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NARRATOR: Coming to
you from New York City,
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the only city in America.
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It's The Daily Show.
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Tonight, the royals are
coming, election officials
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under threat, and Wes Moore.
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It's The Daily Show
with Trevor Noah.
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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[hip-hop music]
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What's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to The Daily Show.
I'm Trevor Noah.
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Thank you so much
for tuning in.
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Thank you for coming
out in person.
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Thank you for being here.
Thank you for being here.
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Thank you for being here.
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Thank you so much
for coming up.
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It's good to see everyone.
Take a seat.
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Let's do this.
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We have got a great
show for you tonight.
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The Democrats are
going back to Black.
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Boston is hosting
another Tea Party,
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and Elon Musk is
going to be living
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rent-free in all our heads.
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So let's do this, people.
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Let's jump straight
into today's headlines.
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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[hip-hop music]
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All right, people.
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I'm going to be honest.
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With all the news
that happens today,
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I don't think we have enough
space in today's show.
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We just don't have the time.
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I even tried to squeeze
it all into a corset,
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but it just made
the news look sexy,
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and I've got a
role on Bridgerton.
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So there's still
not enough time.
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But fortunately,
not enough time
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is just enough time for
a segment we call "Ain't
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Nobody Got Time for That."
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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[hip-hop music]
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All right.
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Let's kick things off
with the Democratic Party,
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easily one of the top two
parties in the United States.
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As you know, Democrats
lost control of the House
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in last month's
mid-term elections.
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And as they get ready
to be in the minority,
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they're making some
big changes at the top.
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Democrats in the
House have made history
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with their new leadership.
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Congressman Hakeem
Jeffries of Brooklyn
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has become the
first Black leader
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of either party in Congress.
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He will take over from Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, who, as we know,
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is remaining in the
House after stepping
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down from the top job.
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REPORTER: Jeffries
is 52, 30 years
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younger than the outgoing
House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi--
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a leader with a
style all his own
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and a penchant for weaving
in the legacy of hip-hop.
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That is why we are
here, Mr. Sekulow,
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and if you don't
know, now you know.
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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[hip-hop music]
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I'm glad no one else in
the room finished that lyric.
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And I don't know.
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As much as I enjoy
it, I think it feels
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kind of weird to
quote Biggie in such
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a serious and boring
place like Congress.
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Like, I love-- I love hip-hop.
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I love hip-hop.
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But I don't want to hear
it everywhere, you know?
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Yeah, like, I don't
want my doctor
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shoehorning that shit in.
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So Mr. Noah, what
are your symptoms?
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Palms sweaty?
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Knees weak?
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Arms are heavy?
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Please take this
very seriously.
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I'm very ill.
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But that's right.
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After 250 years,
America finally
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has a minority Minority
Leader, which is amazing.
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Although, you will
notice the Democrats only
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gave it to a Black guy
after they lost the House.
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Yeah.
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It's kind of like someone
crashing their car,
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and then being like,
hey, Hakeem, I know
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you've always wanted a BMW.
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No need to say thank you.
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Also, the cops want
to talk to you.
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Bye!
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But no, you still have to
give credit to the Democrats.
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Republicans haven't
done this yet.
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I mean, they still
think Minority
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Leader was the original
title of Black Panther.
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And this isn't just a big deal
because Jeffries is Black.
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Remember that.
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This also marks a
shift for the Democrats
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to a much younger
generation of leaders.
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Although, again--
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[hip-hop music]
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--we also don't
really know, you know.
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No, because Hakeem Jeffries is
Black, so he could be,
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like, 90.
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We don't actually
know how old he is.
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Because you
realize, even at 52,
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for a party leader in America,
he's actually a young man.
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I mean, think
about it this way.
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Joe Biden was in
Congress when Hakeem
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was literally in diapers.
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And now that Hakeem
is in Congress,
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Joe Biden is the
one in diapers.
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The circle of life.
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Now, if we had more time, we
could talk about how the House
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Democrats are just a sideshow
for the next two years,
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because the main event is
whether Kevin McCarthy will be
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able to wrangle his
clown car of crazies
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to get anything done.
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But we don't have the
time to talk about that,
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because while Hakeem
Jeffries is plotting
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to take over the House,
Elon Musk is plotting
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to take over our brains.
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REPORTER: Elon Musk
said on Wednesday,
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a wireless device developed
by his brain chip company,
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Neuralink, is expected to
begin human clinical trials
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in six months.
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The company is developing
brain chip interfaces
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that it says could
enable disabled patients
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to move and communicate again.
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We've been working hard to
be ready for our first human.
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It's essentially that it's
sort of like having an Apple
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Watch or a Fitbit,
replacing a piece of skull
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with, like, a smartwatch.
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You have a Neuralink device.
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Like, I could have a Neuralink
device implanted right now,
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and you wouldn't--
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[chuckles]
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--you wouldn't even know.
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I mean--
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Yeah.
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Yeah, Elon, if you told us
were a part robot, all of us
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would be totally surprised.
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We would-- we'd be like,
I never saw that coming.
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But look, I will admit,
the idea of this technology
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sounds amazing.
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But in reality, the
idea of an Apple Watch
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or a Fitbit in my brain
gives me a little pause.
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Because have you ever used
an Apple Watch or a Fitbit?
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When it messes up on my
wrist, I'm just like, ah!
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When it messes up in
my brain, then what?
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All of a sudden, I'm on
Alex Jones praising Hitler
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for inventing the microphone?
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Is that what's going to happen?
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I'm just like, ah!
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And secondly, if I'm going
to get a chip in my head,
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I don't know if I want Elon
Musk to be in charge of it,
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you know?
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Like, a year ago, I would
have been like, the Tesla guy?
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Maybe.
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Maybe.
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But now, I'm like,
the Twitter guy?
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Mm.
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I'll pay him $8 to stay away.
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Now, if we had more
time, we could talk about
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how Elon previously promised
that his brain chip would be
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ready for human trials
three years ago,
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or how he promised that Teslas
would be self-driving by 2017,
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or how he'd build a high-speed
underground train by 2020,
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or how he'd land
on Mars by 2022.
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Basically, this dude is
a guy in a strip club,
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making it rain with IOUs.
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But we don't have time to
talk about the techno king,
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because some real
royals have just
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rocked up to America's shores.
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REPORTER: It was
a royal welcome
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for the Prince and Princess
of Wales Wednesday,
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on their first US visit
in eight years, here
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to present the
Earthshot Prize, which
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honors environmentalists.
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They kicked off
the trip by helping
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turn Boston City Hall green.
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Catherine and I are
absolutely delighted to be
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with you today for
our first engagement
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in the great city of Boston.
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REPORTER: The couple also
took in an NBA game courtside,
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watching the Boston Celtics
beat the Miami Heat.
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And then, they hold this
big star-studded event
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on Friday night, where
they're going to hand out
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five prizes worth more
than $1,000,000 each
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to folks who are trying to
tackle the climate crisis.
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First of all, Prince
William is clearly a liar.
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All right?
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No one has ever been delighted
to be in Boston in December.
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December?
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What are you excited about?
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Oh, I love chapped
lips and getting
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thrown up on by Patriots fans.
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How peachy!
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You've been there in December?
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And you might be
saying, no, Trevor!
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They're having a good time!
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They even have courtside seats!
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You think these people are
impressed by courtside seats?
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The man's regular
seat is a throne.
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This man has never sat on a
folding chair in his life.
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He's probably like,
look at this thing.
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This chair has a mouth
or something, Kate!
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Now, if we had the
time, we could talk more
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about how great it is that
Prince William and Kate are
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awarding money to people who
are trying to solve climate
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change, or how shitty
it is that they ignored
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my idea to plug in a
bunch of air conditioners
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near the glaciers.
Would have worked.
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But we just don't have
the time for that.
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Because while these royals
are having fun in America,
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the royals back
home in the UK are
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not having a good time at all.
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REPORTER: Overshadowing
the trip, controversy back
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at Buckingham Palace--
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the Prince's godmother,
Lady Susan Hussey,
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resigning amid
accusations of racism.
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Ngozi Fulani, the founder
of a women's non-profit
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and a Black woman
born in the UK,
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says Tuesday at the
palace, Hussey repeatedly
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asked where she was
really from, implying
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she wasn't really British.
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REPORTER: Ngozi Fulani
tweeting the exchange,
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which reads in part, "what
nationality are you?"
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"I am born here,
and I'm British."
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"No, but where do
you really come from?
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Where do your
people come from?"
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Hussey also asking, quote,
"what part of Africa
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are you from?"
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after Ngozi said
she was from London.
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Tonight, an
eyewitness describing
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her shock at the exchange.
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If Ngozi was a white woman,
that line of questioning
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wouldn't have taken place.
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People, how many times do
we have to go through this?
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There is only one socially
acceptable way to find
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out someone's heritage.
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You swab their DNA
while they're asleep.
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OK?
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It's the polite thing to do.
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This is like the
first thing they teach
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you in Avoidable Racism 101.
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It is just never
say the word "from."
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That's it.
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A lot of racism includes
the word, "from."
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So just avoid it altogether.
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Where are you really from?
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Go back to where you came from.
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You see this clip
from Tucker Carlson?
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"From"-- stay away from it.
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And I also love how this woman
was given a chance to control
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or delete her racism, right?
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But instead, she just
copy-pasted and carried on.
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Where are you from?
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I'm born here, and I'm British.
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No, no, no, you
don't understand.
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I'm being racist.
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How Black are you?
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Show me on this map of
Africa I brought with me.
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Oh, let me put it in
words you understand.
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[speaking gibberish]
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Coke bottles falling
from the sky.
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Now, if we had
more time, we could
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talk about how having
a racist godmother
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probably made Prince William
even more popular in Boston,
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or we could talk about
how every scandal
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in the British
monarchy is technically
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a spoiler for a future
season of The Crown.
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But we just don't have time
for that, because I know where
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our show's money comes
"from," which is why we need
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to go to a commercial break.
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Welcome back to
The Daily Show!
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After two years of voter fraud
accusations and Capitol riots,
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it is no surprise that
Americans have become less
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confident in their elections.
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But as Desi Lydic discovers
in her new series,
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America's election
infrastructure may be in even
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worse shape than you think.
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[sighs]
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Hello again.
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I'm Desi Lydic.
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When I first started this
series on our election
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infrastructure,
I was just hoping
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to boost my brand
enough to ditch this job
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and get on 60 Minutes.
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But over the last
two installments,
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I've learned that our country
is on the terrifying brink
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of election
catastrophe and that 60
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Minutes is looking for
more of a "Hoda Kotb type."
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I mean, what the hell?
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I can go brunette if
that's what it takes.
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I don't mind.
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Anyway, here's our final
look at Votedemic 2022,
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our crumbling election
infrastructure.
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Who cares?
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Just roll it.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER):
Well, America, we did it.
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Election accomplished.
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Despite a myriad of
election problems,
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including a paper shortage
and a lack of poll workers,
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we successfully pulled
off an election,
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thanks to my reporting.
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So I'm back with Tammy
at Democracy Fund--
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Tammy, break time's over.
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We got to talk.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER):
--to debrief and collect
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my well-earned thank-yous.
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Thanks to your work and
also my reporting, things
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are great, right?
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It did go mostly really well.
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We had a couple of hiccups
around the country.
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But in general, it did go
fairly well, so we should take
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a moment and celebrate that.
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Tammy, I would love
to bask with you.
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Let's bask.
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[inhales]
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[exhales]
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God, it feels good to bask.
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It's great to bask in
the glory of competence
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and a well executed election.
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DESI LYDIC: Yeah.
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But we do still have
challenges moving forward.
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God damn it, Tammy.
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Since the 2020 election,
election officials
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have been under attack.
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We from a recent survey
that one in four of election
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officials in this country
have experienced threats
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of harassment and
abuse, so they're
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going to be leaving the
field, unfortunately,
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in large numbers.
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How many people
are getting harassed?
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Are we talking like a
handful or like a shit ton?
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Unfortunately, I think
it's closer to the shit ton.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER):
You heard Tammy's
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filthy mouth-- a shit ton.
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And these threats from
disgruntled election deniers
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range from local officials
to secretaries of state.
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REPORTER 1: An Arizona
elections official
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was moved to an undisclosed
location because of threats
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to his life.
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REPORTER 2: In
Milwaukee, elections
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Executive Director
Claire Woodall-Vogg
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has been bombarded by hate.
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REPORTER 3: In Georgia,
Secretary of State Brad
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Raffensperger, his wife
has gotten a barrage
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of threatening text messages.
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If you had to put your
finger on it, what or who
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is responsible for this?
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Starting in the
2016 election,
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we had prominent candidates
for the presidential office--
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Trump.
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--who were
running, saying that
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the elections were rigged--
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DJT.
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--that there was
rampant fraud, that,
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in fact, it was illegitimate--
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Donald J. Trump.
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And that carried
into 2020 as well.
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Trump, Trump, Trump.
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So that has created an
environment that has provided
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both incentive as well
as support for people
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to target election officials.
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Oh, OK, so Trump.
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But one of the things you
might want to think about
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is, in fact,
talking to somebody
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who was a local election
official in 2020.
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Right, yeah.
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And someone should go do that.
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Couldn't agree more.
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Someone should definitely go
talk to an election official.
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[groans]
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I already did
this twice before.
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I got to do it again?
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God.
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(UNDER BREATH) Tammy.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): After
being bullied by Tammy to meet
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with the harassed
election official,
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I'm at City Hall
in Philadelphia
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to speak with Al Schmidt,
former Philadelphia City
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Commissioner and
Trump's biggest target
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during the 2020 election.
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In Philadelphia, the city
commissioners are responsible
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for running anything
election-related,
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from voter registration
to mail-in ballots
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to election-day
operations to the final
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tabulation and certification
of the election results.
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I mean, election
administrators are really
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referees in all of this.
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Is it hard to be a
referee in Philadelphia,
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given Eagles fans?
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It certainly can
be challenging,
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but we have the best
fans in the country.
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Can you give some examples
of the type of harassment
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that you received?
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Well, the threats were
pretty general in nature
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leading up to election day.
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But in the days that
followed, especially
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after the former President
targeted me by name
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on Twitter, that's when the
threats became much more
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specific and much
more graphic and were
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largely targeting my family.
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I'm sorry.
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That must have been terrifying.
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I fortunately had
the Philadelphia
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Police Department
looking after my family
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sort of night and day.
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So walking the dog, going to
the grocery store, when I took
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the kids sledding, the
Philadelphia Police Department
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was right there
alongside of us.
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Yeah, yeah.
Totally get it.
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I'm in the same boat.
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The police follow my
family and I around at all
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times for different reasons.
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Is there accountability
for people
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who harass election workers?
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I think there's really
two types of accountability
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that are needed.
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One is for people who are
making threats of violence
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and clearly breaking the
law, trying to coerce
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the people responsible for
counting voters' votes,
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and also a different
sort of accountability
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for elected officials who
are spreading these lies,
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that I would hope that
voters hold them accountable.
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Harassers aside,
how do you make
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amends with election deniers,
water under the bridge--
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excuse me, "wuh-ter"
under the bridge?
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I've really
gone out of my way
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to make sure that I go
to political meetings
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and answer questions
that people have.
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And the most recent one I
went to, there was an older
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gentleman in the back
who leaned back and said,
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forget about the
facts for a moment.
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Biden lost.
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Like, that makes
it a real challenge
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to convince someone when their
belief system is completely
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independent of facts.
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And as an election
official, you could take
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away that guy's vote, right?
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I want him to
vote, and I want
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him to vote in every election.
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Do you though?
Do you really?
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- I do.
- Do you really?
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I do.
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Do you though?
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Most certainly.
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Every election.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER):
Damn, this guy was good.
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But with all the
harassment civil servants
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like him are facing,
I was beginning
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to worry that there
was no way I could end
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this story on a positive note.
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I think it's a very
encouraging sign that we had
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more people step
up to volunteer
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to work on election day
in the midterms in 2022
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than ever before.
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Great.
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Great.
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00:17:28,883 --> 00:17:30,517
So it's fixed?
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I did it!
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I mean, we did it.
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DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): So
there you have it, America.
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Despite the problems we faced
during 2022, thanks to Al
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and election workers
across the country,
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there's still hope
that 2024 won't
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be a complete shit
show because I
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can't do another one of these.
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[pained laugh]
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I can't.
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00:17:51,405 --> 00:17:52,473
Thank you so much
for that, Desi.
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All right, stay tuned
because when we come back,
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the first Black governor
of Maryland, Wes Moore,
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will be joining me
right here on the show.
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So don't go away.
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[applause, cheering]
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[applause, cheering]
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Welcome back to
"The Daily Show."
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My guest tonight is a combat
veteran, a bestselling author,
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and former head of the
anti-poverty organization
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Robin Hood.
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He will soon be sworn in
as the first Black governor
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of the state of Maryland.
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Please welcome
Governor-elect Wes Moore.
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[music playing]
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[applause, cheering]
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Thanks, y'all.
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Thank you.
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00:18:53,868 --> 00:18:55,770
Thanks, y'all.
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00:18:55,870 --> 00:18:57,304
Thank you, man.
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00:18:57,405 --> 00:18:58,439
Governor-elect Wes Moore.
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00:18:58,539 --> 00:18:59,473
Yes, sir.
Hello.
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Are you used to that yet?
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00:19:00,574 --> 00:19:01,642
I mean, it's only
been-- going to be
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00:19:01,742 --> 00:19:02,843
for a short amount
of time, and then
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it'll be Governor Wes Moore.
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00:19:04,245 --> 00:19:05,446
Has it sunk in?
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00:19:05,546 --> 00:19:08,249
Because you ran a
campaign in a place
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00:19:08,349 --> 00:19:11,719
where nobody expected a
Democrat to be able to win
512
00:19:11,819 --> 00:19:13,354
the seats of
governor, and yet here
513
00:19:13,454 --> 00:19:15,489
you are, and you've done it.
514
00:19:15,589 --> 00:19:16,490
What does it feel like?
515
00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:18,893
Let's start with
that, you know?
516
00:19:18,993 --> 00:19:20,728
It feels great
because you're right.
517
00:19:20,828 --> 00:19:24,298
I mean, when we first started
this race, we started at 1%.
518
00:19:24,331 --> 00:19:26,700
I say the "I'm not
voting" was polling higher
519
00:19:26,801 --> 00:19:27,701
than where I was polling at.
520
00:19:27,802 --> 00:19:28,803
[laughter]
521
00:19:28,903 --> 00:19:30,104
Like, people were not
feeling me at first.
522
00:19:30,204 --> 00:19:31,872
And-- but I think
what we did was
523
00:19:31,972 --> 00:19:33,808
we continued to show people
we were going to meet
524
00:19:33,908 --> 00:19:35,042
people where they were.
525
00:19:35,142 --> 00:19:37,144
We were going to go to every
part of the state, talk
526
00:19:37,311 --> 00:19:38,579
to every part of
the state, and that
527
00:19:38,679 --> 00:19:39,947
also meant even
places where there
528
00:19:40,047 --> 00:19:41,148
weren't a lot of Democrats.
529
00:19:41,315 --> 00:19:42,383
And people would
literally say to me,
530
00:19:42,483 --> 00:19:43,984
they're like, you're
coming to a lot of places
531
00:19:44,085 --> 00:19:45,319
with not a lot of Democrats.
532
00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:46,654
And I'm like, yeah, but
there's a lot of Marylanders.
533
00:19:46,754 --> 00:19:47,721
TREVOR NOAH: Wow.
534
00:19:47,822 --> 00:19:48,956
And I plan on being
their governor too.
535
00:19:49,056 --> 00:19:50,391
And I think the people
show that that mattered.
536
00:19:50,491 --> 00:19:51,659
When.
537
00:19:51,759 --> 00:19:52,727
You're able-- when you're
willing to put in the work
538
00:19:52,827 --> 00:19:54,795
and earn it, then
the people respond.
539
00:19:54,895 --> 00:19:56,330
That is something
that many people
540
00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:58,466
spoke about in your campaign.
541
00:19:58,566 --> 00:20:02,336
They-- it was very
apparent very early
542
00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:04,105
on that you ran
a different race
543
00:20:04,205 --> 00:20:07,041
to what many establishment
politicians run.
544
00:20:07,141 --> 00:20:09,410
You didn't pander to a base.
545
00:20:09,510 --> 00:20:11,078
You spoke to the
people of Maryland.
546
00:20:11,178 --> 00:20:12,813
You didn't make the race
national unnecessarily.
547
00:20:12,913 --> 00:20:13,881
That's right.
548
00:20:13,981 --> 00:20:14,982
You spoke to the
issues that were actually
549
00:20:15,082 --> 00:20:16,183
happening in your state.
550
00:20:16,283 --> 00:20:18,686
And I'd love to talk a
little bit about that.
551
00:20:18,786 --> 00:20:21,489
I think-- I'll paraphrase you
in that you said at one point,
552
00:20:21,589 --> 00:20:24,091
you don't understand why
"patriotism" is somehow, like,
553
00:20:24,191 --> 00:20:27,661
owned now by Republicans when
everyone can be a patriot,
554
00:20:27,762 --> 00:20:28,829
and everyone can
love their country
555
00:20:28,929 --> 00:20:30,297
and still want to fix it.
556
00:20:30,331 --> 00:20:32,299
Talk me through how you came to
this understanding and whether
557
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,502
or not serving in the
military and your life
558
00:20:34,602 --> 00:20:36,670
that led up to this contributed
to thinking that way.
559
00:20:36,771 --> 00:20:38,305
Well, you know,
it's wild because I
560
00:20:38,339 --> 00:20:40,908
would hear people talk about
this term of patriotism.
561
00:20:41,008 --> 00:20:42,777
And I became so bothered
by it because I'm like,
562
00:20:42,877 --> 00:20:45,880
you haven't earned that,
right, where I think
563
00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:48,816
about this concept, where
my definition of patriotism
564
00:20:48,916 --> 00:20:51,318
was when I left
my family, and I
565
00:20:51,385 --> 00:20:52,953
put on the uniform
of this country,
566
00:20:53,053 --> 00:20:54,922
and I served with the
82nd Airborne Division
567
00:20:55,022 --> 00:20:56,390
overseas in Afghanistan.
568
00:20:56,490 --> 00:20:58,959
And I was literally hearing
people talk about patriots,
569
00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:03,197
whose definition of patriotism
was putting on a baseball cap
570
00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:06,200
and storming the Capitol and
trying to take down democracy.
571
00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:08,235
And so I think about
it in my own life.
572
00:21:08,335 --> 00:21:10,271
I come from a
family of patriots
573
00:21:10,304 --> 00:21:12,540
because I come from a
family of educators.
574
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,643
I come from a family of people
who have served as engineers
575
00:21:15,743 --> 00:21:17,111
and made this country
with their hands.
576
00:21:17,278 --> 00:21:21,048
I've served from-- I come from
a family of ministers, right?
577
00:21:21,148 --> 00:21:23,451
These are patriots.
578
00:21:23,551 --> 00:21:26,887
And so I refuse to be
lectured, nor should anybody
579
00:21:26,987 --> 00:21:28,722
allow anybody to
try to bastardize
580
00:21:28,823 --> 00:21:31,926
that term of patriotism,
because we come from a place
581
00:21:32,026 --> 00:21:33,294
where I understand
what it means
582
00:21:33,394 --> 00:21:35,129
to love your country even
when your country doesn't
583
00:21:35,296 --> 00:21:36,597
love it back.
TREVOR NOAH: Wow.
584
00:21:36,697 --> 00:21:38,032
But you still love it.
585
00:21:38,132 --> 00:21:39,867
TREVOR NOAH: Wow.
586
00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:43,304
So for many people,
they love the country.
587
00:21:43,337 --> 00:21:46,040
Many people love what they
want the country to be.
588
00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:47,975
They have their ideas of what
they want to do to fix it.
589
00:21:48,075 --> 00:21:49,677
You are actually now going
to be in that position--
590
00:21:49,777 --> 00:21:50,745
Yes
591
00:21:50,845 --> 00:21:52,379
--at a really interesting
time in America,
592
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,749
at an interesting time
for your state because you
593
00:21:54,849 --> 00:21:56,550
have a $2 billion surplus.
594
00:21:56,650 --> 00:21:57,918
You're in a position
where you're
595
00:21:58,018 --> 00:22:01,655
going to be able to spend
money to make ideas a reality,
596
00:22:01,756 --> 00:22:02,957
which is not often the case.
597
00:22:03,057 --> 00:22:05,025
Talk me through
some of your plans.
598
00:22:05,126 --> 00:22:06,560
For instance, reading
through your life,
599
00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:07,661
there are many people
who've read your book,
600
00:22:07,762 --> 00:22:08,863
and they know the story.
601
00:22:08,963 --> 00:22:13,567
But for those who don't,
your grandmother left Cuba
602
00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:14,568
and moved to Jamaica.
603
00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:15,836
Yes.
604
00:22:15,936 --> 00:22:17,471
Your mom left Jamaica and
came to the United States.
605
00:22:17,571 --> 00:22:21,308
And so you have a family that
is from many different places
606
00:22:21,409 --> 00:22:22,977
in the world, you know?
- Sounds familiar.
607
00:22:23,077 --> 00:22:23,978
Yeah.
608
00:22:24,078 --> 00:22:25,713
[laughter]
609
00:22:25,813 --> 00:22:29,583
And so it's informed how you
see health care because of--
610
00:22:29,683 --> 00:22:30,718
Yes.
611
00:22:30,818 --> 00:22:32,286
--how young you were
when your father died.
612
00:22:32,386 --> 00:22:35,556
It's informed how you think
about education, how you
613
00:22:35,656 --> 00:22:37,158
think about basic services.
614
00:22:37,291 --> 00:22:40,027
So let's start with one
of the more basic ideas.
615
00:22:40,127 --> 00:22:42,096
Losing your father
at such a young age
616
00:22:42,196 --> 00:22:43,497
because he couldn't get
the health care he needed--
617
00:22:43,597 --> 00:22:44,698
That's right.
618
00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:46,067
--means you are now in
a position to change that.
619
00:22:46,167 --> 00:22:47,902
What are you planning to change
for the people in your state
620
00:22:48,002 --> 00:22:49,303
who may be in that
same position?
621
00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:51,605
You know, I think about
where everything that I am
622
00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:54,408
and everything we ran on has
been influenced by my life,
623
00:22:54,508 --> 00:22:58,746
right, where my life has been
consistently the consequences
624
00:22:58,846 --> 00:23:01,482
of broken policies and
how it leaves people,
625
00:23:01,582 --> 00:23:02,750
how it leaves people behind.
626
00:23:02,850 --> 00:23:04,919
So when we talk about
leave no one behind,
627
00:23:05,019 --> 00:23:07,621
which I learned in the military
when I was 17 years old,
628
00:23:07,721 --> 00:23:09,957
leave no one behind
is not just a mantra.
629
00:23:10,057 --> 00:23:11,826
That is a value statement.
630
00:23:11,926 --> 00:23:14,595
And so my earliest memories
were watching my father die
631
00:23:14,695 --> 00:23:16,831
in front of me when I was three
years old because he didn't
632
00:23:16,931 --> 00:23:18,365
get the health care
that he needed;
633
00:23:18,466 --> 00:23:19,600
that one of my
earliest memories
634
00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:22,002
was when I was 11 years
old, when I felt handcuffs
635
00:23:22,103 --> 00:23:24,438
on my wrists because I
came up in a community that
636
00:23:24,538 --> 00:23:27,608
was overpoliced, and we knew
it; that my mother was--
637
00:23:27,708 --> 00:23:30,010
I was 14 years old when my
mother got her first job
638
00:23:30,111 --> 00:23:31,145
that gave her benefits.
639
00:23:31,278 --> 00:23:32,780
And by the way, Trevor,
this is a woman who went
640
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,648
on to earn a master's degree.
TREVOR NOAH: Wow.
641
00:23:34,749 --> 00:23:35,916
So when we're
having conversations--
642
00:23:36,016 --> 00:23:37,852
[applause]
643
00:23:37,952 --> 00:23:39,954
So when we're having
conversations about
644
00:23:40,054 --> 00:23:42,289
inequitable pay between men
and women or inequitable pay
645
00:23:42,389 --> 00:23:44,291
between people of color
and non-, this is not
646
00:23:44,392 --> 00:23:45,493
an academic exercise to me.
647
00:23:45,593 --> 00:23:47,361
I don't need a white paper
to explain this, right?
648
00:23:47,461 --> 00:23:48,763
I've seen this.
649
00:23:48,863 --> 00:23:51,499
And so when we say that our--
my entire platform, that what
650
00:23:51,599 --> 00:23:52,900
we're going to do
is build pathways
651
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,804
for work, wages, and wealth for
all Marylanders, we mean that.
652
00:23:56,904 --> 00:23:59,106
And when we talk about work,
it means having an education
653
00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:00,741
system that's
teaching our students
654
00:24:00,841 --> 00:24:05,479
how not just to be employees,
but how to be employers.
655
00:24:05,579 --> 00:24:07,081
When you're talking
about wages,
656
00:24:07,181 --> 00:24:09,016
it means making sure that
people getting-- are getting
657
00:24:09,116 --> 00:24:11,419
paid a fair wage because gone
should be the days when we
658
00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:13,788
have people who are working
jobs and, in some cases,
659
00:24:13,888 --> 00:24:17,258
multiple jobs and still living
at or below a poverty line.
660
00:24:17,358 --> 00:24:19,860
And then-- and making sure
we're focusing on wealth.
661
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,262
And that's simply
the idea that you
662
00:24:21,362 --> 00:24:23,130
should own more than you owe.
663
00:24:23,264 --> 00:24:25,733
And that means doing things
like being able to address
664
00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:28,135
unfair appraisal values
in historically redlined
665
00:24:28,269 --> 00:24:30,571
neighborhoods because housing
is one of the greatest ways
666
00:24:30,671 --> 00:24:32,807
to generate wealth, and
unfair appraisal bias
667
00:24:32,907 --> 00:24:34,542
has been one of the
greatest wealth thefts
668
00:24:34,642 --> 00:24:36,444
that we have seen
in our society.
669
00:24:36,544 --> 00:24:37,745
And it means giving
a chance for people
670
00:24:37,845 --> 00:24:39,947
to have a sense of ownership,
increasing liquidity
671
00:24:40,047 --> 00:24:42,683
to our small businesses, our
minority-owned businesses,
672
00:24:42,783 --> 00:24:45,486
women-owned businesses,
really creating a platform
673
00:24:45,586 --> 00:24:47,688
and a pathway for people
to pass something on
674
00:24:47,788 --> 00:24:49,457
to your children besides debt.
675
00:24:49,557 --> 00:24:51,892
So this is about work,
wages, and wealth.
676
00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:56,630
[applause, cheering]
677
00:24:56,731 --> 00:24:57,898
It's a tall task.
678
00:24:57,998 --> 00:24:59,533
You seem like you're
up for the job.
679
00:24:59,633 --> 00:25:01,302
You're really
motivated, and you know
680
00:25:01,335 --> 00:25:02,336
what you want to do about it.
681
00:25:02,436 --> 00:25:05,139
Let's talk a little bit
about being handcuffed
682
00:25:05,306 --> 00:25:06,607
when you are 11 years old.
683
00:25:06,707 --> 00:25:09,410
It means that you have
a view of the quote,
684
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:12,413
unquote, "justice system"
that is particularly unjust.
685
00:25:12,513 --> 00:25:14,949
You can see how it
can go wrong so fast.
686
00:25:15,049 --> 00:25:17,885
However, in America, I've
noticed a really interesting
687
00:25:17,985 --> 00:25:21,722
trend, whereby it is almost
impossible to criticize
688
00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:24,158
constructively a police
force without being
689
00:25:24,258 --> 00:25:26,660
labeled as being anti-police.
690
00:25:26,761 --> 00:25:27,895
And then people
say you're not--
691
00:25:27,995 --> 00:25:29,530
you're anti-"law and order,"
you don't want anything
692
00:25:29,630 --> 00:25:32,299
to happen, when, ironically,
many policemen and -women
693
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,101
will complain about their
unions and the jobs they do,
694
00:25:34,268 --> 00:25:35,102
et cetera.
695
00:25:35,269 --> 00:25:36,370
How do you find
that balance then
696
00:25:36,470 --> 00:25:38,439
between saying to the
people of your state
697
00:25:38,539 --> 00:25:40,541
in Maryland, my job
is to keep you safe,
698
00:25:40,641 --> 00:25:43,644
my job is to address what is
happening on the ground that
699
00:25:43,744 --> 00:25:45,112
leads to crime, but
at the same time,
700
00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:47,515
my job is to repair
a police force that
701
00:25:47,615 --> 00:25:49,350
has lost trust in
many communities
702
00:25:49,450 --> 00:25:52,319
and lost trust in the
public in general?
703
00:25:52,420 --> 00:25:54,021
You know, and I think
about with our race
704
00:25:54,121 --> 00:25:56,090
and our campaign,
our campaign was
705
00:25:56,190 --> 00:25:59,160
endorsed by both progressive
Maryland and the police union.
706
00:25:59,293 --> 00:26:00,127
TREVOR NOAH: How?
707
00:26:00,294 --> 00:26:01,362
And people say,
how in the world
708
00:26:01,462 --> 00:26:02,496
did you pull that one off?
709
00:26:02,596 --> 00:26:04,198
Because, basically,
it's-- the idea is this,
710
00:26:04,298 --> 00:26:06,400
is that I was offering the
same thing to both sides,
711
00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,537
a seat at the table, that if we
are going to actually address
712
00:26:09,637 --> 00:26:11,505
these issues, we have to
make sure that we're doing it
713
00:26:11,605 --> 00:26:14,075
collectively and that we have
to have a police force that is
714
00:26:14,241 --> 00:26:15,943
going to move with
appropriate intensity
715
00:26:16,043 --> 00:26:18,879
and absolute integrity
and full accountability.
716
00:26:18,979 --> 00:26:21,082
But we need to have the
police force at the table
717
00:26:21,248 --> 00:26:22,850
to be able to make
sure that happens,
718
00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:24,919
that we have to make sure
that, yes, we have to get
719
00:26:25,019 --> 00:26:26,520
violent offenders
off of our streets
720
00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:27,922
and off-- and out
of our communities
721
00:26:28,022 --> 00:26:31,058
because no child should have to
come up in a neighborhood they
722
00:26:31,158 --> 00:26:32,259
are afraid of.
723
00:26:32,326 --> 00:26:33,828
And we have to get
these illegal guns out
724
00:26:33,928 --> 00:26:34,829
of our neighborhoods.
725
00:26:34,929 --> 00:26:38,265
But it's also--
but it also means--
726
00:26:38,299 --> 00:26:40,634
but we also have to be
very clear on this too.
727
00:26:40,735 --> 00:26:42,903
You're not going to arrest
your way out of this,
728
00:26:43,003 --> 00:26:44,105
and you're not
going to militarize
729
00:26:44,271 --> 00:26:45,172
your way out of this.
730
00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:46,774
And I do think about
it from the context
731
00:26:46,874 --> 00:26:49,710
where, at 11 years old, I
felt handcuffed on my wrists.
732
00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:51,879
And if someone would have
said to that 11-year-old kid,
733
00:26:51,979 --> 00:26:54,815
you know, one day, you
could be the governor,
734
00:26:54,915 --> 00:26:57,184
I would have never
believed them.
735
00:26:57,284 --> 00:26:59,186
So we've got to make sure
we're investing in our kids
736
00:26:59,286 --> 00:27:01,155
so when we say
things like that,
737
00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:03,657
that they actually believe
us, because if a kid
738
00:27:03,758 --> 00:27:05,960
thinks that you
don't care, they
739
00:27:06,060 --> 00:27:07,928
don't care what you think.
740
00:27:08,028 --> 00:27:10,097
And so we've got to make sure
we're coming up with pathways,
741
00:27:10,231 --> 00:27:11,966
true pathways, for
all of our children
742
00:27:12,066 --> 00:27:14,568
to understand that the
future of our society,
743
00:27:14,668 --> 00:27:19,373
it isn't real unless
they're a part of it.
744
00:27:19,473 --> 00:27:22,009
I would love to know
from you as somebody who's
745
00:27:22,109 --> 00:27:26,814
coming into politics, you
see so many politicians come
746
00:27:26,914 --> 00:27:29,650
in with really clear ideas
of what they want to do
747
00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:30,918
and how they want to be.
748
00:27:31,018 --> 00:27:33,721
And very quickly, they get
slowed down in the sludge
749
00:27:33,821 --> 00:27:35,322
that is politics.
750
00:27:35,423 --> 00:27:40,828
Whether it be outside money,
big organizations, DNC, RNC,
751
00:27:40,928 --> 00:27:43,097
whatever it may be, you
see them slowing down,
752
00:27:43,264 --> 00:27:44,465
and then they care
more about being
753
00:27:44,565 --> 00:27:47,268
reelected than doing the job
that they were elected to do.
754
00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:48,736
So I would start with this.
755
00:27:48,836 --> 00:27:51,639
In the most honest
way, what would you
756
00:27:51,739 --> 00:27:53,441
say is the biggest
challenge that you will
757
00:27:53,541 --> 00:27:55,309
have to face that people don't
understand how challenging
758
00:27:55,409 --> 00:27:56,710
it is?
759
00:27:56,811 --> 00:27:57,778
Because oftentimes politicians
will say, we have to fix this,
760
00:27:57,878 --> 00:27:59,013
we have to fix this,
we have to fix this.
761
00:27:59,113 --> 00:28:00,714
But I think it will be
interesting for politicians
762
00:28:00,815 --> 00:28:03,451
to say, this part here
is going to be extremely
763
00:28:03,551 --> 00:28:06,720
difficult to fix because
of X, Y, zed or Z,
764
00:28:06,821 --> 00:28:08,022
as you would say here.
765
00:28:08,122 --> 00:28:09,290
[laughs]
766
00:28:09,323 --> 00:28:11,125
Like, genuinely, when
you say-- what do you say--
767
00:28:11,225 --> 00:28:12,460
what would you say
is the toughest issue
768
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,395
facing Maryland right now?
769
00:28:14,495 --> 00:28:18,032
I still think it comes back
to economics because I still
770
00:28:18,132 --> 00:28:20,267
think people feel
a very real sense
771
00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:22,937
of unease and
economic uncertainty
772
00:28:23,037 --> 00:28:24,772
about where things are.
773
00:28:24,872 --> 00:28:27,608
But I think that what we've
got to do is, first of all,
774
00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:29,610
we have to let
people know and make
775
00:28:29,710 --> 00:28:32,113
sure they can believe that we
can actually get this done.
776
00:28:32,213 --> 00:28:33,114
Oh, really important, yeah.
777
00:28:33,214 --> 00:28:34,248
It's really important, right?
778
00:28:34,348 --> 00:28:35,983
And then also put the
concrete plans in place
779
00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:37,384
about the things we're
going to have to do
780
00:28:37,485 --> 00:28:38,786
to be able to address that.
781
00:28:38,886 --> 00:28:41,188
And it means things like when
we say we are going to invest
782
00:28:41,288 --> 00:28:44,058
to get people back to work, it
means we have to be able to do
783
00:28:44,158 --> 00:28:46,193
that and job reskilling
and job retraining,
784
00:28:46,293 --> 00:28:48,195
where right now in
the state of Maryland,
785
00:28:48,295 --> 00:28:50,297
we have two available jobs
for every single person
786
00:28:50,398 --> 00:28:51,699
filing for unemployment.
- Wow.
787
00:28:51,799 --> 00:28:53,334
And people say, well,
how does that make sense?
788
00:28:53,434 --> 00:28:55,269
It's because we have
a dynamic economy
789
00:28:55,369 --> 00:28:56,637
in the state of Maryland.
790
00:28:56,737 --> 00:28:58,773
We're just not preparing people
to be able to participate--
791
00:28:58,873 --> 00:29:00,274
- Right.
- --in that economy, right?
792
00:29:00,374 --> 00:29:03,077
So being able to put together
the concrete practical plans
793
00:29:03,177 --> 00:29:06,347
in order to do that, it means
being able to start earlier.
794
00:29:06,447 --> 00:29:08,849
And, again, as a leader, I
am data driven and heart-led,
795
00:29:08,949 --> 00:29:10,117
all right?
796
00:29:10,284 --> 00:29:12,386
I wear my heart on my sleeve,
and I acknowledge that.
797
00:29:12,486 --> 00:29:15,289
But data matters, and I
don't move without data.
798
00:29:15,322 --> 00:29:18,025
And I know this, is that
80% of brain development
799
00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:20,461
happens in a child by the time
that child is five years old.
800
00:29:20,561 --> 00:29:22,296
So why we have children
starting school at five
801
00:29:22,363 --> 00:29:23,364
makes absolutely no sense.
802
00:29:23,464 --> 00:29:24,865
We have to make
sure we have pre-K
803
00:29:24,965 --> 00:29:27,368
for every single child in
need in the state of Maryland.
804
00:29:27,468 --> 00:29:30,304
And so it really is
saying, we know what works.
805
00:29:30,371 --> 00:29:31,439
And, again, I have--
806
00:29:31,539 --> 00:29:33,607
I've been a public servant
for my entire life.
807
00:29:33,707 --> 00:29:35,476
I just haven't been
a politician, right?
808
00:29:35,576 --> 00:29:36,644
TREVOR NOAH: Hmm.
- But I've had a chance--
809
00:29:36,744 --> 00:29:38,312
I've led soldiers in combat.
810
00:29:38,345 --> 00:29:39,713
I led a successful
small business
811
00:29:39,814 --> 00:29:41,015
helping first-generation
students
812
00:29:41,115 --> 00:29:42,083
go to and through college.
813
00:29:42,183 --> 00:29:43,484
And then I had a
chance to lead one
814
00:29:43,584 --> 00:29:45,386
of the largest poverty-fighting
organizations in this country.
815
00:29:45,486 --> 00:29:46,720
I know what works.
816
00:29:46,821 --> 00:29:48,022
We know what works.
817
00:29:48,122 --> 00:29:52,193
Now the question is, can we
derive the political will
818
00:29:52,326 --> 00:29:55,396
and the political focus and
intentionality to actually
819
00:29:55,496 --> 00:29:56,797
bring these things to scale?
820
00:29:56,897 --> 00:29:59,366
And that's where I think we
had a unique value proposition
821
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,569
that allowed the people of
Maryland to say, let's go,
822
00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:03,170
and let's go win this decade.
823
00:30:03,337 --> 00:30:07,108
TREVOR NOAH: Well, if there's
one thing even your worst
824
00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,410
detractors cannot argue
is that you are not
825
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:10,778
focused and you're not driven.
You genuinely are.
826
00:30:10,878 --> 00:30:11,779
Thank you so much for
joining me on the show.
827
00:30:11,879 --> 00:30:12,780
My man.
Thank you, man.
828
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:13,781
Absolute pleasure having you.
829
00:30:13,881 --> 00:30:14,915
I look forward to
seeing what you do.
830
00:30:15,015 --> 00:30:16,150
- Absolutely.
- Genuinely.
831
00:30:16,283 --> 00:30:17,184
Governor-elect Wes
Moore, everybody.
832
00:30:17,284 --> 00:30:18,319
We're going to
take a quick break,
833
00:30:18,419 --> 00:30:19,653
but we'll be right
back after this.
834
00:30:19,754 --> 00:30:23,090
[applause, cheering]
835
00:30:31,065 --> 00:30:31,899
[applause]
[cheering]
836
00:30:31,999 --> 00:30:33,267
Well, that's our
show for tonight.
837
00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:34,468
Charlemagne is coming up next.
838
00:30:34,568 --> 00:30:36,837
Now here it is,
your moment of zen.
839
00:30:36,937 --> 00:30:38,239
Oh, my goodness.
840
00:30:38,339 --> 00:30:40,040
Just because you don't like one
group, doesn't mean the other,
841
00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:41,175
but look--
842
00:30:41,275 --> 00:30:43,811
I love Jewish people,
but I also love Nazis.
843
00:30:43,911 --> 00:30:46,814
[laughs] Oh!
844
00:30:46,914 --> 00:30:48,148
[laughs]
845
00:30:48,249 --> 00:30:51,986
Oh, man, well, I have
to disagree with that.
846
00:30:52,086 --> 00:30:54,221
That's marvelous.