>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, PEOPLE.
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
HEY, WHAT'S UP?
THANK YOU, PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
[APPLAUSE]
WOW, HOW ENTHUSIASTIC YOU ARE.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW WHY YOU A -- I KNOW WHY
YOU ARE HAPPY TODAY.
BECAUSE YOU SEE JOE BIDEN ON
"60 MINUTES" ON SUNDAY?
HE DECLARED THE PANDEMIC WAS
OVER, SO --
[APPLAUSE]
SO IF YOU ARE WEA A MASK,
YOU BETTER BE ROBBING ME.
[LAUGHTER]
I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER A YEAR AND
A HALF AGO, BUT ANYWAY.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
WE SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW IN
A COUPLE OF YEARS, THE U.N. MET,
PUTIN DID NOT SHOW UP, HE HAS
BIGGER PROBLEMS AT HOME.
CALLING UP THE RESERVES.
JENS HE IS NOT HAVING IT, BY THE
WAY.
300,000 RUSSIAN MEN, NOT GOOD
FOR UKRAINE BECAUSE THEY ARE
GOING TO UKRAINE, ON THE BRIGHT
SIDE, GREATLY REDUCES THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HACK
MY NETFLIX ACCOUNT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
I TELL YOU, THINGS ARE NOT GREAT
HERE BUT IN RUSSIA, HAVE YOU
SEEN THIS, LIKE 12 PEOPLE --
THESE ARE PROMINENT PEOPLE --
HAVE FALLEN OUT OF A WINDOW.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS GUY DOESN'T CARE WHO KNOWS.
AND LAST WEEK, ANOTHER PROMINENT
FORMER ALLY OF PUTIN DIED
FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
IT'S FUNNY, HIS GOONS WERE
DRAGGING HIM UP THE STAIRS.
[LAUGHTER]
SO THEY COULD PUSH HIM DOWN THE
STAIRS.
AND ONE OF THEM SAID, "WHY ARE
WE OVER COMPLICATING THIS?"
[LAUGHTER]
AND LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR
FRIENDS IN PUERTO RICO, MAN,
THEY ARE HAVING A ROUGH TIME
THERE, THE HURRICANE HIT, DID
YOU SEE THAT, THE RED CROSS SAYS
THE PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT
POWER, THEY NEED WATER,
BLANKETS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND
BAD BUNNY COULD USE A BAG OF
CARROTS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU KNOW, I KNOW TRUMP DID NOT
KNOW IT BUT PUERTO RICANS ARE
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,
SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PUERTO RICO, IT
IS A WEIRD THING.
THEY ARE NOT A STATE, BUT THEY
ARE NOT A COUNTRY.
THEY ARE IN A GRAY AREA LIKE
ADAM LEVINE'S MARRIAGE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT I TELL YOU, ARE YOU EXCITED,
E MIDTERMS ARE ONLY LIKE SIX
WEEKS AWAY NOW, AND THEY SAY
VERY HIGH INTEREST.
THE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE
THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE
AND VOTE.
THIS IS NOT USUALLY THE CASE
WITH THE MIDTERMS BUT AS ONE GUY
SAID, "I JUST WANT TO TA PART
IN DEMOCRACY ONE LAST TIME
BEFORE IT GOES AWAY."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
THEY HAVE SOME BEAUTS WHO ARE
RUNNING, THIS GUY IN
PENNSYLVANIA, COULD BE THE
GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, A REAL
PLACE, CALLED DOUG MASTRIANO,
CAMPAIGNING WITH A PROPHET AS
ONE DOES IN POLITICS, A PROPHET
WHO TALKS ABOUT -- NOT MAKING
THIS UP, AND ANOINTED KICK CAKE.
THAT WHEN GAY PEOPLE EAT IT,
THEY BECOME STRAIGHT.
THIS STORY HAS EVERYTHING
EVANGELICALS LOVE, MAGIC,
BIGOTRY, AND DESSERT.
[APPLAUSE]
TO MY GAY FRIENDS OUT THERE, IF
YOU ACCIDENTALLY EAT THIS
ANOINTED CAKE, YOU CAN CONVERT
BACK IF YOU DEEP THROAT ANY
CLAIRE.
[APPLAUSE]
IS USED TO BE A REAL COUNTRY.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
SPEAKING OF WHICH, DID YOU SEE
TRUMP THIS WEEK ON SEAN HANNITY?
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE,
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE FBI
RAIDED HIS HOME IN MAR-A-LAGO TO
GET THE DOCUMENTS HE THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW, CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS,
AND HE TOLD SEAN HANNITY HE CAN
DECLASSIFY A DOCUMENT, A
PRESIDENT CAN, HE CAN, MAYBE
JUST HIM --
[LAUGHTER]
BY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER]
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
IT IS ALL THERE IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
[LAUGHTER]
THE SEPARATION OF PSYCHIC
POWERS.
OKAY?
[APPLAUSE]
PLANE AND SPELLED OUT.
HE CAN DO THINGS JUST BY
THINKING ABOUT IT?
I GUESS THAT EXPLAINED ALL OF
THE WOMEN WHO ONLY THOUGHT THEY
DID NOT WANT THEIR PUSSY
GRABBED.
[APPLAUSE]
AND TRUMP HAS EIGHT DIFFERENT
LAWSUITS GOING ON.
IN NEW YORK STATE THIS WEEK,
THEY ARE SUING HIM AND THE KIDS,
THE WHOLE FAMILY, BECAUSE THEIR
FAMILY WAS A BIG SHAM, ONE
PERSON WAS LIKE --
[LAUGHTER]
SO IT IS NOT JUST TRUMP, IT IS
IVANKA, ERIC, DON JR., NOT
TIFFANY.
A RARE WIN FOR PARENTAL NEGLECT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND TRP THIS WEEK RETURNED TO
MAR-A-LAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE AWFUL RAID AND HE
SAID, IT'S NOT THE SAME.
[LAUGHTER]
THE WHOLE PLACE WAS RANSACKED,
AND APPARENTLY MELANIA WAS A
VERY TRAUMATIZED, TOO, SHE CAN'T
GET THE THOUGHT OUT OF YOUR HEAD
OF FBI AGENT WITH HIS FIGURES IN
HER DRAWS.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW.
WE HAV JONATHAN LEMAIRE AND
VIVEK RAMASWAMY.
FIRST UP, THE OSCAR-WINNING
FILMMAKER, THE HOST OF PODCAST
"RUMBLE WITH MICHAEL MOORE," MY
GOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL MOORE.PPLA]
MICHAEL MOORE.
MIKE.
>> Michael: BILL.
>> Bill: HOW ARE YOU?
YOU LOOK GREAT, YOU LOOK LIKE
MICHAEL LESS FEAR [LAUGHTER]
>> Michael: GREAT.
I AM FEELING PRETTY GOOD,
ACTUALLY.
>> Bill: YEAH?
>> Michael: PANDEMIC QUIT
TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
>> YOU LOOK GREAT.
I SEE YOU AREN YOUR BUNKER
THERE WITH THE MAP OF.
[LAUGHTER]
YOUR UNDISCLOSED LOCATION.
SO, LISTEN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THE MIDTERMS MANY TIMES HERE, I
THINK THERE IS SORT OF A BRIGHT
SPOT THERE IN THE FACT THAT THE
COUNTRY IS ON THE BRINK OF
DISASTER, WHICH FOR THE FIRST
TIME I CAN REMEMBER, THE
MIDTERMS ARE SEXY.
THIS IS THE ONE USUALLY WE HAD
PEOPLE KNOW MY TROUBLE PEOPLE
OUT TO VOTEOR AND ENTHUSIASM
FOR A MIDTERM ELECTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
>> Michael: BEFORE I, PREFACE
FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING, EVER
NEEDS TO SHOW UP AND YOU NEED TO
BRING 5-10 PEOPLE WITH YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, MAKE IT
A FUN THING, HAVE A PARTY
AFTERWARDS, WHATEVER.
BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE, BILL,
AND YOU AND I ARE TWO WELL-KNOWN
PESSIMISTS, I THINK, AND I HAVE
NEVER FELT THIS OPTIMISTIC.
YOU KNOW, I WAS ON YOUR SHOW
HERE, NOW SIX YEARS AGO, WHEN I
SAID THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO WIN,
AND THE AUDIENCE BOOED ME, AND
YOU STOOD UP FOR ME.
I WAS JUST SAYING, LOOK, I AM
OUT, I AM AROUND, I AM FROM THE
MIDWEST.
I THINK I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
SENSE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I THINK THE OPPOSITE IS GOING TO
HAPPEN THIS TIME.
I THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO
BE SUCH A LANDSLIDE AGAINST THE
TRAITORS, ESPECIALLY THE 147
REPUBLICANS WHO JUST HOURS AFTER
THE INSURRECTION VOTED TO NOT
CERTIFY THE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
AND I THINK THAT THERE IS GOING
TO BE SO MANY PEOPLE -- I WANT
TO THANK THE SUPREME COURT FOR
REMINDING WOMEN THAT THEY ARE IN
FACT SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS, AND
TAKING THEIR RIGHTS AWAY LIKE
THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE
SEEN THE LIST OF STATE STARTING
WITH KANSAS, WHICH BY WAY
60% OF THE PEOPLE IN KANSAS A
COUPLE MONTHS AGO SHOWED UP JUST
SAY NO, WE WANT ABORTION LEGAL
AND WE WANT IT IN OUR
CONSTITUTION AND WANT IT TO STAY
THERE.
[APP
AND I THINK THEREING TO BE
SUCH A MASSIVE TURNOUT OF WOMEN.
70% OF ALL NEW ERED VOTERS
IN KANSAS WERE WOMEN.
IN WISCONSIN, 17% MORE THAN MEN
ARE REGISTERING TO VOTE.
PENNSYLVANIA 12%.
IN MOST OF THESE STATES,
WOMEN -- OF THESE ARE WOMEN WHO
HAVE NOT VOTED, WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED, COMING OUT TO
REGISTER, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
IN ALASKA.
ALASKA ONLY GETS ONE MEMBER OF
CONGRESS, IT ELECTS A WOMAN, A
NATIVE ALASKAN WOMAN, TO DEFEAT
SARAH PALIN.
ALASKA.
THIS IS LIKE --
[APPLAUSE]
THERE ARE SO MANY SIGNS OF THIS,
I HONESTLY THINK, IF WE ALL DO
OUR WORK, AND IF WE ALL GET
PEOPLE TO GET OUT THERE AND WE
GET OUT THERE OURSELVES, WE HAVE
A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING -- IT
DOES HAPPEN, EVERY NOW AND THEN.
1993, CANADA VOTED EVERY
CONSERVATIVE MEMBER IN
PARLIAMENT EXCEPT FOR TWO OUT OF
OFFICE.
GONE.
ALL OF THEM.
EXCEPT FOR TWO.
[APPLAUSE]
FOUR YEARS LATER, GREAT BRITAIN,
1997, EVERY CONSERVATIVE MEMBER
OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, IN
SCOTLAND, IN WALES, AND FROM
NORTHERN IRELAND, WERE ALL
THROWN OUT OF OFFICE.
I THINK WE CAN THROW OUT A HUGE
NUMBER OF THESE REPUBLICAN
TRAITORS.
IN NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER 8TH.
[APPLAUSE]
AND I THINK THERE IS A GOOD
CHANCE, INSTEAD -- SEE, AS
LIBERALS, WE ARE LIKE, OH, OH,
WE ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ALL
OF THIS WHINING THAT GOES ON.
WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THIS AND
REALIZE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO GET 2-5 NEW
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AFTER THIS
ELECTION.
COME NOVEMBER.
I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE THAT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
THE HOUSE.
I THINK THE PUNDITS ARE ALL
WRONG.
THEY WERE WRONG SO MANY TIMES.
THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT -- BECAUSE
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE, JUST IN
MICHIGAN.
IN THE OFF YEAR ELECTION RETURN
OF 2014, ONLY 15% OF YOUNG
PEOPLE 18-29 SHOWED UP TO
VOTE, VERY TYPICAL IN THOSE DAY
DAYS.
BUT FOUR YEARS LATER, IN 2018,
YOUNG PEOPLE DOUBLED THEIR VOTE
VEHICLE IT WENT FROM 15% TO 32%
SHOWED UP.
THERE IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE
THIS YEAR.
THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND.
SO WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE
OF COLOR ARE GOING TO SAVE THE
DAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY
HAPPY THE DAY AFTER THE
ELECTION.
[APPLAUSE]
AND I KNOW THEY ARE AFRAID,
DON'T SAY THAT, MIKE, NOW PEOPLE
WON'T SHOW UP.
YES, I KW, BECAUSE THE
OLD-SCHOOL DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS,
WERE A LITTLE LIKE OH, WRONG,
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT THA
WAY ANYMORE.
I THINK THERE IS A REAL
REVOLUTION OF NONVIOLENT
REVOLUTION GOING ON IN FAVOR
OF DEMOCRACY.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE IT.
LOOK HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO LOSING
IT.
WE CAN'T LOSE IT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: MICHAEL MOORE.
NOW LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Michael: I'M SORRY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: I'M SORRY.
QUESTION TWO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Michael: I'M JUST EXCITED!
WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO TEAR
THE COUNTRY DOWN.
WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THEM.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> Bill: I SEE.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME
REPUBLICANS WATCHING THIS SHOW.
WE ARE FOR ALL AMERICANS ON THIS
SHOW.
>> Michael: NO, BUT THAT'S
WHY --
>> Bill: I KNOW.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
SHUT UP RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
AND ANSWER ONE OTHER QUESTION.
OKAY?
WHERE ARE YOU ON BIDEN '24?
>> Michael: WELL...
B1 SUDDENLY YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
SAY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Michael: NO, NO, I DON'T
WANT TO PICK ON HIM BECAUSE HE
IS OLD, BUT HE LD US WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING THAT HE MAY ONLY BE
A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT.
>> Bill: BUT HASN'T HE DONE
KIND OF GOOD IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS?
>> Michael: YES, YES.
I WANT HIM HEALTHY.
[APPLAUSE]
I WANT HIM --
>> Bill: SO WHY ARE YOU --
>> Michael: THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
>> Bill: IN THE MOUTH.
[LAUGHTER]
OKAY.
AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAIR.
WHY BE A JUST ABOUT IT?
SHOULDN'T WE JUST JUDGE HIM ON
THE JOB HE IS DOING?
>> Michael: I'M JUST SAYING HE
MAY DECIDE HE DOESN'T WANT TO
RUN SO WE NEED TO THINK PLAN B
OR PLAN C, BUT NO, BELIEVE ME, I
AM A HUGE FAN OF WHA HE HAS
BEEN ABLE TO DO.
YOU KNOW, HE IS NOT ME, HE IS
NOT YOU, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE CAN MAKE OUR PEACE WITH
CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO MAKE
THIS WORK.
>> Bill: OKAY, SO, WHEN I SAW
OUR FRIEND SALMAN RUSHDIE HAD AN
EPISODE WITH BEING STABBED, I
THOUGHT OF YOU RECENTLY BECAUSE
YOU HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN ALMOST
THE SAME WAY.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO THE
METS GAME, THE ALL-STAR GAME AT
CITI FIELD ONCE.
>> Michael: THERE WE ARE.
>> Bill: LOOK AT THAT.
>> Michael: BILL, DO YOU
REMEMBER ME LEANING OVER TO YOU
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY PUT US
UP ON THE JUMBOTRON, AND I WENT
OH, JEEZ, RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A
GUY UP IN THE BLEACHERS, AN
ASSASSIN, AND NOW HE IS CONFUSED
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHICHON.
[LAUGHTER]
SOUNDS PRETTY DARK RIGHT NOW,
BUT IT -- AT THAT MOMENT, DO YOU
REMEMBER MIGUELABRERA FROM THE
DETROIT TIGERS?
HE SWUNG THE BAT AT THE PLATE
AND THE BAT FLEW OUT OF HIS
HAND, DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
>> Bill: NO.
>> Michael: WENT RIGHT OVER
OUR HEADS, TO HIKE IN 3 FEET,
THAT ONE BAT COULD HAVE TAKEN
OUT ALL THREE OF US.
>> Bill: YOU ARE SAYING MIGUEL
CABRERA WAS THE ASSASSIN?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Michael: I'M JUST SAYING,
HE IS FROM VENEZUELA.
>> Bill: I THINK I SAW THIS IN
AN "NAKED GUN" MOVIE.
AFKE [APPLAUSE]
>> Michael: I HAVE HAD COME A
FEW TIMES, SOMEBODY LEAPED ON
STAGE WITH A KNIFE, WITH A
WEAPON, AND FORTUNATELY I HAD
SECURITY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
PROTECT ME.
ONE TIME A GUY CAME AT ME WITH A
KNIFE AND SECURITY COULD NOT
STOP HIM IN TIME SO HE PUT HIS
HAND IN FRONT OF MY FACE AND THE
KNIFE WENT RIGHT THROUGH HIS
HAND, AND THAT THE SECURITY GUY,
HIS NAME WAS RON, HE LOOKED AT
HIS HAND WITH THE KNIFE, IT WENT
ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND HE
LOOKED AT IT THE WAY YOU LOOK
AT, LIKE, IN THE SHOWER, A
BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO WHEN IT IS
EMPTY, OH...
THAT IS ALL HE DID.
AND THEN HE TOOK THE GUY DOWN
AND HANDCUFFED HIM.
IT'S, IT'S --
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S A SCARY TIME.
IT'S A VIOLENT TIME.
I HEAR THAT SALMAN IS DOING
WELL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO A
BALL GAME WITH HIM AND YOU AGAI
AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I
LET YOU GO, I REALLY DID WANT TO
SAY CONGRATULATIONS, I CANNOT
BELIEVE IT IS 20 YEARS SINCE
COLUMBINE, AND IT IS FUNNY,
SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS SAID BEFORE
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGACY,
WHAT DO YOU WANT, OR MAYBE HE
JUST SAID THIS TO ME, I DON'T
KNOW, I BLAME THE POT.
BUT I KNOW HE SAID IT.
HE SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT?
A SHELF."
MEANING A WHOLE SHELF OF BOOKS,
WHICH HE HAS PRETTY MUCH FILLED
UP AND HE HAS HARDLY DONE.
I FEEL IF YOU HAVE A SHELF, TOO.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT "ROGER AND
ME" AND "BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE"
AND "SICKO" AND "CAPITALISM A
LOVE STORY," YOU HAVE TAKEN ON
GUNS AND YOU HAVE TAKEN ON
INCOME INEQUALITY AND YOU HAVE
TAKEN ON HEALTH CARE.
YOU HAVE TAKEN ON A LOT OF THE
BIG ISSUES.
I KNOW YOU ARE NOT DONE, I
JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU,
NOT JUST ON THE 20 YEARS BUT
HAVING A SHELF.
BUT I HAVE TO GO BEFORE YOU
START.
MICHAEL MOORE, EVERYBODY.
>> Michael: THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT, LET'S MEET
OUR PANEL.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
HE'S THE FOUNDER OF STRIVE
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND AUTHOR OF
"NATION OF VICTIMS: IDENTITY
POLITICS, THE DEATH OF MERIT,
AND THE PATH BACK TO
EXCELLENCE," VIVEK RAMASWAMY.
OVER HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
HE IS THE HOST OF MSNBC'S
"WAY TOO EARLY" AND AUTHOR OF
THE NEW BOOK "THE BIG LIE:
ELECTION CHAOS, POLITICAL
OPPORTUNISM, AND THE STATE OF
AMEROLITICS AFTER
2020,"
THAT'S THE WHOLE BOOK, BY THE
WAY.
JONATHAN LANIER IS HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO START WITH
WHAT IS GOING ON IN IRAN, GEN Z
IS NOT HAVING IT AROUND THE
WORLD.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING GOING
ON HERE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN WHAT I AM
SEEING IN IRAN, IF YOU DO NOT
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, A WOMAN
WAS KILLED BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT
WEARING THE HIJAB
CORRECTLY AND SHE GOT TAKEN IN
BY THE MORALITY POLIC, WE KNOW
THIS GOES ON AND A LOT OF MUSLIM
COUNTRIES, NOT JUST THIS ONE BUT
IRAN IS PRETTY BAD AND THEY
BASICALLLED HER IN CUSTODY
AND PEOPLE, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU
HAVE SEEN THE FOOTAGE, BUT THEY
ARE BURNING THEIR HIT JOBS IN
THE STREETS, AND I FEEL LIKE
THIS IS MAY BE THERE
GEORGE FLOYD MOMENT, FINALLY,
THAT WE ARE SEEING SOMETHING
GOING ON IN THAT PART OF THE
WORLD, WE THOUGHT MAYBE WITH THE
ARAB SPRING BUT THAT DID NOT
TURN OUT TO REALLY CHANGE ALL
THAT MUCH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON
HERE?
>> Vivek: YOU ARE SEEING IT IN
RUSSIA, IN CHINA, PEOPLE ARE
RISING UP AND I THINK IT IS
PRETTY INTERESTING THOSE THREE
COUNTRIES, ALL OF THEM HAVE
ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT, ALL OF
THEM ARE AUTHORITARIAN AND ALL
OF THEM HAVE A PRETTY TOUGH
TIME, I HAVE TO SAY IT IS KIND
OF ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE
COUNTRY'S MOST ANTI-AMERICAN
HAVING AS MUCH TROUBLE, IT IS
NOT SO BAD OVER HERE, BUT
AMERICA APPEARED [APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: IT'S INTERESTING YOU
BRING THOSE TWO IN IT BECAUSE I
FEEL LIKE AUTHORITARIANDERS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE
THOUGHT OH, WE HAVE THE WIND AT
OUR BACK NOW, IT LOOKED LIKE
DEMOCRACY WAS ON THE RISE BUT
THEN TRUMP CAME ALONG AND
BOLSANARO, OH, NO, IT IS BACK TO
US.
THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT.
CAN I SHOW YOU SOME FOOTAGE OF
WHAT IS GOING ON IN RUSSIA?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA
WHEN PUTIN SAID HE IS GOING TO
CALL UP THE RESERVISTS, AND LOTS
OF PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY --
THIS ISN'T A COUNTRY WHERE THEY
PUSH YOU OUT THE WINDOW, SO IS Y
WHERE YOU GET OUTN THE STREETS
AND WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GO TO JAIA
IS THERE WITH YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
IT IS NOT NEARLY AS BAD.
>> Jonathan: IT TAKES
EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE TO DO WHAT
WE ARE SEEING IN IRAN AND WHAT
WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW
RUSSIA, PUTIN THIS WEEK AND A
SIGN OF CLEAR WEAKNESS, A SIGN
HE KNOWS HE ISING THIS
WORLD,ABER RATTLES THE THREAT
OF NUKES AND CALLS UP 300,000 30
RESERVISTS, DAMAGE LIKE THAT CUT
SCENES OF PROTEST
ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW BUT
ALSO RUSSIAN MEN LEAVING THE
COUNTRY, CLOGGING UP AIRPORTS
COME HEADING TO THE BORDERS,
THEY DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE
IN WHAT THEY KNOW IS A WAR THAT
IS FAILING AND A WAR THAT THEY
DON'T BELIEVE IN RIGHT NOW.
[APPLAUSE]
THERE HAS BEEN DAYS NOW OF
UNREST IN IRAN, IT IS TOO SOON
TO SAY WHERE THAT WILL GO, WE
HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN FROM THE
U.N., ENDORSED THAT MOVEMENT,
STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRAN,
WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE
AUTHORITARIANS ARE HAVING A
TOUGH TIME, EVEN AS XI JINPING
LIKELY GOING TO HAVE MORE POWER,
CONGRESS IN BEIJING MEETS IN A
FEW WEEKS BUT EVEN HE, BACKLASH
TO COVID, THE ECONOMY HAS REALLY
SLIPPED, IT IS A TOUGH
STRETCH --
>> Bill: BACKLASH TO THE
REACTION TO COVID.
I SEE THAT HERE IN THE AMERICAN
MEDIA, TOO, THEY BLAME COVID.IT-
>> Jonathan: HOW THEY HANDLED
COVID.
>> Bill: MORE CRAZY THAN WE
ARE, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT.
>> Vivek: ACTUALLY DOES REMIND
ME, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, BILL,
JUST TAKE THOSE THREE COUNTRIES,
IT JUST REMINDS YOU THAT IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD,
HUMAN BEREN'T THAT
DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
WE ALL WANT FREEDOM, AS
HUMAN BEINGS, WE ARE A FREE
PEOPLE, WHETHER WE ARE IN IRAN
OR CHINA OR RUSSIA OR AMERICA
APPEARED I HAVE TO SAY, I ALSO
THINK -- WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT
THOSE PROBLEMS BUT WE CAN LOOK E
AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AT THE
END OF THE DAY, TALK ABOUT A
MORALITY POLICE IN IRAN, I AM
NOT SURE THERE IS NOT A MORALITY
POLICE ARISING IN THE
UNITED STATES, WORDS YOU CAN'T
SAY, CLOTHES YOU CAN'T WEAR,
APOLOGIES YOU MUST RECITE,
CONDEMN VLADIMIR PUTIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WHAT CLOTHES CAN'T
YOU WHERE HERE?
>> Vivek: DEPENDS ON YOUR SKIN
COLOR, CULTURAL
MISAPPROPRIATION --
>> Bill: OH, YOU CAN'T REALLY
BE COMPARING THAT TO HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE TO
WEAR A FUCKING BAG OVER THEIR
HEAD.
>> Vivek: OF COURSE NOT.
THT IS WE C'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BUT THE BEST
WE CAN DO, I THINK, TO TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER
THERE AND USE IT AS A REMINDER
TO JUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND
SAY WE ARE THAT SHINING SEAT ON
A HILL, HOW ARE WE LIVING UP TO
OUR EXAMPLE?
WE HAVE BEEN IMPERFECT IN COVID
POLICY, KIDS IN SCHOOLS, LOSING
SCHOOL FOR A YEAR, CHINA WAS
BAD, WE WERE NOT AS BAD, BUT
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN
LEARN AND HOPEFULLY USE AS AN
OCCASION --
>> Bill: WE COULD DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WOMEN WHO HAVE TO WEAR
BURQAS AND HAVE TO COVER THEIR
FACES.
THE LIBERALS IN THIS COUNTRY
HAVE NEVER STOOD UP AGAINST
THAT.
I MEAN, THE WAY THEY DID AGAINST
APARTHEID AND OTHER ISSUES.
PLAINLY ANTI- -- IMAGINE A WORLD
WHERE THIS DIDN'T EXIST, WHERE
NO ONE EVER THREW A BAG OVER A
WOMAN LIKE SHE WAS A MOTORBOAT.
AND THEN SOMEBODY --
[APPLAUSE]
AND THEN SOMEBODY SUESTED WE
DO THAT TOMORROW.
IN KENTUCKY.
SOMEBODY SAID, LET'S START
COVERING WOMEN COMPLETELY SO
THEY CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
>> Jonathan: PART OF THE
PROBLEM IS WE HAVE THIS TENSION
BETWEEN ISLAMOPHOBIA, YOU CAN'T
CRITICIZE SEVERE ISLAM IS A MANY
MORE AND THAT IS IN CONFLICT
WITH WOMEN'S RIGHTS SO WHAT DO
YOU DO?
SAME THING THAT HAPPD I
CAN STAND WHEN WOMEN ARE NOT
ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, GIRLS ARE
NOT ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL,E
IGNORE THE ISSUE AND MOVE ON
WHEN THOSE COME INTO CONFLICT.
>> Bill: BIG THING IN THIS
COUNTRY, HAVE FOR YEARS COME IN
FOR IMMIGRATION.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE KIND OF
IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS OTHER
COUNTRIES HAVE COME IN
IMMIGRANTS THAT COME HERE REALLY
WANT TO BE HERE, THEY DO NOT
WANT TO CHANGE OUR CULTURE, THEY
WANT TO WORK, THIS NONSENSE
THAT IS GOING ON WITH MARTHA'S
VINEYARD.
[APPLAUSE]
THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA AND
TEXAS SENDING MIGRANTS TO MAKE A
POINT ABOUT LOOK MY THINGS
HAPPEN HERE AT THE BORDER, WE
HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE COMING OVER AND YOU ARE
NO HELPING SO WE ARE GOING TO
SEND PEOPLE TO THESE SANCTUARY
CITIES WHERE YOU SAY YOU WELCOME
THEM.
OKAY, WAS A POLITICAL STUNT?
OF COURSE BUREAU IS IT
RIDICULOUSLY TO HANDLE
IMMIGRATION POLICY?
YES.
THESE TALK OF 50 MIGRANTS IN
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, I HAVE BEEN
TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD, IT IS VERY
NICE.
>> Jonatha .
>> Bill: I MEAN, TIM KAINE,
THESE POOR VENEZUEWHAT
THEY ARE SUFFERING.
FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA
IS WHERE THEY WERE SUFFERING.
ARE NOT SUFFERING SO BADLY.
THAN I READ THE PERSON -- THIS
IS TELEMUNDO REPORTER, I CAN
TELL YOU THEY ARE NOT ANGRY AT
RON DeSANTIS, THANKING HIM --
THEY ARE THANKING HIM FOR HAVING
BROUGHT THEM TO MARTHA'S
VINEYARD.
I WOULD, TOO.AUGHTER]
>> Jonathan: PEOPLE PAY A LOT
OF MONEY TO GO TO MARTHA'S
VINEYARD.
>> Bill: NOT THAT --
>> Jonathan: THE CONFUSION,
SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ENDED UP IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE
GOING IN THAT IT WAS SOME
SUGGESTION, SOME LAWSUITS BEING
FILED BEING LIKE THEY DID NOT
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING, THEY
ARE BEING TREATED -- THEY
WENT THERE AND WERE WELCOMED
WITH OPEN ARMS.
>> Bill: THEY DID NOT HAVE A
DESTINATION COME ANYWAY.
THEY DID NOT BOOK THIS ON
TRAVELOCITY.
[APPLAUSE]
IT IS SO RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THIS
IS A COUNTRY THAT DESPERATELY
NEEDS IMMIGRANTS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE 11 MILLION JOB OPENINGS.
[APPLAUSE]
RESTAURANTS CAN'T FIND PEOPLE TO
DO THE VERY JOBS THAT THESE
PEOPLE ARE VERY WILLING AND WANT
TO DO.
IF THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT SO
DYSFUNCTIONAL, WE WOULD JUST
MATCH THESE ARTICLE PROBLEMS,
PEOPLE WE NEED AND PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO GET HERE, AND WE WOULD
PLACE THEM ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
I CAN IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE THE
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS ON THE
GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA WERE NOT
ENEMIES AND ONE JUST SAID HEY,
IT IS SUMMER HERE IN MARTHA'S
VINEYARD, COULD YOU SEND UP SOME
HELP AND HE SAID, WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO AND THEY WOULD BE HAPPY
TO GO.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS INTO
SOME FAKE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS?
>> Jonathan: YOU HIT ON
SOMETHING.
THERE IS A DESPERATE NEED FOR
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REPORT, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED
BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME TOO
POLITICALLY TOXIC BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND INSTEAD WE ARE
HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT COME
AS YOU SAY CORRECTLY, A STUNT
THAT DeSANTIS IS SENDING THESE
MIGRANTS TO OTHER PLACES, WHAT
IS A CLEAR BASS PLAYER, EFFORT
FOR 2024, FOR HIM THE
POLITICAL FOOTBALL, RATHER THAN
THE HEART OF THE ISSUE, THIS
COUNTRY DOES NEED IMMIGRANTS, IT
NEEDS POLICY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> Vivek: AS A KID OF
IMMIGRANTS, FIRST GENERATION
AMERICAN, I AGREE WITH YOU,
IMMIGRANTS COME NOT AS VICTIMS
BUT AS UNDERDOGS TO THIS
COUNTRY.
I THINK THEY CAN BE THE
LIFEBLOOD OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
WE SIDESTEP -- TALKING ABOUT THE
STUNNED, I AM DONE TALKING ABOUT
THE STUNT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
ACTUAL ISSUE PEOPLE DISAGREE ON,
WHICH CAN A COUNTRY LEGITIMATELY
DECIDE WHO DOES AND DOESN'T
GET TO ENTER ITS BORDER.
I THINK A COUNTRY CAN LEGITIMATE
THE MAKE THAT DECISION.
A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES SAY THEY
CANNOT LEGITIMATELY MAKE THAT
DECISION, OPEN BORDERS, GREAT,
LET'S HAVE THAT DEBATE --
>> Bill: THEY DON'T SAY "OPEN
BORDERS."
>> Vivek: SUM DUE.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS MADE
THE CASE --
>> Bill: COMPLETELY OPEN
BORDERS, COME ONE, COME ALL?
>> Vivek: FAR LEFT OF THE
SPECTRUM, CASE FOR OPEN BORDERS.
>> Bill: MOST DEMOCRARE
NOT THE "OPEN BORDERS."
IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
I TAKE YOUR POINT.
WHEN YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO SAY
WHO CAN'T COME IN, IT DOES SOUND
LIKE YOU WANT OPEN BORDERS AND
THE REASON THE DEMOCRATS, LET'S
BE HONEST, WOULD SAY THAT, THEY
FEAR MORE THAN ANYTHING BEING
THOUGHT OF AS RACIST.
>> Vivek: SURE.
AND ONCE WE USE LABELS, RACIST,
XENOPHOBIC, PICK YOUR LABEL OF
CHOICE, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO
HA ACTUAL DEBATE AND I THINK
THERE IS AICH DEBATE TO SAY,
YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE SHOULD BE A
LOTTERY SYSTEM, A SYSTEM FOR
MANY IMMIGRANTS, I DON'T LIKEATL
IMMIGRATION, I THINK WE SHOULD
BE SELECTIVE ABOUT PICKING THE
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME TO THIS
COUNTRY AND BE PART OF ITS
IDEALS, TO PURPOSEFULLY OPT IN
AND SAY I WANT TO BE A CITIZEN
OF THAT COUNTRY.
DON'T MAKE THEM TAKE THE
CITIZENSHIP TEST AFTER TEN YEARS
OF GREEN CARD, OPT IN AND TAKE
PACIFIC TEST BEFORE THEY GET TO
THIS COUNTRY, I THINK WE SHOULD
OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AS MUCH AS
WE CAN FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
OPT IN BUT CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE
REST, LET'S HAVE A CLEAR DEBATE
ABOUT IT, I THINK THAT COULD
LEAD TO SOME MORE SENSIBLE
POLICY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: SOME OF THAT COULD
GOTTEN APPLAUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
OKAY.
>> Vivek: THERE IT IS.
>> Bill: COMING IN LATE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
LOOK, I WAS WATCHING THE FUNERAL
OF QUEELIZABETH FOR THE PAST
NINE MONTHS, AND --
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, KIND OF
SURPRISED AT THE OUTPOURING.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T JUST
ABOUT HER, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
GREAT, WE MUST SAY THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT BRITAIN,
ALSO, THAT'S GONE.
AND I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE
IMMIGRATION ISSUE WE ARE DEALING
WITH, AND YOU SEE THAT ALL OVER
THE WORLD, THAT WAS BREXIT, THAT
IS IN A LOT OF PLACES, WHERE
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE -- I MEAN,
SWEET AND OF ALL PLACES JUST
ELECTED RIGHTINGERS, I MEAN
HARD RIGHT COME INTO THEIR
GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE
A RIGHT TO SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT, WE ARE WELCOMING, WE WANT
A DIVERSE POPULATION, BUT IF YOU
ARE CHANGING THE VERY CHARACTER
OF THE COUNTRY, THAT IS A BRIDGE
TOO FAR, AND I THINK THAT IS
WHAT HAPPENED IN ENGLAND WITH
BREXIT, AND I THINK SOMETHING
HAPPENED IN BRITAIN WHEN SHE
DIED AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
THERE IS SOMETHING TO THE
BRITISH WAY OF LIFE, WHATEVER
THAT IS, AND YOU ARE MORE THAN
WELCOME TO COME HERE, I REMEMBER
WHEN LONDON WAS ALL WHITE IN THE
'80s WHEN I FIRST WENT THERE
AND NOW IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
DIVERSITY AND THAT IS BETTER,
BUT IT IS A BRITISH CITY AND
THERE IS A BRITISH WAY OF LIFE,
AND, YOU KNOW, MELTING POTS, YOU
KNOW, MELT A LITTLE.
>> Jonathan: ITALY ALSO RIGHT
NOW POTENTIALLY ELECTING MORE OF
A RIGHT-WING LEADER THEY ARE.
THIS IS A DEBATE ABOUT
NATIONALISM AND A DEBATE ABOUT
NATIONAL IDENTITY, AS WELL AND
WE ARE SEEING IT IN EUROPE AND
IN THE UNITED STATES, TOO, THAT
IS SOMETHING DONALD TRUMAP
INTO IN 2016 COME HIS
IMMIGRATION, HARD-LINE
IMMIGRATION STANCE, THIS IDEA OF
IN SOME WAYS, US VERSUS THEM,
THAT IS STILL A DEBATE THAT IS
HAPPENING EVEN AS SOME
AUTHORITARIANS ON THE RUN BUT
RIGHT-WING IDEAS ARE NOT.
>> Vivek: THE ONLY THING I
WOULD OBSERVE AS I THINK EUROPE
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
UNITED STATES.
MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE
BUILT ON A COMMON LANGUAGE, A
COMMON MONARCH, A COMMON
RELIGION, EVEN COMMON GENETIC
STOCK, I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO
SAY THAT OUT LOUD BUT IT IS PART
OF THE IDENTITY, THE NATIONAL
IDENTITY TO MAKE EUROPEAN
NATIONS.
AMERICAS DIFFERENT.
AMERICA WAS PART ON A SET OF
IDEAS THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER A
DIVIDED POLYGLOT GROUP OF
PEOPLE, SO I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE
WORD NATIONALISM, BUT TO ME,
NATIONALISM OR EXCEPTIONALISM IS
A BELIEF IN THE IDEAS THE
BOUNDLESS GROUP OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND IF WE WANT TO
SELECT FOR IMMIGRANTS, TO SAY WE
WANT IMMIGRANTS WHO BIND TO
THOSE IDEAS, BY GOD, I STAND BY
THAT, BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN
SAYING THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR
YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE --
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I MUST SAY, I'M A
LITTLE AFRAID OF THE WORD
"NATIONALISM."
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jonathan: NATIONALISM HAS
LED TO THINGS TO BE SCARED OF.
>> Bill: LOOK COME ON THIS
SHOW, WE LIKE TO COVER
ISSUES.
SOME OF THESE WRAP UP SHOWS DO
NOT GET TO EVERYTHING BUT ON THE
SHOW, HERE ON "REAL-TIME," WE
GEYTHING.
AUSTRALIA HAD ITS FIRST FATAL
KANGAROO ATTACK.
[LAUGHTER]
SINCE 1936.
AND I JUST GOT TO SAY, THE MEDIA
IS RIDICULOUS -- NOT YOU, YOU
ARE FANTASTIC.
>> Jonathan: THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BUT THE REST IS.
YOU SEE THE WAY DIFFERENT
OUTLETS COVER THIS.
THEY JUST WANT TO ALWAYS IT GIN
A STORY AND MAKE THE BIGGEST
SCANDAL THEY POSSIBLY CAN, SO
LOOK AT SOME OF THESE -- THIS
JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
HERE IS CNN.
"DEATH BY KANGAROO HITS 86 YEAR
HIGH."
[LAUGHTER]
LOOK AT THIS.
"WHAT'S BEHIND THE HISTORICAL
SPIKE IN KANGAROO ATTACKS?"
[LAUGHTER]
"KANGAROO DEATHS NOW THE LEADING
CAUSE OF STANDING THE FUCK
BACK."
[LAUGHTER]
"HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR INEVITABLE
KANGAROO ATTACK."
"TRUMP: BUILD A WALL AROUND
AUSTRALIA."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
"MISSING WHITE GIRL FEARED EATEN
BY KANGAROO."
[LAUGHTER]
"DENNIS RODMAN OFFERS TO MEET
WITH KANGAROOS."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
"TOP REPUBLICANS: 'BIDEN SOFT ON
KANGAROOS.'"
[LAUGHTER]
"KANGAROO DENIERS CALL
MARSUPIALS A HOAX: 'AN ANIMAL
WITH A POCKET?
WHAT'S NEXT?
A DUCK WITH BELT LOOPS?'"
[LAUGHTER]
"PROUD BOY MARCH ENDS WITH
CHANT: 'ROOS WILL NOT REPLACE
US!'"
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
WE COVER EVERY STORY HERE.
MIGRANTS IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD
FOR ONE MORE SECOND?
I JUST SAW THE PICTURES OF THEM
BEING GREETED BY THE PEOPLE,
WHILE A CHILD BEING TOLD IT IS A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, THE
SITUATION WRIT LARGE IS A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, JUST DON'T
TELL ME I AM NOT SEEING WHAT I
AM SEEING.
I FIND IT INSULTING.
OKAY, SO THE GUY -- AND THEN
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," THIS IS
THE NEW WOKE TIMES.
THEY DID A WHOLE PROFILE OF THIS
VENEZUELAN GUY WHO CAME HERE, I
FEEL FORTUNATE, HE SAYS AT THE
END, THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT ME ON
A BUS TO WASHINGTON.
IT OPENED UP DOORS FOR ME.
AGAIN, JUST DON'T TELL ME I AM
NOT SEEING WHAT I AM SEEING.
YOUR BOOK IS ABOUT VICTIMS.
I THOUGHT WHEN I READ THIS,
THERE IS A BOSTON LAW FIRM NOW
AND A NONPROFIT WHO HAVEDED
TOGETHER TO FILE A LAWSUIT ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, THE 50
VENEZUELANS IN MARTHA'S
VINEYARD, THEY WERE HERE TWO
DAYS.
AND I GOT A LAWSUIT.
IT SAYS THEY HAVE SUFFERED
ECONOMIC, EMOTIONAL, AND
CONSTITUTIONAL HARMS.
TWO DAYS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> Jonathan: IT WAS OFF-PEAK
SEASON.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: RIGHT, SOMETIMES THEY
HAD TO PLAY DOUBLES WHEN THE
COURTS WERE CROWDED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
BUT AGAIN, SO I JUST THOUGHT MAY
BE, SINCE YOUR BOOK IS ABOUTVICK
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK, HOW THIS
RELATES.
>> V IT PAYS TO BE A
VICTIM IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT
PAYS TO TURN OTHER PEOPLE INTO
VICTIMS, TOO.
I WANT TO LEARN WHAT CUT OF THE
PROFITS THOSE ATTORNEYS ARE
GOING TO GET FROM THEIR
JUDGMENTS AGAINST RON DeSANTIS
IN THEIR CIVIL SUIT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, MOST
IMMIGRANTS COME TO THIS COUNTRY
AS UNDERDOGS, THEY COME HERE TO
BE SCRAPPY, THEY WANT TO USE
THEIR OWN TALENTS AND EFFORTS TO
RISE TO THE TOP BUT NOW SOMEONE
SHOW UP AND SAY HEY, YOU ARE A
PERSON OF COLOR, YOU HAVE BEEN
EXPLOITED, AND GUESS WHAT, YOU
COULD BEITLED TO DAMAGES --
WHICH I GET A CUT OF.
VICTIMHOOD BECOMES A CURRENCY,
TRADING IN A BUBBLE, AND PEOPLE
ARE CATCHING AND USING OTHER
PEOPLE TO CASH IN THEIR CHIPS
WHEN IT IS TRADING AT A HIGH AND
THAT IS HOW WE HAVE GONE FROM
BEING THIS NATION UP UNDERDOGS
TO THIS NATION OF VICTIMS AND
EVEN POLLUTING PEOPLE WHO COME
TO THIS COUNTRY AS UNDERDOGS, TO
THINK OF THEMSELVES AS VICTIMS.
I THINK IT IS IMMORAL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Jonathan: VICTIMHOOD HAS
ALSO BECOME AN POLITICAL
IDENTITY, ASELL.
DONALD TRUMP'S ENTIRE CAMPAIGN
WAS ABOUT VICTIMS AND
GRIEVANCE --
>> Bill: LITTLE BITCH.
HE IS THE BIGGEST WHINY LITTLE
BITCH EVER.
>> Jonathan: INOT SAY THAT
ON MY SHOW.
>> Bill: I HAVE SAID IA
THOUSAND --
[APPLAUSE]
I'M SORRY, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
>> Jonathan: NO, THAT IS PART
OF IT.
THINGS ARE UNFAIR.
THINGS ARE RIGGED.
THINGS ARE STOLEN.
THIS HAS BEEN THE MANTRA OF HIM
AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
ELECTORATE FOR SIX OR SEVEN
YEARS, AND IT IS ACCELERATING
AND LEADING INTO EVERY FACET.
>> Vivek: I HAVE A BIG CREDIT,
MY LAST BOO "WALK VICTIMHOOD,"
BLACK VICTIMHOOD, THEY SAID YOU
CANNOT WRITE THAT BECAUSE
YOU ARE N BLACK, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO CARE ABOUT ADDRESSING
PROBLEMS, NO MATTER THE COLOR OF
YOUR SKIN, BUT THE
CHAPTER RIGHT AFTER WAS
ABOUT THE RISE OF WHITE
VICTIMHOOD IN RESPONSE.
SOMEO IS MAY BE MORE RIGHT
OF CENTER, I AM DISAPPOINTED IN
THE CONSERVATIVE VICTIMHOOD
COMPLEXES WHERE WE HAVE THE
VICTIMHOOD GRIEVANCE OLYMPICS,
YOU ARE A VICTIM, I AM A BIGGER
VICTIM.
AMERICA LOSES IN THE END.
THERE IS NO GOLD MEDALIST IN THE
VICTIMHOOD OLYMPICS.
IT IS OUR COUNTRY THAT LOSES.
AND I HOPE THAT BOTH PARTIES --
PART OF THE REASON I TOOK THE
TIME TO THAT IN THIS BOOK IS
I HOPE MORE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT
OF THE SAME THING TO LEFT-WING
VICTIMHOOD, AS WELL.
WE DO NOT NEED TO POINT OUT THE
OTHER TRIBES PROBLEM, WE NEED TO
POINT OUT PROBLEMS WITH OUR OWN
TRIBES TO REVIVE THE PURSUIT OF
EXCELLENCE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: SO WE ARE ALL
AGREEING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM ON
BOTH SIDES.
OKAY.
SO WHY?
WHY DID AMERICA AS A COUNTRY --
BECAUSE I DO THINK WHEN
HISTORIANS WRITE ABOUT AMERICA
FROM A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE, IF
WE ARE STILL HERE --
[LAUGHS]
OR FIVE YEARS, WHO KNOWS.
I THINK THEY WILL SEE THE
PATHOLOGIES DID CROSS THE
TRIBES.
THEY WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THE WAY
WE TALK ABOUT OURSELVES
TRIBALLY, THEY WILL SAY THE
PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
BECAME IN LOVE WITH VICTIMHOOD.
BUT WHY?
WHEN DID IT CHANGE?
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SEEM TO ME IT
WAS ON EITHER SIDE AND NOW IT IS
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> Vivek: I THINK IT IS A
PROBLEM OF INCUMBENCY VEHICLE
VICTIMHOOD IS A PROBLEM OF
INCUMBENCY.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
LARGEST INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH
TRANSFER, BABY BOOMERS TO
MILLENNIALS COME IN HISTORY.
A FAMOUS QUOTE OFTEN ATTRIBUTED
TO THE FOUNDER OF ABU DHABI
WHERE HE SAYS MY GRANDFATHER
RODE A CAMEL, MY FATHER RODE A
CAMEL, I RIDE A MERCEDES, MY SON
RIDES A LAND ROVER, MY GRANDSON
RIDES A LAND ROVER, MY
GREAT-GRANDSON WILL HAVE TO
WRITE A CAMEL AGAIN.
WHEN YOU GET THAT MUCH
ENTITLEMENT, THAT MUCH
INHERITANCE -- BY THE WAY, WE
SHOULD THINK HEAVILY ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THIS
LEVEL --
>> Bill: YOU ARE SAYING WE
SPOILED THE GENERATIONS, AND
THEN THEY BECAME IN LOVE WITH
VICTIMHOOD?
>> Vivek: ABSOLUTELY, COMES
OUT OF ENTITLEMENT, LAZINESS,
VICTIMHOOD FITS LAZINESS LIKE A
GLOVE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I FIND IT VERY
CORROSIVE.
I WAS READING ABOUT, WE TALKED
ABOUT ON THIS SHOW IN THE
OUTCOME OF THE CHEATING THAT
WENT ON WITH THE COVID RELIEF
MONEY.
THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT WERE STOLEN AND I
THINK THAT COMES OUT OF THAT,
TOO.
>> Jonathan: PEOPLE HAVE A
PERCEPTION THAT OTHERS HAVE
ADVANTAGES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
AND THEY NEED TO TRY TO LEVEL
THE PLAYING FIELD.
AGAIN, IT PLAYS INTO THE
POLITICAL CONVERSATION AND THE
POLITICAL IDENTITY OF GRIEVANCE
AND VICTIMHOOD.
I WENT AS A CAMPAIGN REPORTER,
HUNDREDS OR MORE TRUMP RALLIES
IN 2016, AND ONE OF THE REFRAINS
FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, YOU
WOULD HEAR NIGHT AFTER, I
CAPTURED THIS IN MY BOOK, THE
IDEA PEOPLE WOULD SAY, I AM HERE
FOR THIS GUY BECAUSE I HAVE
LIVED IN THIS TOWN FOR 40 YEARS
AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RAISE IN
20.
THE FACTORY CLOSED.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CAN'T
GUARANTEE MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE
A BETTER LIFE THAN ME.
AND THERE IS A SENSE OF BEING
LEFT OUT.
MEANWHILE, SOMEONE ELSE IS
GETTING A HAND UP, SOMEONE ELSE
IS BENITING.
THAT COULD BE AN IMMIGRANT OR
THE ELITE, BUT WE, THE REAL
AMERICANS, ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND
AND I THINK THERE IS THAT SENSE
OF GRIEVANCE AND VICTIMHOOD THAT
LEADS TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE
AND INCLUDING CUTTING CORNERS IF
THEY CAN TO GET THE HANDOUT.
>> Bill: THE TRAGEDY OF THE
REPUBLICAN VOTER THE TRUMP
MOTOR, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO
FIX THAT.
OR TO CHANGE THAT.
HE SOLVED EXACTLY ZERO OF THEIR
PROBLEMS.
>> Vivek: ONE OF THE CASES I
MAKE, THOUGH, WE CAN SIT HERE
AND OBSERVE AND BE VICTIMS ABOUT
OUR VICTIMHOOD CULTURE, AND I
DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
HOW DO WE RESTORE OUR PATH BACK
TO EXCELLENCE?
HARD TO SAY.
I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO BE
WILLING TO FORGIVE.
IF I THINK THAT IS NOT A
CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH
IN THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK THE PATH FROM VICTIMHOOD
VICTIMHOOD -- AS IT RELATES TO
TRUMP VICTIMHOOD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: A GOOD FIRST STEP
WOULD BE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS SHOP TEACHER IN CANADA WITH
THE GIANT TITS.
[LAUGHTER]
HAVE YOU SEEN -- LOOK AT -- THIS
IS A REAL PERSON WHO IS REALLY A
TEACHER.
YOU DIDN'T READ ABOUT THIS?
OKAY, HER NAME IS KYLA LEMIEUX,
OAKVILLE, THAT IS IN ONTARIO,
CANADA, WHICH IS A BIG BLUE
STATE TO THE NORTH.
SHE JUST TRANSITIONED ABOUT A
YEAR AGO AND SHE INSISTS ON
WEARING THESE ENORMOUS -- YOU
SAW THE PICTURE, I HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS SINCE "JUGS"
MAGAZINE, YOU REMEMBER "JOKES"
MAGAZINE, JOHN.
>> Jonathan: UNDER THE
MATTRESS.
THERE IS A CASE TO BE MADE ABOUT
THE BACK PAIN THAT SHE PROBABLY
HAS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
>> Bill: OAKVILLE, THEY
COMPLETELY STOOD BY HER, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, TALKING ABOUT
EQUITABLE TREATMENT WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION.
YES, WE ARE ALL FOR THAT, BASED
NOT UPON GENDER, YES, IDENTITY
EXPRESSION, WE ARE ALL FOR THAT.
REGARDLESS OF RACE, AGE,
ABILITY -- ABILITY, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT BEER WITH
A MEAN YOU ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR
AND YOU GET EQUAL TREATMENT, OF
COURSE, IF THEY
MEAN YOU JUST CAN'T DO YOUR JOB
AND THEY MIGHT BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE NUTS, RACE, AGE,
ABILITY, SEX,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ETHNICITY,
YES, YOU SAID RACE, RELIGION,
CULTURAL OBSERVANCE,
SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE, BODY
TYPE, SIZE, OKAY, WE ARE FOR
EVERYTHING.
BUT THE GIANT TITS ARE SCARING
THE CHILDREN.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I MEAN, COME ON.
CAN YOU JUST DO ANYTHING?
>> Vivek: I THINK THERE ARE
TWO SIDES TO THIS --
>> Bill: I GET IT, TWO SIDES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Vivek: GO BOTH WAYS WITH
THIS.
THE TRANS-VICTIMHOOD SIDE OF
THIS IS LOOK -- A LITTLE BIT OF
IRONY WITH THE BREAST IMPLANTS,
OKAY?
IF YOU ARE A CIS WOMAN WHO WANTS
TO FEEL MORE FEMININE, IF YOU
ARE TRANS WOMEN, SOCIETY PAYS
FOR IT.
WHEN I READ THIS STORY, THESE
ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, I FEEL
DIFFERENTLY BEES ARE
FIRST-GRADERS BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY, MAYBE THIS WOMAN NEEDS
HELP --
>> Bill: MAY BE, ARE YOU NUTS?
THERE ARE BREAST IMPLANTS, THAT
IS ONE THING.
WHAT IF SHE CAME IN WITH A GIANT
COCK?
WHAT IF THE REVERSE?
>> Vivek: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
COME ABOUT TO BE GROWN ADULTS,
STOP WHINING ABOUT IT.
>> Bill: THIS WOMAN OBVIOUSLY
NEEDS HELP.
DID YOU SEE THE PICTURE?
THIS IS A PERSON WHO NEEDS HELP
AND WE ARE PRETENDING, FOR THE
F IT IS ALL IN YOUR BOOK,
THAT WE JUST HAVE TO GO ALONG
WITH ANYTHING, WHAT IF I DID
THIS SHOW WITH A PILE OF DOG
SHIT ON MY HEAD?
YOU WOULD ALL BE LIKE, BILL
WEARS DOG SHIT ON HIS HEAD, NOW.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE TO GO TO "NEW RULES."
"NEW RULES," EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, PANEL.
♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE]
OKAY.
NEW RULE: IF YOUR FUNERAL TAKES
TWO WEEKS IT'S NOT A CEREMONY,
IT'S A GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS
SALE.
[LAUGHTER]
THEY SAY THAT 90% OF THE PEOPLE
ON EARTH NEVER KNEW A TIME WHEN
QUEEN ELIZABETH WASN'T QUEEN.
OKAY, BUT 5 MILLION BABIES HAVE
BEEN BORN SINCE SHE DIED,
[LAUGHTER]EY'VE NEVER KNOWN A WD
WHERE SHE WASN'T BEING BURIED.
[LAUGHTER]
PUTTS [APPLAUSE]
I'M ALL FOR "THANK YOU, MA'AM"
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO "WHAM-BAM"?
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO RESEARCHERS WHO
CONDUCTED A STUDY TO DETERMINE
CONDITIONER DURING THE DAY WOULD
RESULT IN MORE ENERGY SAVINGS
THAN LEAVING IT ON HAVE TO
CONDUCT A NEW STUDY TO SEE IF
PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THEIR
CAR PAY MORE FOR GAS THAN PEOPLE
WHO LEAVE IT PARKED.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND THEN ONE TO DETERMINE IF
PEOPLE WHO GO TO PROSTITUTES PAY
MORE FOR SEX THAN PEOPLE WHO
STAY HOME AND JERK OFF.
[LAUGHTER]
AND ON AND ON UNTIL THEY GET AN
EMAIL FROM THE UNIVERSITY
ASKING, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU
DOING?"
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE:
THE MAKERS OF LUCKY SOY SAUCE
HAVE TO ADMIT THEY CHOSE THAT
NAME BECAUSE IF YOU MANAGE TO
TEAR THE PACKET OPEN WITHOUT
GETTING SOY SAUCE ALL OVER THE
TABLE, YOU'RE LUCKY.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE:
DOGS HAVE TO TRY A DIFFERENT
POSITION.
[LAUGHTER]
SERIOUSLY.
WOULD IT KILL YOU TO GIVE HER A
LITTLE EYE CONTACT EVERY ONCE IN
WHILE?
[LAUGHTER]
I MEAN, MIX IT UP A LITTLE.
SHE'S NOT YOUR BITCH.
OKAY, TECHNICALLY, YES, SHE'S
LITERALLY YOUR BITCH.
NEW RULE:
THE HARVARD ASTRONOMER WHO
BELIEVES THAT THIS ASTEROID MAY
IN FACT BE AN ALIEN SPACESHIP
HAS TO ADMIT IF IT IS, IT SUCKS.
[LAUGHTER]
HOW DISAPPOINTING IF THIS IS
WHAT AN ALIEN SPACESHIP LOOKS
LIKE -- I WAS EXPECTING
SOMETHING SLEEK AND SHINY AND
STEALTHY, NOT CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
OF THE TURD KIND.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE: YOU DON'T
REALLY LOVE AMERICA IF YOU HATE
HALF THE PEOPLE IN IT.
[LIGHT LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND ALSO, IF YOU HATE A LOT OF
THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS
LOVED ABOUT IT.
THERE'S AN OFT-REPEATED MOMENT
IN POLITICAL DEBATES WHERE THEMO
CANDIDATES.
"SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT YOUR
OPPONENT."
>> CAN YOU SAY ONE NICE THING,
SOMETHING YOU ADMIRE ABOUT YOUR
OPPONENT?
>> CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE --
>> TELL US SOMETHING YOU ADMIRE
ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT.
>> CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE
ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE] Bill: IT'S ALWAYS SO,
BECAUSE THE CANDIDATES JUST
SPENT AN HOUR DESCRIBING HOW
AMERICA WOULD BE AN
OUT-OF-CONTROL DUMPSTER FIRE
IF THE OTHER GUY WON THE
ELECTION, BUT THEY STILL TRY
TRY TO ANSWER IT.
>> I RESPECT HIS CHILDREN.
>> I COMMEND HIM ON WHAT HE IS
DOING AROUND CATS.
>> HE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT.
I THINK THAT IS TERRIFIC.
>> YOU ARE A VERY WELL DRESSED
OPPONENT.
>> YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD GOLF
GAME.
>> LI HAS TWO LITTLE BOYS.
THEY ARE SO CUTE.
>> Bill: I SAY, THE NEXT TIME WE
HAVE DEBATES, THE MODERATOR
NEEDS TO FRAME THAT QUESTION A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, AS: "SAY
SOMETHING ABOUICA THAT YOU
LIKE."
BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW
WHY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING
FOR THIS COUNTRY SO HARD EVEN
WANT IT ANYMORE.
REPUBLICANS, I'LL START WITH
YO REALLY WANT TO KNOW:
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT AMERICA?
IT'S NOT DEMOCRACY.
YOU STTH A PRESIDENT WHO
TRIED TO PULL OFF A COUP.
AND A DOZEN REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
FOR SENATE AND GOVERNOR IN THIS
YEAR'S MIDTERMS SAY THEY
ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT COMMIT TO
ACCEPTING THE RESULTS.
"ELECTIONS ONLY COUNT WHEN WE
WIN THEM" -- THAT'S WHAT AMERICA
IS TO YOU NOW?
THAT SHOWS MORE DISRESPECT FOR
THE FLAG THAN ANY FOOTBALL
PLAYER EVER COULD.
[APPLAUSE]
UTAH SENATOR MIKE LEE SAYS
OUTRIGHT "WE'RE NOT A
DEMOCRACY."
NO, NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO RUN
THINGS.
THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 27 STATES
HAVE INTRODUCED OR ENACTED LAWS
THAT RESTRICT VOTING.
IF YOU SAY YOU LOVE AMERICA,
DON'T YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOVE THE
OF EVERYONE GETTING TO
VOTE?
DON'T YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER?
[APPLAUSE]
REPUBLICANS REMIND ME OF THE
TROPHY HUNTERS W SAY THEY LOVE
WILDLIFE.
YEAH?
THEN WHY DO YOU SHOOT IT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
REPUBLICANS USED TO BE THE RULE
OF LAW PEOPLE AND LIONIZED THE
OFFICERS WHO UPHELD IT -- BUT
WHEN RIOTERS STORMED THE CITADEL
AND SYMB OF AMERICA ON
JANUARY 6TH, MOST REPUBLICANS
TOOK THEIR SIDE, AND NOT THE
SIDE OF THE POLICE, OVER A
HUNDRED OF WHOM WERE WOUNDED.
FUCK THE POLICE -- THAT IS THE
CLARION CALL OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY NOW?
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN DID THE G.O.P. BECOME NWA?
[APPLAUSE]
AND THEN THERE'S THE FBI:
STEVE BANNON SAYS THEY'RE THE
GESTAPO.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SAYS THEY
SHOULD BE DEFUNDED, AND
CONGRESSMAN PAUL GAYS, "WE
MUST DESTROY THE FBI."
WHAT?
THE FBI IS NOT AMERICAN NOW?
FBI AGENTS ARE SO SQUARE THEY
YELL "FORE" WHEN THEY EJACULATE.
[APPLAUSE]
THEY THINK MATCHING WINDBREAKERS
ARE COOL.
[LAUGHTER]
THEIR FLAGPINS HAVE FLAGPINS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND THE MILITARY USED TO BE IN
THE SAME CATEGORY -- THE BEDROCK
OF THE SUPER PATRIOT CROWD.
BUT TRUMP BEGAN HIS FIRST
CAMPAIGN BY DOING SOMETHING THAT
UP TILL THEN WAS UNTHINKABLE: HE
MOCKED AND DERIDED A WAR HERO --
A REPUBLICAN WAR HERO -- WHO'D
BEEN SHOT DOWN, IMPRISONED, AND
TORTURED.
ANIT WAS NOT A BRIDGE TOO FAR
FOR REPUBLICANS -- THEY SHRUGGED
AND WALKED ACROSS IT.
AS THEY DID WHEN TRUMP CALLED
THE JOINT CHIEFS "LOSERS" AND
OUR SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN
WORLD WAR I "LOSERS."
TED CRUZ CALLS TODAY'S TROOPS
"PANSIES" AND REPUBLICAN SENATE
NOMINEE BLAKE MASTERS SAYS OUR
GENERALS ARE "LEFT-WING
CORPORATE BOZOS."
THAT'S THE PATRIOTIC VIEW OF OUR
MILITARY BRASS?
MAYBE THAT'S WHY TRUMP SAID HE
WISHED THEY ACTED MORE LIKE THE
NAZI GENERALS WE FOUGHT IN
WORLD WAR II.
YEAH, WE WON THAT ONE, BY THE
WAY.
[APPLAUSE]
SO, I ASK AGAIN: IF YOU DON'T
LIKE DEMOCRACY, VOTING, THE FBI,
THE MILITARY, AND COPS, WHAT
ABOUT AMERICA DO YOU LIKE?
OH, I KNOW: THE CONSTITUTION,
THAT'S RIGHT, THE GRAND, OLD --
WHAT'S THAT?
CONGRESSWOMEN LAUREN BOEBERT
SAYS WHAT?
SHE SAYS, "I'M TIRED OF THIS
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
JUNK THAT'S NOT IN THE
CONSTITUTION."
BUT IT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION,
AND IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
PILLARS OF THIS COUNTRY THAT, IF
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN IT, IT
MAKES ME WONDER WHY YOU'RE
FIGHTING SO HARD FOR THIS PLACE
AT ALL.
[APPLAUSE]
AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO ODD ABOUT
THIS TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN:
FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT FIGHTING
FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA, NOBODY
SEEMS TO LIKE IT VERY MUCH.
TOO MANY LIBERALS GIVE THE
IMPRESSION THAT TO THEM, AMERICA
IS JUST A BIG "UGH."
THE RED, WHITE, AND EWW.
A COUNTRY THAT START BAD
AND WILL ALWAYS BE BAD, FOUNDED
ON AN UNRELENTING HISTORY OF
SUCKING, AND UNABLE TO CHANGE.
BUT WE HAVE CHANGED -- A LOT.
CONGRESSWOMAN CORI BUSH TWEETED
"THIS LAND IS STOLENAND AND
BLACK PEOPLE STILL AREN'T FREE."
AND THIS WAS ON THE FOURTH OF
JULY.
REALLY.
NOT THAT I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN A RAH-RAH GUY,
BUT I AM A PERSPECTIVE GUY.
AND THAT'S WHAT TOO MUCH OF THE
LEFT HAS LOST: PERSPECTIVE.
72% OF BLACK PEOPLE UNDER 30 ARE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN
AMERICA, WAY MORE THAN WHITE
PEOPLE THE SAME AGE.
AND AS FAR AS THE LAND GOES,
YES, I GUESS WE COULD CHANGE THE
NAME OF CAPTAIN AMERICA TO
CAPTAIN STOLENLAND.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT HONESTLY, TO ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO START EVERY PUBLIC EVENT NOW
WITH ONEF THOSE
"LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
WHERE THEY SAY "I'M STANDING ON
LAND THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THE
PROUD, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE
CHUMASH TRIBE," I SAY: EITHER
GIVE IT BACK OR SHUT THE FUCK
UP.
[APPLAUSE]
AOC SAYS "SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY HATE WOMEN."
OH, GEEZ.
EVEN THE GUY AT THE PARTY WHO
PULLS OUT A GUITAR IS LIKE "WAY
TO RUIN THE FUN."
[LAUGHTER]
CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN SAYS
CAPITALISM IS "SLAVERY BY
ANOTHER NAME."
NO, IT'S NOT -- IT'S THE THING
THAT HAS GIVENORE PEOPLE MORE
PROSPERITY AND HOPE THAN ANY
OTHER SYSTEM, FLAWED THOUGH IT
[APPLAUSE]
BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING LIKE THE
FREE MARKET IS KIND OF
SYNONYMOUS WITH AMERICA, AND IF
YOU DON'T LIKE IT, I DON'T KNOWS
COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW WHO LOVES THIS COUNTRY?
YOU KNOW WHO'S NOT CONSTANTLY
COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
200 YEARS AGO, AND WHO'S NOT
OBSESSED WITH SEEING AMERICA
THROUGH SHIT-COLORED GLASSES AND
SHAKING OFF THE STENCH OF WHAT
IRREDEEMABLE, PRIVILEGED
ASSHOLES WE ARE?
IMMIGRANTS.
[APPLAUSE]
ASK ANY OF THEM WHY THEY CAME
HERE, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU
THE SAME THING: RON DeSANTIS PUT
ME ON A PLANE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT THEY WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT
AMERICA, FOR ALL THAT'S SO
SHITTY ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, IT'S
STILL THE LAST, BEST HOPE, AND
THOSE PEOPLE AING FOR OUR
VOTES TO TAKE IT OVER SHOULD
REMEMBER THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE KLEINANS MUSIC
HALL IN BUFFALO, OCTOBER 9TH,
AT THE FOXWOODS CASINO IN
MASHANTUCKET, NOVEMBER 13TH,
AND AT THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS
NOVEMBER 25TH AND 26TH.
I WANT TO THANK
VIVEK RAMASWAMY, JONATHAN LEMIRE
AND MICHAEL MOORE.
NOW GO TO YOUTUBE AND JOIN US
"OVERTIME."
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
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[APPLAUSE]
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