♪ ♪
>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIT DOWN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY, THANK YOU, PLEASE.
I'M GETTING SO POPULAR IN MY OLD
AGE.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD
BECAUSE THIS IS OUR SECOND TO
LAST SHOW, NEXT WEEK IS THE
FINALE OF OUR SEASON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
I'M ALREADY WATCHING ALL THE
CHRISTMAS MOVIES ON THE HALLMARK
CHANNEL.
[LAUGHTER]
IS THAT BELIEVABLE?
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR THE
PEOPLE OVER THERE AT THE
HALLMARK CHANNEL, EXACTLY WHERE
IS THIS WHITE, RURAL, AMERICAN
TOWN WHERE NO ONE WEARS TRUMP
HAT?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE?
AT THE MIRACLE IS NOT STORMING
THE CAPITAL.
WE GOT BREAKING NEWS TODAY, WE
HAVE ADAM SCHIFF, THE PERFECT
GUY TO TALK ABOUT IT, STEVE
BANNON WAS INDICTED.
THERE'S A NEW INTERVIEW WITH
TRUMP DID YOU SEE THIS?
HE'S ASKED IF HE THOUGHT IT WAS
WRONG FOR THE CROWD THAT DAY ON
JANUARY 6TH TO BE CHANTING "HANG
MIKE PENCE."
TRUMP SAYS "IT'S COMMON SENSE."
I GUESS THE SUBTEXT BEING "HAVE
YOU MET MIKE PENCE?"
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I AM WORRIED FOR THIS COUNTRY.
TWO RACIALLY CHARGED MURDER
TRIALS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, ONE
IN GEORGIA, ONE IN WISCONSIN, IF
THERE ARE ACQUITTALS THERE COULD
BE STREET-LEVEL UNREST ADDING TO
A STRAINED SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY
BEING PLAYED BY A SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES.
LEADING TO THE QUESTION IF A
STORE IS COMPLETELY EMPTY, IS IT
STILL LOOTING?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
STORES ARE HAVING TROUBLE
GETTING SHIT AND PEOPLE ARE
PISSED ABOUT THIS ECONOMY.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TWO
CHOICES, EITHER WHAT YOU WANT
ISN'T THERE OR IF IT IS YOU
CAN'T AFFORD IT.
INFLATION, IT'S LIKE I'M DOING
ALL MY SHOPPING AT THE AIRPORT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S ROUGH.
I NOTICED THE WOMEN ON ONLYFANS
ARE ACCEPTING CANNED GOODS.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S ESPECIALLY BAD IN
LOS ANGELES, A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THEIR FIRST
TENT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HELP IS ON THE WAY, OR MAYBE
THIS WILL MAKE IT WORSE, I DON'T
KNOW -- BUT BIDEN IS GOING TO
SIGN THE BIG $1.2 TRILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ON MONDAY.
[APPLAUSE]
INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU'RE FROM
HOLLYWOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS -- WE ARE HAVING WORK DON
DONE.
[LAUGHTER]
EXPECT TO SEE NEW SIGNS ALL
AROUND THE CITY SAYING "YOUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK."
NEXT TO A BIG MOUND OF DIRT THAT
SITS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.
HERE'S WHAT'S SO SAD ABOUT THIS
COUNTRY, THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE,
THE MOST BORING SUBJECT IN THE
WORLD -- THE 13 OUT OF 213
REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR IT,
THEY ARE GETTING DEATH THREATS.
DEATH THREATS FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE IRONY IS REPUBLICANS WERE
ALWAYS THE PARTY OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, LINCOLN AND
GRANT BUILT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD, EISENHOWER THE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM,
MATT GAETZ TRANSPORTING GIRLS
ACROSS STATE LINES.
DEATH THREATS?
[LAUGHTER]
IS A GREAT CHRISTMAS STORY, 80%
OF THE DEER POPULATION HAS COVI
COVID.
THEY SAY IT COULD MUTATE AND
JUMP BACK TO HUMANS, YES,
ANYTHING BAD COULD HAPPEN!
DO WE HAVE TO FUCKING GO NUTS
ABOUT THIS STORY TOO?
YES IT'S SCARY, EVERYTHING IS
SCARY, UNLESS YOU'RE A DEAR, IF
YOU'RE A DEAR, THIS IS A GREAT
STORY.
REMEMBER THAT YEAR WE THINNED
THEIR HERD?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HERE IN L.A., NOW WE HAVE A NEW
THING, PROOF OF VACCINATION
REQUIRED FOR PRETTY MUCH
EVERYWHERE.
RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS, MOVIES,
MALLS, STORES, MY DISPENSARY HAS
A BIG SIGN, NO SHOP, NO POT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH ON THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO ADMINISTER
THIS, WE ARE ASKING LOW-WAGE
WORKERS TO BE THE VACCINE
POLICE.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH GETTING TIPS,
NOW YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE "WELCOME
TO THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY, CAN I
TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE?"
THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AFTER
WELL, CHEESECAKE FACTORY
PROBABLY WOULD'VE HELPED IF I
WOULD'VE SAID IT RIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE PRIVACY
ARGUMENT IN SOME PLACES, LIKE
MASSAGE PARLORS.
I'M HERE FOR A HAND JOB BUT
THAT'S TOO PERSONAL.
[LAUGHTER]
FINALLY, BIG NEWS, PARIS HILTON
GOT MARRIED.
SHE WAS ENGAGED THREE OR FOUR
TIMES BEFORE THAT, NOW SHE GOT
MARRIED, THE WEDDING WAS
PRIVATE.
THE HONEYMOON WILL BE ON
PAY-PER-VIEW.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
TAVIS SMILEY AND REPRESENTATIVE
ADAM SCHIFF ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, HE'S A VENTURE
CAPITALIST AND STAR OF ABC'S
"SHARK TANK": KEVIN O'LEARY.
WOW.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU GOT YOUR PHONE WITH YOU?
>> I ALWAYS CARRY MY PHONE, IT'S
AN EXTENSION OF MY BEING.
>> Bill: WHAT ARE YOU, A
FUCKING MILLENNIAL?
>> IT'S GOT THE INFORMATION I
NEED ALL THE TIME.
>> Bill: WE ARE HERE FOR
10 MINUTES, ON TV.
WERE YOU TURNING IT OFF, IS IT
GOING TO RING?
I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY GUY.
>> I'M A REAL FOODIE AND I'M
TAKING TO MONITORING MY BLOOD
GLUCOSE.
>> Bill: FOR THE NEXT
10 MINUTES?
>> I'M JUST CHECKING IT OUT.
I'M INTERESTED.
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT.
SO, YOU'RE A RICH GUY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S ALL RELATIVE.
>> Bill: IF I HAD YOUR MONEY,
I WOULD THROW MINE AWAY.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND SPEAK THE THING TO REMEMBER
IS THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE
RICHER, THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD
REMEMBER.
>> Bill: THAT'S NOT REALLY THE
MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT IT,
ABOUT WEALTH INEQUALITY.
>> IT MAY MOTIVATE YOU TO WORK A
LITTLE HARDER.
>> Bill: I WILL BRING MY PHONE
ON FROM NOW ON AND IT WILL GET
ME RICHER.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IS
YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE
HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE ECONOMY
WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A VERY LONG
TIME, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
ON PEOPLE'S MINDS AND PEOPLE
HAVE THIS IDEA, I THINK, THAT
RICH PEOPLE KNOW WAY MORE AND
ARE WAY BETTER AT FIGURING OUT
THE ECONOMY, THAT'S HOW TRUMP
GOT ELECTED.
"I'M A BUSINESSMAN" HE'S A
FRAUD, PROBABLY NOT THAT RICH,
PROBABLY LESS RICH THAN YOU.
DO RICH PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE ECONOMY?
>> THEY DON'T.
THEY HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING THAT
THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THIS
ECONOMY HAS SUPPORTED
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR 200 YEARS,
IT REALLY WORKS, IT'S CREATED
THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY, BUT
KNOW ONE ENTREPRENEUR KNOWS
EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
THEY KNOW SOMETHING VERY
SPECIAL, ELON MUSK KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THINK
ABOUT WHAT JEFF BEZOS BUILD,
DIRECT TO CONSUMER, THESE ARE
SPECIALTY VERTICALS, THAT'S HOW
IT WORKS.
>> Bill: I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW SOME FACTORS OF THE ECONOMY
SEEM TO BE DOING SO WELL.
THE STOCK MARKET, STILL THROUGH
THE ROOF.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS LESS THAN 5% TWO
THEY USED TO SAY 5% WAS THE GOAL
AND THIS IS AFTER A PANDEMIC.
WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS
SUPPLY-CHAIN PROBLEM?
IF THOSE FACTORS ARE DOING WELL,
WHY CAN'T WE GET STUFF OFF THE
SHIPS?
TRUCKING SHELVES EMPTY, --
>> I HAVE INVESTMENTS IN OVER 30
COMPANIES AND WE ARE HAVING
MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE SUPPLY
CHAIN BECAUSE COUNTRIES THAT WE
TOOK PRODUCT AND SERVICES FROM
IN THE PAST HAVE NOT RECOVERED
THE SAME WAY AMERICA HAS
COMMITTED HAVE EVERYBODY
VACCINATED AND THEY HAVE ALL
KINDS OF ISSUES.
THEY ARE KEEPING THEIR SUPPLY
AND THEIR FACTORIES SHUT DOWN.
IT'S HARD TO GET PARTS AND AS A
RESULT, THAT'S HALF THE REASON
WE HAVE INFLATION.
REGARDING THE STOCK MARKET, YOU
PRINT THREE AND A HALF TRILLION
$3, PUT IT IN A HELICOPTER AND
THROW IT IN THE COUNTRY, THE
STOCK MARKET IS GOING TO GO UP.
SO WAS THE WATCH MARKET, THE
WINE MARKET, THE CAR MARKET,
EVERYTHING THAT'S A HARD ASSET
HAS EXPLODED TO THE UPSIDE
BECAUSE MONEY IS FREE.
>> Bill: NOT FOREVER.
>> THERE IS 3 TRILLION COMING.
>> Bill: I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
THE GOVERNMENT --
>> WE HAVE NEVER PRINTED THIS
MUCH MONEY BEFORE.
>> Bill: TRUST ME, IT'S ON MY
MIND.
BUT WORKERS DEFINITELY DO HAVE
MORE LEVERAGE THAN THEY EVER DID
BEFORE, ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING?
WE'VE HEARD THIS WORD
"UNDERCLASS" FOR A LONG TIME
BECAUSE IT'S A REAL THING IN
AMERICA.
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIVING
DAY-TO-DAY.
I WAS LI READING ABOUT TRUCKERSE
CAN'T GET TRUCKERS ONE OF THE
REASONS WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES AND IT'S A HORRIBLE JOB,
IT'S A HORRIBLE LIFE.
YOU HAVE NO LIFE.
YOU MUST AGREE THERE IS SOME
PROBLEM IN AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE
THIS KIND OF INCOME INEQUALITY
WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST
UNUNDERCLASS AND WASN'T IT A
GOOD THING THAT NOW THEY HAVE A
LITTLE LEVERAGE?
>> IT IS A GOOD THING BUT LET ME
TELL YOU, THE ECONOMY HAS DONE
SUCH A REMARKABLE CHANGE IN THE
LAST 24 MONTHS THAT PEOPLE WHO
USED TO BE CONSIDERED STARVING
ARTISTS FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S TALK
ABOUT VIDEOGRAPHERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS, ANIMATORS, THAT
MADE NOTHING PREPANDEMIC ARE NOW
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER
INDIVIDUALS AS THE ENTIRE
ECONOMY HAS GONE DIGITAL.
EVERYONE WANTS TO SELL DIRECT TO
CONSUMER, NIKE SELLS PRODUCTS
DIRECT TO CONSUMER, IT NEEDS
PHOTOGRAPHY, ANIMATION,
GRAPHICS, THESE PEOPLE DON'T
WANT TO WORK ANYMORE IN A
CUBICLE.
IN FACT THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK
AT ALL, THEY WANT TO BE
CONTRACTORS FOR POLICE TO MAKE
30,000, NOTHING MAKE 150,000.
I THINK THE ECONOMY IS DOING
REALLY WELL AND A HUGE
TRANSITION IS OCCURRING.
IT'S DOING WHAT IT DOES.
THE MARKET ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF
ITSELF.
>> Bill: I GUESS IT'S DOING
WELL FOR ANIMATORS, IS THAT
REALLY THE TYPICAL WORKER, AND
ANIMATOR?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> THINK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
I REMEMBER WHEN I TALK TO
STUDENTS AND I TEACH A LITTLE
BIT NOW, I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S
THREE PROFESSIONS YOU NEED AND
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE
AND GET YOURSELF $100,000 IN
DEBT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE AN
ENGINEER, AN ENGINEER, OR AN
ENGINEER, AND AT NIGHT TAKE SOME
ENGINEERING CLASSES, EVERYTHING
ELSE IS WORTHLESS.
I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY ANYMORE.
RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T HIRE PEOPLE
OUT OF ANY COLLEGE THAT'S AN ART
COLLEGE TO WORK FOR ME IN
CREATING CONTENT FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HELPS SELL
PRODUCTS.
IT'S A REMARKABLE CHANGE.
>> Bill: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
CAN'T GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COME
BACK TO THE OFFICE, YOU THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE LIKE 15% THAT
WOULDN'T COME BACK AFTER THE
PANDEMIC BUT IT'S REALLY
SOMETHING LIKE 55% WHO SAY THEY
WILL NEVER COME BACK TO?
>> THEY ARE NEVER COMING BACK.
>> Bill: DOESN'T THAT TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY
MUST HAVE FUCKING HEAD AT THE
OFFICE BEGIN WITH?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M JUST ASKING, I MISS MY
OFFICE.
>> THEY HAVE PROVEN TO EVERYBODY
ALL AROUND THE WORLD THEY CAN
USE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THEIR JOB
SUCCESSFULLY, CREATIVELY,
FUNCTIONALLY, THEY WANT TO STAY
AT HOME, RAISE THEIR KIDS, TAKE
CARE OF THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS.
IF YOU SAY TO THEM YOU HAVE TO
COME BACK TO THE OFFICE, THAT'S
OUR NEW MANDATE, THEY WILL SAY I
JUST WANT TO QUIT AND WORK
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS 15%, WE HAVE A
SAMPLE SIZE OF 10,000 PEOPLE IN
OUR SUPPLY CHAIN, I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE ACCOUNTING, LOGISTICS,
COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTS, IT'S
EVERYBODY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE THIS
WAY AND I'M OKAY WITH IT, IT
WORKS.
I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING.
>> Bill: SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH
IT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ONE OF THE GUYS THAT IS
CRUCIAL TO OUR WHOLE OPERATING
COMPANY ACCOUNTING SAID I GREW
UP ON A FARM, I'M GOING BACK TO
THE FARM.
I'M GOING TO LIVE ON THE FARM.
I'LL WORK FOR YOU BUT IT'S GOING
TO BE FROM THE FARM.
I SAID "COOL, I'M OKAY WITH
THAT, NO PROBLEM."
>> Bill: WHO WANTS TO LIVE ON
A FARM?
>> HE WANTS TO LIVE ON A FARM.
>> Bill: I BET YOU THAT ENDS
IN ABOUT A YEAR, BEGGING TO BE
BACK TO THE OFFICE.
LET'S GET BACK TO INCOME
INEQUALITY FOR A MINUTE.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE HAVING A
DEBATE AMONG PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO
BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM, THERE IS
NO DOUBT CAPITALISM HAS LIFTED
MORE PEOPLE OUT OF MISERY AND
POVERTY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
>> MANY IDEAS HAVE BEEN TRIED
AND THEY HAVEN'T WORKED.
>> Bill: WE TRIED THE OTHER
ONES BY THIS POINT.
THE YOUNGER GENERATION ARE LIKE
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IF I WASN'T
ALIVE FOR IT, YET, IT KIND OF
DID.
STUFF HAPPENS, THE WORLD DID TRY
COMMUNISM FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS AND
IT SUCKED.
WE SEEM TO BE HAVING AN ARGUMENT
NOW OVER HOW RICH IS TOO RICH?
IS THERE AN UPPER STRATA?
ELON MUSK PASSED THE 300 BILLION
MARK.
TO YOUR POINT IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
RICHER, YES, BUT THAT MUCH
RICHER AND WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT
IT?
>> YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MAN
HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW HE'S
CHANGED EVERYBODY'S LIVES IN
SPACE AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH
ELECTRIC CARS, CHANGING THE
ECONOMY, MAKING IT GREENER,
SHOULD WE PUNISH THEM FOR THAT
WAS MIKE IS HE A BAD GUY?
DID HE NOT JUST PAY $5 BILLION
IN TAX?
>> Bill: I'M AN ELON MUSK FAN
THOUGH I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOING
TO MARS, THAT'S STUPID.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NO MATTER HOW BAD WE TRASH THE
EARTH, IT WILL STILL BE BETTER
THAN MARS WORK OUT THERE IS NO
AIR AND ITS 200 BELOW ZERO, HOW
FUCKING BAD WOULD WE HAVE TO
FUCK UP OF THE EARTH?
>> MAY BE ON MARS.
>> Bill: BUT I'M A BIG
ELON MUSK FAN.
$300 BILLION IS I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY MORE TIMES THAT WOULD BE
THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON MAKES
BUT HE'S NOT THAT MANY ZILLION
TIMES SMARTER, THERE'S NOT A
MULTIPLICATION FACTOR IN HIS
GENIUS.
>> 200 PLUS YEARS AGO IN THE
COUNTRY OF ENGLAND THEY SAID HOW
MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
RICH PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE BACK
MONEY.
WE SHOULD TAKE MORE MONEY FROM
THEM.
THEY GOT IN A BOAT AND THEY CAME
TO AMERICA AND THEY MADE THIS
THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY ON EARTH.
SHALL BE REVERSE IT NOW, SHOULD
WE SEND IT ALL BACK TO ENGLAND?
>> Bill: THEY CAME ALSO
BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
>> I THINK TAXATION, BOSTON?
TAXATION.
>> Bill: THAT WAS AFTER WE GOT
HERE.
>> WE CAN ARGUE --
>> Bill: THERE'S NO ARGUMENT,
THAT WAS AFTER THEY GOT HERE.
I'M TELLING YOU, YOUR CANADIAN,
THIS IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
AFTER THEY GOT HERE, THEY WERE
BEING TAXED BY ENGLAND, TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
>> SO?
>> Bill: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
$300 BILLION, WERE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT SHOULD BE THE UPPER LEVEL.
MY FRIEND, I PAY A LOT OF TAXES
TOO, I DON'T ENJOY IT EITHER BUT
I'VE ALSO THOUGHT
PHILOSOPHICALLY, GREAT WEALTH IS
A BIT OF A FLUKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S A BIT OF A FLUKE --
>> REMEMBER, ALL OF THAT MONEY
HE HAS INCLUDING THE TAXES HE'S
PAYING NOW, HE JUST PAID
5 BILLION, SOLD 5 BILLION OF
STOCK JUST TO PAY TAX, HE'S VERY
PHILANTHROPIC AND GIVES TO A LOT
OF CAUSES, WHEN HE DIES WE ARE
TAKING IT ALL BACK ANYWAYS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCELERATE
THAT, SHOULD WE SHOOT HIM AND
TAKE ALL THE MONEY NOW?
>> Bill: YOU'RE MAKING ME THE
STRAWMAN.
I'M NOT CHE GUEVARA HERE.
I'M JUST ASKING IF THERE'S AN
UPPER LIMIT.
FASCINATED TO TALK TO YOU, I
HOPE YOU COME BACK -- LET'S MET
OUR PANEL!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THERE THEY ARE.
HE'S THE MID-MORNING HOST OF
KBLA TALK 1580, WEEKDAYS FROM
9AM-NOON: TAVIS SMILEY.
THE FIRST AND ONLY BLACK OWNED
RADIO STATION WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI.
HE'S THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
FROM CALIFORNIA WHO'S ON THE
SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL AND HE'S WRITTEN A NEW
BOOK, "MIDNIGHT IN WASHINGTON:
HOW WE ALMOST LOST OUR DEMOCRACY
AND STILL COULD": REPRESENTATIVE
ADAM SCHIFF.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE MONOLOGUE,
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AS I LOVE
TO SAY ON CABLE, BUT IT IS AS WE
ARE TAPING THIS A FEW HOURS
BEFORE IT GOES ON, FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 12TH, JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE WHICH YOU ARE ON,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Bill: YOU MUST BE THRILLED,
THIS MUST BE NEXT TO THE DAYS
YOUR KIDS WERE BORN.
>> MY WIFE IS HERE, I CAN'T GO
THERE.
>> Bill: STEVE BANNON WAS
INDICTED, CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS
FOR NOT ANSWERING A SUBPOENA.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ON THE SHOW
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, HOW DID
THEY GET AWAY WITH JUST THUMBING
THEIR NOSE AND FINALLY THIS
HAPPENED.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW?
HOW MUCH WILL THIS CHANGE
THINGS?
>> IT CHANGES A LOT AND FOR ME
THIS WAS A REAL EARLY TEST OF
WHETHER OUR DEMOCRACY WAS
RECOVERING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AFTER FOUR
YEARS IN WHICH DONALD TRUMP
ESSENTIALLY STONEWALLED ALL
SUBPOENAS AND HAD AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT WAS
WILLING TO RUN INTERFERENCE AND
PROTECT THOSE LYING TO COVER UP
FOR DONALD TRUMP THAT WE NOW
HAVE A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT
BELIEVES NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LA
LAW.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: CERTAINLY ANSWERING A
SUBPOENA SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER.
>> IT SHOULD BE.
IMAGINE A COURT OF LAW OR THEY
ISSUE A SUBPOENA AND YOU'RE FREE
TO IGNORE IT, IT WOULDN'T BE A
COURT AND A CONGRESS THAT CAN'T
ENFORCE ITS SUBPOENAS IS NOT A
CONGRESS, IT'S A PLAYTHING FOR
POTENTIAL AUTOCRATS.
>> Bill: CAN THEY SUBPOENA
TRUMP?
>> WE COULD.
>> Bill: WHY NOT?
WHO WAS MORE CENTRAL TO THIS
THING THAN HIM?
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION
YET.
>> Bill: Y?
>> BECAUSE YOU OFTEN INTERVIEW
LESS SIGNIFICANT WITNESSES
BEFORE YOU INTERVIEW THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT.
I'M NOT THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE AND I'M NOT GOING TO
MAKE THAT DECISION, NOR DO I
WANT TO PREEMPT THE CHAIRMAN BUT
WE ARE DETERMINED ON A VERY
BIPARTISAN, NONPARTISAN BASIS
THAT WE WILL FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
WHEREVER IT LEADS, TO WHOMEVER
IT LEADS, WHETHER IT LEADS TO
COLLEAGUES OF OURS IN CONGRESS
OR TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THEY
MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THIS IS A MYSTERY
WHERE IT LEADS?
I'M IN SUCH SUSPENSE, WHERE WILL
THIS LEAD, WHO COULD IT BE?
DONALD TRUMP?
WOW, WHAT A SHOCKER.
>> THERE IS A LOT WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
DOING AND NOT DOING ABOUT THE
CONVERSATIONS --
>> Bill: BECAUSE HE WON'T GIVE
YOU HIS RECORDS AND HE WON'T
ANSWER THE SUBPOENA.
>> THAT'S WHY THE PROSECUTION OF
PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THEIR
LAWFUL OBLIGATIONS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> IF I CAN ADD, IT'S ABOUT TIME
FIRST OF ALL, THIS SHOULD'VE
HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, IT
TOOK TOO LONG.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO CALL
A SPADE A SPADE.
IT WAS WHITE PRIVILEGE THAT
ALLOWED THESE FOLKS TO RUN
INSIDE THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY
JANUARY 6TH.
IT WAS WHITE PRIVILEGE THAT
ALLOWED STEVE BANNON TO THUMB
HIS NOSE AT CONGRESS FOR AS LONG
AS HE HAS, IT'S WHITE PRIVILEGE
THAT ALLOWED HIM TO DO IT FOR
SUCH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
I'M GLAD MERRICK GARLAND GOT
AROUND TO IT BUT HE SHOULD HAVE
DONE IT A LONG TIME AGO AND I
THINK THE FARTHER AWAY WE GET
FROM JANUARY 6TH AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CONGRESSMEN
RESPECTFULLY DON'T SEE SOMETHING
HAPPENING HERE, TO BILL'S
POINT -- WE ALL KNOW WHERE THIS
IS GOING TO END UP.
WE CAN PLAY THIS GAME BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS.
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT
IT AND THE LONGER YOU TAKE TO DO
THAT, YOU LOSE THE RESPECT OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WOULD SAY I AGREE WITH YOU
ON THE NEED FOR EXPEDITION HERE
AND WE'VE BEEN MOVING AS FAST AS
A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
POSSIBLY COULD.
WE'VE INTERVIEWED OVER 150
PEOPLE, WE JUST ESTABLISHED A
FEW MONTHS AGO BUT TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOING SWIFT
JUSTICE, ONE OF MY PRIMARY
CONCERNS -- I'M GLAD WE ARE
PROSECUTING STEVE BANNON BUT ONE
OF MY PRIMARY CONCERNS IS I
DON'T SEE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
MOVING TO INVEST TO GET THE
FORMER PRESIDENT FOR EXAMPLE FOR
HIS ROLE IN TRYING TO GET THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN GEORGIA TO
DEFRAUD THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA
AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I THINK IF ANYBODY IN YOUR
AUDIENCE WERE ON THE PHONE
TAPE-RECORDED TRYING TO GET A
SECRETARY OF STATE TO FIND
11,780 VOTES THAT DON'T EXIST,
THEY WOULD BE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>> Bill: IS IT STILL A CRIME
IF YOU JUST DON'T SUCCEED AT IT?
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A THING IN
AMERICA, ATTEMPTED ROBBERY,
ATTEMPTED --
>> SPEAKING OF SECRETARY OF
STATE, WE ALL SAW
CONDOLEEZZA RICE ON AN UNNAMED
TV SHOW AND WITH ALL RESPECT TO
THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
SHE SUGGESTED THIS HAPPENED ON
JANUARY 6TH BUT IT'S TIME TO
MOVE ON.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THE LONGER WE TAKE TO GET THIS
THING UNDER CONTROL, PEOPLE
START ADVANCING THESE NOTIONS IT
HAPPENED WE GOT TO MOVE ON AND
IF ANSWER TO THE PRAYER.
>> Bill: I AGREE BUT ALSO I'M
CONCERNED ONLY ABOUT THE FUTURE.
UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE PAST ONLY
AS IT AFFECTS THE FUTURE.
IT'S GREAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SUBPOENAS FOR WHAT HAPPENED BUT
WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS JANUARY 6TH
2025.
[APPLAUSE]
AS YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU WROTE ME
A NICE EMAIL AFTER I DID A PIECE
A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
A SLOW MOVING TO WHICH I'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT SINCE BEFORE TRUMP
WAS ELECTED TO.
IF I CAN REVIEW BASICALLY, HE
THOUGHT LAST TIME ALL THE
REPUBLICANS WOULD FALL IN LINE
WITH WHAT HE WANTED AND DO HIS
BIDDING AND THEY DIDN'T.
SOME HAD INTEGRITY AND WHAT HE'S
BEEN DOING SINCE IS REPLACING
THOSE PEOPLE.
AS A PURGE GOING ON BEHIND THE
SCENES.
NEXT TIME WHEN HE CALLS THEM UP
AND SAYS "I HOPE YOU CAN FIND ME
A FEW VOTES" THEY ARE GOING TO
SAY HOW MANY?
HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS STOOGES
IN PLACE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WROTE
ME ABOUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DID.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LOSE
BIG IN 2022 WHICH IS GOING TO
MAKE IT WORSE.
MORE STATE LEGISLATURES THAT CAN
DO THAT BEHIND-THE-SCENES TO PUT
THE PEOPLE IN PLACE WILL DO
TRUMPS BIDDING.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO DECLARE
FOR OFFICE, HE'S GOING TO GET
THE NOMINATION, I THINK THE
RALLIES ARE GOING TO START, IT'S
GOING TO GET THE VERY VIOLENT
OUT THERE.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE
DOING ABOUT THE NEXT TIME?
THE ELECTION HAPPENS, SAY TRUMP
LOSES, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER
HE LOSES, HE'S GOING TO SAY HE
WON.
WE KNOW THAT, THERE IS NO DOUBT
HE'S GOING TO SAY I WON AND THIS
TIME HE'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY
SO EASILY COME JANUARY 20TH
2025.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT
WHEN HE IS INSISTING HE IS THE
PRESIDENT WHETHER HE WON OR NOT
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HELPING HIM WITH IT?
[APPLAUSE]
I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH
THE ALARM THAT YOU EXPRESS AND
YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I
THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP TOOK
AWAY FROM THE FAILED
INSURRECTION IS THAT IF HE
COULDN'T FIND 11,000 VOTES IN
GEORGIA, COULDN'T FIND A CORRUPT
ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO GIVE HIM
THOSE VOTES, HE'S DETERMINED THE
NEXT TIME HE WILL HAVE SOMEONE
IN THE POSITION WHO WILL.
IT'S A TWO PRONGED STRATEGY,
THEY ARE TRYING TO
DISENFRANCHISE PEOPLE OF COLOR
ON THE COUNTRY SO THEY CAN WIN
AND IF THEY LOSE, THEY WANT TO
IN A POSITION TO OVERTURN THE
RESULT.
WHERE I WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOUR
FORECAST, I HOPE AND PRAY -- WE
CANNOT LOSE THE HOUSE.
WE MUST HOLD THE HOUSE.
IF KEN McCARTHY HAD BEEN
SPEAKER IN 2020 AND WE HAD LOST
A FEW MORE SEATS IN THE 2020
ELECTION IN THE HOUSE, HE
WOULD'VE OVERTURNED THE RESULT
IN THE HOUSE.
HE WILL DO WHATEVER DONALD TRUMP
TELLS THEM TO DO.
SOMEONE LIKE THAT CAN NEVER BE
ALLOWED TO GO NEAR THE SPEAKER'S
OFFICE.
[APPLAUSE]
STEP ONE, I THINK, HAS TO BE
HOLDING THE HOUSE.
STEP TWO, GOD FORBID WE LOSE THE
HOUSE, WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING
THESE EFFORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
TODAY.
NOT A YEAR FROM NOW, NOT TWO
YEARS FROM NOW, WE HAVE TO BE
DEFENDING THESE MERITOCRATIC,
TECHNOCRATIC ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
WERE BEING THE SUBJECT OF DEATH
THREATS RIGHT NOW.
>> Bill: LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
BAD NEWS ABOUT YOUR
PROGNOSTICATION.
>> MORE BAD NEWS?
>> Bill: WE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS
TODAY -- IN 2010, AFTER OBAMA
PASSED HIS STIMULUS PLAN AND THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, DEMOCRATS
LOST 63 SEATS IN THE HOUSE.
THIS IS THE REWARD YOU GET FOR
PASSING PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS ON THE EVE
OF WHEN YOU'RE PASSING THIS
BACON PER STRUCTURE BILL.
LYNDON JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY
CONGRESS LOST 47 SEATS.
FDR'S NEW DEAL CONGRESS LOST 72
SEATS, WE CAN TALK ALL NIGHT
ABOUT WHY THIS IS, I'M JUST
SAYING THIS IS WHAT DID HAPPEN.
ON THE SURVEY OF THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY -- 81% OF AMERICANS
BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
WHICH PARTY REPRESENTS THE
BIGGER THREAT?
YOU WIN, DEMOCRATS 42-41%.
TELL ME WHY YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT 2022?
>> SOME OF THOSE HISTORIC
PRECEDENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED
WERE ELECTIONS LIKE
BARACK OBAMA'S ELECTION IN WHICH
WHEN HE ORIGINALLY TOOK OFFICE,
HE SWEPT INTO OFFICE ALONG WITH
HIM A LARGE NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS
IN DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE VERY
HARD TO HOLD.
TWO YEARS LATER THERE WAS AT
CORRECTION AND DEMOCRATS IN
THOSE DISTRICTS WERE WIPED OUT.
BARACK OBAMA ALSO DIDN'T GO OUT
AND SELL THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
HE FELT THE JOB WAS DONE.
>> Bill: AND BIDEN IS DOING
THAT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> HE'S GOING TO DO THAT WITH
BUILD BACK BETTER.
WOULD BIDEN WAS ELECTED, HE
DIDN'T HAVE COATTAILS.
>> Bill: LET ME GET BACK TO
THE QUESTION.
WHAT DO WE DO BETWEEN
ELECTION DAY 2024 AND
JANUARY 20TH 2025, WHEN TRUMP --
HE STILL HASN'T CONCEDED THE
SELECTION?
WHAT DO WE DO?
>> I'LL GIVE YOU THREE ANSWERS,
I DON'T THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF
EITHER/OR, I THINK IT HAS TO BE
BOTH/AND.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON JANUARY 6TH,
WHICH WAS THE PAST BUT I THINK
YOU COULD DO BOTH.
WE CAN'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH
THAT, YOU HAVE TO HOLD SOMEBODY
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU NEED TO
FOCUS ON JANUARY 6TH 2025, I'M
ALL FOR THAT.
THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I THINK
WE CAN DO.
THERE'S A REASON WHY PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM
CALIFORNIA TO THE CAROLINAS WHO
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THIS KIND
OF VOTER SUPPRESSION.
PEOPLE FIGHTING EVERY SINGLE DAY
FOR VOTING RIGHTS -- IT'S A SAD
STATE OF AFFAIRS AS I THINK THE
CONGRESSMAN WOULD AGREE THAT WE
CAN'T GET ANY MEANING FULL
VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION PASSED
IN THE CONGRESS.
TWO MAJOR BILLS INTRODUCED,
NEITHER ONE COULD GET THROUGH.
I UNDERSTAND IN THE SENATE WE
HAVE THIS 50/50 SPLIT,
EVERYTHING IS HELD UP BECAUSE OF
THESE TWO SENATORS WHO SHALL
REMAIN NAMELESS -- JOE MANCHIN
AND KYRSTEN SINEMA -- BUT IT'S
TRAGIC WE COULDN'T GET
MEANINGFUL VOTING RIGHTS
LEGISLATION THROUGH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL
AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF RACE,
COLOR, OR CREED TO UNDERSTAND
THIS IS NOT A FIGHT THAT JUST
BLACK FOLK ARE WAGING, WE ARE
THE ONLY ONES WHO LOSE WHEN
VOTER SUPPRESSION SUCCEEDS.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
FIGHT IS ALL ABOUT, THEY HAVE TO
JOIN IN AND UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT
TO VOTE IS THE MOST PRECIOUS
RIGHT THAT WE HAVE AND AS WE
FIGHT --
>> Bill: THE VOTING DOESN'T
MATTER.
>> IT DOES MATTER.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK IT
DOES, NOT WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T
RECOGNIZE THE TALLY, IT DOESN'T
MATTER, YOU CAN WIN BY A ZILLION
VOTES, IF THEY ARE OUT THERE THE
NEXT DAY, THREE QUARTERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY DOESN'T BELIEVE
TRUMP LOST THE LAST ELECTION.
>> LET ME ADD THIS, I'M SORRY TO
SAY THIS CONGRESSMAN, BUT LET ME
INVITE THE DEMOCRATS IN THIS
REGARD.
IT SEEMS TO ME THE DEMOCRATS ARE
FOCUSED ON A NATIONAL STRATEGY,
SO FOCUSED ON CONGRESS, THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
GOT TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND
ADVANCE THE SENATE TO THE EXTENT
THAT YOU CAN, I HEAR BILLS
PROGNOSTICATION BUT WELL
DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, THESE REPUBLICANS ARE
DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THEY ARE FOCUSED AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL CHANGING ALL OF THESE
ELECTION LAWS, I THINK IT WAS
TIP O'NEILL WHO SAID ALL
POLITICS IS LOCAL.
WE ARE NOT FOCUSING WHERE WE
NEED TO BE FOCUSING AND THAT IS
THE PROBLEM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: IF I CAN TURN TO THE
ECONOMY FOR ONE SECOND, I WAS
TALKING TO KEVIN THERE ABOUT THE
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, I'VE BEEN
IN THE STORE LATELY, I MUST TELL
YOU SOME OF THE PEOPLE --
>> HOLD ON, YOU WANT TO THE
STORE?
>> Bill: AND I WAS MASKED WHEN
I DID, SO DON'T TRY TO GET ME ON
THAT ONE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WERE
TRYING TO SELL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
GET STUFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
SOME OF THE STUFF I GOT IN THE
STORE?
DRAMATIC THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PULL A FAST
ONE.
NEVEREADY BATTERIES.
LOOK AT THIS.
MR. CLEAN ENOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]
BRAWNY PAPER CONDOMS.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD ONE.
[LAUGHTER]
CHEF BOYARDEE, I LOVE -- I WAS
TRYING TO GET IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
CHEF CARDI B'S WET ASS PASTA.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
[LAUGHTER]
KRAFT MACARONI & YOUR GUESS IS
AS GOOD AS MINE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
JIMMY HOFFA PURE PORK SAUSAGE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
LUCKY CARBS.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND HERE'S THE WORST ONE OF ALL.
MRS. PAUL'S FISH DICKS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WILL GIVE YOU $10 FOR THAT
MR. CLEAN ENOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: I'LL BRING IT FOR
YOU.
AFTER I DID THAT PIECE, PEOPLE
WERE ASKING ME WHAT DO WE DO?
SHORT RANGE I CAN'T TELL YOU,
THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.
LONG-RANGE, WE HAVE TO REDUCE
THE HATE.
I'M GOING TO BE IN NEW YORK
TOMORROW NIGHT.
FOR THE NEXT NIGHT SUNDAY I'M IN
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, WHENEVER
I GO TO A LOCAL CITY I ALWAYS
READ UP ON LOCAL POLITICIANS SO
I CAN MAKE FUN OF THEM.
SO I'M READING UP, SCOTT PERRY,
YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
YOU MUST WORK WITH HIM, HE'S A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THIS
DISTRICT, HERE'S WHAT HE SAID A
FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT YOU, THE
DEMOCRATS.
"THEY ARE NOT THE LOYAL
OPPOSITION.
THEY ARE THE OPPOSITION TO
EVERYTHING YOU LOVE AND BELIEVE
IN, GO FIGHT THEM.
."
I READ THIS NOT BECAUSE IT'S
REMARKABLE BECAUSE IT'S TYPICAL,
THIS IS THE RHETORIC -- WE NEVER
USED TO DO THIS.
PARTIES WERE AT EACH OTHERS
THROATS TO A DEGREE BUT THEY
NEVER SAID THEY ARE THE
OPPOSITION TO EVERYTHING YOU
LOVE AND BELIEVE IN.
THIS WAS MY FOLLOW-UP TO THIS,
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS LEVEL OF
HATE BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE
ISSUES ARE, YOU CAN PASS ALL THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS -- WHY WAS
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL MET
WITH DEATH THREATS?
THE MOST BORING, SHOULD BE
BIPARTISAN THAN THE WORLD, EVEN
IF YOU ARE NOT FOR IT, DEATH
THREATS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE?
DOESN'T THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS
COUNTRY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S YOUR
FAULT BUT AFTER 9/11 WE ALWAYS
ASK WHY DO THEY HATE US?
>> AS SOMEONE WHO HAS RECEIVED
MORE THAN THEIR SHARE OF DEATH
THREATS --
>> Bill: ME OR YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
>> BOTH OF US, WE'LL HAVE TO
SWAP DETAILS.
YOU MENTIONED THE INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL AND HOW VOTING FOR AN
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL COULD BE
CONSIDERED A DEATH SENTENCE OR
DEATH THREAT WORTHY ACT.
IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE DISCUSSING
WHETHER TO STRIP REPUBLICANS OF
THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR
VOTING FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL, A BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
>> Bill: AND CALLING THEM
TRAITORS.
>> CONVERSELY WHEN ONE OF THEIR
MEMBERS PUTS OUT A VIDEO
GLORIFYING VIOLENCE AGAINST A
FELLOW MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
THAT'S OKAY.
BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CARDINAL
SIN.
THAT'S WHERE DONALD TRUMP'S
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIGHT NOW.
THE TRUMP G.O.P. HAS BECOME AN
ANTIDEMOCRATIC, AUTOCRATIC,
ANTI-TRUTH PARTY, A CULT AROUND
THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THE
OCCUPANT OF THAT OFFICE HAS THE
BIGGEST MEGAPHONE AND HE USED IT
TO BITTERLY DIVIDE THE COUNTRY.
>> Bill: WHY IS THERE THIS
HATE TO BEGIN WITH?
>> IT GETS BACK TO THE
CONVERSATION YOU WERE HAVING
EARLIER.
OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES
THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE CHANGE
IN OUR ECONOMY, GLOBALIZATION,
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE AT RISK OF LOSING
EVERYTHING THEY HAVE AND THAT IS
A BREEDING GROUND FOR THE RISE
OF A DEMAGOGUE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE NOTHING THEY FEEL LIKE A
REVOLUTION, IT'S WHEN THEY HAVE
SOMETHING THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT
LOSING.
HE PLAYED UPON THAT VERY
SKILLFULLY, HE USED IT TO PIT
AMERICANS AGAINST OTHER
AMERICANS AND USED IT TO SUGGEST
THE REASON MY PEOPLE WERE
SUFFERING WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE
WHO DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THEM, THAT
IS VERY POTENT.
DONALD TRUMP PROFITED FROM THAT
ECONOMIC ANXIETY WHICH IS TRUE
HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S WHY YOU AUTOCRATS RISING
AROUND THE WORLD.
HIM >> LET ME OFFER AN ANSWER --
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST
SAID BUT LET ME OFFER AN ANSWER
THAT I THINK IS MORE SIMPLISTIC
BUT I THINK IT'S THE ANSWER
HERE.
WHY?
YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE
PEOPLE IN THIS MOMENT ARE
DETERMINED TO WIN BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.
THAT'S THE ANSWER.
PEOPLE WILL DO WHATEVER THEY
HAVE TO DO TO WIN, THEY WILL DO
WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO TO
SUCCEED.
INSTABILITY IN OUR SOCIETY HAS
RUN AMOK BUT WE ARE ALL, WE MAY
OR MAY NOT AGREE ON THIS, BUT WE
ARE ALL COMPLICIT IN THIS.
I THINK POLITICIANS ARE
COMPLICIT BECAUSE THEY ENGAGE
THIS BEHAVIOR, DONALD TRUMP AND
OTHERS -- SHE'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
COMPLICIT BECAUSE WE IGNORE WHEN
THEY DO IT AND VOTE FOR THEM
ANYWAY AND I THINK THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA FRANKLY IS
COMPLICIT.
I WAS IN A CONVERSATION THE
OTHER DAY WHERE SOMEBODY SAID
THE MEDIA BUILDS PEOPLE UP TO
TEAR THEM DOWN.
I SAID THEY BUILD YOU UP TO TEAR
YOU DOWN -- I SAID THEY DON'T
BUILD YOU UP AND TEAR YOU DOWN,
THEY BUILD YOU UP TO TEAR YOU
DOWN, GET THE CONJUNCTION RIGHT.
THEY MAKE MONEY COMING AND THEY
MAKE MONEY GOING.
THEY MADE MONEY WHEN THEY BUILT
DONALD TRUMP UP AND THEY MADE
MONEY WHEN THEY TURNED ON
DONALD TRUMP BUT ALL OF THIS ARE
COMPLICIT IN THIS INCIVILITY,
ALL OF US.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: SOME MORE THAN OTHERS
OTHERS.
I HAVE POLICY ISSUES WITH AOC
BUT THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
WHO PUT OUT A CARTOON OF HIM IN
SOME ANIME CUTTING HER HEAD
OFF -- THIS CHANT OF "LET'S GO
BRANDON" WHICH IS THEIR FUNNY
WAY OF SAYING "FUCK JOE BIDEN."
IN THE PAST SAID FUCK TRUMP,
ROBERT DE NIRO SAID IT, HE'S NOT
IN CONGRESS.
THEY ARE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS
DOING THIS, PEOPLE YOU WORK WIT
WITH.
I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN HAVE THIS LEVEL OF HATE
AND LEAVE IT AND IT'S NOT GOING
TO STAY AT A NONVIOLENT LEVEL.
I MENTIONED IN THE MONOLOGUE,
THERE ARE TWO VERY RACIALLY
CHARGED TRIALS GOING ON RIGHT
NOW, ONE SEEMS PRETTY CUT AND
DRIED, AHMAUD ARBERY, HE'S AN
UNARMED BLACK MEN KILLED ON
FEBRUARY 23RD 2024 SUSPICIOUS
RUNNING, I THINK FROM TWO WHITE
GUYS IN A PICKUP TRUCK WITH A
CONFEDERATE VANITY PLATE.
BIDEN TWEETED HE WAS KILLED IN
COLD BLOOD TO.
I WANT TO SAY PRESIDENTS NEVER
USED TO TALK LIKE THAT, LET'S
RECOGNIZE LITTLE PROGRESS.
THAT'S SOMETHING.
ONE BLACK JUROR ON THIS TRIAL
BECAUSE THE DEFENSE REMOVED
BLACK JURORS AND THE PROSECUTION
REMOVED ALL THE WHITE JURORS.
IF THERE'S AN ACQUITTAL -- THEN
THERE'S THE KYLE RITTENHOUSE
CASE, THE KID WHO WATCHED TOO
MANY COMIC BOOK MOVIES AND
THOUGHT HE COULD BE A HERO AND
THE SAVE KENOSHA WHILE HE WAS
LIVING IN ILLINOIS AND WENT TO
WAR FOR FREEDOM OR A CAR
DEALERSHIP OR SOMETHING, I DON'T
KNOW.
EITHER ONE OF THESE TRIALS, I
COULD SEE -- WARS START WITH
TENDER BOXES WITH SPARK PLUGS
WITH JUST A LITTLE MATCH THROWN
ON SOMETHING.
IT'S ALWAYS A SMALL INCIDENT AND
IT BECOMES SOMETHING BIG AND I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THESE BUT
THIS IS WHAT I WORRY ABOUT AND
AGAIN UNTIL YOU WALK BACK AT
THIS LEVEL OF HATE THAT WE HAVE
FOR EACH OTHER, A STARTLING
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
WANT TO SUCCEED, WHATEVER THAT
WOULD MEAN -- HOW WOULD WE
SUCCEED IN CALIFORNIA WITH JUST
4 MILLION TRUMP VOTERS?
WHAT WE DO ABOUT THIS HATE?
>> DR. KING ONCE SAID FAMOUSLY
YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE MORALITY,
YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE PEOPLE'S
BEHAVIORS BUT THERE ARE THINGS
YOU CAN DO WITH SPECIFIC REGARD
TO THE AMO THE DASH THURGOOD MAL
SAID IN THE CASE OF BATSON
VERSUS KENTUCKY, THE ONLY WAY TO
GET RID OF RACISM IN JURY
SELECTION IS TO DO AWAY WITH
THESE CHALLENGES, PERIOD.
I THINK JUSTICE MARSHALL WAS
RIGHT ABOUT THIS, WE HAVEN'T
TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY.
YOU HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH THE
CAPACITY PEOPLE HAVE TWO STRIKE
PEOPLE FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS
THAT THEY MAKE UP BUT WE KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING.
YOU GOT TO GET RID OF THESE
PREEMPTORY CHALLENGES.
WORD THAT NOT THE CASE WE WANT
TO HAVE 11 BLACK POTENTIAL
JURORS BE STRICKEN FROM THE
POSSIBILITY OF SERVING ON THAT
JURY.
>> Bill: THE PROSECUTION TO
THE REVERSE, THIS IS WHAT I
WORRY ABOUT.
THAT A CIVIL WAR BECOMES A RACE
WAR.
>> CAN I JUST MENTION -- AND I
AGREE, THE TWO THINGS THAT WORRY
ME THE MOST THAT I'VE SEEN IN
THESE TRIALS ARE THE DECISION TO
USE PREEMPTORY TO STRIKE LACK
JURORS AND IN THAT BATSON'S
CASE, JUSTICE BRENNAN SAID YOU
DON'T NEED TO GIVE A REASON
FOR -- IT'S REALLY HIDING
RACISM, THE TEST I DON'T THINK
HAS WORKED AND I THINK WE SHOULD
GET RID OF IT.
THE OTHER ISSUE IN THE
RITTENHOUSE CASE WAS A DECISION
BY THE JUDGE TO SAY YOU CAN'T
CALL THESE VICTIMS VICTIMS BUT
YOU CAN CALL THEM WRITERS,
ARSONISTS, LOOTERS.
THOSE TWO FACTORS, TO ME AS A
FORMER PROSECUTOR, A DECISION I
FIND VERY HARD TO RECONCILE
ABOUT WHY ONE SIDE CAN CALL THEM
WHAT THEY WANT TO THE OTHER SIDE
CAN'T IN THE STRIKING OF LACK
JURORS, I THINK IT BREEDS PUBLIC
DISTRUST ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A JUST RESULT IN
EACH CASE.
YOU LAYER ON THAT THESE
INCREDIBLE TENSIONS AMONG
AMERICANS AND ITS EXPLOSIVE.
AMONG THE GRAVEST THREATS TO OUR
COUNTRY IN ONE OF THE REASONS I
AGREE WITH YOU THAT JANUARY 6TH
WORK IS SO IMPORTANT, THE BIG
LIE THEY ARE PUSHING ABOUT THE
ELECTION ISN'T JUST A LIE ABOUT
THE ELECTION, IT'S AN ARGUMENT
WE CAN'T TRUST THE ELECTIONS TO
DECIDE WHO CAN GOVERN ANYMORE,
THAT'S REALLY AT THE HEART OF
IT.
>> ON THESE PREEMPTORY
CHALLENGES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND CONSTITUTIONAL.
ITS LEGAL TRADITION.
>> Bill: WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> THESE PREEMPTORY CHALLENGES,
THEY ARE NOT CONSTITUTIONAL,
THEY ARE A LEGAL TRADITION, WE
CAN DO AWAY WITH IT IF WE HAD
THE WILL, IT'S NOT A SKILL
PROBLEM, IT'S A WILL PROBLEM.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO COME
BACK TO IS A POINT YOU MADE
EARLIER, THE PROSECUTION USE THE
CHALLENGES AND SO THE DEFENSE,
IN THE AHMAUD ARBERY TRIAL.
BOTH SIDES CAN DO IT BUT ONE
SIDE SUFFERS DISPROPORTIONATELY.
PEOPLE OF COLOR SUFFER THE MOST
WHEN THAT IS DONE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I UNDERSTAND THAT,
IT'S TROUBLING AS AN OMEN OF
THINGS TO COME WHEN WE DIVIDE
THIS WAY WHEN WE ARE LIKE I
DON'T TRUST ANY BLACK PEOPLE, I
DON'T TRUST ANY WHITE PEOPLE.
IT'S LIKE PRISON.
YOU HAVE TO JOIN A TRIBE.
I DON'T WANT AMERICA TO GO IN
THAT DIRECTION AND I DON'T THINK
WE ARE BEING LED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION BY EITHER SIDE.
>> WHEN YOU SAY WE, THAT'S THE
ONLY ISSUE, WHAT WE ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
BLACK FOLK AND BROWN PEOPLE
AREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO THE
LARGER WHITE COMMUNITY.
>> Bill: WE, THE COUNTRY.
>> BUT WHO WAS THE WEEK LET'S
MAKE SOME OF US ARE NOT ENGAGED
IN THAT NONSENSE ACTIVITY.
>> Bill: AFTER THE GOVERNOR OF
VIRGINIA, THE NEW GOVERNOR WON,
MSNBC HEADLINE WAS "GLENN
YOUNGKIN'S VICTORY PROVES WHITE
IGNORANCE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON."
I DON'T THINK THAT HELPS.
ON AN OLD-SCHOOL LIBERAL, I
BELIEVE IN A COLOR-BLIND
SOCIETY, THAT'S NOT WHERE WOKE
IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESEGREGATION
GOING ON, THERE'S A LOT OF YOU
ARE EITHER A RACIST OR YOU DON'T
KNOW YOU'RE A RACIST.
SO YES, THERE'S SOME WE ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
>> AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING
REPETITIVE EVEN IN THE EXAMPLE
YOU JUST MENTIONED, THESE ARE
NOT PEOPLE OF COLOR.
FOR THE WERE CATCHING T THE HILL
EVERY DAY ARE NOT THE ONES
RAISING THE HILL, THEY ARE NOT
CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
MY WANT TO PUT A FINE POINT ON
THAT.
>> Bill: THANK YOU GUYS FOR
THE DISCUSSION, TIME FOR NEW
RULES, EVERYBODY, NEW RULES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: MIKE PENCE MUST ADMIT
THAT EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT QUITE
SURE WHY, HE FINDS WHAT THE UPS
TRUCKS ARE DOING IN THIS PHOTO
HIGHLY OFFENSIVE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: SOMEONE MUST TELL THE
CELEBRANTS WORSHIPPING THIS DOG
DURING THE HOLY TIHAR FESTIVAL
IN NEPAL, THAT HE'D MUCH RATHER
JUST HAVE A BELLY RUB.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HE'S NOT THINKING, "WHAT AN
HONOR."
HE'S THINKING, "I'M A DOG AND I
KNOW THIS IS BULLSHIT."
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: IF I TELL YOU I LOVE A
IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY FOR YOU NOT
TO IMMEDIATELY TELL ME HOW MUCH
YOU HATE IT AND WHY IT SUCKS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I DON'T DO THAT TO YOU.
IF YOU SAY, "I LOVE MY KIDS," I
DON'T SAY, "REALLY?
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER REALLY CARED
FOR ANYTHING THEY'VE DONE."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: INSTEAD OF PAYING OFF
THE NATIONAL DEBT, LET'S JUST
PUT IT ON "THE CLOUD."
AND THEN LOSE THE PASSWORD.
[LAUGHTER]
IF SOMEONE EMAILS US ABOUT IT,
SAY WE DIDN'T GET IT, IT
PROBABLY WENT TO SPAM.
PROBLEM SOLVED.
DO BOOMERS HAVE TO THINK OF
EVERYTHING?
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: THE BRITISH PRESS HAS
TO STOP SAYING JOE BIDEN FARTED
IN FRONT OF CAMILLA PARKER
BOWLES, AND IT WAS "LONG AND
LOUD AND IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE."
IT'S A CLIMATE CONFERENCE.
HE WAS PROMOTING NATURAL GAS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND OF ANYONE ON EARTH, SHE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO IGNORE AN OLD
FART.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME WHY WE
KEEP ALLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA AND
OUR VERY LIVES AS SOCIAL
CREATURES TO BE DICTATED BY THE
MOST SOCIALLY AWKWARD PERSON IN
HISTORY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED
THAT THE NAME OF THE PARENT
COMPANY HAS BEEN CHANGED -- TO
META, THE BETTER TO REFLECT MARK
ZUCKERBERG'S NEW MASTER PLAN FOR
WHAT HE HAS CALLED "AN EMBODIED
INTERNET, WHERE INSTEAD OF
VIEWING CONTENT, YOU ARE IN IT."
BECAUSE WHY SPEND HOURS TYPING
ON FACEBOOK TO ARGUE WITH YOUR
BROTHER-IN LAW ABOUT IVERMECTIN
WHEN YOUR AVATAR CAN YELL AT HIS
AVATAR IN PERSON!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
WELL, NOT IN PERSON, OF COURSE
-- IN THE MATRIX, WHERE MARK
WANTS US ALL TO LIVE.
HE SAYS ANYTHING YOU DO IN REAL
LIFE CAN BE DONE IN THIS NEW
METAVERSE: PLAYING CARDS,
SITTING IN A PARK, GETTING A BAD
HAIRCUT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S EASY, YOU JUST PUT ON
GOGGLES, GLOVES, AND, I DON'T
KNOW, SUCTION CUPS ON YOUR
BALLS, AND NOW YOU'RE IN THE
MAGICAL LAND OF THE METAVERSE.
BECAUSE EVERYONE LOOKS COOL WITH
SHIT STRAPPED TO THEIR HEAD.
[LAUGHTER]
IN THE METAVERSE, YOU CAN TOUR
THE PYRAMIDS OR HAVE A SWORD
FIGHT WITH A DUCK, ALL WITHOUT
HAVING TO LEAVE THE COMFORT OF
YOUR PARENT'S BASEMENT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
WE'VE ALL SEEN THIS DEPICTED IN
MOVIES LIKE "READY PLAYER ONE,"
WHERE AN ELABORATE METAVERSE
SERVES AS A RETREAT FOR PEOPLE
TO ESCAPE THE MISERY OF
EXISTENCE.
SOMETHING I ALWAYS FELT WAS
BETTER HANDLED BY WEED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT I'M NOT A VISIONARY LIKE
MARK ZUCKERBERG -- I TRIED
VIRTUAL REALITY ONCE, AND I
DON'T KNOW I PUT ON THE GOGGLES
AND SUDDENLY I WAS IN A HOT AIR
BALLOON OVER FRANCE, AND THEN I
WAS RIDING A BROOMSTICK AROUND
HOGWARTS, AND THEN I WAS IN THE
BATHROOM THROWING UP.
[LAUGHTER]
IT WAS LIKE GETTING ROOFIED BY
WALT DISNEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HERE'S SOME ACTUAL FOOTAGE FROM
ZUCKERBERG'S RECENT PRESENTATION
ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW WORLD WILL
LOOK LIKE.
THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE AT A
CONCERT -- WITH A FRIEND WHO
SEEMS TO BE A GHOST, AND A
[LAUGHTER]
GIRAFFE, WHO HAS BETTER SEATS
THAN YOU.
WHICH IS SELFISH WHEN YOU'RE
THAT TALL.
BUT THAT'S MARK'S VISION: THAT
TWO FRIENDS CAN ATTEND A CONCERT
TOGETHER WHEN IN REALITY -- I
MEAN, THE OLD REALITY -- BOTH
ARE REALLY SITTING AT HOME.
WHAT GREAT FUN, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE BAND PLAYING TO AN EMPTY
STADIUM.
THAT'S RIGHT, A CONCERT WHERE NO
ONE HAS TO ACTUALLY BE AT THE
CONCERT.
OR AS TRAVIS SCOTT SAID, "NOW
YOU TELL ME."
[GROANING]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT I MUST SAY, I'M A LITTLE
WORRIED THAT IF WE GET OURSELVES
TOO FAR AWAY FROM REALITY, WE
WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND OUR WAY
BACK.
PHONY USED TO BE A BAD THING,
AND "KEEPING IT REAL" WAS GOOD.
THAT'S WHY I NAMED THIS SHOW
REAL TIME AND NOT AVATAR TIME.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
WE JUST WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC
-- THE LAST THING I WANT IS MORE
VIRTUAL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE
METAVERSE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO BE: THE PANDEMIC YEAR, EXCEPT
FOREVER.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHY
DOES MARK ZUCKERBERG THINK
LIVING IN A METAVERSE WOULD BE
SO MUCH BETTER?
BECAUSE LOOK AT HIM: THE DEAD
EYES, THE LACK OF RECOGNIZABLE
HUMAN FEATURES, THE PAINTED-ON
HAIR -- HE'S ALREADY AN AVATAR.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M PRETTY SURE THE PERSON WE
THINK IS ZUCKERBERG IS A SIM,
WHILE THE REAL ONE LIVES ON A
YACHT STAFFED BY 100 BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN WHERE HE PLAYS POKÉMON GO
ALL DAY.
THIS IS THE WORST KIND OF PERSON
[LAUGHTER]
TO MAKE THE OVERLORD OF A NEW
UNIVERSE.
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC NEARLY
THREE IN TEN AMERICAN MALES
BETWEEN 18 AND 30 WEREN'T HAVING
SEX -- ALMOST TRIPLE WHAT THAT
NUMBER WAS TEN YEARS EARLIER.
THE CLOSEST THEY COME TO TALKING
TO A GIRL IS ALEXA.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON
SCREENS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
THAT.
THIS IS THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS
"INCELS" -- INCELS, THAT'S SHORT
FOR INVOLUNTARILY CELIBATE.
AND IT'S NOT HARMLESS.
IT NEVER IS WHEN ANY SOCIETY,
FOR WHATEVER REASON CREATES MEN
WHO ARE CUT OFF FROM WOMEN, AND
IT'S NOT GOING WELL HERE WITH
INCELS, WHICH HAS BECOME A TOXIC
SUBCULTURE OF ANGRY,
MISOGYNISTIC DIGITAL EUNUCHS --
AND THE METAVERSE IS ONLY GONNA
MAKE IT META WORSE.
BECAUSE IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE:
THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND IN THE
VIRTUAL WORLD, THE MORE YOU SUCK
AT ENGAGING IN THE REAL WORLD,
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO THE MORE YOU RETREAT INTO THE
VIRTUAL, WHICH FURTHER ATROPHIES
YOUR REAL SOCIAL SKILLS,
INCLUDING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
GETTING LAID.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE CYCLE OF
LIFE?
THIS IS THE CYCLE OF "GET A
LIFE."
OF MEN WITH NO GAME WHO IMMERSE
THEMSELVES, IRONICALLY IN GAMES.
[LAUGHTER]
AND OTHER SUBSTITUTES FOR FEMALE
COMPANIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY HERO
MOVIES.
THEY ALL WANT TO BE A HERO SO
BADLY -- ALL THE MOVIES ARE
ABOUT HOW A HERO WILL RISE,
THERE'S ALWAYS A HERO RISING.
YOU WANT TO BE A HERO?
RISE FROM THE COUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
RISE FROM THE COUCH.
LOSE THE CARGO SHORTS, GET A
SHIRT WITH A COLLAR, BRUSH THE
CRUMBS OFF YOUR BEARD, SHAVE
YOUR BEARD, AND TALK TO A GIRL.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
EARN BEING HEROIC BY TAKING THAT
LONG, BRAVE WALK ACROSS A ROOM
TO ASK SOMEONE OUT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF MEN DON'T
HAVE TO FIGHT WARS ANYMORE, OR
HUNT FOR FOOD, AND LORD KNOWS,
THERE AREN'T ANY REAL LOKIES OR,
GREEN GOBLINS TO FIGHT -- THE
ONE PLACE YOU CAN STEP UP AND
SHOW COURAGE IS THIS.
BE A HERO TO WOMEN.
[APPLAUSE]
SHOW YOURSELF YOU STILL HAVE AN
OUNCE OF COURAGE IN YOUR NUTSACK
[LAUGHTER]
BY RISKING REJECTION AND GOING
UP TO A GIRL.
AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN
YOU CAN GO HOME AND SPANK IT TO
PORN.
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS
NOVEMBER 26TH AND 27TH.
AT THE MAUI ARTS
AND CULTURAL CENTER IN MAUI, AT
THE BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL IN
HONOLULU, NEW YEARS EVE, AND AT
THE FLORIDA THEATRE IN
JACKSONVILLE, FL, JANUARY 16TH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS TAVIS
SMILEY, ADAM SCHIFF, AND KEVIN
O'LEARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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