1 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:33,131 WELCOME, WELCOME, 2 00:00:33,132 --> 00:00:33,398 WELCOME TO 3 00:00:33,399 --> 00:00:33,831 "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 4 00:00:33,832 --> 00:00:34,999 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS FOR 5 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,736 JOINING US. 6 00:00:38,737 --> 00:00:39,437 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK! 7 00:00:39,438 --> 00:00:40,838 ISRAEL ATTACKED MILITARY TARGETS 8 00:00:40,839 --> 00:00:42,173 IN IRAN, AND AN E. COLI OUTBREAK 9 00:00:42,174 --> 00:00:43,207 WAS TIED TO MCDONALD'S, YET WAS 10 00:00:43,208 --> 00:00:44,042 STILL SOMEHOW THE SECOND MOST 11 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:44,676 REVOLTING THING INSIDE ONE THIS 12 00:00:44,677 --> 00:00:48,813 WEEK. 13 00:00:48,814 --> 00:00:49,747 BUT WITH THE ELECTION JUST NINE 14 00:00:49,748 --> 00:00:50,748 DAYS AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO 15 00:00:50,749 --> 00:00:51,282 SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT 16 00:00:51,283 --> 00:00:52,817 TONIGHT, AND COVER TWO MAIN 17 00:00:52,818 --> 00:00:53,317 STORIES, BOTH RELATED TO 18 00:00:53,318 --> 00:00:54,652 IMMIGRATION. 19 00:00:54,653 --> 00:00:56,388 THE SUBJECT OF THE STATUE OF 20 00:00:57,957 --> 00:00:59,057 GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, 21 00:00:59,058 --> 00:01:01,325 YOUR HUDDLED MASSES, YEARNING TO 22 00:01:01,326 --> 00:01:02,760 BREATHE FREE," WHICH I BELIEVE 23 00:01:02,761 --> 00:01:03,494 "COME IN 24 00:01:03,495 --> 00:01:05,463 BITCHES, LET'S GET TWISTED," 25 00:01:05,464 --> 00:01:06,097 AFTER IT WAS DEEMED "SIMPLY TOO 26 00:01:06,098 --> 00:01:09,167 GOOD." 27 00:01:09,168 --> 00:01:10,001 IN THE FINAL CAMPAIGN STRETCH, 28 00:01:10,002 --> 00:01:15,039 TRUMP'S FOCUSED RELENTLESSLY ON 29 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:15,640 IMMIGRATION, AND IT HAS GOTTEN 30 00:01:15,641 --> 00:01:16,107 UGLY. 31 00:01:16,108 --> 00:01:18,676 THEY'RE COMING FROM 181 32 00:01:18,677 --> 00:01:19,677 COUNTRIES AS OF YESTERDAY, 33 00:01:19,678 --> 00:01:21,379 RIGHT, AND WE'RE A DUMPING 34 00:01:21,380 --> 00:01:22,580 GROUND. 35 00:01:22,581 --> 00:01:23,448 WE'RE LIKE A-- WE'RE 36 00:01:23,449 --> 00:01:23,981 LIKE A GARBAGE CAN FOR THE 37 00:01:23,982 --> 00:01:24,615 WORLD. 38 00:01:24,616 --> 00:01:27,085 THESE ARE STONE-COLD KILLERS. 39 00:01:27,086 --> 00:01:27,852 THEY'LL WALK INTO YOUR KITCHEN, 40 00:01:27,853 --> 00:01:29,787 THEY'LL CUT YOUR THROAT. 41 00:01:29,788 --> 00:01:30,421 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL THEM 42 00:01:30,422 --> 00:01:30,755 PEOPLE. 43 00:01:30,756 --> 00:01:31,656 IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE NOT 44 00:01:31,657 --> 00:01:33,091 PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION, BUT I'M 45 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:35,093 NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE 46 00:01:35,094 --> 00:01:35,693 THE RADICAL LEFT SAYS THAT'S A 47 00:01:35,694 --> 00:01:37,228 TERRIBLE THING TO SAY. 48 00:01:37,229 --> 00:01:37,862 THEY'RE DESTROYING THE BLOOD OF 49 00:01:37,863 --> 00:01:39,897 OUR COUNTRY. 50 00:01:39,898 --> 00:01:40,698 THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 51 00:01:40,699 --> 00:01:42,834 THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. 52 00:01:42,835 --> 00:01:43,468 THEY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAID 53 00:01:43,469 --> 00:01:44,669 THAT, AND I NEVER READ MEIN 54 00:01:44,670 --> 00:01:48,439 KAMPF. 55 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,073 THEY SAID, "OH, HITLER SAID THAT 56 00:01:49,074 --> 00:01:51,409 IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY." 57 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:52,910 OKAY, FOR A START, 58 00:01:52,911 --> 00:01:53,544 IMMIGRANTS AREN'T DESTROYING THE 59 00:01:53,545 --> 00:01:59,283 BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. 60 00:01:59,284 --> 00:01:59,917 IF ANYTHING, MOUNTAIN DEW BAJA 61 00:01:59,918 --> 00:02:02,520 BLAST IS DOING THAT, AND LET ME 62 00:02:02,521 --> 00:02:03,121 BE THE FIRST TO SAY I FOR ONE 63 00:02:03,122 --> 00:02:07,025 WELCOME THE POISON. 64 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:07,859 BUT IT IS WILD THAT TRUMP'S 65 00:02:07,860 --> 00:02:09,027 RESPONSE TO BEING TOLD HE'S 66 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:10,328 QUOTING HITLER IS "NO, HE SAID 67 00:02:10,329 --> 00:02:14,866 IT DIFFERENTLY." 68 00:02:14,867 --> 00:02:15,433 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NOT THAT 69 00:02:15,434 --> 00:02:17,135 DIFFERENTLY. 70 00:02:17,136 --> 00:02:18,736 "ALL GREAT 71 00:02:18,737 --> 00:02:19,837 CULTURES OF THE PAST PERISHED 72 00:02:19,838 --> 00:02:20,538 ONLY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL 73 00:02:20,539 --> 00:02:21,706 CREATIVE RACE DIED OUT FROM 74 00:02:21,707 --> 00:02:22,106 BLOOD POISONING." 75 00:02:22,107 --> 00:02:23,141 SO SAME GENERAL IDEA, JUST A BIT 76 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:24,542 MORE COHERENT. 77 00:02:24,543 --> 00:02:31,618 I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHEN 78 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:35,486 IT COMES TO RHETORIC, 79 00:02:35,487 --> 00:02:35,887 TRUMP'S NO HITLER. 80 00:02:35,888 --> 00:02:36,087 BUT... 81 00:02:36,088 --> 00:02:37,021 LET HIM COOK? 82 00:02:37,022 --> 00:02:39,557 BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST RHETORIC 83 00:02:39,558 --> 00:02:40,191 ABOUT IMMIGRANTS-- TRUMP'S ALSO 84 00:02:40,192 --> 00:02:40,792 MADE A VERY SPECIFIC PROMISE. 85 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:41,426 AS SOON AS I TAKE THE OATH OF 86 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:41,959 OFFICE, WE WILL BEGIN THE 87 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:42,927 LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN 88 00:02:42,928 --> 00:02:43,628 THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 89 00:02:43,629 --> 00:02:47,332 EVEN LARGER THAN THAT OF 90 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,299 PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 91 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:53,838 MANY YEARS AGO. 92 00:02:53,839 --> 00:02:54,472 HE WAS A BIG DEPORTATION PERSON. 93 00:02:54,473 --> 00:02:56,107 OKAY, FIRST, IT'S A 94 00:02:56,108 --> 00:02:58,276 HELL OF A THING TO BE CITING 95 00:02:58,277 --> 00:02:58,910 EISENHOWER, GIVEN HIS PROGRAM-- 96 00:02:58,911 --> 00:02:59,444 WHICH DEPORTED HUNDREDS OF 97 00:02:59,445 --> 00:03:00,078 THOUSANDS OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS 98 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:02,447 - IS WIDELY SEEN AS BOTH A 99 00:03:02,448 --> 00:03:02,980 FIASCO AND A STAIN ON U.S. 100 00:03:02,981 --> 00:03:05,917 HISTORY, WHILE ALSO HAVING A 101 00:03:05,918 --> 00:03:06,551 NAME I'M LITERALLY UNWILLING TO 102 00:03:06,552 --> 00:03:07,719 SAY ON TV. 103 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,486 IT'S ONE OF MANY FACTS YOU MAY 104 00:03:08,487 --> 00:03:09,554 NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT EISENHOWER, 105 00:03:09,555 --> 00:03:10,121 ALONG WITH "HE WAS THE FIRST 106 00:03:10,122 --> 00:03:11,289 PRESIDENT TO RIDE IN A 107 00:03:11,290 --> 00:03:14,225 HELICOPTER, AND THE FIRST TO 108 00:03:14,226 --> 00:03:15,626 POSE FOR AN OFFICIAL PHOTO LIKE 109 00:03:15,627 --> 00:03:16,427 HE'S ON THE COVER OF "WOMEN'S 110 00:03:16,428 --> 00:03:18,896 HEALTH MAGAZINE" UNDER THE 111 00:03:18,897 --> 00:03:19,497 HOW TO FEEL FABULOUS 112 00:03:19,498 --> 00:03:20,398 AT ANY AGE!" 113 00:03:20,399 --> 00:03:21,733 MASS DEPORTATION IS A 114 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:22,367 CORNERSTONE PLEDGE FOR THE TRUMP 115 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:23,234 CAMPAIGN. 116 00:03:23,235 --> 00:03:24,902 IT WAS PROMOTED ON SIGNS AT THE 117 00:03:24,903 --> 00:03:26,104 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND IS 118 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:26,904 REFERENCED IN THE PARTY'S 119 00:03:26,905 --> 00:03:30,008 PLATFORM. 120 00:03:30,009 --> 00:03:30,675 AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE 121 00:03:30,676 --> 00:03:31,576 WIDESPREAD BACKING, GIVEN ONE 122 00:03:31,577 --> 00:03:34,212 SURVEY FOUND IT HAS AT LEAST 123 00:03:34,213 --> 00:03:37,382 SOME SUPPORT FROM 54% OF 124 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:37,849 AMERICANS, AND 86% OF 125 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:38,416 REPUBLICANS. 126 00:03:38,417 --> 00:03:39,784 AND TRUMP SUPPORTERS WILL TELL 127 00:03:39,785 --> 00:03:41,019 YOU THEY LOVE THE IDEA OF 128 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:41,619 MASS DEPORTATION, EVEN IF THEY 129 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:43,054 HAVEN'T THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE 130 00:03:43,055 --> 00:03:44,355 DETAILS. 131 00:03:44,356 --> 00:03:46,224 THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 132 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:47,825 BREAKING THE LAWS OF THIS 133 00:03:47,826 --> 00:03:49,460 COUNTRY, THAT CAME ACROSS HERE 134 00:03:49,461 --> 00:03:50,061 ILLEGAL, ARE GOING TO BE MASS 135 00:03:50,062 --> 00:03:51,195 DEPORTED. 136 00:03:51,196 --> 00:03:52,830 MASS DEPORTATIONS, THAT'S 137 00:03:52,831 --> 00:03:53,364 WHAT TRUMP'S CALLING FOR. 138 00:03:53,365 --> 00:03:54,332 YES. 139 00:03:54,333 --> 00:03:55,500 THAT'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 140 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:56,634 WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 141 00:03:56,635 --> 00:03:58,002 HERE ILLEGALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY 142 00:03:58,003 --> 00:03:59,070 PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE COMING HERE, 143 00:03:59,071 --> 00:03:59,937 MY GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE, BUT 144 00:03:59,938 --> 00:04:01,272 THEY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. 145 00:04:01,273 --> 00:04:02,173 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THOUGH. 146 00:04:02,174 --> 00:04:03,408 I DON'T CARE. 147 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,677 I THINK IT HAS TO HAPPEN. 148 00:04:05,678 --> 00:04:07,211 I THINK CITIZENS HAVE TO BE 149 00:04:07,212 --> 00:04:07,779 BEHIND IT. 150 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:08,646 HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S 151 00:04:08,647 --> 00:04:10,581 POSSIBLE TO DO THAT HUMANELY? 152 00:04:10,582 --> 00:04:12,283 I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I'M 153 00:04:12,284 --> 00:04:13,384 CONFIDENT TRUMP CAN DO IT. 154 00:04:13,385 --> 00:04:15,053 ARE YOU? 155 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:16,722 LOOK, THERE ARE THINGS I'M 156 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:19,023 PARAPHRASE HITLER, EMOTIONALLY 157 00:04:19,024 --> 00:04:20,224 ABUSE HIS CHILDREN, EVENTUALLY 158 00:04:20,225 --> 00:04:22,727 DIE ON THE TOILET. 159 00:04:22,728 --> 00:04:23,628 BUT UNLIKE AUNT BEDAZZLEHAT 160 00:04:23,629 --> 00:04:24,595 HERE, I DON'T THINK "FIGURING 161 00:04:24,596 --> 00:04:25,463 OUT HOW TO HUMANELY DEPORT 162 00:04:25,464 --> 00:04:26,164 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE" IS ONE OF 163 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:27,632 THEM. 164 00:04:27,633 --> 00:04:29,500 THE FACT IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE 165 00:04:29,501 --> 00:04:30,601 SEEM TO BE SUPPORTING SOMETHING 166 00:04:30,602 --> 00:04:31,869 RIGHT NOW WHOSE IMPLICATIONS 167 00:04:31,870 --> 00:04:33,404 THEY MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND. 168 00:04:33,405 --> 00:04:35,206 SO GIVEN THAT, TONIGHT, LET'S 169 00:04:35,207 --> 00:04:36,007 TALK ABOUT TRUMP'S MASS 170 00:04:36,008 --> 00:04:37,843 DEPORTATION PLAN. 171 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:39,844 WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE 172 00:04:39,845 --> 00:04:42,213 LOGISTICS OF MASS DEPORTATION, 173 00:04:42,214 --> 00:04:43,247 THE MORALITY 174 00:04:43,248 --> 00:04:44,982 OF IT IS DESPICABLE. 175 00:04:44,983 --> 00:04:46,951 IMMIGRANTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NO 176 00:04:46,952 --> 00:04:47,618 MATTER WHAT MCDONALD'S WORST 177 00:04:47,619 --> 00:04:51,222 EMPLOYEE SAYS. 178 00:04:51,223 --> 00:04:52,590 WITH THAT SAID, LET'S START WITH 179 00:04:52,591 --> 00:04:53,191 THE SHEER SIZE OF WHAT TRUMP'S 180 00:04:53,192 --> 00:04:54,692 PROPOSING. 181 00:04:54,693 --> 00:04:56,594 BECAUSE HIS CAMPAIGN CLAIMS 182 00:04:56,595 --> 00:04:58,262 THERE ARE 20 TO 25 MILLION 183 00:04:58,263 --> 00:04:59,197 "ILLEGAL ALIENS" IN THE COUNTRY 184 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:01,132 - DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT'S 185 00:05:01,133 --> 00:05:01,699 ROUGHLY HALF THAT, WITH ONE 186 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:03,368 GROUP PLACING THE NUMBER AROUND 187 00:05:03,369 --> 00:05:04,202 13 MILLION PEOPLE. 188 00:05:04,203 --> 00:05:06,838 SO THEY'RE ALREADY OFF BY THE 189 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:07,905 "POPULATION OF OHIO." 190 00:05:07,906 --> 00:05:09,207 BUT THAT STILL LEAVES THE TASK 191 00:05:09,208 --> 00:05:10,875 OF REMOVING 13 MILLION PEOPLE-- 192 00:05:10,876 --> 00:05:12,043 MANY OF WHOM, INCIDENTALLY, ARE 193 00:05:12,044 --> 00:05:13,444 SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 194 00:05:13,445 --> 00:05:15,213 AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR DECADES. 195 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:16,314 ALSO, DEPORTING SOMEONE ISN'T AS 196 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:17,849 SIMPLE AS FINDING THEM, NOT 197 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:18,783 LIKING THEIR PAPERWORK AND 198 00:05:18,784 --> 00:05:19,984 PUTTING THEM ON A PLANE. 199 00:05:19,985 --> 00:05:20,985 IT USUALLY REQUIRES AN ARREST, 200 00:05:20,986 --> 00:05:22,954 DETENTION, LEGAL PROCESSING, AND 201 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:25,023 ONLY THEN, REMOVAL. 202 00:05:25,024 --> 00:05:25,890 AND TO CARRY OUT OVER 13 MILLION 203 00:05:25,891 --> 00:05:27,058 ARRESTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 204 00:05:27,059 --> 00:05:28,226 TIME, IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THE 205 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:30,895 GOVERNMENT WOULD NEED TO HIRE 206 00:05:30,896 --> 00:05:33,564 BETWEEN 220,000 AND 409,000 NEW 207 00:05:33,565 --> 00:05:34,132 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND LAW 208 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:35,600 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 209 00:05:35,601 --> 00:05:37,268 AS FOR THE DETENTION PART, THINK 210 00:05:37,269 --> 00:05:38,436 FOR A SECOND WHAT IT WOULD 211 00:05:38,437 --> 00:05:39,270 ENTAIL TO DETAIN 13 MILLION 212 00:05:39,271 --> 00:05:41,372 PEOPLE. 213 00:05:41,373 --> 00:05:44,308 BEAR IN MIND, THE MOST RECENT 214 00:05:44,309 --> 00:05:45,643 DATA HAS THE ENTIRE U.S. PRISON 215 00:05:45,644 --> 00:05:46,244 AND JAIL POPULATION AT AROUND 216 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:47,245 1.9 MILLION. 217 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,347 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PRISONS AND 218 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:51,049 JAILS IN THIS COUNTRY. 219 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:53,384 THEY'RE KIND OF OUR THING. 220 00:05:53,385 --> 00:05:54,118 IF WE HAD A SLOGAN IT SHOULD 221 00:05:54,119 --> 00:05:55,687 HOME OF 222 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:57,655 JAILS AND THE KFC DOUBLEDOWN. 223 00:05:57,656 --> 00:05:58,890 AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL 224 00:05:58,891 --> 00:06:00,291 SOMETIMES PRETEND THEY'VE TAKEN 225 00:06:00,292 --> 00:06:02,026 THIS INTO CONSIDERATION-- 226 00:06:02,027 --> 00:06:02,894 HERE'S JD VANCE, GAMING OUT A 227 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:04,796 POSSIBLE APPROACH. 228 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:06,431 NOW YOU'VE GOT 20 MILLION, 25 229 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:06,798 MILLION PEOPLE. 230 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:07,498 YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO 231 00:06:07,499 --> 00:06:08,733 DO WITH THEM. 232 00:06:08,734 --> 00:06:10,335 AND I GUESS THE WAY THAT I THINK 233 00:06:10,336 --> 00:06:11,369 ABOUT IT, BILL, IS, YOU KNOW, 234 00:06:11,370 --> 00:06:13,071 IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING ASKED, 235 00:06:13,072 --> 00:06:14,472 WELL, YOU HAVE A SANDWICH AND 236 00:06:14,473 --> 00:06:15,073 IT'S 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF YOUR 237 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:15,740 MOUTH. 238 00:06:15,741 --> 00:06:16,307 HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY EAT THE 239 00:06:16,308 --> 00:06:16,741 WHOLE THING? 240 00:06:16,742 --> 00:06:17,342 AND YOU TAKE IT ONE BITE AT A 241 00:06:17,343 --> 00:06:18,643 TIME, RIGHT? 242 00:06:18,644 --> 00:06:20,678 AND I THINK YOU START WITH THE 243 00:06:20,679 --> 00:06:21,913 MILLION MOST VIOLENT, MOST 244 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:23,748 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN ELEMENT. 245 00:06:23,749 --> 00:06:25,416 THERE'S PROBABLY, OF THE 20 246 00:06:25,417 --> 00:06:26,584 MILLION, THERE'S PROBABLY A 247 00:06:26,585 --> 00:06:27,385 MILLION WHO'VE COMMITTED SOME 248 00:06:27,386 --> 00:06:28,653 VIOLENT CRIME. 249 00:06:28,654 --> 00:06:29,454 THAT'S AN ESTIMATE. 250 00:06:29,455 --> 00:06:30,855 BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO 251 00:06:30,856 --> 00:06:31,522 THE TRUTH. 252 00:06:31,523 --> 00:06:33,057 YOU DEPORT THEM FIRST AND YOU 253 00:06:33,058 --> 00:06:34,826 FOCUS ON THEM FIRST. 254 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:35,827 OKAY, FIRST-- AND I 255 00:06:35,828 --> 00:06:37,395 KNOW THIS ISN'T THE POINT-- I 256 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:38,296 DIDN'T KNOW BILL O'REILLY STILL 257 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,165 HAD A SHOW. 258 00:06:41,166 --> 00:06:42,834 I HAD THE VAGUE, UNINTERROGATED 259 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:43,568 SENSE THAT HE DIED WHEN ROGER 260 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:44,736 AILES DID, EITHER BECAUSE I 261 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:45,570 THOUGHT THEY WERE THE SAME 262 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:47,105 PERSON OR BECAUSE THAT SEEMS 263 00:06:47,106 --> 00:06:47,872 LIKE A PLAUSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE, 264 00:06:47,873 --> 00:06:49,974 I DON'T KNOW, THE SUBCONSCIOUS 265 00:06:49,975 --> 00:06:53,845 IS HARD TO PIN DOWN. 266 00:06:53,846 --> 00:06:54,479 BUT SECOND, "ONE BITE AT A TIME" 267 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,780 IS AN INCREDIBLY CALLOUS WAY TO 268 00:06:55,781 --> 00:06:57,115 REFER TO MASS DEPORTATION, EVEN 269 00:06:57,116 --> 00:06:58,750 BEFORE YOU GET TO HIS CASUAL 270 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:00,785 "ONE MILLION OF THEM ARE 271 00:07:00,786 --> 00:07:05,590 PROBABLY VIOLENT CRIMINALS," A 272 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:06,591 STATISTIC SOURCED TO "THAT'S AN 273 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:07,125 ESTIMATE, BUT I THINK IT'S 274 00:07:07,126 --> 00:07:07,692 PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH." 275 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:10,194 AND FOR THE RECORD, TO DEPORT 276 00:07:10,195 --> 00:07:11,129 JUST A MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR 277 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:13,531 WOULD STILL COST AN ESTIMATED 278 00:07:13,532 --> 00:07:14,132 $88 BILLION ANNUALLY, WITH THE 279 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:15,333 MAJORITY OF THAT GOING TOWARD 280 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:17,702 BUILDING DETENTION CAMPS. 281 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:18,770 OVER A DECADE THAT'D COST NEARLY 282 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:19,070 $1 TRILLION. 283 00:07:19,071 --> 00:07:24,442 AND TO BE CLEAR, MY BIGGEST 284 00:07:24,443 --> 00:07:25,176 PROBLEM WITH "WE'D SPEND NEARLY 285 00:07:25,177 --> 00:07:26,611 $1 TRILLION ON DETENTION CAMPS 286 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:27,145 FOR IMMIGRANTS" IS NOT THE 287 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:27,879 TRILLION-DOLLAR PART. 288 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:28,646 I DON'T WANT TO SEE A HEADLINE 289 00:07:28,647 --> 00:07:32,250 TOMORROW THAT SAYS "JOHN OLIVER 290 00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:33,718 BLASTS DETENTION CAMPS AS TOO 291 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:34,018 EXPENSIVE." 292 00:07:34,019 --> 00:07:34,552 BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH 293 00:07:34,553 --> 00:07:35,787 RECOGNIZING THE EXTENT TO WHICH 294 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:37,455 TRUMP AND VANCE ARE FULL OF SHIT 295 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:38,089 FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT AS 296 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:39,257 WELL AS A MORAL ONE. 297 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:41,926 BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF 298 00:07:41,927 --> 00:07:43,861 ARGUMENT, LET'S SAY MASS 299 00:07:43,862 --> 00:07:44,429 DEPORTATION WERE A REALISTIC 300 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:45,897 POLICY. 301 00:07:45,898 --> 00:07:46,464 IT STILL WOULDN'T SOLVE THE 302 00:07:46,465 --> 00:07:47,065 PROBLEMS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S 303 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:48,099 CLAIMING IT WOULD. 304 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,234 IN FACT, IT'D MAKE THEM WORSE. 305 00:07:50,235 --> 00:07:50,768 BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY 306 00:07:50,769 --> 00:07:53,371 CLAIMING DEPORTATIONS ARE THE 307 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:53,905 SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT, 308 00:07:53,906 --> 00:07:54,839 HOUSING PRICES, AND CRIME. 309 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,108 SO LET'S TAKE EACH IN TURN, 310 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:59,243 STARTING WITH JOBS. 311 00:07:59,244 --> 00:08:00,445 HISTORICALLY, DEPORTATION HAS 312 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:01,579 ACTUALLY INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT 313 00:08:01,580 --> 00:08:03,047 IN THIS COUNTRY. 314 00:08:03,048 --> 00:08:04,382 A STUDY OF THE OBAMA YEARS FOUND 315 00:08:04,383 --> 00:08:05,917 THAT "WHEN 500,000 UNDOCUMENTED 316 00:08:05,918 --> 00:08:07,819 IMMIGRANT WORKERS WERE FORCED 317 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,021 OUT OF THE COUNTRY, 44,000 FEWER 318 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:10,588 JOBS WERE HELD BY U.S.-BORN 319 00:08:10,589 --> 00:08:11,255 WORKERS." 320 00:08:11,256 --> 00:08:13,324 WHICH MAY SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE. 321 00:08:13,325 --> 00:08:16,160 BUT WHAT'S OFTEN HAPPENED IS, 322 00:08:16,161 --> 00:08:17,729 COMPANIES THAT RELY ON 323 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:18,963 IMMIGRANTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMER 324 00:08:18,964 --> 00:08:19,597 BASE OR THEIR WORKFORCE, END UP 325 00:08:19,598 --> 00:08:21,199 SHUTTING DOWN. 326 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,967 AND AS IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES 327 00:08:22,968 --> 00:08:23,901 WILL TELL YOU-- THEY MIGHT BE 328 00:08:23,902 --> 00:08:25,970 THE ONLY ONES WILLING TO DO 329 00:08:25,971 --> 00:08:28,840 CERTAIN WORK. 330 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:29,807 THE THING IS IF HE WINS, HE 331 00:08:29,808 --> 00:08:31,209 KICKS OUT ALL THE IMMIGRANTS. 332 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:32,276 THOSE WHO WORK HERE IN 333 00:08:32,277 --> 00:08:33,411 CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING, 334 00:08:33,412 --> 00:08:34,679 THEY'RE IMMIGRANTS. 335 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:36,080 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A GRINGO 336 00:08:36,081 --> 00:08:37,715 FILLING HIS FEET WITH CEMENT OR 337 00:08:37,716 --> 00:08:39,083 CARRYING BRICKS OR CARRYING THIS 338 00:08:39,084 --> 00:08:41,052 OR CLEANING. 339 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:42,286 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT. 340 00:08:42,287 --> 00:08:43,588 THAT'S BLUNT, BUT TRUE. 341 00:08:43,589 --> 00:08:45,656 THERE ARE CERTAIN JOBS, AND 342 00:08:45,657 --> 00:08:47,792 WHOLE INDUSTRIES, RELIANT ON 343 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:49,193 IMMIGRANT LABOR. 344 00:08:49,194 --> 00:08:52,063 IN OUR PIECE ON FARMWORKERS, WE 345 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:52,663 SHOWED YOU A VIRAL VIDEO OF A 346 00:08:52,664 --> 00:08:53,264 FARMER EXPLAINING HE COULDN'T 347 00:08:53,265 --> 00:08:55,333 HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO HARVEST 348 00:08:55,334 --> 00:08:55,933 HIS FIELDS, SO THE PRODUCE WAS 349 00:08:55,934 --> 00:08:56,734 ROTTING. 350 00:08:56,735 --> 00:08:57,368 IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS 351 00:08:57,369 --> 00:08:57,935 ASPARAGUS, SO IT WAS A MINOR 352 00:08:57,936 --> 00:09:00,104 TRAGEDY AT BEST. 353 00:09:00,105 --> 00:09:03,041 BUT THE BROADER POINT STANDS. 354 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,876 AND REMOVING 13 MILLION PEOPLE 355 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:06,577 - WHO SPEND MONEY IN THEIR 356 00:09:06,578 --> 00:09:07,845 COMMUNITIES-- WOULD BADLY HURT 357 00:09:07,846 --> 00:09:09,080 THE ECONOMY. 358 00:09:09,081 --> 00:09:10,348 IN FACT, EXPERTS HAVE SAID MASS 359 00:09:10,349 --> 00:09:17,424 DEPORTATION WOULD LEAD TO A LOSS 360 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:20,291 OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4% AND 7% 361 00:09:20,292 --> 00:09:21,159 OF ANNUAL GDP, WHICH 362 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:21,793 WOULD BE A CRASH ON PAR WITH THE 363 00:09:21,794 --> 00:09:22,160 GREAT RECESSION. 364 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:22,694 AND I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST, 365 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:23,327 DESPITE LOOKING LIKE I WAS LEFT 366 00:09:23,328 --> 00:09:23,961 ON THE DOORSTEP OF AN AUDITOR'S 367 00:09:23,962 --> 00:09:25,196 OFFICE AS A BABY, BUT MY 368 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,097 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GREAT 369 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:28,199 RECESSION WAS BAD. 370 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,334 SO THAT'S UNEMPLOYMENT. 371 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:30,968 WHAT ABOUT HOUSING? 372 00:09:30,969 --> 00:09:32,070 BECAUSE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS 373 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:33,705 PROMISING MASS DEPORTATION WILL 374 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:35,873 ALSO FIX OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 375 00:09:35,874 --> 00:09:37,608 THIS IS SIMPLE SUPPLY AND 376 00:09:37,609 --> 00:09:38,443 DEMAND, MY FRIENDS. 377 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:39,944 WE'VE GOT TO DO TWO THINGS TO 378 00:09:39,945 --> 00:09:41,979 LOWER THE PRICE OF HOUSING-- 379 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:43,581 TWO THINGS TO LOWER THE PRICE OF 380 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:44,949 HOUSING FOR NEVADANS IS WE'VE 381 00:09:44,950 --> 00:09:47,085 GOT TO BUILD MORE HOUSES AND 382 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,120 WE'VE GOT TO DEPORT THE ILLEGAL 383 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:50,888 ALIENS SO THAT AMERICAN HOMES GO 384 00:09:50,889 --> 00:09:52,256 TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. 385 00:09:52,257 --> 00:09:53,524 OKAY, EVEN IF THAT 386 00:09:53,525 --> 00:09:54,892 WASN'T TOTAL BULLSHIT, JD 387 00:09:54,893 --> 00:09:56,427 VANCE'S VERY EXISTENCE IS PROOF 388 00:09:56,428 --> 00:09:57,028 THAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND DOESN'T 389 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:59,464 ALWAYS WORK. 390 00:09:59,465 --> 00:09:59,998 THERE WAS NO DEMAND FOR A 391 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:04,402 BUSINESS-PILLED BEARDED 392 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:05,737 SYCOPHANT THAT GETS ROUTINELY 393 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:07,505 IGNORED BY TRUMP-- WE ALREADY 394 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:09,207 HAVE TWO OF THOSE AND WE BARELY 395 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:09,640 EVEN USE THEM. 396 00:10:09,641 --> 00:10:10,208 AND YET, HERE WE ARE WITH AN 397 00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:12,910 UNNECESSARY THIRD. 398 00:10:12,911 --> 00:10:14,612 THE FACT IS, MANY ECONOMISTS 399 00:10:14,613 --> 00:10:17,415 THINK LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATIONS 400 00:10:17,416 --> 00:10:21,419 COULD ACTUALLY BACKFIRE AND MAKE 401 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:24,155 THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE, SINCE 402 00:10:24,156 --> 00:10:29,093 - AS YOU JUST SAW POINTED OUT 403 00:10:29,094 --> 00:10:30,194 - UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ARE A 404 00:10:30,195 --> 00:10:30,795 KEY PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION 405 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:31,429 INDUSTRY, AND "NATIONALLY, MASS 406 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:31,996 DEPORTATION WOULD REMOVE 1.5 407 00:10:31,997 --> 00:10:32,497 MILLION WORKERS FROM THE 408 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:33,331 CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE." 409 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:34,932 INCLUDING MORE THAN 1 IN 3 410 00:10:34,933 --> 00:10:35,800 ROOFERS, CEILING TILERS, STUCCO 411 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:37,735 MASONS, PLASTERERS AND DRYWALL 412 00:10:37,736 --> 00:10:38,036 INSTALLERS." 413 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:38,936 IN FACT, ONE PROFESSOR WHO 414 00:10:38,937 --> 00:10:40,438 STUDIES IMMIGRATION SAYS THAT IN 415 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:42,840 THE LONG RUN IMMIGRANTS ARE THE 416 00:10:42,841 --> 00:10:45,143 SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. 417 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:45,877 WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, YOU CAN'T 418 00:10:45,878 --> 00:10:52,250 INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING. 419 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:53,551 AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, 420 00:10:53,552 --> 00:10:55,753 J.D. VANCE, THAT SUPPLY AND 421 00:10:55,754 --> 00:11:01,192 DEMAND IN ACTION. 422 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:02,060 I'M GUESSING YOU'LL SOLVE 423 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:07,065 POVERTY BY COMPARING IT TO A 424 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:09,634 TURKEY FUCKING RUBIN. 425 00:11:09,635 --> 00:11:10,234 AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE CLAIM 426 00:11:10,235 --> 00:11:10,802 MASS DEPORTATION WILL REDUCE 427 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:11,135 VIOLENT CRIME. 428 00:11:11,136 --> 00:11:12,270 AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, FOR 429 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:12,804 ALL THE COVERAGE ISOLATED 430 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:13,805 INCIDENTS GET, RESEARCH SHOWS 431 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:14,405 IMMIGRANTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO 432 00:11:14,406 --> 00:11:14,972 COMMIT CRIMES THAN U.S.-BORN 433 00:11:14,973 --> 00:11:15,740 PEOPLE, AND FBI DATA SHOWS 434 00:11:15,741 --> 00:11:16,474 VIOLENT CRIME HAS ACTUALLY GONE 435 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:17,975 DOWN SINCE 2020. 436 00:11:17,976 --> 00:11:18,710 IT'S ONE OF THE GENUINELY GOOD 437 00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:21,646 DECREASES SINCE THEN, ALONG WITH 438 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:22,180 THE AMOUNT OF ZOOM FAMILY 439 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:27,018 DINNERS AND THE NUMBER OF ALIVE 440 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:28,119 HENRY KISSINGERS. 441 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,822 ONE WAS ONE TOO MANY. 442 00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:32,857 BUT DESPITE THAT, TRUMP'S 443 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:33,758 CONTINUED MAKING LURID 444 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:34,992 ACCUSATIONS. 445 00:11:34,993 --> 00:11:36,327 THERE WERE HIS BULLSHIT CLAIMS 446 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:37,528 OF PET EATING IN SPRINGFIELD, 447 00:11:37,529 --> 00:11:40,565 OHIO, BUT HE'S ALSO FALSELY 448 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:41,232 CLAIMED AURORA, COLORADO, IS THE 449 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,033 VICTIM OF A VENEZUELAN GANG 450 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:43,234 TAKEOVER. 451 00:11:43,235 --> 00:11:45,470 IT'S AN ACCUSATION THAT 452 00:11:45,471 --> 00:11:48,873 ORIGINATED WITH THIS VIRAL VIDEO 453 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:49,741 OF MEN WITH GUNS, KNOCKING ON AN 454 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:50,108 APARTMENT DOOR. 455 00:11:50,109 --> 00:11:51,309 THAT CLIP FRIGHTENED A LOT OF 456 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:53,411 PEOPLE, BUT TO BE CLEAR-- THE 457 00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:54,212 REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF AURORA HAS 458 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:55,446 FLAT-OUT SAID, "A VENEZUELAN 459 00:11:55,447 --> 00:11:56,881 GANG IS NOT IN CONTROL OF THOSE 460 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:58,683 APARTMENT COMPLEXES," AND THE 461 00:11:58,684 --> 00:11:59,784 CITY HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN OVER OR 462 00:11:59,785 --> 00:12:00,585 INVADED OR OCCUPIED BY MIGRANT 463 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:04,555 GANGS. 464 00:12:04,556 --> 00:12:05,823 BUT NONE OF THAT STOPPED TRUMP 465 00:12:05,824 --> 00:12:07,025 FROM GOING TO AURORA TO PUSH FOR 466 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:11,362 MASS DEPORTATION, WITH THE HELP 467 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:11,929 OF STEPHEN MILLER, WHO EVEN 468 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:14,132 BROUGHT ALONG SOME VISUAL AIDS. 469 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:15,133 LOOK AT ALL THESE PHOTOS 470 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:17,168 AROUND ME. 471 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:17,769 ARE THESE THE KIDS YOU GREW UP 472 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:19,070 WITH? 473 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,071 ARE THESE THE NEIGHBORS YOU WERE 474 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:22,206 RAISED WITH? 475 00:12:22,207 --> 00:12:23,307 ARE THESE THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU 476 00:12:23,308 --> 00:12:25,977 WANT IN YOUR CITY? 477 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:26,811 NO! 478 00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:27,612 NO. 479 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:29,180 THESE ARE THE CRIMINAL MIGRANTS 480 00:12:29,181 --> 00:12:29,814 THAT KAMALA HARRIS BROUGHT INTO 481 00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:32,717 YOUR COMMUNITY. 482 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:35,086 AND AS SWIFTLY AS THEY CAME, 483 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:36,988 DONALD TRUMP WILL SEND THEM 484 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:41,993 BACK. 485 00:12:41,994 --> 00:12:42,593 OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, 486 00:12:42,594 --> 00:12:43,194 IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE 487 00:12:43,195 --> 00:12:43,828 YOU DON'T WANT AS YOUR NEIGHBOR? 488 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:44,429 STEPHEN MILLER WOULD BE TOP OF 489 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:51,504 MY LIST. 490 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:54,372 IMAGINE GETTING UP IN THE 491 00:12:54,373 --> 00:12:55,173 MORNING, LOOKING ACROSS YOUR 492 00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:55,807 YARD AND SEEING THAT FUCKING GUY 493 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:56,441 STANDING THERE, LOOKING LIKE A 494 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:56,808 MINION'S PENIS. 495 00:12:56,809 --> 00:12:57,775 ALSO, QUICK SIDE NOTE: IF YOU'RE 496 00:12:57,776 --> 00:12:58,910 WONDERING WHAT THIS THING IS? 497 00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:01,646 IT'S A FAIR QUESTION, AND THAT'S 498 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:02,780 A TRUMPY BEAR. 499 00:13:02,781 --> 00:13:04,349 A STUFFED BEAR WITH TRUMP'S 500 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:05,116 HAIR, A TIE, AND DISTURBINGLY 501 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:06,751 HUMAN EYES. 502 00:13:06,752 --> 00:13:08,286 IT LOOKS LIKE PADDINGTON BEAR IF 503 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:10,321 HE HAD MULTIPLE HEMORRHOIDS. 504 00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:11,422 IT LOOKS LIKE A CARE BEAR THAT 505 00:13:11,423 --> 00:13:12,590 WON'T STOP CALLING THE OTHER 506 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:14,792 CARE BEARS GAY. 507 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:16,894 BUT DON'T LET THAT BEAR DISTRACT 508 00:13:16,895 --> 00:13:18,296 YOU FROM THE FACT YOU JUST SAW A 509 00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:19,664 CROWD BAITED INTO BOOING 510 00:13:19,665 --> 00:13:20,598 PICTURES OF HISPANIC PEOPLE WHO 511 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:21,065 "DON'T LOOK LIKE YOUR 512 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:23,601 NEIGHBORS." 513 00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:25,269 AT THAT EVENT, TRUMP ANNOUNCED 514 00:13:25,270 --> 00:13:26,504 PLANS FOR SOMETHING HE CALLS 515 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:27,638 "OPERATION AURORA," AND HIS 516 00:13:27,639 --> 00:13:30,475 CAMPAIGN HAS SINCE DESCRIBED THE 517 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:30,942 CITY AS "A WAR ZONE." 518 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:32,744 AND THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE 519 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:33,878 POINTS TO WHAT HIS REAL END GAME 520 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:35,046 HERE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 521 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:37,648 BECAUSE WHILE-- AGAIN-- TRUMP 522 00:13:37,649 --> 00:13:38,316 CAN'T DEPORT 13 MILLION, OR EVEN 523 00:13:38,317 --> 00:13:39,417 1 MILLION, PEOPLE OVERNIGHT. 524 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:42,186 AND MASS DEPORTATION WON'T FIX 525 00:13:42,187 --> 00:13:43,087 ANY OF THE PROBLEMS HE SAYS IT 526 00:13:43,088 --> 00:13:43,287 WILL. 527 00:13:43,288 --> 00:13:45,590 HE COULD STILL USE AURORA-STYLE 528 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:46,624 PANICS TO GIVE HIMSELF A TON OF 529 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:48,226 POWER. 530 00:13:48,227 --> 00:13:50,728 HERE HE IS, AT THAT RALLY, 531 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:52,864 GAMING OUT A KEY PIECE OF IT. 532 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,333 I WILL INVOKE THE ALIENS 533 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,634 ENEMY ACT OF 1798. 534 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:58,936 THINK OF THAT. 535 00:13:58,937 --> 00:14:01,873 1798. 536 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:02,640 THIS WAS PUT THERE IN 1798. 537 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:07,945 THAT IS A LONG TIME AGO, RIGHT? 538 00:14:07,946 --> 00:14:08,546 TO TARGET AND DISMANTLE EVERY 539 00:14:08,547 --> 00:14:09,447 MIGRANT CRIMINAL NETWORK 540 00:14:09,448 --> 00:14:12,483 OPERATING ON AMERICAN SOIL. 541 00:14:12,484 --> 00:14:13,918 OKAY, 1798 IS "A LONG 542 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:15,486 TIME AGO," I RELUCTANTLY CONCEDE 543 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:17,822 THAT POINT. 544 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:19,390 BUT THE ACT HE'S DESCRIBING 545 00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:20,158 THERE IS TERRIFYING. 546 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,526 IT'S A LAW THAT ALLOWS FOR 547 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:22,393 SUMMARY DEPORTATION OF PEOPLE 548 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:24,462 FROM COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE 549 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:26,297 UNITED STATES IS AT WAR, THAT 550 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:26,898 HAVE INVADED THE U.S., OR THAT 551 00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:28,066 HAVE ENGAGED IN "PREDATORY 552 00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:29,167 INCURSIONS." 553 00:14:29,168 --> 00:14:35,907 IT WAS LAST USED DURING WORLD 554 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:36,507 WAR II AS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY 555 00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:37,075 FOR INTERNING IMMIGRANTS OF 556 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:37,675 JAPANESE, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN 557 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:38,142 DESCENT. 558 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:38,810 AND EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED THAT A 559 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:39,610 PRESIDENT LIKE TRUMP COULD 560 00:14:39,611 --> 00:14:41,045 RECOGNIZE A CARTEL AS THE DE 561 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:41,612 FACTO GOVERNMENT OF MEXICAN 562 00:14:41,613 --> 00:14:48,519 TERRITORY, THEN PROCLAIM A 563 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,387 MIGRANT "INVASION" PERPETRATED 564 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:50,555 BY THE CARTEL "'GOVERNMENT," AND 565 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:51,122 IN DOING SO GIVE HIMSELF A 566 00:14:51,123 --> 00:14:51,622 TURBOCHARGED DEPORTATION 567 00:14:51,623 --> 00:14:51,889 AUTHORITY. 568 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:52,457 THAT WAY, HE COULD QUICKLY 569 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:55,193 REMOVE NON-CITIZENS - EVEN GREEN 570 00:14:55,194 --> 00:14:55,827 CARD HOLDERS-- WITHOUT ANY DUE 571 00:14:55,828 --> 00:15:02,902 PROCESS. 572 00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:05,336 AND WHILE THERE'D BE LEGAL 573 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:05,937 CHALLENGES, THE COURTS ARE NOW 574 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:06,537 MUCH MORE TRUMP-FRIENDLY THAN 575 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:07,105 THEY WERE EIGHT YEARS AGO. 576 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:07,772 AND EVEN IF TRUMP DOESN'T CHOOSE 577 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:08,339 TO GO THAT FAR, OR DOES GET 578 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,041 STOPPED BY THE COURTS, IT'S 579 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:10,842 WORTH REMEMBERING WHAT HE WAS 580 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,043 ABLE TO DO IN HIS FIRST TERM 581 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:13,444 ANYWAY. 582 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:14,112 BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE 583 00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:14,812 ENDLESS CIRCUS OF OUTRAGEOUS 584 00:15:14,813 --> 00:15:15,980 NONSENSE BACK THEN-- LIKE 585 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:17,315 HOSTING A FAST-FOOD BANQUET, OR 586 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:19,484 STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN, 587 00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:21,019 OR DOING A LOUD HONK HONK IN A 588 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:23,154 BIG VROOM VROOM-- HE ALSO 589 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:26,391 AGGRESSIVELY RAMPED UP 590 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:26,991 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, USING 591 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:28,826 LARGE-SCALE "WORKSITE RAIDS," 592 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:30,661 WHICH INVOLVED IMMIGRATION 593 00:15:30,662 --> 00:15:31,229 AGENTS STORMING WORKPLACES. 594 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:33,297 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019, 595 00:15:33,298 --> 00:15:34,032 WHEN ICE CARRIED OUT MASSIVE 596 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:36,200 RAIDS ON CHICKEN PROCESSING 597 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:36,834 PLANTS ACROSS CENTRAL 598 00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:38,636 MISSISSIPPI, ARRESTING 680 599 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:40,738 WORKERS IN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN 600 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:41,539 THE LARGEST-EVER WORKPLACE 601 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:43,241 OPERATION IN ANY SINGLE STATE. 602 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:44,609 AND THESE WEREN'T SWEEPS FOR 603 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,411 "VIOLENT CRIMINALS." 604 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:48,212 THEY WERE ATTACKS ON WORKING 605 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:50,148 PEOPLE WHOSE ONLY OFFENSE WAS 606 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:50,882 BEING UNDOCUMENTED. 607 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:52,216 MORE THAN 350 WERE DEPORTED, AND 608 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:54,519 MANY OTHERS ARE STILL AWAITING 609 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:54,886 COURT DECISIONS. 610 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,521 MANY OF THE FAMILIES BROKEN UP 611 00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:57,422 THAT DAY REMAIN SEPARATED HALF A 612 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,624 DECADE LATER. 613 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,492 AND THE TRAUMA OF THOSE RAIDS ON 614 00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:02,393 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WAS TRULY 615 00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:03,961 AWFUL-- AND I'LL WARN YOU, THIS 616 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:06,564 IS HARD TO WATCH. 617 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:07,832 I'M SCARED AND I'M CRYING 618 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:08,666 BECAUSE OF MY DAD AND MOM. 619 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:13,738 I WANT MY DAD. 620 00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:14,972 THESE HISPANIC PEOPLE THEY 621 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:16,507 AREN'T DOING NOTHING BAD. 622 00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:21,446 THEY'RE NOT STEALING NOTHING. 623 00:16:21,447 --> 00:16:22,847 MY DAD BOUGHT ME EVERYTHING FOR 624 00:16:22,848 --> 00:16:23,314 ME TO LIVE OVER HERE. 625 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:23,581 THE RENT. 626 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:24,215 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO 627 00:16:24,216 --> 00:16:27,618 EAT. 628 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:32,423 I NEED MY DAD FOR ME. 629 00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:34,058 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO 630 00:16:34,059 --> 00:16:34,392 DO RIGHT NOW. 631 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:34,992 MY DAD DIDN'T DO NOTHING, HE'S 632 00:16:34,993 --> 00:16:36,060 NOT A CRIMINAL. 633 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:38,196 YEAH, WE DID THAT. 634 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:39,864 AND WE'RE APPARENTLY A COIN-FLIP 635 00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:42,033 AWAY FROM GOING EVEN FURTHER. 636 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,701 AND A LOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS 637 00:16:43,702 --> 00:16:45,303 SEEM TO BE IN DENIAL ABOUT 638 00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:46,104 EXACTLY WHAT A PLAN OF MASS 639 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:47,672 DEPORTATION WOULD ENTAIL. 640 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:48,306 AND THAT'S A FRUSTRATING PATTERN 641 00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:50,775 HERE. 642 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,510 IN TRUMP'S FIRST TERM, THIS 643 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:53,811 LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IN INDIANA 644 00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:55,179 WAS DEPORTED, TO THE APPARENT 645 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:55,747 SHOCK OF THE PEOPLE IN HIS 646 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:57,515 COMMUNITY. 647 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,584 IT JUST FEELS WRONG. 648 00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:00,585 THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR 649 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:01,619 HAVING SOMEONE LIKE HIM. 650 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:02,720 I MEAN, HE SHOWED UP HERE 651 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:04,856 WITH JUST THE SHIRT ON HIS BACK 652 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:05,490 AND HE'S A RESTAURANT OWNER 20 653 00:17:05,491 --> 00:17:08,126 YEARS LATER. 654 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:08,860 I MEAN, THAT'S-- AND HE WORKED 655 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:09,861 HIS BUTT OFF TO GET THERE, I'VE 656 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:10,728 SEEN IT. 657 00:17:10,729 --> 00:17:12,230 THEY'RE ALL STRONG SUPPORTERS 658 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:14,399 OF ROBERTO BERISTAIN, THOUGH 659 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,400 FOUR OUT OF SIX OF THEM VOTED 660 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:16,601 FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. 661 00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:18,202 I VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE 662 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:20,271 SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET RID OF 663 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:23,041 THE BAD-- THE BAD HOMBRES. 664 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,777 ROBERTO IS A GOOD HOMBRE. 665 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:29,113 WELL, A COUPLE OF 666 00:17:29,114 --> 00:17:31,449 THINGS ABOUT THAT. 667 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:32,283 FIRST, IF SHOWING UP WITH THE 668 00:17:32,284 --> 00:17:33,651 SHIRT ON YOUR BACK AND WORKING 669 00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:34,285 HARD FOR 20 YEARS MAKES SOMEONE 670 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:34,852 A GOOD HOMBRE, I'VE GOT SOME 671 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:35,887 NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT A WHOLE LOT 672 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:37,221 OF IMMIGRANTS. 673 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:37,822 BUT ALSO, HOW DO THOSE PEOPLE 674 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:39,123 EVEN BEGIN TO APOLOGIZE FOR A 675 00:17:39,124 --> 00:17:40,925 SITUATION LIKE THAT? 676 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:42,326 I DON'T THINK HALLMARK SELLS 677 00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:43,127 CARDS THAT SAY "SORRY WE 678 00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:44,128 INADVERTENTLY GOT YOU DEPORTED 679 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:45,697 BECAUSE WE ASSUMED TRUMP WOULD 680 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:46,931 ONLY BE RACIST AGAINST HISPANICS 681 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:50,034 WE DIDN'T KNOW PERSONALLY." 682 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:51,869 AND I REALLY WANT TO HOPE PEOPLE 683 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:55,239 ARE WAVING AROUND SIGNS WITHOUT 684 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:55,740 UNDERSTANDING WHAT "MASS 685 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:56,341 DEPORTATION" ACTUALLY MEANS IN 686 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:57,975 PRACTICE. 687 00:17:57,976 --> 00:18:00,511 BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE PEOPLE 688 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:02,180 CAMPAIGNING ON IT ABSOLUTELY DO, 689 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:03,348 AND IT'S HORRENDOUS. 690 00:18:03,349 --> 00:18:04,882 SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 691 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:08,519 WELL, THERE'S THE OBVIOUS, AND 692 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:08,953 THAT'S VOTE. 693 00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:09,887 BUT IT'S ALSO WORTH TALKING TO 694 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:11,489 PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, WHO ARE 695 00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:12,056 CONCERNED ABOUT IMMIGRATION, 696 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:13,024 ABOUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO 697 00:18:13,025 --> 00:18:14,192 HAPPEN HERE. 698 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:16,394 BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM DEFINITELY 699 00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:17,995 NEEDS FIXING, BUT THERE ARE MUCH 700 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,230 MORE HUMANE WAYS TO DO THAT-- 701 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:20,398 AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS SEEM 702 00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:21,532 OPEN TO THAT IDEA. 703 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:22,934 BECAUSE WHILE-- AS I MENTIONED 704 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,669 EARLIER-- THE SLOGAN "MASS 705 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,337 DEPORTATION" POLLS DEPRESSINGLY 706 00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:27,772 WELL, A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT 707 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,474 WHEN PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN 708 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:30,975 A SPECIFIC CHOICE BETWEEN MASS 709 00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:33,211 DEPORTATION AND PATHWAYS TO 710 00:18:33,212 --> 00:18:34,979 CITIZENSHIP AS AN IMMIGRATION 711 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,015 POLICY-- SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING 712 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,282 HOW EACH MIGHT WORK-- 713 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:39,751 MAJORITIES IN EVERY SWING STATE 714 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:41,386 PREFERRED THE PATH TO 715 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:42,687 CITIZENSHIP. 716 00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:43,588 IN FACT, EVEN AMONG REPUBLICANS, 717 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:44,589 IN FIVE OF SIX SWING STATES, IT 718 00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:47,592 WAS PREFERRED. 719 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:48,393 WHICH SUGGESTS THAT WHEN PEOPLE 720 00:18:48,394 --> 00:18:50,461 GENUINELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE 721 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,996 POLICIES LOOK LIKE, THEY TEND TO 722 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:54,132 CHOOSE THE LESS PUNITIVE ONE. 723 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,433 AND I DO BELIEVE THE VAST 724 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,901 MAJORITY WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT 725 00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:59,237 FOR THE IMMIGRANTS THEY KNOW. 726 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:00,872 THE TASK IS TO EXTEND THAT SAME 727 00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:01,506 HUMANITY TO THE IMMIGRANTS THEY 728 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,741 DON'T. 729 00:19:03,742 --> 00:19:06,144 AND THAT'S A TASK BOTH PARTIES 730 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:06,778 WOULD DO WELL TO ADOPT. 731 00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:07,945 BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN 732 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:09,380 STELLAR ON THIS ISSUE, EITHER. 733 00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:11,649 OBAMA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST 734 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:14,052 DEPORTATIONS IN A SINGLE YEAR, 735 00:19:14,053 --> 00:19:14,719 AND BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES 736 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,654 - AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE 737 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:17,388 TIMES-- HAVE BEEN HAPHAZARD AT 738 00:19:17,389 --> 00:19:22,427 BEST. 739 00:19:22,428 --> 00:19:23,127 SO I'D HOPE A POTENTIAL HARRIS 740 00:19:23,128 --> 00:19:23,695 ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO MUCH 741 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:26,297 BETTER THAN THE ONE SHE'S BEEN 742 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:26,931 PART OF, AND BEGIN A MUCH NEEDED 743 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:28,366 OVERHAUL OF A SYSTEM BADLY IN 744 00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:33,472 NEED OF REPAIR. 745 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:35,039 IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT THE ONES THAT 746 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:35,440 BROKE THIS SYSTEM. 747 00:19:35,441 --> 00:19:36,074 ON THE CONTRARY, THEY'RE MAKING 748 00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:37,175 THE MOST OF THE SPLINTERED 749 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,177 SHARDS WE'VE GIVEN THEM AND 750 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,378 CONTINUING TO BUILD LIVES, 751 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:41,279 COMMUNITIES, AND THIS COUNTRY 752 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,246 INTO SOMETHING BETTER, RICHER 753 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:43,681 AND STRONGER. 754 00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:50,054 AND THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO FOR 755 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:50,888 THEM IS TO GO OUT ON 756 00:19:50,889 --> 00:19:52,190 NOVEMBER 5TH AND NOT PICK A 757 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,424 PRESIDENT WHO DEMONIZES THEIR 758 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:55,460 EXISTENCE, ADVOCATES FOR THEIR 759 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:56,260 SUFFERING, AND HAS PROVEN 760 00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:57,695 MULTIPLE TIMES THAT HE IS, TO 761 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:58,863 PUT IT MILDLY, A BAD FUCKING 762 00:19:58,864 --> 00:19:59,097 HOMBRE. 763 00:19:59,098 --> 00:19:59,897 AND NOW THIS. 764 00:19:59,898 --> 00:20:05,470 AND NOW, 765 00:20:05,471 --> 00:20:07,438 DREW BARRYMORE WOULD LIKE TO 766 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:09,040 TELL YOU ABOUT HER FAVORITE 767 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,408 FOOD. 768 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:11,709 MY NUMBER ONE FOOD ON PLANET 769 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:12,677 EARTH THAT I CAN EAT EVERY DAY 770 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:15,146 FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE IS 771 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:16,014 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 772 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,749 TO SPEAK OF MY FAVORITE FOOD ON 773 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:19,851 EARTH IS MACARONI AND CHEESE AND 774 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:21,853 I USE THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO EAT 775 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:22,053 SOME. 776 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:27,225 MY FAVORITE FOOD ON PLANET 777 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:27,425 EARTH. 778 00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:30,995 YOU KNOW WHAT MY FAVORITE FOOD 779 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:31,162 IS? 780 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:32,830 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 781 00:20:32,831 --> 00:20:33,865 I TOTALLY TURNED TO 782 00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:34,232 MAC AND CHEESE. 783 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:36,834 I HAVE TO GET A BOWL OF MACARONI 784 00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:37,735 AND CHEESE. 785 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:39,737 IF BUT MACARONI AND CHEESE IS MY 786 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:41,239 HAPPY PLACE AND MY DOWNFALL AND 787 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,640 EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 788 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:44,008 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BOX 789 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:47,612 MACARONI CHEESE? 790 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:48,479 NO. 791 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:48,846 COPY THAT. 792 00:20:48,847 --> 00:20:50,648 FOR REAL? 793 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:52,750 WELL. 794 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:55,987 I SAMPLE MY KIDS EVERYTHING, 795 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:56,888 ESPECIALLY THE MACARONI AND 796 00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:57,221 CHEESE. 797 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:58,456 OF MACARONI AND CHEESE. 798 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:00,258 I HIT THE BOX OF MACARONI AND 799 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:01,192 CHEESE REAL HARD. 800 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,294 I JUST WANT TO MOTORBOAT THIS 801 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:04,629 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 802 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,098 EVEN MACARONI AND CHEESE. 803 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:11,103 MY FAVORITE! 804 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:14,739 MOVING ON. 805 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:15,340 FOR OUR SECOND STORY TONIGHT, 806 00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:17,508 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING 807 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:17,909 ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 808 00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:19,444 I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE 809 00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:20,545 U.S. IMMIGRATION PROCESS, HAVING 810 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:21,112 FINALLY BECOME A CITIZEN IN 811 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:24,816 2019. 812 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,217 IT WAS A LONG, STRESSFUL 813 00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:27,418 PROCESS, CAPPED BY A MOVING 814 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:28,386 NATURALIZATION CEREMONY AT 815 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:31,923 WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, I 816 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:35,193 GAVE THIS AWKWARD THUMBS-UP AND 817 00:21:35,194 --> 00:21:35,760 ALSO I GOT THIS LITTLE FLAG! 818 00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:36,361 BUT ONE PART OF THE CEREMONY 819 00:21:36,362 --> 00:21:37,328 STUCK IN MY HEAD. 820 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:38,696 AND IT'S SOMETHING MILLIONS OF 821 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:40,431 NATURALIZED CITIZENS HAVE 822 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:40,832 EXPERIENCED. 823 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:43,167 HERE'S FOOTAGE FROM A DIFFERENT 824 00:21:43,168 --> 00:21:44,102 CEREMONY THAT SAME YEAR, WHERE 825 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:44,669 THEY EXPLAIN WHAT'S ABOUT TO 826 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:45,570 HAPPEN. 827 00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:46,704 AT THIS TIME, PLEASE DIRECT 828 00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:47,672 YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FRONT FOR 829 00:21:47,673 --> 00:21:50,408 A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM 830 00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:51,309 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWED 831 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,244 BY AN INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO 832 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,380 PRESENTATION OF "GOD BLESS THE 833 00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:56,047 USA" BY LEE GREENWOOD. 834 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:57,215 IT'S TRUE. 835 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,983 RIGHT AFTER A MESSAGE FROM THE 836 00:21:58,984 --> 00:21:59,984 PRESIDENT, EVERYONE THERE HAD TO 837 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,052 SIT THROUGH A MUSIC VIDEO FOR 838 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:01,919 LEE GREENWOOD'S "GOD BLESS THE 839 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:02,687 USA." 840 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:09,394 AND IT'S EXACTLY AS WEIRD AS IT 841 00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:10,028 SOUNDS. 842 00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:10,428 HERE'S WHAT IT WAS 843 00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:10,828 LIKE IN THAT ROOM. 844 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:11,596 AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN 845 00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:17,902 AMERICAN... 846 00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:24,208 WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE. 847 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:24,809 AND I GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO 848 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:28,179 YOU. 849 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:35,255 AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY. 850 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:38,956 BECAUSE THERE AIN'T NOW DOUBT I 851 00:22:38,957 --> 00:22:39,323 LOVE THIS LAND. 852 00:22:39,324 --> 00:22:40,793 GOD BLESS THE USA. 853 00:22:41,995 --> 00:22:43,394 YEAH, ONE OF THE 854 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:44,629 MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS OF YOUR 855 00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:46,064 LIFE, EVERYONE FEELS COMPELLED 856 00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:47,565 TO AWKWARDLY WAVE THEIR LITTLE 857 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:50,435 FLAG AROUND, WHILE THINKING, 858 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:53,404 "HOW LONG IS THIS SONG, 859 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:53,671 EXACTLY?" 860 00:22:53,672 --> 00:22:54,939 AND I GOT CURIOUS ABOUT THE 861 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:56,541 PRESENCE OF THAT SONG AT THE 862 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:57,041 CEREMONY, SO WE DID SOME 863 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:57,809 DIGGING. 864 00:22:57,810 --> 00:22:59,143 BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY OF 865 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:02,914 THAT, A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON 866 00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:07,485 "GOD BLESS THE USA"-- WHICH IS 867 00:23:07,486 --> 00:23:08,186 UNDENIABLY A PATRIOTIC SONG. 868 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:08,820 SINCE ITS RELEASE IN 1984, IT'S 869 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:09,287 HAD MULTIPLE SURGES IN 870 00:23:09,288 --> 00:23:09,921 POPULARITY, USUALLY AT DIFFICULT 871 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:10,555 MOMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. 872 00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:11,689 GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF IS 873 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:12,323 SAID TO HAVE PLAYED THE SONG TO 874 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,459 HIS STAFF THE NIGHT BEFORE 875 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:15,593 OPERATION DESERT STORM, AND 876 00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:17,862 AFTER 9/11, IT WAS SO 877 00:23:17,863 --> 00:23:18,596 UBIQUITOUS, IT RE-ENTERED THE 878 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:19,130 SINGLES CHARTS, PEAKING AT 879 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:20,365 NUMBER 16. 880 00:23:20,366 --> 00:23:22,200 AND WHILE LEE GREENWOOD'S 881 00:23:22,201 --> 00:23:24,068 REPEATEDLY CLAIMED HIS SONG'S 882 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,471 APOLITICAL, HE DEFINITELY ISN'T. 883 00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:27,872 HE'S PERFORMED IT AT A LOT OF 884 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:29,207 CONSERVATIVE EVENTS OVER THE 885 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:30,742 YEARS. 886 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:36,280 HERE HE IS SINGING IT FOR RONALD 887 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:37,215 REAGAN AT THE 1988 RNC, HERE 888 00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:37,815 HE IS MODIFYING THE WORDS TO 889 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:38,449 "GOD BLESS THE NRA" FOR ONE OF 890 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:39,784 THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, AND 891 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:41,119 HERE HE IS BECOMING THE THIRD 892 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,353 PERSON EVER INDUCTED INTO THE 893 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:43,321 CPAC HALL OF FAME, WHILE 894 00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:48,126 RECEIVING AN AWARD THAT LOOKS 895 00:23:48,127 --> 00:23:48,726 LIKE THE WORLD'S FIRST FERRERO 896 00:23:48,727 --> 00:23:50,628 ROCHER PIGEON. 897 00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:51,262 MORE RECENTLY, GREENWOOD'S BEEN 898 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:51,829 A BIG BOOSTER FOR PRESIDENT 899 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:54,899 TRUMP. 900 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,367 HE PLAYED HIS INAUGURAL, 901 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:57,001 INTRODUCED TRUMP AT THIS YEAR'S 902 00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:58,336 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND 903 00:23:58,337 --> 00:23:59,303 SERENADED HIM EARLIER THIS MONTH 904 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:00,672 WHEN HE RETURNED TO BUTLER, 905 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:02,206 PENNSYLVANIA, MAKING HIS MUSIC 906 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:02,840 THE SECOND-WORST THING TO HAPPEN 907 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:07,211 TO SOMEONE'S EARS THERE. 908 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:08,212 NOW, INTERESTINGLY, GREENWOOD'S 909 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:09,614 NEVER HAD A HIT ANYWHERE CLOSE 910 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:11,015 TO "GOD BLESS THE USA," 911 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:13,151 SOMETHING HE INSISTS HE'S 912 00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:14,218 TOTALLY FINE WITH. 913 00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:15,353 HE'S SAID, "IF YOU'RE GOING TO 914 00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:17,555 HAVE TO BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING, 915 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:18,623 BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING REALLY 916 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:24,195 POWERFUL AND REALLY GOOD... 917 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:27,065 I'D HATE TO HAVE "PURPLE RAIN" 918 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:27,598 OR "MARGARITAVILLE" BE MY 919 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:27,965 SIGNATURE SONG." 920 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:28,599 WHICH IS JUST AN INSANE DRIVE-BY 921 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,934 AGAINST TWO OBJECTIVELY BETTER 922 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:30,768 ARTISTS. 923 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:33,438 YOU'D HATE TO BE KNOWN FOR 924 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:34,172 "MARGARITAVILLE," A SONG THAT 925 00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:35,540 BECAME A RESTAURANT FRANCHISE 926 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:36,708 AND A BROADWAY MUSICAL? 927 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,076 BULLSHIT. 928 00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:42,780 AND I'M NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE 929 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:43,348 "PURPLE RAIN" THING, BECAUSE 930 00:24:43,349 --> 00:24:43,948 PRINCE ISN'T KNOWN FOR PURPLE 931 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:49,520 RAIN, HE'S KNOWN FOR BEING 932 00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:50,088 PRINCE, EXCEPT FOR THE '90s, 933 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:50,655 WHEN HE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING 934 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:51,255 WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS, AND 935 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:51,823 HIS SIGNATURE SONG IS ALL OF 936 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:52,390 THEM. 937 00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:54,325 BUT THE TRUTH IS, A LOT OF 938 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:54,926 PEOPLE DO LOVE "GOD BLESS THE 939 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:55,927 USA," AND GREENWOOD'S FOUND AS 940 00:24:55,928 --> 00:24:58,129 MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE TO 941 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:02,700 MONETIZE THAT FACT, SELLING "GOD 942 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:05,670 BLESS THE USA FIREWORKS," A 943 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:06,270 CHILDREN'S BOOK, SILVER COINS, 944 00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:06,604 AND EVEN THIS. 945 00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:07,005 INTRODUCING THE 946 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:08,673 LIMITED-EDITION "GOD BLESS THE 947 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:11,042 USA" BIBLE, INSPIRED BY LEE 948 00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:11,809 GREENWOOD'S PATRIOTIC ANTHEM. 949 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:14,912 BUT "GOD BLESS THE USA" 950 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:16,014 LARGE-PRINT, LEATHER-BOUND KING 951 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,916 JAMES BIBLE ALSO CONTAINS 952 00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:20,485 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, 953 00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:22,720 THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE 954 00:25:22,721 --> 00:25:24,288 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND 955 00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:25,156 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 956 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:30,328 ALONG WITH A HANDWRITTEN CHORUS 957 00:25:30,329 --> 00:25:31,262 TO LEE GREENWOOD'S SONG 958 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:31,696 "GOD BLESS THE USA." 959 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:32,263 IF DOING THAT TO A 960 00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:33,297 BIBLE SEEMS ODD TO YOU, YOU'RE 961 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:34,399 NOT ALONE. 962 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,834 EVEN CHRISTIANITY TODAY 963 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:38,136 PUBLISHED A BLOG POST 964 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:38,770 CRITICIZING IT, SAYING WE AGREE 965 00:25:38,771 --> 00:25:39,837 THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KNOW THE 966 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:41,973 CONTENT OF THIS NATION'S 967 00:25:41,974 --> 00:25:42,407 FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. 968 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:43,041 WE DO NOT BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT 969 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,276 THEY SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AS 970 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,611 THOUGH THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF 971 00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:46,911 GOD'S WORD." 972 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:48,780 A LINE OF CRITIQUE THE PRESIDENT 973 00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:50,481 OF THE MARKETING COMPANY THAT 974 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:51,082 CREATED THE BIBLE RESPONDED TO 975 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,550 BY SAYING, "IT'S GOT SEPARATION 976 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:56,120 PAGES." 977 00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:56,854 TO WHICH I REALLY HOPE 978 00:25:56,855 --> 00:25:59,924 CHRISTIANITY TODAY RESPONDED 979 00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:00,758 "OH, SEPARATION PAGES, LA DI 980 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:00,925 DAH. 981 00:26:00,926 --> 00:26:02,360 WE DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD SEPARATION 982 00:26:02,361 --> 00:26:04,062 PAGES, FUCK YOU." 983 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:04,996 BUT THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T DO 984 00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:09,634 THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. 985 00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:10,968 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THIS 986 00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:14,906 DOESN'T REALLY LOOK SEPARATED. 987 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:15,773 THAT'S THE PRINTED WORDS OF THE 988 00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:16,374 BIBLE NEXT TO THE HANDWRITTEN 989 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:17,542 WORDS OF A SONG CHORUS, LOOKING 990 00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:18,376 LIKE A YEARBOOK SIGNATURE FROM 991 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,178 YOUR WORST CLASSMATE. 992 00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:21,245 "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHERE 993 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,847 AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE?" 994 00:26:22,848 --> 00:26:25,616 JESUS CHRIST, DYLAN C, JUST 995 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:26,751 WRITE "KEEP IN TOUCH," SPACE IS 996 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:30,722 LIMITED, AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN 997 00:26:30,723 --> 00:26:33,424 HOT. 998 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:36,627 OH, ONE MORE THING, THAT BIBLE 999 00:26:36,628 --> 00:26:37,095 COSTS $60. 1000 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:37,862 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WHO'D 1001 00:26:37,863 --> 00:26:38,396 BE SO NAKEDLY CRASS TO BE 1002 00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:38,930 ASSOCIATED WITH A $60 LEE 1003 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:42,467 GREENWOOD-BRANDED BIBLE?" 1004 00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:43,067 YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO 1005 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:43,434 THAT. 1006 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:44,168 I'M PROUD TO BE PARTNERING 1007 00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:44,736 WITH MY VERY GOOD FRIEND LEE 1008 00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:45,236 GREENWOOD. 1009 00:26:45,237 --> 00:26:46,137 WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIS SONG "GOD 1010 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:50,141 BLESS THE USA", IN CONNECTION 1011 00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:51,042 WITH PROMOTING THE "GOD BLESS 1012 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,044 THE USA BIBLE"? 1013 00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:54,212 ALL AMERICANS NEED A BIBLE IN 1014 00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:56,214 THEIR HOME, AND I HAVE MANY. 1015 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,849 IT'S MY FAVORITE BOOK. 1016 00:26:57,850 --> 00:26:58,483 IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FAVORITE 1017 00:26:58,484 --> 00:26:59,217 BOOK. 1018 00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:04,222 SURE. 1019 00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:04,822 YEAH, SURE, IT'S YOUR FAVORITE 1020 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:05,289 BOOK. 1021 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:05,923 THAT'S WHY THE MOST FAMOUS TIME 1022 00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,526 YOU WERE SEEN WITH A BIBLE, YOU 1023 00:27:08,527 --> 00:27:13,097 HELD IT LIKE A MODEL ON 1024 00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:14,065 "DEAL OR NO DEAL" SHOWING OFF 1025 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:14,732 THE BRIEFCASE NUMBER, THEN 1026 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:15,833 STARED AT IT LIKE YOU'D NEVER 1027 00:27:15,834 --> 00:27:17,168 SEEN A BOOK BEFORE. 1028 00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:18,369 FUN FACT, TRUMP APPARENTLY 1029 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:19,037 MADE $300,000 FOR ENDORSING THAT 1030 00:27:19,038 --> 00:27:19,771 BIBLE. 1031 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:21,005 WE ASKED LEE GREENWOOD HOW MUCH 1032 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:23,141 HE MADE AND HE DECLINED TO 1033 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:29,113 ANSWER, BUT SAID, "YES, I HAVE 1034 00:27:29,114 --> 00:27:30,081 MADE MONEY FROM THE BIBLE-- IT 1035 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:30,548 IS PART OF BUSINESS." 1036 00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:31,149 AND IT DOESN'T END THERE--IN 1037 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,150 2016, GREENWOOD FILED A 1038 00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:32,750 TRADEMARK FOR THE PHRASE "GOD 1039 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:34,085 BLESS THE USA," STATING IT'D BE 1040 00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:34,819 USED ON "ACCENT PILLOWS; 1041 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:37,555 DECORATIVE CENTERPIECES OF WOOD; 1042 00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:38,189 DECORATIVE WALL HANGINGS, NOT OF 1043 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:38,690 TEXTILE; HOME DECOR AND 1044 00:27:38,691 --> 00:27:41,693 ACCESSORIES." 1045 00:27:41,694 --> 00:27:45,363 BASICALLY, THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE 1046 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,064 OF ANY HOME GOODS STORE. 1047 00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:46,698 THAT APPLICATION WAS REJECTED IN 1048 00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:48,299 2017 AND AGAIN ON APPEAL IN 2020 1049 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:49,600 BECAUSE, AS ONE ARTICLE PUT IT: 1050 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:50,802 "THE TRADEMARK OFFICE REGULARLY 1051 00:27:50,803 --> 00:27:52,103 REJECTS PROPOSED MARKS WHERE 1052 00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:55,006 CONSUMERS WOULD LIKELY PERCEIVE 1053 00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:55,840 THEM AS MERELY COMMUNICATING THE 1054 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:58,142 ORDINARY MEANING OF WORDS." 1055 00:27:58,143 --> 00:27:59,177 A TRULY FANTASTIC REASON TO 1056 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:01,446 REFUSE A TRADEMARK. 1057 00:28:01,447 --> 00:28:03,348 "WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU, BUT 1058 00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:07,318 LEGALLY SPEAKING, YA BASIC." 1059 00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:08,386 BUT THAT DOES MAKES SENSE. 1060 00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:09,754 "GOD BLESS THE USA" IS CLEARLY A 1061 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:11,689 GENERIC SENTIMENT. 1062 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:12,256 IT'S CERTAINLY NO "IT'S FIVE 1063 00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,224 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE." 1064 00:28:13,225 --> 00:28:15,126 A PHRASE SUCCESSFULLY 1065 00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:16,894 TRADEMARKED, BY THE WAY, BY 1066 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:19,263 MARGARITAVILLE ENTERPRISES, LLC. 1067 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:21,766 SUCK IT. 1068 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:23,167 THE POINT IS, LEE GREENWOOD IS 1069 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:25,303 CLEARLY VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING 1070 00:28:25,304 --> 00:28:26,437 MONEY FOR LEE GREENWOOD-- EVEN 1071 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:27,005 WHEN DOING THINGS THAT MIGHT 1072 00:28:27,006 --> 00:28:29,474 APPEAR ALTRUISTIC. 1073 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:30,842 JUST WATCH AS HE MAKES THIS 1074 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:31,409 SPECIAL OFFER REGARDING AN 1075 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:33,745 UPCOMING CONCERT. 1076 00:28:33,746 --> 00:28:35,246 IN ALL OUR SHOWS, NO MATTER 1077 00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:36,547 WHERE WE ARE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO 1078 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,149 HONOR OUR VETERANS. 1079 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:38,683 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1080 00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:39,283 VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS 1081 00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:41,419 CAN COME TO OUR PERFORMANCE. 1082 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:42,954 SO, IF YOUR LISTENERS WILL GO TO 1083 00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,889 OUR WEBSITE, LeeGreenwood.com 1084 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:46,257 AND ADOPT A VET, FOR $100 YOU 1085 00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:48,793 CAN PUT A VET AND CAREGIVER IN A 1086 00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:50,128 SEAT TO WATCH THIS AMAZING 1087 00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:51,829 TELEVISION PRODUCTION. 1088 00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:53,598 BUT THAT'S NOT CHARITY. 1089 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,333 HE'S NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY. 1090 00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:56,768 HE'S JUST GETTING A DIFFERENT 1091 00:28:56,769 --> 00:28:58,603 PERSON TO PAY $100 FOR TICKETS 1092 00:28:58,604 --> 00:28:59,804 TO HIS CONCERT, AND TELLING 1093 00:28:59,805 --> 00:29:01,072 PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE SURE VETERANS 1094 00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:02,373 CAN COME, AT SEEMINGLY NO 1095 00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:04,742 FINANCIAL COST TO HIMSELF. 1096 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,177 IT'S LIKE THAT PHRASE ABOUT THE 1097 00:29:06,178 --> 00:29:07,345 US MILITARY "ALL GAVE SOME, SOME 1098 00:29:07,346 --> 00:29:09,113 GAVE ALL, LEE GETS 40% OF THE 1099 00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:11,182 DOOR." 1100 00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:12,417 AND ALL THAT BRINGS US BACK TO 1101 00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:13,351 HIS SONG'S PRESENCE AT MY, AND 1102 00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:14,619 MANY OTHERS' CITIZENSHIP 1103 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:15,787 CEREMONIES. 1104 00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:17,055 BECAUSE EVEN THAT HAS BEEN A 1105 00:29:17,056 --> 00:29:18,923 REVENUE STREAM FOR HIM. 1106 00:29:18,924 --> 00:29:20,258 BECAUSE WHEN GREENWOOD'S REPS 1107 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:21,225 FOUND OUT HIS SONG WAS BEING 1108 00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:23,561 PLAYED AT CEREMONIES, THEY 1109 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:24,896 APPARENTLY FORCED USCIS TO ENTER 1110 00:29:24,897 --> 00:29:26,597 INTO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO 1111 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:27,732 COMPENSATE HIM. 1112 00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:29,434 WE FOUND THAT SENTENCE IN A 1113 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:30,802 GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED REPORT 1114 00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:31,636 ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, 1115 00:29:31,637 --> 00:29:33,504 BUT IT DIDN'T CONTAIN MUCH INFO 1116 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:34,405 ON WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE. 1117 00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:36,708 BUT WE WANTED TO KNOW MORE. 1118 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:38,176 SO A FEW YEARS AGO, WE FILED A 1119 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:39,143 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1120 00:29:39,144 --> 00:29:40,578 REQUEST AND FOUND OUT THE 1121 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:41,846 GOVERNMENT ULTIMATELY PAID 1122 00:29:41,847 --> 00:29:44,515 $22,000 TO UNIVERSAL MUSIC, 1123 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:46,651 GREENWOOD'S MUSIC PUBLISHER, FOR 1124 00:29:46,652 --> 00:29:47,452 A SIX YEAR LICENSING CONTRACT, 1125 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:48,720 INCLUDING NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN 1126 00:29:48,721 --> 00:29:49,454 BACK PAY. 1127 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:50,755 WHICH IS BOTH A SURPRISINGLY 1128 00:29:50,756 --> 00:29:52,390 SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND ALSO 1129 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:52,957 - I'D ARGUE-- $22,000 TOO 1130 00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:56,160 MUCH. 1131 00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:56,761 BUT IT GETS MUCH WEIRDER FROM 1132 00:29:56,762 --> 00:29:58,596 THERE. 1133 00:29:58,597 --> 00:29:59,397 BECAUSE IN 2018, THE GOVERNMENT 1134 00:29:59,398 --> 00:30:01,299 SIGNED A NEW DEAL TO LICENSE THE 1135 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,934 PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR AROUND 1136 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:04,369 $700 A YEAR. 1137 00:30:04,370 --> 00:30:06,137 BUT THEN, DURING THE PANDEMIC, 1138 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,205 THERE WAS A SNAG WITH PAYMENTS, 1139 00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,439 BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO 1140 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:09,674 PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD, BUT 1141 00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:11,209 UNIVERSAL INSISTED IT COULDN'T 1142 00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:12,010 TAKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS. 1143 00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:13,978 I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY 1144 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:14,812 EMAILS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 1145 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,347 PROBLEM THERE WERE. 1146 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:17,448 IN THE WAKE OF THAT ISSUE, THERE 1147 00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:18,483 WAS APPARENTLY A LOT OF 1148 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:19,717 CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER THE 1149 00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:20,985 GOVERNMENT COULD USE THE SONG AT 1150 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:22,487 CEREMONIES OR NOT. 1151 00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:23,921 BECAUSE WE TURNED UP EMAILS 1152 00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:25,123 BETWEEN IMMIGRATION EMPLOYEES 1153 00:30:25,124 --> 00:30:26,591 LIKE "IS THE LEE GREENWOOD SONG 1154 00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:27,458 ALLOWED NOW?" 1155 00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:28,893 AND "I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT 1156 00:30:28,894 --> 00:30:30,628 LOSING MY MIND, HAVE WE BEEN 1157 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:31,629 GIVEN THE OKAY TO PLAY LEE 1158 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,064 GREENWOOD AGAIN?" 1159 00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:34,399 THERE'S EVEN AN EXCHANGE WITH 1160 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,033 SOMEONE ASKING, "AM I THE ONLY 1161 00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:36,200 ONE WHO LOVES THAT SONG?" 1162 00:30:36,201 --> 00:30:37,435 AND GETTING THE VERY FIRM REPLY, 1163 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:38,236 "YES. 1164 00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:41,439 YOU ARE." 1165 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,909 EVENTUALLY, IT BECAME CLEAR THEY 1166 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:45,910 DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE TO USE 1167 00:30:45,911 --> 00:30:48,012 THE SONG, AND STAFFERS WERE TOLD 1168 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:49,047 LAST NOVEMBER, "IT IS VERY 1169 00:30:49,048 --> 00:30:50,314 IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT WE 1170 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:51,849 NO LONGER HAVE THE LICENSING 1171 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:55,486 RIGHTS TO PLAY THE LEE GREENWOOD 1172 00:30:55,487 --> 00:30:56,020 "GOD BLESS THE USA" SONG." 1173 00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:56,654 A MESSAGE THAT STILL DIDN'T SEEM 1174 00:30:56,655 --> 00:30:58,289 TO GET THROUGH, GIVEN A NEWS 1175 00:30:58,290 --> 00:30:59,390 ARTICLE FROM THIS MAY ABOUT A 1176 00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:01,559 NEW JERSEY CEREMONY MENTIONS NEW 1177 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:02,727 CITIZENS BEING CALLED UP ONE AT 1178 00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:04,629 A TIME, AS LEE GREENWOOD'S GOD 1179 00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:05,596 BLESS THE USA PLAYED. 1180 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:07,131 AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE WHY 1181 00:31:07,132 --> 00:31:08,733 IT'S BEING PLAYED AT CEREMONIES 1182 00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,602 AT ALL. 1183 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:12,136 NOT JUST CONTRACTUALLY OR 1184 00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:12,737 EVEN MUSICALLY. 1185 00:31:12,738 --> 00:31:13,738 BUT BECAUSE GREENWOOD'S PAST 1186 00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:14,505 REMARKS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS HAVE 1187 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:15,440 BEEN, TO SAY THE LEAST, 1188 00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:17,241 OFF-MESSAGE. 1189 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:17,842 HERE HE IS A FEW YEARS AGO, AT 1190 00:31:17,843 --> 00:31:21,479 CPAC. 1191 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:21,979 HERE WE ARE IN A FREE 1192 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:22,613 COUNTRY, WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT. 1193 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:23,448 WE HAVE IMMIGRANTS WHO COME HERE 1194 00:31:23,449 --> 00:31:24,315 ALL THE TIME, AND THEY NEED TO 1195 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:25,316 KNOW THIS. 1196 00:31:25,317 --> 00:31:26,184 THEY NEED TO KNOW WE'RE STILL A 1197 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:27,085 WESTERN COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES IN 1198 00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:27,251 GOD. 1199 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:29,587 THAT'S IT. 1200 00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:34,092 NO, THAT'S NOT IT! 1201 00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:35,293 AND FELLOW IMMIGRANTS, I CAN'T 1202 00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:36,427 DO NOT 1203 00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:37,128 LISTEN TO LEE GREENWOOD! 1204 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:37,695 BECAUSE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 1205 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:38,262 YOU'LL FAIL YOUR CITIZENSHIP 1206 00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:40,565 TEST. 1207 00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:42,500 THE FACT AMERICANS ARE FREE TO 1208 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:43,468 HAVE ANY RELIGION, OR NONE 1209 00:31:43,469 --> 00:31:45,470 WHATSOEVER, IS AN ANSWER TO FOUR 1210 00:31:45,471 --> 00:31:46,804 SEPARATE QUESTIONS ON IT, 1211 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:48,573 INCLUDING "WHAT IS FREEDOM OF 1212 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:49,574 RELIGION?" 1213 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:50,575 SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S 1214 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:52,310 ACTUALLY ON THE TEST, NOT THE 1215 00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:52,944 MAN DRESSED LIKE A LOAN SHARK IN 1216 00:31:52,945 --> 00:31:55,013 MOURNING. 1217 00:31:55,014 --> 00:31:56,180 AND WHEN IT COMES TO 1218 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:57,515 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION, 1219 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,150 GREENWOOD WILL QUICKLY JUMP TO 1220 00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:00,885 THE NEGATIVE, LIKE THIS. 1221 00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:01,886 MY SONG "GOD BLESS THE USA" 1222 00:32:01,887 --> 00:32:04,188 IS USED IN THE WELCOME FILM 1223 00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:05,757 ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 1224 00:32:05,758 --> 00:32:06,657 AND THE WELCOME FROM THE 1225 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:07,692 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1226 00:32:07,693 --> 00:32:09,327 THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY PROUD. 1227 00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:12,130 WHAT DOES NOT MAKE ME PROUD IS 1228 00:32:12,131 --> 00:32:14,399 THAT ANYBODY, ANY ADMINISTRATION 1229 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,000 PRIOR WHO HAS NOT SEALED OUR 1230 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:19,437 BORDER AND STOPPED PEOPLE FROM 1231 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:22,907 CHINA, FROM IRAN, OR ANY 1232 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:23,541 TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WHO WOULD 1233 00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:28,046 FLY TO MEXICO AND COME ACROSS 1234 00:32:28,047 --> 00:32:28,880 THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, FILTER 1235 00:32:28,881 --> 00:32:32,650 INTO OUR NATION AND WAITING TILL 1236 00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:33,251 THEY'RE TOLD-- TO BE THE NEXT 1237 00:32:33,252 --> 00:32:33,651 TERRORIST ATTACK. 1238 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:35,353 IT IS COMING. 1239 00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:36,320 OKAY, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY 1240 00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:38,356 IDIOTIC, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA 1241 00:32:38,357 --> 00:32:39,357 ASPIRING TERRORISTS ARE JUST 1242 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:40,458 SITTING AROUND AND WAITING TO BE 1243 00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,193 TOLD THEY'RE "AMERICA'S NEXT 1244 00:32:42,194 --> 00:32:43,027 TERRORIST ATTACK" LIKE THEY'RE 1245 00:32:43,028 --> 00:32:46,664 ON BRAVO'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL 1246 00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:47,065 NEW REALITY SHOW. 1247 00:32:47,066 --> 00:32:48,700 AND LOOK, MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK 1248 00:32:48,701 --> 00:32:50,168 PAST ALL THIS. 1249 00:32:50,169 --> 00:32:51,069 THE FACT GREENWOOD'S A TACKY 1250 00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:52,537 BIBLE SALESMAN WITH VIEWS 1251 00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:53,671 COMPLETELY AT ODDS WITH 1252 00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:54,238 EVERYTHING A NATURALIZATION 1253 00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:56,574 CEREMONY REPRESENTS. 1254 00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:57,742 MAYBE YOU CAN STOMACH HIS SONG 1255 00:32:57,743 --> 00:32:58,943 BEING USED, ON THE GROUNDS IT'S 1256 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:01,112 A UNIQUELY AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO 1257 00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,046 THIS SINGULAR COUNTRY. 1258 00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,382 BUT IS IT? 1259 00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:06,384 BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT, JUST FIVE 1260 00:33:06,385 --> 00:33:07,552 YEARS AFTER HE RELEASED "GOD 1261 00:33:07,553 --> 00:33:08,319 BLESS THE USA" HE RELEASED 1262 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:09,187 ANOTHER SONG. 1263 00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,289 AND IT'S GOING TO SOUND VERY 1264 00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:12,056 FAMILIAR TO YOU, UNTIL IT 1265 00:33:12,057 --> 00:33:14,992 SUDDENLY DOESN'T. 1266 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:17,128 AND I'M PROUD TO BE IN CANADA 1267 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,698 WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE. 1268 00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:24,268 AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO 1269 00:33:24,269 --> 00:33:27,805 DIE, WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME. 1270 00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:31,142 AND I'D GLADLY STAND UP, NEXT TO 1271 00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:34,345 YOU, AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY. 1272 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:39,650 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I 1273 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:44,222 LOVE THIS LAND, GOD BLESS YOU 1274 00:33:44,223 --> 00:33:50,328 CANADA. 1275 00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:50,862 THAT DOESN'T EVEN 1276 00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:53,231 FUCKING RHYME! 1277 00:33:53,232 --> 00:33:54,265 IT DOESN'T RHYME! 1278 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,133 YOU CAN'T KEEP "DEFEND HER STILL 1279 00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:56,734 TODAY" IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO 1280 00:33:56,735 --> 00:34:01,139 SING "GOD BLESS YOU CANADAY!" 1281 00:34:01,140 --> 00:34:01,873 YOU CAN'T DO IT! 1282 00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:02,473 BUT THE POINT IS, HE TOOK HIS 1283 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:03,741 QUINTESSENTIALLY AMERICAN SONG 1284 00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,177 AND SWITCHED A FEW WORDS SO IT'D 1285 00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:07,745 BE ABOUT CANADA INSTEAD. 1286 00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:09,147 THE REST OF IT IS HIM JUST 1287 00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:10,815 FIND-AND-REPLACING CANADIAN 1288 00:34:10,816 --> 00:34:11,349 PLACES FOR AMERICAN ONES. 1289 00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:13,651 TAKE A LISTEN. 1290 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:16,821 FROM THE SHORES OF NOVA 1291 00:34:16,822 --> 00:34:20,525 SCOTIA TO THE FORESTS IN B.C., 1292 00:34:20,526 --> 00:34:24,796 MONTREAL TO WINNIPEG, FROM SEA 1293 00:34:24,797 --> 00:34:27,465 TO SHINING SEA. 1294 00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:29,233 OH, COME ON. 1295 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,669 YOU CAN'T JUST PACK YOUR SONG IN 1296 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:32,704 WITH PLACE NAMES LIKE A MAD LIBS 1297 00:34:32,705 --> 00:34:34,172 AND CALL IT A DAY. 1298 00:34:34,173 --> 00:34:35,473 YOU KNOW WHY? 1299 00:34:35,474 --> 00:34:36,741 BECAUSE YOU'LL GET REAL YOUTUBE 1300 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:37,375 COMMENTS LIKE THIS ONE, SAYING, 1301 00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:38,810 "I AM FROM RWANDA AND MR. 1302 00:34:38,811 --> 00:34:39,844 GREENWOOD HAS NOT MADE A VERSION 1303 00:34:39,845 --> 00:34:46,920 FOR US YET." 1304 00:34:48,421 --> 00:34:48,920 IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE, LEE! 1305 00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:49,554 ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT, FOR 1306 00:34:49,555 --> 00:34:50,188 MULTIPLE REASONS, I'D ARGUE LEE 1307 00:34:50,189 --> 00:34:50,788 GREENWOOD'S SONG SHOULD NEVER 1308 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:51,389 AGAIN BE PLAYED AT CITIZENSHIP 1309 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:51,689 CEREMONIES. 1310 00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:53,691 BECAUSE THEY DESERVE ONE 1311 00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:54,192 GENUINELY UNIQUE TO THIS 1312 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:55,093 COUNTRY. 1313 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:56,894 A SONG THAT CELEBRATES THE 1314 00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:58,162 NATION NEW AMERICANS ARE ABOUT 1315 00:34:58,163 --> 00:34:58,796 TO JOIN-- AND THE PROCESS 1316 00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:00,331 THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH-- WHILE 1317 00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:02,300 ALSO NOT SOFT-PEDALING SOME HARD 1318 00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:04,769 TRUTHS ABOUT IT. 1319 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:09,040 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, I THINK WE 1320 00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:10,808 HAVE THE PERFECT SONG, PERFORMED 1321 00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:11,909 BY AN ACTUAL AMERICAN TREASURE. 1322 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,778 AND NOT ONLY WILL WE NOT CHARGE 1323 00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:14,379 THE GOVERNMENT $700 A YEAR FOR 1324 00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:16,447 IT-- WE'RE NOT ASSHOLES-- 1325 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:19,217 WE'LL ACTUALLY PAY THEM $701 A 1326 00:35:19,218 --> 00:35:21,786 YEAR IF THEY PLAY IT AT 1327 00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:22,387 NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES FROM 1328 00:35:22,388 --> 00:35:24,355 NOW ON. ĂșAND I COULD TELL YOU MORE ABOUT 1329 00:35:24,356 --> 00:35:30,028 IT, BUT HONESTLY, I'D RATHER 1330 00:35:30,029 --> 00:35:35,767 SHOW IT TO YOU. 1331 00:35:35,768 --> 00:35:37,268 YOU STUDIED HARD, YOU DID 1332 00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:39,604 YOUR BEST, FILLED OUT THE FORMS 1333 00:35:39,605 --> 00:35:41,673 AND PASSED THE TEST, NOW YOU'RE 1334 00:35:41,674 --> 00:35:45,510 PART OF A LAND THAT IS SO GOD 1335 00:35:45,511 --> 00:35:48,846 BLESSED AND STARTING TODAY. 1336 00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:52,184 YOUR AMERICAN. 1337 00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:00,324 THERE'S CORN DOGS, FIREWORKS 1338 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:02,827 LIGHTING UP THE SKY. 1339 00:36:02,828 --> 00:36:07,298 NASCAR RODEO, BARBECUE, THAT 1340 00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:11,035 STUFFS AMERICAN SO NOW ARE 1341 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:12,970 YOU. 1342 00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:15,073 WE'VE GOT PRESIDENTS AND OUR 1343 00:36:15,074 --> 00:36:20,278 LAWS, WE ARE A REAL BIG COUNTRY 1344 00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:22,180 WITH REAL BIG PROBLEMS. 1345 00:36:22,181 --> 00:36:24,382 IF WE ARE KIND OF HOPING YOU 1346 00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:27,352 COULD HELP US SOLVE THEM. 1347 00:36:27,353 --> 00:36:28,753 TELEVANGELISTS AND FOSSIL FUELS, 1348 00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:31,255 METAL DETECTORS IN ALL OF 1349 00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:32,256 SCHOOLS. 1350 00:36:32,257 --> 00:36:34,525 DRIVE-IN PRISONS AND 1351 00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:34,859 MOUNTAIN DEW. 1352 00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:38,129 THAT SUCH AMERICAN NOW THEY ARE 1353 00:36:38,130 --> 00:36:39,964 YOUR PROBLEM TOO. 1354 00:36:39,965 --> 00:36:46,471 THE WAR ON DRUGS. 1355 00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:49,440 TED FUCKING CRUZ, THEY ARE ALL 1356 00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:56,516 AMERICAN AND SO ARE YOU. 1357 00:36:57,283 --> 00:37:02,320 NOWADAYS, IT'S HARD TO DO. 1358 00:37:02,321 --> 00:37:05,023 HARD TO BE THE COUNTRY WE OUGHT 1359 00:37:05,024 --> 00:37:10,561 TO BE. 1360 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,764 YOU WEREN'T BORN HERE, YOU 1361 00:37:12,765 --> 00:37:17,035 VOLUNTEERED. 1362 00:37:17,036 --> 00:37:19,270 TO JOIN YOUR FAITH OF THE GREAT 1363 00:37:19,271 --> 00:37:26,346 AND THE JUST PLAIN WEIRD. 1364 00:37:29,282 --> 00:37:31,382 THOUSANDS OF MEDICAL 1365 00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:32,150 BANKRUPTCIES. 1366 00:37:32,151 --> 00:37:35,653 A PLANTATION WEDDINGS AND 1367 00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:39,791 CHUCK E. CHEESE'S. 1368 00:37:39,792 --> 00:37:43,628 TORNADOES ON HALLOWEEN. 1369 00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:45,663 HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBER THE 1370 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:51,002 CREW, THAT STUFFS AMERICAN. 1371 00:37:51,003 --> 00:37:51,969 HERE'S TO THE FIGHT. 1372 00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:54,372 OF THE BRIGHTEST ARE ON YOUR 1373 00:37:54,373 --> 00:37:54,972 RIGHT. 1374 00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:56,040 WHEREVER YOU COME FROM, WHEREVER 1375 00:37:56,041 --> 00:38:01,946 YOU ROLE, WHERE ALL AMERICAN, 1376 00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:04,982 THEY'RE ALL AMERICAN! 1377 00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:07,452 THEY ARE ALL AMERICANS! 1378 00:38:07,453 --> 00:38:12,124 WELCOME HOME! 1379 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,661 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1380 00:38:16,662 --> 00:38:17,762 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1381 00:38:17,763 --> 00:38:18,296 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1382 00:38:18,297 --> 00:38:18,597 GOOD NIGHT! 1383 00:38:39,953 --> 00:38:42,453 PLANTATION WEDDINGS AND 1384 00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:43,222 CHUCK E. CHEESE'S! 1385 00:38:47,627 --> 00:38:52,397 HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBERED. 1386 00:38:52,398 --> 00:38:53,700 THE STUFFS AMERICAN.