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>> START THE CLOCK.
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>> Bill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREAT TO
SEE YOU.
MORE PEOPLE, I MISSED YOUR
PARTIAL FACES.
WE HAVE BEEN OFF FOR A MONTH,
HAVE YOU BEEN OKAY?
I WAS HOPING WHEN WE CAME BACK
HERE WE WOULD BE DONE TALKING
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC BUT OF COURSE
NOW THE DELTA VARIANT -- I AM
NOT WORRIED, I LIVE IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE AIR IS
KILLED BY THE SMOKE FROM THE
FIRES.
THE CDC PUT OUT NEW MASK
GUIDELINES NOW, IT'S ALL JUST SO
FUCKING CONFUSING.
INDOORS, OUTDOORS, MASKED, NOT
MASKED, THE WALMART SHOPPERS
DON'T KNOW WHO TO PUNCH ANYMORE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO WEARING A
MASK FROM THE FRONT OF THE
RESTAURANT UNTIL THE WAITER
BRING THE BREADSTICKS.
IT'S CALLED SCIENCE, PEOPLE!
[LAUGHTER]
SOMETIMES I THINK WE HAVE TO
COVER OUR FACES SO OTHER PEOPLE
CAN COVER THEIR ASS.
[APPLAUSE]
BY THE WAY, WASH THE MASKS.
I SEE PEOPLE WITH VERY FILTHY
MASKS OUT THERE, I DON'T WANT TO
GET THE DELTA VARIANT -- YOUR
MASK DREW THE DELTA VARIANT!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I HAVE BEEN PUTTING SOMETHING
OFF BUT I SHOULD HAVE DONE TWO
YEARS AGO OR SO, ANNOUNCING, I'M
GETTING MARRIED.
IT'S A FUCKING JOKE.
IT'S A COMEDY SHOW BUT LET'S NOT
BE RIDICULOUS.
[LAUGHTER]
NO, IT'S SOMETHING FAR WORSE.
I HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU'RE CHEERING LIKE I JUST CAME
OUT AS GAY -- IT'S SO BRAVE!
I'VE HAD THREE LASIK SURGERIES,
I CAN'T SEE ANYMORE.
I'M AT THE END OF MY ROAD AND SO
YES, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO -- IS
THAT OKAY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU HAD 28 YEARS OF ME LIKE THIS
AND THIS IS THE NEXT 28 YEARS,
SORRY.
IT HAS TO BE DONE, LIFE GOES ON.
THESE ARE PROGRESSIVE LENSES,
ALL I SEE NOW IS WHITE
PRIVILEGE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BACK TO THE MASKS.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THEY REINSTATED THE MASK THING
AND KEVIN McCARTHY, THE LEADER
OF THE REPUBLICANS DOES NOT WANT
TO WEAR A MASK AND NANCY PELOSI
CALLED HIM A MORON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEN SHE REMEMBERED, THIS IS
CONGRESS, WE HAVE A CERTAIN
DECORUM -- SHE SAID MY ESTEEMED
MORON.
IT'S GETTING NASTY IN CONGRESS,
DID YOU SEE THE TESTIMONY?
WE FINALLY HAVE TESTIMONY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH.
THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS
TESTIFIED THAT THEY WERE
ATTACKED WITH FISTS AND CHEMICAL
SPRAY AND BASEBALL BATS AND
THREATENED WITH EXECUTION AND
GET THE REPUBLICANS, AMAZING.
STILL PORTRAYING THE RIOTERS AS
THE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AND THE
COPS ARE THE BAD GUYS?
WHAT IS WITH THE FUCK THE POLICE
ATTITUDE ON THE RIGHT, WHEN DID
THE G.O.P. BECOME N.W.A.?
[APPLAUSE]
LAURA INGRAHAM, DID YOU SEE
THIS?
GAVE OUT ACTING AWARDS TO THESE
POLICE OFFICERS.
TWITTER WAS OUTRAGED THAT MORE
BLACK ACTORS WERE DENOMINATED.
[LAUGHTER]
AND OF COURSE THE OLYMPICS ARE
UNDERWAY, ARE YOU WATCHING THE
OLYMPICS?
[APPLAUSE]
REALLY?
PLENTY OF CONTROVERSY.
DID YOU SEE THE KOREAN TV
NETWORK HAD TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE
THE GRAPHICS THEY USED FOR THE
OPENING CEREMONIES, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING BUT THEY
WANTED TO SHOWS SOME
REPRESENTATION OF EVERY COUNTRY
AS THEY CAME OUT AND THEY WERE
STEREOTYPICAL FOR ITALY, THEY
SHOWED PIZZA.
FOR ROMANIA, THEY SHOWED DRACUL
DRACULA.
FOR AMERICA THEY SHOWED A FAT
TEENAGER WITH A FACE TATTOO
FUCKING HIS TEACHER.
[LAUGHTER]
THEN AMERICA HAS HAD SOME BAD
BREAKS IN THE OLYMPICS, OUR BEST
HOPE FOR GOLD IN TRACK GOT
TOSSED OUT BECAUSE SHE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR POT WHICH IS SO
FUCKING STUPID.
POT IS NOT A
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUG, IT
IS FOR WHAT I DO, IT'S NOT FOR
WHAT SHE DOES.
THEN OF COURSE SIMONE BILES WAS
PUSHED TO THE BRINK -- THIS IS
NOT A QUITTER, SHE WAS PUSHED TO
THE BRINK, NOT HER CHOICE, SHE
WENT AS FAR AS WE COULD MAKE HER
GO.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE HAD TO DROP OUT AND SHIKARI
RICHARDSON SAID IF ONLY SHE HAD
A LITTLE WEED.
SHE GOT WHAT GYMNASTS CALL THE
TWIST, THIS IS WHEN YOUR BODY
DOESN'T DO WHAT YOUR BRAIN TELLS
IT TO DO, MEN CALL IT ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION.
IF WE DO HAVE A NEW CHAMPION FOR
AMERICA, SUNI LEE, DID YOU SEE
THAT?
AND SHE WON THE GOLD IN
GYMNASTICS.
VERY INSPIRING FIGURE, SHE SAID
DON'T BE AFRAID SHE WAS TALKING
TO YOUNG GYMNASTS, DON'T BE
AFRAID TO ASK THE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS LIKE HEY, DOC --
SHOULDN'T THERE BE A NURSE
PRESENT?
[LAUGHTER]
THE BIGGEST SCANDAL OF ALL IS
RUSSIA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH
CHEATERS, THEY GET THROWN OUT OF
THE OLYMPICS BUT THEN THE
COUNTRY RUSSIA ISN'T THE
OLYMPICS, THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE TEAM, WHAT THE FUCK
DOES THAT MEAN?
THEY DON'T OFFICIALLY REPRESENT
RUSSIA BUT THEY REALLY SORT OF
DO.
LIKE RUDY GIULIANI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
JOSHUA GREEN AND REPRESENTATIVE
STACEY PLASKETT ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, HE'S THE BROOKLYN
BOROUGH PRESIDENT WHO'S
CURRENTLY THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR AND
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "HEALTHY AT
LAST" ERIC ADAMS.
IS OVER HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> QUITE WELL, YOU KNOW I REALLY
HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE, ALL
OF THIS WAS A SUBTERFUGE.
I DID ALL OF THIS JUST SO I
COULD GET ON THIS SHOW AND I
FINALLY GOT HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I APPRECIATE YOU
SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WAS GOING
TO SAY TO YOU I'M NOT GOING TO
BE COY, I'M A BIG FAN, I LOVE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
[APPLAUSE]
HONESTLY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
UNTIL SIX MONTHS AGO BUT IN
EVERYTHING I READ, AND I PEOPLE
ASK ME ABOUT YOU I'M LIKE I LOVE
THIS FUCKING GUY.
THIS IS WHAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE MAYOR OF
NEW YORK UNLESS THERE'S A ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE -- IT'S SUCH A GREAT
STORY BECAUSE YOU HAD A MESSAGE
THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM
EVERYBODY ELSE'S MESSAGE AND IT
PROVES THAT ONCE IN A WHILE IN
POLITICS YOU CAN PUT A PRODUCT
OUT THERE AND THE PEOPLE WILL
SAY "I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT
BUT NOW THAT I SEE IT, THAT'S
WHAT WE NEED."
JUST QUICKLY FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S
JUST GETTING TO KNOW YOU, SOME
OF THAT MESSAGE THAT YOU HAD
IT'S TAKEN YOU TO THIS GREAT
VICTORY.
>> IT'S MY LIFE STORY.
15-YEAR-OLD, I WAS ARRESTED,
BEATEN BY POLICE OFFICERS AND
INSTEAD OF SAYING WOE IS ME, I
SAID WHY NOT ME -- I WENT INTO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, STARTED
AN ORGANIZATION TO FIGHT FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE TOGETHER.
I DID THAT, MOVED UP THROUGH THE
RANKS AND BECAME A CAPTAIN, I
SAW THE IMPACT OF PROPER
POLICING BUT ALSO SAW THE IMPACT
OF THE CRIMINALITY IN OUR CITIES
ACROSS AMERICA AND I PURSUED
JUSTICE AND SAFETY.
I'M JUST AN EVERYDAY PERSON,
DISHWASHER AS A CHILD, LIVED ON
THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, LEASE
TO CARRY A GARBAGE BAG FULL OF
CLOTHING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WHEN WE CAME
HOME WE WOULD BE THROWN OUT,
WENT TO SCHOOL LATE AT NIGHT,
STUDY -- I WENT THROUGH MY
ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOT KNOWING I HAD
A LEARNING DISABILITY UNTIL I
STUMBLED ONTO IT IN COLLEGE AND
GOT THE RESOURCES.
PEOPLE JUST FELL TO THE
AUTHENTIC STORY OF HOW I WANT TO
TURN AROUND THE CITY OF NEW YORK
AND SEE OUR ECONOMY GROW AT THE
SAME TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU SAID YOU WERE
RUNNING YOU'RE NOT JUST RUNNING
AGAINST ENTITIES, YOU'RE RUNNING
AGAINST A MOVEMENT, WHAT DID YOU
MEAN BY THAT?
>> WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN AMERICA, WE SEE THE
DEMONIZATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY
WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE
PREREQUISITE TO PROSPERITY.
YOU SEE THE DEMONIZATION OF
THOSE WHO ARE HIGH INCOME
EARNERS, 65,000 NEW YORKERS PAID
51% OF OUR INCOME TAXES.
IF WE LOSE THEM, WE LOSE THE
TEACHER, FIREFIGHTER, DEPARTMENT
OF SANITATION EMPLOYEE, THEY
PAID THOSE TAXES THAT WE NEED.
WE SEE THE DIVIDE OF OUR
COUNTRIES.
THIS IS NOT A SOCIALIST COUNTRY,
LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT.
THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES,
GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITIES
AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEDE
AND EXCEL IN THIS COUNTRY AND I
BELIEVE IN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I SAW IN MY PERSONAL
JOURNEY ON THE JOURNEY OF SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS
COUNTRY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: IT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG
WAY OF SAYING YOU HAVE COMMON
SENSE.
[LAUGHTER]
IT SEEMS A LOT OF TIME FOR MY
VIEW LACKING IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WOULD YOU
BELIEVE THAT IS THEIR ACHILLES'
HEEL?
YOU HAVE SAID THEY BETTER PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ACHIEVED
IN NEW YORK AT WHERE THEY'RE
GOING TO LOSE THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS OR LOSE THE NEXT
ELECTION, IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT?
PEOPLE LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATS AND
THEY SEE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE
GOOFY, THEY THINK SOMEHOW
TWITTER IS THE ELECTORATE AND
IT'S NOT.
>> Bill: SO TRUE, I COULD NOT
HAVE SAID IT BETTER.
I STATED THIS ON THE DAY OF THE
PRIMARY, PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
DON'T DECIDE THESE ELECTIONS,
PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY
DECIDE THESE ELECTIONS, EVERY
DAY PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN
OUR COUNTRY, AND CITIES ACROSS
AMERICA?
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU HAD A
QUOTE -- WE SPEND A LIFETIME
PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE RIVER,
NO ONE GOES UPSTREAM AND
PREVENTS THEM FROM FALLING IN
AND THE FIRST PLACE.
WE ARE LIKE PEOPLE FALLING IN
THE RIVER OF CRIME, FORCING
CHILDREN TO NOT GET SUPPORT.
HOMELESSNESS, JUST THINK ABOUT
HEALTH.
LOST MY SITE WITH
TYPE 2 DIABETES, PERMANENT NERVE
DAMAGE, HAD AN ULCER, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND
BECAUSE I WAS EATING MY CRISES
COME I CHANGE MY DIET BURIED IN
THREE WEEKS MY VISION CAME BACK,
MY DIABETES WENT IN REMISSION,
MY NERVE DAMAGE WENT AWAY, IT
WAS NEVER MY DNA, IT WAS MY
DINNER.
I WAS FEEDING MY HEALTH CARE
CRISIS A WE DO THAT EVERY DAY
IN AMERICA, I WANT TO GO
UPSTREAM AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
FALLING IN THE RIVER OF DESPAIR.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THIS IS WHY WE LOVE
EACH OTHER.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT STUFF
ABOUT FOOD FOREVER THAT YOU JUST
SAID AND THEY HATE ME FOR IT.
IT'S LIKE THE ULTIMATE THIRD
RAIL IN POLITICS, DO NOT MENTION
THE FOOD EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO
RELEVANT, IT WAS RELEVANT TO THE
HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN THE
COUNTRY BEFORE COVID BUT EVEN
MORE SO AFTER.
IF YOU'RE NOT IN GOOD HEALTH TO
BEGIN WITH, YOU CAN'T FIGHT OFF
ANYTHING.
>> WELL SAID.
THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO, OUR
COUNTRY AND CITIES ARE SO
DYSFUNCTIONAL, WE CREATE OUR
CRISES.
HOW DO YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE IN
NEW YORK TO SPEND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD
OBESITY, DIABETES, AND ASTHMA
YET EVERY DAY WE SERVE OUR
BABIES 960,000 MEALS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
THOSE MILLS COST WHAT --
CHILDHOOD DIABETES AND ASTHMA.
YOU GO IN THE HOSPITAL THEY GIVE
YOU THE FOOD THAT AGGRAVATES
YOUR DIABETES.
PRISONS ARE FED FOOD THAT CAUSE
CHRONIC DISEASE.
WE FEED OUR CRISES IN AMERICA.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND SAY
LET'S STOP THIS SILLINESS AND
FINALLY START TO GO UPSTREAM ON
HEALTH CARE, ON CRIME, ON
EDUCATION.
DO YOU KNOW IN NEW YORK 80% OF
THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS ISLAND
DON'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
OR EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, IF YOU
DON'T EDUCATE, YOU'RE GOING TO
INCARCERATE.
IF WE ARE SO USED TO
DYSFUNCTIONALITY, SOMEONE HAS TO
SAY LET'S STOP THIS STUPIDITY
AND BECOME THE NEW YORK AND THE
AMERICA WE DESERVE TO BECOME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THIS GUY SPEAKS IN
APPLAUSE BREAKS!
[LAUGHTER]
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK
ABOUT THIS, I THINK BLACK
POLITICIANS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE TO LEAD US
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS -- I FEEL
LIKE A GUY LIKE YOU HAS YOUR
FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT THE
VOTERS WANT SO MUCH BETTER THAN
THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW TWITTER
AND THE WHITE POLITICIANS IN THE
PARTY ARE SO AFRAID OF BEING
CALLED INSUFFICIENTLY --
ANTIRACIST.
WHICH IS OF COURSE NOT SOMETHING
THEY CAN LEVEL AT YOU, YOU ARE
FREE TO SPEAK COMMON SENSE.
IF YOU ARE FREE TO SPEAK THESE
WORDS YOU ARE SPEAKING TONIGHT.
JOE BIDEN I THINK WAS SAVED BY
THE BLACK VOTERS OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT ARE GETTING HIM AS THE
NOMINEE BECAUSE UP UNTIL THEN,
IT WAS GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO
WERE MORE FARTHER TO THE LEFT
AND THERE WAS A PRACTICALITY I
THINK THAT GOES ON IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT
WHITE PEOPLE -- IT'S AN
INDULGENCE TO BE IMPRACTICAL.
IT'S THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF
WHITE PRIVILEGE.
>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK,
I'LL NEVER FORGET AS A ROOKIE
POLICE OFFICER SEEING A CHILD
WHO COMMITTED A ROBBERY, HE WAS
ARRESTED TWO TO MECCA THREE
TIMES AND I SPOKE TO THAT CHILD,
I LEARNED THAT HIS MOTHER WAS ON
CRACK COCAINE, HIS DAD WAS IN
JAIL, HE WAS RAISING HIMSELF
COME OUT OF SCHOOL FOR MONTHS
AND NO ONE DISCOVERED OR FOUND
OUT WHAT HE NEEDED, WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WE JUST DESERVE SO
MUCH BETTER AND I DON'T WANT
NEW YORKERS TO SURRENDER.
I BELIEVE WE JUST HAVE TO
BELIEVE AGAIN IN WHO WE ARE AND
WE WILL SEE HOW WE CAN TURN
AROUND THIS CITY, WE DON'T HAVE
TO DEFINE OURSELVES BY
3-YEAR-OLDS BEING SHOT IN
TIMES SQUARE, WE DON'T HAVE TO
DEFINE OURSELVES ABOUT DIVIDING
OURSELVES ON ETHNICITY.
I HAD THIS DIVERSE GROUP OF
EVERY DAY, BLUE COLOR I LIKE TO
SAY NEW YORKERS OF ALL DIFFERENT
ETHNIC GROUPS THAT STATED THIS
IS A COMMON SENSE PERSON THAT'S
GOING TO SHOW HOW GOVERNMENT
MUST WORK AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE
AND THE STOP BETRAYING THE
PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
>> Bill: YOU WERE ENDORSED BY
GEORGE FLOYD'S BROTHER, RIGHT?
HOW DO WE CONVINCE SO MANY
PEOPLE I WOULD SAY ON THE FAR
LEFT THAT EVERY COP IN AMERICA
ISN'T THE ONE WHO DID THE
ATROCITY TO GEORGE FLOYD.
WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE POLICE
COME AS YOU WELL KNOW FROM YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE.
>> Bill: THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION, HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
I WAS ENDORSED BY GEORGE FLOYD'S
BROTHER BUT ALSO THE FIRST
CHINESE-AMERICAN OFFICER
ASSASSINATED IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
I WAS ENDORSED BY SOMEONE WHO
LOST A FAMILY MEMBER AND A
VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT BUT
ENDORSED BY FAMILY MEMBERS OF
SOMEONE WHOSE OFFICER WAS KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MISSING, I'M
GOING TO BE BUILD THAT AND
UNDERSTAND GOOD GUYS ARE LOSING
OUR STREET TO THE BAD GUYS, THEY
WANT US AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS
BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO EXPECT
MORE FROM A POLICE OFFICERS.
YOU ARE GOING TO LIFT UP THE
NOBILITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY --
IT'S NOBLE TO RUN IN THE
BUILDING WHEN SOMEONE IS
DISCHARGING A WEAPON BUT IT'S
NOT NOBLE TO DESTROY SOMEONE'S
LIFE BY PUTTING YOUR KNEE ON
THEIR NECK.
WE AREN'T GOING TO ALLOW THOSE
OFFICERS TO STAND IN OUR
DEPARTMENT, I'M GOING TO HAVE
THE FACTS OF MY OFFICERS BUT
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FACTS
OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY THEY
HAVE SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU'RE THE GUY WHO
CAN GET THAT DONE.
I KNOW YOU ARE A BUSY GUY THESE
DAYS, I NOTICE EVERYBODY IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO GET
HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOU NOW.
I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TIME
TO COME HERE, I KNOW YOU HAVE
NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SAYING YOU
ARE THE FACE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE FUTURE,
I HOPE THAT COMES TO PASS --
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
HE'S THE SENIOR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT AT BLOOMBERG
BUSINESSWEEK AND AUTHOR OF
"DEVIL'S BARGAIN: STEVE BANNON,
DONALD TRUMP, AND THE STORMING
OF THE PRESIDENCY": JOSHUA
GREEN.
IS BACK WITH US.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE'S THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO REPRESENTS THE
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS:
REPRESENTATIVE STACEY PLASKETT.
GREAT TO MEET YOU, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
[APPLAUSE]
WE ARE A LITTLE CLOSER THAN WE
WERE BEFORE, WE SEEM TO HAVE
GONE BACKWARDS NOW, WE ARE IN
THIS PHASE 2 -- WE WERE READY
FOR A HOT GIRL SUMMER AND THEN
WE ARE BACK TO MASKS AND ALL
THIS STUFF AND IT'S BEING CALLED
THE PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED
TO BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE 97% OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WIND UP IN THE
HOSPITAL -- IT'S PRETTY MUCH
OBVIOUS THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.
TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.
I MUST SAY THE UNVACCINATED
ARCTIC COALITION, IT'S MOSTLY
TRUMP- -- WHO BELIEVE VACCINES
ARE A FIFTH COLUMN TO PUT A CHIP
IN U.S. IF WE COULD CARE ABOUT
TRACKING YOUR FAT ASS TO THE
PIGGLY WIGGLY.
BUT IT'S ALSO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
WHICH I WOULDN'T SAY IS TERRIBLY
MUCH MORE LOGICAL THAN THAT.
IT'S ALSO BLACK FOLKS WHO SAY
THE WORD TUSKEGEE AND I CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT.
I ALWAYS SAY LET'S LIVE IN THE
YEAR WE ARE LIVING IN, WE AREN'T
LIVING IN THAT YEAR ANYMORE BUT
I UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING.
>> THE ANALOGY WITH TUSKEGEE IS
A LITTLE STRAINED BECAUSE IN
TUSKEGEE THEY WEREN'T INFECTING
BLACK PEOPLE, THEY WERE
UTILBRUTALIZING THEM, IT'S REALY
SHOCKING AND TROUBLING THE
AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR
WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY
SOCIAL MEDIA AND MISINFORMATION
TO ENSURE IN SOME WAYS THAT
PEOPLE DO NOT GET VACCINATED.
IT FEELS TO ME AN ASSAULT ON US
TO NOT GET VACCINATED, ONCE
AGAIN SOCIAL MEDIA IS REALLY
TARGETING BLACK PEOPLE SO THAT
WE DO NOT GET TO THIS VACCINE
AND THEREFORE BECOME VULNERABLE
TO THIS VIRUS, THAT IS VERY
FRIGHTENING.
>> I THINK YOU CAN BREAK THE
UNVACCINATED POPULATION DOWN
INTO TWO GROUPS, I THINK VACCINE
HESITANT TO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY THIS INFORMATION, A LOT OF
SURVEY RESEARCH SHOWS BLACK
PEOPLE AND LATINOS, MINORITIES,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND Y TO HAVE THE
HARD-CORE ANTI-VAX RESISTERS WHO
SEE IT AS A WAY TO SIGNAL THEIR
REPUBLICAN AFFILIATION, TO FLEX
FOR TRUMP.
I THINK THAT FIRST GROUP IS
REACHABLE AND THERE IS SOME
EVIDENCE WITH A SPIKE OF THE
DELTA VARIANT THERE'S A LITTLE
MORE WILLINGNESS TO MOVE ON THAT
BUT THE BIGGER PROBLEM I THINK
WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GETTING
VACCINATED, WON'T GET
VACCINATED -- I THINK IT'S A
HOWARD BEALE MOMENT IN THE LAST
WEEK OR SO WHERE VACCINATED
AMERICA HAD SAID ENOUGH, THE
ONUS IS ON YOU -- IT'S TIME FOR
UNVACCINATED PEOPLE TO BEAR A
BURDEN IN THIS PANDEMIC.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
ONE MORE TO THIS GROUP OF THE
COALITION OF THE UNVACCINATED --
WE DON'T DESERVE TO LUMP THEM
ALL IN WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE CHIP FROM
BILL GATES -- THAT'S JUST
MENTAL.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO I
WOULD CALL HEALTH NUTS SPIRIT OF
LEFT WING?
>> ANTI-VAX.
>> Bill: I'VE BEEN CALLED IT,
THERE ARE SOME PATHOGENS I WOULD
FIGHT YOU FOR THE VACCINE.
WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME IN
MEDICINE AND I DON'T THINK YOU
SHOULD LUMP THOSE PEOPLE IN WHO
JUST WANT TO LIVE A SUPER
HEALTHY LIFE AND HAVE THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM TAKE CARE OF
CERTAIN THINGS.
NOW WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION WE
ARE IN, WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM
PROGNOSIS?
ARE WE GOING TO BE DOOMED
FOREVER TO LIVE IN VARYING
PERIODS OF ANXIETY WHERE IT GOES
AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE
GET A BREAK AND IT GOES BACK TO
THIS?
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY LOOK AT
ASIAN COUNTRIES, THEY HAVE BEEN
WEARING MASKS, YOU SEE THEM ALL
THE TIME EVERYONE IS WEARING
MASKS AND I NEVER SEE THEM
SMILING.
I DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK
FOREVER AND IT'S NOT HEALTHY TO
WEAR A MASK AND BREATHE YOUR OWN
SHITTY --
>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE
AS A GOVERNMENT REACT TO THIS
NEW SPIKE IN COVID.
BIDEN BEGRUDGINGLY TIPTOED
TOWARD MAKING PEOPLE GET
VACCINATED, FEDERAL WORKERS.
HE HASN'T IMPOSED THE MANDATE
BUT THERE IS MOVEMENT TOWARD THE
IDEA THAT IN ORDER FOR THE GOOD
OF THE COUNTRY AT LARGE, A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN
VACCINATED NEED TO GET THEIR ACT
TOGETHER EITHER THROUGH STICK OR
CARROT, TAKE THE VACCINE TO STOP
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND IF
THAT MEANS BANNING THEM FROM
AIRLINE FLIGHTS IF THEY DON'T
HAVE --
>> Bill: THAT'S HAPPENING, AND
THAT WILL ENCOURAGE LET MORE
PEOPLE TO DO IT BECAUSE I'VE
ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO PARTIES
WHERE YOU COULDN'T BE VACCINATE
VACCINATED --
>> WHERE YOU COULDN'T BE?
>> Bill: WHERE YOU HAD TO BE
VACCINATED.
IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE,
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET IT
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE
EVERYWHERE.
>> I THINK FOR THE GROUP YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, BLACK PEOPLE,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO FOR
HEALTH DISPARITY REASONS ARE
JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH
GOVERNMENT, DON'T FEEL
GOVERNMENT IS THERE FOR THEM.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TELLING THEM
THAT TO BE VACCINATED -- BUT I
THINK THE CONTINUED
COMMUNICATION AND SEEING
GOVERNMENT IS THERE TO SUPPORT
YOU WILL CAUSE MANY OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS.
>> Bill: THERE ARE GOOD
REASONS NOT TO TRUST THE
GOVERNMENT OR THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY BASED ON HISTORY.
I'M SAYING GET TO THE VACCINE,
I'M ALL FOR IT, I WANT TO GET
BACK TO LIFE AS NORMAL.
>> B>> YOU WANT YOUR HOT SUMMER.
>> Bill: I WANT MY HOT
SUMMER -- IT'S A LITTLE TOO HOT
OUT HERE.
IN GENERAL, YES, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY AS THE FUTURE MIRROR WAS
JUST SAYING ARE NOT IN GOOD
SHAPE AND I WOULD VERY MUCH
ENCOURAGE ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE
NOT IN REALLY GREAT SHAPE, GET
THE VACCINE.
CHRIS CHRISTIE SHOULD GET IT
EVERY WEEK.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WHAT WE NEED FROM MINORITY
COMMUNITIES IF THEY DON'T TRUST
THE GOVERNMENT ARE AMBASSADORS
WHO WILL LISTEN TO THEM WHICH IS
WHY ONE IDEA I'M KIND OF BULLISH
ON, PAY TRUMP FOR ALL THE NEW
PEOPLE WHO GET VACCINATED, PAY
TRUMP $100 FOR EVERY NEW PERSON
WHO GETS VACCINATED, YOU WOULD
HAVE VACCINATION RATES SPIKE, HE
WOULD RAISE A LOT OF MONEY FOR
HIS LEGAL DEFENSE, IT WOULD WORK
OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
>> Bill: THEY BELIEVE HE
INVENTED THE VACCINE.
>> HE CAN MAKE A LEGITIMATE
CLAIM THAT MY ADMINISTRATION
OVERSAW THE PRODUCTION OF THIS
VACCINE, HE COULD'VE CALLED THE
TRUMP VACCINE -- HE IS NOT
ANTI-VACCINE, HE'S JUST
DISINTERESTED.
>> Bill: SPEAKING OF HIM, IT'S
GOING TO BE AN EXCITING MONTH
BECAUSE APPARENTLY THIS IS WHERE
HE'S GOING TO BE REINSTATED.
HE KEEPS USING THIS TERM AND THE
LAST POLL I SAW FROM LATE JUNE,
51% OF REPUBLICANS THINK THE
AUDITS -- WHATEVER THAT IS, THE
AUDITS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING OF
THE 2020 ELECTION -- HERE WE ARE
IN AUGUST 2021, THAT WILL CHANGE
THINGS.
REINSTATEMENT, NOT A THING IN A
DEMOCRACY!
WE DON'T REINSTATE THE MONARCH.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS IN THE NEWS TODAY, IN THE
NOTES OF THE LAST ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL THIS IS NEAR
THE END, TRUMP SAYS "JUST SAY
THE ELECTION WAS CORRUPT, LEAVE
THE REST TO ME."
DOES HE EVER NOT SOUND LIKE A
MOB BOSS?
LEAVE THE REST TO ME, I'LL VISIT
HIM WITH LOO -- WE HAVE HEARD
TESTIMONY FROM CAPITOL POLICE,
140 OF THEM HAVE BEEN INJURED.
I FEEL LIKE DEMOCRATS LOOK AT
THIS AND WOULD LIKE REPUBLICANS
CAN'T DENY THIS NOW, IT'S ON
TAPE!
OF COURSE, JOE BIDEN LIVES IN
THIS FRANK CAPRA FEVER DREAM FOR
PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE, MY GOOD FRIENDS AND THEY
ARE GOING TO SEE THE LIGHT -- WE
ARE NEVER GOING BACK TO THAT OR
AT LEAST NOT ANYTIME I CAN
FORESEE IN THE FUTURE, IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE EVIDENCE
IS.
THERE ARE TWO SIDES AND THEY ARE
NOW ON THE SIDE THAT THE COPS
COPS ARE THE BAD GUYS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER!
YOU SAY X, THEY SAY Y.
>> I DON'T THINK THE PURPOSE OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS TO GET
THE REPUBLICANS TO AGREE OR TO
STAY WITH THE TRUTH WAS.
I THINK THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
DID THAT COME I THINK AMERICANS
UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
TRIAL.
I THINK THE PURPOSE, WHAT WE
HAVE HERE IS REMEMBER FIRST THE
DEMOCRATS -- WE DEMOCRATS WANTED
TO BRING AN INDEPENDENT
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION AND THERE
WERE 35 REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE
WHO AGREED TO THAT COMMISSION.
BUT FOR MITCH McCONNELL AND
KEVIN McCARTHY, THEY BASICALLY
PLAYED THEMSELVES BY NOT
AGREEING TO THAT BECAUSE NOW
THEY ARE GOING TO GET WHAT WE
GIVE THEM AS DEMOCRATS AND WE
ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK THAT IS
NECESSARY, NOT NECESSARILY TO
EXPOSE THE TRUTH BUT ALSO TO
ENSURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN
AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
MY COLLEAGUE STEPHANIE MURPHY
WHO SITS ON THE COMMISSION FLED
VIETNAM AS IT FELL AND ONE OF
THE THINGS SHE TALKS ABOUT IS
THAT AN ATTEMPTED COUP IS
USUALLY THE BEGINNING OF A
SUCCESSFUL COUP.
WE AS AMERICANS NEED TO ENSURE
WE SAFEGUARD OUR DEMOCRACY BY
HAVING THIS SELECT COMMITTEE
WHICH IS NOT ONLY GOING TO
EXPOSE THE TRUTH BUT TO MAKE THE
NECESSARY STEPS WHETHER IT'S IN
OUR SECURITY, WHETHER IT'S IN
SHORING UP WHATEVER IT IS THAT
HAS HAPPENED IN SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT GOT US TO THE POINT WHERE
WE WERE ON JANUARY 6TH.
>> NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT
PERSUADING REPUBLICANS.
AS A REPORTER, I'M STUNNED THAT
EVERYTHING I WRITE ABOUT, GO ON
TV, TALK TO PEOPLE -- IS THAT
GOING TO CONVINCE REPUBLICAN
VOTERS?
CONGRESS HAS TWO JOBS, TO PASS
LAWS AND CONDUCT OVERSIGHT.
THERE IS VALUE INDEPENDENT OF
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO
PERSUADE TRUMP REPUBLICANS FOR
HAVING TRANSPARENCY, HAVING THIS
KIND OF TESTIMONY, LETTING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE LEARN WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHO DID IT
AND WHO IS SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE
THAT DID IT NOW.
EVEN IF THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
OUTCOME OF NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION
AND I STILL THINK IT MIGHT.
>> Bill: WHEN I HEAR THAT
DATE, JANUARY 6TH, TO ME IT
FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH
DECEMBER 7TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH,
NOVEMBER 22ND, DATES -- YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME OR A
SOPHISTICATED AUDIENCE, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT, WE
KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN.
I DON'T THINK HALF THE COUNTRY
SEES IT THAT WAY.
I DON'T THINK THEY SEE
JANUARY 6TH AS THAT KIND OF DATE
WHERE I DO NOW, I PUT THEM
TOGETHER, A DARK, HORRIBLE DAY
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO
CONVINCE THE HARD-CORE FOX NEWS,
NEWSMAX TRUMP RIGHT THAT JANUARR
THAN SOME PLOT BY NANCY PELOSI
TO DO THIS OR THAT.
IF YOU DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
POLITICAL EFFECTS, THE LESS TWO
ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY
SUBURBAN VOTERS.
THE NEXT ONE IS PROBABLY GOING
TO BE TOO.
TRUMP IS NOT ON THE TICKET
ANYMORE TO DRAW THEM OUT.
IF THEY ARE SITTING AT HOME
LISTENING OF TESTIMONY FROM
THESE OFFICERS AND HEARING WHAT
HAPPENED, SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL
OF THEM BUT A FEW OF THEM HAVE
TO ASK THEMSELVES ARE THESE THE
PEOPLE I WANT TO PUT IN CHARGE
OF THE GOVERNMENT NEXT YEAR?
>> Bill: I DON'T KNOW.
>> TEXAS JUST HAD A SPECIAL
ELECTION, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT
TRUMP SUPPORTED WAS NOT THE
WINNER OF THAT ELECTION, HE DID
ROBOCALLS, HE DID EVERYTHING TO
TRY AND BRING THIS PERSON INTO
WASHINGTON.
TEXAS WHICH IS STILL A RED STATE
AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO TURN
IT BLUE REJECTED TRUMP,
BASICALLY IN THAT SPECIAL
ELECTION.
I THINK THE THINGS WE ARE DOING
IN WASHINGTON, THE PARALLEL
TRACK OF OVERSIGHT, HAVING THIS
SELECT COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 6TH
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DOING
THINGS LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL, THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN,
ARE GOING TO BE THE THINGS THAT
KEEP THIS COUNTRY ON THE RIGHT
TRACK.
>> Bill: WE NOTICE FOR SOME
REASON THAT PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE STARTING TO DO I
THOUGHT YEARS AGO, PETS
CONFESSION SIGNS?
THEY MADE A BIG COMEBACK.
LOOK AT THIS.
"I RAN AWAY &
PARTIED ALL NIGHT.
NOW I'M PREGNANT!"
AND "I ATE THE TOILET PAPER
DURING A PANDEMIC!"
[LAUGHTER]
OF COURSE ANYTHING IN AMERICA
BECOMES TRENDY, NOW THE
CELEBRITIES ARE DOING IT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE
THINGS --
I KNEW YOU WOULD DO.
GWYNETH PALTROW: MY VAGINA
DOESN'T REALLY SMELL LIKE THAT
CANDLE.
[LAUGHTER]
BILL GATES: I'VE GOT 4 BILLION
IN MY SOCK DRAWER SHE DOESN'T
KNOW ABOUT.
[LAUGHTER]
KANYE WEST: I WOULD KILL FOR
SOME STRUCTURE FROM BRITNEY
SPEARS' DAD.
[LAUGHTER]
CAITLYN JENNER: SOMETIMES I MISS
[APPLAUSE]
MORNING WOOD.
[LAUGHTER]
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: I'M TIRED
OF EXPLAINING SHIT TO YOU
MORONS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GAVIN NEWSOM: MY HAIR EMITS
PHEROMONES THAT MAKE YOUR WIFE
HORNY.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT'S TRUE.
JEFF BEZOS: I LET RICHARD
BRANSON GO TO SPACE FIRST JUST
TO MAKE SURE THIS SHIT WORKED.
AND OF COURSE.
TRUMP: I KNOW DAMN WELL THAT I
LOST THE ELECTION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN A WEEK WHERE THERE WERE A LOT
OF THINGS AND FORTUNATELY BE
DEPRESSED ABOUT.
COVID COMING BACK, THE FIRES OUT
HERE, THE CAPITOL POLICE STORY,
ME HAVING TO WEAR GLASSES, I
MUST SAY THE AWARD FOR LOWEST,
VILEST WAS THE CONSERVATIVES WHO
WENT AFTER SIMONE BILES.
THIS PISSED ME OFF IN A WAY --
LET ME READ SOME OF THESE RIGHT
WING -- CHARLIE KIRK, I KNOW WHO
THAT IS CALLED HER SHE'S ASHAMED
OF THE COUNTRY, THE TEXAS DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL RIGHTS NATIONAL
EMBARRASSMENT, SOME OTHER ACYL
S-11 NEVER HEARD OF GETS QUOTED
BY PEOPLE I HAVE HEARD OF CALLED
HER A QUITTER.
PIERS MORGAN RETURNING TO HIS
MORE NATURAL REALM OF BEING A
HUGE DICK, SAID THERE'S NOTHING
HEROIC OR BRAVE ABOUT QUITTING.
BUCK SEXTON, THIS FEELS LIKE THE
ANTITHESIS OF WHAT AN ELITE
ATHLETE WOULD DO, WITH THE
ATHLETE CREDO WOULD BE.
WE'VE HAD HIM ON THE SHOW.
HE SEEMED LIKE A NORMAL, NICE
GUY.
UNLESS YOU ACT LIKE A NORMAL,
NICE GUY, YOU ARE IN THE ASSHOLE
DIVISION.
[LAUGHTER]
I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID
IN THE MONOLOGUE, THIS WAS NOTA
CHOICE.
WE RAN THIS POOR GIRL, THIS
AMAZING MACHINE, UNTIL WE NOT
PERMANENTLY BUT TEMPORARILY JUST
BROKE IT.
THESE ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS
SITTING THERE, WITH FUCKING
CRUMBS ON THEIR SHIRT LOOKING AT
SOMEONE WHO TWISTS AND FLIES IN
THE AIR AND LANDS ON A LITTLE
STRIP AND IT'S LIKE WHERE'S YOUR
MENTAL TOUGHNESS?
>> MY RESPONSE TO THEM AS THEY
CAN KISS MY OVERWORKED BLACK
WOMAN ASS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WAS GOING TO SECOND BATH
BUT I GUESS I CAN'T.
>> I SAW AN ARTICLE TODAY FROM
"GLAMOUR" MAGAZINE WHICH REALLY
WAS FASCINATING TO ME TALKING
ABOUT WHAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN HAS
BEEN THROUGH IN TERMS OF
OVERCOMING SCANDAL THAT OCCURRED
IN GYMNASTICS, HAVING THE KIND
OF PRESSURE ON HER, BEING THE
BEST GYMNAST THAT HAS EVER BEEN
IN THIS FIELD.
SHE NEEDS THE OPPORTUNITY IF SHE
WANTS TO REST AND THEY WERE
DISCUSSING THE FACT THAT
HISTORICALLY, CULTURALLY, BLACK
WOMEN HAD NEVER HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REST, TO SAY I'VE
HAD ENOUGH, I'M TIRED.
WE HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY,
SHE HAS DONE WHAT SHE CAN.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK SHE
WANTS TO REST.
>> SHE NEEDS TO MENTALLY REST.
>> Bill: WE PUSHED HER TO THE
ULTIMATE LIMIT, SHE SUCKED IT UP
AS LONG AS SHE COULD DO.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE ANXIETY?
HOW DO YOU EVEN SLEEP?
WE KNOW NOW WHEN YOU DON'T SLEEP
FULLY AND I MEAN FULLY, YOU ARE
WAY LESS THAN FULL CAPACITY.
HER CHOICE WOULD ALWAYS BE TO
PERSEVERE.
>> THAT IS WHAT IS SO GROSS
ABOUT THE RIGHT WING --
EVERYBODY SAW THIS COMING.
IT'S PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM OF
RIGHT WING MEETING THAT SPARKS
AN ANGRY COUNTER REACTION AMONG
LIBERALS AND EVERYBODY STARTS
SCREAMING AND FIGHTING AND
TRYING TO CANCEL EACH OTHER AND
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS
POLITICIZE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T
REMOTELY POLITICAL.
>> I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT IT
CONTINUALLY APPEARS TO BE BLACK
WOMEN THAT THESE ARE GOING AFTE
AFTER.
NAOMI OSAKA, NOW SIMONE BILES?
>> Bill: OSAKA?
>> NAOMI OSAKA, WHEN THEY WENT
AFTER HER, THEY WENT AFTER HER,
THEY WENT UP THE SIMONE BILES,
TALKING ABOUT THE ATHLETE WHO
WAS PROTESTING, CONSERVATIVE
MEDIA, THIS IS THEIR DOG
WHISTLE.
THIS IS THE WAY TO GIN UP THE
CROWD, TO GET THEIR PEOPLE
EXCITED.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HER, SHE
DOESN'T WANT TO QUIT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE AGONY IT
TOOK FOR HER TO MAKE THIS
DECISION?
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO COMPETE THE
WAY SHE DOES?
>> Bill: IN A WORLD IN A
COUNTRY FILLED WITH SNOWFLAKES
AND WHINERS AND THE ENTITLED END
THE WEEK, SHE HAS NONE OF THAT
AND NEVER HAS BEEN.
THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS NOT A
CHOICE, YOU PUSH SOMEONE JUST SO
FAR.
LET ME ASK YOU WHY YOU ARE HERE,
WE HAVE NEVER HAD A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OR ANY OF THE
AMERICAN TERRITORIES, IT'S SO
HARD FOR ME TO EVER UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS.
WE HAVE I WOULD CALL IT THE
REMNANTS OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
IS ALL I CAN SAY.
>> WE ARE A COLONY.
>> Bill: .
>> Bill: A COLONY.
SOME OF THESE PLACES CAME FROM
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, SOME I
THINK WE WON IN THE CARD GAME.
TALKING ABOUT GUAM, SAMOA, THE
MARIANA ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO,
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
IT IS THIS GRAY AREA, YOUR
CITIZENS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO
EVERYTHING A CITIZEN DOES.
YOU ARE IN CONGRESS, YOU CAN DO
EVERYTHING A CONGRESSPERSON CAN
DO EXCEPT VOTE.
YOU WERE PART OF THE
IMPEACHMENT.
>> I CAN VOTE IN COMMITTEE.
>> Bill: COMMITTEE.
BUT NOT FOR LAW, RIGHT?
>> I CAN VOTE TO BRING IT OUT OF
COMMITTEE, I CAN SPONSOR
LEGISLATION, COSPONSOR BILLS,
DEBATE ON THE FLOOR.
I DO THE SAME THINGS THAT OTHER
MEMBERS DO.
WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN POWER, I
VOTE WHEN WE RISE IN THE HOLE ON
THE FLOOR BUT I DON'T VOTE ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
WE TALKED ABOUT IN A CARD GAME
OR IN WAR, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED DURING
WORLD WAR I FOR GEOGRAPHIC
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, WE ARE
PURCHASED FROM DENMARK AND THE
PURCHASE BY THE UNITED STATES
ALLOWED DENMARK TO REMOVE ITSELF
FROM A DEPRESSION TO BECOME THE
HAPPIEST NATION ON EARTH.
BUT FOR MY ANCESTORS AND MY
FAMILY HAVING FOUGHT AND DONE
THE WORK THAT WE DID TO MAKE
DENMARK RICH, THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE THE NAME NOW OF BEING THE
HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH.
WHAT IS EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS
THE FACT THAT WE REMAIN IN THIS
PERPETUAL STATE OF A COLONY
BECAUSE OF LITTLE-KNOWN
SUPREME COURT CASES CALLED THE
INSULAR CASES WHICH WERE IN
1900, THE SAME PLESSY V
FERGUSON, SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
JUDGES DETERMINED THAT PEOPLE
FROM THE TERRITORIES ARE IN FACT
ALIEN RACES, SAVAGES WHO CANNOT
UNDERSTAND -- THIS IS THE EXACT
LANGUAGE OF THE CASE LAW.
CANNOT UNDERSTAND ANGLO-SAXON
PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND THEREFORE
THEY CANNOT BE AFFORDED THE SAME
RIGHTS THAT AN AVERAGE AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN CAN BECAUSE
THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH THEM.
VIRGIN ISLANDS, WE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT DENMARK,
CAMILLE PISSARRO, THE FOUNDER OF
IMPRESSIONISM, TIM DUNCAN,
MR. FUNDAMENTAL HIMSELF IS FROM
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CANNOT
UNDERSTAND ANGLO-SAXON
PRINCIPLES.
HERE IS THE BEST ONE, WE GAVE
THE COUNTRY ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
WHO'S FROM ST. CROIX.
WE DEVELOPED THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM
AND YET WE ARE SAVAGES WHO
CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
>> Bill: WHAT IS THE ANSWER,
WHAT DO WE DO IN THE FUTURE?
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WE HAVE THESE PLACES THAT ARE IN
THIS GRAY AREA.
DO WE LET THEM LOOSE AND BE
THEIR OWN SEPARATE COUNTRIES?
OR SHOULD THEY BE STATES, THOSE
SCENES TWO OBVIOUS EXAMPLES --
I'VE BEEN TO THE CARIBBEAN MANY
TIMES, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF
A CARIBBEAN NATIONHOOD OF SOME
OF THESE ISLANDS JOINING
TOGETHER?
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING WHEN
PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULD CUT THEM
LOOSE AND BE INDEPENDENT, WHEN
THE UNITED STATES PURCHASED THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE THE NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT CUTTING IT LOOSE
OR MANIFEST DESTINY, WE GAVE
THOSE AREAS THE RESOURCES AND
THE ECONOMICS, THE HOMESTEAD ACT
AND OTHERS.
SO THEY COULD GROW THEIR
ECONOMIES.
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, WE WOULD
LOVE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT.
WE FIGHT IN WARS MORE PER CAPITA
THAN ANYPLACE ELSE.
>> Bill: DO YOU WANT TO STAY
IN THIS GRAY AREA?
>> I THINK FOR PUERTO RICO, THEY
WANT TO BE A STATE SO GIVE THEM
THEIR STATEHOOD.
FOR THE REST OF US, WE NEED HR1,
THE BILL THAT HAS NOT MOVED.
I HAVE A PROVISION IN THEIR
WHICH CREATES A TASK FORCE TO
LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN THE
ECONOMIC DAMAGES TO THE
TERRITORIES AND HOW DO YOU ALLOW
THE TERRITORIES TO RECEIVE A
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AS WELL AS TO
HAVE FULL REPRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON?
AND TO HAVE A STATUS DISCUSSION
WITH THEM AS TO WHAT THEY WANT
THEIR STATUS TO BE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO BE?
>> Bill: IT'S UP TO YOU, I
THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
HAVE SELF-DETERMINATION.
I KNOW THERE'S ONLY 100,000
PEOPLE BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT
WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SORT
OF CONFEDERATION OF CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS.
>> WE ARE AMERICANS, WE DON'T
WANT TO BE BRITISH.
>> Bill: THEY AREN'T BRITISH.
THEY WERE OWNED BY BRITISH COME
I THOUGHT WE WERE CUTTING OFF
WHO USED TO OWN US.
>> WE STILL HAVE THE CULTURE AND
MANY OF THE TRAPPINGS OF OTHER
PLACES BUT MY GRANDPARENTS.
>> Bill: WE USED TO BE
BRITISH!
>> MY GRANDFATHER CAME TO
WASHINGTON WITH OTHERS AND
DEMANDED WE BE PART OF THE
DRAFT.
WE WANTED THE RESPONSIBILITY
ALONG WITH THE PRIVILEGES OF
BEING AMERICAN CITIZENS.
IF WE WANT TO BE FULLY AMERICAN
HOWEVER WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THE POSITION OF U.S.
PRESIDENTS IN BOTH PARTIES HAD
BEEN LET THEM DECIDE, IF THEY
WANT TO JOIN WILL BE OPEN TO
THAT BUT THE PROBLEM NOW IS
THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT
REPUBLICANS WOULD LET AREAS --
>> WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
PUERTO RICO THE CONGRESS IS
REPUBLICAN.
EVEN JUST THINKING WE ARE A
MONOLITHIC PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER IS
PREJUDICED IN ITSELF.
PRESENTLY THE MEMBERS OF THE
TERRITORIES IN CONGRESS ARE
SPLIT BETWEEN REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATS.
YOU THINK WE ARE BROWN,
THEREFORE WE MUST BE DEMOCRAT
AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
>> Bill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
VERY ENLIGHTENING, I NEEDED TO
KNOW ALL THAT.
TIME FOR NEW RULES, EVERYBODY!
NEW RULES!
NEW RULE: THE GUN COMPANY THAT
IS MAKING THIS GUN -- WHICH IS A
REAL, FIREABLE, ACTUAL, LETHAL
GUN, BUT REDESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE
A LEGO TOY -- HAVE TO TELL US
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?
DON'T YOU REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS
THIS IS?
WHAT IF SOMEONE STEPS ON IT IN
THEIR BARE FEET?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN'T BLAME "DEFUND THE
POLICE" FOR THE RISING LEVEL OF
VIOLENT CRIME.
BLAME ALL THE PODCASTS FROM
WHITE LADIES ABOUT MURDERS.
[LAUGHTER]
FOLLOW THE MONEY.
WHO BENEFITS FROM MURDERS?
WHITE LADIES WITH PODCASTS ABOUT
MURDERS.
AND IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE.
WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO MUG
SOMEONE?
WHEN THEY'RE LISTENING TO A
PODCAST.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: THE NEXT TIME SOME
[APPLAUSE]
MILLENNIAL AT A PARTY ASKS WHAT
TV SHOW YOU'RE BINGING.
JUST MAKE ONE UP.
TELL THEM IT'S SANDGAREN, A
SWEDISH DRAMA ABOUT A
TRANSGENDER HIT MAN WHO FALLS IN
LOVE WITH AN OPERA SINGER.
IT'S ON BOOPI PLUS.
[LAUGHTER]
WHAT, YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
[APPLAUSE]
BOOPI PLUS?
AND THEN WHILE THEY'RE ALL
GOOGLING IT, YOU CAN SLIP OUT
THE BACK DOOR AND GO TO A REAL
PARTY.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: DON'T BELIEVE THE FAKE
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT
MOMENT THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED
ITS PEOPLE BUT PRETTY CLOSE HAS
GOT TO BE WHEN YOU'RE TELLING
YOUR DOLLAR STORE CASHIER, GIVE
ME A PACK OF MARLBORO'S AND IS
THERE SOMEONE IN THE BACK WHO
CAN STICK THEIR FINGER UP MY ASS
AND TELL ME IF MY PROSTATE FEELS
FUNNY?
NEW RULE: SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT A
STOP TO THE NEW TREND OF STORING
YOUR LOVED ONE'S ASHES IN A
3D-PRINTED URN IN THE SHAPE OF
THEIR HEAD.
IT'S YOUR DEARLY DEPARTED, NOT
THE HAUNTED MANSION.
[LAUGHTER]
ALTHOUGH IT DOES FINALLY ANSWER
THE GREAT RIDDLE OF MARRIAGE:
WHEN CAN I GET A LITTLE HEAD?
OVER MY DEAD BODY.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE THE OLYMPICS
INTO THE OSCARS.
WHAT'S THAT, THEY DID ALREADY?
BACK IN APRIL WHEN THE OSCARS
AIRED, I COMMENTED IN THIS SPACE
THAT THE THEME OF THAT EVENING
WAS "WE DARE YOU TO BE
ENTERTAINED" -- LEST YOUR MIND
WAVER FOR A FEW HOURS FROM
THINKING ABOUT THE SAD THINGS
AND BAD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD.
WELL, THANK GOD WE FOUND SOME OF
THOSE BAD PEOPLE IN THE
OLYMPICS, AND NOT A MOMENT TOO
SOON.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT WAS SARCASM!
[LAUGHTER]
THE DIRECTOR OF THE OPENING
CEREMONY WAS FIRED HOURS BEFORE
THE EVENT BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT
THERE WAS A HOLOCAUST JOKE IN A
COMEDY ROUTINE HE DID DECADES
AGO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, CONTEXT IS
EVERYTHING.
OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T STRIKE
PEOPLE AS BEYOND THE PALE AT THE
TIME.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO STOP
FLATTERING THEMSELVES THAT
THEY'RE NOSTRADAMUS AND WOULD
HAVE FORESEEN, HAD THEY BEEN
AROUND THEN, EVERYTHING THAT'S
UNACCEPTABLE NOW.
AND FOR FURTHER CONTEXT MEL
BROOKS WROTE ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL MUSICALS OF ALL TIME
AROUND THE SONG "SPRINGTIME FOR
HITLER."
[APPLAUSE]
WHY DO WE ALLOW THE PEOPLE WHO
[LAUGHTER]
JUST WANT TO BITCH TO ALWAYS
WIN?
DAYS BEFORE THAT FIRING, THE
OPENING CEREMONY'S MUSICAL
DIRECTOR WAS ALSO FORCED OUT
BECAUSE SOMEONE DUG UP AN
INTERVIEW WITH HIM FROM 1994
WHERE HE ADMITTED TO BULLYING
CLASSMATES AS A CHILD.
AS A CHILD.
REMEMBER WHEN YOUR TEACHERS USED
TO TRY AND SCARE YOU BY SAYING,
"THIS IS GOING ON YOUR PERMANENT
RECORD"?
NOTE NO LONGER AN EMPTY THREAT
NOW!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ENTIRE SHEBANG, THE WHOLE
OLYMPICS, GOT SHIT CANNED
BECAUSE HE ONCE MADE A FAT JOKE
IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.
THIS IS CALLED A PURGE.
IT'S A MENTALITY THAT BELONGS IN
STALIN'S RUSSIA.
HOW BAD DOES THIS ATMOSPHERE
WE'RE LIVING IN HAVE TO GET
BEFORE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY CANCEL
CULTURE IS OVERBLOWN ADMIT THAT
IT IS IN FACT AN INSANITY THAT
IS SWALLOWING UP THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE]
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS CROWDED?
I'M BACK, NOT THE AUDIENCE, I'M
BACK!
AND THAT IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE
POSITION; MY POLITICS HAVEN'T
CHANGED -- BUT I AM REACTING TO
POLITICS THAT HAVE, AND THIS IS
YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
WOKE INVERT THE VERY THING THAT
USED TO MAKE LIBERALS
"LIBERALS."
SNITCHES AND BITCHES -- THAT'S
NOT BEING LIBERAL.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS A REAL
NEWS ORGANIZATION, RIGHT?
SO WHY AM I READING THIS
HEADLINE: OLYMPIC SURFING
EXPOSES WHITEWASHED NATIVE
HAWAIIAN ROOTS.
YEAH, THE OLYMPICS ADDED SURFING
THIS YEAR, GOOD, SURFERS DESERVE
TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ATHLETES.
I'M SORRY, WHAT I MEANT TO SAY
IS "NO, THAT'S CULTURAL
APPROPRIATION!"
THE AP SAYS THAT FOR HAWAIIANS,
PROBABLY TWO OF THEM, INCLUDING
SURFING IN THE OLYMPICS IS "AN
EXTENSION OF THE RACIAL
INDIGNITIES SEARED INTO THE
HISTORY OF THE GAME AND THEIR
HOMELAND" WHEN "WHITE OUTSIDERS'
TOOK OVER THEIR "SPIRITUAL ART
FORM.' OR JUST PEOPLE HAVING FUN
IN THE OCEAN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I MUST SAY, OF ALL THE
VIOLATIONS OF THE WOKE PENAL
CODE, "CULTURAL APPROPRIATION"
JUST MIGHT BE THE DUMBEST OF
ALL.
FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE 25,000
ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC: HOW DO
WE KNOW A HAWAIIAN WAS THE FIRST
TO STAND ON A BOARD IN THE
WATER?
[APPLAUSE]
IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING ANYONE
IN ANY OCEAN WOULD EVENTUALLY
GET AROUND TO.
AND IF YOU'RE A SURFER, IT
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE BLACK,
WHITE OR IN BETWEEN, YOU ALL
TASTE THE SAME TO SHARKS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT LET'S SAY A HAWAIIAN DID
INVENT SURFING: SHOULD HE OR SHE
HAVE KEPT IT TO THEMSELVES?
MOST OF HUMAN HISTORY IS A
HORROR STORY, BUT THE GOOD PARTS
ARE ABOUT DIFFERENT GROUPS
COMING TOGETHER AND SHARING --
IT'S SORT OF THE WHOLE POINT OF
THE OLYMPICS.
WHICH ITSELF COMES FROM GREECE
[APPLAUSE]
WHERE WRESTLING WAS INVENTED AS
A WAY COMPLETELY HETEROSEXUAL
MEN CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
BADMINTON HAS ROOTS IN INDIA,
TENNIS COMES FROM FRANCE.
SKIING FROM SCANDINAVIA AND
TAE KWON DO FROM KOREA.
JUDO WAS APPROPRIATED FROM THE
FAR EAST AND SKATE SKATEBOARDING
FROM THE FAR OUT.
WHAT IS THIS NEW RULE THAT THE
FIRST THING TO DO, THE FIRST TO
DO SOMETHING ARE THE ONLY ONES
WHO GET THE HABIT?
JEWISH PEOPLE SPENT MOST OF
THEIR HISTORY WANDERING BUT WHEN
THEY SEE OTHER PEOPLE MILLING
AROUND, THEY DON'T SAY CAN YOU
NOT?
THAT IS SORT OF OUR THING.
CHANGE IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH
PROGRESS, NOR DOES IT
AUTOMATICALLY MEAN BETTER.
THIS NEW IDEA THAT EACH CULTURE
MUST REMAIN IN ITS OWN SEPARATE
SILO IS NOT BETTER, THAT'S NOT
PROGRESS.
IN FACT, IT'S MESSING WITH ONE
OF THE FEW IDEAS THAT STILL
REALLY DOES MAKE THIS MELTING
POT CALLED AMERICA GREAT.
NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT
OPPRESSION.
STEALING NATURAL RESOURCES FROM
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, YES OF
COURSE.
THAT IS EXPLOITATION BUT I SWEAR
NOT ONE BEACH BOY SONG RESULTED
IN ANY HAWAIIAN HAVING LESS WAVE
TO SERVE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NOT ONE AFRICAN RECORD BUYER
STOPPED PURCHASING LOCAL MUSIC
AFTER PAUL SIMON MADE GRACELAND.
BUT LOTS OF WHITE BUYERS IN
AMERICA WERE TURNED ONTO AND
BOUGHT AFRICAN MUSIC.
TODAY, KOREAN BOY BANDS MAKE
WESTERN STYLE MUSIC -- YOU DON'T
GET TO NUMBER ONE SINGING THAT .
AND THAT IS THE GREAT THING
ABOUT CULTURAL MIXING, IT MAKES
THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
BTS CAN BE A HIT IN AMERICA AND
I CAN GET KIMCHI ON A TACO,
ISN'T THAT BETTER THAN EVERYONE
WALLING THEM SELF OFF FROM
OUTSIDERS?
I THOUGHT WALLS WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE BAD.
BUT WE ARE LIVING NOW IN A WORLD
WHERE STRAIGHT ACTORS ARE TOLD
THEY CAN'T PLAY GAY ROLES AND
WHITE NOVELISTS AREN'T ALLOWED
TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BE LIKE TO
BE A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT, EVEN
THOUGH TRYING TO INHABIT THE
LIFE OF SOMEONE ELSE IS ALMOST
THE VERY DEFINITION OF EMPATHY.
THE BEDROCK OF LIBERALISM.
IF ANYONE DESERVES TO BITCH
ABOUT STEALING IN THE OLYMPICS,
IT'S THE HORSES IN THE
EQUESTRIAN EVENT WHO HAVE TO
WATCH HUMANS GET MEDALS FOR
EVERYTHING THEY DO.
THAT'S OUR SHOW, BOB COSTAS BACK
ON HBO!
I'LL BE AT THE BUDDY HOLLY
CENTER IN LUBBOCK TOMORROW
NIGHT, AT THE PABST THEATRE IN
MILWAUKEE, AUGUST 14TH, AND AT
THE RYMAN IN NASHVILLE, AUGUST
15TH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS JOSHUA
GREEN, REPRESENTATIVE STACEY
PLASKETT AND ERIC ADAMS.
THANK YOU, FOLKS!
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]