1 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:11,678 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:21,020 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:21,087 --> 00:00:31,297 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:32,065 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:32,532 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 6 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:35,402 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 7 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:36,736 WELCOME, I'M JOHN OLIVER 8 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:37,337 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 9 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:39,973 US, IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK 10 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:41,307 WHICH STARTED IN SPECTACULAR 11 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:41,541 FASHION 12 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:42,175 WITH HEIDI KLUM DELIVERING THIS 13 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:43,643 MASTERPIECE OF A HALLOWEEN 14 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:44,077 COSTUME. 15 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:44,644 >> HEY, HEIDI, HOW ARE YOU? 16 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,078 >> I'M GREAT. 17 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:45,545 HOW ARE YOU? 18 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:46,780 >> JUST HANGING AROUND OR LAYING 19 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:47,147 AROUND? 20 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:47,781 >> YOU KNOW, JUST LAYING AROUND. 21 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:50,316 JUST WORMING AROUND, YOU KNOW. 22 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:51,351 >> John: SPECTACULAR. 23 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:53,253 JUST VERY GOOD. 24 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:54,020 FROM THE LEVEL OF DETAIL, TO THE 25 00:00:54,087 --> 00:00:55,655 RESPONSE "JUST WORMING AROUND", 26 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:57,624 TO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS LATER 27 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:58,725 FILMED DANCING IN THE WORM 28 00:00:58,792 --> 00:00:59,592 COSTUME. 29 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,060 AND IT'S BOTH IMPRESSIVE AND 30 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:02,061 DEPRESSING THAT SHE'S A BETTER 31 00:01:02,128 --> 00:01:03,229 DANCER IN THAT SUIT THAN I AM 32 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:05,465 COMPLETELY UNENCUMBERED. 33 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:06,466 IT'S A GOOD LESSON FOR ALL OF 34 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:08,635 US: TRY AND BE AS GOOD AT 35 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:10,270 ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE AS HEIDI 36 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:12,172 KLUM IS AT HALLOWEEN. 37 00:01:12,238 --> 00:01:13,573 OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, THERE WAS 38 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:14,607 OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, FROM LULA 39 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:16,075 DEFEATING BOLSONARO IN BRAZIL'S 40 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,144 RUNOFF ELECTION, TO ELON MUSK 41 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:20,013 MAKING BIG MOVES AS HE STARTS 42 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:21,481 RUNNING TWITTER, AND POTENTIALLY 43 00:01:21,548 --> 00:01:24,217 INTO THE GROUND. 44 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:25,652 ADVERTISERS ARE ALREADY STEPPING 45 00:01:25,718 --> 00:01:27,287 AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM, AND HALF 46 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:29,989 OF THE COMPANY'S WORK FORCE WAS 47 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:32,492 REPORTEDLY ELIMINATED, WITH SOME 48 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:33,126 PAINTING A PRETTY BLEAK PICTURE 49 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:33,893 OF WHAT IT'S LIKE INSIDE THE 50 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:35,094 COMPANY. 51 00:01:35,161 --> 00:01:37,897 >> SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 52 00:01:37,964 --> 00:01:39,532 THAT TWITTER EMPLOYEES WANT TO 53 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:42,135 STRESS IS THAT THE COMPANY IS A 54 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:43,670 NIGHTMARE RIGHT NOW AND YOU 55 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:44,637 CANNOT WORK THERE. 56 00:01:44,704 --> 00:01:45,772 AND THE WEBSITE IS BUILT ON 57 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:46,973 STICKS AND IT MIGHT FALL APART. 58 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,541 >> John: WOW. 59 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:49,409 "IT'S A NIGHTMARE BUILT ON 60 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:50,043 STICKS AND THE WHOLE THING MIGHT 61 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:50,677 FALL APART." 62 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:52,145 THAT SOUNDS LESS LIKE THE 63 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:52,779 DESCRIPTION OF A VITAL 64 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:53,780 COMMUNICATION PLATFORM, AND MORE 65 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:54,781 LIKE TWO OF THE LITTLE PIGS 66 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:57,350 TALKING SHIT ABOUT THEIR MIDDLE 67 00:01:57,417 --> 00:02:00,453 BROTHER'S HOUSE. 68 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,154 BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DIVE 69 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:03,156 STRAIGHT IN TO OUR MAIN STORY 70 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:13,399 TONIGHT, WHICH CONCERNS A 71 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:13,633 VOTING. 72 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:14,267 PRACTICE THAT WAS ONCE SOLD TO 73 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:14,868 YOUTH WITH THE SLOGAN, VOTE OR 74 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:15,568 DIE, AND GIVEN THE STATE OF 75 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:16,503 POLITICS RIGHT NOW, FOR THE 76 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:17,804 FIRST TIME, I'M REQUESTING MORE 77 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:18,338 INFORMATION ON THE SECOND 78 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:19,639 OPTION. 79 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:20,640 SPECIFICALLY, WITH THE MIDTERMS 80 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:21,608 NOW JUST TWO DAYS AWAY, WE 81 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:22,709 WANTED TO FOCUS ON A DANGEROUS 82 00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:23,309 TREND AMONG REPUBLICAN 83 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:24,544 CANDIDATES -- DENYING THE 84 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:25,612 LEGITIMACY OF THE LAST ELECTION. 85 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:26,679 >> THE FAKE NEWS, BIG TECH AND 86 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:28,047 BLUE STATE LIBERALS STOLE THE 87 00:02:28,114 --> 00:02:29,883 ELECTION FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. 88 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:31,818 >> THE 2020 ELECTION WAS A 89 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:33,686 TOTALLY RIGGED ELECTION. 90 00:02:33,753 --> 00:02:35,121 >> IN FACT, QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY 91 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:35,722 ELECTION SINCE I THINK GEORGE 92 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:36,489 WASHINGTON, THERE'S BEEN SOME 93 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:37,790 KIND OF A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM. 94 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:38,691 >> YOU COULD SAY BIDEN WON THE 95 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:39,926 PRESIDENCY KIND OF LIKE O.J IS 96 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:40,627 INNOCENT. 97 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:41,995 IT'S THE SAME KIND OF- 98 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:43,630 >> John: I'LL SAY THIS -- THOSE 99 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:44,464 PEOPLE ARE RIDICULOUS, BUT 100 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:45,532 THEY'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD 101 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:47,400 TIME! 102 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:48,401 CHECK OUT THIS GUY! 103 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,969 I'VE NEVER BEEN AS HAPPY AS HE 104 00:02:50,036 --> 00:02:50,837 IS HEARING AN O.J. 105 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,006 SIMPSON JOKE IN 2021. 106 00:02:53,072 --> 00:02:54,841 AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN. 107 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:56,142 AND THE THING IS, THOSE PEOPLE 108 00:02:56,209 --> 00:02:58,711 ARE NOT ALONE -- A MAJORITY OF 109 00:02:58,778 --> 00:03:00,413 REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR HOUSE, 110 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,782 SENATE, OR KEY STATEWIDE OFFICES 111 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,017 THIS YEAR DENY OR QUESTION THE 112 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,718 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. 113 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:07,120 AND SOME, LIKE THIS GUY, DENY IT 114 00:03:07,186 --> 00:03:09,155 WHILE TRYING TO ADD A BIT OF 115 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:12,892 SPECTACLE: 116 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:13,660 >> HEY, MIKE COLLINS, HERE, YOUR 117 00:03:13,726 --> 00:03:14,727 PRO-TRUMP AMERICA FIRST TRUCKER, 118 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:15,461 RUNNING FOR CONGRESS HERE IN 119 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:16,529 GEORGIA TEN. 120 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:17,897 WELL, I UNDERSTAND JOE BIDEN WAS 121 00:03:17,964 --> 00:03:18,665 IN TOWN YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT 122 00:03:18,731 --> 00:03:20,166 OUR ELECTIONS. 123 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:21,034 IT SEEMS THAT HE AND KAMALA 124 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:22,335 HARRIS CALLED ANYONE WHO 125 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:25,038 DISAGREE WITH THE FEDERAL 126 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:26,372 HIJACKING OF THIS ELECTION "A 127 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:28,675 RACIST.' WELL, JOE, I GOT SOME 128 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:30,310 NEWS FOR YOU. 129 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,911 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT GEORGIANS 130 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:32,745 REALLY BELIEVE. 131 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:34,447 SEE, GEORGIANS ARE SICK AND 132 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:37,183 TIRED OF WEAK-KNEED, SPINELESS 133 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,651 POLITICIANS WHO WON'T FIGHT FOR 134 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,887 TRUMP, GET TO THE BOTTOM OF 135 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:43,590 2020, AND FIX OUR ELECTIONS. 136 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:44,958 WELL, IF THEY WON'T DO IT, MIKE 137 00:03:45,024 --> 00:03:53,499 COLLINS WILL. 138 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,033 SEND ME TO WASHINGTON. 139 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,703 [THE EXPLOSION] 140 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:58,338 >> John: OKAY, TOO MANY THINGS 141 00:03:58,404 --> 00:03:59,272 TO GET INTO THERE. 142 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:00,039 YOUR BRAIN WANTS TO FOCUS ON 143 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,107 "PRO-TRUMP AMERICA FIRST TRUCKER 144 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:01,874 BUT THEN WONDERS, "WHY IS HE 145 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:03,076 DRESSED LIKE THE WORLD'S 146 00:04:03,142 --> 00:04:05,445 ANGRIEST TARGET EMPLOYEE? 147 00:04:05,511 --> 00:04:06,446 BEFORE NOTICING, "WAIT, IS THAT 148 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:07,814 A GARBAGE CAN LABELED "VOTING 149 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,916 MACHINE?" 150 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:12,518 THEN ALSO LABELED "CAST BALLOT', 151 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:13,786 AS IF THEY KNEW THE FIRST LABEL 152 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:14,721 WASN'T CONVINCING ANYONE, BUT 153 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:15,788 THOUGHT THE SECOND ONE MIGHT? 154 00:04:15,855 --> 00:04:16,823 THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FOCUS 155 00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:17,857 ON THE SUBTLE BUT UNMISTAKABLE 156 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:19,359 EDIT POINT BEFORE THE EXPLOSION, 157 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:21,861 BREAKING THE ILLUSION THAT WAS 158 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,463 SHOT IN A SINGLE TAKE, THEN 159 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:28,401 FINALLY YOUR BRAIN SAYS, "HEY, 160 00:04:28,468 --> 00:04:29,068 HE OPENED WITH "JOE BIDEN AND 161 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:29,602 KAMALA HARRIS THINK I'M A 162 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:30,236 RACIST;' DID HE EVER CLOSE THAT 163 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:30,737 LOOP OR NAH?" 164 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:34,407 AND BRAIN? 165 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:35,308 ANYWAY, THAT MAN'S COMPLETELY 166 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,442 RIDICULOUS, AND GIVEN THE 167 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,277 DISTRICT WHERE HE'S RUNNING, 168 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:38,878 HE'S ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO 169 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,046 WIN ON TUESDAY. 170 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,047 BUT IT'S WORTH DWELLING ON THE 171 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:41,948 PROMISE THAT HE, AND THOSAE 172 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:43,349 OTHER CANDIDATES, ARE MAKING -- 173 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:46,085 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO "FIX OUR 174 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:46,953 ELECTIONS." 175 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:48,488 BECAUSE THAT SPEAKS TO A REAL 176 00:04:48,554 --> 00:04:50,323 PROBLEM, WHICH IS THAT A 177 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:51,190 TROUBLING NUMBER OF ELECTION 178 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:52,091 DENIERS ARE RUNNING FOR JOBS 179 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:52,959 THAT CAN PLAY KEY ROLES IN 180 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:53,693 ADMINISTERING ELECTIONS IN THEIR 181 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,962 STATES. 182 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:57,463 IN FACT, OVER HALF THE COUNTRY 183 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:59,132 HAS AN ELECTION DENIER RUNNING 184 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:00,600 TO OVERSEE THEIR ELECTIONS, AND 185 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:01,768 MANY OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO 186 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:04,070 WIN. 187 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,171 AND LOOK: WE'VE TALKED BEFORE 188 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,406 ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION ON THIS 189 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:08,307 SHOW, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH 190 00:05:08,374 --> 00:05:09,842 VOTER ID LAWS, FELONY 191 00:05:09,909 --> 00:05:10,910 DISENFRANCHISEMENT, 192 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,412 GERRYMANDERING, OR RESTRICTIONS 193 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:13,680 ON MAIL-IN VOTING. 194 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:15,348 BUT THOSE TACTICS ALL TAKE PLACE 195 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:17,383 BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR BALLOT. 196 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:19,052 TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON 197 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:22,388 ELECTION SUBVERSION -- WHICH 198 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:23,122 TYPICALLY HAPPENS AFTER THE 199 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:23,856 VOTES ARE IN. 200 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:24,457 IT'S A STRATEGY TO NEGATE 201 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:25,124 LEGITIMATE ELECTION RESULTS BY 202 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:27,360 SIMPLY REFUSING TO ACCEPT THEM. 203 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,929 TRUMP FAMOUSLY TRIED TO SUBVERT 204 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:30,563 THE LAST ELECTION. 205 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:32,465 AND SOME CURRENT CANDIDATES ARE 206 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:33,766 PROMISING, IF ELECTED, THEY'LL 207 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:34,667 BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE A CERTAIN 208 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:35,635 RESULT IN THE FUTURE. 209 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:37,003 >> JIM MARCHANT. 210 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:38,337 >> AMERICA FIRST SECRETARY OF 211 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:39,672 STATE COALITION. 212 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:40,673 AND IF THEY WIN, HE'S BEEN 213 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:41,674 PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT 214 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:43,776 WOULD MEAN. 215 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:44,477 >> WHEN MY COALITION OF 216 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:45,845 SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATES 217 00:05:45,912 --> 00:05:46,946 GET ELECTED, WE'RE GONNA FIX THE 218 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:48,247 WHOLE COUNTRY AND PRESIDENT 219 00:05:48,314 --> 00:05:52,251 TRUMP IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT 220 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:55,388 AGAIN IN 2024! 221 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:56,489 >> John: YEAH, NO WONDER TRUMP 222 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:58,424 LIKES THAT MESSAGE. 223 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,792 ALSO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T HURT 224 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,427 THAT IT'S COMING FROM A GUY WHO 225 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:02,261 LOOKS LIKE A SMALLER, PALER 226 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:04,464 VERSION OF HIM. 227 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:05,798 LOOK AT THAT MAN. 228 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,934 HE LOOKS LIKE THE POKEMON THAT 229 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,969 TRUMP EVOLVES FROM. 230 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:11,838 SO IF THE PLAN IS THIS OVERT, 231 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:13,639 AND WITH POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES 232 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:14,707 THIS DIRE FOR THIS ELECTION AND 233 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:17,410 BEYOND, TONIGHT, LET'S TALK 234 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:18,811 ABOUT ELECTION SUBVERSION. 235 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:20,780 AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE 236 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:21,514 FACING, LET'S REVISIT -- BRIEFLY 237 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:25,318 -- SOME OF THE CHAOS FOLLOWING 238 00:06:25,384 --> 00:06:26,853 THE LAST ELECTION. 239 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:28,221 AS YOU UNDOUBTEDLY REMEMBER, 240 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:29,722 AFTER TRUMP'S LOSS, HE TRIED A 241 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:32,458 LOT OF TACTICS TO SWING THINGS 242 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:34,293 BACK IN HIS FAVOR, INCLUDING 243 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:34,927 CALLING BRAD RAFFENSPERGER, THE 244 00:06:34,994 --> 00:06:35,528 SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA, 245 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:37,430 TO ASK HIM FOR ONE SMALL FAVOR. 246 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:38,731 >> SO LOOK, ALL I WANT TO DO IS 247 00:06:38,798 --> 00:06:41,534 THIS. 248 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:46,873 I JUST WANT TO FIND, UH, 11,780 249 00:06:46,939 --> 00:06:49,242 VOTES, WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN WE 250 00:06:49,308 --> 00:06:50,977 HAVE BECAUSE WE WON THE STATE. 251 00:06:51,043 --> 00:06:53,212 >> John: IT'S STILL INCREDIBLE 252 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:54,580 TO HEAR THAT, AND A COLD CHILL 253 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:56,249 RAN DOWN MY URETHRA MERELY 254 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:58,384 HEARING HIS VOICE AGAIN, 255 00:06:58,451 --> 00:06:59,385 SEEMINGLY FORGETTING, AT ONE 256 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:01,854 POINT, BOTH HOW MANY VOTES HE 257 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:03,256 NEEDS, AND THE WORD "VOTES." 258 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:05,258 IT'S AMAZING TO LISTEN TO 259 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:06,626 SOMEONE ATTEMPT A COUP WITH THE 260 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:08,027 SAME FOCUSED ENERGY OF A DAD 261 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:09,328 STRUGGLING TO REMEMBER HIS 262 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:10,897 FAMILY'S McDONALD'S ORDER. 263 00:07:10,963 --> 00:07:13,099 "YEAH, UM, CAN I GET A SPICY. 264 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,267 CRISPY, "CRUNCHY?" CHICKEN AND 265 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:15,168 UUUUH. 266 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:16,102 TWO. 267 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:17,036 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED 268 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:18,371 "SON OF BACONATOR' HERE? 269 00:07:18,437 --> 00:07:19,405 ARE YOU THE WHOPPER PLACE OR ARE 270 00:07:19,472 --> 00:07:20,273 YOU THE OTHER ONE? 271 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:21,774 YEAH, I'M IN THE WRONG PLACE, 272 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:25,111 OKAY GOT IT, FUCK ME." 273 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,913 NOW, THANKFULLY, RAFFENSPERGER 274 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,581 DECLINED TRUMP'S REQUEST, WHICH 275 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:29,849 LEFT HIM TO FIGHT HIS BATTLES IN 276 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:31,050 THE COURTS -- WHERE HE LOST OVER 277 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:33,019 SIXTY LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE 278 00:07:33,085 --> 00:07:34,821 ELECTION RESULTS. 279 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:37,356 HE THEN FAMOUSLY TRIED AT THE 280 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:38,090 LAST MINUTE, TO BULLY MIKE PENCE 281 00:07:38,157 --> 00:07:39,792 INTO REFUSING TO CERTIFY BIDEN'S 282 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:41,127 WIN, INCLUDING A PHONE CALL 283 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:42,195 WHERE TRUMP CALLED HIM A WIMP, 284 00:07:42,261 --> 00:07:45,765 AND "THE P WORD." 285 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:47,433 WHICH I KNOW IS SUPPOSED TO BE 286 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,569 PUSSY BUT TO BE HONEST, "THE P 287 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:54,173 WORD SOUNDS LIKE THE PHRASE 288 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,608 GEPPETTO'S THERAPIST USES TO 289 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:55,875 TALK ABOUT 290 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:57,910 PINOCCHIO. 291 00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:58,644 AND WHILE I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER 292 00:07:58,711 --> 00:07:59,312 ALL THAT, THERE WERE ALSO 293 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:00,012 SMALLER, MUCH LESSER-KNOWN 294 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:01,280 INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE FURTHER 295 00:08:01,347 --> 00:08:01,814 DOWN THE CHAIN ALSO TRIED 296 00:08:01,881 --> 00:08:02,415 THUMBING THE SCALE -- LIKE IN 297 00:08:02,481 --> 00:08:03,282 WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, WHERE 298 00:08:03,349 --> 00:08:04,717 TRUMP SUPPORTERS RAISED BULLSHIT 299 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:05,117 CLAIMS ABOUT VOTING 300 00:08:05,184 --> 00:08:06,452 IRREGULARITIES IN DETROIT, AND A 301 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:07,987 REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE COUNTY 302 00:08:08,054 --> 00:08:09,555 BOARD OF CANVASSERS THERE 303 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:12,124 PROPOSED THIS SIMPLE SOLUTION. 304 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:17,063 >> I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION 305 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:19,065 TO- TO CERTIFY COMMUNITIES OTHER 306 00:08:19,131 --> 00:08:20,533 THAN THE CITY OF DETROIT. 307 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,968 >> THAT MOVE OUTRAGED THE 308 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:23,336 DEMOCRATS ON THE BOARD, AND 309 00:08:23,402 --> 00:08:24,704 SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER ON THE 310 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,505 BOARD'S PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING. 311 00:08:26,572 --> 00:08:28,207 >> YOU HAVE EXTRACTED A BLACK 312 00:08:28,274 --> 00:08:30,009 CITY OUT OF A COUNTY, AND YOU 313 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:32,245 HAVE SAID THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE 314 00:08:32,311 --> 00:08:34,347 AT ISSUE IS THE CITY OF DETROIT, 315 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:35,548 WHERE 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO 316 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:38,351 RESIDE HERE ARE 317 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:38,751 AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 318 00:08:38,818 --> 00:08:39,485 >> John: I UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S 319 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:40,686 UPSET. 320 00:08:40,753 --> 00:08:42,288 GENERALLY, WHEN A WHITE PERSON 321 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:43,656 SAYS "I HAVE A COMPROMISE AND 322 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:45,024 STARTS DOING ELECTORAL FRACTIONS 323 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:47,193 THAT COUNT BLACK PEOPLE LESS, 324 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:47,960 THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT MOMENTS 325 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:49,595 FOR DEMOCRACY. 326 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:50,730 NOW SHE LATER CLAIMED THAT SHE 327 00:08:50,796 --> 00:08:56,936 MERELY WANTED MORE 328 00:08:57,003 --> 00:08:57,270 INVESTIGATION 329 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:58,037 OF THOSE DETROIT VOTES BEFORE 330 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:58,604 SHE'D AGREE TO CERTIFY THEM. 331 00:08:58,671 --> 00:08:59,472 AND WHILE, AFTER PUSHBACK FROM 332 00:08:59,538 --> 00:09:00,106 MICHIGAN'S GOVERNOR AND 333 00:09:00,172 --> 00:09:01,374 SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE 334 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:01,941 ULTIMATELY VOTED TO CERTIFY 335 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:02,808 BIDEN'S WIN, AFTER TRUMP CALLED 336 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:04,277 HER AND A FELLOW REPUBLICAN 337 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:05,811 BOARD MEMBER, THEY BOTH TRIED -- 338 00:09:05,878 --> 00:09:06,779 UNSUCCESSFULLY -- TO RESCIND 339 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,515 THEIR VOTES. 340 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:11,851 MEANWHILE, A FEW DAYS LATER, AT 341 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:12,685 MICHIGAN'S STATE CANVASSING 342 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:13,552 BOARD, THERE WAS A SIMILAR 343 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:14,420 STALEMATE. 344 00:09:14,487 --> 00:09:15,988 ITS FOUR MEMBERS WERE EVENLY 345 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,757 SPLIT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND 346 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:19,492 REPUBLICANS, ONE OF WHOM REFUSED 347 00:09:19,558 --> 00:09:20,626 TO CERTIFY BIDEN'S WIN. 348 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:22,495 WHICH MEANT IT WAS ALL ON THIS 349 00:09:22,561 --> 00:09:23,763 GUY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, 350 00:09:23,829 --> 00:09:25,398 WHICH, THANKFULLY, HE DID, WITH 351 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:28,801 THIS LITTLE SPEECH. 352 00:09:28,868 --> 00:09:29,802 >> AS JOHN ADAMS ONCE SAID, WE 353 00:09:29,869 --> 00:09:31,671 ARE A GOVERNMENT OF LAW, NOT 354 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,739 MEN. 355 00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:34,840 AND THIS BOARD NEEDS TO ADHERE 356 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:40,146 TO THAT PRINCIPLE HERE TODAY. 357 00:09:40,212 --> 00:09:43,282 THIS BOARD MUST DO ITS PART TO 358 00:09:43,349 --> 00:09:44,617 UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW AND 359 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:46,052 COMPLY WITH OUR LEGAL DUTY TO 360 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:48,220 CERTIFY THIS ELECTION. 361 00:09:48,287 --> 00:09:52,391 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. 362 00:09:52,458 --> 00:09:55,728 AND THAT WAS IT. 363 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:56,729 A BORING GUY WITH GLASSES 364 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:57,296 QUOTING JOHN ADAMS TO UPHOLD 365 00:09:57,363 --> 00:09:58,130 DEMOCRACY. 366 00:09:58,197 --> 00:09:59,031 I'M JUST SAYING -- GET BRADLEY 367 00:09:59,098 --> 00:10:00,066 WHITFORD IN THERE AND SOME 368 00:10:00,132 --> 00:10:00,900 STIRRING MUSIC, YOU'VE GOT THE 369 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:01,734 KIND OF SCENE THAT WOULD MAKE 370 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:03,102 AARON SORKIN CUM UNTIL HE PASSED 371 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:06,038 OUT. 372 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:08,407 AND THE THING IS, THOSE ARE 373 00:10:08,474 --> 00:10:08,975 CLEARLY JUST TWO VERY LOCAL 374 00:10:09,041 --> 00:10:09,675 EXAMPLES. 375 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:10,943 BUT IN STATE AFTER STATE, WE 376 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:13,079 WERE VERY LUCKY THAT A SMALL 377 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:14,547 GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS IN KEY 378 00:10:14,613 --> 00:10:17,149 POSITIONS STOOD FIRM. 379 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:18,017 ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR 380 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:19,418 DOUG DUCEY WAS LITERALLY IN THE 381 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:20,686 MIDDLE OF CERTIFYING HIS STATE'S 382 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:22,054 WIN FOR BIDEN, WHEN HE GOT A 383 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:25,124 PHONE CALL FROM TRUMP, BUT PUT 384 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:25,725 HIS PHONE ASIDE, AND CONTINUED 385 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:27,193 SIGNING THE PAPERWORK. 386 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:29,362 I HAVE TO SAY: WATCHING SOMEONE 387 00:10:29,428 --> 00:10:32,665 SCREEN YOUR CALL IS ONE OF THE 388 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:33,566 MOST DEVASTATING THINGS A HUMAN 389 00:10:33,632 --> 00:10:35,067 BEING CAN POSSIBLY EXPERIENCE 390 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:36,936 AND I'M SO GLAD IT HAPPENED TO 391 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:39,071 DONALD TRUMP. 392 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,073 SO TO RECAP: THE GUARDRAILS THAT 393 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:42,508 PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY WERE 394 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:44,210 HEAVILY TESTED IN 2020, AND 395 00:10:44,276 --> 00:10:45,911 WHILE SOME MAJOR WEAKNESSES WERE 396 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:49,715 EXPOSED, THEY THANKFULLY HELD. 397 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:50,916 BUT SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN A 398 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:51,851 CONCERTED EFFORT TO ATTACK THE 399 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:53,219 PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT GOT 400 00:10:53,285 --> 00:10:54,587 IN TRUMP'S WAY, SHIFTING THE 401 00:10:54,653 --> 00:10:56,088 LANDSCAPE IN WAYS THAT COULD 402 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,591 MAKE FUTURE SUBVERSION ATTEMPTS 403 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:00,092 EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. 404 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:01,827 FOR ONE THING, THE FERVOR AROUND 405 00:11:01,894 --> 00:11:03,295 ELECTION FRAUD HAS BEEN 406 00:11:03,362 --> 00:11:04,964 STUBBORNLY PERSISTENT, WITH A 407 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:06,665 RECENT POLL SHOWING SIXTY-ONE 408 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:08,067 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE 409 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:09,635 JOE BIDEN ONLY WON DUE TO VOTER 410 00:11:09,702 --> 00:11:12,671 FRAUD. 411 00:11:12,738 --> 00:11:13,806 WHICH IS JUST RIDICULOUS, GIVEN 412 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:14,707 THAT -- AGAIN -- THERE'S NO 413 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,575 EVIDENCE OF THAT. 414 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:17,576 MULTIPLE STATES HAD EXHAUSTIVE 415 00:11:17,643 --> 00:11:19,412 RECOUNTS. 416 00:11:19,478 --> 00:11:22,048 THIS HAS BEEN LITIGATED. 417 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:23,349 THIS JUST ISN'T ONE OF THOSE 418 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:25,851 UNKNOWABLE THINGS THAT WILL 419 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:26,419 NEVER GET RESOLVED LIKE WHICH 420 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:27,119 ONE OF THE TELETUBBIES -- WHEN 421 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,654 COOKED PROPERLY -- WOULD TASTE 422 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:30,189 BEST. 423 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:32,024 THAT WE'LL NEVER KNOW! 424 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:33,392 I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, 425 00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:34,460 BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I'M THINKING, 426 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:35,928 TOO. 427 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:41,534 SHOULD WE ALL SAY IT AT ONCE? 428 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:42,968 PO. 429 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:43,769 EXACTLY. 430 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,739 OF COURSE IT'S PO. 431 00:11:46,806 --> 00:11:47,640 EVERY ONE OF US IS PRETTY SURE 432 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:48,507 THAT ON A RAINY DAY IN JANUARY 433 00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:49,608 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WOULD TASTE 434 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:50,443 BETTER THAN SOME BRAISED PO OVER 435 00:11:50,509 --> 00:11:51,477 RICE. 436 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,379 WITH SOME GINGER? 437 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:54,947 WITH SOME WINE?! 438 00:11:55,014 --> 00:11:55,581 OF COURSE EVERYONE'S PRETTY SURE 439 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:56,482 THAT A PO THAT SIMMERS FOR AN 440 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:57,750 HOUR AND A HALF AFTER GETTING 441 00:11:57,817 --> 00:11:58,284 PROPERLY BLANCHED AND 442 00:11:58,350 --> 00:11:59,151 CARAMELIZED WOULD MELT IN YOUR 443 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:00,386 MOUTH ON THAT JANUARY SUNDAY, 444 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:03,889 YUM. 445 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:05,891 BUT PRETTY SURE ISN'T SURE, IS 446 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:06,358 IT? 447 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:07,059 WE'LL NEVER DEFINITIVELY KNOW 448 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:07,927 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EAT 449 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:08,794 TELETUBBIES -- THERE ARE LAWS, 450 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:09,762 APPARENTLY -- SO ALL WE'RE LEFT 451 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:10,896 WITH IS GUT INSTINCT. 452 00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:13,265 UNLIKE ELECTION RESULTS, WHICH 453 00:12:13,332 --> 00:12:14,667 ARE ACTUALLY VERIFIED. 454 00:12:14,733 --> 00:12:17,937 SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN, YOU 455 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:19,672 TASTY PLUMP CLOWN, OR I'LL HAVE 456 00:12:19,738 --> 00:12:20,439 YOUR THICK SALTED THIGHS FOR MY 457 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:25,010 CHRISTMAS FEAST. 458 00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:26,645 BUT THE THING IS, IF YOU'RE NOT 459 00:12:26,712 --> 00:12:28,948 A REGULAR CONSUMER OF 460 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:29,815 CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, YOU MAY NOT 461 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:34,019 REALIZE THE EXTENT TO WHICH 462 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:34,920 "BIDEN STOLE THE ELECTION" HAS 463 00:12:34,987 --> 00:12:35,588 TAKEN HOLD, AND ON THE BASIS OF 464 00:12:35,654 --> 00:12:39,091 INCREDIBLY FLIMSY EVIDENCE -- 465 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:41,093 PERHAPS BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY 466 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,027 "2000 MULES", A "DOCUMENTARY 467 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:44,196 FROM CONSERVATIVE BULLSHIT 468 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:45,297 ARTIST DINESH D'SOUZA, WHICH IS 469 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:47,399 WALL TO WALL NONSENSE. 470 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:48,601 >> THE 2020 ELECTIONS WERE ONE 471 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,269 OF THE MOST CORRUPT IN HISTORY. 472 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:52,872 SEE THE PROOF FOR YOURSELF. 473 00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:54,340 >> WE TRACKED 2,000 MULES MAKING 474 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:55,508 MULTIPLE BALLOT DROPS. 475 00:12:55,574 --> 00:12:57,910 >> 2000 MULES -- THE SHOCKING 476 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:59,512 NEW MOVIE FROM DINESH D'SOUZA. 477 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:02,181 >> PHILADELPHIA ALONE, WE'VE 478 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:05,451 IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 1100 MULES. 479 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:07,820 >> WHAT IS A MULE? 480 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,687 >> A PERSON PICKING UP BALLOTS 481 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:09,522 AND RUNNING THEM TO THE DROP 482 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,423 BOXES. 483 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:12,291 >> THIS IS NOT GRANDMA OUT 484 00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:13,425 WALKING HER DOG. 485 00:13:13,492 --> 00:13:16,428 BAD BACKGROUND, BAD REPUTATIONS. 486 00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:17,696 >> John: OOH, SO INTENSE! 487 00:13:17,763 --> 00:13:19,231 MYSTERIOUS HAND-OFFS IN DARK 488 00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:20,900 ALLEYS, PEOPLE WITH BAD 489 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:22,334 REPUTATIONS -- IT'S NICE THAT WE 490 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:23,669 FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE 491 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:24,904 QUESTION "WHAT IF THE WIRE WAS 492 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:27,373 CREATED BY VIRGINS?" 493 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:32,444 THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE MOVIE IS 494 00:13:32,511 --> 00:13:33,913 THE CLAIM THERE WERE VOTE MULES 495 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:34,513 WHO REPEATEDLY VISITED BALLOT 496 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,282 BOXES AND DEPOSITED SUSPECT 497 00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:37,216 BALLOTS -- AND THAT DINESH AND 498 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:38,584 HIS FRIENDS HAVE IDENTIFIED 499 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,486 THEM, USING CELLPHONE DATA. 500 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:42,688 IT'D TAKE THE REST OF THIS SHOW 501 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,290 TO DEBUNK THE MOVIE'S CLAIMS 502 00:13:44,356 --> 00:13:46,258 POINT BY POINT, BUT VERY 503 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:48,260 QUICKLY: THERE IS NO WAY BY JUST 504 00:13:48,327 --> 00:13:49,762 USING CELLPHONE DATA TO KNOW 505 00:13:49,828 --> 00:13:51,263 WHETHER SOMEONE VISITED A DROP 506 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:53,132 BOX OR WAS JUST IN THE VICINITY 507 00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:54,400 OF ONE, PARTICULARLY SINCE THOSE 508 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:55,267 BOXES WERE INSTALLED IN 509 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:57,102 HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS. 510 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:58,804 MEANWHILE, THE ONLY MAP THAT 511 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:01,373 SEEMS TO SHOW SOMEONE DRIVING 512 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,641 AROUND DUMPING BALLOTS IS FAKE, 513 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:04,243 AND ANOTHER MAP SUPPOSEDLY 514 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:05,411 SHOWING A DROP BOX SITE IS 515 00:14:05,477 --> 00:14:07,112 ACTUALLY A STOCK PHOTO OF 516 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:09,048 MOSCOW, WITH A THIRD ONE JUST 517 00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:10,182 THE SAME MOSCOW MAP AGAIN BUT 518 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:12,851 ROTATED NINETY DEGREES. 519 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:16,255 AND FINALLY, THE WHOLE THEORY 520 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:17,056 RESTS ON THESE MULES REPEATEDLY 521 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:18,657 GOING TO MULTIPLE DROP BOXES, 522 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,392 BUT WHILE THEY SHOW LOTS OF 523 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:21,860 FOOTAGE OF DROP BOXES WITHIN THE 524 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:23,495 MOVIE, NONE OF THEM SHOW THE 525 00:14:23,562 --> 00:14:25,164 SAME PERSON MORE THAN ONCE. 526 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:26,999 INSTEAD, THE FILMMAKERS 527 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:28,000 BREATHLESSLY SCRUTINIZE FOOTAGE 528 00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:30,569 FOR CLUES THEY CLAIM -- WITH 529 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,471 ZERO PROOF -- ARE EVIDENCE OF 530 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:33,706 CRIME, INCLUDING VOTERS WEARING 531 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:36,141 GLOVES -- Y'KNOW, DURING A 532 00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:37,743 PANDEMIC -- OR TAKING PHOTOS AS 533 00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:39,678 THEY DEPOSIT THEIR BALLOT. 534 00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:40,879 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A FULL 535 00:14:40,946 --> 00:14:41,780 MINUTE FROM THE MOVIE WHERE THEY 536 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:43,515 WORK THEMSELVES UP OVER 537 00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:44,850 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 538 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:45,918 >> OKAY, THE NEXT ONE. 539 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:46,352 >> YEAH. 540 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:49,755 LET ME SHOW YOU DOG GUY. 541 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:50,889 SO DOG GUY. 542 00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:51,957 MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 543 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:52,691 THIS IS ACTUALLY AT A POLLING 544 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,493 PLACE. 545 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,095 SO THE PEOPLE IN LINE ARE 546 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:57,763 WAITING TO GO IN AND VOTE EARLY. 547 00:14:57,830 --> 00:15:00,132 THEY'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. 548 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,233 OKAY, NOW-NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME 549 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:03,636 OTHER PEOPLE GONNA WALK UP. 550 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:04,503 THIS LADY DOESN'T CARE. 551 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:05,771 BUT THIS GUY, THIS NEXT GUY 552 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:06,905 CARED. 553 00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:09,708 HE'S WATCHING THE WHOLE THING. 554 00:15:09,775 --> 00:15:10,876 THAT GUY LOOKS AND TALKS TO HIM. 555 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:13,345 >> HE'S GOT THE BALLOTS UNDER 556 00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:13,946 HIS ARM ALREADY, NOW HE'S GOT 557 00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:14,580 THE REST THAT HE PULLED OUT OF 558 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:16,815 THE BAG. 559 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:17,983 >> AND HE'S GOING TO GET HIS 560 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,318 CAMERA READY TO TAKE THE 561 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:20,085 PICTURES AS HE PUTS THEM IN 562 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,387 THERE. 563 00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:22,755 IF YOU CONSIDER THE BRAZENNESS 564 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:23,622 OF THIS, RIGHT, THIS IS THE 565 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:24,556 MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 566 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:26,292 THERE'S PEOPLE SITTING THERE 567 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:27,993 WATCHING YOU CHEAT. 568 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:28,961 PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT THE 569 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,496 RIGHT WAY. 570 00:15:30,562 --> 00:15:33,198 >> BUT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM 571 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:34,133 TO KNOW WHAT TO DO EXCEPT 572 00:15:34,199 --> 00:15:34,700 OBSERVE AND MAYBE SAY WHAT'S 573 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:35,367 GOING ON? 574 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:36,969 WHAT DID I JUST SEE? 575 00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:39,071 >> THEY WONDER, WHAT DOES THIS 576 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:40,572 ALL EVEN MEAN? 577 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:41,407 IF THIS IS HAPPENING IN BROAD 578 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:41,974 DAYLIGHT AND NOBODY IS DOING 579 00:15:42,041 --> 00:15:44,576 ANYTHING TO STOP IT? 580 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:45,210 >> John: BUT THAT'S NOT DAMNING 581 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:46,745 EVIDENCE. 582 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:48,914 THAT IS FULLY NOT ANYTHING. 583 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:51,984 IT IS JUST SOMEONE VOTING. 584 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:53,786 AND WE NEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY 585 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:54,653 CLEAR ON SOMETHING, THE GUY IN 586 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,121 LINE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT? 587 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:56,955 WHO'S SUPPOSEDLY SHOCKED ABOUT 588 00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:57,890 THE VOTER FRAUD HE'S WITNESSING? 589 00:15:57,956 --> 00:16:00,292 HE'S LOOKING AT THE DOG. 590 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:02,661 AS ANYONE WOULD. 591 00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:03,862 THE ONLY REASON I CAN FOCUS ON 592 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,097 WHAT'S GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW 593 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:07,633 IS BECAUSE THEY, THANKFULLY, 594 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:08,967 BLURRED THE DOG, OTHERWISE I, 595 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:10,669 LIKE HIM, WOULD BE GAWKING AT IT 596 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,603 AND ASKING WHO'S A GOOD BOY 597 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:14,006 UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSED. 598 00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:16,108 THIS MOVIE IS ASTONISHINGLY 599 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:18,777 DUMB, BUT HAS A REAL FOLLOWING. 600 00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:19,878 FIFTY CANDIDATES HAVE PROMOTED 601 00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:21,246 OR CITED IT. 602 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:22,815 AND IT -- AND CONSPIRACY 603 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:30,689 THEORIES LIKE IT -- HAVE WHIPPED 604 00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:32,891 UP A SEA OF PERVASIVE DISTRUST. 605 00:16:32,958 --> 00:16:33,892 WITH DENIERS NOW CHANNELING THAT 606 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:34,560 FEVER TO BURROW IN TO EVERY 607 00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:35,894 LEVEL OF THE ELECTION PROCESS. 608 00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:36,929 TAKE THE VERY LOWEST ONE, 609 00:16:36,995 --> 00:16:37,629 PRECINCTS -- SMALL, 610 00:16:37,696 --> 00:16:38,297 NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL UNITS 611 00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:39,732 CENTERED AROUND POLLING PLACES. 612 00:16:39,798 --> 00:16:41,667 POLITICAL PARTIES ORGANIZE IN 613 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:42,501 PRECINCTS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 614 00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:43,369 HIRE AND RECRUIT POLL WORKERS 615 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:45,337 THERE. 616 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:46,605 TRUMP'S ALLIES HAVE BEEN WORKING 617 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:47,973 HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE 618 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,075 WELL-REPRESENTED AT THAT LEVEL 619 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:53,412 -- PARTICUARLY STEVE BANNON, 620 00:16:53,479 --> 00:17:00,552 PICTURED HERE -- DROWNED -- WHO 621 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:01,954 HAS MADE HIS PRECINCT STRATEGY A 622 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:02,354 CONSTANT REFRAIN: 623 00:17:02,421 --> 00:17:02,955 >> WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW THE 624 00:17:03,021 --> 00:17:03,856 WAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS 625 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:04,490 STRUCTURED IS THAT YOU CAN GO TO 626 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:05,724 A PRECINCT BECOME A PRECINCT 627 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:06,392 COMMITTEEMAN AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 628 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,393 REAL- THEN YOU'VE GOT REAL 629 00:17:07,459 --> 00:17:08,293 STANDING. 630 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,728 >> WE'RE BUILDING AN ARMY OF THE 631 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:11,730 AWAKENED AND WE ARE TAKING OVER 632 00:17:11,797 --> 00:17:13,499 PRECINCT STRATEGIES, WE'RE 633 00:17:13,565 --> 00:17:17,102 TAKING OVER ELECTION BOARDS, 634 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:17,803 CANVASSING BOARDS 635 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:18,904 WE'RE FLOODING THE ZONE WITH 636 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:19,972 POLL WORKERS, POLL WATCHERS, 637 00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:20,572 ELECTION JUDGES, PEOPLE IN THE 638 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:22,608 ROOM. 639 00:17:22,674 --> 00:17:23,442 IT'S GOING TO BE MAGA IN THE 640 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:24,977 ROOM, COUNTING THE VOTES, 641 00:17:25,043 --> 00:17:25,711 BECAUSE ONLY MAGA CAN COUNT 642 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,513 FAIR. 643 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:33,385 >> John: OKAY, SET ASIDE "ONLY 644 00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:34,286 MAGA CAN COUNT FAIR" -- JUST 645 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:34,953 SPARE A MOMENT FOR HIS ROOM 646 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:36,121 DECOR, WHICH FEATURES AN ACTUAL 647 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:37,322 SIGN READING "THERE ARE NO 648 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:45,330 CONSPIRACIES, BUT THERE ARE NO 649 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:45,998 COINCIDENCES" A QUOTE ATTRIBUTED 650 00:17:46,064 --> 00:17:46,765 TO STEPHEN K. 651 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:47,366 BANNON. 652 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:48,367 AND WHILE YOU MIGHT THINK 653 00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:49,334 THERE'S NOTHING DOUCHIER THAN 654 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:49,968 QUOTING YOURSELF, IT TURNS OUT, 655 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:50,736 YOU'RE WRONG -- IT'S DOING THAT 656 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:51,637 WHILE ALSO SLYLY TRYING TO GIVE 657 00:17:51,703 --> 00:17:52,471 YOUR NAME A FANCY MAKEOVER. 658 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:53,338 "STEPHEN K BANNON"? 659 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:54,373 PLEASE, STEVE. 660 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,774 NO ONE'S BUYING THAT. 661 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:56,542 PLUS, WE LOOKED AND THE K IS FOR 662 00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:58,210 KEVIN. 663 00:17:58,277 --> 00:17:59,411 YOU'RE JUST MAKING YOUR NAME 664 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,113 EVEN SADDER. 665 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:02,147 BUT BANNON'S STRATEGY SEEMS TO 666 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:03,715 HAVE PAID OFF. 667 00:18:03,782 --> 00:18:05,150 PROPUBLICA FOUND LAST YEAR THAT, 668 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,352 IN 41 KEY BATTLEGROUND COUNTIES, 669 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,254 THERE WERE AT LEAST 8500 NEW 670 00:18:09,321 --> 00:18:11,023 REPUBLICAN PRECINCT OFFICERS OR 671 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:12,558 EQUIVALENT OFFICIALS, WITH NO 672 00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:13,425 SIMILAR SURGE FROM THE 673 00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:14,326 DEMOCRATS. 674 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,394 BANNON AND OTHER REPUBLICANS 675 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:16,728 HAVE ALSO BEEN ENCOURAGING 676 00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:18,030 PEOPLE TO TAKE ON JOBS IN 677 00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:19,598 POLLING STATIONS, WHILE ISSUING 678 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:21,066 SOME TROUBLING ADVICE. 679 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:22,334 AT ONE TRAINING SESSION FOR POLL 680 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:23,402 WORKERS AND WATCHERS IN 681 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:25,504 MICHIGAN, RUN BY A REPUBLICAN 682 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:26,905 ACTIVIST GROUP, PARTICIPANTS 683 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:28,640 WERE TOLD TO CALL 911 AND 684 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:30,342 CONTACT SHERIFFS TO INVOLVE LAW 685 00:18:30,409 --> 00:18:31,743 ENFORCEMENT IN ANY 686 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:33,045 ELECTION-RELATED COMPLAINTS. 687 00:18:33,111 --> 00:18:38,350 WHICH ISN'T GREAT. 688 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:41,420 YOU SHOULD CLEARLY ONLY CALL 689 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:44,256 9-1-1 WITH AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY, 690 00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:44,790 LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT OR A 691 00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:45,624 BREAK-IN OR WHEN SOMEONE TAKES 692 00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:46,291 OFF THEIR SHOES "AND SOCKS ON A 693 00:18:46,358 --> 00:18:46,892 PLANE. 694 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:47,860 "HI, YES, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE 695 00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:48,494 SKY, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO GET A 696 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,094 POLICE HELICOPTER AND SHOOT. 697 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:49,795 US. 698 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:50,762 DOWN." 699 00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:52,197 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ELECTION 700 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:53,699 SUPERVISORS WON'T STAND FOR 701 00:18:53,765 --> 00:18:54,233 SHENANIGANS LIKE THAT, YOU 702 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:55,667 SHOULD KNOW -- MANY HAVE BEEN 703 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:56,935 DRIVEN AWAY. 704 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:58,270 ONE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT IN 705 00:18:58,337 --> 00:18:59,304 FIVE HIGHLY CONTESTED 706 00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:00,539 BATTLEGROUND STATES, ROUGHLY ONE 707 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,107 IN THREE TOP ELECTION 708 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:03,675 ADMINISTRATORS LEFT THE JOB 709 00:19:03,742 --> 00:19:06,245 AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION. 710 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,779 AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE KIND 711 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,081 OF PERSONAL MESSAGES SOME 712 00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:10,282 RECEIVED LAST TIME, YOU DO 713 00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:11,783 UNDERSTAND WHY THEY MIGHT NOT 714 00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:13,652 WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. 715 00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:14,520 >> THIS ELECTION IS F-ING 716 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:16,121 RIGGED. 717 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:19,258 YOU ALL KNOW IT. 718 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:20,359 AND YOU ARE COMPLICIT AS F. 719 00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:22,127 >> YOU LIED. 720 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:25,364 YOU'RE A TRAITOR. 721 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:31,236 PERHAPS CUTS AND BULLETS WILL 722 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:31,837 SOON ARRIVE. 723 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:32,504 GAVE MY ADDRESS. 724 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:33,238 >> HEY, RICK. 725 00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:33,972 234 YEARS AGO, THE FOUNDING 726 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:34,940 CAUCASIAN FATHERS OF AMERICA 727 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:36,675 GAVE US THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 728 00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:38,510 TIME'S RUNNING OUT, RICHARD. 729 00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:41,513 WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU AND EVERY 730 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,048 MOTHERFUCKER THAT STOLE THIS 731 00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:44,850 ELECTION WITH OUR SECOND 732 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:48,854 AMENDMENT, SUBPOENAS BE DAMNED. 733 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,089 YOU'RE GOING TO BE SERVED LEAD, 734 00:19:51,156 --> 00:19:51,723 YOU FUCKING-FUCKING ENIMAL-ENEMY 735 00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:53,559 COMMUNIST -- 736 00:19:53,625 --> 00:19:54,927 >> John: HOLY SHIT, THOSE ARE 737 00:19:54,993 --> 00:20:00,599 HORRIFYING. 738 00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:01,300 AND FOUNDING CAUCASIAN FATHERS 739 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,601 IS A HELL OF A PHRASE. 740 00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:04,403 BECAUSE IT EITHER COMES FROM THE 741 00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:05,771 MOUTH OF A RACIST, OR SOMEONE 742 00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:06,872 WITH STRONG OPINIONS ON THE 743 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:08,574 CASTING DECISIONS IN "HAMILTON", 744 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,077 BECAUSE THEY ARE RACIST. 745 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:13,145 REUTERS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED MORE 746 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:14,613 THAN 900 THREATS MADE AGAINST 747 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:15,547 ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS SINCE 748 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:16,848 THE LAST ELECTION. 749 00:20:16,915 --> 00:20:18,517 SO IT'S NO WONDER SO MANY 750 00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:20,352 QUALIFIED PEOPLE ARE LEAVING. 751 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:21,486 AND THEIR REPLACEMENTS ARE 752 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:27,659 SOMETIMES TROUBLING. 753 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:28,493 TAKE NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, WHERE 754 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,361 THEIR TOP COUNTY ELECTION 755 00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:29,962 OFFICIAL WAS REPLACED BY THIS 756 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:31,363 GUY, MARK KAMPF, WHO'S NOT ONLY 757 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:32,598 SAID HE BELIEVES TRUMP WON THE 758 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:33,565 2020 ELECTION, HE'S ALSO 759 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:36,168 PROMOTED "2000 MULES", AND HAS 760 00:20:36,234 --> 00:20:37,703 AMPLIFIED SOME OF THE BASELESS 761 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:38,704 HYSTERIA AROUND DOMINION VOTING 762 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:39,771 MACHINES. 763 00:20:39,838 --> 00:20:41,306 AND LOOK -- WE'VE ADDRESSED 764 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:41,940 VOTING MACHINES BEFORE ON THIS 765 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:43,275 SHOW. 766 00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:44,376 THEY DO HAVE SOME 767 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:45,844 VULNERABILITIES. 768 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,279 BUT IMPORTANTLY, THOSE 769 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:48,447 VULNERABILITIES CAN BE 770 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:49,982 COUNTERACTED BY HAVING A 771 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:51,450 PHYSICAL PAPER TRAIL, AND DOING 772 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:53,418 RISK-LIMITING AUDITS AFTER THE 773 00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:54,019 FACT. 774 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:55,787 ALSO THERE'S NO PROOF THAT ANY 775 00:20:55,854 --> 00:21:01,460 MACHINES HAVE EVER BEEN 776 00:21:01,526 --> 00:21:02,394 COMPROMISED IN A U.S. ELECTION. 777 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:03,395 BUT KAMPF DEFENDS ELECTION 778 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:04,296 DENIERS -- AND WON'T BUDGE ON IT 779 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:05,464 WHEN PRESSED. 780 00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:06,665 >> IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE 781 00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,600 SYSTEM WAS LEGITIMATE IN 2020 782 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,936 AND CREATED AN ERROR WHERE 783 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:13,005 30,000-PLUS VOTES WERE NOT 784 00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:14,673 COUNTED IN THE STATE CORRECTLY, 785 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:17,142 ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC? 786 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:18,110 >> I DON'T SEE AS BEING 787 00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:19,544 PROBLEMATIC AT ALL, BECAUSE I'M 788 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:21,546 TRYING TO INCREASE VOTER 789 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,715 CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION. 790 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:25,017 >> IN THE ELECTION SPACE, THE 791 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:26,218 MACHINES THAT COUNT GO THROUGH 792 00:21:26,284 --> 00:21:27,152 MULTIPLE LAYERS OF SECURITY. 793 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:28,520 THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE 794 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:30,155 INTERNET. 795 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:31,289 AND THIS IS REGULATED THROUGHOUT 796 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:32,724 THE COUNTRY. 797 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:35,293 >> THAT'S-THAT'S A PERSPECTIVE. 798 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,763 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE-AGAIN, 799 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:38,430 THE VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY DON'T 800 00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,365 BELIEVE THAT. 801 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:41,667 AND WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, 802 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:42,367 THEIR PERCEPTION IS THEIR 803 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:47,539 REALITY. 804 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:50,008 >> John: WOW. 805 00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:50,809 WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, THEIR 806 00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:51,677 PERCEPTION IS THEIR REALITY. 807 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:52,577 I GOTTA SAY, THAT'S A RISKY 808 00:21:52,644 --> 00:22:05,290 STANCE FOR A GUY WHOSE NAME IS 809 00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:07,392 ALMOST MEIN KAMPF. 810 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:07,993 AGAIN, IT'S LITERALLY NOT, BUT 811 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:08,960 I'VE SEEN HIS NAME WRITTEN DOWN 812 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:09,728 HUNDREDS OF TIMES WHILE WORKING 813 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:10,962 ON THIS PIECE AND EVERY TIME, MY 814 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:11,596 BRAIN AUTOCORRECTS IT TO MEIN 815 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:12,197 KAMPF AND, EVENTUALLY, MY 816 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:13,098 PERCEPTION WILL BECOME REALITY. 817 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,232 I'M JUST SAYING, IF MY LAST NAME 818 00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:15,567 WERE KAMPF, I DEFINITELY 819 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:16,501 WOULDN'T GIVE MY BABY A FOUR 820 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:17,335 LETTER NAME THAT STARTS WITH AN 821 00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:18,036 M. 822 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:25,343 IT'D BE LIKE MEETING SOMEONE 823 00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:25,877 NAMED EARL HARBOR. 824 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:26,678 IT FEELS LIKE THEIR PARENTS WENT 825 00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:27,746 OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FUCK WITH 826 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:28,780 THEM AND ALL OF US. 827 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:29,481 KAMPF HAS SUGGESTED THAT ALL 828 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:30,515 BALLOTS SHOULD NOW BE 829 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:31,817 HAND-COUNTED. 830 00:22:31,883 --> 00:22:32,684 BUT EXPERTS WILL TELL YOU THAT, 831 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:33,585 WHILE HAND COUNTING IS AN 832 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:34,853 IMPORTANT TOOL IN RECOUNTS AND 833 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,521 AUDITS, AS A WAY OF VERIFYING 834 00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:37,923 THE MACHINE COUNT, TALLYING 835 00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,424 ENTIRE ELECTIONS BY HAND WOULD 836 00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,026 CAUSE CHAOS AND MAKE RESULTS 837 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:43,395 LESS ACCURATE, NOT MORE. 838 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,097 AND SURE ENOUGH, EARLY VOTING IN 839 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:54,506 THAT COUNTY HAS BEEN A 840 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:55,340 SPECTACULAR MESS, WITH THE A.P. 841 00:22:55,407 --> 00:22:56,241 PEOPLE SPENDING ABOUT THREE 842 00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:57,209 HOURS EACH COUNTING 50 BALLOTS, 843 00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:58,076 WITH MISMATCHED TALLIES LEADING 844 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,144 TO RECOUNTS, AND OCCASIONALLY 845 00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:00,378 MORE RECOUNTS, AND ONE VOLUNTEER 846 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:02,080 LAMENTING, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S 847 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:02,981 TAKING TWO HOURS TO GET THROUGH 848 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,684 25 BALLOTS." 849 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,052 YEAH -- IF ONLY THERE WAS A 850 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,086 MACHINE THAT COULD HELP YOU GUYS 851 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:10,989 WITH THAT. 852 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,524 AND THAT'S JUST ONE ELECTION 853 00:23:12,591 --> 00:23:13,925 DENIER AT A LOW LEVEL WREAKING 854 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:15,093 HAVOC. 855 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,896 WE COULD BE IN FOR A LOT WORSE. 856 00:23:17,963 --> 00:23:20,499 ARIZONA, A STATE BIDEN WON BY AN 857 00:23:20,565 --> 00:23:22,634 EXTREMELY NARROW MARGIN, BUT 858 00:23:22,701 --> 00:23:23,835 THANKS TO THEIR THEN-GOVERNOR 859 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,604 DOING ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL 860 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:27,272 CALL-SCREENINGS OF ALL TIME, 861 00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:30,208 THINGS PROCEEDED SMOOTHLY. 862 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:33,245 BUT HE'S ON HIS WAY OUT NOW, AND 863 00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:33,779 THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO 864 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:34,412 REPLACE HIM IS RUNNING ADS LIKE 865 00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:39,050 THIS. 866 00:23:39,117 --> 00:23:39,751 >> HI, ARIZONA, I'M KARI LAKE, 867 00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:40,485 THE TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE FOR 868 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:41,353 GOVERNOR. 869 00:23:41,419 --> 00:23:42,487 IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS AD RIGHT 870 00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:43,288 NOW, IT MEANS YOU'RE IN THE 871 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,422 MIDDLE OF WATCHING A FAKE NEWS 872 00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:45,557 PROGRAM. 873 00:23:45,624 --> 00:23:46,892 YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOW IT'S FAKE? 874 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,193 BECAUSE THEY WON'T EVEN COVER 875 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,162 THE BIGGEST STORY OUT THERE, THE 876 00:23:50,228 --> 00:23:52,264 RIGGED ELECTION OF 2020. 877 00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:53,698 >> John: OKAY, EXCEPT EVERY BIT 878 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,000 OF THAT IS WRONG. 879 00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:57,068 THE ELECTION WASN'T RIGGED, AND 880 00:23:57,135 --> 00:23:58,170 THE NEWS DID COVER BOTH THE 881 00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:00,172 RECOUNTS AND THE LAWSUITS. 882 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:01,573 PLUS, IF YOU JUST SAW THAT AD 883 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:06,678 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS SHOW, 884 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:07,412 YOU'RE CLEARLY NOT WATCHING IT 885 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:08,313 ON A FAKE NEWS PROGRAM, YOU'RE 886 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,881 WATCHING IT BECAUSE YOU LEFT THE 887 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:14,019 TV ON AFTER WHITE LOTUS. 888 00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:16,421 THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT 889 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:17,055 NOW! 890 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:17,756 AND THAT AD -- WHICH INCLUDES 891 00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:18,824 FOOTAGE FROM "2000 MULES BY THE 892 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:19,791 WAY -- IS ACTUALLY TAME COMPARED 893 00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:20,425 TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS 894 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:21,459 LAKE'S SAID. 895 00:24:21,526 --> 00:24:22,694 BECAUSE SHE'S CALLED FOR THE 896 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:23,662 IMPRISONMENT OF THE CURRENT 897 00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:24,362 SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SAID 898 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:25,063 THAT, IF SHE DIDN'T WIN HER 899 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:25,597 PRIMARY, IT'D BE BECAUSE 900 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:26,498 "THERE'S SOME CHEATING GOING 901 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:30,135 ON." 902 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:34,439 AND THEN AFTER WINNING IT IT'S 903 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:35,040 BECAUSE HER SUPPORTERS SIMPLY 904 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:35,507 "OUT-VOTED THE FRAUD." 905 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:36,308 WHICH IS BASICALLY, "IF I LOSE 906 00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:36,842 IT'S RIGGED, IF I WIN IT'S 907 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:37,542 FINE." 908 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:38,743 MEANING SHE'S APPROACHING 909 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:39,811 ELECTIONS WITH THE SAME 910 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:40,545 OBJECTIVITY AND NUANCE OF A 911 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,146 FIVE-YEAR-OLD INVENTING A GAME 912 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,547 IN REAL TIME. 913 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,082 "THE RULES ARE SIMPLE; WHOEVER 914 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,884 HAS THE MOST TOKENS WINS, UNLESS 915 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,219 YOU HAVE THE MOST TOKENS, THEN 916 00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:48,820 IT'S WHO CAN HOLD THEIR BREATH 917 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:49,788 THE LONGEST, UNLESS YOU CAN, 918 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:53,058 THEN IT'S A JUMPING CONTEST." 919 00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:54,659 BUT IT GETS WORSE FOR ARIZONA, 920 00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:55,961 BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE 921 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:57,329 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE IS MARK 922 00:24:57,395 --> 00:24:59,030 FINCHEM -- WHO, AS YOU CAN SEE, 923 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:00,065 WAKES UP EVERY DAY TO COSPLAY AS 924 00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:02,000 A COWBOY ACCOUNTANT. 925 00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:05,003 AND HE SEEMS PRETTY UNLIKELY TO 926 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,104 WILLINGLY CERTIFY A DEMOCRATIC 927 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:06,671 WIN IN HIS STATE, GIVEN THAT 928 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:10,175 HE'S SAID THIS. 929 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:11,977 >> WOULD YOU EVER ACCEPT THAT A 930 00:25:12,043 --> 00:25:13,879 DEMOCRAT COULD WIN ARIZONA, OR 931 00:25:13,945 --> 00:25:14,512 WOULD YOU JUST NOT THINK THAT'S 932 00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:15,814 POSSIBLE? 933 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,148 >> I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING 934 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:21,820 THAT'S POSSIBLE. 935 00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:24,623 EVERYWHERE I GO, THE VAST 936 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:25,857 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE STILL SHOW 937 00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:29,094 SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. 938 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,262 >> BUT THAT MIGHT JUST BE 939 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:32,397 BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO PLACES 940 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:33,398 WHERE THERE ARE SUPPORTERS OF 941 00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:35,600 DONALD TRUMP. 942 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:36,568 IS THERE ANY CHANCE A DEMOCRATIC 943 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:37,702 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CAN WIN 944 00:25:37,769 --> 00:25:43,608 ARIZONA IN 2024? 945 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:47,212 >> NO, NO, NO. 946 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:47,846 >> John: I GENUINELY DON'T KNOW 947 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:48,480 WHAT'S MORE ANNOYING THERE, THE 948 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:48,980 FACT THAT HE ANSWERED A 949 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:49,848 LEGITIMATE QUESTION WITH A PROP, 950 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:53,852 OR THAT HE APPARENTLY TELLS 951 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:54,753 PEOPLE NO SO OFTEN HE NEEDED A 952 00:25:54,819 --> 00:25:55,820 SPECIAL BUTTON FOR IT. 953 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:56,588 ALTHOUGH BETWEEN THAT, HIS 954 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:57,822 TALKING TRUMP DOLL AND HIS 955 00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,424 NOVELTY DESK SIGN, IT'S SLIGHTLY 956 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:00,825 HEARTWARMING TO KNOW THAT A 957 00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:02,294 SPENCER'S GIFTS IN ARIZONA IS 958 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:03,828 STAYING AFLOAT THANKS TO THE 959 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:05,330 COMPULSIVE PURCHASES OF ONE 960 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:09,134 SUPREMELY WEIRD INDIVIDUAL. 961 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,269 BUT THE THING IS, QUIET EARP 962 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:12,604 OVER THERE HAS OPENLY TOLD 963 00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:13,972 SUPPORTERS IN A FUNDRAISING 964 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,307 EMAIL THAT, IF HE HAD BEEN IN 965 00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:17,008 POWER IN 2020, "WE WOULD HAVE 966 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:22,180 WON. 967 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:23,348 PLAIN AND SIMPLE.'" 968 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,649 AND IN A DEBATE, EVEN 969 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:25,717 BRAINSTORMED ONE SCENARIO OF HOW 970 00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:26,751 THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED. 971 00:26:26,818 --> 00:26:28,353 >> KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, 972 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,021 THERE ARE CERTAIN COUNTIES THAT 973 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,856 SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE AS 974 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:32,791 IRREDEEMABLY COMPROMISED. 975 00:26:32,857 --> 00:26:33,692 MARICOPA COUNTY WAS ONE OF THEM. 976 00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:35,460 YUMA COUNTY WAS ONE OF THEM. 977 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:37,362 WE HAVE SO MANY VOTES OUTSIDE OF 978 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:37,696 THE LAW. 979 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:39,331 THAT IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT 980 00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:42,033 DO WE DO WITH AN ELECTION WHERE 981 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,402 WE HAVE VOTES THAT ARE IN THE 982 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:47,906 STREAM BUT SHOULD NOT BE 983 00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:48,740 COUNTED? 984 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:49,874 IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE INDIVIDUAL 985 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:52,978 WHO IS ENGAGED IN THAT BEHAVIOR, 986 00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:55,113 PERHAPS THAT COUNTY HAS HAD A 987 00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,682 DEFECTIVE ELECTION. 988 00:26:57,749 --> 00:26:59,918 >> John: YEAH -- HE JUST LAID 989 00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:01,319 HIS PLAN OUT. 990 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:03,488 STEP ONE: IDENTIFY TWO LARGE 991 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:05,023 COUNTIES WHICH, IF REMOVED FROM 992 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:05,724 THE COUNT, WOULD HAND THE 993 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,225 ELECTION TO TRUMP. 994 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:08,526 STEP TWO: REMOVE THEM FROM THE 995 00:27:08,593 --> 00:27:10,528 COUNT. 996 00:27:10,595 --> 00:27:11,963 NOW, IS THAT A CONSPIRACY TO 997 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:13,565 STEAL THE ELECTION? 998 00:27:13,631 --> 00:27:15,300 WELL, AS WE NOW KNOW, THERE ARE 999 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:18,003 NO CONSPIRACIES, BUT THERE ARE 1000 00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:19,804 ALSO NO COINCIDENCES, IN THE 1001 00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:20,372 FAMOUS WORDS OF ONE STEPHEN 1002 00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:22,874 KEVIN BANNON. 1003 00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:24,642 AND HERE'S THE THING: ANY ONE OF 1004 00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:25,910 THE PEOPLE YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR 1005 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,612 WOULD BE BAD IN THE WAKE OF AN 1006 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:29,347 ELECTION, BUT IN COMBINATION, 1007 00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:31,483 THINGS COULD GET "ROUGH." 1008 00:27:31,549 --> 00:27:32,784 BECAUSE THERE "ARE PROTECTIONS 1009 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:33,852 AGAINST ONE ROGUE OFFICIAL 1010 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:34,886 REFUSING TO SIGN OFF ON AN 1011 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:35,987 ELECTION. 1012 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:37,022 THEY COULD BE SUED, AND IF THEY 1013 00:27:37,088 --> 00:27:38,289 REFUSE, THEY COULD BE HELD IN 1014 00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:40,892 CONTEMPT OF COURT. 1015 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:42,060 BUT EXPERTS WARN THAT THE 1016 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:43,328 ABILITY OF A GOVERNOR OR 1017 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:45,163 SECRETARY OF STATE TO REJECT 1018 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,899 CERTIFICATION ARE SIGNIFICANTLY 1019 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,501 ENHANCED IF OTHERS UP AND DOWN 1020 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:51,536 THE CHAIN ARE OF A SIMILAR MIND. 1021 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:54,906 AND TO UNDERSTAND A POTENTIAL 1022 00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:55,573 WORST-CASE SCENARIO, LET'S PUT 1023 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,207 SOME OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE SEEN 1024 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:58,209 TONIGHT INTO A CHAIN. 1025 00:27:58,276 --> 00:28:00,545 LET'S START WITH PARTISAN POLL 1026 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:01,846 WORKERS, INSPIRED BY STEVE 1027 00:28:01,913 --> 00:28:02,447 BANNON, DECIDING THEY'VE SEEN 1028 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,715 SOMETHING FISHY, AND CALLING 1029 00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:04,916 9-1-1. 1030 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:07,485 THEY THEN KICK THEIR CLAIMS UP 1031 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:08,520 TO A COUNTY CLERK LIKE THIS GUY 1032 00:28:08,586 --> 00:28:09,421 -- WHO'S MAYBE WILLING TO 1033 00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:12,090 AMPLIFY A PERCEPTION THAT'S NOT 1034 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:13,091 A REALITY. 1035 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:14,392 THAT RAISES ENOUGH OF A STINK 1036 00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:16,161 THAT PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY BOARD 1037 00:28:16,227 --> 00:28:18,596 OF CANVASSERS OR THE STATE BOARD 1038 00:28:18,663 --> 00:28:20,732 REFUSE TO SIGN OFF ON THE 1039 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:20,965 RESULTS. 1040 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:21,900 AND THEN, THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1041 00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:24,202 TAKES THEIR SIDE -- REFUSING TO 1042 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:24,869 CERTIFY THE RESULTS, OR EVEN 1043 00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:26,938 ARGUING THAT THE RESULTS FROM 1044 00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:28,973 CERTAIN COUNTIES ARE SO FLAWED 1045 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:29,574 THAT THE COUNTY'S ELECTION HAS 1046 00:28:29,641 --> 00:28:30,408 "FAILED", AND THEREFORE CAN NOT 1047 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:31,709 BE COUNTED. 1048 00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:33,645 IN THAT SCENARIO, EXPERTS SAY, A 1049 00:28:33,711 --> 00:28:35,246 REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATURE 1050 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:37,382 COULD POINT TO SUPPOSED 1051 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:38,450 "IRREGULARITIES IN THE CONDUCT 1052 00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:39,951 OF THE ELECTION, AND CHOOSE 1053 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:40,819 THEIR OWN SLATE OF ELECTORS, TO 1054 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:43,922 DELIVER A DIFFERENT RESULT. 1055 00:28:43,988 --> 00:28:44,756 AND AT THIS POINT, THE LAW IS A 1056 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:45,590 LITTLE FUZZY ON WHAT COULD 1057 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:47,425 HAPPEN NEXT. 1058 00:28:47,492 --> 00:28:48,560 BECAUSE, UNDER THE ELECTORAL 1059 00:28:48,626 --> 00:28:50,595 COUNT ACT OF 1887, IF THE STATE 1060 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:52,263 SENDS TWO RIVAL SLATES OF 1061 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:53,364 ELECTORS AND THE HOUSE AND 1062 00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:55,567 SENATE DISAGREE ON WHICH ONE IS 1063 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,335 VALID, THE ONES SENT BY THE 1064 00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:02,907 STATE'S GOVERNOR GETS COUNTED. 1065 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:05,043 WHICH COULD BE THIS PERSON. 1066 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:05,677 NOW, THERE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE 1067 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:06,611 LAWSUITS, AND MAYBE THE SUPREME 1068 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:07,278 COURT WOULD STEP IN, BUT ALSO 1069 00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:08,379 Y'KNOW, SEEING AS ONE OF THE 1070 00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:09,881 JUSTICES HAS A WIFE WHO WAS PART 1071 00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:11,349 OF THE LAST ATTEMPTED COUP, 1072 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,984 MAYBE NOT. 1073 00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:14,119 AND I KNOW THIS ALL SOUNDS 1074 00:29:14,185 --> 00:29:15,954 DRAMATIC, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE 1075 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,155 TOO ALARMIST. 1076 00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:18,389 I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE 1077 00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:24,462 CHICKEN LITTLE HERE. 1078 00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:25,130 I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO LOOK 1079 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:25,897 LIKE HIM EITHER, BUT SOME THINGS 1080 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,499 ARE OUT OF OUR HANDS. 1081 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:28,967 BECAUSE THE ODDS OF KARI LAKE 1082 00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:30,568 UNILATERALLY PICKING OUR NEXT 1083 00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:32,971 PRESIDENT ARE THANKFULLY SLIM. 1084 00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:34,873 BUT THE ODDS OF HER, AND OTHERS 1085 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,808 LIKE HER, BEING ABLE TO CREATE A 1086 00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:37,575 COMPLETE MESS, ARE SIGNIFICANTLY 1087 00:29:37,642 --> 00:29:39,777 HIGHER. 1088 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:40,745 BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED 1089 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:41,880 ABOUT TONIGHT HAS THE CAPACITY 1090 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:42,981 TO OVERWHELM OUR SYSTEM, MAKING 1091 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:47,051 IT HARDER TO CERTIFY ELECTIONS 1092 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:48,086 QUICKLY, LEADING TO CONFUSION, 1093 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:48,753 WHICH SOWS DOUBT IN THE PROCESS, 1094 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:49,487 WHICH IN TURN CAUSES ABSOLUTE 1095 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:50,622 CHAOS. 1096 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:52,323 WHICH IS WORRYING, GIVEN THAT 1097 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,092 WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT CONFUSED BUT 1098 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:55,059 MOTIVATED PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF 1099 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,127 DOING WHEN THEY THINK THE 1100 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,229 PROCESS IS BROKEN. 1101 00:29:58,296 --> 00:29:59,998 AND WE MAY NOT HAVE TO WAIT 1102 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:03,034 UNTIL 2024 TO SEE THAT CHAOS 1103 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:04,636 UNFOLD, AS THE MIDTERMS 1104 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:05,336 THEMSELVES ARE TURNING INTO A 1105 00:30:05,403 --> 00:30:07,238 CLUSTERFUCK. 1106 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:08,806 VIGILANTES ARE ALREADY TURNING 1107 00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:10,375 UP AS UNOFFICIAL POLL WATCHERS 1108 00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:12,443 AT VOTING DROP BOXES. 1109 00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:14,279 MEANWHILE, SOME VERY PROMINENT 1110 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,314 VOICES ON THE RIGHT HAVE BEEN 1111 00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:18,016 PRIMING PEOPLE TO CONTEST ANY 1112 00:30:18,082 --> 00:30:19,384 RESULT ON TUESDAY THAT'S NOT A 1113 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:21,152 REPUBLICAN WIN. 1114 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:23,621 >> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS SUCH 1115 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:25,256 CONTEMPT FOR VOTERS AND FOR 1116 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,058 DEMOCRACY ITSELF AND SO MUCH 1117 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,060 CONFIDENCE IN ITS OWNERSHIP OF 1118 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:30,061 THE MEDIA AND OF BIG TECH THAT 1119 00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:38,570 IT NO LONGER HAS TO TRY TO WIN 1120 00:30:38,636 --> 00:30:39,070 YOUR VOTES. 1121 00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:40,038 THEY CAN EVEN RUN MENTALLY 1122 00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:40,672 DEFECTIVE CANDIDATES WHO CAN 1123 00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:41,673 BARELY SPEAK AND NOT ONLY EXPECT 1124 00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:42,407 THEM TO WIN BUT EXPECT YOU TO 1125 00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:43,708 ACCEPT THE OUTCOME, NO MATTER 1126 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:47,979 HOW TRANSPARENTLY ABSURD IT IS. 1127 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:49,180 >> John: I GET THAT 1128 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,315 TUCKER CARLSON IS BASICALLY 1129 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:51,916 COCOMELON FOR BIGOTS, BUT THAT'S 1130 00:30:51,983 --> 00:30:54,252 GROSS EVEN FOR HIM. 1131 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:56,955 FROM CALLING A STROKE VICTIM 1132 00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:01,092 MENTALLY DEFECTIVE, TO PUTTING 1133 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:01,759 "WIN" IN HEAVY QUOTATION MARKS 1134 00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:02,794 -- AND FOR THE RECORD, ONE OF 1135 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:03,361 THE BIG CLUES THAT THESE 1136 00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:04,362 CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE BULLSHIT 1137 00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:05,496 IS THAT SO MANY OF THEM ARE 1138 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:06,164 PREDICATED ON THE BELIEF THAT 1139 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:07,131 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS 1140 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,266 WELL-ORGANIZED. 1141 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:11,936 WHO ON EARTH IS STUPID ENOUGH TO 1142 00:31:12,003 --> 00:31:14,772 BUY THAT BULLSHIT? 1143 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:15,506 SO: WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? 1144 00:31:15,573 --> 00:31:16,307 WELL, THERE ARE SOME OBVIOUS 1145 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:16,874 STEPS THAT WE COULD TAKE. 1146 00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:17,742 ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO 1147 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:18,843 FIX THE ELECTORAL COUNT ACT -- 1148 00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:19,944 THE LAW WHOSE VAGUENESS ALLOWS 1149 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:22,113 FOR A LOT OF THE FUCKERY I'VE 1150 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,248 JUST DESCRIBED. 1151 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:25,516 BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE 1152 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:26,517 ACTUALLY HAVE BILLS THAT HAVE 1153 00:31:26,584 --> 00:31:27,151 BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND WOULD, 1154 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:29,487 AMONG OTHER THINGS, CLOSE THE 1155 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,991 FAILED ELECTION LOOPHOLE THAT 1156 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:34,225 MIGHT ALLOW A PARTISAN GOVERNOR 1157 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:35,460 OR STATE LEGISLATURE TO SEND 1158 00:31:35,526 --> 00:31:36,160 WHATEVER ELECTORS THEY CHOOSE. 1159 00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:37,862 >> MITCH McCONNELL'S SUPPORTED 1160 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:39,764 THE SENATE VERSION, SO IT 1161 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:40,431 ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO 1162 00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:41,266 PASS. 1163 00:31:41,332 --> 00:31:42,066 THAT'S THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD 1164 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:43,201 NEWS IN THIS ENTIRE PIECE, SO I 1165 00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:45,003 SUGGEST YOU SAVOR IT. 1166 00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:46,337 BUT THAT'S CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH. 1167 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:47,205 LONG TERM, WE STILL NEED 1168 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:48,139 COMPREHENSIVE VOTING RIGHTS 1169 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:49,407 REFORM. 1170 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:50,642 WHICH IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO 1171 00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:52,010 PRIORITIZE AND FIGHT FOR. 1172 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:53,911 BUT THE FIRST STEP, AND I KNOW 1173 00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:55,980 THIS IS GOING TO BE INFURIATING 1174 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:58,549 TO HEAR, IS FOR YOU TO VOTE. 1175 00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:01,586 WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW 1176 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:02,120 PART OF THE REASON BIDEN'S 1177 00:32:02,186 --> 00:32:02,720 VICTORY WASN'T STOLEN FROM HIM 1178 00:32:02,787 --> 00:32:03,888 WAS THANKS TO THE DILIGENT WORK 1179 00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:04,555 OF A FEW PEOPLE IN KEY 1180 00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:09,260 POSITIONS. 1181 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:10,028 BUT DON'T FORGET THE FIRST PART 1182 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:10,895 OF WHY THAT WAS POSSIBLE -- A 1183 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:12,530 LOT OF PEOPLE FUCKING VOTED. 1184 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,365 AND I GET HOW LUDICROUS IT 1185 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:16,501 SOUNDS FOR SOMEONE TO SAY "FIX 1186 00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:17,568 THE SIGNIFICANT ROADBLOCKS 1187 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,003 KEEPING YOUR VOTE FROM COUNTING, 1188 00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:22,674 BY VOTING." 1189 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:25,677 I HEAR IT, I PROMISE I DO. 1190 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:26,844 PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE A MEMBER 1191 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:27,545 OF ONE OF THE MANY COMMUNITIES 1192 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:28,379 -- LIKE BLACK VOTERS, THE 1193 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:28,846 DISABLED, THE FORMERLY 1194 00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:29,580 INCARCERATED, AND LOW-INCOME 1195 00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:30,415 COMMUNITIES -- WHO'VE LONG BEEN 1196 00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:31,582 SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THIS 1197 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:32,884 SHIT. 1198 00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:33,851 AND VOTING'S NOT GOING TO BE 1199 00:32:33,918 --> 00:32:35,086 ENOUGH ON ITS OWN. 1200 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:36,688 AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE PROCESS, 1201 00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:37,689 WE NEED PEOPLE TO SHOW THE SAME 1202 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:39,857 LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM FOR 1203 00:32:39,924 --> 00:32:40,858 PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY THAT 1204 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:41,826 OTHERS ARE DEMONSTRATING FOR 1205 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:43,361 DISMANTLING IT. 1206 00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:44,996 AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO 1207 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:47,165 BE EASY TO MATCH THE ENERGY OF 1208 00:32:47,231 --> 00:32:48,499 PEOPLE FUELED BY BULLSHIT 1209 00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:49,967 DOCUMENTARIES, FLAT-OUT LIES, 1210 00:32:50,034 --> 00:32:51,235 AND THE OCCASIONAL EXPLODING 1211 00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:53,237 TRASHCAN. 1212 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:54,505 BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO 1213 00:32:54,572 --> 00:32:56,140 TRY. 1214 00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:57,175 AND TO THAT END, WE HAVE A 1215 00:32:57,241 --> 00:32:57,809 MESSAGE THAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO 1216 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:00,945 HEAR. 1217 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:03,448 ♪ ♪ 1218 00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:07,151 >> HEY, NICK OFFERMAN HERE. 1219 00:33:07,218 --> 00:33:09,354 ACTOR, AUTHOR, WOODWORKER, AND A 1220 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:10,321 MAN WHO CAN ACTUALLY PULL OFF A 1221 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:11,756 SHORT SLEEVE POLO SHIRT WITHOUT 1222 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:12,457 LOOKING LIKE MY MOMMY PICKED IT 1223 00:33:12,523 --> 00:33:14,926 OUT FOR ME. 1224 00:33:14,992 --> 00:33:17,061 AND THIS IS A TRASH CAN. 1225 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:18,996 I'VE LABELED IT TRASH CAN 1226 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:21,833 BECAUSE IT IS A TRASH CAN. 1227 00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:23,101 I ACTUALLY LABELED IT TWICE SO 1228 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:26,304 THERE WON'T BE ANY MIXUPS BUT 1229 00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:26,871 OBVIOUSLY THAT'S UNNECESSARY 1230 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:29,240 BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ADULTS WHO DO 1231 00:33:29,307 --> 00:33:31,275 KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 1232 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:33,578 TRASH CAN AND A GODDAMN DAMN 1233 00:33:33,644 --> 00:33:37,382 VOTING MACHINE. 1234 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:38,916 REPUBLICAN EXTREMISTS HAVE BEEN 1235 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:39,884 RUNNING THEIR DRY MOUTHS 1236 00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:41,219 CLAIMING ANY ELECTION IN WHICH 1237 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:43,254 THEY RECEIVE LESS VOTES IN THE 1238 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:44,088 OPPOSITION MUST BE RIGGED TO. 1239 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:46,557 I'VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU. 1240 00:33:46,624 --> 00:33:50,595 ACTUAL PATRIOTS ARE SICK AND 1241 00:33:50,661 --> 00:33:52,230 TIRED OF SHAMELESS OPPORTUNISTIC 1242 00:33:52,296 --> 00:33:55,099 CHARLATANS WHO INVENT DANGEROUS 1243 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:55,767 CONSPIRACIES, PEDDLED MENDACIOUS 1244 00:33:55,833 --> 00:34:01,472 PROPAGANDA, AND WORSE SENSOR 1245 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:02,073 GOOD, GOOD DOGS. 1246 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:03,908 IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO SHOW A 1247 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:09,046 DOG'S FACE, BY GOD I'M NOT. 1248 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:09,247 THERE. 1249 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:12,250 WHO'S A GOOD BOY? 1250 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:14,118 YOU CAN'T STOP US FROM SHOWING 1251 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:15,486 DOGS JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T STOP US 1252 00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:16,187 FROM VOTING. 1253 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:18,055 WE ARE GOING TO DO IT NOT 1254 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:19,557 BECAUSE IT'S FUN, BECAUSE IT'S 1255 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:21,459 NOT REALLY FUN, BUT BECAUSE IT'S 1256 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:24,395 THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AMERICA. 1257 00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:25,363 AND GUESS WHAT? 1258 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:26,998 WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE FUCK 1259 00:34:27,064 --> 00:34:28,433 A LOT BETTER THAN YOU WHILE WE 1260 00:34:28,499 --> 00:34:29,867 DO IT. 1261 00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:36,240 ONE SHOT, CUTS. 1262 00:34:36,307 --> 00:34:38,309 [THE EXPLOSION] 1263 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:40,411 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1264 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:43,481 VOTE! 1265 00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:45,616 THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANKS FOR 1266 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:47,919 WATCHING -- SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1267 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:48,219 GOOD NIGHT. 1268 00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:52,089 ♪ ♪ 1269 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:54,525 SWEET BOY. 1270 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:55,593 YOU BEAUTIFUL GUY.