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ANNOUNCER: In New York City,
the only city in America,
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invented news.
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This is The Daily Show
with your host, Kal Penn.
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Hello!
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Welcome to The Daily Show.
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I'm Kal Penn, and I
have had so much fun.
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I wish I could stay forever.
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Honestly, like, now I
understand why Trump refused
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to leave the White House.
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What do you think?
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Should we do an insurrection
and just stay forever?
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[loud cheers]
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Oh.
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Oh, I was joking.
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You guys are messed up.
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I love it.
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OK, we got a great
show for you tonight.
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Chasten Buttigieg
is here, everyone.
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We have a lot to talk about.
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So let's get into
the headlines.
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Let's begin with some breaking
news from the Vatican.
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No, not about you.
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You're still going to hell.
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But there is some
good news for priests.
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REPORTER: Pope Francis
says the Catholic Church's
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thousand-year-old practice
of celibacy for priests
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could be changed.
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He tells an
Argentine publication
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the ban on priests having
sex was only temporary
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and that there is
no contradiction
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for a priest to marry.
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That's right.
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Yeah.
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Pope Francis just stepped
out on his balcony and said,
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(ITALIAN ACCENT) I am
proud to announce the end
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of our no-nut millennium.
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We did it!
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(NORMAL ACCENT) Oh, gosh.
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And then-- and then
a cloud of white
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just shot out of
the Vatican chimney.
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Anyway, this is wild, OK?
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The Pope suddenly decided that
a thousand-year-old ban on sex
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was just temporary
the whole time?
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Does anyone else feel
like the Pope just
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found out Giselle was single?
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(ITALIAN ACCENT) She
dumped Tom Brady?
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Oh, look, everybody, I just
found a new page in the Bible.
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Yes, the two pages
in Leviticus,
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they were stuck together
this whole time.
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Oh, my gosh.
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(NORMAL ACCENT)
Look, I got to say--
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I got to say, I think
priests are going
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to clean up on dating apps.
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You ever heard of missionary?
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I invented that.
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No, this could really
be a game changer.
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I mean, think about it.
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Now that priests can
knock someone up,
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it means that they might
change their mind on abortion.
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(ITALIAN ACCENT)
You're pregnant?
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Oh, look at this, two
more pages stuck together.
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My goodness.
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(NORMAL ACCENT) Thank you.
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OK, look, moving on.
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We've got some inspiring
news out of Nebraska.
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Yeah, how often do
we get to say that?
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Like in a lot of
places, Republicans
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are pushing an anti-trans bill
through the state legislature.
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But this time, an
incredible state senator
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is speaking out--
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and speaking, and
speaking, and speaking.
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A Democratic lawmaker taking
a stand against what she says
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is attacks on
fundamental human rights.
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This is out of Nebraska, where
a Republican bill is trying
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to ban what they call
gender-affirming care
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to people who are
under 19 years old.
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Now, this Democratic
state senator
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is halting all
business in the chamber
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and filibustering, or vowing
a kind of obstruction set
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of tactics that work in
Nebraska, for the last three
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weeks, saying she'll
"burn the session
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to the ground over this bill."
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REPORTER: During
her filibuster,
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she has discussed everything
from her favorite Girl
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Scout cookies to the plot
of the movie Madagascar.
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If this legislature
collectively
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decides that legislating
hate against children
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is our priority, then
I am going to make it
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painful, painful for everyone.
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Hell, yeah!
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All right, look, at a time when
so many of us are all talk,
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she's actually--
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well, she's all talked
too, but in a useful way.
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And I'm sure it's hard
for Senator Cavanaugh
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to come up with stuff to say
for three weeks straight.
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But it means a lot
to so many families
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that someone is
fighting for them.
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And it also means
a lot to DreamWorks
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that someone is still
talking about Madagascar.
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I mean, like, it's
not their best movie.
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Anyway, just today,
Cavanaugh finally
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got Republicans to agree
to an actual debate
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on this bill, which they
were trying to avoid.
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This is great if
you're into civility.
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I personally would have just
gone nuclear and just been,
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like, kill this
bill now or I spoil
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the end of The Last of Us!
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And finally, spring
break is coming up.
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If you were thinking of going
to Florida to lie on the beach
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and not be surrounded by
5,000 miles of seaweed, well--
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REPORTER: Florida is bracing
for a 5,000-mile-wide
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seaweed bloom,
almost twice as wide
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as the entire United States.
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REPORTER: Enormous mounds
of brown, mucky macroalgae
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are now floating
towards Florida.
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The popular shores
of South Beach
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are only speckled with
this kind of seaweed,
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called sargassum, so far.
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But in several weeks,
that's likely to change,
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with sightings already this
month in Key West, Antigua,
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and the crowded
Mexican resort of Playa
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Del Carmen preparing for up
to three feet of buildup.
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The biggest issue with the
seaweed, a serious rotten egg
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smell, not ideal for tourism.
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Holy shit, that's
a lot of seaweed.
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It sounds like a plague
God sends when he's mad
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but, like, not that mad.
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Like, I'm not hurricane
angry, I'm just disappointed.
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And if I had to guess
about what God's mad about,
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it's probably that
Ron DeSantis eats
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pudding with three fingers.
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Look, I'm not a Florida
parent, but I'd rather
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let my kid watch a drag
queen read Goodnight Moon
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than watch a grown man in a
suit finger a pudding cup.
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And--
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[cheers and applause]
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The worst part-- the worst
part about all this seaweed
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is there's nothing
Florida can do about it.
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But it is Florida, so they'll
probably just try to shoot it.
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For more on the seaweed story,
we go live to Miami Beach
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with Roy Wood, Jr., everybody.
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Roy, what's the situation
over there, man?
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What's going on, man?
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What's happening, Kal?
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What's going on?
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What's going on, man?
How you been, brother?
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I'm good.
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But what is-- what is the
situation over there, Roy?
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You see the situation.
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It's disgusting, Kal.
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Seaweed everywhere, man.
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This beach looks
like it's covered
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in hair-- looks like an
Italian man's back out here.
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[sniffs] And this stuff
smells like a truck
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full of hard-boiled eggs that
crashed into a factory that
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makes wet farts.
It's bad.
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It's stinking.
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Say, have you ever
smelled a wet fart, Kal?
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Like, you think
it's a dry fart,
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then a little juice come out,
and you get a little juice.
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Yeah, I mean--
yes.
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- Some juice farts.
- I know.
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I get it.
I get it.
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We've all been there.
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But-- but-- but why are
you cleaning up the beach?
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That's so kind of cleaning.
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Cleaning?
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Man, I'm not cleaning.
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I'm taking all this home.
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Hey, hang on, man.
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The tour's over there.
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Hey, get your ass back.
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Get your ass back!
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I'm the one that-- all
this ocean vomit is mine.
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Wait, Roy, why are you
taking home the seaweed?
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Why else?
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I'm going to sell
it to white folks.
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What do you think
I'm going to do?
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White folks are not going
to buy rotting seaweed.
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No, but white
people will buy it
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once I call it
naturally sourced
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organic oceanic sargassum.
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Oh, my god, you're right.
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White people will buy
the shit out of that!
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I know.
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I'm going to be printing money.
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All I got to do is
stick all this shit
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in a classy tin, put a
little white baby face on it.
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It'll be in Whole
Foods next week.
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Oh, my working
days are over, bro.
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My grandkid's going
to be so spoiled.
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I hate him already.
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OK, but what's it used for?
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Like, do you eat it, or
wrap yourself in it, or?
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Man, I don't care.
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You can eat it, smoke it,
put it in your coffee,
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rub it on your balls.
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White people will
figure it out.
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Look, I just got to get all
this done before Gwyneth
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Paltrow has the same idea.
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She'll steal it.
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You know what, that's true.
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- She'll steal it.
- Yes.
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Yes.
- You know Paltrow.
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I know.
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You've got to hurry, though.
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She stole turmeric from us.
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You know-- you know
the problem though, man?
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The problem-- what's slowing
us down-- what's slowing down
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the cleanup is all this trash.
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I got to pick all this
trash out of the seaweed.
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Oh, man, why don't you
just leave it in there?
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Just say it's rich and
bioactive upcycled exfoliants.
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Bitch, get your
ass down here, Kal.
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We going into
business together.
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We partners.
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All right, I'm going to
leave right after the show.
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Come on down here, man.
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You smart.
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You smart.
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Oh, shit, Gwyneth Paltrow here.
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I got to go, man.
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Back off, Pepper Potts!
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Hold her off, Roy.
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Get out of here,
Pepper Potts!
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I'm coming!
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Roy Wood, Jr., everybody.
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All right, when we come
back, we'll find out what
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scares politicians the most.
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Don't go away.
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[cheering]
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Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
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You know, there's a lot that
we don't know about the 2024
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election, like who
the candidates will be
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or which campaign Beto
O'Rourke is going to lose.
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But as someone who headed
up youth issues at the White
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House, I can tell you that
if history is any indicator,
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we already know what one
of the big talking points
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is going to be.
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Every election,
it's like, oh,
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the young people are coming.
Young people are coming.
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And, usually, they don't come.
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They just don't show up.
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Are you hearing me, nieces?
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I was having this
conversation tonight.
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They don't.
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Someone said, this
convention was not--
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they're in their 20s--
was not made for us.
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We did--
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That's because
you don't vote.
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I said, you guys don't vote.
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Yeah, because you don't vote.
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They never ever vote.
They complain about everything.
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Why would people cater to
you if you never come out?
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Sorry.
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Not to be annoying, but
we're with NBC News.
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And I'm just trying
to figure out,
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anybody here going to vote in
the election on November 6?
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Anybody?
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Anybody?
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Nobody's going to vote.
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REPORTER: What can
get younger voters
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to actually turn out to vote?
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You know, turn out for what?
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[DJ SNAKE AND LIL JON, "TURN
DOWN FOR WHAT"]
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You've got your own
theme song, Gadi.
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[laughs] Yeah.
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[laughter]
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Well, young people aren't
going to be voting now.
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The point is the
media loves to whine
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about young people not voting.
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But what gets much
less attention
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is that the establishment feels
so threatened by the power
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of young voters
that they actually
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try to get them to not vote.
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To many in the establishment,
low youth turnout
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is not a problem.
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It's a goal.
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And that's what I want to
talk about in the latest
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installment of
Long Story Short.
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[cheering]
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Let's say that a
political party wants
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to suppress the youth vote.
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What are some things
they might try to do?
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Their best bet is
to put restrictions
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on college students.
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Because for the
most part, they're
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all young except
for that one guy
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who used to sit in the back
of your sociology lecture.
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What was his deal?
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Was that like an
inspiring thing
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or like a 21 Jump
Street situation?
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Anyway, one thing
that they try to do
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is to target student IDs.
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In some states, you can't
use a school ID to vote,
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even though for
a lot of students
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it's the only thing showing
that they live in the state.
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And don't tell me
that they aren't
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legitimate residents, OK?
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College students pay local
taxes for four years.
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And the dumb ones up to six.
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[laughter]
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One of those states is
Texas, where you can't use
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your student ID to vote, but
you can use your gun permit,
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which sure feels
like a law made
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by Republicans to make it
easier for other Republicans
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to vote.
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It's basically like a liberal
state letting you vote if you
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still wear your COVID mask.
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Another thing they
try to do is move
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voting booths off campuses.
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Now, this is a big deal
for college students
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since they're less
likely to have a car.
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If they do know
someone with a car,
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it's usually that, like, kind
of hot but sort of sketch
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dude with a 2007 Subaru that,
like, reeks of weed, and all
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the seat belts are missing.
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And it's just, like, is voting
for state assembly really
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worth getting car herpes?
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When it comes to trying to make
polling places inaccessible,
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the state of Texas is
also at the forefront.
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Texas Republicans
are pushing a bill
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that would ban voting
booths from every campus
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across the state.
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Voting rights advocates
are slamming a Texas
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lawmaker's plan
to remove polling
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places from college campuses.
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REPORTER: Now,
young voters favored
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Democrats by nearly a 30-point
margin in the midterms.
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But the Republican who's
behind this proposal
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tells ABC 13's Briana
Conner it is not about that.
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Republican State
representative Carrie Isaac
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says it's a matter
of school safety.
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I don't believe
it's wise that we
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invite people onto
our campuses that
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would not otherwise be there.
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REPORTER: Texas Southern
University freshman Jordan
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Jones points out that
public universities like TSU
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already have open campuses.
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Our library that's literally
right there is also public.
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Anybody can go in
there and use it.
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So I feel like there shouldn't
be much of a difference
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whenever it comes to voting.
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She has a good point.
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The library is already
open to the public.
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Although knowing
Texas Republicans,
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that other lady is
just going to be like,
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this student is right.
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We should also ban "liberries."
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[laughter]
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I realize.
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Thank you.
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I realize that so far I've
given you Republican examples.
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But to be fair, that doesn't
mean all voter suppression
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is committed by Republicans--
just like 98% of it.
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But there are Democrats who do
engage in voter suppression.
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And I know this from
personal experience.
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During the Democratic
primary in 2007,
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I lobbied a local
election board
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in North Carolina that wanted
to remove voting machines
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from a campus where there
were a lot of Obama Democrats
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and send those machines
to a wealthy suburb, where
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there were a lot of
non-Obama Democrats.
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Although that's obviously
not how they put it.
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They were just like,
OK, we're doing this
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because college students
are just less likely to vote
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than people in the suburbs.
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And then I was like, oh, well,
maybe college students don't
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vote because you
keep [bleep] taking
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their voting machines away!
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[cheering]
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And then I lost.
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Sorry.
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While those are some of the
more common obstacles that you
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might encounter
as a young voter,
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it can get a lot more creative.
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REPORTER: Welcome to
North Carolina A&T.
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It's the largest
historically Black
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college in the country and a
big Democratic voting block.
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But when you look at
a congressional map,
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A&T looks like two
separate colleges.
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It's split between
district 6 and district 13.
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So if you move from this
dorm over to that dorm,
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you're in a different district
with different representatives
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and a different polling place.
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REPORTER: By
splitting the campus
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into two separate
congressional districts,
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it diluted the power of
A&T's collective voice.
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So what was once one
congressional district
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with an African-American
representative,
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it is now two congressional
districts with two
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white Republican legislators.
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Have you seen
people discouraged
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from voting because of this?
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Not only do you
get discouragement.
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00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,969
There's also not wanting
to register at all.
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It validates and
affirms what young folks
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are saying when they say
that their votes don't count.
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Yeah, that's a bummer.
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And, honestly, I
haven't seen college
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students that
disappointed since they
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saw me in Van Wilder 2.
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In my defense-- in my defense,
that movie paid very well.
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Yeah.
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But, look, this is
the point of it.
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All of this is meant to
freeze you out of the process
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and discourage you
from participating.
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And I get it.
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It's easy as a
young person to get
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demoralized and super high.
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I'm not-- not sure
why I mentioned that.
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Sorry.
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To be more clear,
things are not hopeless.
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You know that
gerrymandering at A&T?
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Well, it sparked
a student revolt.
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And after a court order
reunified the school,
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students there are now
voting in record numbers.
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Yeah, pretty great.
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And it's not just them.
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It's not just them.
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Despite all of those barriers,
young voters have shown
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up big in recent elections.
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In fact, last year, they may
have made all the difference.
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The Gen Z-ers,
Millennials, they're now
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voting in record numbers.
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REPORTER: Gen Z voters,
people born in 1997 and later,
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are lapping their older
millennial counterparts.
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REPORTER: I know a
lot of people talk
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about young people
talking about being
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engaged but not being engaged.
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00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:54,781
We are seeing engagement.
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The energy from these
young folks is real.
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REPORTER: They all
but canceled out
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the votes of their
grandparents,
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of senior citizens, who are
some of the most reliable
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00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:04,858
voters out there and
also some of the most
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Republican voters out there.
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If not for young people,
we have a starkly different
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result. We saw not a red wave.
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We didn't see a blue
wave, but we certainly
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00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:17,537
saw a young voter, Gen Z wave.
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00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:19,006
A Gen Z wave!
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00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:20,207
[cheering]
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00:17:20,307 --> 00:17:21,441
Come on!
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00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,577
Not a red wave,
not a blue wave,
449
00:17:23,677 --> 00:17:25,512
not a Millennial pink wave.
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So remember when I
said the establishment
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feels threatened by you?
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Well, that's because
when you vote,
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you often get a lot of
the things to happen--
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marriage equality,
climate action,
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and, yes, weed
decriminalization.
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00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:41,962
It's young people
who overwhelmingly
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pushed to get this stuff done.
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So keep it up.
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Don't let them make
you feel complacent.
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Because long story
short, you're powerful,
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00:17:49,703 --> 00:17:51,772
and that's why
they're scared of you.
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So go make them scared!
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00:17:53,974 --> 00:17:55,208
All right?
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When we come back, Chasten
Buttigieg will be joining me.
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Stay tuned.
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[cheering]
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Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
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My guest tonight is an
author, teacher, and advocate.
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His latest book is
based on his New York
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Times best-selling memoir.
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It's called I Have Something
to Tell You, For Young Adults.
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Please welcome
Chasten Buttigieg.
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[music playing]
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Hey, man!
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Have a seat.
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00:18:38,185 --> 00:18:39,519
There you go.
477
00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:43,423
How's it going?
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Man, OK, I'm really excited
to talk about your book.
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00:18:45,926 --> 00:18:47,995
But this is sort of just
newsy because of the week
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that this has been.
481
00:18:49,162 --> 00:18:51,265
At the Gridiron Dinner
in Washington DC,
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00:18:51,365 --> 00:18:52,532
that's a dinner
where politicians
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00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:54,801
are known to make humorous
speeches, Vice President--
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They try.
485
00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:56,803
They try.
486
00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,138
[laughs] They try, yes.
487
00:18:58,238 --> 00:19:01,041
Vice President Mike Pence
made a joke about your husband
488
00:19:01,141 --> 00:19:02,876
taking paternity
leave, and he referred
489
00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:04,645
to it as maternity leave.
490
00:19:04,745 --> 00:19:07,648
And when I saw, that my
biggest reaction was, really?
491
00:19:07,748 --> 00:19:10,684
You're just going to
recycle a 1998 joke that's,
492
00:19:10,784 --> 00:19:12,519
like, been around forever?
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00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:13,720
But what was your reaction?
494
00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:17,991
I mean, I think "joke"
is being generous there.
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00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:20,227
[laughs] Yeah.
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00:19:20,327 --> 00:19:21,828
Especially at The
Daily Show, you know.
497
00:19:21,929 --> 00:19:22,896
Yeah, yeah.
Of course.
498
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:24,498
You know, it's a
sad trend of people
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00:19:24,598 --> 00:19:26,867
on the other side using
homophobia and misogyny
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to try to make a point.
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00:19:28,235 --> 00:19:30,504
I mean, he's trying to launch
a presidential campaign.
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00:19:30,604 --> 00:19:32,806
And from my experience
in presidential politics,
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00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:34,241
it's about who you
bring into the fold,
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00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:36,643
right, what you inspire
people to believe,
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00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,412
believe a better
version of America,
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00:19:38,512 --> 00:19:39,646
especially in those early days.
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00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:42,616
So I guess that's how he
wants to start his campaign,
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00:19:42,716 --> 00:19:44,351
which I don't think is
surprising to any of us.
509
00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:46,086
OK, so in that case, he's
using us to be relevant,
510
00:19:46,186 --> 00:19:47,521
and we're going to move on.
- Exactly.
511
00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:49,890
We're just going to not give
him-- not give him that time.
512
00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:50,891
Yeah.
513
00:19:50,991 --> 00:19:53,193
[applause]
514
00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:57,364
This is the-- this is the young
adult version of your New York
515
00:19:57,464 --> 00:19:59,766
Times bestseller,
which I assume is just
516
00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:00,767
going to get banned as
soon as it comes out,
517
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:02,035
so congratulations.
518
00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:03,036
CHASTEN: Yeah, we'll probably
send it to Mike Pence.
519
00:20:03,203 --> 00:20:03,770
He might learn a
thing or two from it.
520
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,205
Yeah, exactly.
521
00:20:05,238 --> 00:20:08,842
But why did you-- why did you
write a young adult version?
522
00:20:08,942 --> 00:20:10,477
You know, I'm very
proud of this one.
523
00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,145
It's the book that I
wish I would have had
524
00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:13,413
when I was in eighth grade.
525
00:20:13,513 --> 00:20:16,149
You know, I grew
up in conservative
526
00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:18,986
rural northern Michigan, where
I did not know any out people.
527
00:20:19,152 --> 00:20:21,421
I thought that I had
a sort of disease.
528
00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:22,823
I thought something
was wrong with me.
529
00:20:22,923 --> 00:20:24,524
And this book is an
opportunity to tell
530
00:20:24,625 --> 00:20:26,293
young people that there
is nothing wrong with you.
531
00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:28,362
There are millions of people
out here who love you,
532
00:20:28,462 --> 00:20:30,264
who will support you.
533
00:20:30,364 --> 00:20:33,934
You know, and that-- that's
the best part about projects
534
00:20:34,034 --> 00:20:36,637
like this, is you get an
opportunity to go out there
535
00:20:36,737 --> 00:20:37,904
and do good with that platform.
536
00:20:38,005 --> 00:20:39,273
So we're going to take
this book on tour.
537
00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:41,174
And we're going to go to
some of these red places,
538
00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:43,577
like Texas, Florida,
Utah, Missouri.
539
00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:45,946
And we're going to have those
conversations with kids about
540
00:20:46,046 --> 00:20:48,081
how there's-- there is nothing
wrong with who you are,
541
00:20:48,181 --> 00:20:50,284
and there are a lot of people
out here backing you up.
542
00:20:50,384 --> 00:20:54,087
That's awesome, very nice.
543
00:20:54,187 --> 00:20:59,293
You-- you are not jaded,
from what I gather,
544
00:20:59,393 --> 00:21:00,494
if you're saying
things like that
545
00:21:00,594 --> 00:21:01,895
and you're actually
going to those places.
546
00:21:01,995 --> 00:21:04,231
How long have you
guys lived in DC now?
547
00:21:04,331 --> 00:21:05,599
Two years, I guess?
Yeah.
548
00:21:05,699 --> 00:21:07,000
KAL: OK, so what
was the expectation
549
00:21:07,134 --> 00:21:09,002
of DC versus the
reality of DC for you?
550
00:21:09,136 --> 00:21:12,839
[laughs] Well, I mean, it
is a tremendous opportunity
551
00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:15,709
for our family to have,
you know, that chance
552
00:21:15,809 --> 00:21:17,711
to be part of something big.
553
00:21:17,811 --> 00:21:19,212
I certainly thought
that people were
554
00:21:19,313 --> 00:21:23,250
elected into office to go and
make change in this country.
555
00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:25,185
And then I got there and
realized that there are
556
00:21:25,285 --> 00:21:26,753
incredible people
who are focused
557
00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:28,155
on improving people's lives.
558
00:21:28,221 --> 00:21:30,023
And there are also
people who use
559
00:21:30,157 --> 00:21:33,794
Washington just to audition
to be on Tucker Carlson,
560
00:21:33,894 --> 00:21:35,162
you know.
561
00:21:35,228 --> 00:21:38,298
DC has kind of become this
content farm for some people,
562
00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:40,467
where they go into hearings,
and they say something
563
00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,436
lambastic or offensive
because they know
564
00:21:42,536 --> 00:21:43,737
it'll get people outraged.
565
00:21:43,837 --> 00:21:46,173
And then they can cut that
and put it on their podcast.
566
00:21:46,206 --> 00:21:48,475
And so that experience
of Washington-- you know,
567
00:21:48,575 --> 00:21:49,710
the district is beautiful.
568
00:21:49,810 --> 00:21:51,011
People are great.
569
00:21:51,178 --> 00:21:53,013
And then there's Washington,
and I try to keep as much
570
00:21:53,180 --> 00:21:55,182
of a distance as I can from
it, focus on my family,
571
00:21:55,215 --> 00:21:57,584
focus on the good, and
allow the other stuff
572
00:21:57,684 --> 00:21:58,752
to fall off the shoulder.
573
00:21:58,852 --> 00:22:00,821
OK, you mentioned
Tucker Carlson.
574
00:22:00,921 --> 00:22:02,723
He's like kind of
obsessed with you.
575
00:22:02,823 --> 00:22:03,724
Did I?
576
00:22:03,824 --> 00:22:05,359
I try not to.
577
00:22:05,459 --> 00:22:06,693
KAL: [laughs] Well,
my question is like,
578
00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:07,928
how do you deal with--
579
00:22:08,028 --> 00:22:09,429
I remember there was
something he did, like,
580
00:22:09,529 --> 00:22:11,231
is Pete Buttigieg gay?
581
00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:13,634
And I'm like, how do you
even-- like, why are they
582
00:22:13,734 --> 00:22:15,035
so obsessed with you and him?
583
00:22:15,135 --> 00:22:20,540
I think they just-- you know,
it's easier to focus on really
584
00:22:20,641 --> 00:22:22,643
weird shit, you know.
585
00:22:22,743 --> 00:22:24,244
And that gets people fired up.
586
00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:25,712
And it gets people
talking about you online.
587
00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:27,347
And people make a lot of money.
588
00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:29,549
People make a lot of money
about-- by you being mad.
589
00:22:29,650 --> 00:22:31,652
And so, like, I wish this
guy would, like, send us
590
00:22:31,752 --> 00:22:32,886
some diaper money
or something--
591
00:22:32,986 --> 00:22:34,621
the amount of money that
he's raising off our family.
592
00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:35,622
Yeah, exactly.
593
00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,324
He's making money off of you.
594
00:22:37,424 --> 00:22:40,727
But then you see people
like the State senator
595
00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:43,163
in Nebraska, who uses her
platform to do good things.
596
00:22:43,230 --> 00:22:45,165
You see the Elliott-Larsen
Civil Rights Act passed
597
00:22:45,232 --> 00:22:48,168
in Michigan today, extending
civil rights protections
598
00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,736
to the people of Michigan.
599
00:22:49,836 --> 00:22:52,172
So that's the stuff
we stay focused on
600
00:22:52,239 --> 00:22:54,641
and let people on late
night television talk
601
00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:56,310
about the things they want.
602
00:22:56,410 --> 00:22:58,312
All right, so as we wrap up,
how do you stay that hopeful?
603
00:22:58,412 --> 00:23:00,314
How do you-- like, how do
you go from people-- idiots
604
00:23:00,414 --> 00:23:02,416
like me asking you about Tucker
Carlson, and then you're like,
605
00:23:02,516 --> 00:23:03,984
here's the things that
I actually find hopeful.
606
00:23:04,084 --> 00:23:05,185
How do you do that?
607
00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,254
Well, I mean, my draft
folder is long, but--
608
00:23:07,354 --> 00:23:08,822
KAL: Oh, of tweets
that you haven't said?
609
00:23:08,922 --> 00:23:10,357
Yeah, I try to put the
good stuff out there.
610
00:23:10,457 --> 00:23:11,825
But it's my kids, you know.
611
00:23:11,925 --> 00:23:14,127
They've changed everything.
612
00:23:14,194 --> 00:23:15,996
At the end of the
day, you've got two
613
00:23:16,129 --> 00:23:17,497
screaming twins who
just want their dinner,
614
00:23:17,598 --> 00:23:18,865
and they-- and they
want their bath time.
615
00:23:18,966 --> 00:23:20,867
And that grounds me because
that's the good work.
616
00:23:20,968 --> 00:23:23,303
You know, you're raising
the next generation.
617
00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:24,371
You're focused on the good.
618
00:23:24,471 --> 00:23:25,806
You're focused on
the opportunity
619
00:23:25,906 --> 00:23:27,341
to make this a better country.
620
00:23:27,441 --> 00:23:29,543
And you let the weird
people on television talk
621
00:23:29,643 --> 00:23:30,877
about whatever they
want to do because I
622
00:23:30,978 --> 00:23:32,245
know that we are all
part of something
623
00:23:32,346 --> 00:23:34,615
much bigger than ourselves.
624
00:23:34,715 --> 00:23:36,149
Chasten Buttigieg, everyone.
625
00:23:36,216 --> 00:23:37,818
Thank you so much
for being here.
626
00:23:37,918 --> 00:23:39,152
You are incredible.
627
00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:41,221
I Have Something to
Tell You, For Adults
628
00:23:41,321 --> 00:23:42,990
is available for preorder.
629
00:23:43,156 --> 00:23:44,491
Thanks, man.
630
00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:46,360
All right, we're going
to take a quick break,
631
00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:47,661
but we'll be right
back after this.
632
00:23:47,761 --> 00:23:51,164
[music playing]
633
00:23:55,402 --> 00:23:56,904
Well, that's our
show for tonight.
634
00:23:57,004 --> 00:23:59,573
And that's my time
as guest host.
635
00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:00,975
But stay tuned for
next week, when
636
00:24:01,075 --> 00:24:02,776
your host will be Al Franken.
637
00:24:02,877 --> 00:24:06,146
And if you want more of me, you
can pick up a copy of my book
638
00:24:06,247 --> 00:24:08,716
or audiobook, it's called You
Can't Be Serious, wherever
639
00:24:08,816 --> 00:24:09,884
books and audiobooks are sold.
640
00:24:09,984 --> 00:24:13,087
And now, here it is,
your moment of zen.
641
00:24:13,187 --> 00:24:15,022
Mr. Scharf, have
you seen Harold
642
00:24:15,122 --> 00:24:18,158
and Kumar Go to White Castle?
643
00:24:18,259 --> 00:24:19,193
Excuse me?
644
00:24:19,293 --> 00:24:20,728
Have you seen
the movie Harold
645
00:24:20,828 --> 00:24:23,264
and Kumar Go to White Castle?
646
00:24:23,364 --> 00:24:25,099
No, I've not, Congresswoman.
647
00:24:25,199 --> 00:24:27,268
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