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[audience applauding, cheering]
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Mmm.
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Hey! Boom!
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How is everybody?
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My name is Jon Stewart.
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Let me ask you this question.
How you feeling?
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[audience cheers]
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[growls] Mmm. Mmm.
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It's done.
The midterms are done.
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Good for America?
Bad for America?
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-Nobody fucking knows.
-[audience laughs]
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But the only thing I know
is that finally
when I'm watching my shows.
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And I watch my shows.
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I will not be reminded
every eight to nine minutes
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of rampant crime
and nonstop abortion.
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That's all I care about.
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I can just go back to knowing
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that if I want to
clear my eczema...
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They want to warn me,
it could cause me diarrhea.
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-That's what they tell you.
-[audience laughs]
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Look, el--
elections are always stressful.
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But this year, holy sh--
They had us on edge.
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It's a midterm election
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with the prospect
of potential violence
hanging out there.
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The threats to our elections,
in what, two and a half weeks,
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are so pervasive
and they are so dire
and they include violence.
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Democrats are bracing
for the worst case scenario.
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This is going to be a bloodbath.
A red tsunami
is gonna crash upon our shores.
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Forget democracy,
they're going to
take this country by force.
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Violence, chaos, crime, drugs,
uh, the border chaos,
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uh, not knowing
whose in this nation.
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Uh, the chaos around the world.
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Vote for the Democrats,
you will get more.
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[audience laughs]
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So, you don't want the latte?
Is that what you're saying?
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[laughing continues]
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I just wanted your order.
This is a Starbucks.
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Holy shit! What is going on?
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These-- The-- The violence,
the chaos, you know,
I was scared.
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To be quite frank, I was--
I was frightened to turn on,
uh, the television.
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Do you know what I'm saying?
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Uh, going in to the midterms
the country was on DEFCON 1.
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And-- And so, it was
with great trepidation,
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that I bravely
tuned into the coverage.
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And stepped
into the breach once more.
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We'll have to see what happens,
we still waiting
for more votes to come in.
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There is a lot coming in
as far as raw vote total,
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but those are all
too early to call.
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And now, again,
we've been waiting
for more clarity in Arizona,
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and really not much has changed.
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We're gonna be dying to see
what's happening here,
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especially in Philadelphia,
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but we're just going to
have to be patient.
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So we still have no votes there,
even counted at all.
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Just wanna pop in some of this.
See, we have no votes
counted at all.
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It's been a very quiet day
in many ways.
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There's been the lines
that we expect in some places,
some greater than others.
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So, Tuesday night was not
the explosive action flick
we were promised.
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It was
more of an Indie two-hander.
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And over
the course of the evening,
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we watched some of
our favorite characters
grow and change.
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On Fox,
a bully learned a lesson.
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Republicans need five
to take control.
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And it's looking like a
good night for the Republicans,
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as we look at it now
across the country.
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A searing indictment
of the Republican party.
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Democrats win independence
in a non-presidential year,
just no pole saw that coming.
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And it was 'cause these women
just went crazy.
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-Yeah.
-[audience laughing, exclaiming]
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They just went nuts.
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Those women just went nuts.
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I mean, you take away
the right to choose what happens
inside their own uteruses
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and they're all like--
[shouting, groaning]
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Don't mind me, I be shopping.
[shouting, groaning]
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[audience laughs]
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Over on MSNBC,
the nerds got their revenge.
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A very different vibe here
than was expected tonight,
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uh, by all the house Republicans
and Republican strategists
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I've been talking to
leading up to today.
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May I ask you
a technical question
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about something
that's over your left shoulder?
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-Which is, it says,
right behind that podium...
-You can try.
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...take back the house.
Is it painted or projected?
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'Cause if it was projected
they could just
turn off the projector
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but if it's painted
they're gonna have to
put up a tarp.
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-[imitates sizzling]
-[audience laughing]
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[sizzling continues]
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Uh, can I ask you
a technical question?
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Uh, does Kevin McCarthy
want his [baby voice] blankie?
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[audience laughs]
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'Cause he really sad.
Does he want a Binky?
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[normal] And of course, on CNN--
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I honestly don't know
what the fuck
they were doing on CNN.
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Other than math.
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Almost 11%,
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56, 735 votes.
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99%.
It's less than one half of 1%.
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70 % to 29% of 69.
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You add a couple hundred here,
you add a couple hundred here.
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Can't round that up just yet.
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39 points.
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Yeah. Almost 40--
Almost 40 points.
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Yeah, an even 40.
It is 40 points.
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I'm sorry, I don't think
the fire hose of data
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you forced down our gullets
all night made any sense.
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And I think
your own network agrees.
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All right, votes.
These are votes coming in
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and it's gonna go back and forth
and back and forth.
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[audience laughing]
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That right there,
just say it, just say that.
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Or better yet don't say anything
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and just make that phrase
the CNN test pattern.
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I don't know, votes come in,
they go back and forth.
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Maybe you should just
go watch Jeopardy!.
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-I don't know.
-[audience laughs]
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For months the media
political industrial complex
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has put us through
a high stakes emotionally
manipulative simulation.
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Designed to frazzle our nerves
and exploit our anxieties.
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You motherfucker's
cry martial law,
red tsunami, blue tsunami
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criminals and perverts,
dictators and drag queens.
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A country lost.
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[breathes deeply] Hss.
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[audience laughs]
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And it turned out
the story of the election
was individuals.
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who went to the polls
and voted on issues
and candidates
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that they thought
best represented their ideals.
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So what you have to say
for yourselves?
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What--
What was our motto yesterday?
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We were gonna
put it on the mugs.
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-It was a good one.
-[anchor] Oh.
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-Uh-- Everything--
-All of this is wrong.
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-[all] Everything is wrong.
-[anchor 2] Yep. It was.
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It's our way to cover ourselves
'cause we said you never know
what's gonna happen.
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[laughing]
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[audience laughing]
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We always know
what's gonna happen.
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Jake.
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All right, votes.
These are votes coming in
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and it's gonna go back and forth
and back and forth.
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[audience applauding, laughing]
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That's it.
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So...
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But the voting is over.
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The feeling in the country
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is seriously like fucking
Singin' in the Rain out there.
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If you walk in the streets
of New York City,
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people are, like, baking pies
on their window sills.
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Like, it's--
It's crazy out there.
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Most of the results are in.
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And we wanted to try something
a little different tonight.
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Joining me now to talk about
how these midterms,
uh, turned out.
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You know them,
and you love them.
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They're two of our writers,
Kasaun Wilson and Jay Jurden.
Come on out guys.
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[laughs]
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-Oh. Okay. [laughs]
-Oh, wow.
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[laughs]
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-I didn't-- I didn't realize.
-Wow.
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-I didn't know
we were doing this.
-I didn't know.
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[audience cheers]
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Oh, wow.
[laughs]
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Wow.
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-Hey.
-[Jurden, Wilson] Hey.
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-I-- I didn't know.
-Oh. Well, Jon,
you know what they say.
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Once you go Kornacki,
you never go backy.
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[audience laughs]
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-What a coincidence.
-I did not.
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I did not know that.
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Can I say this is-- I-- I--
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This is the first time I've seen
this little line up here.
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It is-- We look like
a group on our way
to a charter school convention.
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[panelists, audience laugh]
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How are you guys?
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What-- What are the observations
from last night?
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What did you see?
What was your mindset?
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[Jurden]
We have to talk about Georgia.
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I think Herschel Walker
said it best.
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If you vote for me
you believe in redemption.
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And that's like
a big talking point.
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Every time Herschel Walker
wanted to bring something up,
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he was like, oh,
so my opponent's gonna say
I'm not smart.
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My opponent's gonna say,
I don't have any experience.
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-And you guys, he's right.
-[audience, Stewart laugh]
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Good night, have a good one.
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Everybody that's come out,
it's been nice.
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They asked him, they said,
"Excuse me, Mr. Walker,
there are allegations
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that you held a gun
to a woman's head.
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Uh, do you have anything
that you would like to say
to that?
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And this man said,
"That was 14 years ago."
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[all laughing]
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He also-- That was--
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I mean that was
the same situation when he said,
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"You think I'm gonna make
some woman I don't know
get an abortion?"
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They went, "Well,
you do know it's your ex wife."
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-He went, "You got a picture?"
-Oh.
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There's no sense.
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In fact, he got asked if
he wanted to provide some policy
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and this man out of his mouth,
out of his-- Unprovoked said,
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"You know,
Democrats don't have a answer.
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But I do and I would tell you,
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but Democrats would
take credit for it.
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-So I'm just gonna keep it
to myself for right now."
-[audience laughs]
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That was-- That's
the Donald Trump playbook.
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Yeah. The place where
there was no question mark
was Florida.
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Last night watching Fox News go,
Yeah, Pennsylvania.
Okay. That's sad.
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Yeah. Michigan. Okay.
That's sad.
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But let's look at
beautiful Florida once again.
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They loved deep,
ruby red Florida last night.
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They love it.
Ron DeSantis is the new idol.
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But speaking of Michigan,
we're gonna go to right now--
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Uh, with all the talk
of the red wave
and the red tsunami,
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uh, we had talked to
a congresswoman from Michigan,
Elissa Slotkin.
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Who was in
a very tough race up there.
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Very vulnerable.
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Uh, and we spoke with her
on the podcast a few weeks ago?
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Let's welcome her now,
uh, to check-in
on how things are going.
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-Congresswoman.
-[audience applauds, cheers]
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-How are you?
-Hey there.
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-[Stewart] First of all...
-I'm great.
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Uh, thank-- Thank you so much
for joining us.
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This is our new nerd boy band
that we've assembled.
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-Uh, thank you.
-[Slotkin] Great.
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I know you you've got
to be exhausted,
but let me ask you this.
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Uh, you were very concerned
a couple of weeks ago
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that, uh, crime and inflation
were the only things
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that were on the voter's minds.
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They weren't caring
about abortion,
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they weren't caring
about socials,
anything like that.
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Tell me what happened.
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You won your race, it was close,
but you won it handily.
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[clicks tongue] Yeah. I mean,
I think we always--
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In Michigan,
the countervailing winds
were inflation and abortion.
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I mean, I think inflation
really took center stage
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when gas prices
started to go up.
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Um, and people stopped talking
as much about abortion.
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But I think the thing that
we're really seeing now
in Michigan,
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which had a fantastic night,
um, was that while
a couple years ago,
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we were
undercounting Trump voters
and I think this election,
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we were
undercounting women voters
and how strongly they felt
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about losing the right
to have an abortion
in this country.
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So, um, it was a great night
for our governor,
our attorney general.
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Up and down
we codified row on our ballot.
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I mean, we flipped the house
and the Senate in Michigan.
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-We knocked it out the park.
-[audience cheering, applauding]
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How is it--
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How is it that the media
is so disconnected
from real voter concerns
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and that the narratives
that they drive
are so overblown and hyperbolic?
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I mean, when we talked to you,
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I-- I guess it was
a couple of weeks ago
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you were feeling furious
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that it seemed like there
was a misrepresentation
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of what the voters
that you talked to
actually care about.
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How does that--
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-How does that
misconception happen?
-Yeah.
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And does it actually change
narratives and facts
on the ground?
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Yeah, I think, uh,
a lot of it starts
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with the fact that
we just don't have local media
the way we used to.
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So the people
who would normally, like,
have their finger on the pulse
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of real trends on the ground
are just not there.
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And we get a lot
of really wonderful journalists
who parachute in for 36 hours,
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um, talked to,
like, a few people
in a, you know, coffee shop
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and then sort of
make their assessment
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as opposed to really knowing
what's going on.
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And then it gets amplified
like you were, you know,
covering earlier, just tenfold.
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Um, and something
that might have been anecdotal
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becomes this, like,
screaming story on cable news.
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So, um, we see that a lot.
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And yes, it--
it affects the mood
of the voters.
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It's like a loop, right?
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So then people are watching TV,
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and they're like,
is there gonna be a problem?
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Is there gonna be, you know,
violence at the polls?
Are we gonna see all this?
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And-- And it creates
this, um, you know,
not very good situation
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where people feel pessimistic
and sort of down about things,
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even though they're just
out there living their lives
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and, um, you know,
not necessarily
feeling those trends
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-in their own lives.
-[Stewart] And feeling--
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And feeling terrified
to some extent.
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I mean, my-- my feeling
about, uh, the coverage
of this election
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was they were doing their best
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to make sure that Americans
felt like we were
on the precipice,
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not just of an unusual election,
but of a civil war.
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[inahles deeply] Yeah.
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I-- I do though...
[stammers] ...want to be honest
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that I think the country
is going through something.
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I think we were--
We did have a-a strong election.
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It was boring, as you say,
gloriously boring.
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But I don't wanna undersell
the fact that,
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especially in a place
like Michigan where we're
very purple, you know,
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where in my own family,
in my own neighborhood,
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our coworkers
have very different
political views from us.
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Um, where it's gotten
so much more angry
and so much more polarized
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that people do feel
some of that stress.
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And so I don't think
it's completely fabricated.
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Um, but I-- I just think
what ends up happening
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is-- is, um, fear sells,
and it becomes the story,
it becomes clickbait,
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and suddenly, um, you're--
you have the media
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sort of pushing that story,
um, in an amplified way
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from what is really
actually happening.
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I wonder if social media
is such a new phenomenon
for people
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in the way that radio
destabilized the world
in the '30s.
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Are we going through
an adjustment to just knowing
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what the worst of us
thinks all the time.
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And once we come through that
and recognize neighbor
to neighbor,
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it's not really like that.
Well, some of this ebb.
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Did you have a thought on that?
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I-- I think that's part of it,
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and I think we may
be going through
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a little bit
of a perfect storm here
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where social media
is amplifying all these things.
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-But I wanna be super clear.
-[Stewart] Mmm-hmm.
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Leadership climate is set
at the top
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and we have leaders,
very senior leaders
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who have created a climate
of literally training people
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to look at people
with opposing views as enemies.
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A strategy of dividing Americans
on purpose in order
to win elections
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in order to further a-- a cause.
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That combined with social media,
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I think is creating
that instability or this moment,
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this change
that you're talking about.
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[Slotkin]
We have been given permission
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by leaders with bad behavior
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to act that way with each other,
and it's freaking people out
in Michigan.
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And I think
that combined with social media
is a much bigger story for us.
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Well, Congresswoman,
I congratulate you
on your victory
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and I just want to say,
if you're freaking out
people in Michigan,
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we've gone astray because
they're very pleasant people.
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I've been up there
and they're so pleasant
at times.
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I almost thought
they were being sarcastic.
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[audience laughs]
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We are not sarcastic,
we're just that awesome.
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Oh! You know.
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Congresswoman Slotkin,
thank you so much
for tuning in with us.
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Uh, much appreciated.
Congratulations to you.
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You take care.
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Uh, take a-- take a quick
little gander at this.
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We get things wrong...
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...all the time because...
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...the polls are never right.
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-But we use that...
-...to gin up...
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...fear and excitement...
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-so you tune in...
-...every night.
342
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-Red wave.
-Blue wave.
343
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-Pink, green...
-...purple wave.
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Red tsunami.
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Blue tsunami.
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We know absolutely nothing
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about what is going on.
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-We just...
-...look at the polls.
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-Watch the polls...
-...points to the polls...
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...focus on the polls...
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-...trust the polls...
-...question the polls...
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-...think about the polls...
-...ignore the polls.
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-Red wave.
-Green wave.
354
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-Pink, green...
-...purple wave.
355
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Red tsunami.
356
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Blue tsunami.
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We know absolutely nothing
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about what is going on.
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-We just...
-...throw together...
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...focus groups...
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-...or talk to...
-...folks and diners.
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Almost any...
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-...kind of poll...
-...we'll do.
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-We'll even...
-...talk to...
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[reporter] ...minors.
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-Red wave.
-Green wave.
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-Pink, green...
-...purple wave.
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Red tsunami.
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Blue tsunami.
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-We treat it...
-...like a game...
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-...because we think you're...
-...a bunch of dummies.
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[audience laughs, cheers]
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All right.
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[cheering continues]
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Now as we saw there,
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and, uh, gentlemen,
I think you'll agree with me,
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uh, uh... [stammers]
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...polling is a tool for
forecasting election results,
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uh, that we all know by now
can be wildly inaccurate.
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So why is the media
constantly reporting on polling?
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Well, it's different really
for different networks.
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For the so called
mainstream media,
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we'll-- we'll call them
the M. S. N. B. C. N. N. Cox,
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non-speculative information
is a bit of a snooze.
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So the constant up and down
of polling adds zazz.
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Poll after poll
shows the economy
is one of the top issues
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for voters right now.
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Abortion was at the very bottom
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and now it's rising
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[reporter 1] Abortion
and the economy
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were tied...
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[reporter 2]
Threats to democracy
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have overtaken jobs
in the economy...
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[reporter 3]
Abortion has now
become the top issue.
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[reporter 4]
Crime has surpassed abortion...
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...gas prices...
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...climate change...
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-[reporter 5] ...gun violence...
-...preserving democracy.
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Crime is a top issue.
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Inflation, inflation, inflation.
401
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This is down to the wire.
402
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-[audience laughs]
-[mouths indistinctly]
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The winner is the advertisers.
404
00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,367
Excuse me while I go buy
some unregulated supplements
405
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and an untucked shirt.
406
00:18:24,975 --> 00:18:25,975
Yes.
407
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I always wanted a shirt
408
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that won't get caught
on my balls.
409
00:18:31,753 --> 00:18:33,945
[laughing continues]
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We didn't-- See now-- [laughs]
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I didn't know
that was a problem.
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You don't know about it now
but trust me, in 20 years...
413
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Gra-- Gravity comes
for everybody.
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Oh. [laughs]
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I'm not used to having friends
out here... [indistinct]
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[exhales deeply]
[Stewart] All Right.
417
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But what about the other side?
418
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Let's call them
the January 76ers.
419
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Polls are a little more
strategic for them.
420
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Another tool in their effort
to gain political power.
421
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Here's Fox in early October.
422
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Numbers overwhelming
when the voters are asked
who's better on crime.
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It is, uh, Republicans.
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They're the party that is tough
on crime whether you are
Republican or not.
425
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It is the truth.
426
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A recent Fox poll found
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more voters believe the GOP.
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is better equipped to handle
the issue over Democrats.
429
00:19:35,950 --> 00:19:37,140
Wow. That's interesting.
430
00:19:37,275 --> 00:19:40,181
So the polling says that the GOP
is better at crime
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than the Democrats.
432
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That's early 0ctober.
433
00:19:43,986 --> 00:19:47,524
Let's go now to Fox News
post learning that information.
434
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Violence is bleeding
from once shining cities
into suburbs and beyond
435
00:19:57,228 --> 00:20:00,297
Crime way up in small towns
and big cities.
436
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:03,375
People are being
randomly attacked
and killed in the streets.
437
00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:05,807
There is crime and disorder
everywhere you look.
438
00:20:05,942 --> 00:20:08,711
Random violence is not supposed
to happen in suburbia.
439
00:20:08,846 --> 00:20:11,042
Our Children are not even safe
trick or treating anymore.
440
00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:12,648
My God.
441
00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,251
The streets are awash
442
00:20:15,386 --> 00:20:17,920
with Tiny out on cashless bail.
443
00:20:18,056 --> 00:20:23,659
Minions coming to your house
to kill you and make
your candy gay.
444
00:20:28,601 --> 00:20:30,398
How would you make candy gay?
I don't even know--
445
00:20:30,534 --> 00:20:31,865
I think it's skittles, right.
446
00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:40,608
- Maybe same-sex Kit Kat.
- No, no, no, no, no.
447
00:20:40,744 --> 00:20:42,874
I think I know
where you're going there.
448
00:20:43,010 --> 00:20:44,746
I was gonna say Twix
but I guess that's bi.
449
00:20:46,677 --> 00:20:47,419
All right.
450
00:20:49,286 --> 00:20:51,153
[laughing continues]
451
00:20:51,288 --> 00:20:52,782
[indistinct chatter]
452
00:20:52,917 --> 00:20:54,723
Get your own shot Kasaun.
453
00:20:56,095 --> 00:20:57,588
And lo and behold!
454
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What does that do
455
00:20:59,897 --> 00:21:03,693
to how big a concern
your voters think crime is.
456
00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:07,699
New Fox News polling showing
that rising crime
will be at the top
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of voter's minds in November,
458
00:21:09,942 --> 00:21:15,279
Huge shift of women voters
to the GOP in the last
several weeks.
459
00:21:15,415 --> 00:21:16,872
Uh, crime is one
of the major issues.
460
00:21:17,008 --> 00:21:19,847
Yeah, no shit. You caused it.
461
00:21:19,983 --> 00:21:22,211
And while their strategy
was not successful this time
462
00:21:22,347 --> 00:21:25,281
and the polls led us astray
yet again,
463
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the one thing
we can be certain of is...
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What's he going to do in 2024?
465
00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,123
It's 8:37, David.
466
00:21:31,258 --> 00:21:33,432
I'm surprised it took us
this long to say 2024 tonight
467
00:21:33,567 --> 00:21:35,029
because that's what this race
is very much about.
468
00:21:35,165 --> 00:21:36,626
[laughs]
469
00:21:36,761 --> 00:21:38,261
Fuck all of you.
470
00:21:41,938 --> 00:21:43,532
Is that-- Did that
drive you guys nuts at all?
471
00:21:43,668 --> 00:21:48,042
I'm-- I'm watching these polls
over and over again telling us--
472
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What they don't tell you
is they're bending
the narratives
473
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by reporting on certain things
ad nauseum.
474
00:21:53,987 --> 00:21:56,785
Well, when you live in New York
and you watch anything
like that,
475
00:21:56,921 --> 00:21:59,485
your first thought is,
"Do I need a bayonet?
476
00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:01,494
Do I need a musket?
477
00:22:01,629 --> 00:22:04,221
- Do I need a bazooka?"
- What crime are you fighting?
478
00:22:05,231 --> 00:22:06,256
Here's my thing on crime.
479
00:22:07,362 --> 00:22:08,258
Say it.
480
00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:11,203
You sure?
Say it?
481
00:22:11,338 --> 00:22:13,330
Wanna do that?
Say it. Say it.
482
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:15,669
All right. Politicians,
when it comes to crime...
483
00:22:15,805 --> 00:22:18,037
[Stewart] Yes.
...Just say Black.
484
00:22:18,172 --> 00:22:22,377
We can hear you. Just say--
No, John, no.
485
00:22:22,513 --> 00:22:24,040
You came in my shot. No, John.
486
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:26,109
Can I just say this?
Can I say this?
487
00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:28,452
The Jews are in enough trouble
as it is.
488
00:22:28,588 --> 00:22:30,957
I don't need--
I don't need to have it--
489
00:22:31,092 --> 00:22:33,084
Kanye, Kyrie?
No, no.
490
00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:35,690
I don't know what--
I don't know what this is.
491
00:22:35,825 --> 00:22:37,324
I don't know what
he's talking about.
492
00:22:37,459 --> 00:22:38,528
Crime is not---
493
00:22:38,664 --> 00:22:40,665
There's gonna be a still
of this episode
494
00:22:40,801 --> 00:22:42,160
where it's like, well,
John's surrounded by crime.
495
00:22:43,399 --> 00:22:45,438
Just say black.
496
00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:48,504
We can hear you.
We know you're talking about us.
497
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,374
We can hear our names
being called.
498
00:22:50,510 --> 00:22:53,507
Even if the "N" is silent,
we know--
499
00:22:53,642 --> 00:22:57,074
But, also, I will say this.
Also the polls got one
big thing wrong.
500
00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:58,749
They talk about social media
all the time.
501
00:22:58,884 --> 00:23:00,884
They underestimated
the amount of young people
502
00:23:01,019 --> 00:23:03,688
who just don't feel like
answering unmarked numbers.
503
00:23:03,824 --> 00:23:05,822
Who don't go all the way
through polling questions.
504
00:23:05,958 --> 00:23:08,257
It's a very-- Listen,
these are very good points.
505
00:23:08,392 --> 00:23:12,726
But-- but the point being,
polling has not caught up
with the modern day.
506
00:23:12,861 --> 00:23:14,333
It reminds me
of Nielsen ratings.
507
00:23:14,468 --> 00:23:17,301
It's antiquated,
it never captures it.
508
00:23:17,436 --> 00:23:23,741
And yet I have never seen, uh,
news organizations use them more
as foundational items.
509
00:23:23,876 --> 00:23:27,676
They lean on them harder,
the more tenuous they become.
510
00:23:27,812 --> 00:23:30,640
And that is a real problem
going forward
511
00:23:30,775 --> 00:23:33,577
Because it helps
to make a story.
It helps sell the soap opera.
512
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:36,054
That is the TV show.
You have a structure.
You have a skeleton.
513
00:23:36,189 --> 00:23:39,254
It's not a coincidence
that the cycle is crime,
crime, crime, crime, crime.
514
00:23:39,389 --> 00:23:40,424
Election Day.
515
00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:41,892
I feared you to go
into the polls
516
00:23:42,027 --> 00:23:45,097
and then the day
that election day is over,
no more crime.
517
00:23:45,233 --> 00:23:46,956
We don't hear about crime.
518
00:23:47,091 --> 00:23:48,899
It's-- It's dead-on true.
519
00:23:49,035 --> 00:23:52,662
And, uh, uh,
perhaps this will
clarify as well.
520
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:54,063
Take a look.
521
00:23:54,198 --> 00:23:56,272
Good evening. I'm Levar Burton.
522
00:23:56,407 --> 00:24:01,009
And if you don't recognize me,
I'm sorry that your parents
didn't love you.
523
00:24:01,145 --> 00:24:03,944
It has come to my attention
that my master classes
524
00:24:04,079 --> 00:24:05,784
have gotten a little woke
for some of y'all.
525
00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:09,350
For this lesson,
let's just keep race out of it.
526
00:24:09,485 --> 00:24:10,688
The topic...
527
00:24:12,858 --> 00:24:15,486
America is a
representative democracy,
528
00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:18,997
but our systems allocate
a disproportionate
amount of power
529
00:24:19,133 --> 00:24:21,666
to the rural states
with lower populations
of a certain...
530
00:24:21,801 --> 00:24:24,664
[inhales deeply]
...homogeneous persuasion.
531
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,840
The Electoral College
was designed to give
outsized electoral influence
532
00:24:28,976 --> 00:24:31,406
to slave owners
via the three-fifths--
Oh, shit.
533
00:24:31,542 --> 00:24:33,335
This is really hard!
534
00:24:33,471 --> 00:24:35,573
Redistricting.
Poll tax. [grunts]
535
00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:39,712
States' rights.
The Supreme Court.
Voter suppression. Shit!
536
00:24:39,848 --> 00:24:42,520
I don't even know
why I bothered
putting this back on the shelf.
537
00:24:42,656 --> 00:24:44,986
This all started
with slave labor.
538
00:24:45,121 --> 00:24:48,150
Jim Crow. Voter ID.
It's all in here.
539
00:24:48,285 --> 00:24:50,327
Read the damn book already.
540
00:24:50,462 --> 00:24:51,525
And one last thing...
541
00:24:51,661 --> 00:24:53,161
fuck the filibuster.
542
00:24:53,296 --> 00:24:56,529
Let's just put that bitch
to rest already, okay?
543
00:24:56,664 --> 00:24:58,461
Kunta out.
544
00:24:59,669 --> 00:25:01,303
[audience cheering]
545
00:25:01,439 --> 00:25:02,465
I gotta say...
546
00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:07,913
There is--
547
00:25:08,049 --> 00:25:09,943
There is something spectacular
about having LeVar Burton say,
548
00:25:10,079 --> 00:25:11,616
"Put that bitch
to rest already."
549
00:25:11,751 --> 00:25:13,877
[laughs]
I never thought I'd see the day.
550
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:16,556
-It took my breath away.
[chuckles]
-[Stewart] It did. It's--
551
00:25:16,691 --> 00:25:21,559
It's really been a hell of a
night, and no place more than
in Michigan and in Arizona.
552
00:25:21,694 --> 00:25:24,722
Uh, when we did the show
on elections--
553
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,858
That was last week
or two weeks ago
or three weeks ago--
554
00:25:26,994 --> 00:25:28,558
I don't watch this show.
555
00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:31,028
-Um...
-[Jurden] He still
doesn't have Apple TV+.
556
00:25:31,164 --> 00:25:34,601
But we heard a lot about,
uh, the polling centers
in Michigan and Arizona,
557
00:25:34,737 --> 00:25:37,802
how things played out
on the ground.
We talked to two people, uh,
558
00:25:37,937 --> 00:25:41,043
from those states,
and we wanted to check
back with them again.
559
00:25:41,178 --> 00:25:43,376
They're returning guests
from previous episodes.
560
00:25:43,512 --> 00:25:47,010
Teresa De Graaf,
a clerk for Port Sheldon
Township, Michigan.
561
00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:50,286
And Adrian Fontes,
former county recorder
for Maricopa County, Arizona.
562
00:25:50,421 --> 00:25:53,353
Now the Democratic nominee for
Arizona's secretary of state.
563
00:25:53,489 --> 00:25:55,421
And depending, uh,
what time you're watching this,
564
00:25:55,556 --> 00:25:57,592
he's perhaps already
secretary of state elect,
565
00:25:57,727 --> 00:25:59,693
or, uh, he's not.
566
00:25:59,829 --> 00:26:02,893
-Teresa and Adrian,
thank you so much. Welcome!
-[audience cheering]
567
00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:05,199
How are you guys?
568
00:26:05,334 --> 00:26:07,735
-Good. Thanks for having us.
-First of all, uh,
569
00:26:07,871 --> 00:26:10,367
I can't thank you enough.
I know you're probably
both exhausted,
570
00:26:10,503 --> 00:26:12,468
so thank you so much
for being with us.
571
00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:14,744
Teresa,
I'm gonna go to you first.
572
00:26:14,879 --> 00:26:19,142
Talk to me about, in Michigan
you were in charge of
the different polling workers.
573
00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:22,950
We talked a little bit about
the fear that everybody had
leading into this.
574
00:26:23,086 --> 00:26:25,183
How did things go off
in Michigan,
575
00:26:25,318 --> 00:26:28,824
and what was your overall
feeling about the way this
election in Michigan was run?
576
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,989
Um,
everything came out so clear.
577
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:35,524
It was so uneventful.
578
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:39,536
I think all of Michigan
had very few problems.
579
00:26:39,671 --> 00:26:41,941
It went through without a hitch.
580
00:26:42,076 --> 00:26:47,077
With that said,
the voter turnout
was incredible.
581
00:26:47,213 --> 00:26:51,446
I think all of the speculation,
all of the media hype,
582
00:26:51,581 --> 00:26:54,610
um,
caused a lot of people
to be passionate about voting.
583
00:26:54,745 --> 00:26:57,514
And to me,
as an election administrator,
584
00:26:57,650 --> 00:26:59,290
that's the best thing
that could happen.
585
00:26:59,425 --> 00:27:01,254
Big voter turnout.
586
00:27:01,389 --> 00:27:03,692
-Teresa, I'm so pleased.
-[audience cheering]
587
00:27:03,827 --> 00:27:06,422
Uh, and I just want to say,
588
00:27:06,557 --> 00:27:08,467
I don't know if you're tired,
589
00:27:08,602 --> 00:27:11,868
or if in Michigan they're
giving election workers
post-election gummies,
590
00:27:12,003 --> 00:27:14,529
-but either way...
-[audience laughs]
591
00:27:14,665 --> 00:27:17,242
...you, my friend,
have earned your bliss.
592
00:27:17,377 --> 00:27:18,567
[Teresa chuckles]
593
00:27:18,702 --> 00:27:20,571
Adrian Fontes,
what's going on in, uh--
594
00:27:20,706 --> 00:27:23,908
Maricopa County
started out a little bit shaky.
595
00:27:24,043 --> 00:27:27,578
I guess 10%, 15%
of the voting machines
weren't registering,
596
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:29,813
or weren't registering
the printed copy.
597
00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:31,889
Uh, what happened there
and what's been going on now?
598
00:27:33,954 --> 00:27:36,228
Well, they're still trying to
figure out the details on that.
599
00:27:36,364 --> 00:27:39,329
But at the end of the day,
we live, we learn,
and we move forward.
600
00:27:39,464 --> 00:27:42,398
Solving problems. That's how
election administrators work.
601
00:27:42,533 --> 00:27:46,062
We had some amazing
turnout on election day
across Maricopa County,
602
00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:49,469
and in the
entire state of Arizona.
Folks are doing well here.
603
00:27:49,604 --> 00:27:51,469
And it's gonna be another
couple of days before
604
00:27:51,604 --> 00:27:53,707
some of the big races
are finally decided,
605
00:27:53,842 --> 00:27:56,681
but that's how we do it
in Arizona. We get it
done right, not quickly.
606
00:27:56,817 --> 00:28:00,980
[audience murmuring,
applauding]
607
00:28:01,115 --> 00:28:03,481
I gotta tell you, Adrian...
608
00:28:03,617 --> 00:28:05,190
they clapped,
but they weren't so sure.
609
00:28:05,326 --> 00:28:08,392
[all laughing]
610
00:28:08,527 --> 00:28:11,426
-[Fontes] Well, Jon--
-They knew
you didn't do it quickly.
611
00:28:11,562 --> 00:28:15,864
Now, you are in the race
against Mark Finchem
who is an election--
612
00:28:15,999 --> 00:28:20,739
Uh, someone who said that
the election was stolen from
Donald Trump, is he not?
613
00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:24,609
-He's someone that says that?
-Yeah, that's the guy
I'm running against, yeah.
614
00:28:24,745 --> 00:28:27,470
And we're doing okay right now.
615
00:28:27,606 --> 00:28:32,217
I'm hoping the trends stay where
they're at, um, and I feel
pretty good about everything.
616
00:28:32,352 --> 00:28:35,883
But we should know by the end
of the day Thursday, or Friday.
617
00:28:36,019 --> 00:28:39,057
You know, this is Arizona,
the weather's great,
the food's amazing.
618
00:28:39,193 --> 00:28:41,286
And we're just gonna hang out
and see what happens.
619
00:28:41,421 --> 00:28:44,428
-[Jurden] It's very relaxed.
-[Stewart] It is--
The both of you are really...
620
00:28:44,563 --> 00:28:47,890
-I wanna go to a rave right now,
I don't know why.
-[audience laughing]
621
00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,727
[Stewart]
Uh-- This has gotta be
the exhaustion.
622
00:28:50,863 --> 00:28:54,365
So, Jon, I do wanna say this
really quickly though.
623
00:28:54,501 --> 00:28:58,567
It's folks like Teresa and
tens of thousands of people
across the entire country
624
00:28:58,703 --> 00:29:00,643
that have made
this process smooth.
625
00:29:00,779 --> 00:29:03,576
They've made it work well
for all of our voters
across America.
626
00:29:03,711 --> 00:29:06,249
They're the ones
who should be given kudos to.
627
00:29:06,385 --> 00:29:09,120
Regular Americans, Republicans,
Democrats, Independents.
628
00:29:09,256 --> 00:29:12,614
It's a big team that makes
American democracy work.
629
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:16,923
The deniers are getting
beaten all over the place.
And hopefully I'll beat mine.
630
00:29:17,059 --> 00:29:18,958
And that'll be that.
631
00:29:19,093 --> 00:29:22,329
Yeah, we should know,
in your case, by Friday or maybe
Saturday or Sunday or...
632
00:29:22,464 --> 00:29:24,202
-[audience laughing]
-...or maybe Monday.
633
00:29:24,338 --> 00:29:28,870
Teresa, when we talked--
you know, you talked
a little bit about--
634
00:29:29,005 --> 00:29:31,940
what I thought was so
interesting about your situation
was, these are your neighbors.
635
00:29:32,076 --> 00:29:35,972
You know, so much of this are
the people that you live with
day in and day out.
636
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,445
And you said people had stopped
sort of trusting each other.
637
00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:41,843
Have you seen, even in
the small amount of time,
638
00:29:41,979 --> 00:29:45,624
now that this has
gone off without a hitch,
639
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,223
and there hasn't been the
kind of trial and tribulation
associated with it,
640
00:29:49,358 --> 00:29:52,261
is there a crack
in that dysfunction?
641
00:29:52,396 --> 00:29:55,263
Are you seeing people
come back a little bit together?
642
00:29:56,968 --> 00:29:59,530
I've been too tired to notice.
643
00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:03,002
-[Stewart laughing]
-But-- [laughs]
644
00:30:03,138 --> 00:30:09,147
But, um, what I can say is
I sure hope that
all of the poll challengers
645
00:30:09,283 --> 00:30:12,509
and all of the folks that
kept a watch over the election
646
00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:17,648
learned how safe and secure
the election in Michigan
and all over this country are.
647
00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:20,686
And I hope that they
actually tell people
648
00:30:20,822 --> 00:30:24,657
that they witnessed no fraud
and no crime and no problems
649
00:30:24,793 --> 00:30:28,097
instead of just keeping quiet
about what they witnessed.
650
00:30:28,232 --> 00:30:32,534
So I'm hoping that brings
the country, and Michigan,
and my neighbors back together.
651
00:30:32,669 --> 00:30:35,771
Well, Teresa and Adrian,
I can't thank you guys enough.
652
00:30:35,907 --> 00:30:41,539
You know, it is clear,
and I hope also what
people take away from it is,
653
00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:47,945
how much you both, and people
across the country, have given
to this democratic process.
654
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:53,653
And boy,
you have both earned
well-deserved R and R.
655
00:30:53,789 --> 00:30:56,154
And it's as though
you've come to a crossway,
656
00:30:56,290 --> 00:30:59,596
but I can feel the pride
and the satisfaction
coming off of both of you.
657
00:30:59,731 --> 00:31:03,367
And thank you so much
for all your hard work
in all of this.
658
00:31:03,503 --> 00:31:07,264
-[audience cheering]
-Teresa De Graaf,
Adrian Fontes.
659
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,101
Good luck with everything.
660
00:31:10,237 --> 00:31:13,444
That's it. Look at us.
We did our--
We did our little show.
661
00:31:13,579 --> 00:31:15,909
Can I tell you something
real quick before we go?
What?
662
00:31:16,044 --> 00:31:20,177
Doesn't this seem like
we run an unusual
muffler company.
663
00:31:20,313 --> 00:31:21,850
[audience laughing]
664
00:31:21,985 --> 00:31:23,449
Am I wrong about that?
665
00:31:23,584 --> 00:31:26,582
We run--
We run an unusual tire shop.
666
00:31:26,717 --> 00:31:30,490
It's Manny, Moe and Irving.
667
00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:33,430
I shaved.
And if I take off my glasses,
668
00:31:33,566 --> 00:31:36,064
now it just looks like they're
a very progressive couple.
669
00:31:36,199 --> 00:31:40,940
[audience laughing, applauding]
670
00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:46,270
This is what you voted for,
America!
671
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,179
This is what you get!
672
00:31:48,315 --> 00:31:52,181
Come and bring your cars
to Pep Proud Boys anytime.
673
00:31:52,317 --> 00:31:54,982
No! We can't--
To hell with that!
674
00:31:55,117 --> 00:31:58,584
-We're right in Jersey City.
Come and check us out.
-Oh, my God.
675
00:31:58,719 --> 00:32:01,994
Uh, I had a blast
with you guys tonight.
676
00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:03,956
I had a blast
with the audience tonight.
677
00:32:04,091 --> 00:32:06,394
I feel, uh,
678
00:32:06,529 --> 00:32:11,327
released from this
incessant terrorizing
679
00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:14,737
that the media
and those political commercials
were doing to us.
680
00:32:14,872 --> 00:32:17,938
I cannot wait to go home
tonight and catch up on
Bachelor in Paradise.
681
00:32:18,073 --> 00:32:19,907
I've missed...
682
00:32:20,042 --> 00:32:24,176
I can't tell you
how many episodes
while this was going on,
683
00:32:24,312 --> 00:32:27,011
because I believe in that
process of people that
are trying to find their person.
684
00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:28,477
Yeah.
685
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,545
-Yeah.
-It's a journey.
686
00:32:30,681 --> 00:32:33,192
-You know,
they're just on a journey.
-Old-fashioned love, right?
687
00:32:33,327 --> 00:32:36,324
They're on a journey
and then for like a day--
688
00:32:36,460 --> 00:32:41,066
And then some other person
comes in and they're like,
"Oh, I'll fuck that guy too."
689
00:32:41,201 --> 00:32:42,995
-[audience laughing]
-Then they do that.
690
00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:45,569
And that's how
the Georgia runoff
will be handled.
691
00:32:45,705 --> 00:32:48,036
[all laughing]
692
00:32:48,171 --> 00:32:51,170
All right. That is our show.
693
00:32:51,306 --> 00:32:55,408
What a show it was.
What does this all mean
for the future of America?
694
00:32:55,544 --> 00:32:59,312
Hopefully, God willing it'll
be safe to say Merry Christmas
in this country again.
695
00:32:59,447 --> 00:33:01,819
I truly hope we take this back.
696
00:33:01,954 --> 00:33:05,289
We'll be back early next year
with more episodes of
The Problem.
697
00:33:05,424 --> 00:33:08,056
Uh, if the country
still has problems by then.
698
00:33:08,191 --> 00:33:10,119
I don't know,
otherwise it's just me
complaining about traffic.
699
00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:14,330
In the meantime,
we have a podcast
which you can check out.
700
00:33:14,465 --> 00:33:17,363
Which is like, uh,
microdosing the show.
701
00:33:17,498 --> 00:33:20,534
Or, uh, what are those
chocolate bars with the
mushrooms in 'em? Delicious.
702
00:33:20,669 --> 00:33:22,697
-Uh, and now...
-[Jurden] He's heard.
703
00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:25,910
[laughs] Yes, I've heard.
704
00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:29,178
And now for a man who was
booed in his own state's
World Series parade.
705
00:33:29,314 --> 00:33:31,942
Here it is,
your moment of Cruz.
706
00:33:32,078 --> 00:33:37,087
A wave is coming.
We are taking our country back!
707
00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:40,091
We are defending
the Constitution.
708
00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:42,556
We are defending
the Bill of Rights.
709
00:33:42,692 --> 00:33:47,928
And together
we will save this great nation.
710
00:33:48,064 --> 00:33:49,595
God bless you.
711
00:33:49,730 --> 00:33:53,963
["The Star-Spangled Banner"
playing]
712
00:33:56,876 --> 00:34:00,838
[audience cheering]