598
00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:58,184
After serving in the
Virginia Senate, in 1989,
599
00:21:58,284 --> 00:22:00,720
he became the first
Black person ever
600
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:03,089
elected governor of Virginia.
601
00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:05,959
And he owed it all to
his campaign slogan--
602
00:22:06,059 --> 00:22:08,795
don't make me
poison your salads.
603
00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:14,334
Moving on, our next Black
governor is Deval Patrick.
604
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:17,637
Patrick was raised by a single
mother on Chicago's South Side
605
00:22:17,737 --> 00:22:22,108
after his father, a jazz
musician, left his family.
606
00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:24,844
Because everybody knows that
jazz is all about the kids
607
00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:26,546
you don't raise.
608
00:22:26,613 --> 00:22:29,049
After graduating from
Harvard Law School,
609
00:22:29,149 --> 00:22:31,851
Deval spent the early
'80s working as a lawyer
610
00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:33,787
for the NAACP.
611
00:22:33,887 --> 00:22:38,925
During that time, he sued then
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton
612
00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:41,561
and impressed him so
much during the case,
613
00:22:41,661 --> 00:22:44,998
Clinton later hired
him, which I get.
614
00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:46,700
You ever get your ass
beat by somebody playing
615
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,968
pickup basketball so
bad, you be like, yo,
616
00:22:49,069 --> 00:22:51,204
you got to be on my team?
617
00:22:51,304 --> 00:22:53,406
And then he hates playing
with you because you've got
618
00:22:53,573 --> 00:22:54,774
a busted knee and a bad heart.
619
00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,643
And you won't stop slapping
people's asses because that's
620
00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:57,711
what we did back in the day.
621
00:22:57,811 --> 00:23:01,114
It was nothing sexual
about that, Carl!
622
00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:02,115
Call me back, Carl.
623
00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,084
Let's ball.
624
00:23:04,184 --> 00:23:07,454
Anyway, after serving in
President Clinton's Justice
625
00:23:07,587 --> 00:23:10,290
Department, Deval
spent some time
626
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:13,593
working in the private sector
before returning to politics.
627
00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:17,097
And in 2006, Deval became
the first Black governor
628
00:23:17,197 --> 00:23:20,533
of Massachusetts, succeeding
the whitest governor
629
00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:23,703
of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney.
630
00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:27,140
It was like going from watching
Frasier to the BET Awards.
631
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,009
It's jarring.
632
00:23:29,109 --> 00:23:32,545
Moving on to our final
governor, David Paterson,
633
00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:36,549
who was not only New York's
first Black governor, but also
634
00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:39,853
the first blind governor
in American history.
635
00:23:39,953 --> 00:23:42,722
He was like a
political Stevie Wonder
636
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:45,025
if you're one of those
people who actually believe
637
00:23:45,125 --> 00:23:47,360
that Stevie Wonder's blind.
638
00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:48,728
I know you can see, Stevie.
639
00:23:48,828 --> 00:23:50,096
I was at the concert
in '78, and you
640
00:23:50,196 --> 00:23:51,097
turned and ran from me.
641
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:57,604
I want my money,
mother-mother-[bleep]..
642
00:23:57,704 --> 00:24:00,373
In 2008, then Lieutenant
Governor Paterson
643
00:24:00,473 --> 00:24:03,576
took over the governorship
from Eliot Spitzer
644
00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:07,047
after Spitzer was disgraced
from having numerous affairs
645
00:24:07,147 --> 00:24:08,748
with high-end escorts.
646
00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:11,384
But once Paterson
took office, he
647
00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:13,153
proved that Black
governors could
648
00:24:13,253 --> 00:24:15,755
also be plagued with scandals.
649
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:18,591
A previous affair with a
coworker came to light.
650
00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:21,728
He was accused of giving Jay-Z
a sweetheart investment deal.
651
00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:23,863
He was fined for
unlawfully accepting
652
00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:25,231
Yankees World Series tickets.
653
00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:29,369
All in all, he was having a
pretty good time as governor.
654
00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:30,704
But that's all the
Black governors
655
00:24:30,804 --> 00:24:34,140
we have time to discuss today.
656
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,910
The-- there are no
more Black governors?
657
00:24:37,010 --> 00:24:40,347
That was all the
Black governors?
658
00:24:40,447 --> 00:24:41,414
Damn.
659
00:24:41,548 --> 00:24:43,116
Black people have
produced less governors
660
00:24:43,216 --> 00:24:44,918
than Predator movies.
661
00:24:45,018 --> 00:24:46,353
That tells me two things--
662
00:24:46,453 --> 00:24:50,557
one, America must do
better, and, two, I
663
00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:51,624
need to watch Predator again.
664
00:24:51,725 --> 00:24:53,026
That was a damn good movie.
665
00:24:53,126 --> 00:24:54,894
This has been CP Time.
666
00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:57,197
And, remember, we're
for the culture.
667
00:24:57,297 --> 00:25:00,400
[music playing]
668
00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:03,703
Gas station six
pill kicking in.
669
00:25:03,803 --> 00:25:06,639
Jimmy, bring me
my defibrillator.
670
00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:07,741
[cheering]
671
00:25:07,841 --> 00:25:08,942
Thank you so
much for that, Roy.
672
00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:10,744
All right, stay tuned
because when we come back,
673
00:25:10,844 --> 00:25:13,346
the star of The Woman
King, Thuso Mbedu,
674
00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:15,015
will be joining me
right here on the show.
675
00:25:15,115 --> 00:25:16,016
You don't want to miss it.
676
00:25:16,116 --> 00:25:20,053
[cheering]
677
00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:28,595
[applause]
678
00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:30,363
Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
679
00:25:30,463 --> 00:25:33,833
My guest tonight is
an award-winning actor
680
00:25:33,934 --> 00:25:36,703
who currently stars
alongside Viola Davis
681
00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:39,739
in the critically-acclaimed
film, The Woman King, which
682
00:25:39,839 --> 00:25:41,174
is in theaters right now.
683
00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:43,410
I have watched
soldiers die because they
684
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:44,911
did not have discipline.
685
00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:46,580
Their easy life did
not prepare them for--
686
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:47,581
I did not have an easy life!
687
00:25:47,681 --> 00:25:52,352
--prison life
here as an Agojie!
688
00:25:52,452 --> 00:25:55,355
(VOICE BREAKING) I did
not have an easy life.
689
00:25:55,455 --> 00:25:58,725
Please, I want to
be with the others.
690
00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:04,698
I want to fight for my king.
691
00:26:04,798 --> 00:26:11,104
Your tears mean nothing.
692
00:26:11,204 --> 00:26:17,777
To be a warrior, you
must kill your tears.
693
00:26:19,012 --> 00:26:21,715
Please welcome my fellow
South African, Thuso Mbedu.
694
00:26:21,815 --> 00:26:28,555
[applause, cheering]
695
00:26:29,556 --> 00:26:36,296
[chatter]
696
00:26:39,299 --> 00:26:40,233
Hi.
697
00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:42,202
Thuso Mbedu, welcome
to The Daily Show.
698
00:26:42,302 --> 00:26:43,169
Oh!
699
00:26:43,270 --> 00:26:44,237
I'm excited to be here.
700
00:26:44,337 --> 00:26:45,205
TREVOR NOAH: I'm excited
to have you here.
701
00:26:45,305 --> 00:26:46,172
This is so amazing.
- My goodness.
702
00:26:46,273 --> 00:26:47,173
South African.
South African.
703
00:26:47,274 --> 00:26:48,174
Huh?
Huh?
704
00:26:48,275 --> 00:26:49,175
Look at this.
705
00:26:49,276 --> 00:26:50,176
Look at this.
706
00:26:50,277 --> 00:26:51,444
Look at this.
- [laughs]
707
00:26:51,544 --> 00:26:53,146
And not just a
South African, a South
708
00:26:53,213 --> 00:26:56,016
African who is
absolutely crushing
709
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:57,183
it in everything that you do.
710
00:26:57,284 --> 00:26:58,184
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
711
00:26:58,285 --> 00:26:59,185
Thank you.
Thank you.
712
00:26:59,286 --> 00:27:00,186
Right?
713
00:27:00,287 --> 00:27:01,254
Congratulations
on The Woman King.
714
00:27:01,354 --> 00:27:02,756
I mean, everyone--
critics, 90%-something,
715
00:27:02,856 --> 00:27:04,324
93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
716
00:27:04,424 --> 00:27:05,992
Everybody talks about
it, raves about it.
717
00:27:06,159 --> 00:27:06,993
It's not an easy
film to watch--
718
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:07,994
Yeah.
719
00:27:08,161 --> 00:27:09,329
--again.
720
00:27:09,429 --> 00:27:11,665
And it feels like you have
this knack for not just acting
721
00:27:11,765 --> 00:27:15,201
but portraying a person,
a moment, and a feeling
722
00:27:15,302 --> 00:27:18,672
in time that makes people
feel-- like, what--
723
00:27:18,772 --> 00:27:20,073
do you do that on purpose?
724
00:27:20,173 --> 00:27:21,708
Not the acting part, but do you
choose a role because you go,
725
00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:23,176
I'm going to make people
cry with this one.
726
00:27:23,276 --> 00:27:24,511
Not cry.
727
00:27:24,611 --> 00:27:26,313
[laughter]
728
00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:28,114
That's funny
because I'm always--
729
00:27:28,214 --> 00:27:29,482
like, back home
in South Africa,
730
00:27:29,583 --> 00:27:30,884
that's what I was known for.
731
00:27:30,984 --> 00:27:36,356
And so I am actively resisting
roles that I, as a character,
732
00:27:36,456 --> 00:27:37,524
would have to cry.
733
00:27:37,624 --> 00:27:39,726
And in this one,
I loved the fact
734
00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:42,963
that Viola's character
tells my character
735
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:44,130
that you do not cry--
736
00:27:44,164 --> 00:27:45,131
Right.
737
00:27:45,165 --> 00:27:46,132
--in this space.
738
00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:47,334
Absolutely loved
it because then
739
00:27:47,434 --> 00:27:48,335
it means I don't have to cry.
740
00:27:48,435 --> 00:27:49,336
[chuckles]
741
00:27:49,436 --> 00:27:50,370
[laughter]
742
00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:52,872
But then, you know,
the movie then
743
00:27:52,973 --> 00:27:55,875
tells us that what Viola
was telling my character
744
00:27:55,976 --> 00:27:56,876
is not necessarily true.
745
00:27:56,977 --> 00:27:58,144
TREVOR NOAH: Right.
746
00:27:58,178 --> 00:27:59,646
Because taking away her
tears means stripping her
747
00:27:59,746 --> 00:28:01,681
of her humanity ultimately.
748
00:28:01,781 --> 00:28:06,253
So-- but, yeah, I choose
projects that I feel
749
00:28:06,353 --> 00:28:07,654
will have some sort of impact.
750
00:28:07,754 --> 00:28:08,955
We're not following the money.
751
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:10,156
We're following purpose.
752
00:28:10,223 --> 00:28:12,792
We're following
changing people's lives.
753
00:28:12,893 --> 00:28:15,161
I did drama in high
school and in university
754
00:28:15,228 --> 00:28:17,364
because I wanted to use acting
as a tool for social change.
755
00:28:17,464 --> 00:28:18,398
- I love that.
- So-- yeah.
756
00:28:18,498 --> 00:28:19,766
I love it.
757
00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:21,201
Because people take for granted
how much it shapes culture,
758
00:28:21,301 --> 00:28:22,202
how it influences--
759
00:28:22,302 --> 00:28:23,336
Yeah.
760
00:28:23,436 --> 00:28:25,372
--how we see the world
and what we do in it.
761
00:28:25,472 --> 00:28:26,973
This is also a
great opportunity
762
00:28:27,107 --> 00:28:28,275
for me and-- for you.
763
00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:32,345
And you seized it because
you kick ass in this movie.
764
00:28:32,445 --> 00:28:33,346
Literally.
765
00:28:33,446 --> 00:28:35,382
Thuso, like, you--
766
00:28:35,482 --> 00:28:36,383
you fight.
767
00:28:36,483 --> 00:28:37,484
Yes.
768
00:28:37,584 --> 00:28:38,952
And you-- I want to
know how many martial
769
00:28:39,119 --> 00:28:40,887
arts did you study for that?
770
00:28:40,987 --> 00:28:42,322
You got to go and--
771
00:28:42,422 --> 00:28:43,623
what was it, like--
772
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:45,492
Bruh, it was a lot.
773
00:28:45,592 --> 00:28:46,793
[laughter]
774
00:28:46,893 --> 00:28:47,827
It was a lot.
775
00:28:47,928 --> 00:28:49,863
There was a range
of different things.
776
00:28:49,963 --> 00:28:52,632
I got cast I think
like April-ish.
777
00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:55,302
Preproduction training
was starting in July.
778
00:28:55,402 --> 00:28:57,470
So I put myself through
Muay Thai between--
779
00:28:57,571 --> 00:28:58,471
- Yes, yes.
- Yeah, because I--
780
00:28:58,572 --> 00:28:59,472
Yeah.
781
00:28:59,573 --> 00:29:00,440
So you're doing Muay
Thai-- actually,
782
00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:01,474
you're hitting
yourself with weapons.
783
00:29:01,575 --> 00:29:03,043
- [laughs]
- There's a video on Thuso.
784
00:29:03,143 --> 00:29:04,444
You should check it out if it's
still on your social media.
785
00:29:04,544 --> 00:29:05,579
It hurts!
786
00:29:05,679 --> 00:29:07,013
It's amazing because you
show us the progression.
787
00:29:07,147 --> 00:29:08,348
Yes.
788
00:29:08,448 --> 00:29:09,349
So, obviously, in the movie,
it's just you like kick ass,
789
00:29:09,449 --> 00:29:10,550
pop, pop, pop,
pop, pop, pop, pop.
790
00:29:10,650 --> 00:29:11,952
And then you play the
video where you start off
791
00:29:12,052 --> 00:29:13,253
and it's like, aha,
aha, aha, aha, aha.
792
00:29:13,353 --> 00:29:14,554
Actually, yeah.
793
00:29:14,654 --> 00:29:17,223
It's basically you beating
yourself in the beginning.
794
00:29:17,324 --> 00:29:18,558
Why would you put
yourself through that?
795
00:29:18,658 --> 00:29:20,360
You know you can use
a stunt double, right?
796
00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:21,661
Oh.
OK, wait.
797
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:23,296
Gina, our director, does not
believe in stunt doubles.
798
00:29:23,396 --> 00:29:24,297
Wow!
799
00:29:24,397 --> 00:29:25,599
Yes.
800
00:29:25,699 --> 00:29:27,567
Number one-- and so part of
my audition for the movie
801
00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:29,970
was going through a
physical and fitness
802
00:29:30,103 --> 00:29:30,971
test to determine--
803
00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:32,172
TREVOR NOAH: Wow!
804
00:29:32,272 --> 00:29:33,740
--whether I'd be able to
do my own stunts or not.
805
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,108
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Woo!
- Yes.
806
00:29:35,208 --> 00:29:37,110
So that means-- like,
you know how to fight now.
807
00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:38,311
I like to believe so.
808
00:29:38,411 --> 00:29:39,579
[laughs]
809
00:29:39,679 --> 00:29:40,714
I would like to
believe so too.
810
00:29:40,814 --> 00:29:42,315
You can fight.
- I don't know.
811
00:29:42,415 --> 00:29:43,350
I don't know.
812
00:29:43,450 --> 00:29:45,685
We have "action" and
"cut" in a movie.
813
00:29:45,785 --> 00:29:46,987
In real life?
- No.
814
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:48,388
I think you can fight.
815
00:29:48,488 --> 00:29:51,391
I think-- I also learned from
talking to some of the people
816
00:29:51,491 --> 00:29:52,993
who were involved in
the movie that you--
817
00:29:53,126 --> 00:29:54,861
this is one of my favorite
stories from the film.
818
00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:55,862
Everyone had to do--
819
00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:57,797
I think it was two
hours of training.
820
00:29:57,898 --> 00:29:58,798
Oh, yeah.
821
00:29:58,899 --> 00:29:59,799
Two hours of training.
822
00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:01,334
You then said, "No.
823
00:30:01,434 --> 00:30:02,903
I would like to
do three hours."
824
00:30:03,003 --> 00:30:04,237
An extra hour.
Yeah.
825
00:30:04,337 --> 00:30:05,805
- OK.
- Mm-hmm.
826
00:30:05,906 --> 00:30:06,806
Naturally.
827
00:30:06,907 --> 00:30:08,441
But then because
of that, the director
828
00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:09,743
was like, that's
actually a great idea.
829
00:30:09,843 --> 00:30:11,011
Everyone should do three hours.
830
00:30:11,144 --> 00:30:12,545
[laughter]
- It was my bad.
831
00:30:12,646 --> 00:30:13,713
It really, really,
really, really--
832
00:30:13,813 --> 00:30:14,981
- Come on now, Mbedu.
- No, man.
833
00:30:15,148 --> 00:30:17,150
Guys, no understand.
834
00:30:17,183 --> 00:30:19,753
It was-- we're all new
to stunts and action.
835
00:30:19,853 --> 00:30:22,889
And I have great confidence
in the amount of time
836
00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:24,791
that I put into my acting
and to the research
837
00:30:24,891 --> 00:30:27,227
and the conversations
and the rehearsals.
838
00:30:27,327 --> 00:30:29,763
And so let's say my
acting is up here.
839
00:30:29,863 --> 00:30:33,400
I needed my stunts to be
at least in the vicinity.
840
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:34,768
And so that means extra time.
841
00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:37,003
TREVOR NOAH: Yeah, but then
you became that kid in class.
842
00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:38,104
I remember in school--
843
00:30:38,204 --> 00:30:39,439
and you know the kids
I'm talking about.
844
00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:41,408
You became that kid in class
where sometimes a lesson
845
00:30:41,508 --> 00:30:43,310
would end, and then the
teacher would be like, OK,
846
00:30:43,410 --> 00:30:44,444
everybody go.
847
00:30:44,544 --> 00:30:45,912
And then there's that
kid that goes like, sir,
848
00:30:46,012 --> 00:30:47,147
you didn't give us homework.
849
00:30:47,247 --> 00:30:49,549
[laughter]
850
00:30:49,649 --> 00:30:50,617
Everyone got an extra hour.
851
00:30:50,717 --> 00:30:52,385
I mean, it came out
great in the movie.
852
00:30:52,485 --> 00:30:54,287
But there must have been a
moment where people were like,
853
00:30:54,387 --> 00:30:55,422
Thuso Mbedu.
854
00:30:55,522 --> 00:30:57,991
Viola, yeah, was very
much, Thuso, come on.
855
00:30:58,124 --> 00:30:59,292
[laughs]
856
00:30:59,392 --> 00:31:01,161
Before I let you go, I want
to talk about the projects
857
00:31:01,261 --> 00:31:02,162
that you're embarking on now.
858
00:31:02,262 --> 00:31:03,630
Because it's one
thing to perform
859
00:31:03,730 --> 00:31:04,764
in front of the camera.
860
00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:07,767
It's another to cement
yourself in an industry.
861
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:11,338
But you've really jumped
from strength to strength.
862
00:31:11,438 --> 00:31:14,908
You've got an entire production
deal with Paramount+ now where
863
00:31:15,008 --> 00:31:16,643
you're going to be working
on your own productions,
864
00:31:16,743 --> 00:31:17,877
which I know you're
really passionate about.
865
00:31:17,978 --> 00:31:19,145
Yes.
866
00:31:19,179 --> 00:31:20,280
I'd love to know what you
would dream of creating.
867
00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:22,382
If you could-- not the
specific stories, but what
868
00:31:22,482 --> 00:31:23,850
are you trying to
create in the world
869
00:31:23,950 --> 00:31:26,219
where you are the teller of the
story versus just the person
870
00:31:26,319 --> 00:31:27,254
who's in it?
871
00:31:27,354 --> 00:31:28,989
I think more than
anything, you know,
872
00:31:29,089 --> 00:31:33,393
I want to create the stories
that are innately in us.
873
00:31:33,493 --> 00:31:36,363
Because growing up and
being in this industry, one,
874
00:31:36,463 --> 00:31:38,265
you believe that
you can be anything
875
00:31:38,365 --> 00:31:39,966
until you get to the industry
and they tell you no,
876
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:40,967
you can't.
877
00:31:41,101 --> 00:31:43,803
And so, what are those stories?
878
00:31:43,904 --> 00:31:46,940
Like, with the Paramount+ deal,
we're specifically focusing
879
00:31:47,107 --> 00:31:49,843
on health, climate, and
equity as part of their social
880
00:31:49,943 --> 00:31:50,844
impact initiative--
881
00:31:50,944 --> 00:31:51,978
Right.
882
00:31:52,112 --> 00:31:53,813
--and taking that to
South Africa and Africa.
883
00:31:53,914 --> 00:31:57,350
And so those are
stories that will
884
00:31:57,450 --> 00:31:58,752
transform people's thinking.
885
00:31:58,852 --> 00:32:00,954
Because from my understanding
and from what I've experienced
886
00:32:01,121 --> 00:32:04,958
back home is, they're vary keen
on commissioning projects that
887
00:32:05,125 --> 00:32:07,627
will encourage
destructive behavior,
888
00:32:07,727 --> 00:32:09,563
but aren't necessarily
teaching people
889
00:32:09,663 --> 00:32:11,331
how to transform and
empower their lives.
890
00:32:11,431 --> 00:32:12,332
Wow.
891
00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:15,368
And so if we can
come with those stories
892
00:32:15,468 --> 00:32:17,737
that are both entertaining
and teaching people
893
00:32:17,837 --> 00:32:19,472
to do better and
be better, then
894
00:32:19,573 --> 00:32:21,474
I'm all the happier for it.
- Excellent.
895
00:32:21,575 --> 00:32:22,475
Because otherwise
why are we doing this?
896
00:32:22,576 --> 00:32:23,476
- I like that.
- You know?
897
00:32:23,577 --> 00:32:24,477
Yeah.
- Yeah.
898
00:32:24,578 --> 00:32:25,712
I really like that.
Congratulations.
899
00:32:25,812 --> 00:32:27,113
Thank you.
900
00:32:27,213 --> 00:32:29,583
It's been beautiful
to watch your journey.
901
00:32:29,683 --> 00:32:32,619
I've seen you act and do
the best and just kick ass.
902
00:32:32,719 --> 00:32:36,289
I've seen you kick ass in
all martial arts including
903
00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:37,290
yourself and the other people.
904
00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:38,692
[laughs]
905
00:32:38,792 --> 00:32:40,694
I truly believe-- and I don't
think I'll be wrong on this--
906
00:32:40,794 --> 00:32:42,095
you're going to kick
ass in everything--
907
00:32:42,128 --> 00:32:43,563
your production company--
- Thank you.
908
00:32:43,663 --> 00:32:45,332
--with the work you're doing
in South Africa, everything
909
00:32:45,432 --> 00:32:46,466
you do going forward.
910
00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:47,567
Thank you so much for
joining me on the show.
911
00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:48,602
- Thank you.
- Wonderful seeing you again.
912
00:32:48,702 --> 00:32:49,803
- Always good.
- Absolute pleasure.
913
00:32:49,903 --> 00:32:51,304
- Thank you.
- Thuso Mbedu, everybody.
914
00:32:51,404 --> 00:32:52,305
[applause]
All right.
915
00:32:52,405 --> 00:32:53,340
We're going to
take a quick break,
916
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,542
but we'll be right
back after this.
917
00:32:55,642 --> 00:32:56,743
[chatter]
918
00:32:56,843 --> 00:33:00,780
[applause, cheering]
919
00:33:04,791 --> 00:33:08,662
[cheering]
920
00:33:08,762 --> 00:33:09,863
Well, that's our
show for tonight.
921
00:33:09,963 --> 00:33:11,131
Thank you so much
for tuning in.
922
00:33:11,231 --> 00:33:13,266
But before we
go-- before we go,
923
00:33:13,366 --> 00:33:15,101
the polls are almost closed.
924
00:33:15,202 --> 00:33:16,469
So it's a little
late to sign up
925
00:33:16,570 --> 00:33:18,171
to be a poll worker this year.
926
00:33:18,271 --> 00:33:20,307
But, remember, new
poll workers will
927
00:33:20,407 --> 00:33:22,609
always be needed to
help keep America's
928
00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:23,677
democracy functioning.
929
00:33:23,777 --> 00:33:27,848
So why not go to
powerthepolls.org to learn
930
00:33:27,948 --> 00:33:29,482
more and sign up and help.
931
00:33:29,583 --> 00:33:31,351
Until next time,
stay safe out there.
932
00:33:31,451 --> 00:33:34,120
And, remember, if
you voted today,
933
00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:35,922
everything that happens
from now on is your fault.
934
00:33:36,022 --> 00:33:38,458
Now here it is,
your Moment of Zen.
935
00:33:38,558 --> 00:33:39,860
I'm a combat veteran.
936
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,562
I actually fought in
countries so that they would
937
00:33:42,662 --> 00:33:45,832
have the right to vote freely.
938
00:33:45,932 --> 00:33:47,234
And that's being threatened.
939
00:33:47,334 --> 00:33:48,768
I just feel the
issue of abortion
940
00:33:48,869 --> 00:33:50,971
is foremost in my mind.
941
00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:53,039
I don't care about the
economy or inflation.
942
00:33:53,139 --> 00:33:55,475
Inflation is already
there all the time.
943
00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:58,745
I think Black folks realized
at the last presidential
944
00:33:58,845 --> 00:34:02,949
election, the strength
and the value of our vote
945
00:34:03,049 --> 00:34:06,453
and turned out in
overwhelming numbers.
946
00:34:06,553 --> 00:34:09,589
And that reversed a lot
of things around here.
947
00:34:09,689 --> 00:34:14,227
So we realized that
our vote has value.
948
00:34:14,394 --> 00:34:20,400
And our vote is our voice, and
that if we want to be heard,
949
00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:22,736
we have to vote.