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>> START THE CLOCK.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WELCOME BACK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WELCOME BACK TO MY HOUSE.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE --
THANK YOU.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOUR
BEAUTIFUL MASKS AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER]
STILL WITH THIS SHIT.
SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ON IN A COUPLE MONTHS,
SOMEONE HAD A BIRTHDAY
YESTERDAY, THAT CHANGED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OH, PLEASE.
I DON'T SEE MYSELF AS GETTING
OLDER, I SEE MYSELF AS BECOMING
A MILDER VARIANT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YEAH, I GOT A NEW
VARIANT.
TODAY, JANUARY 21ST, THIS IS THE
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN
THEY FOUND THE FIRST CASE IN
AMERICA, 34-YEAR-OLD MAN IN
SEATTLE.
YES, I'VE GOT TO TELL THIS GUY,
STOP PUTTING PATIENT ZERO ON
YOUR TENDER PROFILE, IT'S
DEPRESSIG.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE OMICRON WHEN
WE WERE HERE A COUPLE MONTHS
AGO, THAT IS THE NEW ONE AND
THAT ONE IS A VERY MILDER, MUCH
MILDER, WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING
THIS.
BUT OF COURSE, VERY EASY TO
CATCH.
IT'S LIKE THE CANDY MAN, JUST TO
SAY ITS NAME FIVE TIMES YOU CAN
GET THIS SHIT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BUT MILD.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY
HAVE IT.
MY THING, IT SHOOTS ITS VIRAL
LOAD AND YOU GO, WAIT, DID YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: SO ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY
WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THIS SHIT
SOON.
I CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH MORE.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE TWO
YEARS INCOME IF YOU ARE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET IT
AT ALL --
[APPLAUSE]
THE ONE YOU MUST BE VERY
DILIGENT, VERY CAREFUL, AND YOU
HAVE NO FRIENDS.
BE MY GUEST.
NO.
[LAUGHTER]
NO, THIS SHIT HAS GONE ON TOO
LONG.
NOBODY CARES ANYMORE.
LAST NIGHT THE GRUB PUB DELIVERY
GUY WAS EATING MY FRENCH FRIES
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
[LAUGHTER]
TOO LONG.
[LAUGHS]
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, WHEN CAN I
GET BACK TO NOT GOING TO THE
GYM?
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW?
[APPLAUSE]
ANDAND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN R
MASK PARANOID WORLD ANYMORE.
IT'S SILLY NOW.
YOU MASK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
CARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
BOOSTER, THEY SCAN YOUR HEAD.
LIKE YOU ARE A CASHIER AND I'M A
BUNCH OF BANANAS.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M NOT BANANAS, YOU ARE!
[APPLAUSE]
OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT I READ
TODAY IN THE PAPER THAT -- A NEW
YEAR, 2022.
ANYBODY REMEMBER THE MOVIE
"SOYLENT GREEN?"
CLASSIC FUTURISTIC MOVIE FROM
THE 1970s.
YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR IT TOOK
PLACE?
2022.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS AS A NOTE
OF OPTIMISM, WE ARE DOING BETTER
THAN THAT.
AT LEAST WE ARE NOT EATING
PEOPLE.
[APPLAUSE]
ALTHOUGH THE PRICES AT THE
SUPERMARKET, YOU DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, BIDEN HAS GOT TO DEAL
WITH THAT, HE'S BEEN HAVING A
ROUGH TIME.
HE FINALLY HAD TO GIVE A PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS WEEK, DID YOU
SEE THAT?
IT WENT ON FOR TWO HOURS.
ALTHOUGH THE FIRST HOUR WAS JUST
ABOUT HOW KIDS' BIKES DIDN'T
USED TO BE SO COMPLICATED.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: NO, THEY ARE TRYING
TO GET -- [LAUGHS]
THEY ARE TRYING TO FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THEMSELVES, IT'S NOT EASY.
THEY MADE A VIDEO WITH TOM HANKS
NARRATING WHERE TOM HANKS SAYS
WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE COURAGEOU
COURAGEOUS, WE ARE RESILIENT AND
THIS IS THE LAND OF THE BRAVE,
SO GO PUT THAT DIAPER BACK ON
YOUR FACE AND GO HIDE INSIDE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: AND THEN I LOVE THIS,
THEN BIDEN COMES ON AND HE SAID,
WE HAVE FACED SO MUCH AND WHAT
WE HAVE DONE IS WHAT AMERICA HAS
ALWAYS DONE, WE HAVE GOTTEN UP.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT, SOMEBODY
9-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENT BRAGGING
ABOUT GETTING UP.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT'S RIGHT, AMERICA GOT UP AND
NOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A CUP
OF SANKA AND CHECK THE MAILBOX.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A GREAT
SHOW.
WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN
RITCHIE TORRES, BARI WEISS BUT
FIRST UP HE'S A PROFESSOR OF
HISTORY AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND
AUTHOR OF THE 12, RECENTLY
"ON TYRANNY:TWENTY LESSONS FROME
TWENTIETH CENTURY," RECENTLY
RELEASED AS A GRAPHIC EDITION,
TIMOTHY SNYDER!
GOOD EVENING, ARE WE SHAKING
HANDS, YOU DON'T CARE?
[APPLAUSE]
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO CHECK
EVERYONE'S PARANOIA LEVEL AT THE
BEGINNING OF EVERY -- SOMEBODY
EVEN SUGGESTED WE WEAR COLOR
BANDS THAT SHOW YOU, I NEED YOU
6 FEET AHEAD OR YOU ARE OKAY
WITH SHAKING?
>> NOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
A MILDER VARIANT, YES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
OTHER THING THAT MAKES US BOTH
PARANOID BECAUSE YOU ARE A SORT
THE GO-TO GUY ON ALL THINGS KUS
AND
IREAD THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE
WERE 57 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION WHO ARE
NOW RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IDEAL
BREAKER.
HEY, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE
RIOTS, LIKED ME.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU, SIR?
>> THAT TELLS ME THAT WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE
SHIFTING TO A PLACE WHERE RATHER
THAN TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND
PEOPLE AND FUTURE, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED AT
THE RIOT, JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE WERE RUNNING
ON THE BIG LIE AS THEIR ONLY
ISSUE.
WE'VE GOT TEN, AT LEAST,
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE POSITIONS WHO
ARE RUNNING ON THE PLATFORM THAT
THE BIG LIE WAS TRUE, AND
IMPLYING THE NEXT TIME AROUND,
WE'LL FIX IT.
>> Bill: BUT BOTH SIDES USE
THE TERM "THE BIG LIE."
YOU SAY BIG LIE, I KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN AND I AGREE WITH IT.
THE BIG LIE IS TRUMP CLAIMING
THAT HE ACTUALLY WON THAT
ELECTION.
THEY SEE IT EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE.
ISN'T THIS THE BIG PROBLEM?
[LAUGHS]
IS THAT NO ONE HAS THE SAME SET
OF FACTS?
>> YEAH, I SAID IT FIRST AND
TRUMP HAS BEEN TRYING TO TAKE IT
BACK FROM ME.
TO BE WHEN YOU SAID THAT TERM
FIRST, YES YOU DID.
>> BUT I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
>> Bill: HE DID THE SAME
THING, FAKE NOSE WAS A LIBERAL
FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND HE TOOK IT,
YOU ARE RIGHT.
I'M SORRY.
>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY, IT IS THE
FACTS.
IN ALL OF THIS EXCITEMENT, I
THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
THE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD LIKE
FOR THERE TO STILL BE ELECTIONS
AND A REPUBLIC, REPUBLICANS
WOULD LIKE TO AVOID SOME KIND O,
2025, TO SAY MAYBE WE SHOULD
JUST ADMIT THAT WE LOST AND
MOVE ON.
>> Bill: BUT YOU KNOW THAT IS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I'M ACTUALLY NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THAT.
>> Bill: REALLY?
WHAT IS YOUR OPTIMISM BASED ON?
>> I'M NOT AN OPTIMIST OR A
PESSIMIST, I'M JUST HOPEFUL AND
I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS IF WE STAY
IN THIS COCOON OF THE BIG LIE,
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
COUNTRY A FEW YEARS DOWN THE
LINE AND I THINK THE ARGUMENTS
FOR THAT ARE PRETTY STRONG.
>> Bill: OKAY.
>> BUT THERE ARE SOME
REPUBLICANS IN GOOD FAITH TO
LOOK BACK AT THE DISASTER AND
AGREE.
>> Bill: THERE ARE SOME.
TEN.
THERE WERE TEN CONGRESSMEN WHO
VOTED AGAINST HIS IMPEACHMENT
FOR DOING THIS, TEN.
TWO OF THEM, LIZ CHENEY AND
GONZALES, NOT RUNNING.
LIZ CHENEY IS NOT GOING TO WIN.
THE OTHER EIGHT HAVE GONE TO
SILENCE ON THIS BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T GO AGAINST THE CULT
LEADER.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T SEE WHERE YOUR
OPTIMISM IS BASED.
SECRETARIES OF STATE IN 15 SWING
STATES, 15 OF THEM, TWO OF THE
15 ADMIT THAT TRUMP LOST THE
ELECTION.
THAT MEANS THAT THE SECRETARIES
OF STATE, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO COUNT THE VOTES IN THE NEXT
ELECTION, 13 OF THOSE 15 IN
SWING STATES WILL BE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ALREADY IN THE TANK FOR
TRUMP.
>> NO, YEAH, I LIKE BEING CALLED
AN OPTIMIST, I DON'T GET THAT
ALL THAT OFTEN, BECAUSE THAT
RIGHT NOW IS THE MAINSTREAM
SCENARIO.
THE MAINSTREAM SCENARIO IN 2024
IS SOMETHING LIKE, HE LOSES BY
10 MILLION POPULAR VOTES, LOSES
BY MANY DOZEN ELECTORAL VOTES
BUT SOME STATES, EITHER
ALTERNATE STATE ELECTORS OR THEY
JUST RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND HE
GETS INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT
ANYWAY.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE WE STAND
IT IS THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO.
AND THE REASON WHY I APPEAL TO
REPUBLICANS AS I DON'T THINK
THEY THOUGHT IT ALL THE WAY
THROUGH, ALL OF THEM.
THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT WINNING
THE GAME, BUT IF YOU TREAT IT AS
A GAME AT SOME POINT THE OTHER
SIDE IS GOING TO WALK AWAY AND
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
COUNTRY LEFT.
>> Bill: NO, I THINK THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT THE CORNER
OFFICE.
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: I DID A WHOLE THING
ABOUT THIS THE OTHER NIGHT, THEY
HAVE A NICE OFFICE, THEY HAVE A
JOB THEY COULD NEVER OTHERWISE
GET BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SKILLS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND YOU DON'T NEED ANY SKILLS TO
BE A CONGRESSMAN.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU GET A STAFF, YOU GET A NICE
OFFICE, PEOPLE KISS YOUR ASS,
YOU GET A TABLE IN THE
RESTAURANT.
THAT'S WHY THEY DO IT.
>> YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT, BUT THIS
IS WHY DEMOCRACY IS GOOD,
THOUGH.
IF WE WERE A MORE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTRY, WE HAD LESS
GERRYMANDERING AND VOTER
SUPPRESSION, THEN CONGRESSMAN
WOULD HAVE TO DO AT LEAST ONE
THING WHICH IS REPRESENT THE
POPULATION.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS AS WE
MOVE AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY,
SILENTLY, STEP-BY-STEP, THE JOB
OF CONGRESSMAN BECOMES MORE AND
MORE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT AND LESS AND LESS LIKE
WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS
THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE.
>> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
I KEEP THINKING WHERE THE RUBBER
HITS THE ROAD, WHICH IS THE
PERIOD BETWEEN ELECTION DAY 2024
AND INAUGURATION DAY, WHICH IS
JANUARY 20TH, 2025.
BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT WE ARE
SEEING HERE ABOUT HOW TRUMP IS
RIGHT NOW CHANGING THE PEOPLE IN
POWER.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES THEY'VE
CHANGED IT SO THAT STATE
LEGISLATURES COUNT THE VOTES
INSTEAD OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
WELL, IN 2022 THE REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTIONS
BIG TIME, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
THOSE STATE LEGISLATURES.
SO LET'S SAY IN 2024, IT WAS
WISCONSIN SEND A BOGUS STATE OF
ELECTORS, RIGHT?
HE DIDN'T REALLY WIN THOSE
STATES, BUT THEY ARE SENDING
THAT BECAUSE THEY FOUND BAMBOO,
OR SOME CRAZY SHIT, OR THAT THEY
THINK THE DOMINION PEOPLE IN
VENEZUELA SWITCH THE VOTING,
WHATEVER CRAZY SHIT THEY TRIED
LAST TIME, THIS TIME THOSE
PEOPLE ARE GOING ALONG WITH IT.
RUDY GIULIANI IS GOING TO BE OUT
THERE WITH HIS HAIR DYE GOING
DOWN HIS FACE --
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE GOING TO
BELIEVE THAT.
OKAY.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
KAMALA HARRIS HAS TWO ON JANUART
MIKE PENCE DID, BUT THIS
TIME SHE HAS TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT
HE DIDN'T DO, SHE HAS TO THROW
OUT THOSE VOTES BECAUSE THEY ARE
BOGUS.
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: NOW WHAT HAPPENS?
WHAT IS TRUMP'S PEOPLE DO THEN?
>> WHAT DO TRUMP'S PEOPLE DO
THEM BUT WHAT DOES EVERYBODY DO
THEN?
BECAUSE IN THOSE TWO WEEKS IT
WILL BE CLEAR A PLOT IS UNDERWAY
ESSENTIALLY --
>> Bill: A PLOT TO YOU.
TO THEM, A RESTORATION OF TRUTH,
JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY.
>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
IN OUR SCENARIO WHERE TRUMP HAS
LOST THE ELECTION THAT MEANS
THERE IS A LOT OF HIGHLY
MOTIVATED PEOPLE WHO ARE KEEN
NOT F SELL NOT JUST FOR
HIM NOT TO BE PRESIDENT BUT TO
HAVE THE SCENARIO NOT PLAY OUT.
IN TWO YEARS EVERYBODY IS GOING
TO KNOW THAT THE SCENARIO IS
POSSIBLE AND IF PEOPLE WATCH
THIS HAPPEN, STALE BROKEN STEP
BY STEEL BROKEN STEP, THEY WILL
COME TO THE CONCLUSION WE SHOULD
BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THAT IS WHAT WORRIES ME IN THOSE
TWO WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE
PARTISANS ON BOTH SIDES WHO WILL
THINK THEIR PRESIDENT IS THE
PRESIDENT AND WE WILL HAVE
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS UNSURE
WHO THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT IS, AND
THE COUNTRY, I DON'T MEAN THIS
METAPHORICALLY, I MEAN IT
LITERALLY, THEN THE COUNTRY WILL
BREAK DOWN.
>> Bill: THAT IS MY QUESTION
TO YOU.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOVIE IN
YOUR HEAD OF WHAT YOU SEE IN
THAT PERIOD BEFORE
INAUGURATION DAY, WHAT DO YOU
SEE GOING ON IN THE STREETS,
WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON, AND WHAT HAPPENS ON
THAT DAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2025?
WHEN THEY BOTH SHOW UP.
>> YEAH, I IMAGINE TRUMP GIVING
A VICTORY SPEECH FROM SOME KIND
OF ISOLATED, PROTECTED LOCATION,
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES TO
MY MIND.
I IMAGINE PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY
TRYING TO REAFFIRM WHAT THE
CHAINS OF COMMAND ACTUALLY ARE.
I IMAGINE AMERICANS AND BLUE
STATES GOING TO RED STATES AND
AMERICANS IN RED STATES GOING TO
BLUE STATES WORRYING ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING TO COME NEXT.
AND WHAT I REALLY WORRY --
>> Bill: YOU ARE SAYING
AMERICANS, JUST CITIZENS GOING
TO PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE
THEY FEEL SAFER FROM THEIR
FELLOW CITIZENS.
TO CITIZENS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH.
>> Bill: I AGREE.
>> THE MOST HEAVILY ARMED
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, 48% OF
AMERICANS THINK A CIVIL WAR IS
LIKELY.
A FIFTH OF AMERICANS ACCORDING
TO THE POLLS ARE READY FOR
MILITARY RULE.
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK
WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS SOME KIND
OF COLLAPSE.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ALREADY, SO
IF POLITICIANS A DISH UP FOR
THEM THE SCENARIO, THE VERY
SCENARIO THAT COULD BREAK THE
COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
RIGHTFULLY AFRAID.
THEY ARE ALREADY IN A MENTAL
PLACE WHERE IF YOU GIVEN THAT
SCENARIO, THEY ARE GOING TO
REACT.
>> Bill: MY LAST QUESTION IS
ABOUT THE FUTURE EVEN FROM
THERE, IF WE HAVE ONE.
WHEN IT'S A CULT OF PERSONALITY,
EVEN IF IT'S NOT TRUMP, IT NEVER
GOES AWAY.
YOU KNOW?
IN KOREA, IT'S KIM, THEN KIM,
AND LET ME GUESS, THE NEXT
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE KIM.
AND HERE'S GOING TO BE DON JR.,
OR IVANKA, OR WHOEVER THEIR KIDS
ARE.
ONCE YOU CREATE THIS CULT OF
PERSONALITY WITH A FIGURE WHO IS
ABOVE REASON, I DON'T THINK IT
NEVER GOES AWAY.
SO THAT'S YOUR NEXT BOOK.
[LAUGHS]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PROFESSOR.
I APPRECIATE IT.
HOPE WE AREN'T BEING TOO
PESSIMISTIC.
THANKS, LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HEY, LOOK AT YOU TWO.
THE MILLENNIALS ARE HERE WITH
ME.
HE IS THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
REPRESENTING NEW YORK'S 15TH
DISTRICT WHO AT 25 YEARS OLD,
BECAME NEW YORK CITY'S YOUNGEST
ELECTED OFFICIAL AND IS THE
FIRST AFRO-LATINO, LGBTQ MEMBER
OF CONGRESS, REPRESENTATIVE
RITCHIE TORRES IS OVER HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE'S EDITOR OF THE NEWSLETTER
"COMMON SENSE" ON SUBSTACK AND
HOST OF THE PODCAST,
"HONESTLY WITH BARI WEISS,"
BARI WEISS IS OVER HERE.
OKAY.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU HEARD WHAT I WAS BITCHING
ABOUT IN THE MONOLOGUE, THERE'S
A BIT OF A RESET IN THE WORLD
ABOUT COVID, I'VE BEEN ASKING
FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME.
IN EUROPE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
ARE SAYING WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH
IT.
BORIS JOHNSON SAID IT, WE HAVE
TO LIVE WITH IT, TREAT IT LIKE
THE FLU.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY ARE
DOING IN THE U.K. THAT THEY ARE
NOT DOING ANYWHERE, THEY ARE
ENDING MANDATING FACE MASKS,
MASKS IN SCHOOL, THAT'S GONE,
WORK FROM HOME ADVISORIES, NO,
MENTOR PASSPORTS TO GET INTO
NIGHTCLUBS AND LARGE EVENTS.
A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO SELF
ISOLATE, NO.
THEY ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
WE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS?
I THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK.
>> SHOULD I LEAVE IT TO THE
CONGRESSMAN FIRST?
>> I THINK WE'VE BEEN GRADUALLY
TRANSITIONING TO NORMAL IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES BECOME
LESTER KONY IN A MORE MEASURED
OVER TIME AS THE PANDEMIC HAS
BECOME MORE MEASURABLE AND THAT
IS BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF
THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
PROVIDED OVER THE VACCINATION
OF MORE THAN 2 MILLION
AMERICANS, WHICH HAS BEEN
EFFECTIVE.
>> Bill: OKAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I'M DONE.
>> Bill: WITH THIS QUESTION?
[LAUGHS]
>> NO, WITH COVID, I'M DONE.
I WENT SO HARD WITH COVID.
>> Bill: I REMEMBER.
>> I SPRAYED THE PRINGLES CANS
OF THE GROCERY STORE, I STRIP MY
CLOTHES OFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT
COVID WOULD BE ON MY CLOTHES.
I DID IT ALL, I WATCHED
"TIGER KING," I GOT TO THE END
OF SPOTIFY.
WE ALL DID IT, RIGHT?
>> Bill: NO, WE DIDN'T ALL DO
IT.
>> A LOT OF US DID DO IT AND
THEN WE WERE TOLD YOU GET THE
VACCINE AND YOU GET BACK TO
NORMAL.
AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO
NORMAL AND IT'S RIDICULOUS AT
THIS POINT.
I KNOW THAT SO MANY OF MY
LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS
ARE WITH ME ON THIS AND THEY DO
NOT WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD
BECAUSE THEY ARE SCARED TO BE
CALLED ANTI-VAX OR BE CALLED
SCIENCE DENIAL OR SMEARED AS A
TRUMPER.
I'M SORRY, IF YOU BELIEVE THE
SCIENCE YOU WILL LOOK AT THE
DATA WE DID NOT HAVE TWO YEARS
AGO AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT
CLOTH MASKS DO NOT DO ANYTHING.
YOU WILL REALIZE THAT YOU CAN
SHOW YOUR VACCINE PASSPORT AT A
RESTAURANT AND STILL BE A
SYMPTOMATIC AND CARRYING
OMICRON.
AND YOU WILL REALIZE MOST
IMPORTANTLY THAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE YOUNGER
GENERATION AS A CATASTROPHIC
MORAL CRIME.
THE CITY OF FLINT, MICHIGAN,
WHICH IS 80% I THINK MINORITY
STUDENTS HAS JUST ANNOUNCED
INDEFINITE VIRTUAL SCHOOLING.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN AMONG YOUNG GIRLS A 51%
INCREASE IN SELF HARM.
PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEMSELVES,
THEY ARE ANXIOUS, THEY ARE
DEPRESSED, THEY ARE LONELY.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO END IT,
MORE THAN ANY INCONVENIENCE IT'S
BEEN TO THE REST OF US --
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S A PANDEMIC, AT THIS POINT
IT'S A PANDEMIC OF BUREAUCRACY.
IT'S A PANDEMIC OF BUREAUCRACY,
IT'S NOT REAL ANYMORE.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE
PANDEMIC HAS LEFT THE DEATH
COUNT OF MORE THAN 850,000
AMERICANS --
>> Bill: WELL, THAT'S --
>> BUT IT WAS A BLUNT
INSTRUMENT, OKAY?
IF YOU LOOK AT WHO WAS AFFECTED
BY THIS, 803 CHILDREN HAVE DIED
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY FROM AND WITH
COVID.
>> I GUESS I OFFER A
PERSPECTIVE, I WAS A NEW YORKER
WHO LIVED THROUGH THE EARLY
WEEKS AND EARLY MONTHS OF THE
PANDEMIC AND IT WAS JUST A
CATASTROPHE FOR NEW YORK CITY,
THE LIKES OF WHICH WE'VE NEVER
SEEN.
WE SAW OVERFLOWING EMERGENCY
ROOMS, NEW YORK LOST MORE THAN
60,000 PEOPLE, THE BRONX ALONE
WAS MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE WHICH
IS LARGER THAN THE COMBINED
DEATH TOLL OF PEARL HARBOR AND
9/11.
I SAW RAIDS IN THE BRONX, MOST
NEW ORLEANS AND SAW A LEVEL OF
DEATH AND SUFFERING WE'VE NEVER
SEEN IN OUR LIVES.
AND THAT'S THE SOURCE ABOUT THE
CONCERN FOR COVID.
I REJECT THE NOTION THAT THE
RESPONSE TO COVID HAS BEEN WORSE
THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WELL, I WOULD ARGUE
WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I ASK FOR THE COVID
DEATHS BY STATES.
THIS IS PER 100,000 PEOPLE, THE
WORST IS MISSISSIPPI.
MY HOME STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
FOUR, FOURTH WORST.
NEW YORK, SIXTH WORST.
WEST VIRGINIA AND MASSACHUSETTS
ARE 10 AND 11 RIGHT TOGETHER.
COULD THERE BE TWO STATES WHO
ARE MORE UNALIKE THAN
WEST VIRGINIA AND MASSACHUSETTS?
AND THE POSTER BOY FOR KEEPING
SHIT OPEN WAS FLORIDA.
THEY ARE DOWN AT 17.
SO NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY DID
WORSE THAN FLORIDA.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS --
>> WE DID WORSE BECAUSE WE ARE A
DENSELY POPULATED HUB OF
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: FLORIDA IS HOME TO
ALL THE OLD PEOPLE IN AMERICA,
SO MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE --
>> BUT THE DATA IS CRYSTAL
CLEAR, THIS IS BEYOND DISPUTE
THAT THE DEATHS AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMINGLY CONCENTRATED
AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.
IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED --
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE A FAR LOWER RISK OF
HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.
>> Bill: BUT THAT IS NOT EVEN
THE ISSUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE WILL GET TO THIS.
BUT FLORIDA STAYED OPEN.
I WAS JUST IN FLORIDA, I'VE BEEN
THERE A FEW TIMES SINCE THIS
STARTED.
>> HALF OF NEW YORK HAS MOVED
THERE.
>> Bill: THE ATMOSPHERE IS
JUST DIFFERENT.
I'M NOT MOVING TO FLORIDA, I'M
NOT PROMOTING FLORIDA.
I'M JUST SAYING AOC WENT TO
FLORIDA AND HAD A GOOD TIME
WITHOUT A MASK HUGGING PEOPLE
APPEAR TO LOOK LIKE SHE HAD A
BLAST.
>> Bill: I'M JUST SAYING I'VE
BEEN TO FLORIDA AND THE
ATMOSPHERE WAS NIGHT AND DAY TO
CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS GLOOMY,
AND THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN WAS OUT
THERE.
[LAUGHS]
AND YOU WENT OUT THERE AND I'M
JUST SAYING YES, THERE WERE
DIFFERENT FACTORS BUT BASICALLY,
IT'S LIKE THEY STAYED OPEN AND
WENT ON WITH LIFE AND THEY
DIDN'T DO A HELL OF A LOT WORSE
AND MAYBE DID BETTER.
[APPLAUSE]
AS FAR AS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT
THE VACCINES, WHAT IS SO
DIFFERENT FROM WHERE WE WERE TWO
MONTHS AGO THE LAST TIME I SAT
HERE IS THAT WE NOW KNOW THE
VACCINE DOES NOT STOP YOU FROM
GETTING IT.
I FOUND THAT OUT WHEN I GOT IT.
I MEAN, I GOT IT AND EVERYONE
WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, HOW DID
YOU GET IT?
I GOT THE VACCINE.
I GUESS I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
TO KNOW EVERYONE HAS IT.
IT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM GETTING
IT AND IT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM
TRANSMITTING IT.
IT STOPS YOU FROM DYING WHEN YOU
DO GET.
>> THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD REASON
TO TAKE THE VACCINE.
>> Bill: I'M NOT SAYING THAT
IS NOT A REASON TO GET IT, I'M
JUST SAYING IT'S A HUGE
DIFFERENCE AND IT COUNTERACTS
THE ARGUMENT THAT WE NEED THE
VACCINE TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE
IT JUST PROTECTS YOU.
IT DOESN'T PROTECT YOU FROM ME,
DOESN'T PROTECT ME FROM GETTING
IT, IT PROTECTS YOU.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY ABOUT YOU
NOW.
SPEAK UP AT THE MAIN POINT IS
EVERY ADULT IN AMERICA HAS HAD
ACCESS TO THIS VACCINE FOR MORE.
OBVIOUSLY, I RAN TO GET IT THE
SECOND I COULD, PROBABLY A
SECOND BEFORE I SHOULD HAVE.
BUT THE POINT IS IF YOU ARE
CHOOSING NOT TO GET IT, WHICH I
THINK IS A FOOLISH DECISION, WE
ARE NOT STOPPING THE WORLD FOR
THE SAKE OF THOSE FOOLISH PEOPLE
IN THE SAME WAY WE WOULDN'T
INTERVENE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
LIKE ME WANT TO EAT A BIG MAC
EVERY DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S JUST NOT HOW WE CAN
PROCEED.
>> Bill: AND ABOUT THE SCIENCE
SCIENCE, PEOPLE, THIS IS I THINK
WERE DEMOCRATS LOOK BAD.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF SCIENCE,
AND THEN A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCIENCE,
LIKE SUGGESTING YOU WEAR MASKS
OUTSIDE.
THERE IS NO SCIENCE TO THAT.
>> OR PRESCHOOLERS HAVING TO BE
FITTED FOR A SPECIAL KN95 MASK.
>> Bill: OR THAT THE VIRUS CAN
GET ME WHEN I'M WALKING IN A
RESTAURANT BUT NOT WHEN I'M
SITTING DOWN.
[APPLAUSE]
THERE IS SO MUCH MINDLESS
BUREAUCRACY.
KAI RE-IRVING CAN PLAY ON THE
ROAD
BUT NOT HOME GAMES.
IT'S JUST STUPID.
>> TO ME THERE IS NO GREATER
ASSAULT ON SCIENCE THAN THE
ATTEMPT TO G LEGITIMIZE
VACCINATION.
IF WE ARE NOT FOR VACCINATION,
WE NEVER WOULD HAVE ERADICATED
POLIO IN THE UNITED STATES --
>> OF COURSE.
>> Bill: NO ONE IS ARGUING
THAT'S.
>> TRUMP HAS GOTTEN THE BOOSTER.
>> HE IS EXCEPTION, APPARENTLY
HE'S MORE RATIONAL ON VACCINES
THAN THE REST OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
>> Bill: THE SUPREME COURT
JUST RULED ON THIS AND WHEN WE
FOUND OUT WHAT SOME OF THE
JUSTICES SAID --
>> THEY WERE LISTENING TO NPR
ALL THE TIME.
>> Bill: IT SHOWED THEY WERE
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER LIBERAL OR
CONSERVATIVE, THEY ALL LISTEN TO
THEIR OWN MEDIA ZONES, AND
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR SAID WE HAD
OVER 100,000 CHILDREN IN SERIOUS
CONDITION AND MANY ON
VENTILATORS AT A TIME WHEN THERE
WERE FEWER THAN 5,000.
SHE ALSO SAID IT WAS A
BLOOD-BORNE VIRUS.
BLOOD-BORNE VIRUS?
I MEAN THAT IS REALLY IGNORANT
FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SO
DON'T BE THE WE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO BELIEVE IN SCIENCE BUT
YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACTS.
I READ THIS BEFORE, LIKE 41% OF
DEMOCRATS LAST YEAR THOUGHT THAT
OVER 50% OF PEOPLE WHO GOT COVID
WAS HOSPITALIZED.
IT WAS LESS THAN 1%.
>> BUT I'M SORRY, IF YOU'RE
WATCHING CABLE NEWS ALL DAY --
>> Bill: RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
THINK.
THERE'S THIS INFORMATION, NOT
JUST ON PODCAST AND THE
INTERNET.
IT'S ALSO ON CABLE NEWS.
THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATS IS PRESENT COMPANY
EXCLUDED, I THINK IS AMAZING AND
I HOPE THE FUTURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THIS MAN.
>> Bill: HE'S TRYING TO TOE
THE LINE TONIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE
DEMOCRATS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
PARTY OF THE LITTLE GUY PEERED
AT THEIR BEST THAT IS WHAT THEY
ARE ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
NOW COMFORTABLE WITH OR
SEEMINGLY COMFORTABLE WITH?
A TWO TIERED SYSTEM IN WHICH THE
HAVES GET TO GO INTO A
RESTAURANT AND LAUGH WITH THEIR
FRIENDS FOR TWO HOURS AND THEIR
FRIENDS SERVING THEM ARE MASK
AND WEARING GLOVES.
WHEN THEY GET TO WALK LIKE AOC
DID AT THE MET GALA WHERE IN THE
BACKGROUND THE STAFF LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE IN THE HANDS MADE
TAIL.
THIS IS A LOOK THAT IS
UNBELIEVABLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE
THEM.
>> Bill: AND THE JOBS COME OF
THE PEOPLE WITH THE CONSULTING
JOBS OR WHATEVER OTHER BULLSHIT
THEY DO, THEY GET TO STAY AT
HOME IN ORDER OUT AND DO SHIT BY
ZOOM WHERE IS THE WORKING, IT'S
THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO ARE
BREEDING THEIR SHITTY STALE AIR
ALL DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
CREATE A CLASS RESENTMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE LIBERALS ARE
ALWAYS SUGGESTING SACRIFICES
THEY THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE PART IN.
>> I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE WORST OF
COVID IS BEHIND US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: THIS GUY.
[LAUGHS]
I'M GLAD YOU NEVER FORGET YOU
ARE IN CONGRESS!
>> THERE WILL NEVER BE AN
ERADICATION OF COVID BUT IT WILL
BECOME ENDEMIC, IT WILL BECOME
NO DIFFERENT THAN THE SEASONAL
FLU AND THERE WILL BE A RETURN
TO NORMAL.
>> Bill: OKAY, WE ARE HOPEFUL
OF THAT.
THE DEMOCRATS, AND AGAIN, WE ARE
SHITTING AT THE DEMOCRATS
BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO GET
BETTER NOT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM
TO LOSE.
IN THE YEAR 2021, 14-POINT SWING
IN THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IT
WAS DEMOCRATS PLUS NINE.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR IT WAS
REPUBLICANS PLUS FIVE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SWING LIKE
THAT IN A SINGLE YEAR.
SOME OF THAT HAS TO BE COVID.
SOME OF THAT I ALSO THINK IS
CRIME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CRIME FOR A
MINUTE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
CRIMES THAT ARE NOW, I KNOW THIS
IS A BIG ISSUE IN NEW YORK.
I READ THE LOCAL PAPER THERE.
OKAY, THE D.A. FIGHTING WITH THE
NEW MAYOR BECAUSE THE MAYOR WON
ON A LET'S STOP CRIME PROGRAM.
NOT JUST NEW YORK.
SOME OF THE THINGS -- OH, WE
HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN.
PROGRESSIVE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
ARE PROSECUTING ANYMORE, LARCENY
UNDER $250, ROBBERY OF THE GUN
ISN'T LOADED, SHOPLIFTING,
TRESPASSING, IF A MINOR IS IN
POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL, WANTON OR
MALICIOUS OBSTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY, FARE EVASION,
DISTURBING THE PEACE, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, STOLEN PROPERTY, IT
GOES ON AND ON.
AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, RIGHTLY
OR WRONGLY, THEY ARE SEEING
PEOPLE OVER REACTED IN 2020
AFTER THE HEINOUS CRIME OF THE
MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THEN
THEY SAY THERE WAS AN
OVERREACTION DISBANDING THE
POLICE, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
THAT.
AND WHO IS GOING TO GET BLAMED
FOR ALL THIS?
NOT THE REPUBLICANS.
LET ME READ THE QUOTE FROM
LONDON BREED, THE MAYOR IN TAMPA
DISCO.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN AMAZING
QUOTE, "IT'S TIME THE RAIN OF
CRIMINALS WHO ARE DESTROYING OUR
CITIES COME TO AN END AND IT
COMES TO AN END WHEN WE TAKE THE
STEP OF BEING LESS TOLERANT OF
ALL THE BULLSHIT THAT HAS
DESTROYED OUR CITY."
[APPLAUSE]
THIS IS HOW YOU TALK LIKE A REAL
PERSON!
YOU SAY THE WORD "BULLSHIT."
>> BUT THE REASON THAT IS SUCH
AN IMPORTANT BELLWETHER IS IF
YOU WIND BACK THE CLOCK TO 2020,
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING SOFT
ON CRIME AND DEFINING THE
POLICE, SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
>> Bill: OH, REALLY?
>> AND THE SWITCH IS A GREAT,
GREAT A SIGN ABOUT WHERE SHE
THINKS HER BASE IS AND WHERE SHE
THINKS THE COMMON SENSE APPROACH
IS.
SHE HAS NOW DECLARED AN
EMERGENCY AREA IN THE TENDERLOIN
DISTRICT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE, I
MEAN, ANTI-CIVILIZATION TO WALK
THERE.
AND THERE ARE PARTS OF L.A. THAT
LOOKED JUST THE SAME PEER TO
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
SAME SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE D.A. N
NEW YORK AND ERIC ADAMS, THE CO.
BUT IT'S HAPPENING WITH THE
RECALL OF -- IN SAN FRANCISCO.
IT'S HAPPENING IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND WE WERE
WALKING IN A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND
THERE WAS A SIGN THAT SAID "THIS
IS A CARJACKING AREA.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE
EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR CAR.
>> Bill: WHO PUT THE SIGN UP?
>> THIS WAS A GOVERNMENT SIGN
UP.
>> Bill: NO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Bill: THE GOVERNMENT PUT UP
A SIGN THAT SAID THIS IS A
CARJACKING AREA?
WHAT ABOUT THE ALTERNATE SIDE OF
THE STREET?
THAT IS STILL OKAY.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT IS CRAZY.
THAT REMINDS ME OF THE '70s IN
NEW YORK WHEN THE THIEVES WOULD
PUT A SIGN OR PEOPLE WOULD PUT
UP THE SIGN FOR THE THIEVES --
>> NOTHING IN THE CAR.
>> Bill: NO RADIO, THANK YOU.
THEY WOULD THANK THE THIEVES FOR
NOT ROBBING THEM.
>> THE SOFT ON CRIME CRITIQUE IS
MORE OF A CARICATURE THAN A FAIR
CARICHARACTERIZATION OF WHERE MT
DEMOCRATS STAND.
>> Bill: MOST.
>> WE HAVE THEORIES ABOUT THE
CRIME WAVE AND WE GRAVITATE
TOWARDS THE THEORIES THAT HOLD
TRUE TO OUR OWN BIASES.
THE SIMPLEST EXULTATION IS
PROBABLY THE BEST IN THE SIMPLE
X DONATION IS WHEN YOU HAVE MORE
GUNS ON THE STREET YOU WILL HAVE
MORE GUN VIOLENCE.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE DURING
COVID, MORE PEOPLE ARE BUYING
GUNS THAN EVER BEFORE, MORE
PEOPLE ARE CARRYING GUNS THAN
EVER BEFORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
ASSEMBLING GUNS AT HOME THAN
EVER BEFORE AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU THEY
ARE FINDING MORE GUNS FLOWING
INTEREST RATES THAN EVER BEFORE.
>> Bill: THAT MAY BE TRUE BUT
THAT IS NOT REALLY WHAT THIS
CRIME IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE PEOPLE GOING INTO
TARGETS AND STORES LIKE THAT AND
JUST ROBBING THEM AND NO ONE IS
STOPPING THEM.
>> BECAUSE IF THE GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCES OR A D.A. IN THE CITY
ANNOUNCES LIKE SUMMER IN
SAN FRANCISCO, YOU CAN STILL
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WITH OF
STUFF AT WALGREENS AND NOTHING
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU, THAT IS WHY
THERE IS PRIVATE SECURITY AT
WALGREENS BEHIND LOCK AND KEY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> NO.
NEW YORK CITY HAS FIVE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS IN AMERICA.
THE POLICIES VARY WIDELY.
THE UPWARD TREND IN GUN VIOLENCE
IS A NATIONAL TREND.
THERE IS SOMETHING DEEPER THAN
THE PARTICULAR POLICIES OF
PROSECUTORS AND POLITICIANS.
I MEAN, IT'S THE NATIONAL WAVE
OF GUN VIOLENCE.
>> Bill: BUT WE'D ALWAYS HAD A
LOT OF A LOT OF GUNS.
>> WE HAVE MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK THE
LACK OF CRIME --
>> I HAD THREE POLICE OFFICER
SHOT IN MY DISTRICT IN THE LAST
MONTH AND A HALF.
THERE WAS AN 11-MONTH-OLD CHILD
STRUCK BY A STRAY BULLET.
THE GUN VIOLENCE IS OUT OF
CONTROL IN MY CONSTITUENTS WANT
TO LIVE IN AMERICA WHERE MOTHERS
AND GRAND CHILDREN ARE NO LONGER
BEARING CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YES, BUT DON'T YOU THINK
THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING AT PLAY
WHERE IN LOSS OF THESE CITIES
THERE WAS EVERYONE, THE SHEIK
THING TO SAY
WAS TALKING ABOUT ABOLISHING THE
POLICE AND DEFINING THE POLICE
AND YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT OF
POLICE OFFICERS
I'VE SPOKEN TO IN MY REPORTING
SYQUEST MAKE YOU WANT TO SEE
WHAT THE CITIES ARE LIKE WITHOUT
US?
GREAT, WE ARE GOING TO WITHDRAW.
I SPOKE WITH THE L.A.P.D.,
SOMEONE CAME UP TO MY FRIEND
TRIED TO STAB THEM IN DAYLIGHT
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE L.A.P.D.
SAID, WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO?
ISN'T THAT A PART OF THIS?
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THE
NUMBERS IN PERSPECTIVE.
IN 1990 WHEN I WAS ONLY TWO
THERE WERE MORE THAN 2200
MURDERS IN NEW YORK CITY.
IN 2021, THERE WERE 488.
SO ARE WE REVERTING BACK TO A
CRIME WAVE OF THE 1990s?
NO, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE
UPTICK IN VIOLENCE.
>> Bill: SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE
BLAMING THEM ON GUNS AND I'M
SAYING THOSE GUNS WERE ALWAYS
THERE, AMERICANS ALWAYS HAD A
LOT OF GUNS.
>> WE HAVE THE SAME VIOLENT
GANGS WE HAD BEFORE BUT THE
DIFFERENCES NOW THOSE GANGS HAVE
ACCESS TO MORE GUNS.
YOU CAN PURCHASE GUN COMPONENTS
ONLINE AND ASSEMBLE A GUN AT
HOME TO AN EXTENT THAT YOU NEVER
COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE.
>> Bill: OKAY.
WELL, LET'S GO ON TO ANOTHER
TOPIC.
>> A MORE WHOLESOME TOPIC.
>> Bill: THIS IS VERY
WHOLESOME.
I HAD A COUPLE OF GIGS CANCEL
BECAUSE OF THE DREADED 19 THIS
YEAR AND A PUT ME -- WHENEVER
THAT HAPPENS, I WAS GOING TO BE
IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE END OF THE
MONTH AND IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN NOW BECAUSE EVERYONE
STOPPED BUYING TICKETS BECAUSE
THEY WERE AFRAID.
OKAY, WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS I
GET INTO KIND OF A FUNK AND I
WATCH A LOT OF STUPID
TELEVISION.
SO I WAS WATCHING THE LATEST
DOCUMENTARY ON THE PLAYBOY
MANSION, THERE HAVE BEEN LIKE A
MILLION OF THEM.
I THINK I AM IN 100 OF THEM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BUT THIS ONE, THERE
WAS SOMETHING AND I JUST HAD TO
POINT OUT.
IT SAID THAT THE DOGS AT THE
PLAYBOY MANSION AT SOME POINT
WERE HOOKED ON COCAINE.
I SWEAR TO GOD, EVEN THE DOGS AT
THE PLAYBOY MANSION WERE
ADDICTED TO COCAINE.
THIS IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT
ISSUE, BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW
WHAT, LET'S JUST GET ONE IN THE
WIN COLUMN.
LET'S JUST DO SOMETHING, I'M
GOING TO BECOME A SINGLE ISSUE
CANDIDATE OF GETTING DOGS OFF
COCAINE.
[APPLAUSE]
SO I HAVE COME UP WITH THIS
PAMPHLET.
"HOW TO TELL IF YOUR DOG IS
ADDICTED TO COCAINE."
CAMPAIGN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF
THE THINGS IN HERE?
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE HEARS THE
THEME TO "MIAMI VICE" HE HIDES
UNDER THE SOFA.
[LAUGHS]
WHEN YOU TELL HIM "SPEAK!"
HE WON'T SHUT UP.
[LAUGHTER]
HE STAYS UP ALL NIGHT CLEANING
HIS DOGHOUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: HE KEEPS LEAVING IN
THE MIDDLE OF DINNER TO USE THE
HYDRANT.
YOU SEE HIM SUCKING SOME OTHER
DOG'S DICK.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN YOU TELL HIM TO GET DOWN,
HE PUTS ON KOOL AND THE GANG.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN HE HUMPS YOUR LEG, IT TAKES
HIM FOREVER TO FINISH.
[LAUGHTER]
AND WHENEVER YOU CAN'T FIND HIM,
HE'S WITH HUNTER BIDEN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: CONGRESSMAN, I
COULDN'T HAVE YOU HERE WITHOUT
TALKING ABOUT "WEST SIDE STORY."
[LAUGHTER]
>> CLEARLY A FINANCIAL EXPERT ON
"WEST SIDE STORY."
I'M GAY.
>> Bill: NO, WHAT PART
PUERTO RICAN.
>> I'M PUERTO RICAN.
>> Bill: RIGHTS, AND HER
FATHER WAS FROM PUERTO RICO.
THIS IS HALF OF WHAT THE SHOW IS
ABOUT.
IT'S A BIG STORY BECAUSE
STEVEN SPIELBERG, PROBABLY THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL DIRECTOR IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, HE MADE THE
REMAKE RECENTLY, AND OF COURSE
HE TRIED TO BE VERY WOKE UP
ABOUT IT AND GOT NOTHING BUT
GRIEF.
HE CAST -- IT'S TRUE.
[LAUGHTER]
RACHEL ZIGLER AS MARIA.
SHE'S HALF COLOMBIAN -- I MEAN,
SHE'S COLOMBIAN AND POLISH, I
THINK.
SO SHE'S NOT PUERTO RICAN.
THAT IS I GUESS WHAT THE
COMPLAINT WAS.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE
A PROBLEM OF THIS?
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT
HANGS AROUND THE NECKS OF
PROGRESSIVES ALL THE TIME AND
PEOPLE, VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY
SAY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
WHY?
WHAT IS THE POINT?
YOU ARE TOO WOKE.
>> [LAUGHS]
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE DEFENDER
OF WOKENESS?
>> Bill: I'M JUST ASKING.
>> HE'S ASKING ABOUT YOUR
PUERTO RICAN IDENTITY --
>> Bill: DOES MARIA IN
"WEST SIDE STORY" HAVE TO BE
PUERTO RICAN OR CAN SHE JUST BE
COLOMBIAN?
>> LOOK, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF
DIVERSITY, BUT ALSO I DO CARE
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE END
PRODUCT AND I'M SURE I'M GOING
TO ENJOY -- I HAVE NOT SEEN THE
SHOW, "WEST SIDE STORY."
>> Bill: MOVIE.
>> THE MOVIE, I'M SORRY.
THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH
OF AN EXPERT I AM ON
"WEST SIDE STORY."
>> Bill: YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
HE MADE THIS?
COME ON.
>> I AM SO KNEE-DEEP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> Bill: THERE WAS A MAN WHO
WAS WORKING FOR YOU.
>> CANCELLATION AT THIS POINT IS
LIKE COVID.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET IT, BUT
IT'S -- ANYONE WHO TRIES TO MAKE
ANYTHING OR TAKE A RISK OR DO
ANYTHING CREATIVE.
WE ARE LIVING IN A WORLD NOW
WHERE FREDERICK DOUGLASS HAS
BEEN CANCELED AND
ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAS BEEN
CANCELED, SO WHY NOT JOIN THE
RANKS OF THE CANCELED?
IT'S PRETTY GREAT TO BE FREE OF
THE BULLSHIT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I GUESS, I SHARE THE CONCERNS
ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE.
MY FRUSTRATION WITH THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT
CANCEL CULTURE IS THAT WE OFTEN
SPEAK OF IT AS THOUGH IT WERE AN
EXCLUSIVELY LEFT-WING
PHENOMENON.
>> Bill: NOT ME.
>> I WOULD ARGUE THE MOST
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF
CANCEL CULTURE IN AMERICA IS
DONALD TRUMP'S IRON GRIP ON THE
PSYCHE OF REPUBLICANS.
>> Bill: ABSOLUTELY.
>> THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO
LIVE IN FEAR OF CANCELLATION AT
THE HANDS OF DONALD TRUMP.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION WHO
VOTED TO DECERTIFY THE ELECTION
EVEN AFTER A VIOLENT ASSAULT ON
THE U.S. CAPITOL.
THAT KIND OF CANCEL CULTURE IS
FAR MORE ALARMING TO ME IN THE
EXCESSES OF --
>> Bill: NO ONE EVER GOT
CANCEL --
[APPLAUSE]
NO ONE EVER GOT CANCELED FASTER
OR HARDER THAN COLIN KAEPERNICK.
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: THAT WAS A RIGHT WING
CANCELLATION, YOU ARE RIGHT.
THERE ARE SNOWFLAKES ON BOTH
SIDES.
BUT IF I CAN BRING UP ONE MORE
THING WITH THE WOKENESS, THIS
WEEK IN WOKE.
>> THAT SHOULD BE A STANDING
SEGMENT.
>> Bill: THIS IS PRETTY
AMAZING, THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF
MOTION PICTURES, I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WAS SUCH A THING, IT IS
APPARENTLY A MUSEUM, THAT IS
WHAT I GOT OUT OF THIS, THE
ACADEMY MUSEUM, MAYBE THIS IS A
MAN ACADEMY, I'M SURE WE HAD A
MUSEUM FOR MOTION PICTURES BUT
APPARENTLY THEY PUT THE ARM ON
THE A-LISTERS OUT HERE TO GO.
>> WERE YOU INVITED?
>> Bill: NO.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
[LAUGHTER]
I AM NOT PART OF THAT THING.
AND I AM SO GLAD BECAUSE I
WOULDN'T WANT TO GO.
BUT BRAD PITT SHOWED UP IN
QUEEN LATIFAH SHOWED UP AND
NICOLE KIDMAN SHOWED UP AND
LADY GAGA WAS THERE AND I KNOW
THESE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
THE HOUSE TO GO TO THIS SHIT,
BUT SOMEBODY SAID THIS IS
IMPORTANT, THIS IS WHAT WE DO,
THIS IS OUR BUSINESS, SHOW UP.
OKAY, THIS IS THE ACADEMY MUSEUM
OF MOTION PICTURES.
THEY LEFT OUT THE JEWS.
>> YES, THEY DID.
>> Bill: THAT IS PRETTY
AMAZING, THAT IS LIKE THE
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM NOT MENTIONING
THE NAZIS.
I'M JUST SAYING NAZIS WERE
INTEGRAL TO THE HOLOCAUST.
STUDIO FOUNDERS, MAKE THE LIST,
CARL LEMLEY, GERMAN BORN JEW
STARTED UNIVERSAL PICTURES, FOX,
HUNGARIAN BORN JEW, THAT WAS FO
FOX.
COHEN, AMERICAN-BORN JEW, ADOLPH
ZUCKER, HUNGARIAN BORN JEW, THAT
WAS PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
POLISH BORN JEW, MARK IS LOW, WE
STILL HAVE THE THEATERS AND
LOUIS B MAYER, THAT WAS MGM.
THE JEWS INVENTED THIS BUSINESS.
[APPLAUSE]
I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A TOPIC
YOU WOULD WANT --
>> HE GETS THE PUERTO RICAN
"WEST SIDE STORY" QUESTION, I
GET THE JEWISH QUESTION.
>> Bill: EXACTLY.
>> BUT I KNOW WE BOTH BELIEVE WE
CAN ANSWER BOTH.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> EXACTLY.
THIS IS PART AND PARCEL OF A NEW
IDEOLOGY THAT CLAIMS TO BE ALL
ABOUT DIVERSITY, BUT FOR SOME
REASON, THE JEWS AND JEWISH
HISTORY DON'T SEEM TO RANK OR
DON'T SEEM TO COUNT.
IT'S AN IDEOLOGY THAT HAS
WHITEWASHED, FRANKLY, JEWISH
HISTORY THAT SAYS THAT BECAUSE
AMERICANS JEWS ARE SUCCESSFUL,
BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT FROM WHITE
PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE THEY CAN
CHANGE THEIR LAST NAME TO
LAUREN, BECAUSE OF THE VICTIM
THEY CLAIM, SINCE BECAUSE THE
1990s THE JEWS ARE THE SINGLE
MOST AGGRIEVED GROUP WHEN IT
COMES TO RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED
HATE CRIMES, INCLUDING WHAT
HAPPENED IN TEXAS LAST SATURDAY
WITH THE HOSTAGETAKING AT THE
SYNAGOGUE, WHICH THANK GOD NO
ONE WAS KILLED.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT IDENTITY GROUPS
MERELY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE
AMOUNT OF MELANIN IN YOUR SKIN,
MERELY THROUGH THE LENS OF RACE
YOU ARE GOING TO OVERLOOK THIS
UNIQUE STORY OF THE JEWS, THE
UNIQUE OPPRESSION THAT JEWS HAVE
FACED AND THEIR SUCCESSES COME
AS YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING COME
IN THIS CASE.
>> Bill: SO WHY DID THEY LEAVE
THEM OUT OF THE MOTION PICTURE
MUSEUM?
WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION QUESTION
JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO --
AND THEY DID INCLUDE LIKE
OBVIOUSLY SPIKE LEE AND PEOPLE
WHO DESERVE TO BE INCLUDED.
THEY ARE FANTASTIC FILMMAKERS.
BUT YOUR THEORY THEY LEFT THEM
OUT OUT OF PREJUDICE BECAUSE
THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL?
>> I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM.
>> Bill: THERE IS NO HISTORY,
JUST OPENED.
[LAUGHTER]
THE HISTORY IS THEY FUCKED UP ON
DAY ONE.
>> RIGHT.
I WOULD SAY GIVEN THAT THIS IS
HOLLYWOOD AND GIVEN THE IDEOLOGY
AND THE ORTHODOXY AND THE DOGMA
THAT IS PREVALENT HERE AND
THE --
>> Bill: THIS TOWN IS RUN BY
JEWS!
[APPLAUSE]
WHAT THE HECK COULD THEY BE
THINKING?
THEY STILL RUN IT!
[LAUGHS]
>> WHAT THEY MAY BE THINKING IS,
THOSE ARE JUST DEAD WHITE GUYS.
SORRY.
>> Bill: IS AT THE FOUNDING
FATHER EQUIVALENTS?
>> SURE!
>> Bill: LIKE TEARING DOWN THE
LINCOLN STATUE?
OH, MY GOD.
>> I'M CURIOUS WHAT RITCHIE
THINKS.
>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT
ANTI-SEMITISM IN OUR SOCIETY,
THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS TO
EXCLUDE PRO-ISRAEL JEWS IN
PARTICULAR FROM THE PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT.
I FEEL ALL OF US HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO CONDEMN THE
ANTI-SEMITISM NO MATTER WHAT
FORM IT TAKES AND NO MATTER WHAT
IDEOLOGICAL DIRECTION FROM WHICH
IT COMES.
[APPLAUSE]
IT DOES FEEL LIKE OUR SOCIETY
INCREASINGLY FAILS TO TREAT
ANTI-SEMITISM WITH THE
SERIOUSNESS THAT IT DESERVES.
>> Bill: LET ME ASK YOU ONE
FINAL QUESTION, THERE'S GOING TO
BE HEARINGS WE ARE GOING TO SEE
ON TV, MAYBE LIKE THE WATERGATE
HEARINGS, BY JANUARY 6 THAT ARE
GOING TO START.
I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHEN?
YOU WOULD KNOW THIS.
>> IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
>> Bill: IN THE WEEKS, OKAY.
JAMIE RASKIN, HE IS A COLLEAGUE
OF YOURS IN CONGRESS.
HE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO BLOW
THE ROOF OFF THE HOUSE IN TERMS
OF EXPLAINING TO AMERICA WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE ATTACK
ON OUR DEMOCRACY.
I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL WATCH AND
I HOPE EVERYONE WILL DISCUSS AND
IT WILL LEAD TO A REPORT THAT I
HOPE AGAIN WILL BE A
GAME-CHANGER IN TERMS OF
AMERICAN HISTORY.
OVERSELLING IT?
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN
THIS MOVIE BEFORE, WHERE THE
HALF OF AMERICA WHO ALREADY
BELIEVES IT WATCHES IT AND LOVES
IT AND THE HALF THAT DOESN'T, IT
IGNORES IT AND IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
SEE IT DIFFERENTLY?
>> I AGREE WITH JAMIE.
AND I WAS SWORN IN ON
JANUARY 3RD, 2021.
AND THEN LIVED THROUGH THE
INSURRECTION THREE DAYS LATER.
>> Bill: WOW.
>> SO IT HITS CLOSE TO HOME.
MY COLLEAGUE JOKED, NONE OF THIS
WAS HAPPENING UNTIL YOU CAME
ALONG.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: THAT'S GOOD.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE]
>> FOR ME, WHAT IS AT STAKE IS
THE SURVIVAL OF OUR DEMOCRACY,
WHICH CAN NO LONGER BE TAKEN FOR
GRANTED.
AS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WE
CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS
ABOUT TAXES AND SPENDING IN
CULTURE AND SOCIETY BUT AS
AMERICANS WE SHOULD BE UNITED
AROUND THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF
POWER.
AS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
[APPLAUSE]
WE SHOULD BE UNITED IN DEFENDING
THE IDEA THAT POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES SHOULD BE RESOLVED
NOT BY VIOLENCE, BUT BY
ELECTIONS, BY RESPECTING THE
RESULTS OF ELECTIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WE WILL END IT THERE,
HEAR HEAR HEAR.
THANK YOU, NOW IT'S TIME FOR US
TO BE 20 NEW RULES IN 2022, OUR
20TH YEAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOW THAT LOUISIANA SENATE
CANDIDATE GARY CHAMBERS IS
SMOKING POT IN HIS NEW CAMPAIGN
AD, HE HAS TO TELL ME WHERE I
CAN DONATE TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
[LAUGHTER]
BECAUSE I'M EXCITED FOR THE DAY
WHEN DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN REDUCED
TO, DO YOU LIKE THE CANDIDATES
WHO HOLD UP GUNS IN THEIR ADS?
OR DO YOU LIKE CANDIDATES WHO
HOLD UP WEED?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT WAY WE CAN FINALLY UNITE
AROUND THE ONE FEELING BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SHARE:
PARANOIA.
[LAUGHTER]
STEPHANIE MATTO, THE FORMER
REALITY STAR WHO NOW HAS A
TIKTOK CHANNEL WHERE SHE CHARGES
$1,000 FOR A JAR OF FARTS, CAN'T
STOP THERE.
THERE'S STILL ONE TINY PART OF
MY INTELLIGENCE YOU HAVEN'T
INSULTED.
I SAY SHE HAS TO SELL AN NFT OF
A JAR OF FARTS.
[LAUGHTER]
OH WAIT, SHE DOES?
THANK YOU, WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
I THINK WE'RE DONE.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: NOW THAT ANTONIO BROWN
HAS QUIT THE TAMPA BAY
BUCCANEERS BY STRIPPING TO THE
WAIST, FLASHING A PEACE SIGN AND
JOGGING OFF, EVERYONE HAS TO
QUIT THEIR JOB THAT WAY!
[APPLAUSE]
NO, IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL, AND
IT MAY AFFECT FUTURE EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT
WHEN MIRIAM FROM ACCOUNTING DOES
IT, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET HER.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: IF CABLE NEWS REALLY
WANTS ME TO CARE ABOUT UKRAINE
AND RUSSIA, THEY HAVE TO FIND
SOME BETTER B-ROLL THAN THIS
POOR BASTARD IN A TRENCH IN THE
SNOW.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO
SEND THEM OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST
TO FIGHT AND DIE.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO SEND
KYLE RITTENHOUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: PABST BLUE RIBBON,
WHOSE ACCOUNT TWEETED, "NOT
DRINKING THIS JANUARY?
TRY EATING ASS!"
[LAUGHTER]
HAS TO TELL ME: A, ARE THESE MY
ONLY TWO CHOICES?
AND B, DID THIS MESSAGE REALLY
COME FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE IN
THE COMPANY?
OR WAS SOMEONE JUST BEING TONGUE
IN CHEEK?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE: DEMOCRATS
MUST THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR
HIS GREAT SERVICE TO AMERICA,
AND THEN MOVE HIM INTO A MORE
CEREMONIAL ROLE.
LET ME FINISH.
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN PRESIDENT NOW
FOR A YEAR AND A DAY.
THE DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT THE
YEAR?
[LAUGHTER]
NOT HORRIBLE, CERTAINLY BETTER
THAN THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT FOR
SOME REASON AMERICA HAS LOST ITS
FAITH IN JOE.
SOMETIMES THAT JUST HAPPENS.
A NEW CBS POLL HAS JUST OVER A
QUARTER OF AMERICANS SAYING THE
COUNTRY IS GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, AND THE QUINNIPIAC
POLL HAS BIDEN'S YEAR ONE
APPROVAL RATING AT 33%, THE
LOWEST FOR ANY PRESIDENT EVER,
EVEN TRUMP.
33%.
IF HE WERE A MOVIE HE'D BE
LISTED AS "CERTIFIED ROTTEN."
[LAUGHTER]
OF COURSE HE'S NOT, AND WHAT'S
GONE WRONG IS CERTAINLY NOT ALL
JOE'S FAULT, BUT THE HARD FACT
IS, EVEN WHEN JOE DOES SOMETHING
GOOD, HE SEEMS TO GET NO CREDIT.
OUR ECONOMY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY
AWESOME CONSIDERING WHAT WE'VE
JUST BEEN THROUGH.
WAGES ARE UP, WORKERS HAVE MORE
LEVERAGE, WE AVOIDED A
RECESSION --
[APPLAUSE]
STOCKS JUST HAD THEIR BEST YEAR
SINCE 1995.
AND YET ONLY 38% APPROVE OF HIS
HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
LACK PASSIONATE DEFENDERS.
AS OPPOSED TO TRUMP, WHO EVERY
DAY SHIT THE BED, AND 90% OF
REPUBLICANS BLAMED THE BED.
[APPLAUSE]
AND BIDEN MAY WELL HAVE EVEN
FURTHER TO FALL, BECAUSE THERE'S
NO DIE-HARD BIDEN BASE.
HIS IS A COALITION OF THE
UNENTHUSED.
NO ONE EVER FAINTED DURING ONE
OF HIS SPEECHES, OR CLAIMED
BIDEN WAS APPOINTED BY GOD, OR
ASKED HIM TO SIGN THEIR TITS.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN HE FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE I
TOLD YOU THAT BIDEN WAS LIKE
NON-DAIRY CREAMER: NOBODY'S
FIRST CHOICE, BUT HE GOT THE JOB
DONE.
[LAUGHTER]
AND HE DID GET THE JOB DONE, IN
2020, WHEN HIS NATION NEEDED HIM
TO BEAT TRUMP, AND HE DID.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT FAIR OR NOT, TO MOST PEOPLE
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE JOE BIDEN'S
GET-UP-AND-GO GOT UP AND WENT.
THERE'S NO BIG DICK ENERGY
COMING OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: AND THEIR BENCH IS SO
THIN THEY'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT
RUNNING HILLARY AGAIN.
AND I'M SURE SHE'S THINKING,
"WELL, WHO ELSE YOU GOT?"
KAMALA?
HER APPROVAL RATING IS LOWER
THAN BIDEN'S.
BERNIE'S TOO OLD, AND PETE'S TOO
YOUNG.
AND THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THERE IS ONE GUY ALL
DEMOCRATS COULD RALLY BEHIND AND
WOULD LOVE TO SEE BACK IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW, OF COURSE, YOU'RE SAYING,
"BUT OBAMA CAN'T BE PRESIDENT
AGAIN, HE'S HAD TWO TERMS, AND
THAT'S THE RULE."
YEAH, THE RULE.
YOU KNOW, POLITICS, OFTEN CALLED
"THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE,"
REALLY HAS NOW BECOME "THE ART
OF WHATEVER YOU CAN GET AWAY
WITH."
SOMETHING ONLY REPUBLICANS SEEM
TO REALIZE.
LIKE WHEN THEY JUST MADE UP THAT
PRESIDENTS CAN'T APPOINT A
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN AN
ELECTION YEAR.
OR WHEN THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS
AND SAID, "OH, WAIT, THEY CAN
WHEN OUR SIDE IS IN POWER."
HERE'S MITCH McCONNELL TELLING
US IN 2016 THAT HE'S NOT GONNA
EVEN GIVE OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT
PICK A HEARING BECAUSE THERE'S
ONLY EIGHT MONTHS TO THE
ELECTION.
>> AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO WEIGH
IN AND THEN DECIDE WHO IS GOING
TO MAKE THIS DECISION?
NOT THIS LAME DUCK PRESIDENT ON
THE WAY OUT THE DOOR, BUT THE
NEXT PRESIDENT, NEXT YEAR.
>> Bill: AND HERE HE IS ON
WHETHER THEY'D FILL A SEAT IF
THERE WAS AN OPENING DURING
TRUMP'S LAST YEAR IN OFFICE.
>> OH, WE'D FILL IT.
>> Bill: AND THEN THEY DID,
EIGHT DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION.
TO THEM, HYPOCRISY IS NOT A BUG,
IT'S A FEATURE.
THEY'RE ALL ABOUT GRINNING IN
THE MIRROR AS THEY SHOVE IT UP
YOUR ASS -- LIKE JESUS WOULD DO.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF
TRUMPISM.
YOU WANT TO SEE MY TAX RETURNS?
SHOW ME WHERE THAT'S WRITTEN
DOWN.
YOU WANT ME TO CONCEDE WHEN I
LOSE?
THAT'S JUST A TRADITION.
HERE AT "REAL TIME," AS A WAY TO
DESCRIBE THIS PHENOMENON WE LIKE
TO REMEMBER "GUS," THAT'S THE
'70S DISNEY MOVIE ABOUT A MULE
NAMED GUS WHO GETS SIGNED BY A
FOOTBALL TEAM TO KICK FIELD
GOALS WITH HIS POWERFUL LEG,
BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING
SPECIFICALLY IN THE RULE BOOK
THAT SAID A TEAM COULDN'T SIGN
AND PLAY A MULE.
TRUMP PULLED A GUS EVERY DAY
WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: NOT DIVESTING HIS
BUSINESSES, MAKING HIS
SON-IN-LAW OUR DE FACTO PRIME
MINISTER, FILLING
CABINET DEPARTMENTS WITH
"ACTING" SECRETARIES SO THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE TO UNDERGO BEING
APPROVED BY THE SENATE, SCREWING
WITH THE POST OFFICE TO MAKE IT
HARDER TO VOTE.
ALL PRESIDENTS PARDON SOME SHADY
PEOPLE, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST TO
SAY, "FUCK IT, I'LL GIVE IT TO
MYSELF."
[LAUGHTER]
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DO
NOW IS THEIR VERSION OF A GUS,
AND IT GOES LIKE THIS.
BIDEN AND OBAMA MUST DIVORCE
THEIR WIVES.
NOT LEAVE THEM, JUST
"OFFICIALLY" "LEGALLY" DIVORCE
THEM, THEN BIDEN WILL
GAY-MARRY OBAMA --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: THEREBY PUTTING HIM
BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
YES, THE LAW SAYS OBAMA CAN'T BE
PRESIDENT AGAIN, BUT THERE'S
NOTHING THAT SAYS HE CAN'T
BE FIRST LADY.
[LAUGHTER]
AND IF OBAMA WAS BACK AS BIDEN'S
"HUSBAND," THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WOULD GET ITS MOJO BACK AND WE'D
HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PERSON
REALLY RUNNING THE SHOW WAS THE
PERSON WE REALLY WANT RUNNING
THE SHOW.
AND BIDEN, OF COURSE, WOULD
STILL HAVE VALUE.
LIKE THAT EXTRA POPE THEY KEEP
IN ROME.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN OBAMA DID SOMETHING GOOD,
JOE COULD STAND BEHIND HIM AND
SAY, "THIS IS A BIG FUCKING
DEAL!"
[APPLAUSE]
HISTORIANS SAY WHEN WOODROW
WILSON HAD A STROKE, HIS WIFE,
EDITH, SECRETLY RAN THE COUNTRY
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
CAN DEMOCRATS DO IT AGAIN?
SAY IT WITH ME: YES, WE CAN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
EXCEPT THIS TIME, DO IT PROUDLY,
WITH THAT SMUG MITCH MaCONNELL
LOOK ON YOUR FACE, LIKE, "YEAH,
WE KNOW IT'S WRONG AND NEVER
BEEN DONE, BUT THAT'S ALL
SECONDARY TO FUCKING YOU AND
LOVING IT."
DON'T WHINE, "BUT BIDEN AND
OBAMA AREN'T REALLY GAY!"
YES, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: ALTHOUGH, IF THE TWO OF
THEM EVER DID HAVE A SLOW DANCE
WHILE BEYONCE SERENADED THEM
WITH "AT LAST," I'M SURE MSNBC
WOULD EXPLODE INTO RAINBOW
SKITTLES.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE GOING
WITH THIS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT
GAY, THIS IS ABOUT SHOWING THAT
DEMOCRATS CAN PLAY BY "GUS"
RULES, TOO.
TRUMP LOST THE POPULAR VOTE IN
BOTH OF HIS ELECTIONS AND HE
STILL GOT TO PUT THREE JUDGES ON
THE SUPREME COURT, SO DON'T ASK
ME TO FEEL BAD ABOUT FIRST LADY
BARACK OBAMA.
[LAUGHTER]
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL,
MITCH?
IN AMERICA, THE FIRST LADY
ALWAYS GETS A PET PROJECT SHE
FEELS PASSIONATE ABOUT.
LAURA BUSH HAD LITERACY, AND
MICHELLE OBAMA HAD FITNESS, AND
MELANIA HAD "ANTI-BULLYING."
REALLY OBAMA WILL BE NO
DIFFERENT.
IT'S JUST THAT HIS FIRST LADY
PROJECT IS RUNNING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE FOX THEATRE IN
OAKLAND, FEBRUARY 12TH, AT THE
MIRAGE IN VEGAS FEBRUARY 18TH
AND 19TH, AND AT THE FILLMORE
IN MIAMI, MARCH 4TH AND 5TH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS,
BARI WEISS, RITCHIE TORRES, AND
TIMOTHY SNYDER.
DON'T FORGET TO STAY TUNED FOR
BOB COSTAS' SHOW UP AND GO BACK
ON THE RECORD AND GO TO YOUTUBE,
"OVERTIME" IS BACK!
THANKS, FOLKS!
[APPLAUSE]
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