1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,902 [theme music] 2 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,270 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New 3 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:07,541 York City, the only city in America, it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:12,012 Tonight, Election Day is finally over, 5 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:16,884 slavery is also over, and Mark Leibovich. 6 00:00:16,984 --> 00:00:20,621 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 7 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:27,728 [cheering] 8 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:33,767 What's going on, everybody? 9 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:34,768 Welcome to The Daily Show. 10 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,103 I'm Trevor Noah. 11 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,538 Thank you so much for tuning in. 12 00:00:37,638 --> 00:00:39,907 Thank you for coming out in person. 13 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:41,508 This feels amazing right now. 14 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,377 Wow, we're going to have so much fun. 15 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:44,611 Take a seat, everybody. 16 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,779 Take a seat and let's do this. 17 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:48,048 We've got a great show for you tonight 18 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:50,217 with all the big, post-Election Day news. 19 00:00:50,317 --> 00:00:52,986 Republicans won, but somehow also lost. 20 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:55,355 Donald Trump is throwing Melania under the bus. 21 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:58,825 And slavery is now illegal almost everywhere. 22 00:00:58,926 --> 00:01:00,160 So let's do this, people. 23 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,863 Let's jump straight to all the results in another edition 24 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:04,264 of Votedemic 2022. 25 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:07,067 [music playing] 26 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:13,473 [cheering] 27 00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:16,844 So going into last night's midterms, 28 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:21,582 almost everyone was expecting a huge night for Republicans, 29 00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:25,552 a red wave that would wash away the Democrats in Congress 30 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:29,122 and yank off Joe Biden's swim trunks 31 00:01:29,223 --> 00:01:32,226 so everyone could see his old-man butt. 32 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:34,995 But now the votes are in, and already-- 33 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:38,365 already people are realizing that although there's still 34 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:42,536 a lot left to count, it's clear that the red wave did not 35 00:01:42,636 --> 00:01:43,637 show up. 36 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:45,239 REPORTER: This morning, control of Congress 37 00:01:45,339 --> 00:01:47,808 up in the air with both the House and Senate still 38 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:49,109 hanging in the balance. 39 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:51,778 Republicans acknowledging the expected red wave 40 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:52,846 never materialized. 41 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,314 REPORTER: With five races still to call, 42 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:56,984 it's unclear who will control the Senate. 43 00:01:57,117 --> 00:02:00,254 Control of the House is leaning Republican, but only barely. 44 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:03,223 Democrats overall are doing much better than expected. 45 00:02:03,323 --> 00:02:06,126 That predicted red wave only appears 46 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:08,529 to be a splash if you will. 47 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,864 REPORTER: The word wave has no application 48 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,366 yet to what we're seeing. 49 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:14,401 This might feel more like the edge of a lake. 50 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:18,205 This really looks much more like a red whisper if that. 51 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:19,706 This wasn't even a red wave. 52 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:22,442 It's not even a red little ripple in a pond. 53 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:24,344 I've heard it called, you know, the red sprinkler. 54 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:27,714 I've heard it called the red splash, the red puddle. 55 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:30,584 The red drizzle, the red spritz. 56 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:32,286 Yeah, you know, when you're peeing, 57 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:35,389 and then a little bit comes out after you're done, 58 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:37,791 it's a red one of those. 59 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:40,460 You should probably go get that checked out, by the way. 60 00:02:40,561 --> 00:02:42,462 And, like, some of these didn't even make sense. 61 00:02:42,563 --> 00:02:43,564 You know? 62 00:02:43,664 --> 00:02:48,168 Like, I'm sorry, but what is a red whisper? 63 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:50,270 What is that like, ASMR for conservatives? 64 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:51,705 Is that what that is? 65 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:54,441 It's just like, (WHISPERING) now I'm crumpling 66 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:57,010 up the Voting Rights Act. 67 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,513 Oh, yeah. 68 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:02,115 But, yes, last night was not the red wave that many people 69 00:03:02,216 --> 00:03:03,217 expected it to be. 70 00:03:03,317 --> 00:03:05,052 And to be clear-- to be clear, Republicans 71 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:07,287 are still in good shape to take control of the House. 72 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:10,290 And they may even take control of the Senate 73 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:11,625 when it's all said and done. 74 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:14,127 Now it's too early-- it's too early to tell because, you 75 00:03:14,228 --> 00:03:16,363 know, America counts its votes as slowly as George 76 00:03:16,463 --> 00:03:17,564 RR Martin writes the books. 77 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:20,634 But it's definitely not the huge win 78 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:21,702 that they were expecting. 79 00:03:21,802 --> 00:03:23,237 So it feels like a loss, which is really 80 00:03:23,337 --> 00:03:24,371 strange to me about politics. 81 00:03:24,471 --> 00:03:25,539 You know? 82 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,107 It's the only place where you can technically 83 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:29,543 win, but still lose because people thought 84 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:31,778 you were going to win more. 85 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:34,748 Basically, Republicans got the handjob version of winning. 86 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:36,283 [laughter] 87 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,552 Yeah, like, it got the job done, 88 00:03:38,652 --> 00:03:40,587 but no one's really happy about it. 89 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:41,788 [laughter] 90 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:42,789 You know? 91 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,658 It's like, (IMITATING MCCONNELL) bah, 92 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:45,959 I could have done this to myself. 93 00:03:46,093 --> 00:03:46,960 Bah. 94 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:50,597 [applause] 95 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:52,866 And, again, lots of races are still undecided. 96 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:55,502 Arizona and Nevada won't be done counting 97 00:03:55,602 --> 00:03:56,670 votes for a few more days. 98 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,906 We won't know who won Alaska's races 99 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:00,140 until the dog sled arrives. 100 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,875 And the big Senate race in Georgia 101 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:05,245 looks like it is headed to a runoff in December. 102 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,080 Yeah, which is only going to screw up Herschel Walker's 103 00:04:07,181 --> 00:04:08,282 brain even more, right? 104 00:04:08,382 --> 00:04:09,349 No, think about it. 105 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:10,684 Like, (IMITATING WALKER) another election, 106 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:12,119 has it been six years already? 107 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:15,389 Oh, man, that means I got 35 children now. 108 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:16,723 What's happening? 109 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:17,724 Oh, wow. 110 00:04:17,824 --> 00:04:19,793 [applause] 111 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:22,129 But one big race that was decided last night 112 00:04:22,229 --> 00:04:26,200 was in Pennsylvania, where John Fetterman defeated Dr. Oz. 113 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:30,571 [cheering] 114 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:34,141 Which you've got to admit is exciting for the Capitol 115 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:35,776 because nobody in the Senate looks like this guy. 116 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:36,777 I mean, huh? 117 00:04:36,877 --> 00:04:37,878 Have you seen this? 118 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:38,879 He doesn't look like everyone. 119 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:39,880 He's massive. 120 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,181 He's got the bald head, the goatee, 121 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,516 the hoodie, which is dope. 122 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,985 Normally, Senators look like your dad's boss from work, 123 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:46,086 you know? 124 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:47,955 John Fetterman looks like he can physically 125 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:49,089 raise the debt ceiling. 126 00:04:49,189 --> 00:04:52,392 [grunts] 37 trillion! 127 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:54,595 [grunts] 128 00:04:54,695 --> 00:04:56,096 And, look, now one of the reasons 129 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,898 so many people were surprised by last night's results 130 00:04:57,998 --> 00:04:59,700 is that for weeks-- for weeks, pundits 131 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,569 have been saying that there are only a few issues that really 132 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,873 matter to Americans right now, like inflation, crime, 133 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,074 and whatever the hell is going on 134 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:08,108 with the Twitter checkmarks. 135 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:09,610 And in particular-- in particular, 136 00:05:09,710 --> 00:05:13,213 the experts are saying that voter concerns about abortion 137 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:16,416 had faded since the summer. 138 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:18,919 Well, I guess all those experts have been fired 139 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:20,554 and will never be allowed back on television 140 00:05:20,654 --> 00:05:24,391 because it turns out they were just a little bit wrong. 141 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:27,194 The issue of abortion turned out to be a massive factor 142 00:05:27,294 --> 00:05:29,863 yesterday, with the Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs 143 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:32,366 case to overturn Roe v. Wade playing 144 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:36,203 a much bigger role than polls before the election suggested. 145 00:05:36,303 --> 00:05:38,105 REPORTER: In California, Michigan, and Vermont, 146 00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:41,175 voters chose to enshrine reproductive rights into 147 00:05:41,275 --> 00:05:43,110 their state's constitutions. 148 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:45,979 The biggest surprise came in Republican-leaning Kentucky, 149 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,715 where voters rejected an anti-abortion 150 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:50,384 constitutional amendment. 151 00:05:50,484 --> 00:05:52,452 REPORTER: It was a huge night for abortion 152 00:05:52,553 --> 00:05:53,787 rights across the country. 153 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:55,789 I mean, women voted in droves. 154 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:58,192 Yes, well, people said a few weeks ago that it didn't 155 00:05:58,292 --> 00:05:59,359 matter, that it was fading. 156 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:00,928 It didn't turns out that wasn't right. 157 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:02,796 Yeah, it turns out abortion rights 158 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,264 didn't fade away as a concern. 159 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:06,433 And it's crazy that people ever thought it would. 160 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:07,634 You know? 161 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:09,570 Like, what women out there would be like, you know, 162 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,038 it really bothered me over the summer 163 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,240 when the state government wanted to take control 164 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:14,675 of my reproductive system. 165 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:15,943 But now I'm like, whatever. 166 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,645 Yeah, maybe my body is their choice. 167 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:20,781 I don't know. 168 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:22,049 So it looks like abortion rights 169 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,350 was a big winner last night. 170 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:25,185 And it looks like the big loser last night 171 00:06:25,285 --> 00:06:28,055 was none other than Donald "Jumped the Shark" Trump. 172 00:06:28,155 --> 00:06:30,357 [cheering] 173 00:06:30,457 --> 00:06:35,596 Because so far it looks like many of the candidates 174 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:39,633 he endorsed ended up being unendorsed by the voters. 175 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,201 Here's what we know for sure this morning. 176 00:06:41,301 --> 00:06:43,704 It was a disappointing night for former President Trump. 177 00:06:43,804 --> 00:06:46,974 REPORTER: The biggest loser last night was Donald Trump. 178 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:49,943 In state after state, candidates that he brought 179 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:51,912 to the race, candidates that he endorsed 180 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:54,181 did not win or are losing right now. 181 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:55,883 REPORTER: But perhaps the worst result for Trump 182 00:06:55,983 --> 00:06:57,584 is that his biggest Republican rival 183 00:06:57,684 --> 00:06:59,152 had the best night of anybody. 184 00:06:59,253 --> 00:07:00,854 REPORTER: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis 185 00:07:01,021 --> 00:07:03,824 might have moved closer to a possible 2024 186 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:07,060 presidential bid, with a commanding victory over 187 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,129 former Governor Charlie Crist. 188 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:10,230 That's right. 189 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:12,866 It was a bad night for Trump and a great night 190 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:13,934 for his rival, (IMITATING TRUMP) 191 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:18,038 Ron DeSanctimonious, who absolutely 192 00:07:18,105 --> 00:07:19,640 crushed it in Florida. 193 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:22,576 I mean, crushed it, like, bath salts crushed it. 194 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:24,745 And judging by this post on his knockoff Twitter, 195 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:26,813 Trump is not taking it well. 196 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:28,348 Yeah, he wrote, (IMITATING TRUMP) shouldn't it 197 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:34,121 be said that in 2020, I got 1.1 million more votes in Florida 198 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:39,893 than Ron D got this year, 5.7 million to 4.6 million? 199 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:40,961 Just asking? 200 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:43,797 [laughter] 201 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,600 [cheering] 202 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,936 Oh, wow. 203 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:50,537 You see what you've done, Ron DeSantis? 204 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:51,905 Huh? You see what you've done? 205 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:54,775 You made Trump so mad, he's doing math. (IMITATING TRUMP) 206 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:56,543 4.6 plus 5.7. 207 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:59,746 [applause] 208 00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:01,515 Even sounding like Shakespeare in that-- (IMITATING 209 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:02,516 TRUMP) shouldn't it be said-- 210 00:08:02,616 --> 00:08:04,284 [laughter] 211 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:06,253 And hitherto forth-- 212 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:09,056 [laughs] and here's the thing-- here's the thing 213 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:10,290 that's exciting about this. 214 00:08:10,390 --> 00:08:13,293 DeSantis's success combined with Trump's failures 215 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:16,763 is already causing chaos in the Republican Party. 216 00:08:16,864 --> 00:08:19,032 Because now Republicans are asking themselves, 217 00:08:19,099 --> 00:08:20,567 oh, what do we do? 218 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:24,037 Do we stick with Trump, who's screwed up two elections now 219 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:26,874 but still controls all of the hardcore Republicans 220 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,876 and is also completely toxic with everyone else? 221 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:31,745 Or do we go with Ron DeSantis, who's 222 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:33,280 clearly the upgrade of Trump? 223 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:35,382 But then you risk losing Trump, and then 224 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,750 he burns down the entire GOP. 225 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:37,751 What do you do? 226 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,052 And it's funny. 227 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,821 It's so funny to watch because all these conservatives, 228 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,389 they don't know what to do. 229 00:08:42,489 --> 00:08:43,690 Right? 230 00:08:43,790 --> 00:08:45,359 They're just like, uh, do I go with Trump or-- oh, oh, 231 00:08:45,459 --> 00:08:46,493 do I go with DeSantis? 232 00:08:46,593 --> 00:08:48,262 Oh, if I had principles, I would follow them. 233 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:49,930 But I just want to be on the winning side. 234 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,365 Oh, which one do I go with? 235 00:08:51,465 --> 00:08:52,366 Oh. 236 00:08:52,466 --> 00:08:55,169 [applause] 237 00:08:55,269 --> 00:08:57,871 You know, right now conservatives in America 238 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,040 are like kids who can see a bad divorce coming. 239 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:01,508 And they want to pick sides, but they're 240 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:03,644 not sure which parent is going to keep the house. 241 00:09:03,744 --> 00:09:06,713 [laughter] 242 00:09:06,813 --> 00:09:07,714 But it's true. 243 00:09:07,814 --> 00:09:09,016 Trump had a tough night. 244 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,384 You know, the poor guy was just at home, 245 00:09:10,484 --> 00:09:12,219 watching his top election deniers lose 246 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:14,254 and crying into a box of classified 247 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:17,024 documents. (IMITATING TRUMP) [blowing nose] Nuclear. 248 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:19,526 [sobbing] 249 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:22,129 But because this is Donald Trump, 250 00:09:22,229 --> 00:09:24,064 he's not taking responsibility. 251 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:29,036 In fact, it's being reported that he's blaming Melania 252 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:33,307 for pushing him to endorse Dr. Oz in the first place, 253 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:37,144 saying it was, quote, "not her best decision." 254 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:39,546 Yeah, and I'm sure in response, Melania was like, (IMITATING 255 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,514 MELANIA) yes, it's true. 256 00:09:40,614 --> 00:09:42,216 I'm very bad at picking men. 257 00:09:42,316 --> 00:09:45,185 [laughter] 258 00:09:45,285 --> 00:09:49,156 [cheering] 259 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:50,524 But not everything about the election 260 00:09:50,624 --> 00:09:52,159 was about Democrats or Republicans. 261 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:54,061 So let's take a moment to appreciate 262 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:56,964 all the historic moments from last night. 263 00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:59,466 We want to tell you about several historic firsts 264 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:00,601 across the country. 265 00:10:00,701 --> 00:10:03,537 In Alabama, Republican Katie Britt, the winner 266 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:04,805 in the race for US Senate. 267 00:10:04,905 --> 00:10:06,773 She's the first woman ever elected 268 00:10:06,874 --> 00:10:08,442 to the Senate in Alabama. 269 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:11,044 In Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore will be the state's 270 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:12,346 first Black governor. 271 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:14,748 And Massachusetts made history on two fronts. 272 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:17,084 Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey 273 00:10:17,184 --> 00:10:18,585 will become the first female governor 274 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:19,720 in the state's history. 275 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:21,488 And she will also be the nation's 276 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:23,357 first openly lesbian governor. 277 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:25,859 Election history was also made in Florida. 278 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:28,195 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost 279 00:10:28,295 --> 00:10:31,398 is set to be the first member of Generation Z 280 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,233 to win a seat in Congress. 281 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,234 Wow. 282 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:35,869 [applause] 283 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:39,573 A 25-year-old Congressman, that's 284 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:41,775 going to be great to have a young person in Congress. 285 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,810 And by young, I mean under 85. 286 00:10:43,911 --> 00:10:46,713 I mean, it will be tough though. 287 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:49,983 Will be tough being that young around that many old people. 288 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:51,919 Half his time is going to be spent helping 289 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:53,487 them with their phones. 290 00:10:53,587 --> 00:10:55,088 He's going to be in the middle of a speech like, 291 00:10:55,189 --> 00:10:58,792 and that's why my district and the people of it deserve the-- 292 00:10:58,892 --> 00:10:59,793 what? 293 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:00,794 What, Chuck? 294 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:02,396 No, just swipe up. 295 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:03,697 Swipe up to close the app. 296 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:05,399 No, swipe-- no, don't click that. 297 00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:07,301 There are not really hot singles in the area. 298 00:11:07,401 --> 00:11:08,435 It's a trick, Chuck! 299 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:09,536 It's a trick! 300 00:11:09,636 --> 00:11:12,072 [applause] 301 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,340 And there are a lot of other cool firsts 302 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,109 too-- women firsts, LGBTQ firsts, immigrant firsts. 303 00:11:16,210 --> 00:11:18,212 Honestly, I almost feel bad for anyone who won last night 304 00:11:18,312 --> 00:11:20,848 and wasn't a historic first. 305 00:11:20,948 --> 00:11:22,816 There was probably some straight white guy last night 306 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:24,484 giving his victory speech like, it's 307 00:11:24,585 --> 00:11:27,254 an honor to be the first governor in state history 308 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:29,823 who can, uh, uh, do this. 309 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:31,692 Uh, pretty-- pretty sick, right? 310 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:32,693 Yeah? 311 00:11:32,793 --> 00:11:33,694 Yeah, no? 312 00:11:33,794 --> 00:11:34,728 Just me? 313 00:11:34,828 --> 00:11:35,762 All right, that's it for the headlines. 314 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:37,097 But before we go to a break, it's 315 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,199 time to check in on the weather forecast with our very own 316 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:40,534 Desi Lydic, everybody. 317 00:11:40,634 --> 00:11:46,106 [cheering] 318 00:11:46,173 --> 00:11:52,880 Good to see you again, Desi. 319 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:55,315 You know, it's getting cold in the East. 320 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:56,583 There's storms everywhere. 321 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:57,818 What's the weather looking like? 322 00:11:57,918 --> 00:11:58,819 Weather's great. 323 00:11:58,919 --> 00:11:59,820 Look outside. 324 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,122 What I want to talk about is how 325 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:05,559 people came out and voted for abortion rights 326 00:12:05,659 --> 00:12:07,895 all over this country. 327 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:11,131 [cheering] 328 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:16,136 Big deal, big deal, including my home state of Kentucky. 329 00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:17,871 Yeah! 330 00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:19,072 TREVOR NOAH: That was shocking. 331 00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:21,975 Huge, Kentucky, Trevor, the state where women have 332 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:23,844 fewer rights than most horses. 333 00:12:23,944 --> 00:12:25,145 [laughter] 334 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:26,246 It's true. 335 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:27,681 I mean, in college, I had to get my birth 336 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:29,983 control from a horse vet. 337 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,419 TREVOR NOAH: Wow, veterinarian, that's terrible, Desi. 338 00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:33,687 Yeah, right? 339 00:12:33,787 --> 00:12:36,990 I mean, they also had ketamine, so it wasn't all bad. 340 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,092 And that year I went on to win the Belmont. 341 00:12:39,193 --> 00:12:42,496 Anyway, also, New York and Massachusetts 342 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:45,699 elected female governors for the first time. 343 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:48,001 [cheering] 344 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:51,405 Yeah, which is a win. 345 00:12:51,505 --> 00:12:52,906 It is a win. 346 00:12:53,006 --> 00:12:54,975 But if we're being honest, like, 347 00:12:55,108 --> 00:13:00,781 how is this only happening now in New York and Massachusetts? 348 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:02,449 These two states have been states 349 00:13:02,549 --> 00:13:05,519 since the beginning of states. 350 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:08,422 You know how long women have been around? 351 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:11,925 Like, at least that long, maybe more. 352 00:13:12,059 --> 00:13:14,761 Oh, and how about that Ron DeSantis victory last 353 00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:16,096 night, huh? 354 00:13:16,196 --> 00:13:19,366 Oh my god, I almost feel bad for Donald Trump, you know? 355 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:21,869 He had to smile and clap for DeSantis 356 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:23,837 on the outside when he was fuming 357 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:26,306 with jealousy on the inside. 358 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:28,242 Trump finally felt like one of his beauty 359 00:13:28,342 --> 00:13:29,643 pageant contestants. 360 00:13:29,743 --> 00:13:36,750 [laughter] 361 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,891 And perhaps the best news is that the massive red wave only 362 00:13:43,991 --> 00:13:46,326 hit Florida. 363 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:49,563 Oh, man, and I think all women can agree, 364 00:13:49,663 --> 00:13:51,598 it's always a good thing when your red wave 365 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:53,166 is lighter than you expected. 366 00:13:53,267 --> 00:13:55,969 [laughter] 367 00:13:56,103 --> 00:14:00,174 [cheering] 368 00:14:00,274 --> 00:14:03,777 I just want to say, I get how Republicans are feeling. 369 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:06,580 I mean, sometimes you expect your red wave to arrive, 370 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,715 and it doesn't. 371 00:14:08,815 --> 00:14:11,752 And then you start to panic. 372 00:14:11,852 --> 00:14:13,587 You consider your options, which 373 00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:17,724 are suddenly very limited. 374 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:18,725 Yeah, plus-- 375 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:25,065 [cheering] 376 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:26,867 Plus, with this runoff in Georgia, 377 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:28,702 you might not know if your red wave is 378 00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:30,103 coming for another few weeks. 379 00:14:30,204 --> 00:14:32,806 And by then, it might be too late. 380 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,208 The next thing you know, Herschel Walker 381 00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:36,944 is sending you a get well card with a check in it. 382 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:42,115 TREVOR NOAH: [laughs] 383 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:44,918 Anyway, I just want to say to all of those Republicans 384 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:47,187 who are feeling this way, don't stress. 385 00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:48,522 Trust me. 386 00:14:48,622 --> 00:14:51,859 I've got a great veterinarian in Kentucky you can call-- 387 00:14:51,959 --> 00:14:53,727 top notch. 388 00:14:53,827 --> 00:14:55,095 Desi Lydic, everybody. 389 00:14:55,162 --> 00:14:58,198 [cheering] 390 00:14:58,298 --> 00:15:00,634 Thank you so much for the weather, I guess. 391 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:01,802 All right, when we come back, we're 392 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:03,337 going to be talking about a surprising result 393 00:15:03,437 --> 00:15:05,038 from last night that most people don't know about. 394 00:15:05,138 --> 00:15:06,206 So don't go away. 395 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:09,943 [cheering] 396 00:15:16,051 --> 00:15:22,491 [cheering] 397 00:15:24,993 --> 00:15:27,563 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 398 00:15:27,663 --> 00:15:29,798 You know, yesterday's election-- 399 00:15:29,898 --> 00:15:32,401 yesterday's election wasn't just about politicians. 400 00:15:32,501 --> 00:15:35,170 People also voted on ballot issues. 401 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:37,739 For instance, Connecticut voted to implement 402 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,374 an early voting system. 403 00:15:39,475 --> 00:15:42,578 California voted against legalizing mobile gaming. 404 00:15:42,678 --> 00:15:45,114 And Maryland voted to legalize marijuana. 405 00:15:45,214 --> 00:15:48,951 So, finally, you can buy drugs in Baltimore, right? 406 00:15:49,051 --> 00:15:53,388 But-- but a big ballot measure in several states 407 00:15:53,489 --> 00:15:54,923 involved slavery. 408 00:15:55,023 --> 00:15:57,292 And I'm not talking about teaching slavery. 409 00:15:57,392 --> 00:16:00,596 I'm talking about actual slavery. 410 00:16:00,696 --> 00:16:03,398 Five states were voting on constitutional amendments 411 00:16:03,499 --> 00:16:04,433 to ban slavery. 412 00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:06,502 And not all of them passed those bans. 413 00:16:06,602 --> 00:16:09,271 In all, five states were voting on removing slavery 414 00:16:09,371 --> 00:16:10,506 from their constitutions. 415 00:16:10,606 --> 00:16:13,709 Vermont, Alabama, Tennessee all voted to ban slavery 416 00:16:13,809 --> 00:16:15,644 as punishment for a crime. 417 00:16:15,677 --> 00:16:17,679 Louisiana, a former slave state, 418 00:16:17,780 --> 00:16:19,348 rejected that amendment. 419 00:16:19,448 --> 00:16:20,716 All right, America! 420 00:16:20,816 --> 00:16:24,953 Four out of five states said no to slavery in the year 2022. 421 00:16:25,053 --> 00:16:27,089 That's what I'm talking about! 422 00:16:27,189 --> 00:16:29,892 That's amaz-- now we just need to invent electricity, 423 00:16:29,992 --> 00:16:31,427 and we're living in the future, baby. 424 00:16:31,527 --> 00:16:33,662 Oh, I can't wait. 425 00:16:33,762 --> 00:16:36,365 Yeah, as you heard, Louisiana, unlike those other woke 426 00:16:36,465 --> 00:16:41,303 states, voted against ending slavery. 427 00:16:41,403 --> 00:16:43,572 Yeah, and for more on that, we go live now 428 00:16:43,672 --> 00:16:45,441 to Roy Wood, Jr., everybody. 429 00:16:45,541 --> 00:16:47,876 [cheering] 430 00:16:47,976 --> 00:16:49,144 Yeah. 431 00:16:49,244 --> 00:16:50,813 TREVOR NOAH: Roy-- 432 00:16:50,913 --> 00:16:54,450 Hello. 433 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:55,684 What's going on, Africa? 434 00:16:55,784 --> 00:16:56,919 Roy, the reason we're coming to you 435 00:16:57,019 --> 00:16:58,687 is because you are in Louisiana right now. 436 00:16:58,754 --> 00:16:59,688 No, no, no, no, no. 437 00:16:59,755 --> 00:17:00,923 And I would love to know-- 438 00:17:01,023 --> 00:17:03,158 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 439 00:17:03,258 --> 00:17:06,228 I'm not in Louisiana. 440 00:17:06,328 --> 00:17:09,431 I'm on the Mississippi side of the border. 441 00:17:09,531 --> 00:17:11,366 And that's as far as I'm going. 442 00:17:11,467 --> 00:17:13,102 But I'm definitely not going in. 443 00:17:13,202 --> 00:17:14,837 I ain't going in that shit. 444 00:17:14,937 --> 00:17:18,073 You can't tell me a place just voted yes on slavery, 445 00:17:18,173 --> 00:17:19,341 then asked me to go there. 446 00:17:19,441 --> 00:17:20,442 I'm too old, too tired. 447 00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:21,443 I don't sing good. 448 00:17:21,543 --> 00:17:22,644 I can't be a slave. 449 00:17:22,678 --> 00:17:25,848 [cheering] 450 00:17:25,948 --> 00:17:27,449 Well, Roy, this is bad. 451 00:17:27,549 --> 00:17:29,952 This is bad, yes, but it doesn't apply to you. 452 00:17:30,052 --> 00:17:33,856 This is about forcing prisoners to perform labor for free. 453 00:17:33,956 --> 00:17:36,225 Oh, is that right? 454 00:17:36,325 --> 00:17:37,993 I didn't realize that. My bad, man. 455 00:17:38,093 --> 00:17:38,994 You-- you right. 456 00:17:39,094 --> 00:17:39,995 You know what? 457 00:17:40,095 --> 00:17:41,096 Let me just mosey on into Louisiana. 458 00:17:41,196 --> 00:17:42,097 Boom! 459 00:17:42,197 --> 00:17:43,332 Next thing you know, I walk around, 460 00:17:43,432 --> 00:17:44,700 and then they got me for jaywalking. 461 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,170 Now I'm 12 years a slave, and I got to wait for Brad Pitt 462 00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:49,471 to come and saved my ass. 463 00:17:49,571 --> 00:17:50,672 No thank you. 464 00:17:50,773 --> 00:17:54,309 I am safer here in Mississippi, which is something 465 00:17:54,409 --> 00:17:55,878 no Black man has ever said. 466 00:17:55,978 --> 00:17:57,679 [laughter] 467 00:17:57,780 --> 00:17:58,981 All right, fair enough, Roy. 468 00:17:59,081 --> 00:18:00,249 But Mississippi is better. 469 00:18:00,349 --> 00:18:01,250 Fair enough. 470 00:18:01,350 --> 00:18:02,451 Fair enough, Roy. 471 00:18:02,551 --> 00:18:04,753 At least your home state of Alabama 472 00:18:04,853 --> 00:18:06,522 voted last night to ban slavery. 473 00:18:06,688 --> 00:18:07,990 And it won the vote by 75%. 474 00:18:08,090 --> 00:18:09,491 Huh? That's amazing. 475 00:18:09,591 --> 00:18:10,759 Yeah. 476 00:18:10,859 --> 00:18:15,297 Yeah, but-- but that means 25% voted to keep slavery. 477 00:18:15,397 --> 00:18:17,199 [laughter] 478 00:18:17,299 --> 00:18:18,267 That's a lot of people. 479 00:18:18,367 --> 00:18:19,701 Now every time I'm at the grocery store, 480 00:18:19,802 --> 00:18:21,003 I'm looking around, trying to guess 481 00:18:21,103 --> 00:18:24,106 who voted to enslave my ass. 482 00:18:24,206 --> 00:18:25,641 I bet Ms. Patterson was the one. 483 00:18:25,674 --> 00:18:27,743 She always saying shit to me like, oh, baby, 484 00:18:27,843 --> 00:18:28,877 you grew up so strong. 485 00:18:28,977 --> 00:18:31,046 Get your hands off me. 486 00:18:31,146 --> 00:18:32,815 Squeezing my muscles, sizing me up. 487 00:18:32,915 --> 00:18:34,716 Trevor, this is terrible for Black people. 488 00:18:34,817 --> 00:18:37,086 Well, technically, Roy, under these laws, 489 00:18:37,186 --> 00:18:38,253 it's not just Black people. 490 00:18:38,353 --> 00:18:41,523 Everyone, even white people, could be enslaved. 491 00:18:41,657 --> 00:18:44,193 [laughter] 492 00:18:44,293 --> 00:18:46,662 You bullshitting. 493 00:18:46,695 --> 00:18:49,231 Well, why didn't they just lead with that? 494 00:18:49,331 --> 00:18:50,933 They gonna make white people slaves? 495 00:18:51,033 --> 00:18:53,435 Now that's the most progressive thing I ever heard. 496 00:18:53,535 --> 00:18:54,670 No, Roy, no, you're not hearing me. 497 00:18:54,703 --> 00:18:55,671 - Talking about white slaves. - No. 498 00:18:55,704 --> 00:18:57,239 No, Roy, I think you misunderstand. 499 00:18:57,339 --> 00:18:59,775 They're not going to make white people slaves. 500 00:18:59,875 --> 00:19:01,009 I know you can't make them. I hear. 501 00:19:01,110 --> 00:19:02,344 You got to catch them on your own. 502 00:19:02,444 --> 00:19:03,345 You know what? 503 00:19:03,445 --> 00:19:05,247 [laughter] 504 00:19:05,347 --> 00:19:07,082 I think I might head to Louisiana. 505 00:19:07,182 --> 00:19:08,684 Go and get me a white slave, man. 506 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:09,685 I'll see you later, bro. 507 00:19:09,785 --> 00:19:10,953 This is going to be nice. 508 00:19:11,053 --> 00:19:11,954 OFFICER: Freeze. 509 00:19:12,054 --> 00:19:15,023 You're under arrest for jaywalking. 510 00:19:15,124 --> 00:19:16,024 ROY WOOD, JR.: No, no! 511 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:17,259 No, no, no, no! 512 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,260 No, now-- damn it! 513 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:19,328 They trying to get me, Trevor! 514 00:19:19,428 --> 00:19:20,929 Help me, Brad Pitt! 515 00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:22,164 Oh, shit, good luck with that, Roy. 516 00:19:22,264 --> 00:19:23,966 Roy Wood, Jr., everybody. [cheering] 517 00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:25,033 I'm going to have to go bail him out. 518 00:19:25,134 --> 00:19:26,635 Well, stay tuned because when we come back, 519 00:19:26,668 --> 00:19:28,704 Mark Leibovich will be joining me on the show 520 00:19:28,804 --> 00:19:30,639 to chat about how the Republicans 521 00:19:30,739 --> 00:19:32,641 are victims captured by Trump. 522 00:19:32,674 --> 00:19:33,642 Don't go away. 523 00:19:33,742 --> 00:19:37,412 [cheering] 524 00:19:48,893 --> 00:19:52,396 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 525 00:19:52,496 --> 00:19:55,433 My guest tonight is a staff writer at The Atlantic, who's 526 00:19:55,533 --> 00:19:58,502 here to discuss the midterm results and his latest 527 00:19:58,602 --> 00:20:00,971 number one New York Times bestseller, 528 00:20:01,072 --> 00:20:04,175 Thank You for Your Servitude, Donald Trump's Washington 529 00:20:04,275 --> 00:20:05,910 and the Price of Submission. 530 00:20:06,010 --> 00:20:12,983 Please welcome Mark Leibovich. 531 00:20:18,989 --> 00:20:20,858 I'm learning everything. 532 00:20:20,958 --> 00:20:22,760 Mark Leibovich, welcome back to The Daily Show. 533 00:20:22,860 --> 00:20:23,961 Trevor, thank you for having me. 534 00:20:24,061 --> 00:20:26,630 And congratulations on another number one New 535 00:20:26,731 --> 00:20:28,199 York Times bestselling book. 536 00:20:28,299 --> 00:20:29,400 This is really interesting for me, 537 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,769 because you're one of the best writers out there. 538 00:20:31,869 --> 00:20:33,437 Not just because of how you write, 539 00:20:33,537 --> 00:20:37,274 but how you capture the world that you observe 540 00:20:37,374 --> 00:20:38,542 and its politics. 541 00:20:38,642 --> 00:20:40,745 Talking about Trump, talking about the Republicans, 542 00:20:40,845 --> 00:20:42,480 talking about the Democrats and how they respond. 543 00:20:42,580 --> 00:20:43,781 But this book is really interesting, 544 00:20:43,881 --> 00:20:47,451 because it's about the hold that Donald Trump 545 00:20:47,618 --> 00:20:49,620 has on the Republican Party. 546 00:20:49,653 --> 00:20:51,155 And you talk about it in a way that I 547 00:20:51,255 --> 00:20:52,823 think few people understand. 548 00:20:52,923 --> 00:20:55,025 Tell me why it's servitude and not just 549 00:20:55,126 --> 00:20:56,994 him being the head honcho. 550 00:20:57,094 --> 00:20:59,296 Because the Republican Party has 551 00:20:59,397 --> 00:21:00,464 surrendered to Donald Trump. 552 00:21:00,631 --> 00:21:01,499 I've lost my voice. 553 00:21:01,632 --> 00:21:02,800 Last night, I was up all night, but-- 554 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:03,801 I understand. 555 00:21:03,901 --> 00:21:05,403 --they have surrendered. 556 00:21:05,503 --> 00:21:08,773 And this is not another book about Donald Trump. 557 00:21:08,873 --> 00:21:10,975 This is a book about the party that enabled him. 558 00:21:11,075 --> 00:21:12,243 Right. 559 00:21:12,343 --> 00:21:14,245 This is a book about the people who bowed down to him, 560 00:21:14,345 --> 00:21:16,180 who could have stopped him, and yet, 561 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,382 continue to under-perform in elections 562 00:21:18,482 --> 00:21:19,950 like they did last night. 563 00:21:20,050 --> 00:21:22,853 And the reason is, Trump is sort of an anchor 564 00:21:22,953 --> 00:21:23,854 around their necks. 565 00:21:23,954 --> 00:21:26,390 And no one is standing up to that. 566 00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:29,560 And I wanted to give readers a sense of what this looks like. 567 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:33,097 You've given us more than just a sense, because we 568 00:21:33,197 --> 00:21:35,900 saw a glimpse of this when the primaries 569 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,034 were still taking place. 570 00:21:37,134 --> 00:21:38,369 You had all these Republicans who were like, 571 00:21:38,469 --> 00:21:39,970 Trump is not the Republican Party. 572 00:21:40,071 --> 00:21:40,971 All of them. 573 00:21:41,072 --> 00:21:43,741 Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham. 574 00:21:43,841 --> 00:21:45,309 He was on the show saying, Donald Trump 575 00:21:45,409 --> 00:21:46,977 will never be the face, I will never support, 576 00:21:47,078 --> 00:21:48,112 all these things. - Right. 577 00:21:48,212 --> 00:21:51,182 Trump wins, and almost overnight everybody 578 00:21:51,282 --> 00:21:52,249 falls into line. 579 00:21:52,349 --> 00:21:53,751 Everybody becomes pro-Trump. 580 00:21:53,851 --> 00:21:54,985 But what you show us in the book, 581 00:21:55,086 --> 00:21:56,720 because of the interviews, some people anonymous, 582 00:21:56,821 --> 00:22:00,825 but some people on the record, saying, no, we hate this guy, 583 00:22:00,925 --> 00:22:04,328 but we care about winning more than anything else, 584 00:22:04,428 --> 00:22:06,831 so we're going to work to keep him in power. 585 00:22:06,931 --> 00:22:08,099 It's such a weird dynamic. 586 00:22:08,199 --> 00:22:10,101 I was stunned by what they said 587 00:22:10,201 --> 00:22:11,435 to me, both on the record. 588 00:22:11,535 --> 00:22:14,839 And obviously, the dirty little secret inside Washington, 589 00:22:14,939 --> 00:22:19,543 is that most Republicans who absolutely 590 00:22:19,643 --> 00:22:23,414 just bow down to him in public, trash him in private. 591 00:22:23,514 --> 00:22:26,117 And there are a lot of people last night 592 00:22:26,217 --> 00:22:28,986 in the Republican Party who are saying Donald Trump did this. 593 00:22:29,086 --> 00:22:31,389 This is another election he coughed up for us. 594 00:22:31,489 --> 00:22:33,491 He's the first president in 100 years 595 00:22:33,657 --> 00:22:37,695 to lose the White House, the House, and the Senate. 596 00:22:37,795 --> 00:22:39,697 They under-performed in another election last night. 597 00:22:39,797 --> 00:22:40,698 Right. 598 00:22:40,798 --> 00:22:42,199 But they're only saying it privately. 599 00:22:42,299 --> 00:22:46,637 I will think that the spell has been broken when I see 600 00:22:46,737 --> 00:22:48,739 some people actually speaking publicly about what 601 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:50,007 he's doing to the party. 602 00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:53,744 You know, it's interesting that you say that, 603 00:22:53,844 --> 00:22:57,748 because as we read through these conversations 604 00:22:57,848 --> 00:23:00,484 in the book, and I love how the book sort of starts 605 00:23:00,618 --> 00:23:03,888 with the Trump Hotel and what it represents, 606 00:23:03,988 --> 00:23:06,357 a moment in time, a moment where he's at his peak 607 00:23:06,457 --> 00:23:08,659 and how people literally come and physically almost 608 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:09,660 bow to his shrine. 609 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,695 And then at the end where it's now 610 00:23:11,796 --> 00:23:16,100 almost like the vacated version of its former self. 611 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,370 But the party seems different in that Republicans 612 00:23:19,470 --> 00:23:20,905 are murmuring, but nobody's saying it. 613 00:23:21,005 --> 00:23:22,173 You see what people are saying online. 614 00:23:22,273 --> 00:23:24,341 Oh, it wasn't ideal that Trump did this, it wasn't. 615 00:23:24,442 --> 00:23:26,310 They're scared of him though. 616 00:23:26,410 --> 00:23:28,179 Because they've given him the party, or he's taken it. 617 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:29,313 But they seem scared of him. 618 00:23:29,413 --> 00:23:30,915 And it's been depressing to watch 619 00:23:31,015 --> 00:23:32,149 play out over all these years. 620 00:23:32,249 --> 00:23:36,187 What I was scared about was yesterday's election 621 00:23:36,287 --> 00:23:39,190 being the red wave that so many people anticipated, 622 00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:41,358 which would have vindicated all of this. 623 00:23:41,459 --> 00:23:44,395 It would have vindicated the character flaws, 624 00:23:44,495 --> 00:23:47,698 the weakness, the patheticness that so many of them, 625 00:23:47,798 --> 00:23:48,833 who could stop it. 626 00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:50,234 And if there were 10 Liz Cheneys, 627 00:23:50,334 --> 00:23:51,435 it would be different. - Wow. 628 00:23:51,602 --> 00:23:52,737 But there's only one. 629 00:23:52,837 --> 00:23:56,607 I think it also illuminates something that's actually, 630 00:23:56,674 --> 00:23:58,375 I mean, I don't even know how to say this correctly, 631 00:23:58,476 --> 00:24:02,279 but it's weird, because Trump is almost 632 00:24:02,379 --> 00:24:03,681 more honorable than they are. 633 00:24:03,781 --> 00:24:05,349 Because I mean, he says what he's saying, 634 00:24:05,449 --> 00:24:06,484 he does what he's doing. 635 00:24:06,617 --> 00:24:07,618 Yeah. 636 00:24:07,651 --> 00:24:09,920 They say what they're saying in private, 637 00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:12,490 but then they do what he's doing in public. 638 00:24:12,623 --> 00:24:13,891 And so, you know what I mean? 639 00:24:13,991 --> 00:24:17,194 Where does that leave a country where lawmakers don't believe 640 00:24:17,294 --> 00:24:18,796 what they're voting for, don't believe 641 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:20,698 what they're kowtowing to? 642 00:24:20,798 --> 00:24:21,899 Like, where does that leave America? 643 00:24:21,999 --> 00:24:23,167 And how do they feel about the position 644 00:24:23,267 --> 00:24:24,168 that they're putting the country in? 645 00:24:24,268 --> 00:24:25,202 Right. 646 00:24:25,302 --> 00:24:26,337 I mean, what does it say about a party 647 00:24:26,437 --> 00:24:28,539 when Donald Trump is the honorable one, right? 648 00:24:28,639 --> 00:24:35,246 And also, given how vulnerable Democrats were last night, how 649 00:24:36,380 --> 00:24:39,984 unpopular Biden is, how bad inflation is, all 650 00:24:40,084 --> 00:24:43,053 those issues, to still under-perform 651 00:24:43,154 --> 00:24:44,588 to the degree they did gives you 652 00:24:44,622 --> 00:24:47,925 an indication of how voters are saying like, 653 00:24:48,025 --> 00:24:49,026 we don't like this either. 654 00:24:49,126 --> 00:24:50,828 In fact, we like this worse. 655 00:24:50,928 --> 00:24:53,597 So I think it's all again, it's all relative. 656 00:24:53,697 --> 00:24:54,999 But where do you think this goes now? 657 00:24:55,099 --> 00:24:57,768 Even not just as somebody who talks to them, 658 00:24:57,868 --> 00:24:59,270 somebody who analyzes, somebody who's 659 00:24:59,370 --> 00:25:01,472 been in many of the rooms where these discussions are being 660 00:25:01,605 --> 00:25:04,241 held, it feels like you watch Fox News now, 661 00:25:04,341 --> 00:25:05,876 and you can see people being a little more vocal, 662 00:25:05,976 --> 00:25:07,244 saying DeSantis is clearly the future. 663 00:25:07,344 --> 00:25:08,712 DeSantis is the guy we should be going with. 664 00:25:08,813 --> 00:25:10,247 DeSantis, DeSantis, DeSantis. 665 00:25:10,347 --> 00:25:12,450 But there's still a, you know, but Trump, but Trump, 666 00:25:12,616 --> 00:25:13,517 but Trump. 667 00:25:13,617 --> 00:25:16,620 And it seems like unless Trump steps down, 668 00:25:16,687 --> 00:25:20,157 you have one of the craziest quotes I've ever seen 669 00:25:20,257 --> 00:25:22,460 from somebody who's a lawmaker who said, 670 00:25:22,626 --> 00:25:25,629 you say what is your plan for 2024. 671 00:25:25,730 --> 00:25:28,165 And the person says, dead serious, 672 00:25:28,265 --> 00:25:31,035 our plan is to hope that he's dead by then. 673 00:25:31,135 --> 00:25:32,036 Right. 674 00:25:32,136 --> 00:25:33,504 No, this is the quote. 675 00:25:33,637 --> 00:25:35,206 - It's the quote. - It's a quote. 676 00:25:35,306 --> 00:25:36,273 They're saying this. 677 00:25:36,373 --> 00:25:38,342 They're like, we don't have another way, 678 00:25:38,442 --> 00:25:39,343 we don't know what to do. 679 00:25:39,443 --> 00:25:41,712 It's crass, it's depressing, but it 680 00:25:41,812 --> 00:25:45,416 also goes to the passivity of what these folks are doing. 681 00:25:45,583 --> 00:25:47,184 Someone else will take care of the problem. 682 00:25:47,284 --> 00:25:49,954 And even now, no one has spoke up. 683 00:25:50,054 --> 00:25:53,391 All of the, like I said earlier, all of the criticisms 684 00:25:53,491 --> 00:25:54,725 of Trump have been private. 685 00:25:54,825 --> 00:25:58,162 So I just don't think, and these are weak people, Trevor. 686 00:25:58,262 --> 00:26:02,600 These are people who have sold, I mean whatever they've sold, 687 00:26:02,633 --> 00:26:04,402 they have given up. 688 00:26:04,502 --> 00:26:05,403 I mean, it's the price of submission. 689 00:26:05,503 --> 00:26:06,404 Right. 690 00:26:06,504 --> 00:26:07,405 But as Lindsey Graham said to me, 691 00:26:07,505 --> 00:26:08,639 if you don't want to be reelected, 692 00:26:08,739 --> 00:26:10,674 you're in the wrong business. 693 00:26:10,775 --> 00:26:14,078 And at a certain point, you ask, is it really worth it. 694 00:26:14,178 --> 00:26:17,081 Yeah, yeah, it really illuminates 695 00:26:17,181 --> 00:26:18,616 I think many of the things that are 696 00:26:18,649 --> 00:26:21,018 wrong with American politics in that it has become more 697 00:26:21,118 --> 00:26:24,021 about staying in the job as opposed to doing the job 698 00:26:24,121 --> 00:26:25,089 that somebody has put you in. 699 00:26:25,189 --> 00:26:26,090 Absolutely. 700 00:26:26,190 --> 00:26:29,293 And it leaves the country in a place 701 00:26:29,393 --> 00:26:33,130 where everything is for show, everything is for an idea. 702 00:26:33,230 --> 00:26:35,766 So when you look at it now, just hearing the whispers, 703 00:26:35,866 --> 00:26:38,769 hearing everybody, even the people speaking publicly 704 00:26:38,869 --> 00:26:42,273 to you, is this the moment where the party says, OK, it's 705 00:26:42,373 --> 00:26:43,641 going to be a Ron DeSantis? 706 00:26:43,741 --> 00:26:45,743 Or are they still just waiting to see 707 00:26:45,843 --> 00:26:50,748 what Trump decides to do with the Republican Party? 708 00:26:50,848 --> 00:26:52,316 I've had a lot of moments where I've thought 709 00:26:52,416 --> 00:26:53,951 the fever is going to break. 710 00:26:54,051 --> 00:26:57,822 If January 6 didn't do it, if him losing to Joe Biden 711 00:26:57,922 --> 00:27:00,291 didn't do it, I don't think this is going to do it. 712 00:27:00,391 --> 00:27:01,325 Wow! 713 00:27:01,425 --> 00:27:02,660 Wow. 714 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:08,432 And so as somebody then who talks to these politicians, 715 00:27:08,599 --> 00:27:11,469 I would love to know where you see it all going from here. 716 00:27:11,602 --> 00:27:15,039 Because on the one hand, you have the Democrats 717 00:27:15,139 --> 00:27:17,007 who have Joe Biden, and I remember 718 00:27:17,108 --> 00:27:21,312 you wrote an article by about Joe Biden, which really 719 00:27:21,412 --> 00:27:22,513 blew up over the summer. 720 00:27:22,613 --> 00:27:24,915 And it was about him being too old to run in 2024. 721 00:27:25,015 --> 00:27:26,183 And you said, you said, hey, Joe, 722 00:27:26,283 --> 00:27:27,618 you've done what you said you want to do. 723 00:27:27,651 --> 00:27:29,487 I broke the story that he's old. 724 00:27:29,620 --> 00:27:31,722 [laughs] 725 00:27:31,822 --> 00:27:33,657 Full credit. 726 00:27:33,758 --> 00:27:34,759 You know? 727 00:27:34,859 --> 00:27:36,627 But you came out and you said something that 728 00:27:36,727 --> 00:27:40,064 got you a lot of flak, but also had many people saying, 729 00:27:40,164 --> 00:27:41,699 yeah, I didn't want to say that, but it's true. 730 00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:43,033 Because I don't know if people remember, 731 00:27:43,134 --> 00:27:45,836 Joe Biden said, I only want to run to beat Donald Trump 732 00:27:45,936 --> 00:27:46,971 and that's all I'm doing. 733 00:27:47,071 --> 00:27:49,006 And now it seems like he may want to run again. 734 00:27:49,106 --> 00:27:50,207 But you were one of the first people 735 00:27:50,307 --> 00:27:51,208 who said, don't run again. 736 00:27:51,308 --> 00:27:53,110 My question to you then becomes, 737 00:27:53,210 --> 00:27:55,413 what do the Democrats do? 738 00:27:55,579 --> 00:27:58,783 Because on the one hand, yes, Joe Biden is old. 739 00:27:58,883 --> 00:28:00,584 On the one hand, yes, he may have only been the person 740 00:28:00,684 --> 00:28:01,786 to beat Trump, et cetera. 741 00:28:01,886 --> 00:28:04,155 But on the other hand, an incumbent has a feeling 742 00:28:04,255 --> 00:28:05,589 of it's the status quo. 743 00:28:05,689 --> 00:28:07,691 People don't like presidents changing all the time. 744 00:28:07,792 --> 00:28:09,660 That's why Trump losing was such an anomaly. 745 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,929 So what do you think the option is for the Democrats? 746 00:28:12,029 --> 00:28:13,697 Is there not a risk that if they put someone else up, 747 00:28:13,798 --> 00:28:15,699 that person is just now a toss-up in the election? 748 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:16,700 Yeah. 749 00:28:16,801 --> 00:28:18,169 I mean, the thing about Trump is, 750 00:28:18,269 --> 00:28:21,038 that he's not only made the Republicans scared, 751 00:28:21,138 --> 00:28:23,107 he's made the Democrats risk averse. 752 00:28:23,207 --> 00:28:25,509 They are afraid of trying someone 753 00:28:25,609 --> 00:28:27,611 new or exciting or different. 754 00:28:27,645 --> 00:28:32,450 I mean, Joe Biden, his most important contribution 755 00:28:32,616 --> 00:28:34,885 to the Democratic party and arguably to the country, 756 00:28:34,985 --> 00:28:38,823 was beating Donald Trump on November 3, 2020, 757 00:28:38,923 --> 00:28:40,858 whenever it was, whenever Election Day was. 758 00:28:40,958 --> 00:28:42,960 Fix it. 759 00:28:43,060 --> 00:28:44,995 So the problem is, governing is a bit of a bitch 760 00:28:45,096 --> 00:28:46,564 afterwards, right, as we sort of learned. 761 00:28:46,664 --> 00:28:47,598 Right, right. 762 00:28:47,698 --> 00:28:50,568 He might be called upon to do it again. 763 00:28:50,601 --> 00:28:52,103 But it's not like the Democrats have 764 00:28:52,203 --> 00:28:53,704 an obvious and deep bench. 765 00:28:53,804 --> 00:28:58,242 But I did believe that if some of the people, like Tim Ryan, 766 00:28:58,342 --> 00:29:01,345 were to somehow win last night, they would immediately emerge. 767 00:29:01,445 --> 00:29:03,013 And maybe a John Fetterman. 768 00:29:03,114 --> 00:29:04,215 Right. 769 00:29:04,315 --> 00:29:05,950 Maybe a Pete Buttigieg, maybe a couple of others. 770 00:29:06,050 --> 00:29:07,918 And to your point about being risk averse, 771 00:29:08,018 --> 00:29:10,087 I mean, the history of the Democratic Party 772 00:29:10,187 --> 00:29:12,223 has shown that they've often had the fresh 773 00:29:12,323 --> 00:29:13,224 off the bench person. 774 00:29:13,324 --> 00:29:14,425 Absolutely. 775 00:29:14,592 --> 00:29:16,293 You know, Barack Obama was like the young Senator 776 00:29:16,394 --> 00:29:17,828 and you know, and you look at all these other, 777 00:29:17,928 --> 00:29:19,663 Bill Clinton was the young upstart 778 00:29:19,764 --> 00:29:20,831 and people didn't expect it. 779 00:29:20,931 --> 00:29:22,400 So maybe that is where the path lies, 780 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,168 is in taking a little risk. 781 00:29:24,268 --> 00:29:26,137 But from your book, it seems like nobody 782 00:29:26,237 --> 00:29:27,138 wants to take the risk. 783 00:29:27,238 --> 00:29:29,240 And it seems that because of that, 784 00:29:29,340 --> 00:29:32,810 the country is in a really scary place, because it feels 785 00:29:32,910 --> 00:29:34,979 like it's risk averse, and yet heading 786 00:29:35,079 --> 00:29:36,280 to the riskiest place of all. 787 00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:37,415 Indeed. 788 00:29:37,515 --> 00:29:41,619 Well, on that note, it's a really fun beach read. 789 00:29:41,719 --> 00:29:43,187 It is an amazing book, I'll tell you that. 790 00:29:43,287 --> 00:29:44,321 Congratulations again. 791 00:29:44,422 --> 00:29:45,322 Thank you so much for joining me on the show. 792 00:29:45,423 --> 00:29:46,323 Appreciate it. 793 00:29:46,424 --> 00:29:47,391 I hope your voice gets better. 794 00:29:47,491 --> 00:29:48,626 We'll see you again. 795 00:29:48,726 --> 00:29:50,227 Thank You for Your Servitude is available now 796 00:29:50,327 --> 00:29:51,228 wherever you get your books. 797 00:29:51,328 --> 00:29:52,363 We're going to take a quick break, 798 00:29:52,463 --> 00:29:54,298 but we'll be right back after this. 799 00:29:54,398 --> 00:29:56,434 Thank you very much. 800 00:29:58,936 --> 00:30:02,606 [cheering] 801 00:30:02,707 --> 00:30:04,308 Well, that's our show for tonight. 802 00:30:04,408 --> 00:30:05,343 Thank you so much for tuning in. 803 00:30:05,443 --> 00:30:07,478 But before we go-- before we go, 804 00:30:07,578 --> 00:30:10,081 I wanted to tell you real quick about our newest 805 00:30:10,181 --> 00:30:12,383 Daily Show podcast, Jordan Klepper 806 00:30:12,483 --> 00:30:14,018 Fingers the Conspiracy. 807 00:30:14,118 --> 00:30:16,921 In this limited podcast series, Jordan 808 00:30:17,021 --> 00:30:19,423 is going to step off the Trump trail 809 00:30:19,523 --> 00:30:22,093 and dig into some of the wildest conspiracy 810 00:30:22,193 --> 00:30:24,095 theories he's heard, and trace their origins 811 00:30:24,195 --> 00:30:25,896 with journalists, experts, and anyone 812 00:30:25,997 --> 00:30:28,699 who might know when JFK, Jr. is coming back from the dead. 813 00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:31,335 Now new episodes are going to be available Wednesdays 814 00:30:31,435 --> 00:30:33,237 on Apple Podcasts, the iHeartRadio app, 815 00:30:33,337 --> 00:30:34,438 or wherever you get your podcasts. 816 00:30:34,538 --> 00:30:36,407 You can also watch and listen 817 00:30:36,507 --> 00:30:38,943 at DailyShow.com/KlepperPodcast. 818 00:30:39,043 --> 00:30:41,112 Now here it is, your Moment of Zen. 819 00:30:41,212 --> 00:30:42,213 ANNOUNCER: Flashback. 820 00:30:42,313 --> 00:30:44,015 On election night two weeks from tonight, 821 00:30:44,115 --> 00:30:45,850 it will be a red wave election. 822 00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:47,885 There is a red wave coming, and it's 823 00:30:47,985 --> 00:30:49,053 going to be a tsunami. 824 00:30:49,153 --> 00:30:51,022 Not a red wave, a red tsunami. 825 00:30:51,122 --> 00:30:53,024 We're not just going to see a red wave. 826 00:30:53,124 --> 00:30:54,525 We're going to see a red tsunami. 827 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:55,660 It's a red hurricane. 828 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,561 My mom thinks there's going to be a red wave. 829 00:30:57,662 --> 00:30:58,696 That's how big it's going to be. 830 00:30:58,796 --> 00:30:59,664 Wow. 831 00:30:59,764 --> 00:31:01,532 Red wave, tsunami, red wave, tsunami. 832 00:31:01,599 --> 00:31:03,034 Red wave, red wave, red wave. 833 00:31:03,134 --> 00:31:04,735 It's going to be a massive red wave. 834 00:31:04,835 --> 00:31:07,538 ANNOUNCER: Many unbearable hours later. 835 00:31:07,605 --> 00:31:11,142 The state of play, no red wave.