1 00:00:00,968 --> 00:00:02,336 Does anyone celebrate weddings here? 2 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:05,739 -MAN: Yes. -Yeah? 3 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:10,010 Uh, there's a couple online that's getting a lot of flak 4 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:13,514 because they got married in the metaverse. 5 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:15,516 And everybody's roasting them. 6 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,017 They're like, "Oh, this is so stupid. 7 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:19,786 Why'd you get mar..." I think this is the future, 8 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:22,222 and I think we finally found a reason for the metaverse. 9 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:25,425 I hope all weddings are in the metaverse. 10 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:28,295 Yeah, I'm sick and tired of having to go somewhere 11 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:30,430 because you feel like your relationship 12 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:31,565 is a destination wedding. 13 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:32,799 Your relationship's going to hell. 14 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:34,434 I've got to travel for it. 15 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,136 I don't want to be a part of that shit. 16 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:37,237 It would be so much better 17 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:38,572 if I could just on my VR goggles at home. 18 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:39,806 In fact, I don't even have to put the... 19 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:41,208 I can I put them on and be like, "I'm here." 20 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:42,376 Then put the headset on a dog, 21 00:00:42,476 --> 00:00:43,544 and then it just, like, runs around. 22 00:00:43,644 --> 00:00:44,711 And then at the wedding, 23 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:45,979 Trevor's just, like, running around. 24 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:47,648 And everyone's like, "Wow, he was so sociable. 25 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:49,183 "I mean, he was humping people's legs, 26 00:00:49,283 --> 00:00:50,851 but man, he was... he was into it." 27 00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:54,221 You know? Why... Like, weddings, it's, like, so much work. 28 00:00:54,321 --> 00:00:55,589 Like, it should.... The whole thing 29 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:56,857 should be in the metaverse from now on. 30 00:00:56,957 --> 00:00:58,692 You go there. It costs nobody money. 31 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:01,128 You can be anywhere you want to be. Huh? 32 00:01:01,228 --> 00:01:04,331 As guests, we can also bring virtual gifts, 33 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,866 You know what I'm saying? Yeah. 34 00:01:05,966 --> 00:01:08,836 Then you're like, "Aah, this gift is not real." 35 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:11,572 Man, neither is your love. Don't worry about my gift. 36 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:13,073 Your shit will be over soon, 37 00:01:13,173 --> 00:01:14,775 and then you'll forget about this toaster. 38 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:15,943 You know what I'm saying? 39 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:18,078 I just feel like it's, uh, it's good. 40 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:20,080 Just do the whole thing. Everybody put on our headsets, 41 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:21,448 we go to weddings, we have a good time, 42 00:01:21,548 --> 00:01:22,716 and then we're already at home. 43 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:24,184 How much fun is that? 44 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:26,086 Metaverse weddings for the win, baby. 45 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:28,422 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square 46 00:01:28,522 --> 00:01:31,458 in New York City, the only city in America, 47 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:33,927 it's The Daily Show. 48 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:36,864 Tonight, meet Lauren Boebert, 49 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:39,466 Jordan Klepper talks vaccines, 50 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:42,236 and Nikole Hannah-Jones. 51 00:01:42,336 --> 00:01:46,640 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 52 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,642 Hey, what's going on, everybody? 53 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:50,277 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 54 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:52,679 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 55 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:55,249 ♪ ♪ 56 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:58,385 We kick things off with the breaking news from the moon, 57 00:01:58,485 --> 00:02:01,221 that pervert that keeps looking into my windows at night. 58 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:03,423 For centuries, humans have thought 59 00:02:03,524 --> 00:02:05,526 that the moon is as barren and empty 60 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:07,461 as Chris Cuomo's work schedule, 61 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:10,597 but that might all be about to change. 62 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:13,667 NEWSMAN: China's moon rover has spotted a mystery object 63 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:16,403 on the horizon while working its way across a crater 64 00:02:16,503 --> 00:02:17,804 on the far side of the moon. 65 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:20,407 In this photo, it's about 260 feet away, 66 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:23,710 and you can see what looks like right angles on a square object. 67 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,647 The rover is expected to spend the next two to three months 68 00:02:26,747 --> 00:02:28,081 trying to get closer. 69 00:02:28,182 --> 00:02:31,318 The cube-shaped object was described in Chinese 70 00:02:31,418 --> 00:02:33,487 as "a mystery hut." 71 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:35,856 Uh, no. 72 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,791 Hell, no. 73 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:41,895 Anything called a mystery hut, you better stay away from. 74 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,630 I mean, best-case scenario, 75 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:46,533 it's a pizza place that picks the toppings for you. 76 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:49,136 But most likely, you're just gonna get molested. 77 00:02:49,236 --> 00:02:51,471 And by the way, what-what was that... what was that about? 78 00:02:51,572 --> 00:02:53,140 Did you hear that, where they said it's gonna take 79 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,976 two to three months to reach the mystery hut 80 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:58,111 that's 260 feet away? 81 00:02:58,212 --> 00:03:01,415 Wh-What did they send up there, a DoorDash driver? 82 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:02,916 "Oh, he's got to complete deliveries 83 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,852 on other planets first, and then he'll be right there." 84 00:03:04,952 --> 00:03:06,086 Here's an idea. Here's an idea. 85 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,955 What if... 86 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:11,225 we leave the mystery hut alone? 87 00:03:11,325 --> 00:03:12,693 I mean, I'm just saying, 88 00:03:12,793 --> 00:03:14,194 between a pandemic and climate change, 89 00:03:14,294 --> 00:03:16,230 maybe now's not a great time to risk opening up 90 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:19,066 an ancient box that we found on the moon. 91 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:20,434 I mean, chances are 92 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:22,703 it's probably just gonna be a boulder or something, 93 00:03:22,803 --> 00:03:24,304 'cause let's be honest, the moon is boring. 94 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:26,073 You know, it should be this incredible thing, 95 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:28,075 but whenever we get news from space scientists, 96 00:03:28,175 --> 00:03:29,543 it always feels like we're hanging out 97 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:31,211 with, like, a... like, a toddler. 98 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:32,880 "I found a 'wock.'" 99 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:35,249 "Wow. Well done, scientist." 100 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:37,217 "I found a bigger 'wock.'" 101 00:03:37,317 --> 00:03:39,486 "Jesus Christ. Well done, scientist." 102 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:41,188 (exhales) 103 00:03:41,288 --> 00:03:43,090 But let's move on from the least inhabited place 104 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:45,526 to the most: New York City. 105 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:49,162 The holidays are a great time of year here in New York. 106 00:03:49,263 --> 00:03:51,098 The store windows are decorated. 107 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:52,599 The Rockettes are performing. 108 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:55,169 And if you're really lucky, a beautiful snowfall 109 00:03:55,269 --> 00:03:57,538 will trap all of the dog poop and garbage on the street 110 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,106 for three months, after which it'll thaw 111 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:02,209 and fill the air with the sweet smells of spring. 112 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:04,511 But apparently, not every New Yorker 113 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:06,246 has the holiday spirit, because last night, 114 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:08,315 someone set fire 115 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:12,419 to the 50-foot Christmas tree outside the Fox News studios. 116 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:14,588 And it's not clear how this happened. 117 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:16,089 I mean, it could be an accident. 118 00:04:16,190 --> 00:04:17,424 Could be arson. 119 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:20,260 "Could be Santifa." 120 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,129 It's not clear. 121 00:04:22,229 --> 00:04:24,064 And unfortunately, we can't ask the tree, 122 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:26,500 because like all Fox employees, it had to sign an NDA. 123 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,837 But for the network that invented the war on Christmas, 124 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,939 this turned out to be the best gift 125 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:33,473 that they could've asked for. 126 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:35,108 KILMEADE: I think it tells the bigger story. 127 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:36,810 I mean, since-- This is-- 128 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:39,580 -This city is so out of control. -EARHARDT: So out of control. 129 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,114 KILMEADE: Especially in Midtown Manhattan. You-- We... 130 00:04:41,215 --> 00:04:42,616 EARHARDT: The city we used to love. 131 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:44,451 It goes to the larger issue of safety. 132 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:46,954 And we have been talking for a very long time. 133 00:04:47,087 --> 00:04:50,090 This city has gone south when it comes to safety. 134 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:52,793 We don't feel safe when we come to work in the morning. 135 00:04:52,893 --> 00:04:56,096 We don't safe when-- feel safe when we go home at night. 136 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,765 Think about it. Who, to answer his earlier point, 137 00:04:58,866 --> 00:05:00,167 who sets a Christmas tree on fire? 138 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:02,035 It's a-- it's a tree that unites us, 139 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,437 that brings us together. 140 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:05,172 It's about the Christmas spirit. 141 00:05:05,272 --> 00:05:07,040 It is about the holiday season. 142 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:09,042 Uh, it's about Jesus. 143 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:10,410 It's about Hanukkah. 144 00:05:10,511 --> 00:05:13,046 It is about everything that we stand for as a country. 145 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:15,182 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. (chuckles) 146 00:05:15,282 --> 00:05:16,416 Wait, wait. Wait. 147 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:18,218 A Christmas tree represents a lot of things, 148 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:21,955 but one thing it definitely does not represent is Hanukkah. 149 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:23,190 I mean, if it did, 150 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:24,324 that tree would have had to burn for eight days. 151 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:26,059 Come on, people. 152 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:27,661 I mean, that's a weird thing for anyone to say, 153 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:29,329 but especially Fox News. 154 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:31,965 'Cause these are the guys who spent 15 years insisting 155 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:34,067 that we have to say "Merry Christmas" 156 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:35,569 instead of "Happy holidays." 157 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,071 And now, all of a sudden, the Christmas tree is half-Jewish? 158 00:05:38,105 --> 00:05:40,574 "It's all about the holidays! Oh, the holidays." 159 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:43,510 And, honestly, even calling this thing a tree is such a stretch. 160 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:46,146 'Cause I don't know if you saw this-- once the flames went out, 161 00:05:46,246 --> 00:05:48,815 it turns out that this thing was just, like, scaffolding 162 00:05:48,916 --> 00:05:50,584 covered in pine needles. 163 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,419 I'm sorry, but that's not a tree. 164 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:54,588 That's just a jungle gym with a body hair problem. 165 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:57,591 But I will say this-- 166 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:00,661 I agree with Fox News' hosts. 167 00:06:00,761 --> 00:06:01,895 They're totally right, people. 168 00:06:02,029 --> 00:06:06,033 The crime in New York has gotten out of control. 169 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:08,068 The city is a war zone. 170 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:10,637 Blood and death is on every corner. 171 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:13,574 The rats have joined gangs! 172 00:06:13,674 --> 00:06:15,909 Everybody needs to leave. 173 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:17,144 So that my rent can go down 174 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:18,545 and I can finally find some space on the subway. 175 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:21,114 But mostly because it's not safe! 176 00:06:21,215 --> 00:06:22,616 And there's murdered rats. 177 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:24,952 The poor rats have been murdered. 178 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:26,486 S-Sorry, wait, they're murdering. 179 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:28,355 Whatever brings down my rent, guys. 180 00:06:28,455 --> 00:06:30,891 That's what's happening in New York. 181 00:06:31,058 --> 00:06:33,527 All right, and, finally, a story out of Finland, 182 00:06:33,627 --> 00:06:36,230 the country in a throuple with Norway and Sweden. 183 00:06:36,330 --> 00:06:39,066 Finland has one of the youngest prime ministers in the world, 184 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:41,235 36-year-old Sanna Marin, 185 00:06:41,335 --> 00:06:43,637 and that comes with all sorts of challenges. 186 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,405 For instance, last weekend, 187 00:06:45,506 --> 00:06:47,975 officials tried to text Marin 188 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:50,444 to let her know that she had been exposed to COVID 189 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:51,979 and needed to isolate. 190 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:54,781 But she didn't get the message right away because-- get this-- 191 00:06:54,882 --> 00:06:58,952 she was out at a club until 4:00 a.m. 192 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:01,889 Yeah. Which, if you ask me, is pretty baller, 193 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,490 I mean, especially in Finland, 'cause they only get, like, 194 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:04,825 one hour of sunlight a day. 195 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:07,027 That means she's probably gonna sleep through that, right? 196 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,395 And people were angry. People were angry 197 00:07:08,495 --> 00:07:09,897 that she didn't have her phone with her. 198 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,565 But, I mean, it would have been worse 199 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:13,800 if she'd gotten the message while she was at the club. 200 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:15,302 -(loud dance music playing) -"Oh, shit! 201 00:07:15,402 --> 00:07:17,471 I might have COVID!" 202 00:07:17,571 --> 00:07:19,439 "What? I can't hear you. 203 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,041 "Cup your hands over your mouth 204 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:23,810 and scream directly into my face!" 205 00:07:23,911 --> 00:07:25,445 But, guys, I can also understand 206 00:07:25,546 --> 00:07:28,048 why she wouldn't be checking her messages, because, come on, 207 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:30,784 how hard can it be to run Finland? 208 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,053 The biggest debate in that country is deciding 209 00:07:33,153 --> 00:07:35,255 what temperature to set the saunas at. 210 00:07:35,355 --> 00:07:36,590 What's their stress? 211 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:38,892 You know, this scandal actually just proves 212 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:42,596 why America's right though to only elect old people. 213 00:07:42,696 --> 00:07:44,298 They'll never have this issue. 214 00:07:44,398 --> 00:07:46,567 The only reason Joe Biden would be awake at 4:00 a.m. 215 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:47,668 is to pee. 216 00:07:47,768 --> 00:07:49,269 That makes me feel safe. 217 00:07:50,237 --> 00:07:52,239 But let's move on to our top story. 218 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:56,076 All year, Republicans in Congress have been acting out. 219 00:07:56,109 --> 00:07:59,847 Marjorie Taylor Greene compared mask mandates to the Holocaust. 220 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:03,517 Paul Gosar chopped off AOC's head in an anime video. 221 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:05,018 And Mitt Romney, well, 222 00:08:05,118 --> 00:08:07,821 he went through that sexy goth phase. 223 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:10,691 And now Colorado's Lauren Boebert 224 00:08:10,791 --> 00:08:13,360 is under fire for a little stand-up routine 225 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:16,096 that she's been doing about Ilhan Omar. 226 00:08:16,196 --> 00:08:17,931 There has still been no condemnation 227 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:19,333 from Republican leaders 228 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:21,502 after GOP Congresswoman Lauren Boebert 229 00:08:21,602 --> 00:08:23,370 made an Islamophobic comment 230 00:08:23,470 --> 00:08:25,906 about one of her Democratic colleagues in a new video. 231 00:08:26,039 --> 00:08:27,841 NEWSWOMAN: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert 232 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:30,611 making an Islamophobic suicide bomber joke 233 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:34,515 about being in an elevator with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. 234 00:08:34,615 --> 00:08:37,518 -I look to my left and there she is. -MAN: Oh, no. 235 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:39,586 -Ilhan Omar. -(chuckling) -MAN 2: Whoops. 236 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:41,855 And I said, "Well, she doesn't have a backpack. 237 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,056 We should be fine." 238 00:08:43,156 --> 00:08:44,525 NEWSWOMAN: Suggesting she was concerned 239 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:46,693 Omar would blow up the elevator. 240 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,862 So, we only had one floor to go and I was like, 241 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:51,231 "Eh, should I say it or not?" I looked over. 242 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:52,599 And I said, "Oh, look. 243 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:55,235 The Jihad Squad decided to show up for work today." 244 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:59,173 Wow. You know, for something that offensive, 245 00:08:59,273 --> 00:09:01,575 that was one of the most boring stories I've ever heard. 246 00:09:01,675 --> 00:09:03,343 'Cause you realize, basically, she was like, 247 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:05,846 "So I'm on an elevator with a brown person, 248 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:09,216 "and the whole time, I'm having racist thoughts. 249 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:11,451 The end." 250 00:09:11,552 --> 00:09:13,720 Now if you're familiar with Lauren Boebert, 251 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:15,656 hearing that she made some Islamophobic jokes 252 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:17,357 about a fellow congressperson-- that won't come 253 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:18,825 as too much of a surprise for you, 254 00:09:18,926 --> 00:09:20,827 because Boebert, like Marjorie Taylor Greene 255 00:09:20,928 --> 00:09:22,863 or Madison Cawthorn or countless other Republicans-- 256 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,432 they are like the crazy little spawn 257 00:09:25,532 --> 00:09:28,735 that Donald Trump gave birth to right before he left town. 258 00:09:28,836 --> 00:09:32,039 But if you don't know who Lauren Boebert is, 259 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:34,041 well, you're about to find out 260 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:37,077 in another installment of Fringe-Watching. 261 00:09:37,177 --> 00:09:39,213 ♪ ♪ 262 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:42,049 In less than a year, 263 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:43,517 Lauren Boebert has made a name for herself 264 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:46,119 as one of Congress's preeminent nut jobs. 265 00:09:46,220 --> 00:09:48,322 But before she could get to D.C., 266 00:09:48,422 --> 00:09:50,190 she had to win over the voters 267 00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:52,559 of her conservative Colorado district. 268 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:56,463 And props to her because she knew just how to do it. 269 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:58,232 NEWSMAN: Republican Lauren Boebert 270 00:09:58,332 --> 00:10:00,067 pulled off a stunning upset by taking down 271 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:02,469 five-term congressman Scott Tipton. 272 00:10:02,569 --> 00:10:04,671 And her path to victory was straight out 273 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:05,973 of the far right playbook. 274 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:08,208 NEWSWOMAN: In May, her restaurant 275 00:10:08,308 --> 00:10:10,110 refused to close down during the COVID-19 pandemic, 276 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,212 even after a cease-and-desist order, 277 00:10:12,312 --> 00:10:14,915 until her license was temporarily suspended. 278 00:10:15,015 --> 00:10:16,817 And we don't want to be restricted 279 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:20,721 by these, uh, arbitrary... 280 00:10:20,821 --> 00:10:23,624 orders in place by our governor who thinks that he's a king. 281 00:10:23,724 --> 00:10:27,327 Lauren Boebert is the third, uh, candidate this cycle 282 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:29,930 that we've seen on the Republican side 283 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:33,433 who has spoken approvingly of QAnon, 284 00:10:33,534 --> 00:10:35,035 this conspiracy theory, 285 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:38,172 who actually emerged on top in her primary. 286 00:10:38,272 --> 00:10:40,774 Honestly, um, everything that I've heard of Q, 287 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:43,243 I hope that... I hope that this is real 288 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:44,611 because it only means 289 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,947 -America is getting stronger and better... -Yup. 290 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:49,816 and people are returning to conservative values. 291 00:10:49,917 --> 00:10:55,055 Yeah, that's right. QAnon is a return to Qonservative values. 292 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,823 I mean, we all remember 293 00:10:56,924 --> 00:10:59,726 Ronald Reagan's famous speech in Berlin. 294 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:04,064 Mr. Gorbachev, Tom Hanks, costar of Bosom Buddies, 295 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:05,966 drinks baby blood. 296 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:08,735 (applause) 297 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:11,438 Powerful stuff, man. Powerful stuff. 298 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:12,873 I remember that day. 299 00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:16,076 Now to be fair to Boebert, that's what she was saying 300 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:19,112 about QAnon before her Republican primary. 301 00:11:19,213 --> 00:11:21,348 Because you see, six days after she won her primary, 302 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:24,284 she clarified that she is not a follower of QAnon 303 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:27,221 and had been purposefully vague about it earlier. 304 00:11:27,321 --> 00:11:29,523 So, she isn't necessarily insane, 305 00:11:29,623 --> 00:11:31,959 just willing to say anything to win the votes 306 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:36,363 of insane people, which, in a way, is much worse. 307 00:11:36,463 --> 00:11:38,699 On the other hand, though, there is a conspiracy theory 308 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:39,967 that Boebert has fully embraced, 309 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:42,769 and this, she's embraced with all her heart, 310 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:45,639 and that is that the 2020 election was stolen 311 00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:48,008 from Donald J. Trump. 312 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:52,579 And on January 6, she was busy riling up her fellow believers. 313 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,582 One of Congress's newest faces is already facing calls 314 00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:58,318 for her resignation just a few days into her term. 315 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:00,854 I have constituents outside this building right now. 316 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:02,055 NEWSWOMAN 2: Less than a half hour 317 00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:04,091 before the Capitol came under siege... 318 00:12:04,191 --> 00:12:06,193 They know that this election is not right! 319 00:12:06,293 --> 00:12:08,128 NEWSWOMAN 2: ...one of the newest Republican House members, 320 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:10,898 34-year-old Lauren Boebert of Colorado, 321 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:14,801 was on the House floor fanning the flames of the insurrection. 322 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:18,305 I will not allow the people to be ignored! 323 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:19,773 NEWSWOMAN 2: She spent the morning tweeting, 324 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:22,676 "Today is 1776," and promising to 325 00:12:22,776 --> 00:12:24,144 "fight with everything I have 326 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:26,346 to ensure the fairness of the election." 327 00:12:26,446 --> 00:12:28,515 During the insurrection, she used her Twitter account 328 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:30,317 to announce to the public, and thereby, 329 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,686 any insurrectionists who might look, 330 00:12:32,786 --> 00:12:36,089 that Speaker Pelosi had been removed from chambers. 331 00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:38,692 Okay, okay, Okay, I know that sounds bad, 332 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,928 but let's not jump to conclusions. 333 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,829 Like, maybe she wasn't trying to say, 334 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,666 "Nancy Pelosi is getting away! Go get her!" 335 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:46,900 You know, maybe it was more like, 336 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,369 "Oh, great. Nancy Pelosi got away. 337 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,505 You blew it, dipshits." 338 00:12:51,605 --> 00:12:53,340 After the riots, Boebert released a statement 339 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,243 denouncing the violence, but, I mean, she was the one 340 00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:57,778 telling everyone it was 1776. 341 00:12:57,878 --> 00:12:59,947 Which only means one thing. 342 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:01,682 Like, I'm not an expert in American history, 343 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:03,951 but I'm pretty sure that the colonists 344 00:13:04,051 --> 00:13:07,721 didn't overthrow Britain with a Change.org petition. 345 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:10,557 Those dudes were killing each other... in funny wigs. 346 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:13,060 You know how violent you have to be to put on a funny wig 347 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:15,362 and then stab somebody? That's next level violent. 348 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:17,965 But Boebert's true passion isn't Qanon, 349 00:13:18,065 --> 00:13:20,234 or overthrowing the government, or even casual Islamophobia. 350 00:13:20,334 --> 00:13:24,071 No. what really gets her going is the Second Amendment. 351 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:26,073 And I know you're thinking, 352 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:27,474 "Yeah, there's a lot of people who like guns." 353 00:13:27,574 --> 00:13:28,742 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 354 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:30,711 I'm telling you now, that Lauren Boebert-- 355 00:13:30,811 --> 00:13:33,514 she makes all of them look like Gandhi. 356 00:13:33,614 --> 00:13:35,883 This is Lauren Boebert. She's a congresswoman from Colorado. 357 00:13:35,983 --> 00:13:38,652 She was at a hearing, and she... 358 00:13:38,752 --> 00:13:42,689 her background on her Zoom is a whole bunch of guns. 359 00:13:42,789 --> 00:13:44,591 Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert 360 00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:47,160 decided to copy one of her Republican colleagues, 361 00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:49,096 and she posted a photo of herself 362 00:13:49,196 --> 00:13:52,432 with her children-- you know, some of them rather young here-- 363 00:13:52,533 --> 00:13:55,302 holding what appear to be semiautomatic rifles 364 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:57,771 in front of their Christmas tree. 365 00:13:57,871 --> 00:14:02,042 On the day she was sworn in, she released this flashy video... 366 00:14:04,945 --> 00:14:07,514 ...declaring she'll be bringing her nine-millimeter Glock 367 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:10,350 to the halls of Congress and streets of D.C. 368 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:13,554 It's our job in Congress to defend your rights, 369 00:14:13,654 --> 00:14:15,255 including your Second Amendment, 370 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,291 and that's exactly what I'm here to do. 371 00:14:17,391 --> 00:14:20,093 NEWSWOMAN: Boebert has attracted national attention for a while. 372 00:14:20,194 --> 00:14:21,762 She owns Shooter's Grill 373 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:23,630 in her hometown of Rifle, Colorado, 374 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:26,066 a gun-themed restaurant where she encourages her employees 375 00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:28,068 to be armed. 376 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:30,137 WOMAN: I'm guessing you haven't had any sort of altercations 377 00:14:30,237 --> 00:14:32,506 or any attempted robbers or anything like that 378 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:34,641 since the girls started packing heat. 379 00:14:34,741 --> 00:14:36,777 No, we have had no altercations like that, 380 00:14:36,877 --> 00:14:39,079 nothing physical, and no one has certainly tried to rob us. 381 00:14:39,146 --> 00:14:41,081 Unless you count our salt shakers. 382 00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:42,583 Those get taken often. 383 00:14:42,683 --> 00:14:43,851 (mock chuckling) 384 00:14:43,951 --> 00:14:46,720 That's right, Lauren Boebert owns a restaurant 385 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:49,489 where all the waitresses are strapped. 386 00:14:49,590 --> 00:14:51,792 Which also makes it the only restaurant in America 387 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:54,094 where nobody asks to split the check five ways. 388 00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:55,429 No, I'll just pay, thank you. 389 00:14:55,529 --> 00:14:57,231 And look, I don't know if I want to eat at a restaurant 390 00:14:57,331 --> 00:14:58,465 where everybody's armed. 391 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:00,334 I mean, it's a fun gimmick, but you realize 392 00:15:00,434 --> 00:15:02,102 the second someone drops a plate, 393 00:15:02,202 --> 00:15:04,104 that place is turning into a Tarantino movie. 394 00:15:04,204 --> 00:15:06,373 I mean, it's still a restaurant, so you can't have bare feet, 395 00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:08,475 but otherwise, it's a Tarantino movie. 396 00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:13,547 But clearly, this person has an unhealthy fixation with guns. 397 00:15:13,647 --> 00:15:15,883 Forget Congress, she's not qualified to serve 398 00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:17,851 as an interior decorator. 399 00:15:17,951 --> 00:15:20,621 You know what this bed needs? A pile of guns. 400 00:15:20,721 --> 00:15:23,957 And let's zhuzh up this bathroom with another pile of guns. 401 00:15:24,057 --> 00:15:25,959 And you know what? Instead of a kitchen, 402 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:28,061 just guns. 403 00:15:28,095 --> 00:15:30,063 But that's Boebert. She's probably the first person ever 404 00:15:30,097 --> 00:15:32,132 to try and register an emotional support Glock. 405 00:15:32,232 --> 00:15:34,535 And it really makes me wonder why. 406 00:15:34,635 --> 00:15:36,970 Like, why is the Second Amendment 407 00:15:37,070 --> 00:15:40,774 the only amendment that politicians are obsessed with? 408 00:15:40,874 --> 00:15:42,709 I mean, like, obsessed with! 409 00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:44,711 Like, just once, I want to see a politician 410 00:15:44,811 --> 00:15:46,680 who's all about the Third Amendment. 411 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,249 You know? Just stomping through a campaign commercial like: 412 00:15:49,349 --> 00:15:51,785 Send me to Washington, and I'll make sure a soldier 413 00:15:51,885 --> 00:15:54,388 in peacetime is never quartered in your house! 414 00:15:54,488 --> 00:15:57,891 Use Airbnb, and let me be! Yeah! 415 00:15:57,991 --> 00:16:00,427 But look, I'm sure Boebert is as safe and careful as possible 416 00:16:00,527 --> 00:16:02,596 when she's hanging AR-15s on the Christmas tree. 417 00:16:02,696 --> 00:16:04,665 Or at least she's more careful with that 418 00:16:04,765 --> 00:16:07,901 than she is with campaign finance laws. 419 00:16:08,035 --> 00:16:10,337 NEWSMAN: In August, news broke that Boebert did not disclose 420 00:16:10,437 --> 00:16:12,472 almost a half million dollars her husband made 421 00:16:12,573 --> 00:16:14,041 in the energy industry. 422 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:17,077 Ethics and campaign finance laws require candidates 423 00:16:17,177 --> 00:16:18,579 and members of Congress to disclose 424 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:20,781 how immediate family members make money 425 00:16:20,881 --> 00:16:23,517 so voters know about potential conflicts of interest. 426 00:16:23,617 --> 00:16:24,952 Now we have learned that Boebert paid rent 427 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:26,320 and utility bills for her restaurant 428 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:29,523 with campaign funds, which is very much in violation 429 00:16:29,623 --> 00:16:31,525 of federal campaign finance laws 430 00:16:31,625 --> 00:16:34,061 the new filings of the Federal Election Commission show. 431 00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:35,529 And this is not the first time 432 00:16:35,629 --> 00:16:37,397 Boebert has misused campaign funds. 433 00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:39,066 In February, the Denver Post reported 434 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,502 Boebert paid herself more than $22,000 435 00:16:41,602 --> 00:16:45,539 in mileage reimbursements for her campaign account last year. 436 00:16:45,639 --> 00:16:49,076 To justify those reimbursements, Boebert would have had to drive, 437 00:16:49,109 --> 00:16:53,413 get this, 38,712 miles while campaigning, 438 00:16:53,514 --> 00:16:56,683 despite having no publicly advertised campaign events 439 00:16:56,783 --> 00:17:00,621 in March, April, July, and only one in May. 440 00:17:00,721 --> 00:17:03,590 After questions were raised, Boebert amended her filing, 441 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:06,593 subtracting 7,000 miles from her claim. 442 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:11,198 So she miscalculated by 7,000 miles? 443 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:15,435 The only other time that happens is after you make a wrong turn 444 00:17:15,536 --> 00:17:17,104 using Google Maps. 445 00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:19,673 Recalculating. New distance: 7,000 miles. 446 00:17:19,773 --> 00:17:23,177 You will arrive at your destination in the year 2183. 447 00:17:23,277 --> 00:17:25,345 'Cause that's a lot of shady campaign finance stuff, 448 00:17:25,445 --> 00:17:27,581 after just one campaign. 449 00:17:27,681 --> 00:17:29,349 One. 450 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:31,418 I mean, I guess this is the swagger of someone 451 00:17:31,518 --> 00:17:32,819 who owns that many guns. 452 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,355 I mean, the FEC probably had a Zoom meeting with her, 453 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:37,224 and then they saw her background. 454 00:17:37,324 --> 00:17:38,492 What were they gonna say? 455 00:17:38,592 --> 00:17:40,294 Hey, man, what's a few thousand miles? 456 00:17:40,394 --> 00:17:42,095 Let's just be cool. Let's be cool, lady. 457 00:17:42,196 --> 00:17:43,664 Yeah, log me out, log me out. 458 00:17:43,764 --> 00:17:44,698 So, that's Lauren Boebert, 459 00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:46,567 law-breaking conspiracy theorist, 460 00:17:46,667 --> 00:17:48,335 gun enthusiast and insurrectionist. 461 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:52,439 In other words, if you see her get on an elevator, 462 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:54,908 maybe you should take the stairs. 463 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:56,743 All right, when we come back, Jordan Klepper 464 00:17:56,844 --> 00:17:58,946 goes head to head with antivaxxers. 465 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:01,315 You don't want to miss it. 466 00:18:03,884 --> 00:18:05,252 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 467 00:18:05,352 --> 00:18:07,254 As vaccine mandates are spreading around the country, 468 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:09,956 anti-vaccine protests are, too, 469 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:13,393 including in some areas you might not expect. 470 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:15,429 We sent Jordan Klepper to investigate 471 00:18:15,529 --> 00:18:16,630 for another episode 472 00:18:16,730 --> 00:18:19,266 of Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse. 473 00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:21,401 ♪ ♪ 474 00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:27,674 KLEPPER: The discussion around vaccines and mandates 475 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:29,476 tends to pit red state versus blue. 476 00:18:29,576 --> 00:18:30,944 But I had heard 477 00:18:31,044 --> 00:18:33,113 there was vaccine hesitancy and misinformation 478 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:35,782 in the elitist of the elite blue corners of the U.S. 479 00:18:35,882 --> 00:18:39,853 So I headed to a protest in sunny Southern California. 480 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,288 I came to California curious 481 00:18:41,388 --> 00:18:43,723 if the anti-vax mandate crowd would talk to me. 482 00:18:43,824 --> 00:18:45,559 Then I realized I brought a camera, 483 00:18:45,659 --> 00:18:47,294 and we're in Southern California. 484 00:18:47,394 --> 00:18:48,829 I think I'll be fine. 485 00:18:48,929 --> 00:18:50,497 Is this an anti-vaccination... 486 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:52,899 It is not an anti-vax, so don't go there. 487 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:54,434 -Don't go there. -Please don't. 488 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 please consider supporting Vibrant Emotional Health. 867 00:33:11,041 --> 00:33:13,177 They're a nonprofit dedicated to helping people 868 00:33:13,277 --> 00:33:14,979 achieve emotional well-being 869 00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:17,448 and to giving them the support and the skills that they need 870 00:33:17,548 --> 00:33:18,682 to survive. 871 00:33:18,783 --> 00:33:20,284 So if you want to support them in their work, 872 00:33:20,384 --> 00:33:22,453 especially during the stressful holiday season, 873 00:33:22,553 --> 00:33:24,522 then please donate at the link below. 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!