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Does anyone
celebrate weddings here?
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-MAN: Yes.
-Yeah?
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Uh, there's a couple online
that's getting a lot of flak
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because they got married
in the metaverse.
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And everybody's roasting them.
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They're like,
"Oh, this is so stupid.
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Why'd you get mar..."
I think this is the future,
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and I think we finally found
a reason for the metaverse.
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I hope all weddings
are in the metaverse.
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Yeah, I'm sick and tired
of having to go somewhere
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because you feel
like your relationship
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is a destination wedding.
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Your relationship's
going to hell.
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I've got to travel for it.
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I don't want to be a part
of that shit.
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It would be so much better
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if I could just on my VR goggles
at home.
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In fact,
I don't even have to put the...
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I can I put them on and be like,
"I'm here."
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Then put the headset on a dog,
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and then it just, like,
runs around.
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And then at the wedding,
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Trevor's just, like,
running around.
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And everyone's like,
"Wow, he was so sociable.
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"I mean,
he was humping people's legs,
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but man, he was...
he was into it."
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You know? Why... Like, weddings,
it's, like, so much work.
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Like, it should....
The whole thing
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should be in the metaverse
from now on.
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You go there.
It costs nobody money.
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You can be
anywhere you want to be. Huh?
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As guests,
we can also bring virtual gifts,
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You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
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Then you're like,
"Aah, this gift is not real."
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Man, neither is your love.
Don't worry about my gift.
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Your shit will be over soon,
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and then you'll forget
about this toaster.
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You know what I'm saying?
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I just feel like it's,
uh, it's good.
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Just do the whole thing.
Everybody put on our headsets,
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we go to weddings,
we have a good time,
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and then we're already at home.
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How much fun is that?
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Metaverse weddings for the win,
baby.
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ANNOUNCER: Coming to you
from the heart of Times Square
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in New York City,
the only city in America,
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it's The Daily Show.
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Tonight, meet Lauren Boebert,
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Jordan Klepper talks vaccines,
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and Nikole Hannah-Jones.
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This is
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
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Hey, what's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to The Daily Show.
I'm Trevor Noah.
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Let's jump straight
into today's headlines.
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♪ ♪
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We kick things off with
the breaking news from the moon,
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that pervert that keeps looking
into my windows at night.
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For centuries,
humans have thought
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that the moon
is as barren and empty
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as Chris Cuomo's work schedule,
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but that might all be
about to change.
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NEWSMAN: China's moon rover
has spotted a mystery object
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on the horizon while working
its way across a crater
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on the far side of the moon.
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In this photo,
it's about 260 feet away,
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and you can see what looks like
right angles on a square object.
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The rover is expected to spend
the next two to three months
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trying to get closer.
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The cube-shaped object
was described in Chinese
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as "a mystery hut."
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Uh, no.
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Hell, no.
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Anything called a mystery hut,
you better stay away from.
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I mean, best-case scenario,
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it's a pizza place
that picks the toppings for you.
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But most likely,
you're just gonna get molested.
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And by the way, what-what
was that... what was that about?
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Did you hear that,
where they said it's gonna take
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two to three months
to reach the mystery hut
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that's 260 feet away?
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Wh-What did they send up there,
a DoorDash driver?
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"Oh, he's got
to complete deliveries
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on other planets first,
and then he'll be right there."
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Here's an idea. Here's an idea.
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What if...
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we leave the mystery hut alone?
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I mean, I'm just saying,
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between a pandemic
and climate change,
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maybe now's not a great time
to risk opening up
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an ancient box
that we found on the moon.
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I mean, chances are
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it's probably just gonna be
a boulder or something,
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'cause let's be honest,
the moon is boring.
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You know, it should be
this incredible thing,
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but whenever we get news
from space scientists,
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it always feels
like we're hanging out
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with, like, a...
like, a toddler.
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"I found a 'wock.'"
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"Wow. Well done, scientist."
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"I found a bigger 'wock.'"
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"Jesus Christ.
Well done, scientist."
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(exhales)
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But let's move on
from the least inhabited place
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to the most: New York City.
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The holidays are a great
time of year here in New York.
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The store windows are decorated.
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The Rockettes are performing.
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And if you're really lucky,
a beautiful snowfall
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will trap all of the dog poop
and garbage on the street
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for three months,
after which it'll thaw
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and fill the air
with the sweet smells of spring.
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But apparently,
not every New Yorker
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has the holiday spirit,
because last night,
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someone set fire
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to the 50-foot Christmas tree
outside the Fox News studios.
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And it's not clear
how this happened.
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I mean, it could be an accident.
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Could be arson.
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"Could be Santifa."
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It's not clear.
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And unfortunately,
we can't ask the tree,
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because like all Fox employees,
it had to sign an NDA.
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But for the network that
invented the war on Christmas,
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this turned out to be
the best gift
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that they could've asked for.
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KILMEADE: I think
it tells the bigger story.
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I mean, since-- This is--
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-This city is so out of control.
-EARHARDT: So out of control.
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KILMEADE: Especially in
Midtown Manhattan. You-- We...
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EARHARDT:
The city we used to love.
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It goes to the larger issue
of safety.
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And we have been talking
for a very long time.
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This city has gone south
when it comes to safety.
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We don't feel safe when we come
to work in the morning.
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We don't safe when-- feel safe
when we go home at night.
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Think about it. Who,
to answer his earlier point,
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who sets a Christmas tree
on fire?
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It's a-- it's a tree
that unites us,
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that brings us together.
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It's about the Christmas spirit.
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It is about the holiday season.
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Uh, it's about Jesus.
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It's about Hanukkah.
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It is about everything
that we stand for as a country.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait. (chuckles)
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Wait, wait. Wait.
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A Christmas tree represents
a lot of things,
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but one thing it definitely
does not represent is Hanukkah.
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I mean, if it did,
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that tree would have had to burn
for eight days.
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Come on, people.
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I mean, that's a weird thing
for anyone to say,
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but especially Fox News.
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'Cause these are the guys
who spent 15 years insisting
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that we have to say
"Merry Christmas"
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instead of "Happy holidays."
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And now, all of a sudden, the
Christmas tree is half-Jewish?
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"It's all about the holidays!
Oh, the holidays."
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And, honestly, even calling this
thing a tree is such a stretch.
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'Cause I don't know if you saw
this-- once the flames went out,
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it turns out that this thing
was just, like, scaffolding
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covered in pine needles.
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I'm sorry,
but that's not a tree.
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That's just a jungle gym
with a body hair problem.
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But I will say this--
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I agree with Fox News' hosts.
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They're totally right, people.
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The crime in New York
has gotten out of control.
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The city is a war zone.
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Blood and death
is on every corner.
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The rats have joined gangs!
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Everybody needs to leave.
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So that my rent can go down
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and I can finally find
some space on the subway.
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But mostly because
it's not safe!
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And there's murdered rats.
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The poor rats
have been murdered.
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S-Sorry, wait,
they're murdering.
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Whatever brings down my rent,
guys.
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That's what's happening
in New York.
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All right, and, finally,
a story out of Finland,
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the country in a throuple
with Norway and Sweden.
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Finland has one of the youngest
prime ministers in the world,
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36-year-old Sanna Marin,
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and that comes
with all sorts of challenges.
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For instance, last weekend,
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officials tried to text Marin
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to let her know that
she had been exposed to COVID
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and needed to isolate.
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But she didn't get the message
right away because-- get this--
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she was out at a club
until 4:00 a.m.
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Yeah. Which, if you ask me,
is pretty baller,
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I mean, especially in Finland,
'cause they only get, like,
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one hour of sunlight a day.
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That means she's probably
gonna sleep through that, right?
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And people were angry.
People were angry
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that she didn't have
her phone with her.
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But, I mean,
it would have been worse
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if she'd gotten the message
while she was at the club.
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-(loud dance music playing)
-"Oh, shit!
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I might have COVID!"
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"What? I can't hear you.
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"Cup your hands over your mouth
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and scream directly
into my face!"
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But, guys, I can also understand
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why she wouldn't be checking
her messages, because, come on,
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how hard can it be
to run Finland?
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The biggest debate
in that country is deciding
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what temperature
to set the saunas at.
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What's their stress?
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You know, this scandal
actually just proves
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why America's right though
to only elect old people.
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They'll never have this issue.
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The only reason Joe Biden
would be awake at 4:00 a.m.
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is to pee.
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That makes me feel safe.
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But let's move on
to our top story.
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All year, Republicans in
Congress have been acting out.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene compared
mask mandates to the Holocaust.
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Paul Gosar chopped off
AOC's head in an anime video.
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And Mitt Romney, well,
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he went through
that sexy goth phase.
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And now
Colorado's Lauren Boebert
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is under fire
for a little stand-up routine
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that she's been doing
about Ilhan Omar.
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There has still been
no condemnation
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from Republican leaders
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after GOP Congresswoman
Lauren Boebert
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made an Islamophobic comment
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about one of her Democratic
colleagues in a new video.
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NEWSWOMAN:
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert
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making an Islamophobic
suicide bomber joke
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about being in an elevator
with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
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-I look to my left
and there she is. -MAN: Oh, no.
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-Ilhan Omar. -(chuckling)
-MAN 2: Whoops.
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And I said, "Well,
she doesn't have a backpack.
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We should be fine."
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NEWSWOMAN:
Suggesting she was concerned
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Omar would blow up the elevator.
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So, we only had one floor to go
and I was like,
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"Eh, should I say it or not?"
I looked over.
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And I said, "Oh, look.
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The Jihad Squad decided
to show up for work today."
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Wow. You know,
for something that offensive,
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that was one of the most
boring stories I've ever heard.
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'Cause you realize,
basically, she was like,
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"So I'm on an elevator
with a brown person,
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"and the whole time,
I'm having racist thoughts.
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The end."
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Now if you're familiar
with Lauren Boebert,
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hearing that she made
some Islamophobic jokes
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about a fellow congressperson--
that won't come
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as too much
of a surprise for you,
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because Boebert,
like Marjorie Taylor Greene
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or Madison Cawthorn
or countless other Republicans--
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they are like
the crazy little spawn
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that Donald Trump gave birth to
right before he left town.
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But if you don't know
who Lauren Boebert is,
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well, you're about to find out
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in another installment
of Fringe-Watching.
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♪ ♪
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In less than a year,
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Lauren Boebert has made a name
for herself
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as one of Congress's
preeminent nut jobs.
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But before she could get
to D.C.,
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she had to win over the voters
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of her conservative
Colorado district.
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And props to her because
she knew just how to do it.
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NEWSMAN:
Republican Lauren Boebert
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pulled off a stunning upset
by taking down
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five-term congressman
Scott Tipton.
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And her path
to victory was straight out
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of the far right playbook.
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NEWSWOMAN:
In May, her restaurant
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refused to close down
during the COVID-19 pandemic,
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even after
a cease-and-desist order,
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until her license
was temporarily suspended.
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And we don't want
to be restricted
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by these, uh, arbitrary...
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orders in place by our governor
who thinks that he's a king.
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Lauren Boebert is the third,
uh, candidate this cycle
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that we've seen
on the Republican side
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who has spoken approvingly
of QAnon,
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this conspiracy theory,
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who actually emerged on top
in her primary.
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Honestly, um, everything
that I've heard of Q,
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I hope that...
I hope that this is real
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because it only means
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-America is getting stronger
and better... -Yup.
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and people are returning
to conservative values.
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Yeah, that's right. QAnon is
a return to Qonservative values.
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I mean, we all remember
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Ronald Reagan's famous speech
in Berlin.
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Mr. Gorbachev, Tom Hanks,
costar of Bosom Buddies,
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drinks baby blood.
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(applause)
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Powerful stuff, man.
Powerful stuff.
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I remember that day.
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Now to be fair to Boebert,
that's what she was saying
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about QAnon
before her Republican primary.
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Because you see, six days after
she won her primary,
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she clarified that she is
not a follower of QAnon
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and had been purposefully
vague about it earlier.
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So, she isn't
necessarily insane,
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just willing to say anything
to win the votes
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of insane people, which,
in a way, is much worse.
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On the other hand, though,
there is a conspiracy theory
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that Boebert
has fully embraced,
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and this, she's embraced
with all her heart,
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and that is that
the 2020 election was stolen
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from Donald J. Trump.
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And on January 6, she was busy
riling up her fellow believers.
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One of Congress's newest faces
is already facing calls
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for her resignation
just a few days into her term.
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I have constituents
outside this building right now.
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NEWSWOMAN 2:
Less than a half hour
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before the Capitol came
under siege...
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They know that this election
is not right!
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NEWSWOMAN 2: ...one of the
newest Republican House members,
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34-year-old Lauren Boebert
of Colorado,
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was on the House floor fanning
the flames of the insurrection.
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I will not allow the people
to be ignored!
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NEWSWOMAN 2:
She spent the morning tweeting,
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"Today is 1776,"
and promising to
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"fight with everything I have
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to ensure the fairness
of the election."
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During the insurrection,
she used her Twitter account
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to announce to the public,
and thereby,
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any insurrectionists
who might look,
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that Speaker Pelosi
had been removed from chambers.
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Okay, okay, Okay,
I know that sounds bad,
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but let's not jump
to conclusions.
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Like, maybe
she wasn't trying to say,
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"Nancy Pelosi is getting away!
Go get her!"
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You know,
maybe it was more like,
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"Oh, great.
Nancy Pelosi got away.
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You blew it, dipshits."
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After the riots,
Boebert released a statement
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denouncing the violence,
but, I mean, she was the one
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telling everyone it was 1776.
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Which only means one thing.
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Like, I'm not an expert
in American history,
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but I'm pretty sure
that the colonists
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didn't overthrow Britain
with a Change.org petition.
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Those dudes were killing
each other... in funny wigs.
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You know how violent you have
to be to put on a funny wig
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and then stab somebody?
That's next level violent.
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But Boebert's true passion
isn't Qanon,
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or overthrowing the government,
or even casual Islamophobia.
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No. what really gets her going
is the Second Amendment.
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And I know you're thinking,
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"Yeah, there's a lot of people
who like guns."
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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I'm telling you now,
that Lauren Boebert--
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she makes all of them look
like Gandhi.
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This is Lauren Boebert. She's
a congresswoman from Colorado.
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She was at a hearing, and she...
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her background on her Zoom
is a whole bunch of guns.
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Republican congresswoman
Lauren Boebert
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decided to copy one
of her Republican colleagues,
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and she posted
a photo of herself
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with her children-- you know,
some of them rather young here--
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holding what appear to be
semiautomatic rifles
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in front
of their Christmas tree.
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On the day she was sworn in, she
released this flashy video...
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...declaring she'll be bringing
her nine-millimeter Glock
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to the halls of Congress
and streets of D.C.
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It's our job in Congress
to defend your rights,
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including your Second Amendment,
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and that's exactly
what I'm here to do.
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NEWSWOMAN: Boebert has attracted
national attention for a while.
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She owns Shooter's Grill
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in her hometown of Rifle,
Colorado,
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a gun-themed restaurant where
she encourages her employees
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to be armed.
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WOMAN: I'm guessing you haven't
had any sort of altercations
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or any attempted robbers
or anything like that
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since the girls
started packing heat.
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No, we have had
no altercations like that,
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nothing physical, and no one
has certainly tried to rob us.
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Unless you count
our salt shakers.
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Those get taken often.
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(mock chuckling)
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That's right,
Lauren Boebert owns a restaurant
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where all the waitresses
are strapped.
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Which also makes it
the only restaurant in America
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where nobody asks
to split the check five ways.
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No, I'll just pay, thank you.
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And look, I don't know
if I want to eat at a restaurant
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where everybody's armed.
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I mean, it's a fun gimmick,
but you realize
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the second
someone drops a plate,
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that place is turning
into a Tarantino movie.
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I mean, it's still a restaurant,
so you can't have bare feet,
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but otherwise,
it's a Tarantino movie.
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But clearly, this person has
an unhealthy fixation with guns.
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Forget Congress,
she's not qualified to serve
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as an interior decorator.
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You know what this bed needs?
A pile of guns.
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And let's zhuzh up this bathroom
with another pile of guns.
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And you know what?
Instead of a kitchen,
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just guns.
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But that's Boebert. She's
probably the first person ever
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to try and register
an emotional support Glock.
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And it really makes me
wonder why.
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Like, why is
the Second Amendment
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the only amendment that
politicians are obsessed with?
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I mean, like, obsessed with!
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Like, just once,
I want to see a politician
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who's all about
the Third Amendment.
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You know? Just stomping through
a campaign commercial like:
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Send me to Washington,
and I'll make sure a soldier
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in peacetime is never quartered
in your house!
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Use Airbnb, and let me be! Yeah!
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But look, I'm sure Boebert is
as safe and careful as possible
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when she's hanging AR-15s
on the Christmas tree.
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Or at least
she's more careful with that
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than she is
with campaign finance laws.
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NEWSMAN: In August, news broke
that Boebert did not disclose
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almost a half million dollars
her husband made
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in the energy industry.
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Ethics and campaign finance laws
require candidates
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and members of Congress
to disclose
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how immediate family members
make money
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so voters know about
potential conflicts of interest.
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Now we have learned
that Boebert paid rent
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and utility bills
for her restaurant
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with campaign funds,
which is very much in violation
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of federal
campaign finance laws
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the new filings of the Federal
Election Commission show.
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And this is not the first time
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Boebert has misused
campaign funds.
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In February,
the Denver Post reported
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Boebert paid herself
more than $22,000
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in mileage reimbursements for
her campaign account last year.
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To justify those reimbursements,
Boebert would have had to drive,
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get this, 38,712 miles
while campaigning,
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despite having no publicly
advertised campaign events
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in March, April, July,
and only one in May.
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After questions were raised,
Boebert amended her filing,
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subtracting 7,000 miles
from her claim.
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So she miscalculated
by 7,000 miles?
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The only other time that happens
is after you make a wrong turn
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using Google Maps.
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Recalculating.
New distance: 7,000 miles.
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You will arrive at your
destination in the year 2183.
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'Cause that's a lot
of shady campaign finance stuff,
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after just one campaign.
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One.
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I mean, I guess
this is the swagger of someone
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who owns that many guns.
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I mean, the FEC probably had
a Zoom meeting with her,
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and then they saw
her background.
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What were they gonna say?
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Hey, man,
what's a few thousand miles?
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Let's just be cool.
Let's be cool, lady.
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Yeah, log me out, log me out.
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So, that's Lauren Boebert,
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law-breaking
conspiracy theorist,
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gun enthusiast
and insurrectionist.
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In other words, if you see her
get on an elevator,
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maybe you should take
the stairs.
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All right, when we come back,
Jordan Klepper
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goes head to head
with antivaxxers.
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You don't want to miss it.
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Welcome back to The Daily Show.
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As vaccine mandates are
spreading around the country,
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anti-vaccine protests are, too,
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including in some areas
you might not expect.
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We sent Jordan Klepper
to investigate
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for another episode
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of Jordan Klepper
Fingers the Pulse.
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♪ ♪
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KLEPPER: The discussion
around vaccines and mandates
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tends to pit red state
versus blue.
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But I had heard
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there was vaccine hesitancy
and misinformation
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in the elitist of the elite
blue corners of the U.S.
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So I headed to a protest
in sunny Southern California.
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I came to California curious
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if the anti-vax mandate crowd
would talk to me.
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Then I realized
I brought a camera,
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and we're
in Southern California.
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I think I'll be fine.
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Is this an anti-vaccination...
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It is not an anti-vax,
so don't go there.
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-Don't go there.
-Please don't.
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00:18:54,534 --> 00:18:56,136
-Are you vaccinated?
-I am not.
489
00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:57,471
So you're anti-vax?
490
00:18:57,571 --> 00:19:00,807
I do not want to get
the vaccination for COVID.
491
00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:02,976
-What do you support?
-Um, people's freedom of choice.
492
00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:04,277
Don't you benefit from a society
493
00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:06,279
that supports that
by getting vaccinated?
494
00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,081
You shouldn't be able
to force that stuff on people.
495
00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:09,683
It's step one.
Then it'll be step two.
496
00:19:09,783 --> 00:19:10,751
-Step three.
-What's step two?
497
00:19:10,851 --> 00:19:12,419
Uh, who knows?
498
00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:14,054
I-I'm not a conspiracy theorist
here, so I don't...
499
00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:15,622
Didn't we have step one
with polio?
500
00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,457
They didn't really mandate that.
The people were docile
501
00:19:17,557 --> 00:19:19,259
back in the...
in the industrious age.
502
00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,027
They were more willing
to take the shot.
503
00:19:21,128 --> 00:19:23,697
Polio's mandated
for students going to school.
504
00:19:23,797 --> 00:19:25,532
Polio has to be
because we know what it's done.
505
00:19:25,632 --> 00:19:27,300
Don't we know what COVID's done?
506
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,736
Uh...
507
00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,572
I mean, there's 750,000 people
who have a pretty good idea.
508
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:33,740
Dig it.
509
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,275
Do you trust the vaccine
whatsoever?
510
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:38,378
Zero. Like, zero percent.
511
00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:40,413
-Mm-hmm.
-And because I know
512
00:19:40,514 --> 00:19:43,049
what the-the end run...
the end goal is...
513
00:19:43,150 --> 00:19:44,217
What's the end goal?
514
00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:46,319
Bill Gates said in the 2015,
515
00:19:46,420 --> 00:19:49,923
if we can get all these
health things, vaccination,
516
00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:53,026
we can reduce the population
by ten to 15%.
517
00:19:53,126 --> 00:19:55,295
What's 15% of seven billion?
518
00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:57,097
That's a billion people.
519
00:19:57,197 --> 00:19:59,166
The vaccine
is all about depopulation.
520
00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:01,601
-They've said that. -So this
is just Bill Gates' pet project
521
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,203
to depopulate the globe?
522
00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:05,806
He's probably a puppet
of the people above him.
523
00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:06,973
Which are who?
524
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,341
No-no clue.
525
00:20:08,442 --> 00:20:11,044
It's a big claim to say
there is a giant plan
526
00:20:11,144 --> 00:20:13,547
to kill half the population
527
00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:15,215
and not have a Thanos
to point to.
528
00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:18,051
So why does the conversation
on this So Cal boardwalk
529
00:20:18,151 --> 00:20:20,587
sound like a Shoney's
in Lancaster, PA?
530
00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:22,022
I talked to Derek Beres,
531
00:20:22,122 --> 00:20:23,857
who's been tracking
this coastal elite
532
00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,992
anti-vax movement for years.
533
00:20:26,026 --> 00:20:29,329
You've had a long anti-vaccine,
uh, sentiment here.
534
00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:32,065
Specifically, in 2017,
there was a measles outbreak
535
00:20:32,165 --> 00:20:34,568
right over there
in Brentwood and Santa Monica,
536
00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:37,704
where an eradicated disease
in America
537
00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:38,772
sprung up again.
538
00:20:38,872 --> 00:20:40,574
This idea of bodily sovereignty
539
00:20:40,674 --> 00:20:42,442
has really come about
since the pandemic.
540
00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,744
But that has been taught
for decades
541
00:20:44,845 --> 00:20:46,513
inside of yoga studios
in America.
542
00:20:46,613 --> 00:20:49,015
"Bodily sovereignty"
sounds a lot like
543
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,051
what I told my parents
I was doing freshman year
544
00:20:51,151 --> 00:20:53,186
-of high school. -You have
pretty liberal parents then.
545
00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:55,856
Yeah. "This is my body!
I can do what I want with it
546
00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:57,491
"as often as I want to do,
547
00:20:57,591 --> 00:20:59,292
wherever I want,
in the living room."
548
00:20:59,392 --> 00:21:01,828
-You're still here.
-People hear about anti-vax
549
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:03,163
and they think MAGA world.
550
00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:04,965
But now we're seeing
this wellness,
551
00:21:05,065 --> 00:21:06,500
which we see may be more
to the left.
552
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,969
The Center for Countering
Digital Hate identified
553
00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:11,304
12 practitioners
in the wellness space
554
00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:14,040
that were responsible
for something like 70%
555
00:21:14,141 --> 00:21:16,977
of the vaccine disinformation
on social media.
556
00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:19,813
KLEPPER: Turns out ignoring the
advice of the medical experts
557
00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:22,516
and sacrificing the health
of the community at large
558
00:21:22,616 --> 00:21:24,184
could actually be
quite profitable
559
00:21:24,284 --> 00:21:25,719
for the wellness business.
560
00:21:25,819 --> 00:21:27,087
Everyone knows about ivermectin
561
00:21:27,187 --> 00:21:28,989
and hydroxychloroquine
at this moment.
562
00:21:29,089 --> 00:21:30,257
The idea that that could help.
563
00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:33,260
You have, uh, meditations
that are sold
564
00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,262
that are supposed
to ward off COVID.
565
00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:36,997
You also have
different breathing techniques.
566
00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:38,999
Some practitioners,
including here in Los Angeles,
567
00:21:39,065 --> 00:21:40,634
teach breathing workshops,
568
00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:43,470
because COVID is
a respiratory illness.
569
00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,906
And so their belief is, well,
if you're breathing properly,
570
00:21:46,006 --> 00:21:47,574
it won't actually affect you.
571
00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:49,109
You can breathe your way out
of COVID.
572
00:21:49,209 --> 00:21:51,011
-Absolutely. -That's a class
you can pay for here.
573
00:21:51,044 --> 00:21:53,146
Yes. That is absolutely a class
you can pay for.
574
00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:56,650
So, like, how many smoothies
does one have to ingest
575
00:21:56,750 --> 00:21:59,319
to get to the point where
they can completely disregard
576
00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:00,821
the health of the community
they live in?
577
00:22:00,921 --> 00:22:02,622
-In Los Angeles, one.
-Mm-hmm.
578
00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,624
Uh, because they're usually $25.
579
00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:07,761
I never knew there was that
many parts of honey to ingest.
580
00:22:07,861 --> 00:22:10,497
(chuckles) And the honey is
blessed by a shaman from Tibet,
581
00:22:10,597 --> 00:22:11,631
so you're paying for that
as well.
582
00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:12,799
You'll have to remember that.
583
00:22:12,966 --> 00:22:14,401
KLEPPER: I wanted to talk
to these people.
584
00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:17,170
So I set up outside of
the bougiest health food market
585
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:18,338
in Venice Beach,
586
00:22:18,438 --> 00:22:19,973
and I also had a hankering
587
00:22:20,073 --> 00:22:21,741
for an activated charcoal,
bone broth,
588
00:22:21,842 --> 00:22:23,677
rose hips smoothie cure-all.
589
00:22:23,777 --> 00:22:26,713
-Are you vaccinated?
-Uh... maybe.
590
00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,982
No. (chuckles)
I'm not.
591
00:22:29,082 --> 00:22:30,050
-You're not.
-No.
592
00:22:30,150 --> 00:22:31,985
Are you fearful
of catching COVID?
593
00:22:32,052 --> 00:22:33,653
-No.
-No?
594
00:22:33,754 --> 00:22:36,056
I think that it's more
about the lifestyle
595
00:22:36,156 --> 00:22:38,058
versus, like, vaccinated,
not vaccinated.
596
00:22:38,158 --> 00:22:39,493
-Like...
-What is the lifestyle?
597
00:22:39,593 --> 00:22:43,497
Like, being healthy,
like, taking care of yourself,
598
00:22:43,597 --> 00:22:44,765
like, your mind, your body.
599
00:22:44,865 --> 00:22:48,668
If you live a lifestyle
of wellness, then,
600
00:22:48,769 --> 00:22:50,637
your body should be able
to handle COVID.
601
00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:52,739
So what do you recommend
for basic public health?
602
00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,309
Eating healthy, um,
boosting your immunity system,
603
00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:58,545
and don't watch the news 'cause
it's just brainwashing you
604
00:22:58,645 --> 00:23:02,849
with fear, and the fear
is lowering your frequency.
605
00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:06,119
-I, um, only eat fish and only
a certain kind of fish. -Mm-hmm.
606
00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:08,054
Like, for example,
I don't eat tuna,
607
00:23:08,155 --> 00:23:09,656
and I actually found that out
when I was trying
608
00:23:09,756 --> 00:23:12,692
to feed tuna to my cat, and she
shook her head and walked off.
609
00:23:12,793 --> 00:23:14,728
Do you often take medical advice
from a cat?
610
00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:16,730
-General, from nature.
-From nature.
611
00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:18,198
What do you think
of the COVID vaccine?
612
00:23:18,298 --> 00:23:20,400
I don't think it's a vaccine.
613
00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:23,103
I think
it's snapping the DNA in half.
614
00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:25,472
Where did you hear this?
A Siamese cat?
615
00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:29,509
You'd recommend for public
health people meditating?
616
00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:32,078
-Of course.
-People working out in groups?
617
00:23:32,179 --> 00:23:33,980
-Definitely.
-Eating healthy?
618
00:23:34,014 --> 00:23:36,216
-Definitely.
-COVID vaccine?
619
00:23:36,316 --> 00:23:39,719
-No.
-No. A coffee enema?
620
00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:42,422
-Possibly. -Okay, maybe
on the coffee enema,
621
00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:45,692
-definite hard "no"
on the COVID vaccine? -No.
622
00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,395
I'm not an anti-vaxxer per se.
623
00:23:48,495 --> 00:23:51,331
I'm a staunch
anti-mandate person.
624
00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:53,834
-Can I ask, are you both
vaccinated? -MAN: Sorry.
625
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,835
I don't want to put on-on...
I just...
626
00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:56,002
We don't want to put our status.
627
00:23:56,036 --> 00:23:57,504
-You don't want to put a status?
-No.
628
00:23:57,604 --> 00:23:58,872
If you don't want to share your
vaccine status, that's okay.
629
00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:01,708
I'm vaccinated,
and look how I look.
630
00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:04,578
Don't judge me. I know everybody
in L.A. is judging people.
631
00:24:04,678 --> 00:24:08,782
I'm an L.A. five, a New York six
and a D.C. 12.
632
00:24:08,949 --> 00:24:11,184
-I can I tell.
-KLEPPER: Cold, but fair.
633
00:24:11,284 --> 00:24:12,853
Now what say you, dude?
634
00:24:12,953 --> 00:24:15,288
I want to talk about wellness
and public health.
635
00:24:15,388 --> 00:24:16,990
And trust me,
we'll get to your script later.
636
00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:18,158
Can I ask you,
are you vaccinated?
637
00:24:18,258 --> 00:24:20,026
-I am.
-Do you find that most people
638
00:24:20,127 --> 00:24:22,796
in Los Angeles that you
encounter are vaccinated?
639
00:24:22,963 --> 00:24:25,165
-Like, I'm kind of a New Yorker.
-Yeah?
640
00:24:25,265 --> 00:24:27,701
And there, there's a sense
of, like, civic duty.
641
00:24:27,801 --> 00:24:30,504
There isn't so much of that
here, to be totally honest.
642
00:24:30,604 --> 00:24:32,739
It's more like,
"Well, I had to get vaccinated
643
00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:35,008
'cause I'm taking a trip
to Tulum."
644
00:24:35,108 --> 00:24:36,843
So if more Americans
were dangled a trip to Tulum,
645
00:24:36,977 --> 00:24:38,779
we might get that
vaccination rate up in the 90s?
646
00:24:38,879 --> 00:24:40,080
Maybe so, yeah.
647
00:24:40,180 --> 00:24:41,982
KLEPPER: No matter what part
of the antivax world
648
00:24:42,048 --> 00:24:43,984
they come from,
there's one comparison
649
00:24:44,084 --> 00:24:46,186
they just can't resist making.
650
00:24:46,286 --> 00:24:48,221
I think what's interesting,
especially coming from Germany,
651
00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:50,624
I think history
is repeating itself right now.
652
00:24:50,724 --> 00:24:52,826
What are you saying? That...
653
00:24:52,993 --> 00:24:54,161
The vaccine mandate
and everything,
654
00:24:54,261 --> 00:24:55,996
it's like it's turning
into a police state.
655
00:24:56,096 --> 00:24:59,132
And you're equating that
to World War II-era Germany?
656
00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:01,735
Yes. "Where are your papers?
Where are your papers?"
657
00:25:01,835 --> 00:25:03,503
Very similar to the Hitler time.
658
00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:05,806
But, like, Jewish people
are fleeing Poland
659
00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:07,941
because they
can't get into gyms?
660
00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:09,609
-Not funny. -But is
that comparison, though...
661
00:25:09,709 --> 00:25:11,611
You just didn't get
the point. Sorry.
662
00:25:11,711 --> 00:25:13,513
I'm good. Bye. (laughs)
663
00:25:13,613 --> 00:25:16,016
KLEPPER: Maybe historical dramas
aren't big in L.A.,
664
00:25:16,116 --> 00:25:18,518
but certainly there is
commercial viability
665
00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:20,954
in saving humanity, right?
666
00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:23,557
We're in L.A. Maybe there's
an elevator pitch here, right?
667
00:25:23,657 --> 00:25:28,528
So zoom in
on a country at war with itself,
668
00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:31,231
and then a magical cure
comes along
669
00:25:31,331 --> 00:25:33,700
that helps people take care
of the rest of their community
670
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,170
by making a choice
to help other people.
671
00:25:38,305 --> 00:25:40,307
Would you buy that ticket?
672
00:25:41,308 --> 00:25:43,710
-No.
-No? Okay.
673
00:25:43,810 --> 00:25:45,212
Thank you so much for that,
Jordan.
674
00:25:45,312 --> 00:25:47,147
All right, when we come back,
Nikole Hannah-Jones
675
00:25:47,247 --> 00:25:49,983
of the 1619 Project
will be joining us on the show.
676
00:25:50,083 --> 00:25:51,485
So stay tuned.
677
00:25:53,420 --> 00:25:54,688
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
678
00:25:54,788 --> 00:25:56,690
My guest is the Pulitzer
award-winning journalist
679
00:25:56,790 --> 00:26:00,026
and creator
of the landmark 1619 Project,
680
00:26:00,126 --> 00:26:01,394
Nikole Hannah-Jones.
681
00:26:01,494 --> 00:26:03,263
She's here to talk
about her new book
682
00:26:03,363 --> 00:26:05,565
on America's legacy of slavery
683
00:26:05,665 --> 00:26:08,368
and its impact on society today.
684
00:26:08,468 --> 00:26:11,204
Nikole Hannah-Jones,
welcome back to The Daily Show.
685
00:26:11,304 --> 00:26:13,440
Thank you so much
for having me back.
686
00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:15,275
Um, a lot has happened
in your life
687
00:26:15,375 --> 00:26:16,543
since the last time we spoke.
688
00:26:16,643 --> 00:26:18,845
You know, uh,
you've won a Pulitzer Prize,
689
00:26:18,945 --> 00:26:23,083
um, and you have also gone on
to become one of, I would say,
690
00:26:23,183 --> 00:26:25,885
the most polarizing
lightning rods in the country
691
00:26:25,986 --> 00:26:27,387
because of this work.
692
00:26:27,487 --> 00:26:28,855
The 1619 Project,
693
00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:31,157
which has become,
for many conservatives,
694
00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:32,392
the tool that they use
695
00:26:32,492 --> 00:26:34,327
to scare people
into voting for them
696
00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:36,663
or changing how they're...
things are taught in school
697
00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:38,064
and, for many liberals,
698
00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:40,300
has become the tool
that people say needs to be used
699
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,736
to talk about what's happening
in society today.
700
00:26:42,836 --> 00:26:46,306
How do you feel about how people
have received the Project?
701
00:26:46,406 --> 00:26:49,442
Uh, I-I think how the Project
has been received
702
00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:52,746
has, uh, exceeded
everything I could have imagined
703
00:26:52,846 --> 00:26:54,180
in ways good and bad.
704
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,517
Uh, I certainly wouldn't
have expected two years later
705
00:26:57,550 --> 00:27:01,187
that, uh, so many Americans
would be using 1619
706
00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:03,089
as part of the national lexicon,
707
00:27:03,189 --> 00:27:06,593
um, that it would be embraced,
really, by everyone,
708
00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:08,795
you know, across the spectrum
709
00:27:08,895 --> 00:27:11,631
of race and-and class,
uh, region.
710
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:13,633
But I also
wouldn't have expected
711
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,302
that the teaching of the Project
712
00:27:15,402 --> 00:27:18,171
would be banned in Georgia
and Florida and Texas
713
00:27:18,271 --> 00:27:19,973
and-and a growing number
of states
714
00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:21,541
or that it would become part
715
00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:24,210
of, uh, kind of
a political wedge issue
716
00:27:24,311 --> 00:27:25,545
-for Republicans.
-Right.
717
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:27,847
So, uh, it's all been
unpredictable, I think.
718
00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:30,684
Do you... do you think
in-in the writing of this,
719
00:27:30,784 --> 00:27:32,018
'cause I know that this is, um,
720
00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:34,321
essentially an updated version
of the Project.
721
00:27:34,421 --> 00:27:36,856
You know, A New Origin Story:
The 1619 Project
722
00:27:36,957 --> 00:27:39,726
has, you know,
a few essays in it
723
00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:40,961
that have...
that have been updated
724
00:27:41,061 --> 00:27:42,662
or, rather,
have been included now.
725
00:27:42,762 --> 00:27:46,232
One that's definitely gonna,
you know, stir emotions up again
726
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:48,568
is gonna be the conversation
in and around reparations
727
00:27:48,635 --> 00:27:49,803
that you argue for.
728
00:27:49,903 --> 00:27:52,038
When you think of reparations...
Two parts, maybe.
729
00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:54,541
Why do you think
reparations is important?
730
00:27:54,641 --> 00:27:56,543
And secondly,
731
00:27:56,643 --> 00:27:59,145
what do you think
reparations should be?
732
00:27:59,245 --> 00:28:02,282
Yeah, so, I think
that reparations is important
733
00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:06,052
because if we understand
the system of slavery
734
00:28:06,152 --> 00:28:07,821
and the system of, uh,
735
00:28:07,921 --> 00:28:11,157
what you would call in
South Africa racial apartheid,
736
00:28:11,257 --> 00:28:13,893
what we call here very benignly
Jim Crow,
737
00:28:13,994 --> 00:28:15,428
fundamentally,
these were systems
738
00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:17,063
of economic exploitation.
739
00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:19,799
We like to, in America,
think of them as racist systems,
740
00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:23,269
but the racism is to justify
the exploitation
741
00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:25,839
and the extraction of wealth
from Black Americans.
742
00:28:25,939 --> 00:28:29,676
So here we are, 60 years out
of the civil rights movement,
743
00:28:29,776 --> 00:28:31,845
and the wealth gap between Black
and white Americans
744
00:28:31,945 --> 00:28:33,413
has remained unchanged.
745
00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:36,082
So the material disadvantage
746
00:28:36,182 --> 00:28:39,919
that slavery and Jim Crow
was created, uh, to produce
747
00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:41,921
amongst Black Americans
still exists.
748
00:28:42,022 --> 00:28:44,691
And that's why I think
reparations is necessary
749
00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:48,595
not just for atonement
but to actually, uh, alleviate
750
00:28:48,695 --> 00:28:51,064
the primary suffering
of Black Americans,
751
00:28:51,164 --> 00:28:52,399
which is lack of wealth,
752
00:28:52,499 --> 00:28:54,868
which has a direct, um, lineage
753
00:28:54,968 --> 00:28:57,304
and a direct link
to the systems of slavery
754
00:28:57,404 --> 00:29:00,073
and then the 100 years
of apartheid that followed.
755
00:29:00,173 --> 00:29:02,409
And, uh, I think, you know,
how it would work--
756
00:29:02,509 --> 00:29:03,810
it has to be cash payments.
757
00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:06,513
I think we have
to really look at
758
00:29:06,613 --> 00:29:08,348
the system of slavery
was holistic.
759
00:29:08,515 --> 00:29:10,617
The system of anti-Blackness
was holistic.
760
00:29:10,717 --> 00:29:12,419
It affected us through policy.
761
00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:14,821
It affected us through income,
through wealth,
762
00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:16,356
through education,
through housing.
763
00:29:16,523 --> 00:29:18,959
So the fixes have
to be holistic as well.
764
00:29:19,059 --> 00:29:22,529
But something that we could do
immediately that doesn't take,
765
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:25,031
you know, tens of--
you know, tens of years,
766
00:29:25,131 --> 00:29:28,568
20, 30, 40 years, 50 years
to fix is a wealth transfer.
767
00:29:28,668 --> 00:29:31,371
That, that you can fix,
uh, overnight.
768
00:29:31,538 --> 00:29:33,373
A lot of Americans hear that
and then they go,
769
00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:36,743
"Oh, so I have to pay
for slavery that I didn't do
770
00:29:36,843 --> 00:29:38,078
and I wasn't physically
a part of."
771
00:29:38,178 --> 00:29:39,546
So when you say
"wealth transfer,"
772
00:29:39,646 --> 00:29:41,948
where is that actual wealth
coming from?
773
00:29:42,048 --> 00:29:44,551
Yes. One, it's-it's coming
from the federal government.
774
00:29:44,584 --> 00:29:46,953
So, we all pay tax dollars, uh,
775
00:29:47,053 --> 00:29:49,155
to pay for a whole bunch of
things that I don't agree with.
776
00:29:49,255 --> 00:29:51,825
I could-- I could list
many things that my taxes go to
777
00:29:51,925 --> 00:29:53,827
that I didn't personally cause.
778
00:29:53,927 --> 00:29:55,662
I haven't caused a single war
in this country,
779
00:29:55,762 --> 00:29:58,765
and yet I have had to pay taxes
to pay for those wars.
780
00:29:58,865 --> 00:30:01,034
So I think we as Americans
have to understand
781
00:30:01,134 --> 00:30:03,536
reparations is not being paid
by white people.
782
00:30:03,637 --> 00:30:06,940
It's being paid by the federal
government whom we all pay into.
783
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,210
It's a collective debt, uh,
that we collectively pay.
784
00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:12,512
And, you know,
when I hear that argument,
785
00:30:12,579 --> 00:30:14,781
we're not even talking
about reparations for slavery.
786
00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:17,517
We're talking about reparations
for that 100 years
787
00:30:17,617 --> 00:30:19,152
where Black people out
of slavery
788
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:21,421
were also denied
through federal policy,
789
00:30:21,521 --> 00:30:23,623
housing policy, education policy
790
00:30:23,723 --> 00:30:25,792
the ability, uh, to gain wealth.
791
00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:27,594
That's my father's generation.
792
00:30:27,694 --> 00:30:30,096
We have living Americans
right now who were kept
793
00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:32,532
from going to the schools
they wanted to,
794
00:30:32,632 --> 00:30:33,833
from being able
to go to college,
795
00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:35,201
from being able
to move into neighborhoods,
796
00:30:35,302 --> 00:30:37,270
from being able to have
federally-insured loans,
797
00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:39,439
from being able
to use the G.I. Bill.
798
00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:40,740
You can make a case
of reparations
799
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,143
without even having
to go to slavery.
800
00:30:43,243 --> 00:30:45,879
Let's talk a little bit
about the schools.
801
00:30:45,979 --> 00:30:50,250
You know, critical race theory
has now been this catch-all term
802
00:30:50,350 --> 00:30:52,052
that is used
all over America
803
00:30:52,152 --> 00:30:54,254
to argue for
or against certain ideas.
804
00:30:54,354 --> 00:30:56,289
One of the strangest things
I've noticed is
805
00:30:56,389 --> 00:30:59,125
that half of the people arguing
against critical race theory
806
00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,994
have no clue what
critical race theory is for,
807
00:31:01,094 --> 00:31:02,495
and then, some of the people
arguing for it
808
00:31:02,562 --> 00:31:03,863
also don't have an idea
what it's for.
809
00:31:03,964 --> 00:31:07,701
What do you think is the biggest
part of The 1619 Project
810
00:31:07,801 --> 00:31:09,202
that is misunderstood?
811
00:31:09,302 --> 00:31:12,105
And so, if a parent is somewhere
in the country saying,
812
00:31:12,205 --> 00:31:13,673
"I've heard about this project.
813
00:31:13,773 --> 00:31:16,309
"You want to teach white people
that they're bad.
814
00:31:16,409 --> 00:31:17,744
"That's what
The 1619 Project is.
815
00:31:17,844 --> 00:31:20,046
It's saying
that America is just bad."
816
00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:22,582
How would you respond
to somebody who is willing,
817
00:31:22,682 --> 00:31:24,651
let's say, willing to actually
hear your argument?
818
00:31:24,751 --> 00:31:27,020
What would you say to them
that they misunderstand?
819
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,123
So one, I just think we
should... we should acknowledge
820
00:31:30,223 --> 00:31:32,826
that the whole critical
race theory controversy
821
00:31:32,926 --> 00:31:35,829
is a propaganda campaign, and
it's been extremely effective.
822
00:31:35,929 --> 00:31:38,665
Because a year ago,
hardly anyone was talking
823
00:31:38,765 --> 00:31:40,166
about critical race theory.
824
00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:42,969
And certainly, most parents
had never heard of the term.
825
00:31:43,069 --> 00:31:45,705
Um, The 1619 Project is not
critical race theory,
826
00:31:45,805 --> 00:31:46,940
though certainly,
it's been influenced
827
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,274
by critical race theory.
828
00:31:48,375 --> 00:31:49,909
Which simply is saying,
829
00:31:50,010 --> 00:31:51,645
60 years after
the Civil Rights Movement,
830
00:31:51,745 --> 00:31:53,513
when we ended
legal discrimination,
831
00:31:53,613 --> 00:31:55,782
why are Black Americans
still disadvantaged
832
00:31:55,882 --> 00:31:59,119
-in every aspect
of American life? -Mm-hmm.
833
00:31:59,219 --> 00:32:00,954
And it's actually antithetical
to the belief
834
00:32:01,054 --> 00:32:02,722
that individual white people
are responsible.
835
00:32:02,822 --> 00:32:04,024
It's actually saying
it doesn't matter
836
00:32:04,124 --> 00:32:06,493
if individual white people
are racist or not.
837
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:08,328
The system was constructed
on anti-Blackness,
838
00:32:08,495 --> 00:32:09,729
and so, it functions on its own.
839
00:32:09,829 --> 00:32:11,498
I don't actually think
that's controversial.
840
00:32:11,531 --> 00:32:14,634
So what I would say to
the person who is open-minded,
841
00:32:14,734 --> 00:32:17,003
uh, if you want to know
what's in The 1619 Project,
842
00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:19,306
try reading it.
Let's start with that.
843
00:32:19,406 --> 00:32:22,208
You know, everyone, uh,
has formed these opinions
844
00:32:22,309 --> 00:32:24,311
about our project,
and it becomes very clear
845
00:32:24,411 --> 00:32:25,645
early in the conversation
846
00:32:25,745 --> 00:32:27,914
-that they actually
haven't read it. -Right.
847
00:32:28,014 --> 00:32:29,716
My main thing is,
I just ask people
848
00:32:29,816 --> 00:32:31,718
to read it
and judge for themselves.
849
00:32:31,818 --> 00:32:33,687
You know, Nikole,
I love that you...
850
00:32:33,787 --> 00:32:36,523
your idea is the one thing
that is... (laughs)
851
00:32:36,623 --> 00:32:38,792
antithetical to everything
that's in society now.
852
00:32:38,892 --> 00:32:41,661
"Please, um, inform your opinion
before you have it"
853
00:32:41,761 --> 00:32:43,997
is essentially what you...
People don't do that anymore.
854
00:32:44,097 --> 00:32:45,598
-Exactly.
-You realize that, right?
855
00:32:45,699 --> 00:32:48,435
Uh, so yeah, good luck to you
with having people have opinions
856
00:32:48,535 --> 00:32:50,370
on a book that
they've actually read.
857
00:32:50,537 --> 00:32:52,205
-Yes. -And if the people
do actually read it.
858
00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:54,708
I think they'll have some really
interesting opinions either way.
859
00:32:54,808 --> 00:32:56,776
-Yes, absolutely. Thank you.
-Thank you so much
860
00:32:56,876 --> 00:32:58,011
for joining me on the show.
861
00:32:58,111 --> 00:33:00,080
The 1619 Project:
A New Origin Story
862
00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:01,548
is available
wherever books are sold.
863
00:33:01,648 --> 00:33:03,016
We're gonna take a quick break,
864
00:33:03,116 --> 00:33:05,485
but we'll be right back
after this.
865
00:33:07,238 --> 00:33:08,539
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go--
866
00:33:08,639 --> 00:33:10,941
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867
00:33:11,041 --> 00:33:13,177
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868
00:33:13,277 --> 00:33:14,979
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869
00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:17,448
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870
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871
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872
00:33:20,384 --> 00:33:22,453
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873
00:33:22,553 --> 00:33:24,522
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874
00:33:24,622 --> 00:33:27,158
Until tomorrow,
stay safe out there,
875
00:33:27,258 --> 00:33:29,126
get your vaccine, and remember,
876
00:33:29,226 --> 00:33:31,328
if you find a mystery box
on the moon,
877
00:33:31,429 --> 00:33:33,898
open it,
but with your eyes closed.
878
00:33:33,998 --> 00:33:35,366
That way, it's safe.
879
00:33:35,466 --> 00:33:38,402
Now here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
880
00:33:38,502 --> 00:33:40,171
NEWSWOMAN: The latest shortage?
Cream cheese.
881
00:33:40,271 --> 00:33:43,741
Many bagel shops have
just a few days' supply left.
882
00:33:43,841 --> 00:33:46,077
(eerie music plays)
883
00:33:46,177 --> 00:33:47,845
NEWSMAN:
A schmear shortage.
884
00:33:47,945 --> 00:33:50,147
A cream cheese crisis.
885
00:33:50,247 --> 00:33:52,249
T-minus six days
until they run out.
886
00:33:52,349 --> 00:33:55,619
There is a cream cheese scare.
Anarchy in the city.
887
00:33:55,719 --> 00:33:57,221
What?
You can't run out of those.
888
00:33:57,321 --> 00:33:58,522
If that doesn't come,
what happens?
889
00:33:58,622 --> 00:34:00,391
Obviously,
you have tofu cream cheese,
890
00:34:00,491 --> 00:34:01,959
-which is, like,
a soy-based cream cheese. -Oh!
891
00:34:02,059 --> 00:34:03,127
No, you don't.
892
00:34:03,227 --> 00:34:04,962
NEWSWOMAN: Some bagel shops
say it's so bad,
893
00:34:05,062 --> 00:34:06,831
you may have to settle for...
butter?
894
00:34:06,964 --> 00:34:09,967
-(screaming) -We're running out
of cream cheese!
895
00:34:10,067 --> 00:34:11,235
Thanks, Joe Biden.
896
00:34:11,335 --> 00:34:14,572
Aw, damn you!
897
00:34:14,672 --> 00:34:19,477
Goddamn you all to hell!