1 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:03,737 NARRATOR: Coming to you from New York City, 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,739 the only city in America. 3 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:07,608 It's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,708 --> 00:00:12,779 Tonight, the royals are coming, election officials 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,684 under threat, and Wes Moore. 6 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:22,089 It's The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 7 00:00:22,189 --> 00:00:24,558 [cheering] 8 00:00:24,658 --> 00:00:26,026 [applause] 9 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:33,133 [hip-hop music] 10 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:38,272 What's going on, everybody? 11 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:40,140 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,208 Thank you so much for tuning in. 13 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:42,809 Thank you for coming out in person. 14 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:44,778 Thank you for being here. Thank you for being here. 15 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:45,779 Thank you for being here. 16 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:46,980 Thank you so much for coming up. 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,649 It's good to see everyone. Take a seat. 18 00:00:48,749 --> 00:00:49,750 Let's do this. 19 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:52,452 We have got a great show for you tonight. 20 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:54,922 The Democrats are going back to Black. 21 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:57,491 Boston is hosting another Tea Party, 22 00:00:57,591 --> 00:00:59,193 and Elon Musk is going to be living 23 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:01,328 rent-free in all our heads. 24 00:01:01,428 --> 00:01:02,796 So let's do this, people. 25 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:07,901 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 26 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:09,403 [cheering] 27 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:10,904 [applause] 28 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,406 [hip-hop music] 29 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:13,740 All right, people. 30 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:14,775 I'm going to be honest. 31 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:16,076 With all the news that happens today, 32 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:19,179 I don't think we have enough space in today's show. 33 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:20,581 We just don't have the time. 34 00:01:20,681 --> 00:01:23,250 I even tried to squeeze it all into a corset, 35 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:24,751 but it just made the news look sexy, 36 00:01:24,852 --> 00:01:27,087 and I've got a role on Bridgerton. 37 00:01:27,154 --> 00:01:30,123 So there's still not enough time. 38 00:01:30,224 --> 00:01:32,092 But fortunately, not enough time 39 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:34,361 is just enough time for a segment we call "Ain't 40 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:36,797 Nobody Got Time for That." 41 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:37,798 [cheering] 42 00:01:37,898 --> 00:01:39,132 [applause] 43 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:40,133 [hip-hop music] 44 00:01:40,234 --> 00:01:41,335 All right. 45 00:01:41,435 --> 00:01:42,870 Let's kick things off with the Democratic Party, 46 00:01:42,970 --> 00:01:45,973 easily one of the top two parties in the United States. 47 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,642 As you know, Democrats lost control of the House 48 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:50,477 in last month's mid-term elections. 49 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:52,880 And as they get ready to be in the minority, 50 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,749 they're making some big changes at the top. 51 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:57,518 Democrats in the House have made history 52 00:01:57,618 --> 00:01:58,919 with their new leadership. 53 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:01,221 Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn 54 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:02,689 has become the first Black leader 55 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,758 of either party in Congress. 56 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:07,728 He will take over from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who, as we know, 57 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,496 is remaining in the House after stepping 58 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:10,764 down from the top job. 59 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:12,799 REPORTER: Jeffries is 52, 30 years 60 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:15,469 younger than the outgoing House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi-- 61 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:17,237 a leader with a style all his own 62 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:20,140 and a penchant for weaving in the legacy of hip-hop. 63 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,810 That is why we are here, Mr. Sekulow, 64 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:27,481 and if you don't know, now you know. 65 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:29,483 [cheering] 66 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:30,984 [applause] 67 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:33,954 [hip-hop music] 68 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:38,091 I'm glad no one else in the room finished that lyric. 69 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:39,359 And I don't know. 70 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:41,161 As much as I enjoy it, I think it feels 71 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:42,963 kind of weird to quote Biggie in such 72 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:45,399 a serious and boring place like Congress. 73 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:46,567 Like, I love-- I love hip-hop. 74 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:47,701 I love hip-hop. 75 00:02:47,801 --> 00:02:50,204 But I don't want to hear it everywhere, you know? 76 00:02:50,304 --> 00:02:51,572 Yeah, like, I don't want my doctor 77 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:53,440 shoehorning that shit in. 78 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:55,909 So Mr. Noah, what are your symptoms? 79 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:56,910 Palms sweaty? 80 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:57,911 Knees weak? 81 00:02:58,011 --> 00:02:59,313 Arms are heavy? 82 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:00,480 Please take this very seriously. 83 00:03:00,581 --> 00:03:02,049 I'm very ill. 84 00:03:02,149 --> 00:03:03,050 But that's right. 85 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:05,319 After 250 years, America finally 86 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:09,790 has a minority Minority Leader, which is amazing. 87 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:11,558 Although, you will notice the Democrats only 88 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,727 gave it to a Black guy after they lost the House. 89 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:14,895 Yeah. 90 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:16,196 It's kind of like someone crashing their car, 91 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:17,531 and then being like, hey, Hakeem, I know 92 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:18,599 you've always wanted a BMW. 93 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:19,700 No need to say thank you. 94 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,068 Also, the cops want to talk to you. 95 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:23,670 Bye! 96 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:26,406 But no, you still have to give credit to the Democrats. 97 00:03:26,507 --> 00:03:27,941 Republicans haven't done this yet. 98 00:03:28,075 --> 00:03:29,610 I mean, they still think Minority 99 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:31,612 Leader was the original title of Black Panther. 100 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:34,715 And this isn't just a big deal because Jeffries is Black. 101 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:35,983 Remember that. 102 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:38,485 This also marks a shift for the Democrats 103 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:41,822 to a much younger generation of leaders. 104 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:43,123 Although, again-- 105 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,491 [cheering] 106 00:03:44,591 --> 00:03:45,893 [applause] 107 00:03:45,993 --> 00:03:47,761 [hip-hop music] 108 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:50,197 --we also don't really know, you know. 109 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:52,099 No, because Hakeem Jeffries is Black, so he could be, 110 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,233 like, 90. 111 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:56,803 We don't actually know how old he is. 112 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:59,106 Because you realize, even at 52, 113 00:03:59,139 --> 00:04:02,543 for a party leader in America, he's actually a young man. 114 00:04:02,643 --> 00:04:03,610 I mean, think about it this way. 115 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:07,514 Joe Biden was in Congress when Hakeem 116 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:10,851 was literally in diapers. 117 00:04:10,951 --> 00:04:12,753 And now that Hakeem is in Congress, 118 00:04:12,853 --> 00:04:15,856 Joe Biden is the one in diapers. 119 00:04:15,956 --> 00:04:20,060 The circle of life. 120 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:23,363 Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how the House 121 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:25,566 Democrats are just a sideshow for the next two years, 122 00:04:25,666 --> 00:04:27,601 because the main event is whether Kevin McCarthy will be 123 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,436 able to wrangle his clown car of crazies 124 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:30,571 to get anything done. 125 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:32,072 But we don't have the time to talk about that, 126 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,874 because while Hakeem Jeffries is plotting 127 00:04:33,974 --> 00:04:36,276 to take over the House, Elon Musk is plotting 128 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:38,078 to take over our brains. 129 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:39,513 REPORTER: Elon Musk said on Wednesday, 130 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:42,082 a wireless device developed by his brain chip company, 131 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:45,352 Neuralink, is expected to begin human clinical trials 132 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:46,553 in six months. 133 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:48,755 The company is developing brain chip interfaces 134 00:04:48,856 --> 00:04:50,824 that it says could enable disabled patients 135 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:52,759 to move and communicate again. 136 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:57,431 We've been working hard to be ready for our first human. 137 00:04:57,531 --> 00:05:00,767 It's essentially that it's sort of like having an Apple 138 00:05:00,868 --> 00:05:04,805 Watch or a Fitbit, replacing a piece of skull 139 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:08,375 with, like, a smartwatch. 140 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:09,843 You have a Neuralink device. 141 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:13,480 Like, I could have a Neuralink device implanted right now, 142 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:14,648 and you wouldn't-- 143 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:16,083 [chuckles] 144 00:05:16,183 --> 00:05:17,284 --you wouldn't even know. 145 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:18,385 I mean-- 146 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:19,686 Yeah. 147 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:22,589 Yeah, Elon, if you told us were a part robot, all of us 148 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:23,790 would be totally surprised. 149 00:05:23,891 --> 00:05:27,427 We would-- we'd be like, I never saw that coming. 150 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:30,564 But look, I will admit, the idea of this technology 151 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:32,833 sounds amazing. 152 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:36,069 But in reality, the idea of an Apple Watch 153 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:40,374 or a Fitbit in my brain gives me a little pause. 154 00:05:40,474 --> 00:05:43,110 Because have you ever used an Apple Watch or a Fitbit? 155 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:46,113 When it messes up on my wrist, I'm just like, ah! 156 00:05:46,213 --> 00:05:48,982 When it messes up in my brain, then what? 157 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:50,918 All of a sudden, I'm on Alex Jones praising Hitler 158 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,085 for inventing the microphone? 159 00:05:52,119 --> 00:05:53,453 Is that what's going to happen? 160 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:54,955 I'm just like, ah! 161 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:56,924 And secondly, if I'm going to get a chip in my head, 162 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,159 I don't know if I want Elon Musk to be in charge of it, 163 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:00,494 you know? 164 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:02,763 Like, a year ago, I would have been like, the Tesla guy? 165 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:03,764 Maybe. 166 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:04,765 Maybe. 167 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:06,266 But now, I'm like, the Twitter guy? 168 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,202 Mm. 169 00:06:08,302 --> 00:06:11,038 I'll pay him $8 to stay away. 170 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,507 Now, if we had more time, we could talk about 171 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:16,043 how Elon previously promised that his brain chip would be 172 00:06:16,076 --> 00:06:17,644 ready for human trials three years ago, 173 00:06:17,744 --> 00:06:20,614 or how he promised that Teslas would be self-driving by 2017, 174 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:23,717 or how he'd build a high-speed underground train by 2020, 175 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,652 or how he'd land on Mars by 2022. 176 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:27,154 Basically, this dude is a guy in a strip club, 177 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:28,622 making it rain with IOUs. 178 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:31,925 But we don't have time to talk about the techno king, 179 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:33,594 because some real royals have just 180 00:06:33,694 --> 00:06:35,462 rocked up to America's shores. 181 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:36,864 REPORTER: It was a royal welcome 182 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:39,199 for the Prince and Princess of Wales Wednesday, 183 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:42,336 on their first US visit in eight years, here 184 00:06:42,436 --> 00:06:44,404 to present the Earthshot Prize, which 185 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:46,840 honors environmentalists. 186 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:48,442 They kicked off the trip by helping 187 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:50,744 turn Boston City Hall green. 188 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:53,914 Catherine and I are absolutely delighted to be 189 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:56,750 with you today for our first engagement 190 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,719 in the great city of Boston. 191 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:01,622 REPORTER: The couple also took in an NBA game courtside, 192 00:07:01,722 --> 00:07:04,358 watching the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat. 193 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:06,426 And then, they hold this big star-studded event 194 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:08,095 on Friday night, where they're going to hand out 195 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:10,797 five prizes worth more than $1,000,000 each 196 00:07:10,898 --> 00:07:14,568 to folks who are trying to tackle the climate crisis. 197 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:16,770 First of all, Prince William is clearly a liar. 198 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,138 All right? 199 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:21,808 No one has ever been delighted to be in Boston in December. 200 00:07:21,909 --> 00:07:22,809 December? 201 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:23,810 What are you excited about? 202 00:07:23,911 --> 00:07:25,145 Oh, I love chapped lips and getting 203 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:26,580 thrown up on by Patriots fans. 204 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,549 How peachy! 205 00:07:28,649 --> 00:07:29,616 You've been there in December? 206 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:30,951 And you might be saying, no, Trevor! 207 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:32,152 They're having a good time! 208 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:33,654 They even have courtside seats! 209 00:07:33,754 --> 00:07:37,691 You think these people are impressed by courtside seats? 210 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:41,094 The man's regular seat is a throne. 211 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:44,464 This man has never sat on a folding chair in his life. 212 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:45,933 He's probably like, look at this thing. 213 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:49,069 This chair has a mouth or something, Kate! 214 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:50,971 Now, if we had the time, we could talk more 215 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:53,173 about how great it is that Prince William and Kate are 216 00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:55,943 awarding money to people who are trying to solve climate 217 00:07:56,076 --> 00:07:58,345 change, or how shitty it is that they ignored 218 00:07:58,445 --> 00:08:00,080 my idea to plug in a bunch of air conditioners 219 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:01,548 near the glaciers. Would have worked. 220 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:02,916 But we just don't have the time for that. 221 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:05,285 Because while these royals are having fun in America, 222 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:07,221 the royals back home in the UK are 223 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:09,323 not having a good time at all. 224 00:08:09,423 --> 00:08:12,259 REPORTER: Overshadowing the trip, controversy back 225 00:08:12,359 --> 00:08:13,594 at Buckingham Palace-- 226 00:08:13,694 --> 00:08:16,296 the Prince's godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, 227 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:19,533 resigning amid accusations of racism. 228 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:22,836 Ngozi Fulani, the founder of a women's non-profit 229 00:08:22,936 --> 00:08:25,239 and a Black woman born in the UK, 230 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:28,275 says Tuesday at the palace, Hussey repeatedly 231 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:31,178 asked where she was really from, implying 232 00:08:31,278 --> 00:08:33,247 she wasn't really British. 233 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:35,415 REPORTER: Ngozi Fulani tweeting the exchange, 234 00:08:35,516 --> 00:08:38,552 which reads in part, "what nationality are you?" 235 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:40,521 "I am born here, and I'm British." 236 00:08:40,621 --> 00:08:42,823 "No, but where do you really come from? 237 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:44,691 Where do your people come from?" 238 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:47,861 Hussey also asking, quote, "what part of Africa 239 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:48,862 are you from?" 240 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:51,665 after Ngozi said she was from London. 241 00:08:51,765 --> 00:08:53,433 Tonight, an eyewitness describing 242 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:55,202 her shock at the exchange. 243 00:08:55,302 --> 00:08:58,071 If Ngozi was a white woman, that line of questioning 244 00:08:58,172 --> 00:09:00,107 wouldn't have taken place. 245 00:09:00,207 --> 00:09:04,845 People, how many times do we have to go through this? 246 00:09:05,012 --> 00:09:08,615 There is only one socially acceptable way to find 247 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:10,751 out someone's heritage. 248 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:12,486 You swab their DNA while they're asleep. 249 00:09:12,586 --> 00:09:13,487 OK? 250 00:09:13,587 --> 00:09:16,590 It's the polite thing to do. 251 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,025 This is like the first thing they teach 252 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:20,727 you in Avoidable Racism 101. 253 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:24,331 It is just never say the word "from." 254 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:25,399 That's it. 255 00:09:25,499 --> 00:09:28,936 A lot of racism includes the word, "from." 256 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:30,571 So just avoid it altogether. 257 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:32,906 Where are you really from? 258 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,043 Go back to where you came from. 259 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:40,681 You see this clip from Tucker Carlson? 260 00:09:40,781 --> 00:09:43,183 "From"-- stay away from it. 261 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:46,620 And I also love how this woman was given a chance to control 262 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,188 or delete her racism, right? 263 00:09:48,288 --> 00:09:50,390 But instead, she just copy-pasted and carried on. 264 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:52,159 Where are you from? 265 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:53,660 I'm born here, and I'm British. 266 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,562 No, no, no, you don't understand. 267 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:56,597 I'm being racist. 268 00:09:56,697 --> 00:09:59,166 How Black are you? 269 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:02,569 Show me on this map of Africa I brought with me. 270 00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:04,505 Oh, let me put it in words you understand. 271 00:10:04,605 --> 00:10:06,507 [speaking gibberish] 272 00:10:06,607 --> 00:10:10,010 Coke bottles falling from the sky. 273 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,411 Now, if we had more time, we could 274 00:10:11,512 --> 00:10:13,180 talk about how having a racist godmother 275 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,816 probably made Prince William even more popular in Boston, 276 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:17,684 or we could talk about how every scandal 277 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:19,219 in the British monarchy is technically 278 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:20,821 a spoiler for a future season of The Crown. 279 00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:24,124 But we just don't have time for that, because I know where 280 00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:26,660 our show's money comes "from," which is why we need 281 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,661 to go to a commercial break. 282 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:28,662 We'll be right back. 283 00:10:28,762 --> 00:10:29,730 [applause] 284 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:32,866 [cheering] 285 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:48,215 [applause, cheering] 286 00:10:50,985 --> 00:10:53,153 Welcome back to The Daily Show! 287 00:10:53,254 --> 00:10:56,624 After two years of voter fraud accusations and Capitol riots, 288 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:58,826 it is no surprise that Americans have become less 289 00:10:58,926 --> 00:11:00,628 confident in their elections. 290 00:11:00,728 --> 00:11:02,897 But as Desi Lydic discovers in her new series, 291 00:11:02,997 --> 00:11:05,900 America's election infrastructure may be in even 292 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,102 worse shape than you think. 293 00:11:08,202 --> 00:11:10,504 [sighs] 294 00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:11,839 Hello again. 295 00:11:11,939 --> 00:11:13,140 I'm Desi Lydic. 296 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,609 When I first started this series on our election 297 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:17,177 infrastructure, I was just hoping 298 00:11:17,278 --> 00:11:19,079 to boost my brand enough to ditch this job 299 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,247 and get on 60 Minutes. 300 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,516 But over the last two installments, 301 00:11:22,616 --> 00:11:25,185 I've learned that our country is on the terrifying brink 302 00:11:25,286 --> 00:11:27,254 of election catastrophe and that 60 303 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:30,324 Minutes is looking for more of a "Hoda Kotb type." 304 00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:31,425 I mean, what the hell? 305 00:11:31,525 --> 00:11:33,260 I can go brunette if that's what it takes. 306 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,663 I don't mind. 307 00:11:35,763 --> 00:11:39,166 Anyway, here's our final look at Votedemic 2022, 308 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:40,968 our crumbling election infrastructure. 309 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:41,969 Who cares? 310 00:11:42,069 --> 00:11:44,171 Just roll it. 311 00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:46,106 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): Well, America, we did it. 312 00:11:46,207 --> 00:11:47,841 Election accomplished. 313 00:11:47,942 --> 00:11:50,044 Despite a myriad of election problems, 314 00:11:50,144 --> 00:11:52,613 including a paper shortage and a lack of poll workers, 315 00:11:52,713 --> 00:11:55,583 we successfully pulled off an election, 316 00:11:55,683 --> 00:11:56,917 thanks to my reporting. 317 00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:58,953 So I'm back with Tammy at Democracy Fund-- 318 00:11:59,053 --> 00:12:00,487 Tammy, break time's over. 319 00:12:00,588 --> 00:12:01,622 We got to talk. 320 00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:03,090 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): --to debrief and collect 321 00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:05,459 my well-earned thank-yous. 322 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,963 Thanks to your work and also my reporting, things 323 00:12:09,063 --> 00:12:10,231 are great, right? 324 00:12:10,331 --> 00:12:13,067 It did go mostly really well. 325 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:15,202 We had a couple of hiccups around the country. 326 00:12:15,302 --> 00:12:18,672 But in general, it did go fairly well, so we should take 327 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:20,107 a moment and celebrate that. 328 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:21,642 Tammy, I would love to bask with you. 329 00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:22,643 Let's bask. 330 00:12:22,743 --> 00:12:25,045 [inhales] 331 00:12:25,145 --> 00:12:26,480 [exhales] 332 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:28,515 God, it feels good to bask. 333 00:12:28,616 --> 00:12:31,085 It's great to bask in the glory of competence 334 00:12:31,185 --> 00:12:32,319 and a well executed election. 335 00:12:32,486 --> 00:12:33,487 DESI LYDIC: Yeah. 336 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:35,623 But we do still have challenges moving forward. 337 00:12:35,723 --> 00:12:37,157 God damn it, Tammy. 338 00:12:37,258 --> 00:12:39,493 Since the 2020 election, election officials 339 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:40,995 have been under attack. 340 00:12:41,095 --> 00:12:43,898 We from a recent survey that one in four of election 341 00:12:43,998 --> 00:12:46,667 officials in this country have experienced threats 342 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:48,802 of harassment and abuse, so they're 343 00:12:48,903 --> 00:12:50,738 going to be leaving the field, unfortunately, 344 00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:52,072 in large numbers. 345 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:53,741 How many people are getting harassed? 346 00:12:53,841 --> 00:12:57,912 Are we talking like a handful or like a shit ton? 347 00:12:58,012 --> 00:12:59,747 Unfortunately, I think it's closer to the shit ton. 348 00:12:59,847 --> 00:13:01,115 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): You heard Tammy's 349 00:13:01,215 --> 00:13:03,117 filthy mouth-- a shit ton. 350 00:13:03,217 --> 00:13:05,553 And these threats from disgruntled election deniers 351 00:13:05,653 --> 00:13:08,455 range from local officials to secretaries of state. 352 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:09,957 REPORTER 1: An Arizona elections official 353 00:13:10,057 --> 00:13:13,661 was moved to an undisclosed location because of threats 354 00:13:13,761 --> 00:13:14,662 to his life. 355 00:13:14,762 --> 00:13:16,030 REPORTER 2: In Milwaukee, elections 356 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:18,032 Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg 357 00:13:18,132 --> 00:13:20,000 has been bombarded by hate. 358 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,102 REPORTER 3: In Georgia, Secretary of State Brad 359 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:25,139 Raffensperger, his wife has gotten a barrage 360 00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:27,107 of threatening text messages. 361 00:13:27,208 --> 00:13:31,278 If you had to put your finger on it, what or who 362 00:13:31,378 --> 00:13:32,846 is responsible for this? 363 00:13:32,947 --> 00:13:35,282 Starting in the 2016 election, 364 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:39,186 we had prominent candidates for the presidential office-- 365 00:13:39,286 --> 00:13:40,187 Trump. 366 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:41,488 --who were running, saying that 367 00:13:41,589 --> 00:13:42,723 the elections were rigged-- 368 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:43,757 DJT. 369 00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:45,492 --that there was rampant fraud, that, 370 00:13:45,593 --> 00:13:47,027 in fact, it was illegitimate-- 371 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:48,028 Donald J. Trump. 372 00:13:48,128 --> 00:13:50,431 And that carried into 2020 as well. 373 00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:51,665 Trump, Trump, Trump. 374 00:13:51,765 --> 00:13:55,302 So that has created an environment that has provided 375 00:13:55,436 --> 00:13:58,706 both incentive as well as support for people 376 00:13:58,806 --> 00:14:00,507 to target election officials. 377 00:14:00,608 --> 00:14:02,076 Oh, OK, so Trump. 378 00:14:02,176 --> 00:14:04,111 But one of the things you might want to think about 379 00:14:04,211 --> 00:14:05,579 is, in fact, talking to somebody 380 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,616 who was a local election official in 2020. 381 00:14:08,716 --> 00:14:09,850 Right, yeah. 382 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:13,520 And someone should go do that. 383 00:14:13,621 --> 00:14:15,456 Couldn't agree more. 384 00:14:15,489 --> 00:14:20,761 Someone should definitely go talk to an election official. 385 00:14:20,861 --> 00:14:21,762 [groans] 386 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:23,597 I already did this twice before. 387 00:14:23,697 --> 00:14:25,666 I got to do it again? 388 00:14:25,766 --> 00:14:27,334 God. 389 00:14:27,468 --> 00:14:28,736 (UNDER BREATH) Tammy. 390 00:14:28,836 --> 00:14:30,471 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): After being bullied by Tammy to meet 391 00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:32,106 with the harassed election official, 392 00:14:32,206 --> 00:14:34,208 I'm at City Hall in Philadelphia 393 00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:36,977 to speak with Al Schmidt, former Philadelphia City 394 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:39,213 Commissioner and Trump's biggest target 395 00:14:39,313 --> 00:14:41,115 during the 2020 election. 396 00:14:41,215 --> 00:14:43,651 In Philadelphia, the city commissioners are responsible 397 00:14:43,751 --> 00:14:45,920 for running anything election-related, 398 00:14:46,020 --> 00:14:48,689 from voter registration to mail-in ballots 399 00:14:48,789 --> 00:14:51,692 to election-day operations to the final 400 00:14:51,792 --> 00:14:54,295 tabulation and certification of the election results. 401 00:14:54,428 --> 00:14:56,096 I mean, election administrators are really 402 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:58,265 referees in all of this. 403 00:14:58,432 --> 00:15:00,668 Is it hard to be a referee in Philadelphia, 404 00:15:00,768 --> 00:15:02,803 given Eagles fans? 405 00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:04,672 It certainly can be challenging, 406 00:15:04,772 --> 00:15:10,311 but we have the best fans in the country. 407 00:15:10,444 --> 00:15:12,947 Can you give some examples of the type of harassment 408 00:15:13,047 --> 00:15:14,348 that you received? 409 00:15:14,448 --> 00:15:16,450 Well, the threats were pretty general in nature 410 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:18,485 leading up to election day. 411 00:15:18,586 --> 00:15:20,454 But in the days that followed, especially 412 00:15:20,554 --> 00:15:23,490 after the former President targeted me by name 413 00:15:23,591 --> 00:15:27,094 on Twitter, that's when the threats became much more 414 00:15:27,194 --> 00:15:29,463 specific and much more graphic and were 415 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:31,098 largely targeting my family. 416 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:32,099 I'm sorry. 417 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,001 That must have been terrifying. 418 00:15:34,101 --> 00:15:35,469 I fortunately had the Philadelphia 419 00:15:35,536 --> 00:15:37,738 Police Department looking after my family 420 00:15:37,838 --> 00:15:39,106 sort of night and day. 421 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:43,577 So walking the dog, going to the grocery store, when I took 422 00:15:43,677 --> 00:15:46,480 the kids sledding, the Philadelphia Police Department 423 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:48,482 was right there alongside of us. 424 00:15:48,582 --> 00:15:50,251 Yeah, yeah. Totally get it. 425 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:51,418 I'm in the same boat. 426 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:53,520 The police follow my family and I around at all 427 00:15:53,621 --> 00:15:56,457 times for different reasons. 428 00:15:56,557 --> 00:15:58,425 Is there accountability for people 429 00:15:58,492 --> 00:16:00,494 who harass election workers? 430 00:16:00,594 --> 00:16:02,897 I think there's really two types of accountability 431 00:16:02,997 --> 00:16:04,164 that are needed. 432 00:16:04,265 --> 00:16:07,067 One is for people who are making threats of violence 433 00:16:07,167 --> 00:16:09,303 and clearly breaking the law, trying to coerce 434 00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:11,872 the people responsible for counting voters' votes, 435 00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:13,841 and also a different sort of accountability 436 00:16:13,941 --> 00:16:16,343 for elected officials who are spreading these lies, 437 00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:18,812 that I would hope that voters hold them accountable. 438 00:16:18,913 --> 00:16:21,048 Harassers aside, how do you make 439 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:25,286 amends with election deniers, water under the bridge-- 440 00:16:25,452 --> 00:16:27,821 excuse me, "wuh-ter" under the bridge? 441 00:16:27,922 --> 00:16:29,023 I've really gone out of my way 442 00:16:29,123 --> 00:16:32,760 to make sure that I go to political meetings 443 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:35,162 and answer questions that people have. 444 00:16:35,262 --> 00:16:38,032 And the most recent one I went to, there was an older 445 00:16:38,132 --> 00:16:40,267 gentleman in the back who leaned back and said, 446 00:16:40,401 --> 00:16:42,136 forget about the facts for a moment. 447 00:16:42,236 --> 00:16:43,504 Biden lost. 448 00:16:43,604 --> 00:16:45,406 Like, that makes it a real challenge 449 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:49,910 to convince someone when their belief system is completely 450 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:50,978 independent of facts. 451 00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:53,714 And as an election official, you could take 452 00:16:53,814 --> 00:16:56,183 away that guy's vote, right? 453 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:57,418 I want him to vote, and I want 454 00:16:57,518 --> 00:16:58,819 him to vote in every election. 455 00:16:58,919 --> 00:16:59,987 Do you though? Do you really? 456 00:17:00,087 --> 00:17:01,789 - I do. - Do you really? 457 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:02,756 I do. 458 00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:03,857 Do you though? 459 00:17:03,958 --> 00:17:04,858 Most certainly. 460 00:17:04,959 --> 00:17:06,493 Every election. 461 00:17:06,594 --> 00:17:08,229 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): Damn, this guy was good. 462 00:17:08,329 --> 00:17:10,264 But with all the harassment civil servants 463 00:17:10,431 --> 00:17:12,433 like him are facing, I was beginning 464 00:17:12,533 --> 00:17:14,435 to worry that there was no way I could end 465 00:17:14,535 --> 00:17:16,470 this story on a positive note. 466 00:17:16,570 --> 00:17:19,607 I think it's a very encouraging sign that we had 467 00:17:19,707 --> 00:17:21,876 more people step up to volunteer 468 00:17:21,976 --> 00:17:25,546 to work on election day in the midterms in 2022 469 00:17:25,646 --> 00:17:26,647 than ever before. 470 00:17:26,747 --> 00:17:27,781 Great. 471 00:17:27,882 --> 00:17:28,782 Great. 472 00:17:28,883 --> 00:17:30,517 So it's fixed? 473 00:17:30,618 --> 00:17:31,619 I did it! 474 00:17:31,719 --> 00:17:33,621 I mean, we did it. 475 00:17:33,721 --> 00:17:35,456 DESI LYDIC (VOICEOVER): So there you have it, America. 476 00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:39,393 Despite the problems we faced during 2022, thanks to Al 477 00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:41,395 and election workers across the country, 478 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,731 there's still hope that 2024 won't 479 00:17:43,831 --> 00:17:46,634 be a complete shit show because I 480 00:17:46,734 --> 00:17:48,035 can't do another one of these. 481 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:49,236 [pained laugh] 482 00:17:49,403 --> 00:17:51,272 I can't. 483 00:17:51,405 --> 00:17:52,473 Thank you so much for that, Desi. 484 00:17:52,573 --> 00:17:54,575 All right, stay tuned because when we come back, 485 00:17:54,675 --> 00:17:56,977 the first Black governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, 486 00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:58,412 will be joining me right here on the show. 487 00:17:58,479 --> 00:17:59,413 So don't go away. 488 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,816 [applause, cheering] 489 00:18:10,858 --> 00:18:16,130 [applause, cheering] 490 00:18:16,230 --> 00:18:18,232 Welcome back to "The Daily Show." 491 00:18:18,332 --> 00:18:21,669 My guest tonight is a combat veteran, a bestselling author, 492 00:18:21,769 --> 00:18:24,472 and former head of the anti-poverty organization 493 00:18:24,572 --> 00:18:25,706 Robin Hood. 494 00:18:25,806 --> 00:18:28,876 He will soon be sworn in as the first Black governor 495 00:18:28,976 --> 00:18:30,444 of the state of Maryland. 496 00:18:30,544 --> 00:18:33,547 Please welcome Governor-elect Wes Moore. 497 00:18:33,647 --> 00:18:36,984 [music playing] 498 00:18:37,084 --> 00:18:44,091 [applause, cheering] 499 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,829 Thanks, y'all. 500 00:18:48,929 --> 00:18:53,768 Thank you. 501 00:18:53,868 --> 00:18:55,770 Thanks, y'all. 502 00:18:55,870 --> 00:18:57,304 Thank you, man. 503 00:18:57,405 --> 00:18:58,439 Governor-elect Wes Moore. 504 00:18:58,539 --> 00:18:59,473 Yes, sir. Hello. 505 00:18:59,573 --> 00:19:00,474 Are you used to that yet? 506 00:19:00,574 --> 00:19:01,642 I mean, it's only been-- going to be 507 00:19:01,742 --> 00:19:02,843 for a short amount of time, and then 508 00:19:02,943 --> 00:19:04,145 it'll be Governor Wes Moore. 509 00:19:04,245 --> 00:19:05,446 Has it sunk in? 510 00:19:05,546 --> 00:19:08,249 Because you ran a campaign in a place 511 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.