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John: WELCOME TO

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"LAST WEEK TONIGHT!"

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I'M JOHN OLIVER.

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THANKS FOR JOINING US.

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IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK, FROM

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MARK ROBINSON'S GUBERNATORIAL

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CAMPAIGN BEING DERAILED BY

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REPORTS OF HIS COMMENTING, AMONG

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OTHER THINGS,

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"I'M A BLACK NAZI" IN-- AND

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THIS IS TRUE-- A PORN FORUM, TO

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A MAYORAL DEBATE IN SAO PAULO

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ENDING EARLY AFTER ONE OF THE

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CANDIDATES HIT THE OTHER WITH A

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METAL CHAIR.

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BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE

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DEBATE WE MISSED WHILE WE WERE

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OFF LAST WEEK.

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SPECIFICALLY, THIS EXCEPTIONAL

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MOMENT IN AMERICAN ORATORY:

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IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY ARE

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EATING THE DOGS.

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THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY

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ARE EATING THE CATS.

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THEY ARE EATING THE PATS OF THE

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PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE.

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YEAH, THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP

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ACCUSING HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS OF

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KILLING AND EATING PEOPLE'S

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PETS.

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AND: CAN YOU EVEN REMEMBER A

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TIME WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT

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WOULD'VE BEEN DISQUALIFYING?

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I CAN'T ANYMORE!

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REPUBLICANS HAVE NOW NOMINATED

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TRUMP THREE TIMES, DEMOCRATS

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HAVE SO FAR LOST TO HIM HALF THE

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TIME, AND THIS ELECTION IS STILL

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INEXPLICABLY CLOSE, BECAUSE

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UNFORTUNATELY, SOME AMERICANS

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WATCHED THAT AND THOUGHT "I

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DON'T LIKE HOW KAMALA LAUGHED

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WHEN HE CALLED IMMIGRANTS

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DOG-EATERS.

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THAT WASN'T VERY PRESIDENTIAL."

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I KNOW THAT HAPPENED OVER A WEEK

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AGO, AND THERE'VE BEEN PLENTY OF

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CAT-EATING JOKES SINCE, BUT I

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STILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS,

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BOTH BECAUSE THE CHAOS TRUMP

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STIRRED UP IN SPRINGFIELD IS

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ONGOING, AND BECAUSE IT FEELS

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EMBLEMATIC OF HIS CAMPAIGN.

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AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: TO

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BE CLEAR, CITY OFFICIALS HAVE

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THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE OF WHAT

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TRUMP CONFIDENTLY SPEWED TO 69

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MILLION PEOPLE.

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AND IN DOING SO, HE WAS ACTUALLY

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REPEATING SOMETHING THAT'D BEEN

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POSTED BY HIS RUNNING MATE,

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JD VANCE, A MAN WHO ALWAYS LOOKS

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LIKE A YASSIFIED CHIPMUNK-- THE

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DAY BEFORE THE DEBATE.

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HE POSTED THAT

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"HAITIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS"

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WERE "CAUSING CHAOS ALL OVER

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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO", AND

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"REPORTS NOW SHOW THAT PEOPLE

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HAVE HAD THEIR PETS ABDUCTED AND

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EATEN BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T BE

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IN THIS COUNTRY."

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WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAKES

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IT SOUND LIKE EATING PETS IS A

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RIGHT RESERVED FOR NATURAL-BORN

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AMERICANS.

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AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT SINCE,

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VANCE HAS INSISTED HE WAS JUST

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REFLECTING PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.

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THE MEDIA HAS TRIED TO SAY

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NOW FOUR DAYS THAT I'VE MADE UP

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THIS STORY.

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I HAVEN'T MADE UP ANYTHING.

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I JUST LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO WERE

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TELLING ME THESE THINGS.

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John: WAIT: "IF ENOUGH PEOPLE

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SAY IT, I REPEAT IT."

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IT'S NOT IDEAL WHEN AN ASPIRING

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VICE PRESIDENT'S GUIDING

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PHILOSOPHY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE

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FROM A FUCKING PARROT'S.

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AND LOOK:

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OBVIOUSLY, AN ATTACK LIKE THIS

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ISN'T REMOTELY NEW.

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WE'VE DEMONIZED IMMIGRANTS IN

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ALL SORTS OF WAYS-- INCLUDING

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BY ACCUSING THEM OF EATING PETS

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FOR CENTURIES.

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BUT IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT WHAT'S

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ACTUALLY BEEN HAPPENING IN

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SPRINGFIELD-- BECAUSE IT'S

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INTERESTING, AND REVEALS HOW FAR

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FROM JUST "REPEATING CLAIMS HE'S

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HEARD" VANCE HAS ACTUALLY HELPED

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CREATE MUCH OF THE CHAOS HE'S

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NOW TRYING TO EXPLOIT.

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BECAUSE IT'S TRUE THAT

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SPRINGFIELD HAD A SIGNIFICANT

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INFLUX OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN

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THE LAST FEW YEARS.

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AMID TUMULT IN HAITI, THE US

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GRANTED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF

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HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS TEMPORARY

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PROTECTED STATUS, MAKING THEM

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ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

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NUMBERS AND WORK PERMITS.

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AT THE SAME TIME, COMPANIES IN

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SHORTAGE, AND MANY HAITIAN

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IMMIGRANTS MOVED THERE AFTER

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BEING RECRUITED BY LOCAL

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COMPANIES FOR JOBS THAT LOCALS

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WERE NOT FILLING.

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OR, AS JD VANCE PUTS ALL THAT:

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20,000 MIGRANTS, PRIMARILY

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FROM HATIA HAVE BEEN DROPPED

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INTO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,.

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John: OKAY, FIRST, THERE'S

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RECOGNIZE IN THIS HOUSE AND

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IT'S ALICIA SILVERSTONE IN

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CLUELESS, DELIVERING THE ICONIC

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LINE, "AND SO, IF THE GOVERNMENT

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COULD JUST GET TO THE KITCHEN,

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REARRANGE SOME THINGS, WE COULD

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CERTAINLY PARTY WITH THE

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HAITIANS."

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BUT SECOND: THOSE PEOPLE WEREN'T

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"DROPPED" INTO SPRINGFIELD, THEY

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CHOSE TO GO SOMEWHERE COMPANIES

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WERE ACTIVELY RECRUITING THEM.

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AND FOR THE RECORD, AFTER THE

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HAITIANS CAME, THE LOCAL ECONOMY

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BOOMED.

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SPRINGFIELD EVEN FLEW THE FLAG

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OF HAITI AT CITY HALL LAST YEAR

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FOR HAITIAN FLAG DAY.

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WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THERE

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HAVEN'T BEEN ISSUES

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INCORPORATING THE NEW

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POPULATION.

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CITY SERVICES HAVE BEEN

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STRAINED.

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HOUSING HAS BEEN TIGHT, AND

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THE NUMBER OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH

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SPEAKERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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QUADRUPLED, TO MORE THAN 1,000

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CHILDREN.

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THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT

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CHALLENGES.

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BUT THEY'RE ALSO ISSUES THAT CAN

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BE ADDRESSED WITH ADDITIONAL

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GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

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AND IT'S THE TOWN'S EFFORTS TO

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PROCURE THAT, THAT ACTUALLY

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STARTED US ON THE PATH TO WHERE

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WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

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BECAUSE BACK IN JULY, THE

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SPRINGFIELD CITY MANAGER SENT

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THIS LETTER TO THE SENATE

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BANKING AND HOUSING COMMITTEE TO

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SAY THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD IS

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FACING A SIGNIFICANT HOUSING

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CRISIS, THAT THERE WERE

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KEY INITIATIVES, POLICIES AND

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PROGRAMS THAT THE COMMUNITY

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COULD IMPLEMENT TO SOLVE THEM,

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AND ASKING FOR FURTHER SUPPORT

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AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO RAMP UP

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THAT WORK.

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JD VANCE WAS CC'ED ON THAT

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LETTER, AND THE VERY NEXT DAY HE

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CHOSE TO READ A

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CAREFULLY-SELECTED PART OF IT AT

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A HEARING:

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SPRINGFIELD'S HAITIAN

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POPULATION HAS INCREASED TO

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15-20000 OVER THE LAST FOUR

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YEARS IN A COMMUNITY OF UNDER

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62,00062,000 RESIDENTS, PUTTING A

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STRAIN TO PROVIDE AMPLE HOUSING

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FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS.

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END QUOTE THERE.

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John: OH, "END QUOTE THERE"?

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WELL, THAT'S A CHOICE.

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BECAUSE YOU KEPT THE PART OF THE

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LETTER CITING A PROBLEM, LEFT

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OUT THE PART POINTING AT A

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SOLUTION, AND DIDN'T EVEN

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MENTION THE FUNDING REQUEST.

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WHAT VANCE DID DO, WAS PUT OUT A

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PRESS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTING THAT

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MOMENT, WITH A HEADLINE

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FEATURING THE PHRASE

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"HAITIAN MIGRANT CRISIS IN

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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO."

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DESPITE THE LETTER SAYING,

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"SIGNIFICANT HOUSING CRISIS",

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NOT "HAITIAN MIGRANT CRISIS."

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BUT I GUESS, WE NOW KNOW, IT'S A

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MISTAKE TO EXPECT PRECISE

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WORDING FROM VANCE WHEN IT COMES

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TO ANYTHING HAITIA-RELATED.

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AND IN DOING THAT, VANCE PUT

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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTLY IN THE

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CONSERVATIVE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT.

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FOX HIGHLIGHTED THE STORY A FEW

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DAYS LATER, CITING THE VANCE

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HEARING, AND THERE WAS A SPATE

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OF ARTICLES IN RIGHT-WING

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OUTLETS AND TWEETS FROM

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CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNTS, WITH EVEN

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ELON HIMSELF WEIGHING IN.

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JUST A MONTH LATER, A NEO-NAZI

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GROUP CALLED BLOOD TRIBE SHOWED

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UP IN SPRINGFIELD, AND

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"ABOUT A DOZEN MASKED MEMBERS

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CARRYING BANNERS ADORNED WITH

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SWASTIKAS MARCHED THERE, IN WHAT

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THEY CALLED AN "ANTI-HAITIAN

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IMMIGRATION MARCH.""

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ONE OF THEIR LEADERS EVEN TRIED

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TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL:

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I'VE COME TO BRING A WORD OF

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WARNING.

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STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE

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IT'S TOO LATE.

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CRIME AND SAVAGERY WILL ONLY

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INCREASE WITH EVERY HAITIAN YOU

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BRING IN.

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AND WITH IT PUBLIC FRUSTRATION

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AND ANGER.

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YOU SOUND THREATENING TO

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MAYBE I CAN ASK THE POLICE TO GO

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AHEAD--

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I'M SURE YOU DON'T MEAN TO

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TELL YOU THIS.

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GO AHEAD AND BE PEACEFULLY

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REMOVED.

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THE PEOPLE DIDN'T ASK FOR

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THIS AND THEY DESERVE BETTER

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THEN TO PUT UP WITH VIOLENT AND

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UNRULY--

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THANK YOU.

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THAT'S ALL.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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NOT REALLY THANK YOU, BUT...

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[LAUGHTER]

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John: OKAY, I KNOW, "THANK

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YOU SO MUCH, YOU'RE DONE-- NOT

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REALLY THANK YOU" MIGHT NOT

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SOUND HARSH, BUT REMEMBER:

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OHIO'S THE MIDWEST.

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THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF SAYING,

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"GET FUCKED YOU DIME STORE NAZI,

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ENJOY SHOVELING SHIT IN HELL,

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YOU ALREADY DRESS LIKE YOU SHOP

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THERE."

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AND IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME THAT

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RUMORS STARTED RAMPING UP ONLINE

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ABOUT HAITIANS EATING LOCAL

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ANIMALS.

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THIS PHOTO MADE THE ROUNDS,

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SUPPOSEDLY OF A HAITIAN MAN

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CARRYING A GOOSE IN SPRINGFIELD,

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THOUGH-- AS TMZ, OF ALL

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OUTLETS, LATER REPORTED-- IT

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TURNED OUT TO BE SOMEONE IN

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COLUMBUS OHIO,

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PICKING UP TWO GEESE THAT WERE

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HIT IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

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THAT PHOTO WENT FROM FACEBOOK,

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TO TWITTER, TO

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TO TWITTER, TO GAB, THE SOCIAL

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MEDIA PLATFORM FOR WHITE

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SUPREMACISTS, WHERE IT WAS

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SHARED BY BLOOD TRIBE, WHICH

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THEN SPREAD MORE RUMORS ABOUT

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HAITIANS EATING LOCAL ANIMALS.

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THEN THERE WAS THIS FACEBOOK

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POST, FROM A SPRINGFIELD WOMAN

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SAYING HER NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER'S

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FRIEND HAD SEEN "A CAT HANGING

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FROM A BRANCH, LIKE YOU'D DO A

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DEER FOR BUTCHERING."

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IT GOT SCREENGRABBED ON TWITTER,

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AND WAS THEN PICKED UP AND

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POSTED ALONGSIDE THE PHOTO OF

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THE MAN IN COLUMBUS, BY A BIG

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MAGA ACCOUNT, AND WENT VIRAL.

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NOW: FOR THE RECORD, THE WOMAN

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WHO WROTE THAT ORIGINAL POST HAS

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SINCE ADMITTED "SHE HAD NO

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FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH

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INCIDENT," AND HAS SINCE

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DELETED THE POST-- THANKFULLY,

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FIXING EVERYTHING.

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BUT THE POINT IS, THIS

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PET-EATING PANIC WAS BUILT ON

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NOTHING.

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AND WHEN REPORTERS ASKED

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SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS WHERE

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THEY'D HEARD THESE RUMORS, IT

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WAS CLEAR WHERE THEY WERE ALL

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COMING FROM:

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YOU HAVE THEM GOING TO SNYDER

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PARK AND CHOPPING UP DUCKS'

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HEADS IN FRONT OF LITTLE KIDS

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AND STUFF.

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YOU REALLY THINK THAT

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HAPPENED?

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THE CITY SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE

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EVIDENCE THAT IT HAPPENED.

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I'VE SEEN PICTURES ESPECIALLY

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND MY WORK

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SUPERVISOR WAS LIKE, LOOK AT

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THIS.

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YOU THINK THAT STOP USING ON

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SOCIAL MEDIA IS ACTUALLY

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HAPPENING?

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THERE'S BEEN PICTURES OF

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PEOPLE WALKING OFF WITH DOCS SO

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I KIND OF BELIEVE IT BUT I

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HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING MYSELF

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REALLY.

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I SEE A LOT OF PETS THAT HAVE

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DISAPPEARED.

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MANY?

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ON FACEBOOK ON FACEBOOK.

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WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?

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John: OKAY, FIRST: IT'S WILD

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TO SEE THAT "ALL OUR DUCKS ARE

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GONE" AND JUMP TO IT BEING

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EVIDENCE OF A DUCK-EATING FRENZY

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AND NOT, I DUNNO,

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"DUCKS HAVING THE CAPACITY FOR

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FLIGHT."

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BUT ALSO, SOCIAL MEDIA CLEARLY

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ISN'T A PLACE FOR RELIABLE

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INFORMATION.

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AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S FOR

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REALIZING ON FATHER'S DAY, THAT

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ALL YOUR FRIENDS ONCE HAD

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WEIRDLY HOT DADS.

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EVERY OTHER USE OF IT IS WRONG.

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BUT IT'S ONE THING FOR THOSE

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PEOPLE NOT TO FACT-CHECK THIS--

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TO BE FAIR, SOME CLEARLY HAD

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SICK "DRAGON BALL Z" HATS TO BE

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SHOPPING FOR.

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BUT FOR JD VANCE TO HAPPILY

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REPEAT IT WITHOUT CHECKING IS

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DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE.

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EXCEPT HERE'S THE THING: HE DID

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CHECK.

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IT TURNS OUT, NOT LONG AFTER HIS

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FIRST POST ABOUT HAITIANS EATING

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PETS, HIS CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY

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CALLED THE SPRINGFIELD CITY

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MANAGER, WHO REMEMBERS,

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VANCE'S STAFFER ASKED

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POINT-BLANK, 'ARE THE RUMORS

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TRUE OF PETS BEING TAKEN AND

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EATEN?'" AND HE SAID,

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"I TOLD HIM NO."

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SO VANCE KNEW IT WAS A LIE THIS

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WHOLE TIME.

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BUT INSTEAD OF ADMITTING THAT,

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HE AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN

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SCRAMBLING TO DIG UP NEW

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BULLSHIT "EVIDENCE"-- ALL OF

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WHICH EITHER BEARS NO

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RESEMBLANCE TO THE CLAIMS HE'S

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MADE, OR FALLS APART AT THE

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SLIGHTEST SCRUTINY.

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AT ONE POINT, HIS CAMPAIGN SENT

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THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL"

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THIS POLICE REPORT FROM A

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SPRINGFIELD RESIDENT, CLAIMING

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HER MISSING CAT HAD BEEN STOLEN

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AND POSSIBLY EATEN BY HAITIANS,

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SOMETHING EVEN THE COP SEEMED

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DUBIOUS OF, POINTING OUT

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"SHE FOUND 'MEAT' IN THE BACK

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YARD.

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THINKS IT WAS FROM HER CAT."

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"NO BONES OR FUR AROUND THE

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MEAT.

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SHE SUSPECT THE HATIAN

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NEIGHBORS."

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"NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS

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CLAIM."

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AND WHEN A JOURNAL REPORTER

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VISITED THAT WOMAN, SHE ADMITTED

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SHE'D FOUND HER CAT-- NAMED

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MISS SASSY-- IN HER BASEMENT A

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FEW DAYS LATER.

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SO SHE COULDN'T FIND HER CAT,

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SEEMINGLY DIDN'T EVEN FINISH

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CHECKING HER OWN HOUSE, AND HER

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FIRST ASSUMPTION WAS "MY

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NEIGHBORS ATE IT AND LEFT THE

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REMAINS IN THE YARD, I'D BETTER

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CALL THE POLICE"?

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WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHEN SHE CAN'T

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FIND THE REMOTE?

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"911, THE VENEZUELANS ARE AT IT

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AGAIN!"

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AND WHILE VANCE PASSING THAT ON

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AS EVIDENCE IS AN ALMOST

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COMICALLY STUPID THING TO DO,

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IT'S ALSO DEEPLY RECKLESS.

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SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS IN

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SPRINGFIELD HAVE BEEN CLOSED

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BECAUSE OF BOMB THREATS.

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AND AS THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY

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LEADER POINTS OUT, HAITIANS IN

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SPRINGFIELD ARE NOW LIVING IN

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FEAR.

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EVEN YESTERDAY I GOT A FRIEND

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CALLING ME ASKING ME IF HE HAS

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TO LEAVE BECAUSE HE'S SCARED FOR

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HIS LIFE.

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IT'S VERY SHOCKING AND SAD AT

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THE SAME TIME ESPECIALLY COMING

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FROM PEOPLE SEEKING THE HIGH

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OFFICE OF OUR LAND.

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HIGH-RANKING PEOPLE.

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I THINK THEY SHOULD DO BETTER.

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THEY HAVE EVERYTHING AT THEIR

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DISPOSAL TO CHECK THE VERACITY

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OF ANYTHING THAT THEY HEAR.

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John: YEAH, THEY DO.

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THEY JUST DON'T CARE.

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AND TO BE CLEAR:

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THESE AREN'T FUN LIES YOU CAN

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SPREAD WITHOUT CHECKING, LIKE,

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"GUM BALLS ARE FOSSILIZED CLOWN

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TESTICLES" OR

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"THE GREEN TELETUBBY WAS PLAYED

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BY A YOUNG JOAQUIN PHOENIX."

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THESE ARE LIES THAT COULD GET

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PEOPLE HURT.

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AND WHEN VANCE ISN'T CIRCULATING

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FLIMSY "EVIDENCE," HE'S BEEN

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MAKING WILD, TOXIC CLAIMS-- FROM

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IMPLYING HAITIANS ARE SPREADING

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TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV, WHICH IS

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UNTRUE, TO SAYING "A CHILD WAS

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MURDERED BY A HAITIAN MIGRANT

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WHO HAD NO RIGHT TO BE HERE."

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WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS SEIZING ON

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THE STORY OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD WHO

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WAS KILLED IN A COLLISION

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BETWEEN A SCHOOL BUS, AND A

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MINIVAN DRIVEN BY A HAITIAN

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IMMIGRANT.

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AND THE FATHER OF THAT BOY HAS

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CLEARLY SAID HE DOESN'T WANT HIS

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CHILD'S DEATH TO BE EXPLOITED IN

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THIS WAY.

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HE EVEN SHOWED UP TO A TOWN

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MEETING, THE NIGHT OF THE

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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, TO MAKE

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THAT POINT.

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THE LAST THING THAT WE NEED

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IS TO HAVE THE WORST DAY OF OUR

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LIVES VIOLENTLY AND CONSTANTLY

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SHOVED IN OUR FACES.

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BUT EVEN THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

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FOR THEM.

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THEY TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER.

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THEY MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH OUR

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WONDERFUL AIDEN APPRECIATES YOUR

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HATE, THAT THEY SHOULD FOLLOW

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THAT HATE.

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TO BE FAIR, MY SON WAS NOT

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MURDERED.

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HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY AN

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IMMIGRANT FROM HAITI.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT HE RESEARCHED

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DIFFERENT CULTURES TO BETTER

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APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND PEOPLE

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THAT HE INTERACTED WITH?

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DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE

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WORST FEELINGS IN THE WORLD IS

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TO NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR

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CHILD?

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EVEN WORSE, WE CAN'T EVEN

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PROTECT HIS MEMORY WHEN HE IS

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GONE.

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PLEASE STOP THE HATE.

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I SAID TO AIDEN I WOULD TRY TO

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS HONOR,

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THIS IS IT.

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LIVE LIKE AIDEN.

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THANK YOU.

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[APPLAUSE]

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John: THAT MAN DIDN'T NEED

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ANY OF THIS BULLSHIT.

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AND NEITHER DID SPRINGFIELD.

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AND IT'S NOT OVER YET.

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JUST THIS WEEK, TRUMP SAID

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HE PLANS TO VISIT SPRINGFIELD,

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DESPITE THE LOCAL MAYOR-- A

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REPUBLICAN-- CLEARLY ASKING HIM

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NOT TO.

520
00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:50,397
AS FOR VANCE, HE KEEPS BRAGGING

521
00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:51,398
THAT HE GOT THE NATIONAL MEDIA

522
00:13:51,398 --> 00:13:52,999
TO PAY ATTENTION TO SPRINGFIELD,

523
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:53,600
EVEN SAYING,

524
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,301
"IF I HAVE TO CREATE STORIES SO

525
00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,103
THAT THE AMERICAN MEDIA ACTUALLY

526
00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:58,672
PAYS ATTENTION TO THE SUFFERING,

527
00:13:58,672 --> 00:13:59,272
THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO

528
00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:00,040
DO."

529
00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,474
BUT HERE'S THE THING: THEY

530
00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:03,009
DIDN'T ASK FOR ATTENTION.

531
00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:04,711
THEY ASKED FOR HELP.

532
00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:06,312
VANCE IS THE ONE WHO WANTED

533
00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:07,547
ATTENTION AND THAT CLEARLY TOOK

534
00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:08,748
PRIORITY HERE.

535
00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:10,583
BECAUSE WHILE HE'S REMARKABLY

536
00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:14,554
BAD AT A LOT OF THINGS--

537
00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:16,189
WRITING BOOKS, DELIVERING

538
00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:17,290
SPEECHES, ORDERING DONUTS LIKE A

539
00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:18,958
HUMAN FROM EARTH-- IT TURNS

540
00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:19,559
OUT, HE'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD

541
00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:20,794
AT PARROTING RACIST LIES LIKE

542
00:14:20,794 --> 00:14:22,529
THE SPINELESS DIPSHIT HE IS.

543
00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:23,997
AND FRANKLY, THE ONLY

544
00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:25,565
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO ALL THIS

545
00:14:25,565 --> 00:14:27,667
IS STRONG OUTRAGE, SWIFT

546
00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:29,502
CONDEMNATION, AND-- COME

547
00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,037
NOVEMBER-- A VOTER TURNOUT THAT

548
00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:32,839
COLLECTIVELY SAYS TO THE TRUMP

549
00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:35,342
CAMPAIGN, IN THE WORDS OF AN

550
00:14:35,342 --> 00:14:36,109
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED

551
00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:37,777
SPRINGFIELD OFFICIAL:

552
00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:39,245
"THANK YOU.

553
00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:40,046
YOU'RE DONE.

554
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,148
NOT REALLY THANK YOU."

555
00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:45,085
AND NOW, THIS.

556
00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,023
Announcer: AND NOW LOCAL

557
00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:52,058
NEWS HAS A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT

558
00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:56,429
MOE DENG.

559
00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:59,933
THE FAMOUS HIPPO CALLED MOO

560
00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:03,169
DENG IS AN OVERNIGHT STORM.

561
00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:06,272
A VIDEO OF HER TOOTHLESS

562
00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:07,707
CHEWING WAS...

563
00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:09,476
IS THAT IT?

564
00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:09,909
IS THAT HER YELLING?

565
00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:13,847
THERE-- I DO NOT REMEMBER.

566
00:15:13,847 --> 00:15:15,548
SLAMMING LITTLE-LOOKING

567
00:15:15,548 --> 00:15:15,749
THING.

568
00:15:15,749 --> 00:15:16,583
IT IS CUTE.

569
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:19,119
LOOKS LIKE IT'S BAD TOO.

570
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:20,487
I LIKE A BAD HIPPO.

571
00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,722
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO GET THAT

572
00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:23,623
CLOSE TO HIPPOS?

573
00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:25,892
ARE HIPPOS ARE NICE OR THEY

574
00:15:25,892 --> 00:15:26,659
ARE MEAN?

575
00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:29,295
NOT AT ALL...

576
00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:30,597
MOST HIPPOS WILL MESS YOU UP.

577
00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,733
ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS

578
00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:34,367
ON THE PLANET AND THEY START OUT

579
00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:35,402
LOOKING LIKE THAT?

580
00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,270
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

581
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,605
HIPPOS KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE.

582
00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:41,341
HAVE YOU GOT THE TILE AND,

583
00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:41,875
HAVE Y'ALL?

584
00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:45,245
I WANT TO VISIT JAPAN.

585
00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:47,814
I WOULD DO JAPAN AND I'M VERY

586
00:15:47,814 --> 00:15:49,683
INTERESTED IN JAPAN AND KOREA.

587
00:15:49,683 --> 00:15:52,619
THAILAND ALSO IS

588
00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:53,520
UNBELIEVABLE.

589
00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:53,887
SOUTH KOREA.

590
00:15:53,887 --> 00:15:54,688
THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANT TO DO?

591
00:15:54,688 --> 00:15:56,690
SOMETIMES I FORGET.

592
00:15:56,690 --> 00:15:59,092
THE GOOD ONE

593
00:16:01,895 --> 00:16:02,295
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

594
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:02,729
John: MOVING ON.

595
00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:03,363
OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS

596
00:16:03,363 --> 00:16:04,130
BODIES.

597
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:05,265
FLOPPY BONE BAGS THAT PRODUCE

598
00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:05,865
SWEAT, JIZZ, AND PUKE IN EQUAL

599
00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:07,000
AMOUNTS.

600
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,502
AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY I DO IT.

601
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:10,337
SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO

602
00:16:10,337 --> 00:16:10,970
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH

603
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:11,838
DISABILITIES.

604
00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:12,839
WHICH MIGHT MAKE SOME

605
00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:13,640
APPREHENSIVE.

606
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,275
BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, THE

607
00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:17,977
NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE HAVEN'T

608
00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:18,611
ALWAYS BEEN MET DURING TV

609
00:16:18,611 --> 00:16:19,446
BROADCASTS, LIKE IN THIS POLICE

610
00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:23,616
PRESS CONFERENCE:

611
00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:25,685
WE WILL BE CHARGING FOUR

612
00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:28,221
COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

613
00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:30,056
STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE

614
00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:32,258
APPARENTLY TRANSLATING EVERY

615
00:16:32,258 --> 00:16:33,226
WORD, THIS WOMAN.

616
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,428
BUT IT TURNS OUT MUCH OF WHAT

617
00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:37,163
SHE WAS SIGNING WAS NONSENSE.

618
00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:39,032
SHE WAVED HER ARMS AROUND LIKE

619
00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:41,868
SHE WAS SINGING "JINGLE BELLS,"

620
00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:44,070
SAYS ONE SIGN LIQUID EXPERT.

621
00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,238
TEMPLE POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION

622
00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:47,173
OFFICER STEVE HEGARTY TOLD ME

623
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,842
THE WOMAN SIMPLY SHOWED UP OUT

624
00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:50,844
OF THE BLUE AND OFFERED HER

625
00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:51,277
SERVICES.

626
00:16:51,277 --> 00:16:52,912
MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS I

627
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:53,947
DIDN'T CALL FOR A SIGN LANGUAGE

628
00:16:53,947 --> 00:16:55,749
INTERPRETER BUT IT'S GREAT THAT

629
00:16:55,749 --> 00:16:56,649
WE HAVE ONE HERE.

630
00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:58,685
DID THIS WOMAN APPEARED TO

631
00:16:58,685 --> 00:16:59,519
KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

632
00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:01,688
TO THE UNTRAINED EYE, THAT

633
00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:04,157
WOULD INCLUDE MINE, I DIDN'T SEE

634
00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:04,691
ANY PROBLEMS.

635
00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:05,325
John: OKAY, I GET YOU MAY BE

636
00:17:05,325 --> 00:17:06,226
UNTRAINED IN SIGN LANGUAGE.

637
00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:06,793
BUT YOU SHOULD BE TRAINED IN

638
00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:07,394
IDENTITY VERIFICATION BECAUSE

639
00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:08,194
YOU ARE-- AND THIS IS TRUE--

640
00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:10,063
THE FUCKING POLICE DEPARTMENT.

641
00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:11,131
AND YOU DIDN'T FIND IT WEIRD SHE

642
00:17:11,131 --> 00:17:13,266
JUST SHOWED UP?

643
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:14,668
THOSE ARE THE GESTURES OF A

644
00:17:14,668 --> 00:17:15,468
DRUNK AUNT TRYING TO GET YOUR

645
00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:16,136
ATTENTION ACROSS THE

646
00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:17,737
THANKSGIVING DINNER TABLE.

647
00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,273
BE BETTER!

648
00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,841
SPECIFICALLY, OUR STORY CONCERNS

649
00:17:21,841 --> 00:17:23,009
DISABILITY BENEFITS-- FINANCIAL

650
00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:24,177
SUPPORT PROGRAMS MANAGED BY THE

651
00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:26,346
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

652
00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:27,614
IT'S ONE OF THE CORE FUNCTIONS

653
00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:29,516
OF THAT AGENCY, AS IT ONCE TRIED

654
00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:30,650
TO GET ACROSS IN THE WEIRDEST

655
00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:35,388
POSSIBLE WAY:

656
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,257
THERE ARE FOUR TIMES WHEN

657
00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:37,957
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS

658
00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:40,994
SMALL CAR.

659
00:17:40,994 --> 00:17:43,263
IF YOU ARE SEVERELY DISABLED,

660
00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,497
SOCIAL SECURITY IS THERE TO

661
00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:44,798
HELP.

662
00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:49,302
WHEN SOMEONE YOU DEPEND ON DIES,

663
00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:50,737
SOCIAL SECURITY HELPS KEEP

664
00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:51,604
THINGS GOING.

665
00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:54,207
WHEN YOU RETIRE, SOCIAL SECURITY

666
00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,542
HELPS YOU ENJOY THE THINGS YOU

667
00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:58,478
WORK FOR AND THERE IS MEDICARE

668
00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:01,214
FOR HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL BILLS.

669
00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:02,048
FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR LIFETIME

670
00:18:02,048 --> 00:18:02,349
PROTECTION.

671
00:18:02,349 --> 00:18:02,949
CALL US.

672
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:05,185
John: HEY: WHAT THE FUCK?

673
00:18:05,185 --> 00:18:07,187
OF ALL THE WAYS THEY COULD HAVE

674
00:18:07,187 --> 00:18:07,821
COMMUNICATED "YOU'RE DISABLED,"

675
00:18:07,821 --> 00:18:10,223
AND "YOUR LOVED ONE IS DEAD,"

676
00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:13,760
MIME IS HANDS DOWN THE WORST.

677
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,894
I HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH

678
00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:16,396
INAPPROPRIATE GESTURES SINCE

679
00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:18,665
EXACTLY SEVENTY SECONDS AGO.

680
00:18:18,665 --> 00:18:19,833
ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: I

681
00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,668
FUCKING HATE MIMES.

682
00:18:21,668 --> 00:18:22,769
I DON'T RESPECT THEIR "ART".

683
00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,170
THEY ARE FAILED ACTORS, DANCERS,

684
00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:25,972
AND CLOWNS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

685
00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:26,573
A HAT TRICK OF PARENTAL

686
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:27,941
DISAPPOINTMENT.

687
00:18:27,941 --> 00:18:29,142
THERE IS SIMPLY NO PLACE FOR

688
00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:31,277
THEM IN POLITE SOCIETY.

689
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:34,080
THE POINT IS, OVER 15 MILLION

690
00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,150
PEOPLE CURRENTLY RELY ON

691
00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,585
DISABILITY BENEFITS TO PROVIDE

692
00:18:38,585 --> 00:18:39,652
FOR BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOOD,

693
00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:40,587
SHELTER, AND MEDICAL CARE,

694
00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:45,158
THROUGH A PAIR OF PROGRAMS

695
00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:49,629
CALLED SSI AND SSDI.

696
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:53,833
VERY BASICALLY, SSI STANDS

697
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:55,702
FORCIBLE MENTAL SECURITY INCOME.

698
00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:58,338
IT'S A NEAT BASE PROGRAM

699
00:18:58,338 --> 00:18:59,839
INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

700
00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:00,740
ELDERLY OR DISABLED WITH LITTLE

701
00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:05,211
TO NO INCOME OR ASSETS WHILE S

702
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:05,845
SDI STANDS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

703
00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:07,180
DISABILITY INSURANCE.

704
00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:07,814
IT'S WHERE PEOPLE WHO

705
00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:09,949
CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL SECURITY

706
00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:12,652
AND IF YOU QUALIFY FOR EITHER

707
00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:14,821
YOU MOLLIFIED FOR MEDICARE OR

708
00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:15,622
MEDICAID.

709
00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:17,023
SO THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE KEY

710
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,124
SAFETY NET FOR MANY OF THOSE

711
00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:18,992
WITH THIS ABILITY IN THIS

712
00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:19,225
COUNTRY.

713
00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:19,959
UNFORTUNATELY, AS ANYONE WHO'S

714
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:20,994
TRIED TO APPLY FOR THEM WILL

715
00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:24,664
TELL YOU, THE APPLICATION

716
00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:25,298
PROCESS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE

717
00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:25,899
FAR TOO OFTEN, RESULTING IN

718
00:19:25,899 --> 00:19:29,669
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS:

719
00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:34,574
AND I HAVE DRAGGED MY BUTT IN

720
00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:35,241
AND OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

721
00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:36,843
OFFICES BUT I HAVE BAGGED, I

722
00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,212
HAVE CRIED, I HAVE PLEADED.

723
00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:42,048
I AM DISABLED, I AM DISABLED, I

724
00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:42,449
AM DISABLED.

725
00:19:42,449 --> 00:19:46,019
MY DOCTOR HAS SENT LETTERS.

726
00:19:46,019 --> 00:19:47,854
"YOU DON'T QUALIFY."

727
00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:50,657
WE AREN'T ABLE TO SURVIVE.

728
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:53,293
I HAVE SOLD EVERYTHING THAT I

729
00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:54,627
OWN OF ANY VALUE WITH THE

730
00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:56,963
EXCEPTION OF MY WEDDING RING.

731
00:19:56,963 --> 00:19:57,864
John: THAT'S AWFUL, AND IT'S

732
00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:02,202
THE FACT IS MOST DISABLED PEOPLE

733
00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:02,736
WHO APPLY FOR DISABILITY

734
00:20:02,736 --> 00:20:04,070
BENEFITS DO GET DENIED.

735
00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:04,671
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT

736
00:20:04,671 --> 00:20:05,505
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT IS

737
00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:06,272
ACTUALLY TRUE LIKE HOW MOST

738
00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:06,840
TRUFFLE OIL ISN'T MADE WITH

739
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:07,507
TRUFFLES, OR THAT

740
00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:09,175
THE OLDEST PERSON ALIVE

741
00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:10,910
TECHNICALLY NEVER DIES, OR THE

742
00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:11,711
FACT THAT TIM WALZ IS YOUNGER

743
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:13,480
THAN WEIRD AL.

744
00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,849
INSIDE YOU THERE ARE TWO WOLVES.

745
00:20:15,849 --> 00:20:18,284
BUT THAT MAN'S NOT ALONE.

746
00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:19,386
A GAO REPORT FOUND THAT BETWEEN

747
00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:20,453
2014 AND 2019,

748
00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:22,389
ABOUT 48,000 INDIVIDUALS FILED

749
00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:24,157
FOR BANKRUPTCY WHILE AWAITING A

750
00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:25,592
FINAL DECISION ABOUT THEIR

751
00:20:25,592 --> 00:20:27,327
DISABILITY APPEALS.

752
00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:28,461
AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF

753
00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:29,996
THE PROBLEMS HERE.

754
00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:30,930
BECAUSE THESE BENEFITS CAN BE

755
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:32,265
HARD TO GET, EASY TO LOSE, AND

756
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,700
FOR REASONS WE'LL GET INTO--

757
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,702
CAN TURN YOUR LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.

758
00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:37,370
SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT

759
00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:39,105
DISABILITY BENEFITS.

760
00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:40,240
AND LET'S START WITH HOW YOU GET

761
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,608
APPROVED.

762
00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:43,410
ASSUMING YOUR INCOME'S BELOW A

763
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:44,444
CERTAIN THRESHOLD, THE TWO KEY

764
00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:46,079
QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE IF YOU

765
00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:47,614
QUALIFY ARE:

766
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:48,581
"ARE YOU DISABLED?" AND-- FOR

767
00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:49,516
ADULTS, AT LEAST--

768
00:20:49,516 --> 00:20:50,583
"DOES YOUR DISABILITY PREVENT

769
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:51,651
YOU FROM WORKING ENOUGH TO

770
00:20:51,651 --> 00:20:52,719
SUPPORT YOURSELF?"

771
00:20:52,719 --> 00:20:54,120
WHICH FEELS REASONABLE.

772
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,655
THE PROBLEM IS HOW THE AGENCY

773
00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:57,290
CHOOSES TO ANSWER THOSE

774
00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:58,792
QUESTIONS.

775
00:20:58,792 --> 00:20:59,726
BECAUSE THE ANSWER TO

776
00:20:59,726 --> 00:21:01,161
"ARE YOU DISABLED?" ISN'T ALWAYS

777
00:21:01,161 --> 00:21:04,197
BASED ON THE OPINION OF YOUR OWN

778
00:21:04,197 --> 00:21:06,132
DOCTOR.

779
00:21:06,132 --> 00:21:07,434
THE AGENCY STARTS THEIR

780
00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:08,601
DETERMINATIONS BY CONSULTING

781
00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:11,237
A LIST OF CONDITIONS AND

782
00:21:11,237 --> 00:21:12,372
ILLNESSES, THAT HAVE A NARROW

783
00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:13,139
SET OF CRITERIA THAT MUST BE

784
00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,674
MET.

785
00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:15,942
AND DOCTORS WHO'VE HAD PATIENTS

786
00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:17,811
GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM WILL TELL

787
00:21:17,811 --> 00:21:18,845
YOU THEY'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH

788
00:21:18,845 --> 00:21:19,612
SERIOUS CONDITIONS FAIL TO

789
00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:23,616
QUALIFY.

790
00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:27,654
YOU HAVE HAD PATIENTS WITH

791
00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:28,021
SEVERE EPILEPSY.

792
00:21:28,021 --> 00:21:28,254
YES.

793
00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:30,757
WHO HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR

794
00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:31,157
A BENEFITS.

795
00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:32,092
YES.

796
00:21:32,092 --> 00:21:35,028
??? WITH--

797
00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:35,762
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.

798
00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:39,232
MS TURNED DOWN FOR BENEFITS.

799
00:21:39,232 --> 00:21:39,899
YES.

800
00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:41,601
??? WITH

801
00:21:42,836 --> 00:21:46,840
TURNED DOWN.

802
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,274
SO IT'S VERY TRICKY.

803
00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:49,776
IT IS.

804
00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:52,245
IT DEPENDS ON A REVIEW FOR

805
00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:53,213
SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER EXAMINED THE

806
00:21:53,213 --> 00:21:55,081
PATIENT BEFORE.

807
00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:55,648
John: THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

808
00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:56,383
AND NO OFFENSE TO THAT

809
00:21:56,383 --> 00:21:57,150
INTERVIEWER BUT THE CORRECT

810
00:21:57,150 --> 00:21:57,817
RESPONSE TO "MY DEMENTIA

811
00:21:57,817 --> 00:21:58,418
PATIENTS HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN

812
00:21:58,418 --> 00:21:59,285
FOR BENEFITS" ISN'T "SO IT'S

813
00:21:59,285 --> 00:21:59,919
VERY TRICKY?", IT'S "HOLY SHIT,

814
00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,755
WE LIVE IN HELL."

815
00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:02,889
"IT'S VERY TRICKY," IS SOMETHING

816
00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:03,890
YOU SAY AFTER SEEING

817
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:05,225
A RUBIK'S CUBE FOR THE FIRST

818
00:22:05,225 --> 00:22:06,860
TIME OR WHEN YOUR PARENTS ASK

819
00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,028
YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE WHOLE

820
00:22:08,028 --> 00:22:11,231
"JD VANCE COUCH THING" IS.

821
00:22:11,231 --> 00:22:14,801
BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LAST

822
00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:15,902
THING DR. BOB BALABAN SAID THERE

823
00:22:15,902 --> 00:22:16,903
THAT AN APPLICATION CAN BE

824
00:22:16,903 --> 00:22:17,537
DENIED, OVER THE ADVICE OF YOUR

825
00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,039
OWN DOCTOR, ON THE

826
00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:19,939
RECOMMENDATION OF SOMEONE WHO'S

827
00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:21,074
NEVER MET YOU, BUT JUST REVIEWED

828
00:22:21,074 --> 00:22:21,975
YOUR RECORDS.

829
00:22:21,975 --> 00:22:24,044
BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT.

830
00:22:24,044 --> 00:22:25,311
THE APPROVAL SYSTEM VARIES FROM

831
00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:27,180
STATE TO STATE, BUT SOME IN

832
00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:27,914
PARTICULAR, LEAVE A LOT TO BE

833
00:22:27,914 --> 00:22:29,115
DESIRED.

834
00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,283
A 2019 INVESTIGATION IN

835
00:22:30,283 --> 00:22:31,484
TENNESSEE FOUND THAT DOCTORS

836
00:22:31,484 --> 00:22:34,554
CONTRACTED TO REVIEW

837
00:22:34,554 --> 00:22:35,955
APPLICATIONS WERE PAID A FLAT

838
00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,424
RATE PER CASE, MEANING THE

839
00:22:37,424 --> 00:22:37,991
FASTER THEY WORKED, THE MORE

840
00:22:37,991 --> 00:22:40,260
MONEY THEY MADE.

841
00:22:40,260 --> 00:22:42,929
ONE DOCTOR EARNED $420,000 IN A

842
00:22:42,929 --> 00:22:44,898
YEAR BY REVIEWING OVER 9,000

843
00:22:44,898 --> 00:22:46,299
APPLICATIONS, SO HE AVERAGED A

844
00:22:46,299 --> 00:22:47,701
CASE EVERY 12 MINUTES."

845
00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:49,903
WHICH IS JUST WAY TOO SHORT.

846
00:22:49,903 --> 00:22:51,171
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS YOU CAN

847
00:22:51,171 --> 00:22:52,539
DO IN 12 MINUTES:

848
00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:54,107
MAKE BREAKFAST, READ A

849
00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:55,308
CHAPTER OF A BOOK, WATCH THE

850
00:22:55,308 --> 00:22:56,676
ENTIRETY OF KENDALL JENNER'S

851
00:22:56,676 --> 00:22:58,511
"GUIDE TO SPRING FRENCH GIRL

852
00:22:58,511 --> 00:23:03,483
MAKEUP"-- YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE

853
00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:06,619
THE WAY SHE GUA SHAS HER BROWS.

854
00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:07,654
BUT REVIEWING POTENTIALLY

855
00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:11,391
THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF A MEDICAL

856
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:12,292
HISTORY ISN'T ONE OF THEM.

857
00:23:12,292 --> 00:23:12,859
AND EVEN WHEN A STATE PAYS A

858
00:23:12,859 --> 00:23:13,493
DOCTOR TO MEET WITH AN APPLICANT

859
00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:14,094
IN-PERSON, THEY CAN STILL BE

860
00:23:14,094 --> 00:23:14,661
LESS THAN THOROUGH, AS THIS

861
00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:19,199
MOTHER FOUND.

862
00:23:19,199 --> 00:23:21,868
FOUR YOUR OLD VALKYRIE CASTS

863
00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:22,969
HAS CEREBRAL PALSY.

864
00:23:22,969 --> 00:23:24,237
HER DOCTORS ENCOURAGED HER MOM

865
00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:25,105
TO APPLY FOR A SUPPLEMENT INCOME

866
00:23:25,105 --> 00:23:29,275
TO HELP PAY FOR CARE.

867
00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:32,345
ASTRONOMICAL IN HUNDREDS OF

868
00:23:32,345 --> 00:23:32,912
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

869
00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:36,249
THE SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION HAS

870
00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:37,917
DENIED BASED ON THIS MEDICAL

871
00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:39,753
EXAM CONDUCTED BY A DOCTOR HIRED

872
00:23:39,753 --> 00:23:41,554
BY A SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE

873
00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,590
DOCTOR SAID VALKYRIE'S OVERALL

874
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:44,190
GATE IS PERFECTLY NORMAL EVEN

875
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:46,993
THOUGH YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE A

876
00:23:46,993 --> 00:23:48,428
SEVERE LIMP.

877
00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:49,863
PATTY-CAKE, PATTY-CAKE...

878
00:23:49,863 --> 00:23:51,898
THE DOCTOR'S EXAM CLAIMED HER

879
00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:53,800
LEFT HAND IS NORMAL AND FULL

880
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,301
STRENGTH BUT MEDICAL REPORTS SAY

881
00:23:55,301 --> 00:23:56,569
THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

882
00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:59,039
AND THE GOVERNMENT DOCTOR

883
00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:00,040
REPORTED THAT VALKYRIE DISPLAYED

884
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,441
UNIMPAIRED READING AND WRITING,

885
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:02,876
EVEN THOUGH HER MOM SAYS THOSE

886
00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:04,911
WERE NOT EVEN TESTED DURING THE

887
00:24:04,911 --> 00:24:05,111
EXAM.

888
00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:08,348
EVERYTHING IS WRONG.

889
00:24:08,348 --> 00:24:09,282
THAT IS ABSURD.

890
00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:09,949
THE ONLY WAY THAT REPORT

891
00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:10,550
COULD'VE BEEN MORE WRONG IS IF

892
00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:14,587
IT'D GONE ON TO DESCRIBE THE

893
00:24:14,587 --> 00:24:15,255
PLOT OF "STUART LITTLE":

894
00:24:15,255 --> 00:24:15,889
"VALKYRIE IS A PRECOCIOUS MOUSE

895
00:24:15,889 --> 00:24:16,456
THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY GEENA

896
00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:17,090
DAVIS AND HUGH LAURIE, BUT THIS

897
00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:17,691
HAS NO BEARING ON HER READING

898
00:24:17,691 --> 00:24:17,991
AND WRITING,

899
00:24:17,991 --> 00:24:19,225
BENEFITS DENIED."

900
00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:20,694
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE AGENCY'S

901
00:24:20,694 --> 00:24:22,028
CRITERIA FOR A DISABILITY CAN BE

902
00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:23,930
WILDLY OUT OF STEP WITH MODERN

903
00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,331
MEDICAL PRACTICE.

904
00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:26,700
TAKE KIDS WITH SICKLE CELL

905
00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:27,901
DISEASE.

906
00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:28,902
ACCORDING TO THE AGENCY'S

907
00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:32,005
STANDARDS, A KEY CRITERION FOR

908
00:24:32,005 --> 00:24:33,173
THEY'RE ANEMIC--

909
00:24:33,273 --> 00:24:34,140
ELIGIBILITY IS FOR KIDS TO SHOW

910
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:34,541
THEY'RE ANEMIC--

911
00:24:34,541 --> 00:24:35,275
A DETERMINATION MADE BY TESTING

912
00:24:35,275 --> 00:24:36,042
HOW MUCH HEMOGLOBIN IS IN THEIR

913
00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:37,310
BLOOD.

914
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,144
THE PROBLEM IS,

915
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:40,146
MODERN MEDICATIONS ARE AIMED AT

916
00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:43,116
RAISING HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS.

917
00:24:43,116 --> 00:24:44,584
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE

918
00:24:44,584 --> 00:24:45,385
SICKLE CELL, OR THAT IT DOESN'T

919
00:24:45,385 --> 00:24:46,786
IMPACT YOUR LIFE-- IT'S JUST,

920
00:24:46,786 --> 00:24:48,655
YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY ANEMIC.

921
00:24:48,655 --> 00:24:50,323
BUT SOCIAL SECURITY STILL LOOKS

922
00:24:50,323 --> 00:24:52,959
FOR SEVERE ANEMIA WHEN DECIDING

923
00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,227
ELIGIBILITY, WITH ONE DOCTOR

924
00:24:54,227 --> 00:24:54,761
SAYING KIDS ARE

925
00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:55,895
"ALMOST GETTING PUNISHED FOR

926
00:24:55,895 --> 00:24:57,063
HAVING THE MODERN MEDICAL

927
00:24:57,063 --> 00:24:58,498
TREATMENT."

928
00:24:58,498 --> 00:24:59,933
WHICH IS AWFUL.

929
00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:00,934
MEDICAL TREATMENT SHOULD NOT

930
00:25:00,934 --> 00:25:02,402
FEEL LIKE A PUNISHMENT--

931
00:25:02,402 --> 00:25:03,603
SOMETHING, BY THE WAY, THAT

932
00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:05,171
SHOULD BE POINTED OUT TO WHOEVER

933
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:05,572
THE FUCK INVENTED

934
00:25:05,572 --> 00:25:07,407
THE MAMMOGRAM MACHINE.

935
00:25:07,407 --> 00:25:09,442
BECAUSE IT'S TWO PLASTIC BINDER

936
00:25:09,442 --> 00:25:11,911
COVERS SMASHING YOUR BOOB AND

937
00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:13,279
HOLDING IT THERE IN TIME OUT.

938
00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:14,614
LET ME BE CLEAR: MAMMOGRAMS ARE

939
00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:15,982
IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD

940
00:25:15,982 --> 00:25:17,584
ABSOLUTELY GET THEM REGULARLY,

941
00:25:17,584 --> 00:25:18,885
BUT LET'S NOT ACT LIKE THEY

942
00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:20,220
DON'T FEEL LIKE THE TITTY

943
00:25:20,220 --> 00:25:23,056
GALLOWS.

944
00:25:23,056 --> 00:25:24,624
SO, TO RECAP: YOUR RECORDS CAN

945
00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,959
BE REVIEWED BY SOMEONE WHO'S

946
00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:27,027
NEVER MET YOU.

947
00:25:27,027 --> 00:25:28,328
YOU CAN BE BRIEFLY EXAMINED BY

948
00:25:28,328 --> 00:25:29,295
SOMEONE WITH NO EXPERTISE IN

949
00:25:29,295 --> 00:25:30,897
YOUR PARTICULAR CONDITION.

950
00:25:30,897 --> 00:25:37,604
AND THEN THEY CAN USE OUTDATED

951
00:25:37,604 --> 00:25:38,238
DATA TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT

952
00:25:38,238 --> 00:25:39,506
YOU GET CRITICAL BENEFITS.

953
00:25:39,506 --> 00:25:40,073
AND SADLY, THE PROCESS IS NO

954
00:25:40,073 --> 00:25:40,674
LESS FLAWED FOR ANSWERING THE

955
00:25:40,674 --> 00:25:41,107
OTHER KEY QUESTION:

956
00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:41,741
WHETHER YOUR DISABILITY PREVENTS

957
00:25:41,741 --> 00:25:42,275
YOU FROM WORKING ENOUGH TO

958
00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:43,443
SUPPORT YOURSELF.

959
00:25:43,443 --> 00:25:44,577
BECAUSE PART OF THE WAY THE

960
00:25:44,577 --> 00:25:47,113
AGENCY ANSWERS THAT IS BY

961
00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:51,217
CONSULTING A JOB LIST CALLED THE

962
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:51,785
"DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL

963
00:25:51,785 --> 00:25:52,018
TITLES."

964
00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:52,519
IN ORDER TO DENY SOMEONE

965
00:25:52,519 --> 00:25:53,520
BENEFITS, THE AGENCY MUST CITE

966
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,388
THREE JOBS FROM THAT LIST THAT

967
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:56,990
MEET THE PERSON'S ABILITIES.

968
00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:58,792
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE

969
00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:02,629
JOBS WERE LAST UPDATED IN 1977.

970
00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:04,631
AND IN THE LAST FEW YEARS PEOPLE

971
00:26:04,631 --> 00:26:07,033
HAVE BEEN DENIED BENEFITS

972
00:26:07,033 --> 00:26:08,535
BECAUSE THE AGENCY SAID THEY

973
00:26:08,535 --> 00:26:10,303
COULD FIND JOBS ON THE LIST,

974
00:26:10,303 --> 00:26:11,237
INCLUDING NUT SORTER,

975
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,405
DOWEL INSPECTOR,

976
00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:13,840
EGG PROCESSOR AND

977
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,309
MAGNETIC TAPE WINDER.

978
00:26:16,309 --> 00:26:17,911
WHICH WOULD BE EASY JOBS TO FIND

979
00:26:17,911 --> 00:26:22,415
IF YOU LIVED IN 1977 OR

980
00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:22,949
"THE BUSY WORLD OF RICHARD

981
00:26:22,949 --> 00:26:24,784
SCARRY."

982
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:25,385
BUT IT'S A RIDICULOUS LIST FOR

983
00:26:25,385 --> 00:26:25,985
THE MODERN DAY.

984
00:26:25,985 --> 00:26:26,853
ALSO-- AND THIS ISN'T STRICTLY

985
00:26:26,853 --> 00:26:28,421
RELEVANT-- THE DICTIONARY OF

986
00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:29,556
OCCUPATIONAL TITLES DOESN'T HAVE

987
00:26:29,556 --> 00:26:30,824
A WEBSITE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS

988
00:26:30,824 --> 00:26:33,193
MADE IN THIS CENTURY, EITHER.

989
00:26:33,193 --> 00:26:34,494
BECAUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE THE

990
00:26:34,494 --> 00:26:40,433
FIRST WEBSITE.

991
00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,901
IT LOOKS SO OLD, ITS ADDRESS

992
00:26:41,901 --> 00:26:42,502
SHOULD BE WWW DOT WEBSITE DOT

993
00:26:42,502 --> 00:26:42,936
COM.

994
00:26:42,936 --> 00:26:43,536
IT'S SO OLD, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS

995
00:26:43,536 --> 00:26:44,571
WEBMASTER WAS ALAN TURING.

996
00:26:44,571 --> 00:26:49,209
THIS WEBSITE IS SO OLD.

997
00:26:49,209 --> 00:26:52,178
HOW OLD IS IT?

998
00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:56,416
John: IT'S IP ADDRESS IS ONE.

999
00:26:56,416 --> 00:26:58,151
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1000
00:26:58,151 --> 00:26:58,418
THANK YOU.

1001
00:26:58,418 --> 00:26:59,019
WITH ALL THOSE BARS TO CLEAR,

1002
00:26:59,019 --> 00:26:59,552
IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING THE

1003
00:26:59,552 --> 00:27:01,421
DENIAL RATE IS SO HIGH--

1004
00:27:01,421 --> 00:27:02,088
LESS THAN A THIRD OF THOSE

1005
00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:03,823
APPLYING FOR SSI WERE ALLOWED AT

1006
00:27:03,823 --> 00:27:05,458
INITIAL APPLICATION, AND FOR

1007
00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:08,495
SSDI, IT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER.

1008
00:27:08,495 --> 00:27:10,263
NOW, I SHOULD SAY-- YOU CAN

1009
00:27:10,263 --> 00:27:10,897
APPEAL AN INITIAL DENIAL-- AND

1010
00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:11,831
MANY DO.

1011
00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,633
IN FACT, APPEALS ARE SO

1012
00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,502
COMMONPLACE, THERE ARE EVEN

1013
00:27:15,502 --> 00:27:17,170
LAWYERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THEM

1014
00:27:17,170 --> 00:27:21,574
AND ADVERTISE ON TV, LIKE THIS:

1015
00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:23,209
YOU GET HURT.

1016
00:27:23,209 --> 00:27:24,210
YOU CAN'T WORK.

1017
00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:25,945
SO YOU APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

1018
00:27:25,945 --> 00:27:27,047
BENEFITS.

1019
00:27:27,047 --> 00:27:28,448
BUT YOU GET DENIED?

1020
00:27:28,448 --> 00:27:30,984
THE LAWS ARE SO CONFUSING!

1021
00:27:30,984 --> 00:27:33,920
IF YOU'VE BEEN DENIED, YOUR

1022
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,588
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

1023
00:27:35,588 --> 00:27:36,656
BENEFITS, CALL ME RIGHT NOW?

1024
00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:39,059
HE CAN HELP YOU GET YOUR

1025
00:27:39,059 --> 00:27:39,559
CHECK STUB IN.

1026
00:27:39,559 --> 00:27:41,461
I KNOW HOW TO CUT THROUGH

1027
00:27:41,461 --> 00:27:43,129
THAT RED TAPE.

1028
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:44,064
CALL ME RIGHT NOW!

1029
00:27:44,064 --> 00:27:44,631
John: "CALL ME RIGHT NOW!

1030
00:27:44,631 --> 00:27:45,231
I'M A BIG TOUGH MAN WITH A BIG

1031
00:27:45,231 --> 00:27:46,099
LOUD VOICE.

1032
00:27:46,099 --> 00:27:46,533
CALL ME RIGHT NOW!

1033
00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:47,133
I LIKE TRUCKS THAT GO WEE AND

1034
00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:47,600
MEAT THAT GOES SQUEE!

1035
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,304
CALL ME RIGHT NOW!

1036
00:27:51,304 --> 00:27:53,039
I PISS, SHIT, AND CUM GASOLINE.

1037
00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:55,241
CALL ME RIGHT NOW!!!!"

1038
00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:55,875
WE'VE ACTUALLY FEATURED THAT MAN

1039
00:27:55,875 --> 00:27:57,243
ON THIS SHOW BEFORE.

1040
00:27:57,243 --> 00:27:58,044
HE CALLS HIMSELF THE TEXAS

1041
00:27:58,044 --> 00:27:58,812
HAMMER AND HOLDS THE UNIQUE

1042
00:27:58,812 --> 00:27:59,412
DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST

1043
00:27:59,412 --> 00:28:01,081
PERSON IN HISTORY WHO HAS THE

1044
00:28:01,081 --> 00:28:02,148
VOICE OF SOMEONE WHO WOULD BEAT

1045
00:28:02,148 --> 00:28:04,417
HIS FACE UP.

1046
00:28:04,417 --> 00:28:05,552
ONCE YOU APPEAL, YOU CAN GO

1047
00:28:05,552 --> 00:28:07,387
THROUGH MULTIPLE STAGES.

1048
00:28:07,387 --> 00:28:08,488
THE FIRST IN-PERSON IS WITH AN

1049
00:28:08,488 --> 00:28:09,823
"ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE" WHO

1050
00:28:09,823 --> 00:28:10,890
WORKS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY

1051
00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:12,992
ADMINISTRATION.

1052
00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:14,427
THEY'RE ALLOWED SUCH WIDE

1053
00:28:14,427 --> 00:28:16,863
DISCRETION THAT SOME JUDGES

1054
00:28:16,863 --> 00:28:18,231
APPROVE JUST 9 PERCENT OF THE

1055
00:28:18,231 --> 00:28:20,133
CASES BEFORE THEM, WITH

1056
00:28:20,133 --> 00:28:21,534
OTHERS, AS MUCH AS 96 PERCENT.

1057
00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:22,335
IF YOU'RE DENIED BY ONE OF THESE

1058
00:28:22,335 --> 00:28:23,403
JUDGES, YOU CAN EVENTUALLY GO

1059
00:28:23,403 --> 00:28:25,238
OUTSIDE THE SOCIAL SECURITY

1060
00:28:25,238 --> 00:28:27,407
SYSTEM, AND APPEAL TO A FEDERAL

1061
00:28:27,407 --> 00:28:29,075
DISTRICT COURT, WHICH WILL

1062
00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:30,176
DETERMINE IF THE AGENCY MADE A

1063
00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:31,911
MISTAKE IN YOUR FIRST HEARING.

1064
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:33,680
AND THEY'VE FOUND SOME PRETTY

1065
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,415
MONUMENTAL ONES, LIKE WITH

1066
00:28:35,415 --> 00:28:36,383
THIS MAN, WHOSE DISABILITY CLAIM

1067
00:28:36,383 --> 00:28:37,784
FOR BACK PAIN AND PERMANENT

1068
00:28:37,784 --> 00:28:39,386
NERVE DAMAGE FROM AN INJURY WAS

1069
00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:44,357
REPEATEDLY DENIED.

1070
00:28:44,357 --> 00:28:46,092
TURNS OUT BOTH

1071
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:46,793
SOCIAL SECURITY AND AN

1072
00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:47,193
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1073
00:28:47,193 --> 00:28:48,395
JUDGE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1074
00:28:48,395 --> 00:28:49,829
JUDGE DENIED JONATHAN'S

1075
00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:51,364
DISABILITY BASED ON SOMEONE

1076
00:28:51,364 --> 00:28:51,998
ELSE'S MEDICAL RECORDS.

1077
00:28:51,998 --> 00:28:54,467
THE JUDGE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT?

1078
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:56,403
NOBODY NOTICED IN THIS.

1079
00:28:56,403 --> 00:28:58,438
I THINK IT'S CARELESSNESS.

1080
00:28:58,438 --> 00:28:59,572
WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ALL THE

1081
00:28:59,572 --> 00:28:59,773
TIME.

1082
00:28:59,773 --> 00:29:00,240
John: ALL THE TIME?

1083
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,274
IT'S NOT GREAT THAT A FEDERAL

1084
00:29:01,274 --> 00:29:02,175
AGENCY SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME

1085
00:29:02,175 --> 00:29:03,209
EYE FOR DETAIL AS A HUNGOVER

1086
00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:06,046
STARBUCKS BARISTA.

1087
00:29:06,046 --> 00:29:07,414
"DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR A

1088
00:29:07,414 --> 00:29:08,882
...LOOKS LIKE... BICHAEL?

1089
00:29:08,882 --> 00:29:15,522
BENEFITS FOR BICHAEL?"

1090
00:29:15,522 --> 00:29:18,324
I'VE GOT A BICHAEL HERE.

1091
00:29:18,324 --> 00:29:19,125
NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IF THE

1092
00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:20,260
COURT FINDS THAT THE SOCIAL

1093
00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:20,860
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION REALLY

1094
00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:21,461
SCREWED UP, THE AGENCY ITSELF

1095
00:29:21,461 --> 00:29:22,195
HAS TO PAY YOUR LAWYER'S FEES.

1096
00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:23,530
BUT IN A SIGN OF JUST HOW OFTEN

1097
00:29:23,530 --> 00:29:24,330
IT FUCKS UP, IT'S HAD TO PAY

1098
00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:25,732
MORE THAN $390 MILLION IN

1099
00:29:25,732 --> 00:29:26,566
ATTORNEY FEES, OVER THE PAST

1100
00:29:26,566 --> 00:29:28,368
DECADE.

1101
00:29:28,368 --> 00:29:29,602
AND ALL THIS TAKES TIME AND

1102
00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:31,104
EFFORT.

1103
00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:32,238
APPLICANTS ARE WAITING ON

1104
00:29:32,238 --> 00:29:32,972
AVERAGE NEARLY 8 MONTHS FOR AN

1105
00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:34,574
INITIAL DECISION.

1106
00:29:34,574 --> 00:29:37,410
WITH APPEALS TAKING EVEN LONGER.

1107
00:29:37,410 --> 00:29:38,778
IN FACT, MOST WAIT OVER A YEAR

1108
00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:39,379
FOR A FINAL DECISION ON THEIR

1109
00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:40,246
CLAIM.

1110
00:29:40,246 --> 00:29:41,514
BUT THAT MAN YOU JUST SAW, HAS

1111
00:29:41,514 --> 00:29:42,349
BEEN TRYING TO GET BENEFITS FOR

1112
00:29:42,349 --> 00:29:44,451
EIGHT YEARS NOW.

1113
00:29:44,451 --> 00:29:46,419
AND THINK HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED

1114
00:29:46,419 --> 00:29:47,721
IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS:

1115
00:29:47,721 --> 00:29:49,656
BARACK OBAMA WENT FROM THE MOST

1116
00:29:49,656 --> 00:29:50,857
POWERFUL MAN IN THE COUNTRY TO

1117
00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:52,092
AN UNEMPLOYED GUY WHO TWEETS

1118
00:29:52,092 --> 00:29:55,528
PLAYLISTS.

1119
00:29:55,528 --> 00:29:58,131
EIGHT YEARS AGO RYAN GOSLING

1120
00:29:58,131 --> 00:29:59,499
SAVED JAZZ.

1121
00:29:59,499 --> 00:30:00,667
EIGHT YEARS AGO, HARAMBE.

1122
00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,135
HARAMBE, EIGHT YEARS AGO.

1123
00:30:02,135 --> 00:30:03,503
IF YOU CAN SAY "I APPLIED FOR

1124
00:30:03,503 --> 00:30:04,504
BENEFITS WHEN HARAMBE WAS

1125
00:30:04,504 --> 00:30:05,672
ALIVE," AND STILL NOT HAVE THEM,

1126
00:30:05,672 --> 00:30:08,608
THE SYSTEM IS MOVING TOO SLOW.

1127
00:30:08,608 --> 00:30:09,976
AND THIS IS DUE, IN PART, TO THE

1128
00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,544
FACT THE SOCIAL SECURITY

1129
00:30:11,544 --> 00:30:12,579
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN

1130
00:30:12,579 --> 00:30:13,179
UNDERFUNDED FOR OVER A DECADE

1131
00:30:13,179 --> 00:30:14,314
NOW.

1132
00:30:14,314 --> 00:30:16,116
THEIR BUDGET WAS SLASHED IN 2011

1133
00:30:16,116 --> 00:30:17,884
AS PART OF A REPUBLICAN-LED

1134
00:30:17,884 --> 00:30:19,252
AUSTERITY CAMPAIGN, AND IT'S

1135
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:20,820
NEVER RECOVERED.

1136
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:21,988
SO IT'S BEEN SERVING A GROWING

1137
00:30:21,988 --> 00:30:23,089
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND

1138
00:30:23,089 --> 00:30:24,724
BENEFICIARIES, WITH LESS

1139
00:30:24,724 --> 00:30:26,426
RESOURCES AND STAFF.

1140
00:30:26,426 --> 00:30:27,394
IT'S FRANKLY NO WONDER, LAST

1141
00:30:27,394 --> 00:30:28,695
YEAR, THERE WAS A BACKLOG OF

1142
00:30:28,695 --> 00:30:30,130
OVER A MILLION PENDING INITIAL

1143
00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:33,066
DISABILITY CLAIMS.

1144
00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:35,402
AND THOSE DELAYS HAVE REAL COSTS

1145
00:30:35,402 --> 00:30:36,002
FOR THOSE STUCK WAITING, LIKE

1146
00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:39,773
THIS MAN:

1147
00:30:39,773 --> 00:30:42,709
I HAVE A BONE DISEASE AMONGST

1148
00:30:42,709 --> 00:30:44,511
OTHER THINGS AND MY BODY WON'T

1149
00:30:44,511 --> 00:30:46,946
LET ME WORK ANYMORE.

1150
00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:49,149
NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER,

1151
00:30:49,149 --> 00:30:50,984
TELLS US HE WAS LIVING UNDER

1152
00:30:50,984 --> 00:30:53,186
THIS GREEN LAWN AVENUE BRIDGE IN

1153
00:30:53,186 --> 00:30:54,154
COLUMBUS FOR A WHILE.

1154
00:30:54,154 --> 00:30:56,256
YOU CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE YOU

1155
00:30:56,256 --> 00:30:56,890
DON'T KNOW WHO IS COMING AROUND

1156
00:30:56,890 --> 00:30:58,024
THE NEXT CORNER.

1157
00:30:58,024 --> 00:30:59,759
DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING

1158
00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:00,427
TO ENCOUNTER.

1159
00:31:00,427 --> 00:31:02,929
THANKFULLY A FRIEND TOOK HIM

1160
00:31:02,929 --> 00:31:05,131
IN AS ALVIN FOUGHT TO GET HIS

1161
00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:06,166
APPROVED SOCIAL SECURITY

1162
00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:06,800
BENEFITS.

1163
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,169
THE WHOLE ORDEAL HE SAYS LASTED

1164
00:31:09,169 --> 00:31:09,569
NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

1165
00:31:09,569 --> 00:31:11,104
THAT'S THE BARRIER BETWEEN ME

1166
00:31:11,104 --> 00:31:12,772
AND MY OWN PLACE.

1167
00:31:12,772 --> 00:31:14,307
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET RICH BREAD

1168
00:31:14,307 --> 00:31:17,844
I'MI JUST WANT WHAT'S OWED TO ME.

1169
00:31:17,844 --> 00:31:18,478
John: RIGHT.

1170
00:31:18,478 --> 00:31:19,079
IF YOU WANT TO GET RICH QUICK,

1171
00:31:19,079 --> 00:31:19,679
GETTING DISABILITY BENEFITS IS

1172
00:31:19,679 --> 00:31:20,246
THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY TO DO

1173
00:31:20,246 --> 00:31:20,447
THAT.

1174
00:31:20,447 --> 00:31:21,247
EVERYONE KNOWS THE FASTEST WAY

1175
00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:21,715
TO GET RICH IS

1176
00:31:21,715 --> 00:31:23,817
TO WIN THE LOTTERY.

1177
00:31:23,817 --> 00:31:24,918
THE EASIEST IS HAVE RICH

1178
00:31:24,918 --> 00:31:25,485
PARENTS, THE GROSSEST IS TO

1179
00:31:25,485 --> 00:31:25,952
MARRY RUPERT MURDOCH.

1180
00:31:25,952 --> 00:31:26,953
AND THE MOST ABSURD IS TO

1181
00:31:26,953 --> 00:31:28,254
BECOME THE HAWK TUAH GIRL.

1182
00:31:28,254 --> 00:31:29,656
THESE ARE YOUR MAIN OPTIONS IN

1183
00:31:29,656 --> 00:31:31,124
THIS ECONOMY.

1184
00:31:31,124 --> 00:31:32,592
AND FOR THE RECORD: IT'S NOT

1185
00:31:32,592 --> 00:31:34,094
LIKE THE BENEFITS ARE

1186
00:31:34,094 --> 00:31:35,695
PARTICULARLY GENEROUS.

1187
00:31:35,695 --> 00:31:37,764
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SSDI BENEFIT

1188
00:31:37,764 --> 00:31:40,266
IS CURRENTLY JUST OVER $1,500,

1189
00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:43,670
AND THE "MAXIMUM" MONTHLY SSI

1190
00:31:43,670 --> 00:31:45,305
PAYMENT IS $943 FOR AN

1191
00:31:45,305 --> 00:31:46,940
INDIVIDUAL.

1192
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:48,475
AND EVEN IF YOU GET APPROVED,

1193
00:31:48,475 --> 00:31:50,810
YOUR TROUBLES AREN'T OVER.

1194
00:31:50,810 --> 00:31:51,911
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE

1195
00:31:51,911 --> 00:31:53,913
INCREDIBLY STRINGENT RULES WE

1196
00:31:53,913 --> 00:31:54,514
FORCE THOSE WHO RECEIVE THESE

1197
00:31:54,514 --> 00:31:55,882
BENEFITS TO LIVE BY.

1198
00:31:55,882 --> 00:31:57,817
FIRST, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH

1199
00:31:57,817 --> 00:31:59,419
AGGRESSIVE CAPS ON INCOME AND

1200
00:31:59,419 --> 00:32:00,387
SAVINGS.

1201
00:32:00,387 --> 00:32:01,988
LET'S SAY YOU'RE NO LONGER ABLE

1202
00:32:01,988 --> 00:32:04,290
TO WORK FULL-TIME, SO YOU GET

1203
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:06,092
SSDI.

1204
00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:07,227
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE

1205
00:32:07,227 --> 00:32:08,328
BIT, PART-TIME, YOU'RE ALLOWED

1206
00:32:08,328 --> 00:32:08,928
TO DO THAT AND GET PAID-- BUT

1207
00:32:08,928 --> 00:32:10,730
ONLY TO A POINT.

1208
00:32:10,730 --> 00:32:12,365
IN 2022,

1209
00:32:12,365 --> 00:32:14,534
IF YOUR MONTHLY WAGES WENT FROM

1210
00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:16,503
$1,350 TO $1,351-- THAT ONE

1211
00:32:16,503 --> 00:32:18,171
DOLLAR COULD MAKE YOU

1212
00:32:18,171 --> 00:32:20,774
LOSE YOUR ENTIRE BENEFIT.

1213
00:32:20,774 --> 00:32:21,741
AND FOR SSI RECIPIENTS, THE

1214
00:32:21,741 --> 00:32:23,610
RULES ARE EVEN STRICTER.

1215
00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:25,311
BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM PLACES HARD

1216
00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:26,212
LIMITS ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE

1217
00:32:26,212 --> 00:32:27,647
ALLOWED TO HAVE IN SAVINGS.

1218
00:32:27,647 --> 00:32:28,481
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FEW

1219
00:32:28,481 --> 00:32:29,916
RESOURCES-- LIKE

1220
00:32:29,916 --> 00:32:31,685
OWNING ONE CAR AND A HOME-- BUT

1221
00:32:31,685 --> 00:32:32,919
BEYOND THAT, YOU CAN HAVE

1222
00:32:32,919 --> 00:32:34,254
NO MORE THAN $2000 DOLLARS WORTH

1223
00:32:34,254 --> 00:32:35,121
OF ASSETS.

1224
00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:36,189
ANY MORE, AND YOU COULD LOSE

1225
00:32:36,189 --> 00:32:37,490
YOUR BENEFITS.

1226
00:32:37,490 --> 00:32:39,693
AND THAT'S THE CASE EVEN IF WHAT

1227
00:32:39,693 --> 00:32:41,828
SENDS YOU OVER THE LIMIT IS

1228
00:32:41,828 --> 00:32:44,264
SOMETHING LIKE RECEIVING A SMALL

1229
00:32:44,264 --> 00:32:44,898
INHERITANCE, OR EVEN A BIRTHDAY

1230
00:32:44,898 --> 00:32:46,733
GIFT.

1231
00:32:46,733 --> 00:32:49,035
AND AS THIS WOMAN EXPLAINS, THE

1232
00:32:49,035 --> 00:32:50,136
CURRENT ASSET LIMIT MAKES IT

1233
00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:50,870
FUNCTIONALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE

1234
00:32:50,870 --> 00:32:55,175
MONEY.

1235
00:32:55,175 --> 00:32:58,778
AS A SINGLE PERSON, I'M ONLY

1236
00:32:58,778 --> 00:33:01,748
ALLOWED TO HAVE $2,000 IN THE

1237
00:33:01,748 --> 00:33:04,150
BANK.

1238
00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:06,019
MY VAN BROKE DOWN AGAIN.

1239
00:33:06,019 --> 00:33:09,622
I NEED TO GET MYSELF A VAN.

1240
00:33:09,622 --> 00:33:13,993
MOST VANS COST MORE THAN $2,000.

1241
00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,328
ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT ONE WHERE

1242
00:33:15,328 --> 00:33:16,629
THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING OR

1243
00:33:16,629 --> 00:33:19,566
YOU ARE GOING TO PLAN ON PUSHING

1244
00:33:19,566 --> 00:33:20,667
IT LIKE FRED FLINTSTONE.

1245
00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:25,872
I CAN'T EVEN DO A GOFUNDME

1246
00:33:25,872 --> 00:33:29,843
BECAUSE A GOFUNDME WOULD PUT ME

1247
00:33:29,843 --> 00:33:30,944
OVER THE ASSET LIMITS AND I

1248
00:33:30,944 --> 00:33:32,712
WOULD LOSE MY INCOME.

1249
00:33:32,712 --> 00:33:33,513
John: SHE'S RIGHT.

1250
00:33:33,513 --> 00:33:34,147
THE LIMIT NOT ONLY PUNISHES YOU

1251
00:33:34,147 --> 00:33:34,681
FOR SAVING MONEY, IT EVEN

1252
00:33:34,681 --> 00:33:35,281
CONSTRAINS YOU FROM ACCEPTING

1253
00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:35,682
HELP FROM OTHERS.

1254
00:33:35,682 --> 00:33:36,449
SHE'S ALSO RIGHT ABOUT NO ONE

1255
00:33:36,449 --> 00:33:37,484
WANTING TO DRIVE A FLINTSTONES

1256
00:33:37,484 --> 00:33:39,819
CAR EXCEPT, OF COURSE,

1257
00:33:39,819 --> 00:33:40,420
MORNING DRUNK HODA AND KATHIE

1258
00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:46,659
LEE.

1259
00:33:46,659 --> 00:33:47,160
YABBA DABBA DUI.

1260
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:47,727
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING, WHY

1261
00:33:47,727 --> 00:33:48,028
ONLY $2000?

1262
00:33:48,028 --> 00:33:48,895
THAT'S BECAUSE CONGRESS HASN'T

1263
00:33:48,895 --> 00:33:50,096
RAISED THE LIMIT IN DECADES, AND

1264
00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:51,131
IT'S NEVER BEEN INDEXED TO

1265
00:33:51,131 --> 00:33:53,566
INFLATION.

1266
00:33:53,566 --> 00:33:54,100
IF IT HAD, IT'D BE $10,000

1267
00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,168
TODAY.

1268
00:33:55,168 --> 00:33:59,205
AND YOU SHOULD KNOW: THE AGENCY

1269
00:33:59,205 --> 00:33:59,706
POLICES THIS VIGOROUSLY

1270
00:33:59,706 --> 00:34:01,441
SENDING OVERPAYMENT NOTICES TO

1271
00:34:01,441 --> 00:34:02,909
MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE

1272
00:34:02,909 --> 00:34:03,276
EACH YEAR.

1273
00:34:03,276 --> 00:34:04,044
IF THEY FIND THAT YOU WENT OVER

1274
00:34:04,044 --> 00:34:05,078
THE CAP IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT,

1275
00:34:05,078 --> 00:34:05,679
THEY MIGHT ADVISE YOU TO SPEND

1276
00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:07,047
IT DOWN, SO YOU'RE BELOW THEIR

1277
00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:08,982
LIMIT.

1278
00:34:08,982 --> 00:34:09,916
OR THEY MIGHT SUSPEND, OR

1279
00:34:09,916 --> 00:34:10,984
CANCEL, YOUR BENEFITS.

1280
00:34:10,984 --> 00:34:11,985
OR EVEN TRY AND CLAW BACK ALL

1281
00:34:11,985 --> 00:34:13,520
THE MONEY THEY SENT YOU, WHICH

1282
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,488
CAN BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

1283
00:34:15,488 --> 00:34:20,226
IT'S NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE SO

1284
00:34:20,226 --> 00:34:22,328
CAREFUL TO STAY UNDER THE LIMIT

1285
00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:22,962
BUT EVEN THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE

1286
00:34:22,962 --> 00:34:25,832
OF SAFETY.

1287
00:34:25,832 --> 00:34:26,866
BECAUSE, AS YOU'VE SEEN THE

1288
00:34:26,866 --> 00:34:27,467
AGENCY'S BOTH UNDERSTAFFED AND

1289
00:34:27,467 --> 00:34:28,034
ERROR PRONE, SO MISTAKES GET

1290
00:34:28,034 --> 00:34:29,169
MADE.

1291
00:34:29,169 --> 00:34:30,003
FOR INSTANCE, MANY

1292
00:34:30,003 --> 00:34:30,804
RECIPIENTS SAW THEIR BENEFITS

1293
00:34:30,804 --> 00:34:32,472
SUSPENDED AS A RESULT OF COVID

1294
00:34:32,472 --> 00:34:34,107
STIMULUS CHECKS BEING

1295
00:34:34,107 --> 00:34:35,542
AUTOMATICALLY DEPOSITED INTO

1296
00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:37,510
THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.

1297
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:39,279
THAT MONEY WASN'T SUPPOSED TO

1298
00:34:39,279 --> 00:34:40,880
COUNT AGAINST ASSET LIMITS, BUT

1299
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:45,385
TOO OFTEN, THIS HAPPENED:

1300
00:34:45,385 --> 00:34:50,190
JULIA'S ONLY INCOME IS HER

1301
00:34:50,190 --> 00:34:51,024
MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY

1302
00:34:51,024 --> 00:34:52,192
DISABILITY CHECK.

1303
00:34:52,192 --> 00:34:52,959
JULIA IS BLIND AND HAS

1304
00:34:52,959 --> 00:34:54,361
CEREBRAL PALSY.

1305
00:34:54,361 --> 00:34:58,298
DURING THE PANDEMIC, $3200 IN

1306
00:34:58,298 --> 00:35:00,000
STIMULUS CHECKS, ECONOMIC IMPACT

1307
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,001
PAYMENTS WERE DEPOSITED IN HER

1308
00:35:01,001 --> 00:35:01,334
BANK ACCOUNT.

1309
00:35:01,334 --> 00:35:06,039
NOW SSA HAS FROZEN HER MONTHLY

1310
00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:07,440
PAYMENTS AND DEMANDING THOUSANDS

1311
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,309
OF DOLLARS TO BE RETURNED BUT

1312
00:35:10,477 --> 00:35:11,544
DEMANDED TO REPAY MORE THAN

1313
00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:15,015
DOUBLE SHE HAD IN STIMULUS

1314
00:35:15,015 --> 00:35:16,349
MONEY, $7300.

1315
00:35:16,349 --> 00:35:18,118
THE AGENCY NOW THINGS SHE WAS

1316
00:35:18,118 --> 00:35:19,419
NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE.

1317
00:35:19,419 --> 00:35:22,389
I JUST ASSUMED SINCE THE

1318
00:35:22,389 --> 00:35:24,858
GOVERNMENT PUT THE MONEY IN,

1319
00:35:24,858 --> 00:35:26,326
THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S

1320
00:35:26,326 --> 00:35:27,327
GOING GOING TO HAVE EXTRA MONEY.

1321
00:35:27,327 --> 00:35:27,794
John: OH, COME ON.

1322
00:35:27,794 --> 00:35:28,328
THAT IS JUST INFURIATING

1323
00:35:28,328 --> 00:35:29,496
INCOMPETENCE.

1324
00:35:29,496 --> 00:35:31,264
I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN

1325
00:35:31,264 --> 00:35:32,399
THINK THE GOVERNMENT'S RUN BY A

1326
00:35:32,399 --> 00:35:33,400
SHADOWY CABAL OF ELITES, WHEN

1327
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,268
MORE OFTEN, IT APPEARS TO BE RUN

1328
00:35:35,268 --> 00:35:37,804
BY THREE RACCOONS STACKED UP IN

1329
00:35:37,804 --> 00:35:38,938
A MEN'S WAREHOUSE SUIT.

1330
00:35:38,938 --> 00:35:40,607
BECAUSE ONLY THEY WOULD SEND

1331
00:35:40,607 --> 00:35:41,875
SOMEONE MONEY DURING THE

1332
00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:42,709
PANDEMIC, FORGET THEY WERE THE

1333
00:35:42,709 --> 00:35:43,576
ONES WHO SENT IT, AND

1334
00:35:43,576 --> 00:35:44,144
THEN DEMAND MORE THAN DOUBLE

1335
00:35:44,144 --> 00:35:45,712
THAT MONEY BACK.

1336
00:35:45,712 --> 00:35:46,413
THAT IS CHAOTIC

1337
00:35:46,413 --> 00:35:50,250
RACCOON-IN-A-SUIT BEHAVIOR.

1338
00:35:50,250 --> 00:35:52,085
BUT MAYBE THE ULTIMATE

1339
00:35:52,085 --> 00:35:53,753
EXPRESSION OF THE MADNESS OF OUR

1340
00:35:53,753 --> 00:35:54,387
CURRENT SYSTEM IS THE SO-CALLED

1341
00:35:54,387 --> 00:35:55,755
"MARRIAGE PENALTY."

1342
00:35:55,755 --> 00:35:57,323
BASICALLY, IF YOU'RE AN

1343
00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:58,324
INDIVIDUAL GETTING SSI, YOUR

1344
00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:00,927
ASSETS ARE CAPPED AT $2,000.

1345
00:36:00,927 --> 00:36:02,862
BUT IF YOU GET MARRIED, YOUR

1346
00:36:02,862 --> 00:36:04,764
ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD ASSETS ARE

1347
00:36:04,764 --> 00:36:07,334
CAPPED AT $3,000.

1348
00:36:07,334 --> 00:36:08,768
AND IF YOU GO OVER, YOU NOT ONLY

1349
00:36:08,768 --> 00:36:09,736
LOSE YOUR BENEFITS, YOU RISK

1350
00:36:09,736 --> 00:36:11,871
LOSING ACCESS TO MEDICAID, TOO.

1351
00:36:11,871 --> 00:36:13,573
JUST WATCH AS THIS WOMAN

1352
00:36:13,573 --> 00:36:14,808
EXPLAINS WHY THIS MEANS SHE CAN

1353
00:36:14,808 --> 00:36:19,612
NEVER MARRY HER PARTNER.

1354
00:36:19,612 --> 00:36:21,815
ARE MARRIAGE PLANS RIGHT NOW

1355
00:36:21,815 --> 00:36:24,551
ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE THERE IS A

1356
00:36:24,551 --> 00:36:27,921
MARRIAGE PENALTY TO WEAR IF WE

1357
00:36:27,921 --> 00:36:29,289
GET MARRIED HIS INCOME WOULD

1358
00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:32,592
MAKE ME NO LONGER QUALIFIED TO

1359
00:36:32,592 --> 00:36:34,160
RECEIVE MEDICAID.

1360
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,895
SO ALL MY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT,

1361
00:36:35,895 --> 00:36:37,130
EVERYTHING, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE

1362
00:36:37,130 --> 00:36:39,632
TO HAVE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE.

1363
00:36:39,632 --> 00:36:42,635
TO JUST PAY FOR CAREGIVERS, IT

1364
00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:46,773
WOULD BE BETWEEN $100,000.200000

1365
00:36:46,773 --> 00:36:47,007
A YEAR.

1366
00:36:47,007 --> 00:36:48,608
MEDICAID IS THE ONLY TYPE OF

1367
00:36:48,608 --> 00:36:50,243
INSURANCE THAT WOULD PAY FOR

1368
00:36:50,243 --> 00:36:52,579
THIS MUCH CARE.

1369
00:36:52,579 --> 00:36:55,015
IT'S NORMAL TO FALL IN LOVE AND

1370
00:36:55,015 --> 00:37:00,353
WANT TO START A FAMILY.

1371
00:37:00,353 --> 00:37:01,955
IT'S VERY NORMAL AND IT'S NOT

1372
00:37:01,955 --> 00:37:05,759
TREATED THAT WAY BY SOCIETY.

1373
00:37:05,759 --> 00:37:06,326
John: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT

1374
00:37:06,326 --> 00:37:06,926
DISABLED PEOPLE GETTING THEIR

1375
00:37:06,926 --> 00:37:07,494
BASIC NEEDS MET, IT'S ABOUT

1376
00:37:07,494 --> 00:37:08,128
CREATING A SOCIETY WHERE THEY'RE

1377
00:37:08,128 --> 00:37:08,928
EQUAL AND ACTIVE MEMBERS.

1378
00:37:08,928 --> 00:37:10,363
BECAUSE IT IS VERY NORMAL TO

1379
00:37:10,363 --> 00:37:11,231
FALL IN LOVE AND WANT TO GET

1380
00:37:11,231 --> 00:37:12,465
MARRIED.

1381
00:37:12,465 --> 00:37:13,967
IT'S ADMITTEDLY LESS NORMAL FOR

1382
00:37:13,967 --> 00:37:15,135
THE OBJECT OF THAT LOVE TO

1383
00:37:15,135 --> 00:37:17,337
BE A CABBAGE, BUT THAT WEDDING

1384
00:37:17,337 --> 00:37:18,238
WAS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL, AND I

1385
00:37:18,238 --> 00:37:20,807
APOLOGIZE TO NO ONE.

1386
00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,145
NOBODY.

1387
00:37:25,145 --> 00:37:25,879
AND WITH ALL THIS BUREAUCRATIC

1388
00:37:25,879 --> 00:37:26,746
BULLSHIT, IT'S NO WONDER THAT SO

1389
00:37:26,746 --> 00:37:27,380
MANY WHO RELY ON THESE BENEFITS

1390
00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:27,914
FEEL TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF

1391
00:37:27,914 --> 00:37:28,415
POVERTY.

1392
00:37:28,415 --> 00:37:28,782
ONE STUDY FOUND

1393
00:37:28,782 --> 00:37:30,083
ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL SUPPLEMENTAL

1394
00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:32,018
INCOME BENEFICIARIES HAD INCOMES

1395
00:37:32,018 --> 00:37:33,887
BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE

1396
00:37:33,887 --> 00:37:35,922
EVEN WITH THEIR BENEFITS.

1397
00:37:35,922 --> 00:37:38,124
SO: WHAT CAN WE DO?

1398
00:37:38,124 --> 00:37:39,693
WELL, AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, WE

1399
00:37:39,693 --> 00:37:40,827
COULD SWITCH TO

1400
00:37:40,827 --> 00:37:42,429
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, WHICH

1401
00:37:42,429 --> 00:37:42,996
WOULD SOLVE AT LEAST PART OF

1402
00:37:42,996 --> 00:37:46,399
THIS.

1403
00:37:46,399 --> 00:37:47,067
BUT SHORT OF THAT,

1404
00:37:47,067 --> 00:37:47,667
THERE ARE SMALLER, SIGNIFICANT

1405
00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:48,735
MEASURES WE COULD TAKE.

1406
00:37:48,735 --> 00:37:49,936
FIRST, THE SOCIAL SECURITY

1407
00:37:49,936 --> 00:37:54,207
ADMINISTRATION CLEARLY NEEDS TO

1408
00:37:54,207 --> 00:37:54,641
BE PROPERLY FUNDED.

1409
00:37:54,641 --> 00:37:55,275
ALSO, IN MAKING DETERMINATIONS,

1410
00:37:55,275 --> 00:37:55,909
THEY NEED TO GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO

1411
00:37:55,909 --> 00:37:58,278
THE ASSESSMENT OF PEOPLE'S OWN

1412
00:37:58,278 --> 00:37:59,312
DOCTORS, AND FULLY UPDATE THEIR

1413
00:37:59,312 --> 00:38:01,314
JOBS LIST TO THE 21ST CENTURY.

1414
00:38:01,314 --> 00:38:02,082
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME GOOD

1415
00:38:02,082 --> 00:38:03,583
NEWS HERE.

1416
00:38:03,583 --> 00:38:04,150
BECAUSE THERE ARE

1417
00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:06,219
TWO BILLS IN CONGRESS THAT, IF

1418
00:38:06,219 --> 00:38:07,287
PASSED, WOULD ADDRESS AT LEAST

1419
00:38:07,287 --> 00:38:07,787
SOME OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN

1420
00:38:07,787 --> 00:38:09,055
TONIGHT.

1421
00:38:09,055 --> 00:38:09,923
BOTH WOULD RAISE THE ASSET LIMIT

1422
00:38:09,923 --> 00:38:11,991
TO $10,000 FOR INDIVIDUALS AND

1423
00:38:11,991 --> 00:38:13,960
INDEX IT TO INFLATION.

1424
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,328
AND THIS BILL WOULD ALSO RAISE

1425
00:38:15,328 --> 00:38:19,933
BENEFITS, AND GET RID OF CERTAIN

1426
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:24,571
NEITHER WOULD FIX EVERYTHING,

1427
00:38:24,571 --> 00:38:28,575
BUT THEY WOULD BE A START.

1428
00:38:28,575 --> 00:38:29,209
CONGRESS COULD PASS AT LEAST ONE

1429
00:38:29,209 --> 00:38:29,776
THIS YEAR IF THEY CARED TO.

1430
00:38:29,776 --> 00:38:30,610
AND I'D ARGUE THEY SHOULD, AND

1431
00:38:30,610 --> 00:38:31,044
YOU COULD CALL YOUR

1432
00:38:31,044 --> 00:38:31,644
REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM

1433
00:38:31,644 --> 00:38:34,748
THAT.

1434
00:38:34,748 --> 00:38:35,815
IF YOU WERE SO INCLINED.

1435
00:38:35,815 --> 00:38:36,416
BECAUSE, TO PUT ALL OF THIS IN

1436
00:38:36,416 --> 00:38:37,517
TERMS THE SOCIAL SECURITY

1437
00:38:37,517 --> 00:38:39,352
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO PREFER

1438
00:38:39,352 --> 00:38:41,788
AND I HATE MYSELF FOR DOING THIS

1439
00:38:41,788 --> 00:38:43,089
THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE BETTER.

1440
00:38:43,089 --> 00:38:43,790
NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF

1441
00:38:43,790 --> 00:38:44,391
DISABLED PEOPLE, BUT FOR

1442
00:38:44,391 --> 00:38:47,894
EVERYONE.

1443
00:38:47,894 --> 00:38:48,328
ALL RIGHT.

1444
00:38:48,328 --> 00:38:51,931
ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS?

1445
00:38:51,931 --> 00:38:52,132
OKAY.

1446
00:38:52,132 --> 00:38:55,235
♪ OPEN

1447
00:38:55,235 --> 00:38:56,936
WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY DO WE WANT

1448
00:38:57,337 --> 00:38:58,304
WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY DO WE WANT

1449
00:38:58,304 --> 00:38:58,772
TO LIVE IN? ONE THAT

1450
00:38:58,772 --> 00:38:59,205
PUNISHES PEOPLE WITH

1451
00:38:59,205 --> 00:38:59,806
ENDLESS PAPERWORK FOR HAVING A

1452
00:38:59,806 --> 00:39:00,740
MEDICAL CONDITION LIKE

1453
00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:06,312
CHRONIC GRANULOCYTOPENIA?

1454
00:39:06,312 --> 00:39:07,714
DO WE WANT A SOCIETY THAT

1455
00:39:07,714 --> 00:39:09,182
CREATES ENDLESS

1456
00:39:09,182 --> 00:39:11,885
HOOPS PEOPLE HAVE TO JUMP

1457
00:39:11,885 --> 00:39:13,186
THROUGH FOR THE TINIEST MORSEL

1458
00:39:13,186 --> 00:39:15,055
OF SUPPORT?

1459
00:39:15,055 --> 00:39:17,157
OR DO WE WANT A SOCIETY THAT

1460
00:39:17,157 --> 00:39:18,992
STEPS UP TO THE PLATE AND

1461
00:39:18,992 --> 00:39:19,926
ACTUALLY DELIVERS FOR THE

1462
00:39:19,926 --> 00:39:22,028
PEOPLE?

1463
00:39:22,028 --> 00:39:23,129
IF IT'S THAT ONE, THEN WE DO

1464
00:39:23,129 --> 00:39:25,198
NEED TO MAKE CHANGES.

1465
00:39:25,198 --> 00:39:26,633
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS SYSTEM

1466
00:39:26,633 --> 00:39:28,868
IS FUCKED.

1467
00:39:28,868 --> 00:39:30,270
I MEAN SUPREMELY AND MASSIVELY

1468
00:39:30,270 --> 00:39:34,941
FUCKED.

1469
00:39:34,941 --> 00:39:36,943
I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.

1470
00:39:36,943 --> 00:39:37,510
THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANKS FOR

1471
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:38,278
WATCHING, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT

1472
00:39:38,278 --> 00:39:41,348
WEEK, GOOD NIGHT.

1473
00:39:41,348 --> 00:39:41,681
NO.

1474
00:39:41,681 --> 00:39:43,850
STOP IT.

1475
00:39:43,850 --> 00:39:46,986
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

1476
00:39:46,986 --> 00:39:47,587
THAT'S IT.

1477
00:39:47,587 --> 00:39:48,722
I'M SCOOTING AWAY.

1478
00:39:48,722 --> 00:39:49,089
I'M LEAVING YOU.

1479
00:39:49,089 --> 00:39:54,694
DON'T MIME COMING OFF OF ME!

1480
00:39:54,694 --> 00:39:55,895
[CHEERS AND APPLAU