1 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:11,511 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:27,026 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:31,764 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:33,132 John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:33,399 WELCOME TO 6 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:33,832 "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 7 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:35,000 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS FOR 8 00:00:35,001 --> 00:00:38,737 JOINING US. 9 00:00:38,738 --> 00:00:39,438 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK! 10 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:40,839 ISRAEL ATTACKED MILITARY TARGETS 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,174 IN IRAN, AND AN E. COLI OUTBREAK 12 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:43,208 WAS TIED TO MCDONALD'S, YET WAS 13 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:44,043 STILL SOMEHOW THE SECOND MOST 14 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:44,677 REVOLTING THING INSIDE ONE THIS 15 00:00:44,678 --> 00:00:48,814 WEEK. 16 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:49,748 BUT WITH THE ELECTION JUST NINE 17 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:50,749 DAYS AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO 18 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:51,283 SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT 19 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:52,818 TONIGHT, AND COVER TWO MAIN 20 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:53,318 STORIES, BOTH RELATED TO 21 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:54,653 IMMIGRATION. 22 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:56,388 THE SUBJECT OF THE STATUE OF 23 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:57,956 LIBERTY'S FAMOUS INSCRIPTION: 24 00:00:57,957 --> 00:00:59,058 GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, 25 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,326 YOUR HUDDLED MASSES, YEARNING TO 26 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:02,761 BREATHE FREE," WHICH I BELIEVE 27 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:03,495 REPLACED THE ORIGINAL: "COME IN 28 00:01:03,496 --> 00:01:05,464 BITCHES, LET'S GET TWISTED," 29 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:06,098 AFTER IT WAS DEEMED "SIMPLY TOO 30 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:09,168 GOOD." 31 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:10,002 IN THE FINAL CAMPAIGN STRETCH, 32 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:15,040 TRUMP'S FOCUSED RELENTLESSLY ON 33 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:15,641 IMMIGRATION, AND IT HAS GOTTEN 34 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:16,108 UGLY. 35 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:18,677 THEY'RE COMING FROM 181 36 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:19,678 COUNTRIES AS OF YESTERDAY, 37 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:21,380 RIGHT, AND WE'RE A DUMPING 38 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,581 GROUND. 39 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:23,449 WE'RE LIKE A-- WE'RE 40 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:23,982 LIKE A GARBAGE CAN FOR THE 41 00:01:23,983 --> 00:01:24,616 WORLD. 42 00:01:24,617 --> 00:01:27,086 THESE ARE STONE-COLD KILLERS. 43 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:27,853 THEY'LL WALK INTO YOUR KITCHEN, 44 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:29,788 THEY'LL CUT YOUR THROAT. 45 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:30,422 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL THEM 46 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:30,756 PEOPLE. 47 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:31,657 IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE NOT 48 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:33,092 PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION, BUT I'M 49 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,094 NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE 50 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:35,694 THE RADICAL LEFT SAYS THAT'S A 51 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:37,229 TERRIBLE THING TO SAY. 52 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:37,863 THEY'RE DESTROYING THE BLOOD OF 53 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:39,898 OUR COUNTRY. 54 00:01:39,899 --> 00:01:40,699 THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 55 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,835 THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. 56 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:43,469 THEY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAID 57 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,670 THAT, AND I NEVER READ MEIN 58 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:48,440 KAMPF. 59 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:49,074 THEY SAID, "OH, HITLER SAID THAT 60 00:01:49,075 --> 00:01:51,410 IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY." 61 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:52,911 John: OKAY, FOR A START, 62 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:53,545 IMMIGRANTS AREN'T DESTROYING THE 63 00:01:53,546 --> 00:01:59,284 BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. 64 00:01:59,285 --> 00:01:59,918 IF ANYTHING, MOUNTAIN DEW BAJA 65 00:01:59,919 --> 00:02:02,521 BLAST IS DOING THAT, AND LET ME 66 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:03,122 BE THE FIRST TO SAY I FOR ONE 67 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:07,026 WELCOME THE POISON. 68 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:07,860 BUT IT IS WILD THAT TRUMP'S 69 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:09,028 RESPONSE TO BEING TOLD HE'S 70 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:10,329 QUOTING HITLER IS "NO, HE SAID 71 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:14,867 IT DIFFERENTLY." 72 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:15,434 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NOT THAT 73 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:17,136 DIFFERENTLY. 74 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,737 HITLER WROTE: "ALL GREAT 75 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:19,838 CULTURES OF THE PAST PERISHED 76 00:02:19,839 --> 00:02:20,539 ONLY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL 77 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:21,707 CREATIVE RACE DIED OUT FROM 78 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:22,107 BLOOD POISONING." 79 00:02:22,108 --> 00:02:23,142 SO SAME GENERAL IDEA, JUST A BIT 80 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,543 MORE COHERENT. 81 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:31,618 I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHEN 82 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:35,487 IT COMES TO RHETORIC, 83 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:35,888 TRUMP'S NO HITLER. 84 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:36,088 BUT... 85 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:37,022 LET HIM COOK? 86 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:39,558 BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST RHETORIC 87 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:40,192 ABOUT IMMIGRANTS-- TRUMP'S ALSO 88 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:40,793 MADE A VERY SPECIFIC PROMISE. 89 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:41,427 AS SOON AS I TAKE THE OATH OF 90 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:41,960 OFFICE, WE WILL BEGIN THE 91 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:42,928 LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN 92 00:02:42,929 --> 00:02:43,629 THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 93 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:47,333 EVEN LARGER THAN THAT OF 94 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:48,300 PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 95 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:53,839 MANY YEARS AGO. 96 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:54,473 HE WAS A BIG DEPORTATION PERSON. 97 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:56,108 John: OKAY, FIRST, IT'S A 98 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:58,277 HELL OF A THING TO BE CITING 99 00:02:58,278 --> 00:02:58,911 EISENHOWER, GIVEN HIS PROGRAM-- 100 00:02:58,912 --> 00:02:59,445 WHICH DEPORTED HUNDREDS OF 101 00:02:59,446 --> 00:03:00,079 THOUSANDS OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS 102 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,448 -- IS WIDELY SEEN AS BOTH A 103 00:03:02,449 --> 00:03:02,981 FIASCO AND A STAIN ON U.S. 104 00:03:02,982 --> 00:03:05,918 HISTORY, WHILE ALSO HAVING A 105 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:06,552 NAME I'M LITERALLY UNWILLING TO 106 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:07,720 SAY ON TV. 107 00:03:07,721 --> 00:03:08,487 IT'S ONE OF MANY FACTS YOU MAY 108 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:09,555 NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT EISENHOWER, 109 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:10,122 ALONG WITH "HE WAS THE FIRST 110 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:11,290 PRESIDENT TO RIDE IN A 111 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:14,226 HELICOPTER, AND THE FIRST TO 112 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:15,627 POSE FOR AN OFFICIAL PHOTO LIKE 113 00:03:15,628 --> 00:03:16,428 HE'S ON THE COVER OF "WOMEN'S 114 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:18,897 HEALTH MAGAZINE" UNDER THE 115 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:19,498 HEADLINE: HOW TO FEEL FABULOUS 116 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:20,399 AT ANY AGE!" 117 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,734 MASS DEPORTATION IS A 118 00:03:21,735 --> 00:03:22,368 CORNERSTONE PLEDGE FOR THE TRUMP 119 00:03:22,369 --> 00:03:23,235 CAMPAIGN. 120 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:24,903 IT WAS PROMOTED ON SIGNS AT THE 121 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:26,105 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND IS 122 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:26,905 REFERENCED IN THE PARTY'S 123 00:03:26,906 --> 00:03:30,009 PLATFORM. 124 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:30,676 AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE 125 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:31,577 WIDESPREAD BACKING, GIVEN ONE 126 00:03:31,578 --> 00:03:34,213 SURVEY FOUND IT HAS AT LEAST 127 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:37,383 SOME SUPPORT FROM 54% OF 128 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:37,850 AMERICANS, AND 86% OF 129 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:38,417 REPUBLICANS. 130 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:39,785 AND TRUMP SUPPORTERS WILL TELL 131 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:41,020 YOU THEY LOVE THE IDEA OF 132 00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:41,620 MASS DEPORTATION, EVEN IF THEY 133 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:43,055 HAVEN'T THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE 134 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:44,356 DETAILS. 135 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:46,225 THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 136 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,826 BREAKING THE LAWS OF THIS 137 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:49,461 COUNTRY, THAT CAME ACROSS HERE 138 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:50,062 ILLEGAL, ARE GOING TO BE MASS 139 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,196 DEPORTED. 140 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:52,831 MASS DEPORTATIONS, THAT'S 141 00:03:52,832 --> 00:03:53,365 WHAT TRUMP'S CALLING FOR. 142 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:54,333 YES. 143 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:55,501 THAT'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 144 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:56,635 WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 145 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:58,003 HERE ILLEGALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY 146 00:03:58,004 --> 00:03:59,071 PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE COMING HERE, 147 00:03:59,072 --> 00:03:59,938 MY GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE, BUT 148 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:01,273 THEY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. 149 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:02,174 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THOUGH. 150 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:03,409 I DON'T CARE. 151 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:05,678 I THINK IT HAS TO HAPPEN. 152 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:07,212 I THINK CITIZENS HAVE TO BE 153 00:04:07,213 --> 00:04:07,780 BEHIND IT. 154 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:08,647 HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S 155 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:10,582 POSSIBLE TO DO THAT HUMANELY? 156 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:12,284 I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I'M 157 00:04:12,285 --> 00:04:13,385 CONFIDENT TRUMP CAN DO IT. 158 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:15,054 John: ARE YOU? 159 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:16,722 LOOK, THERE ARE THINGS I'M 160 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:17,790 CONFIDENT TRUMP CAN AND WILL DO: 161 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:19,024 PARAPHRASE HITLER, EMOTIONALLY 162 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,225 ABUSE HIS CHILDREN, EVENTUALLY 163 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:22,728 DIE ON THE TOILET. 164 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:23,629 BUT UNLIKE AUNT BEDAZZLEHAT 165 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:24,596 HERE, I DON'T THINK "FIGURING 166 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:25,464 OUT HOW TO HUMANELY DEPORT 167 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:26,165 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE" IS ONE OF 168 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,633 THEM. 169 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:29,501 THE FACT IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE 170 00:04:29,502 --> 00:04:30,602 SEEM TO BE SUPPORTING SOMETHING 171 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:31,870 RIGHT NOW WHOSE IMPLICATIONS 172 00:04:31,871 --> 00:04:33,405 THEY MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND. 173 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:35,207 SO GIVEN THAT, TONIGHT, LET'S 174 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:36,008 TALK ABOUT TRUMP'S MASS 175 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,843 DEPORTATION PLAN. 176 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:38,444 AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: 177 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:39,845 WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE 178 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:42,214 LOGISTICS OF MASS DEPORTATION, 179 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:43,248 BUT FOR THE RECORD: THE MORALITY 180 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:44,983 OF IT IS DESPICABLE. 181 00:04:44,984 --> 00:04:46,952 IMMIGRANTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NO 182 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:47,619 MATTER WHAT MCDONALD'S WORST 183 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:51,223 EMPLOYEE SAYS. 184 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:52,591 WITH THAT SAID, LET'S START WITH 185 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:53,192 THE SHEER SIZE OF WHAT TRUMP'S 186 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:54,693 PROPOSING. 187 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:56,595 BECAUSE HIS CAMPAIGN CLAIMS 188 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,263 THERE ARE 20 TO 25 MILLION 189 00:04:58,264 --> 00:04:59,198 "ILLEGAL ALIENS" IN THE COUNTRY 190 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:01,133 -- DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT'S 191 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:01,700 ROUGHLY HALF THAT, WITH ONE 192 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:03,369 GROUP PLACING THE NUMBER AROUND 193 00:05:03,370 --> 00:05:04,203 13 MILLION PEOPLE. 194 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:06,839 SO THEY'RE ALREADY OFF BY THE 195 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:07,906 "POPULATION OF OHIO." 196 00:05:07,907 --> 00:05:09,208 BUT THAT STILL LEAVES THE TASK 197 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:10,876 OF REMOVING 13 MILLION PEOPLE-- 198 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:12,044 MANY OF WHOM, INCIDENTALLY, ARE 199 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,445 SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 200 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,214 AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR DECADES. 201 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:16,315 ALSO, DEPORTING SOMEONE ISN'T AS 202 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,850 SIMPLE AS FINDING THEM, NOT 203 00:05:17,851 --> 00:05:18,784 LIKING THEIR PAPERWORK AND 204 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:19,985 PUTTING THEM ON A PLANE. 205 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:20,986 IT USUALLY REQUIRES AN ARREST, 206 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:22,955 DETENTION, LEGAL PROCESSING, AND 207 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:25,024 ONLY THEN, REMOVAL. 208 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:25,891 AND TO CARRY OUT OVER 13 MILLION 209 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:27,059 ARRESTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 210 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:28,227 TIME, IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THE 211 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:30,896 GOVERNMENT WOULD NEED TO HIRE 212 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:33,565 BETWEEN 220,000 AND 409,000 NEW 213 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:34,133 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND LAW 214 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:35,601 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 215 00:05:35,602 --> 00:05:37,269 AS FOR THE DETENTION PART, THINK 216 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:38,437 FOR A SECOND WHAT IT WOULD 217 00:05:38,438 --> 00:05:39,271 ENTAIL TO DETAIN 13 MILLION 218 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:41,373 PEOPLE. 219 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:44,309 BEAR IN MIND, THE MOST RECENT 220 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:45,644 DATA HAS THE ENTIRE U.S. PRISON 221 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:46,245 AND JAIL POPULATION AT AROUND 222 00:05:46,246 --> 00:05:47,246 1.9 MILLION. 223 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:49,348 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PRISONS AND 224 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,050 JAILS IN THIS COUNTRY. 225 00:05:51,051 --> 00:05:53,385 THEY'RE KIND OF OUR THING. 226 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:54,119 IF WE HAD A SLOGAN IT SHOULD 227 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,688 PROBABLY BE AMERICA: HOME OF 228 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:57,656 JAILS AND THE KFC DOUBLEDOWN. 229 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,891 AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL 230 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:00,292 SOMETIMES PRETEND THEY'VE TAKEN 231 00:06:00,293 --> 00:06:02,027 THIS INTO CONSIDERATION-- 232 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:02,895 HERE'S JD VANCE, GAMING OUT A 233 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,797 POSSIBLE APPROACH. 234 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,432 NOW YOU'VE GOT 20 MILLION, 25 235 00:06:06,433 --> 00:06:06,799 MILLION PEOPLE. 236 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,499 YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO 237 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:08,734 DO WITH THEM. 238 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,336 AND I GUESS THE WAY THAT I THINK 239 00:06:10,337 --> 00:06:11,370 ABOUT IT, BILL, IS, YOU KNOW, 240 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,072 IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING ASKED, 241 00:06:13,073 --> 00:06:14,473 WELL, YOU HAVE A SANDWICH AND 242 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:15,074 IT'S 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF YOUR 243 00:06:15,075 --> 00:06:15,741 MOUTH. 244 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:16,308 HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY EAT THE 245 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:16,742 WHOLE THING? 246 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:17,343 AND YOU TAKE IT ONE BITE AT A 247 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:18,644 TIME, RIGHT? 248 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:20,679 AND I THINK YOU START WITH THE 249 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,914 MILLION MOST VIOLENT, MOST 250 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:23,749 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN ELEMENT. 251 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,417 THERE'S PROBABLY, OF THE 20 252 00:06:25,418 --> 00:06:26,585 MILLION, THERE'S PROBABLY A 253 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:27,386 MILLION WHO'VE COMMITTED SOME 254 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:28,654 VIOLENT CRIME. 255 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:29,455 THAT'S AN ESTIMATE. 256 00:06:29,456 --> 00:06:30,856 BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO 257 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:31,523 THE TRUTH. 258 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:33,058 YOU DEPORT THEM FIRST AND YOU 259 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:34,827 FOCUS ON THEM FIRST. 260 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:35,828 John: OKAY, FIRST-- AND I 261 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:37,396 KNOW THIS ISN'T THE POINT-- I 262 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:38,297 DIDN'T KNOW BILL O'REILLY STILL 263 00:06:38,298 --> 00:06:41,166 HAD A SHOW. 264 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:42,835 I HAD THE VAGUE, UNINTERROGATED 265 00:06:42,836 --> 00:06:43,569 SENSE THAT HE DIED WHEN ROGER 266 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:44,737 AILES DID, EITHER BECAUSE I 267 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:45,571 THOUGHT THEY WERE THE SAME 268 00:06:45,572 --> 00:06:47,106 PERSON OR BECAUSE THAT SEEMS 269 00:06:47,107 --> 00:06:47,873 LIKE A PLAUSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE, 270 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:49,975 I DON'T KNOW, THE SUBCONSCIOUS 271 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:53,846 IS HARD TO PIN DOWN. 272 00:06:53,847 --> 00:06:54,480 BUT SECOND, "ONE BITE AT A TIME" 273 00:06:54,481 --> 00:06:55,781 IS AN INCREDIBLY CALLOUS WAY TO 274 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,116 REFER TO MASS DEPORTATION, EVEN 275 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:58,751 BEFORE YOU GET TO HIS CASUAL 276 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:00,786 "ONE MILLION OF THEM ARE 277 00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:05,591 PROBABLY VIOLENT CRIMINALS," A 278 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:06,592 STATISTIC SOURCED TO "THAT'S AN 279 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:07,126 ESTIMATE, BUT I THINK IT'S 280 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:07,693 PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH." 281 00:07:07,694 --> 00:07:10,195 AND FOR THE RECORD, TO DEPORT 282 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:11,130 JUST A MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR 283 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,532 WOULD STILL COST AN ESTIMATED 284 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:14,133 $88 BILLION ANNUALLY, WITH THE 285 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:15,334 MAJORITY OF THAT GOING TOWARD 286 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:17,703 BUILDING DETENTION CAMPS. 287 00:07:17,704 --> 00:07:18,771 OVER A DECADE THAT'D COST NEARLY 288 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:19,071 $1 TRILLION. 289 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:24,443 AND TO BE CLEAR, MY BIGGEST 290 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,177 PROBLEM WITH "WE'D SPEND NEARLY 291 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,612 $1 TRILLION ON DETENTION CAMPS 292 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:27,146 FOR IMMIGRANTS" IS NOT THE 293 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:27,880 TRILLION-DOLLAR PART. 294 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:28,647 I DON'T WANT TO SEE A HEADLINE 295 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:32,251 TOMORROW THAT SAYS "JOHN OLIVER 296 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:33,719 BLASTS DETENTION CAMPS AS TOO 297 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,019 EXPENSIVE." 298 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:34,553 BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH 299 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:35,788 RECOGNIZING THE EXTENT TO WHICH 300 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,456 TRUMP AND VANCE ARE FULL OF SHIT 301 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:38,090 FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT AS 302 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:39,258 WELL AS A MORAL ONE. 303 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:41,927 BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF 304 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:43,862 ARGUMENT, LET'S SAY MASS 305 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:44,430 DEPORTATION WERE A REALISTIC 306 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:45,898 POLICY. 307 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:46,465 IT STILL WOULDN'T SOLVE THE 308 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:47,066 PROBLEMS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S 309 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:48,100 CLAIMING IT WOULD. 310 00:07:48,101 --> 00:07:50,235 IN FACT, IT'D MAKE THEM WORSE. 311 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:50,769 BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY 312 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:53,372 CLAIMING DEPORTATIONS ARE THE 313 00:07:53,373 --> 00:07:53,906 SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT, 314 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:54,840 HOUSING PRICES, AND CRIME. 315 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:57,109 SO LET'S TAKE EACH IN TURN, 316 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:59,244 STARTING WITH JOBS. 317 00:07:59,245 --> 00:08:00,446 HISTORICALLY, DEPORTATION HAS 318 00:08:00,447 --> 00:08:01,580 ACTUALLY INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT 319 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:03,048 IN THIS COUNTRY. 320 00:08:03,049 --> 00:08:04,383 A STUDY OF THE OBAMA YEARS FOUND 321 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:05,918 THAT "WHEN 500,000 UNDOCUMENTED 322 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:07,820 IMMIGRANT WORKERS WERE FORCED 323 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:10,022 OUT OF THE COUNTRY, 44,000 FEWER 324 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:10,589 JOBS WERE HELD BY U.S.-BORN 325 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:11,256 WORKERS." 326 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:13,325 WHICH MAY SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE. 327 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:16,161 BUT WHAT'S OFTEN HAPPENED IS, 328 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,730 COMPANIES THAT RELY ON 329 00:08:17,731 --> 00:08:18,964 IMMIGRANTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMER 330 00:08:18,965 --> 00:08:19,598 BASE OR THEIR WORKFORCE, END UP 331 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:21,200 SHUTTING DOWN. 332 00:08:21,201 --> 00:08:22,968 AND AS IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES 333 00:08:22,969 --> 00:08:23,902 WILL TELL YOU-- THEY MIGHT BE 334 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:25,971 THE ONLY ONES WILLING TO DO 335 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:28,841 CERTAIN WORK. 336 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:29,808 THE THING IS IF HE WINS, HE 337 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:31,210 KICKS OUT ALL THE IMMIGRANTS. 338 00:08:31,211 --> 00:08:32,277 THOSE WHO WORK HERE IN 339 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:33,412 CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING, 340 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:34,680 THEY'RE IMMIGRANTS. 341 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:36,081 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A GRINGO 342 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:37,716 FILLING HIS FEET WITH CEMENT OR 343 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:39,084 CARRYING BRICKS OR CARRYING THIS 344 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:41,053 OR CLEANING. 345 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:42,287 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT. 346 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:43,589 John: THAT'S BLUNT, BUT TRUE. 347 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:45,657 THERE ARE CERTAIN JOBS, AND 348 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:47,793 WHOLE INDUSTRIES, RELIANT ON 349 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:49,194 IMMIGRANT LABOR. 350 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:52,064 IN OUR PIECE ON FARMWORKERS, WE 351 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:52,664 SHOWED YOU A VIRAL VIDEO OF A 352 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:53,265 FARMER EXPLAINING HE COULDN'T 353 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,334 HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO HARVEST 354 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:55,934 HIS FIELDS, SO THE PRODUCE WAS 355 00:08:55,935 --> 00:08:56,735 ROTTING. 356 00:08:56,736 --> 00:08:57,369 IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS 357 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:57,936 ASPARAGUS, SO IT WAS A MINOR 358 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,105 TRAGEDY AT BEST. 359 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,042 BUT THE BROADER POINT STANDS. 360 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,877 AND REMOVING 13 MILLION PEOPLE 361 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,578 -- WHO SPEND MONEY IN THEIR 362 00:09:06,579 --> 00:09:07,846 COMMUNITIES-- WOULD BADLY HURT 363 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:09,081 THE ECONOMY. 364 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,349 IN FACT, EXPERTS HAVE SAID MASS 365 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:17,424 DEPORTATION WOULD LEAD TO A LOSS 366 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:20,292 OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4% AND 7% 367 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,160 OF ANNUAL GDP, WHICH 368 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:21,794 WOULD BE A CRASH ON PAR WITH THE 369 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:22,161 GREAT RECESSION. 370 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:22,695 AND I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST, 371 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:23,328 DESPITE LOOKING LIKE I WAS LEFT 372 00:09:23,329 --> 00:09:23,962 ON THE DOORSTEP OF AN AUDITOR'S 373 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:25,197 OFFICE AS A BABY, BUT MY 374 00:09:25,198 --> 00:09:26,098 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GREAT 375 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:28,200 RECESSION WAS BAD. 376 00:09:28,201 --> 00:09:29,335 SO THAT'S UNEMPLOYMENT. 377 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:30,969 WHAT ABOUT HOUSING? 378 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:32,071 BECAUSE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS 379 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,706 PROMISING MASS DEPORTATION WILL 380 00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:35,874 ALSO FIX OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 381 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:37,609 THIS IS SIMPLE SUPPLY AND 382 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:38,444 DEMAND, MY FRIENDS. 383 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,945 WE'VE GOT TO DO TWO THINGS TO 384 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:41,980 LOWER THE PRICE OF HOUSING-- 385 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:43,582 TWO THINGS TO LOWER THE PRICE OF 386 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:44,950 HOUSING FOR NEVADANS IS WE'VE 387 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:47,086 GOT TO BUILD MORE HOUSES AND 388 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:49,121 WE'VE GOT TO DEPORT THE ILLEGAL 389 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:50,889 ALIENS SO THAT AMERICAN HOMES GO 390 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,257 TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. 391 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:53,525 John: OKAY, EVEN IF THAT 392 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:54,893 WASN'T TOTAL BULLSHIT, JD 393 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:56,428 VANCE'S VERY EXISTENCE IS PROOF 394 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:57,029 THAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND DOESN'T 395 00:09:57,030 --> 00:09:59,465 ALWAYS WORK. 396 00:09:59,466 --> 00:09:59,999 THERE WAS NO DEMAND FOR A 397 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,403 BUSINESS-PILLED BEARDED 398 00:10:04,404 --> 00:10:05,738 SYCOPHANT THAT GETS ROUTINELY 399 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:07,506 IGNORED BY TRUMP-- WE ALREADY 400 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:09,208 HAVE TWO OF THOSE AND WE BARELY 401 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:09,641 EVEN USE THEM. 402 00:10:09,642 --> 00:10:10,209 AND YET, HERE WE ARE WITH AN 403 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,911 UNNECESSARY THIRD. 404 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,613 THE FACT IS, MANY ECONOMISTS 405 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:17,416 THINK LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATIONS 406 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:21,420 COULD ACTUALLY BACKFIRE AND MAKE 407 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:24,156 THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE, SINCE 408 00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:29,094 -- AS YOU JUST SAW POINTED OUT 409 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,195 -- UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ARE A 410 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:30,796 KEY PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION 411 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:31,430 INDUSTRY, AND "NATIONALLY, MASS 412 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:31,997 DEPORTATION WOULD REMOVE 1.5 413 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:32,498 MILLION WORKERS FROM THE 414 00:10:32,499 --> 00:10:33,332 CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE." 415 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,933 INCLUDING MORE THAN 1 IN 3 416 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:35,801 ROOFERS, CEILING TILERS, STUCCO 417 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:37,736 MASONS, PLASTERERS AND DRYWALL 418 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:38,037 INSTALLERS." 419 00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:38,937 IN FACT, ONE PROFESSOR WHO 420 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:40,439 STUDIES IMMIGRATION SAYS THAT IN 421 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,841 THE LONG RUN IMMIGRANTS ARE THE 422 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:45,144 SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. 423 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:45,878 WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, YOU CAN'T 424 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:52,251 INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING. 425 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:53,552 AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, 426 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:55,754 J.D. VANCE, THAT SUPPLY AND 427 00:10:55,755 --> 00:11:01,193 DEMAND IN ACTION. 428 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,061 I'M GUESSING YOU'LL SOLVE 429 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:07,066 POVERTY BY COMPARING IT TO A 430 00:11:07,067 --> 00:11:09,635 TURKEY FUCKING RUBIN. 431 00:11:09,636 --> 00:11:10,235 AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE CLAIM 432 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:10,803 MASS DEPORTATION WILL REDUCE 433 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:11,136 VIOLENT CRIME. 434 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:12,271 AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, FOR 435 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:12,805 ALL THE COVERAGE ISOLATED 436 00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:13,806 INCIDENTS GET, RESEARCH SHOWS 437 00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:14,406 IMMIGRANTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO 438 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:14,973 COMMIT CRIMES THAN U.S.-BORN 439 00:11:14,974 --> 00:11:15,741 PEOPLE, AND FBI DATA SHOWS 440 00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:16,475 VIOLENT CRIME HAS ACTUALLY GONE 441 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:17,976 DOWN SINCE 2020. 442 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:18,711 IT'S ONE OF THE GENUINELY GOOD 443 00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:21,647 DECREASES SINCE THEN, ALONG WITH 444 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:22,181 THE AMOUNT OF ZOOM FAMILY 445 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:27,019 DINNERS AND THE NUMBER OF ALIVE 446 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:28,120 HENRY KISSINGERS. 447 00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:30,823 ONE WAS ONE TOO MANY. 448 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:32,858 BUT DESPITE THAT, TRUMP'S 449 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:33,759 CONTINUED MAKING LURID 450 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,993 ACCUSATIONS. 451 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:36,328 THERE WERE HIS BULLSHIT CLAIMS 452 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:37,529 OF PET EATING IN SPRINGFIELD, 453 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:40,566 OHIO, BUT HE'S ALSO FALSELY 454 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:41,233 CLAIMED AURORA, COLORADO, IS THE 455 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:42,034 VICTIM OF A VENEZUELAN GANG 456 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,235 TAKEOVER. 457 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,471 IT'S AN ACCUSATION THAT 458 00:11:45,472 --> 00:11:48,874 ORIGINATED WITH THIS VIRAL VIDEO 459 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:49,742 OF MEN WITH GUNS, KNOCKING ON AN 460 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:50,109 APARTMENT DOOR. 461 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:51,310 THAT CLIP FRIGHTENED A LOT OF 462 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,412 PEOPLE, BUT TO BE CLEAR-- THE 463 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:54,213 REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF AURORA HAS 464 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:55,447 FLAT-OUT SAID, "A VENEZUELAN 465 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,882 GANG IS NOT IN CONTROL OF THOSE 466 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,684 APARTMENT COMPLEXES," AND THE 467 00:11:58,685 --> 00:11:59,785 CITY HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN OVER OR 468 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:00,586 INVADED OR OCCUPIED BY MIGRANT 469 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:04,556 GANGS. 470 00:12:04,557 --> 00:12:05,824 BUT NONE OF THAT STOPPED TRUMP 471 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,026 FROM GOING TO AURORA TO PUSH FOR 472 00:12:07,027 --> 00:12:11,363 MASS DEPORTATION, WITH THE HELP 473 00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:11,930 OF STEPHEN MILLER, WHO EVEN 474 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:14,133 BROUGHT ALONG SOME VISUAL AIDS. 475 00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:15,134 LOOK AT ALL THESE PHOTOS 476 00:12:15,135 --> 00:12:17,169 AROUND ME. 477 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:17,770 ARE THESE THE KIDS YOU GREW UP 478 00:12:17,771 --> 00:12:19,071 WITH? 479 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,072 ARE THESE THE NEIGHBORS YOU WERE 480 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,207 RAISED WITH? 481 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,308 ARE THESE THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU 482 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,978 WANT IN YOUR CITY? 483 00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:26,812 NO! 484 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:27,613 NO. 485 00:12:27,614 --> 00:12:29,181 THESE ARE THE CRIMINAL MIGRANTS 486 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:29,815 THAT KAMALA HARRIS BROUGHT INTO 487 00:12:29,816 --> 00:12:32,718 YOUR COMMUNITY. 488 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:35,087 AND AS SWIFTLY AS THEY CAME, 489 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:36,989 DONALD TRUMP WILL SEND THEM 490 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:41,994 BACK. 491 00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:42,594 John: OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, 492 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:43,195 IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE 493 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:43,829 YOU DON'T WANT AS YOUR NEIGHBOR? 494 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:44,430 STEPHEN MILLER WOULD BE TOP OF 495 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:51,504 MY LIST. 496 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:54,373 IMAGINE GETTING UP IN THE 497 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:55,174 MORNING, LOOKING ACROSS YOUR 498 00:12:55,175 --> 00:12:55,808 YARD AND SEEING THAT FUCKING GUY 499 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:56,442 STANDING THERE, LOOKING LIKE A 500 00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:56,809 MINION'S PENIS. 501 00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:57,776 ALSO, QUICK SIDE NOTE: IF YOU'RE 502 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,911 WONDERING WHAT THIS THING IS? 503 00:12:58,912 --> 00:13:01,647 IT'S A FAIR QUESTION, AND THAT'S 504 00:13:01,648 --> 00:13:02,781 A TRUMPY BEAR. 505 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,350 A STUFFED BEAR WITH TRUMP'S 506 00:13:04,351 --> 00:13:05,117 HAIR, A TIE, AND DISTURBINGLY 507 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,752 HUMAN EYES. 508 00:13:06,753 --> 00:13:08,287 IT LOOKS LIKE PADDINGTON BEAR IF 509 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:10,322 HE HAD MULTIPLE HEMORRHOIDS. 510 00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:11,423 IT LOOKS LIKE A CARE BEAR THAT 511 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:12,591 WON'T STOP CALLING THE OTHER 512 00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:14,793 CARE BEARS GAY. 513 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,895 BUT DON'T LET THAT BEAR DISTRACT 514 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:18,297 YOU FROM THE FACT YOU JUST SAW A 515 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,665 CROWD BAITED INTO BOOING 516 00:13:19,666 --> 00:13:20,599 PICTURES OF HISPANIC PEOPLE WHO 517 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,066 "DON'T LOOK LIKE YOUR 518 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,602 NEIGHBORS." 519 00:13:23,603 --> 00:13:25,270 AT THAT EVENT, TRUMP ANNOUNCED 520 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:26,505 PLANS FOR SOMETHING HE CALLS 521 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:27,639 "OPERATION AURORA," AND HIS 522 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,476 CAMPAIGN HAS SINCE DESCRIBED THE 523 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:30,943 CITY AS "A WAR ZONE." 524 00:13:30,944 --> 00:13:32,745 AND THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE 525 00:13:32,746 --> 00:13:33,879 POINTS TO WHAT HIS REAL END GAME 526 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,047 HERE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 527 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,649 BECAUSE WHILE-- AGAIN-- TRUMP 528 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:38,317 CAN'T DEPORT 13 MILLION, OR EVEN 529 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:39,418 1 MILLION, PEOPLE OVERNIGHT. 530 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:42,187 AND MASS DEPORTATION WON'T FIX 531 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:43,088 ANY OF THE PROBLEMS HE SAYS IT 532 00:13:43,089 --> 00:13:43,288 WILL. 533 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,591 HE COULD STILL USE AURORA-STYLE 534 00:13:45,592 --> 00:13:46,625 PANICS TO GIVE HIMSELF A TON OF 535 00:13:46,626 --> 00:13:48,227 POWER. 536 00:13:48,228 --> 00:13:50,729 HERE HE IS, AT THAT RALLY, 537 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:52,865 GAMING OUT A KEY PIECE OF IT. 538 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:55,334 I WILL INVOKE THE ALIENS 539 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,635 ENEMY ACT OF 1798. 540 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,937 THINK OF THAT. 541 00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:01,874 1798. 542 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:02,641 THIS WAS PUT THERE IN 1798. 543 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:07,946 THAT IS A LONG TIME AGO, RIGHT? 544 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:08,547 TO TARGET AND DISMANTLE EVERY 545 00:14:08,548 --> 00:14:09,448 MIGRANT CRIMINAL NETWORK 546 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:12,484 OPERATING ON AMERICAN SOIL. 547 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:13,919 John: OKAY, 1798 IS "A LONG 548 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,487 TIME AGO," I RELUCTANTLY CONCEDE 549 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,823 THAT POINT. 550 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:19,391 BUT THE ACT HE'S DESCRIBING 551 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:20,159 THERE IS TERRIFYING. 552 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,527 IT'S A LAW THAT ALLOWS FOR 553 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:22,394 SUMMARY DEPORTATION OF PEOPLE 554 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,463 FROM COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE 555 00:14:24,464 --> 00:14:26,298 UNITED STATES IS AT WAR, THAT 556 00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:26,899 HAVE INVADED THE U.S., OR THAT 557 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,067 HAVE ENGAGED IN "PREDATORY 558 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:29,168 INCURSIONS." 559 00:14:29,169 --> 00:14:35,908 IT WAS LAST USED DURING WORLD 560 00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:36,508 WAR II AS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY 561 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:37,076 FOR INTERNING IMMIGRANTS OF 562 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:37,676 JAPANESE, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN 563 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:38,143 DESCENT. 564 00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:38,811 AND EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED THAT A 565 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:39,611 PRESIDENT LIKE TRUMP COULD 566 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:41,046 RECOGNIZE A CARTEL AS THE DE 567 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:41,613 FACTO GOVERNMENT OF MEXICAN 568 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:48,520 TERRITORY, THEN PROCLAIM A 569 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:49,388 MIGRANT "INVASION" PERPETRATED 570 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:50,556 BY THE CARTEL "'GOVERNMENT," AND 571 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:51,123 IN DOING SO GIVE HIMSELF A 572 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:51,623 TURBOCHARGED DEPORTATION 573 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:51,890 AUTHORITY. 574 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:52,458 THAT WAY, HE COULD QUICKLY 575 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:55,194 REMOVE NON-CITIZENS - EVEN GREEN 576 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:55,828 CARD HOLDERS-- WITHOUT ANY DUE 577 00:14:55,829 --> 00:15:02,902 PROCESS. 578 00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:05,337 AND WHILE THERE'D BE LEGAL 579 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:05,938 CHALLENGES, THE COURTS ARE NOW 580 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:06,538 MUCH MORE TRUMP-FRIENDLY THAN 581 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:07,106 THEY WERE EIGHT YEARS AGO. 582 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:07,773 AND EVEN IF TRUMP DOESN'T CHOOSE 583 00:15:07,774 --> 00:15:08,340 TO GO THAT FAR, OR DOES GET 584 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:10,042 STOPPED BY THE COURTS, IT'S 585 00:15:10,043 --> 00:15:10,843 WORTH REMEMBERING WHAT HE WAS 586 00:15:10,844 --> 00:15:12,044 ABLE TO DO IN HIS FIRST TERM 587 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,445 ANYWAY. 588 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:14,113 BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE 589 00:15:14,114 --> 00:15:14,813 ENDLESS CIRCUS OF OUTRAGEOUS 590 00:15:14,814 --> 00:15:15,981 NONSENSE BACK THEN-- LIKE 591 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:17,316 HOSTING A FAST-FOOD BANQUET, OR 592 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:19,485 STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN, 593 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:21,020 OR DOING A LOUD HONK HONK IN A 594 00:15:21,021 --> 00:15:23,155 BIG VROOM VROOM-- HE ALSO 595 00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:26,392 AGGRESSIVELY RAMPED UP 596 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:26,992 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, USING 597 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:28,827 LARGE-SCALE "WORKSITE RAIDS," 598 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:30,662 WHICH INVOLVED IMMIGRATION 599 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:31,230 AGENTS STORMING WORKPLACES. 600 00:15:31,231 --> 00:15:33,298 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019, 601 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:34,033 WHEN ICE CARRIED OUT MASSIVE 602 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:36,201 RAIDS ON CHICKEN PROCESSING 603 00:15:36,202 --> 00:15:36,835 PLANTS ACROSS CENTRAL 604 00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:38,637 MISSISSIPPI, ARRESTING 680 605 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,739 WORKERS IN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN 606 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:41,540 THE LARGEST-EVER WORKPLACE 607 00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:43,242 OPERATION IN ANY SINGLE STATE. 608 00:15:43,243 --> 00:15:44,610 AND THESE WEREN'T SWEEPS FOR 609 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,412 "VIOLENT CRIMINALS." 610 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:48,213 THEY WERE ATTACKS ON WORKING 611 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:50,149 PEOPLE WHOSE ONLY OFFENSE WAS 612 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:50,883 BEING UNDOCUMENTED. 613 00:15:50,884 --> 00:15:52,217 MORE THAN 350 WERE DEPORTED, AND 614 00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,520 MANY OTHERS ARE STILL AWAITING 615 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:54,887 COURT DECISIONS. 616 00:15:54,888 --> 00:15:56,522 MANY OF THE FAMILIES BROKEN UP 617 00:15:56,523 --> 00:15:57,423 THAT DAY REMAIN SEPARATED HALF A 618 00:15:57,424 --> 00:15:59,625 DECADE LATER. 619 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:01,493 AND THE TRAUMA OF THOSE RAIDS ON 620 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:02,394 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WAS TRULY 621 00:16:02,395 --> 00:16:03,962 AWFUL-- AND I'LL WARN YOU, THIS 622 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:06,565 IS HARD TO WATCH. 623 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:07,833 I'M SCARED AND I'M CRYING 624 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:08,667 BECAUSE OF MY DAD AND MOM. 625 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:13,739 I WANT MY DAD. 626 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:14,973 THESE HISPANIC PEOPLE THEY 627 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,508 AREN'T DOING NOTHING BAD. 628 00:16:16,509 --> 00:16:21,447 THEY'RE NOT STEALING NOTHING. 629 00:16:21,448 --> 00:16:22,848 MY DAD BOUGHT ME EVERYTHING FOR 630 00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:23,315 ME TO LIVE OVER HERE. 631 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:23,582 THE RENT. 632 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:24,216 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO 633 00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:27,619 EAT. 634 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:32,424 I NEED MY DAD FOR ME. 635 00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:34,059 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO 636 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:34,393 DO RIGHT NOW. 637 00:16:34,394 --> 00:16:34,993 MY DAD DIDN'T DO NOTHING, HE'S 638 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,061 NOT A CRIMINAL. 639 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,197 John: YEAH, WE DID THAT. 640 00:16:38,198 --> 00:16:39,865 AND WE'RE APPARENTLY A COIN-FLIP 641 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:42,034 AWAY FROM GOING EVEN FURTHER. 642 00:16:42,035 --> 00:16:43,702 AND A LOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS 643 00:16:43,703 --> 00:16:45,304 SEEM TO BE IN DENIAL ABOUT 644 00:16:45,305 --> 00:16:46,105 EXACTLY WHAT A PLAN OF MASS 645 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:47,673 DEPORTATION WOULD ENTAIL. 646 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:48,307 AND THAT'S A FRUSTRATING PATTERN 647 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:50,776 HERE. 648 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:52,511 IN TRUMP'S FIRST TERM, THIS 649 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:53,812 LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IN INDIANA 650 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:55,180 WAS DEPORTED, TO THE APPARENT 651 00:16:55,181 --> 00:16:55,748 SHOCK OF THE PEOPLE IN HIS 652 00:16:55,749 --> 00:16:57,516 COMMUNITY. 653 00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,585 IT JUST FEELS WRONG. 654 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:00,586 THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR 655 00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:01,620 HAVING SOMEONE LIKE HIM. 656 00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:02,721 I MEAN, HE SHOWED UP HERE 657 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,857 WITH JUST THE SHIRT ON HIS BACK 658 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:05,491 AND HE'S A RESTAURANT OWNER 20 659 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:08,127 YEARS LATER. 660 00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:08,861 I MEAN, THAT'S-- AND HE WORKED 661 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:09,862 HIS BUTT OFF TO GET THERE, I'VE 662 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:10,729 SEEN IT. 663 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,231 THEY'RE ALL STRONG SUPPORTERS 664 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,400 OF ROBERTO BERISTAIN, THOUGH 665 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,401 FOUR OUT OF SIX OF THEM VOTED 666 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:16,602 FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. 667 00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:18,203 I VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE 668 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,272 SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET RID OF 669 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:23,042 THE BAD-- THE BAD HOMBRES. 670 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:25,778 ROBERTO IS A GOOD HOMBRE. 671 00:17:25,779 --> 00:17:29,114 John: WELL, A COUPLE OF 672 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:31,450 THINGS ABOUT THAT. 673 00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:32,284 FIRST, IF SHOWING UP WITH THE 674 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:33,652 SHIRT ON YOUR BACK AND WORKING 675 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:34,286 HARD FOR 20 YEARS MAKES SOMEONE 676 00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:34,853 A GOOD HOMBRE, I'VE GOT SOME 677 00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:35,888 NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT A WHOLE LOT 678 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:37,222 OF IMMIGRANTS. 679 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:37,823 BUT ALSO, HOW DO THOSE PEOPLE 680 00:17:37,824 --> 00:17:39,124 EVEN BEGIN TO APOLOGIZE FOR A 681 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:40,926 SITUATION LIKE THAT? 682 00:17:40,927 --> 00:17:42,327 I DON'T THINK HALLMARK SELLS 683 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,128 CARDS THAT SAY "SORRY WE 684 00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:44,129 INADVERTENTLY GOT YOU DEPORTED 685 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:45,698 BECAUSE WE ASSUMED TRUMP WOULD 686 00:17:45,699 --> 00:17:46,932 ONLY BE RACIST AGAINST HISPANICS 687 00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:50,035 WE DIDN'T KNOW PERSONALLY." 688 00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:51,870 AND I REALLY WANT TO HOPE PEOPLE 689 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:55,240 ARE WAVING AROUND SIGNS WITHOUT 690 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:55,741 UNDERSTANDING WHAT "MASS 691 00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:56,342 DEPORTATION" ACTUALLY MEANS IN 692 00:17:56,343 --> 00:17:57,976 PRACTICE. 693 00:17:57,977 --> 00:18:00,512 BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE PEOPLE 694 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:02,181 CAMPAIGNING ON IT ABSOLUTELY DO, 695 00:18:02,182 --> 00:18:03,349 AND IT'S HORRENDOUS. 696 00:18:03,350 --> 00:18:04,883 SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 697 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:08,520 WELL, THERE'S THE OBVIOUS, AND 698 00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:08,954 THAT'S VOTE. 699 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:09,888 BUT IT'S ALSO WORTH TALKING TO 700 00:18:09,889 --> 00:18:11,490 PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, WHO ARE 701 00:18:11,491 --> 00:18:12,057 CONCERNED ABOUT IMMIGRATION, 702 00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:13,025 ABOUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO 703 00:18:13,026 --> 00:18:14,193 HAPPEN HERE. 704 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:16,395 BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM DEFINITELY 705 00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:17,996 NEEDS FIXING, BUT THERE ARE MUCH 706 00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:19,231 MORE HUMANE WAYS TO DO THAT-- 707 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:20,399 AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS SEEM 708 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,533 OPEN TO THAT IDEA. 709 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:22,935 BECAUSE WHILE-- AS I MENTIONED 710 00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:24,670 EARLIER-- THE SLOGAN "MASS 711 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,338 DEPORTATION" POLLS DEPRESSINGLY 712 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,773 WELL, A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT 713 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:29,475 WHEN PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN 714 00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:30,976 A SPECIFIC CHOICE BETWEEN MASS 715 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,212 DEPORTATION AND PATHWAYS TO 716 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:34,980 CITIZENSHIP AS AN IMMIGRATION 717 00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:37,016 POLICY-- SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING 718 00:18:37,017 --> 00:18:38,283 HOW EACH MIGHT WORK-- 719 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,752 MAJORITIES IN EVERY SWING STATE 720 00:18:39,753 --> 00:18:41,387 PREFERRED THE PATH TO 721 00:18:41,388 --> 00:18:42,688 CITIZENSHIP. 722 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:43,589 IN FACT, EVEN AMONG REPUBLICANS, 723 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:44,590 IN FIVE OF SIX SWING STATES, IT 724 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:47,593 WAS PREFERRED. 725 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:48,394 WHICH SUGGESTS THAT WHEN PEOPLE 726 00:18:48,395 --> 00:18:50,462 GENUINELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE 727 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:51,997 POLICIES LOOK LIKE, THEY TEND TO 728 00:18:51,998 --> 00:18:54,133 CHOOSE THE LESS PUNITIVE ONE. 729 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,434 AND I DO BELIEVE THE VAST 730 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:56,902 MAJORITY WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT 731 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:59,238 FOR THE IMMIGRANTS THEY KNOW. 732 00:18:59,239 --> 00:19:00,873 THE TASK IS TO EXTEND THAT SAME 733 00:19:00,874 --> 00:19:01,507 HUMANITY TO THE IMMIGRANTS THEY 734 00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:03,742 DON'T. 735 00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:06,145 AND THAT'S A TASK BOTH PARTIES 736 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:06,779 WOULD DO WELL TO ADOPT. 737 00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:07,946 BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN 738 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:09,381 STELLAR ON THIS ISSUE, EITHER. 739 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:11,650 OBAMA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST 740 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,053 DEPORTATIONS IN A SINGLE YEAR, 741 00:19:14,054 --> 00:19:14,720 AND BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES 742 00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:16,655 -- AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE 743 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:17,389 TIMES-- HAVE BEEN HAPHAZARD AT 744 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:22,428 BEST. 745 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:23,128 SO I'D HOPE A POTENTIAL HARRIS 746 00:19:23,129 --> 00:19:23,696 ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO MUCH 747 00:19:23,697 --> 00:19:26,298 BETTER THAN THE ONE SHE'S BEEN 748 00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:26,932 PART OF, AND BEGIN A MUCH NEEDED 749 00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:28,367 OVERHAUL OF A SYSTEM BADLY IN 750 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:33,472 NEED OF REPAIR. 751 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:34,306 BUT TO BE VERY CLEAR HERE: 752 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:35,040 IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT THE ONES THAT 753 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:35,441 BROKE THIS SYSTEM. 754 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:36,075 ON THE CONTRARY, THEY'RE MAKING 755 00:19:36,076 --> 00:19:37,176 THE MOST OF THE SPLINTERED 756 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:39,178 SHARDS WE'VE GIVEN THEM AND 757 00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:40,379 CONTINUING TO BUILD LIVES, 758 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:41,280 COMMUNITIES, AND THIS COUNTRY 759 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:42,247 INTO SOMETHING BETTER, RICHER 760 00:19:42,248 --> 00:19:43,682 AND STRONGER. 761 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:50,055 AND THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO FOR 762 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:50,889 THEM IS TO GO OUT ON 763 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:52,191 NOVEMBER 5TH AND NOT PICK A 764 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:53,425 PRESIDENT WHO DEMONIZES THEIR 765 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,461 EXISTENCE, ADVOCATES FOR THEIR 766 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:56,261 SUFFERING, AND HAS PROVEN 767 00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:57,696 MULTIPLE TIMES THAT HE IS, TO 768 00:19:57,697 --> 00:19:58,864 PUT IT MILDLY, A BAD FUCKING 769 00:19:58,865 --> 00:19:59,098 HOMBRE. 770 00:19:59,099 --> 00:19:59,898 AND NOW THIS. 771 00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:05,471 Announcer: AND NOW, 772 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:07,439 DREW BARRYMORE WOULD LIKE TO 773 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,041 TELL YOU ABOUT HER FAVORITE 774 00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:10,409 FOOD. 775 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:11,710 MY NUMBER ONE FOOD ON PLANET 776 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:12,678 EARTH THAT I CAN EAT EVERY DAY 777 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:15,147 FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE IS 778 00:20:15,148 --> 00:20:16,015 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 779 00:20:16,016 --> 00:20:17,750 TO SPEAK OF MY FAVORITE FOOD ON 780 00:20:17,751 --> 00:20:19,852 EARTH IS MACARONI AND CHEESE AND 781 00:20:19,853 --> 00:20:21,854 I USE THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO EAT 782 00:20:21,855 --> 00:20:22,054 SOME. 783 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:27,226 MY FAVORITE FOOD ON PLANET 784 00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:27,426 EARTH. 785 00:20:27,427 --> 00:20:30,996 YOU KNOW WHAT MY FAVORITE FOOD 786 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:31,163 IS? 787 00:20:31,164 --> 00:20:32,831 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 788 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:33,866 I TOTALLY TURNED TO 789 00:20:33,867 --> 00:20:34,233 MAC AND CHEESE. 790 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:36,835 I HAVE TO GET A BOWL OF MACARONI 791 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:37,736 AND CHEESE. 792 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,738 IF BUT MACARONI AND CHEESE IS MY 793 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:41,240 HAPPY PLACE AND MY DOWNFALL AND 794 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:42,641 EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 795 00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:44,009 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BOX 796 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:47,613 MACARONI CHEESE? 797 00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:48,480 NO. 798 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:48,847 COPY THAT. 799 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:50,649 FOR REAL? 800 00:20:50,650 --> 00:20:52,751 WELL. 801 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:55,988 I SAMPLE MY KIDS EVERYTHING, 802 00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:56,889 ESPECIALLY THE MACARONI AND 803 00:20:56,890 --> 00:20:57,222 CHEESE. 804 00:20:57,223 --> 00:20:58,457 OF MACARONI AND CHEESE. 805 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,259 I HIT THE BOX OF MACARONI AND 806 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:01,193 CHEESE REAL HARD. 807 00:21:01,194 --> 00:21:03,295 I JUST WANT TO MOTORBOAT THIS 808 00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:04,630 MACARONI AND CHEESE. 809 00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:07,099 EVEN MACARONI AND CHEESE. 810 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:11,103 MY FAVORITE! 811 00:21:11,104 --> 00:21:12,738 ♪ ♪ 812 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:13,539 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 813 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:14,740 John: MOVING ON. 814 00:21:14,741 --> 00:21:15,341 FOR OUR SECOND STORY TONIGHT, 815 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:17,509 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING 816 00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:17,910 ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 817 00:21:17,911 --> 00:21:19,445 I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE 818 00:21:19,446 --> 00:21:20,546 U.S. IMMIGRATION PROCESS, HAVING 819 00:21:20,547 --> 00:21:21,113 FINALLY BECOME A CITIZEN IN 820 00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:24,817 2019. 821 00:21:24,818 --> 00:21:26,218 IT WAS A LONG, STRESSFUL 822 00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:27,419 PROCESS, CAPPED BY A MOVING 823 00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:28,387 NATURALIZATION CEREMONY AT 824 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:31,924 WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, I 825 00:21:31,925 --> 00:21:35,194 GAVE THIS AWKWARD THUMBS-UP AND 826 00:21:35,195 --> 00:21:35,761 ALSO I GOT THIS LITTLE FLAG! 827 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:36,362 BUT ONE PART OF THE CEREMONY 828 00:21:36,363 --> 00:21:37,329 STUCK IN MY HEAD. 829 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:38,697 AND IT'S SOMETHING MILLIONS OF 830 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:40,432 NATURALIZED CITIZENS HAVE 831 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:40,833 EXPERIENCED. 832 00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:43,168 HERE'S FOOTAGE FROM A DIFFERENT 833 00:21:43,169 --> 00:21:44,103 CEREMONY THAT SAME YEAR, WHERE 834 00:21:44,104 --> 00:21:44,670 THEY EXPLAIN WHAT'S ABOUT TO 835 00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:45,571 HAPPEN. 836 00:21:45,572 --> 00:21:46,705 AT THIS TIME, PLEASE DIRECT 837 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:47,673 YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FRONT FOR 838 00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:50,409 A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM 839 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:51,310 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWED 840 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:53,245 BY AN INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO 841 00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:55,381 PRESENTATION OF "GOD BLESS THE 842 00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:56,048 USA" BY LEE GREENWOOD. 843 00:21:56,049 --> 00:21:57,216 John: IT'S TRUE. 844 00:21:57,217 --> 00:21:58,984 RIGHT AFTER A MESSAGE FROM THE 845 00:21:58,985 --> 00:21:59,985 PRESIDENT, EVERYONE THERE HAD TO 846 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,053 SIT THROUGH A MUSIC VIDEO FOR 847 00:22:01,054 --> 00:22:01,920 LEE GREENWOOD'S "GOD BLESS THE 848 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:02,688 USA." 849 00:22:02,689 --> 00:22:09,395 AND IT'S EXACTLY AS WEIRD AS IT 850 00:22:09,396 --> 00:22:10,029 SOUNDS. 851 00:22:10,030 --> 00:22:10,429 HERE'S WHAT IT WAS 852 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:10,829 LIKE IN THAT ROOM. 853 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:11,597 AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN 854 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:17,903 AMERICAN... 855 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:24,209 WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE. 856 00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:24,810 AND I GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO 857 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:28,180 YOU. 858 00:22:28,181 --> 00:22:35,255 AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY. 859 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:38,957 BECAUSE THERE AIN'T NOW DOUBT I 860 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:39,324 LOVE THIS LAND. 861 00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:40,793 GOD BLESS THE USA. 862 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:41,994 ♪ ♪ 863 00:22:41,995 --> 00:22:43,395 John: YEAH, ONE OF THE 864 00:22:43,396 --> 00:22:44,630 MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS OF YOUR 865 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:46,065 LIFE, EVERYONE FEELS COMPELLED 866 00:22:46,066 --> 00:22:47,566 TO AWKWARDLY WAVE THEIR LITTLE 867 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:50,436 FLAG AROUND, WHILE THINKING, 868 00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:53,405 "HOW LONG IS THIS SONG, 869 00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:53,672 EXACTLY?" 870 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:54,940 AND I GOT CURIOUS ABOUT THE 871 00:22:54,941 --> 00:22:56,542 PRESENCE OF THAT SONG AT THE 872 00:22:56,543 --> 00:22:57,042 CEREMONY, SO WE DID SOME 873 00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:57,810 DIGGING. 874 00:22:57,811 --> 00:22:59,144 BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY OF 875 00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:02,915 THAT, A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON 876 00:23:02,916 --> 00:23:07,486 "GOD BLESS THE USA"-- WHICH IS 877 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:08,187 UNDENIABLY A PATRIOTIC SONG. 878 00:23:08,188 --> 00:23:08,821 SINCE ITS RELEASE IN 1984, IT'S 879 00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:09,288 HAD MULTIPLE SURGES IN 880 00:23:09,289 --> 00:23:09,922 POPULARITY, USUALLY AT DIFFICULT 881 00:23:09,923 --> 00:23:10,556 MOMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. 882 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:11,690 GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF IS 883 00:23:11,691 --> 00:23:12,324 SAID TO HAVE PLAYED THE SONG TO 884 00:23:12,325 --> 00:23:14,460 HIS STAFF THE NIGHT BEFORE 885 00:23:14,461 --> 00:23:15,594 OPERATION DESERT STORM, AND 886 00:23:15,595 --> 00:23:17,863 AFTER 9/11, IT WAS SO 887 00:23:17,864 --> 00:23:18,597 UBIQUITOUS, IT RE-ENTERED THE 888 00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:19,131 SINGLES CHARTS, PEAKING AT 889 00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:20,366 NUMBER 16. 890 00:23:20,367 --> 00:23:22,201 AND WHILE LEE GREENWOOD'S 891 00:23:22,202 --> 00:23:24,069 REPEATEDLY CLAIMED HIS SONG'S 892 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,472 APOLITICAL, HE DEFINITELY ISN'T. 893 00:23:26,473 --> 00:23:27,873 HE'S PERFORMED IT AT A LOT OF 894 00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:29,208 CONSERVATIVE EVENTS OVER THE 895 00:23:29,209 --> 00:23:30,743 YEARS. 896 00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:36,281 HERE HE IS SINGING IT FOR RONALD 897 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:37,216 REAGAN AT THE 1988 RNC, HERE 898 00:23:37,217 --> 00:23:37,816 HE IS MODIFYING THE WORDS TO 899 00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:38,450 "GOD BLESS THE NRA" FOR ONE OF 900 00:23:38,451 --> 00:23:39,785 THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, AND 901 00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,120 HERE HE IS BECOMING THE THIRD 902 00:23:41,121 --> 00:23:42,354 PERSON EVER INDUCTED INTO THE 903 00:23:42,355 --> 00:23:43,322 CPAC HALL OF FAME, WHILE 904 00:23:43,323 --> 00:23:48,127 RECEIVING AN AWARD THAT LOOKS 905 00:23:48,128 --> 00:23:48,727 LIKE THE WORLD'S FIRST FERRERO 906 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:50,629 ROCHER PIGEON. 907 00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:51,263 MORE RECENTLY, GREENWOOD'S BEEN 908 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:51,830 A BIG BOOSTER FOR PRESIDENT 909 00:23:51,831 --> 00:23:54,900 TRUMP. 910 00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:56,368 HE PLAYED HIS INAUGURAL, 911 00:23:56,369 --> 00:23:57,002 INTRODUCED TRUMP AT THIS YEAR'S 912 00:23:57,003 --> 00:23:58,337 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND 913 00:23:58,338 --> 00:23:59,304 SERENADED HIM EARLIER THIS MONTH 914 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:00,673 WHEN HE RETURNED TO BUTLER, 915 00:24:00,674 --> 00:24:02,207 PENNSYLVANIA, MAKING HIS MUSIC 916 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:02,841 THE SECOND-WORST THING TO HAPPEN 917 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:07,212 TO SOMEONE'S EARS THERE. 918 00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:08,213 NOW, INTERESTINGLY, GREENWOOD'S 919 00:24:08,214 --> 00:24:09,615 NEVER HAD A HIT ANYWHERE CLOSE 920 00:24:09,616 --> 00:24:11,016 TO "GOD BLESS THE USA," 921 00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,152 SOMETHING HE INSISTS HE'S 922 00:24:13,153 --> 00:24:14,219 TOTALLY FINE WITH. 923 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:15,354 HE'S SAID, "IF YOU'RE GOING TO 924 00:24:15,355 --> 00:24:17,556 HAVE TO BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING, 925 00:24:17,557 --> 00:24:18,624 BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING REALLY 926 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:24,196 POWERFUL AND REALLY GOOD... 927 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:27,066 I'D HATE TO HAVE "PURPLE RAIN" 928 00:24:27,067 --> 00:24:27,599 OR "MARGARITAVILLE" BE MY 929 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:27,966 SIGNATURE SONG." 930 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:28,600 WHICH IS JUST AN INSANE DRIVE-BY 931 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:29,935 AGAINST TWO OBJECTIVELY BETTER 932 00:24:29,936 --> 00:24:30,769 ARTISTS. 933 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:33,439 YOU'D HATE TO BE KNOWN FOR 934 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,173 "MARGARITAVILLE," A SONG THAT 935 00:24:34,174 --> 00:24:35,541 BECAME A RESTAURANT FRANCHISE 936 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:36,709 AND A BROADWAY MUSICAL? 937 00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:38,077 BULLSHIT. 938 00:24:38,078 --> 00:24:42,781 AND I'M NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE 939 00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:43,349 "PURPLE RAIN" THING, BECAUSE 940 00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:43,949 PRINCE ISN'T KNOWN FOR PURPLE 941 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:49,521 RAIN, HE'S KNOWN FOR BEING 942 00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:50,089 PRINCE, EXCEPT FOR THE '90s, 943 00:24:50,090 --> 00:24:50,656 WHEN HE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING 944 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:51,256 WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS, AND 945 00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:51,824 HIS SIGNATURE SONG IS ALL OF 946 00:24:51,825 --> 00:24:52,391 THEM. 947 00:24:52,392 --> 00:24:54,326 BUT THE TRUTH IS, A LOT OF 948 00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:54,927 PEOPLE DO LOVE "GOD BLESS THE 949 00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:55,928 USA," AND GREENWOOD'S FOUND AS 950 00:24:55,929 --> 00:24:58,130 MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE TO 951 00:24:58,131 --> 00:25:02,701 MONETIZE THAT FACT, SELLING "GOD 952 00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:05,671 BLESS THE USA FIREWORKS," A 953 00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:06,271 CHILDREN'S BOOK, SILVER COINS, 954 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:06,605 AND EVEN THIS. 955 00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:07,006 INTRODUCING THE 956 00:25:07,007 --> 00:25:08,674 LIMITED-EDITION "GOD BLESS THE 957 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:11,043 USA" BIBLE, INSPIRED BY LEE 958 00:25:11,044 --> 00:25:11,810 GREENWOOD'S PATRIOTIC ANTHEM. 959 00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:14,913 BUT "GOD BLESS THE USA" 960 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:16,015 LARGE-PRINT, LEATHER-BOUND KING 961 00:25:16,016 --> 00:25:17,916 JAMES BIBLE ALSO CONTAINS 962 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:19,284 AMERICA'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS: 963 00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:20,486 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, 964 00:25:20,487 --> 00:25:22,721 THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE 965 00:25:22,722 --> 00:25:24,289 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND 966 00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:25,157 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 967 00:25:25,158 --> 00:25:30,329 ALONG WITH A HANDWRITTEN CHORUS 968 00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:31,263 TO LEE GREENWOOD'S SONG 969 00:25:31,264 --> 00:25:31,697 "GOD BLESS THE USA." 970 00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:32,264 John: IF DOING THAT TO A 971 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:33,298 BIBLE SEEMS ODD TO YOU, YOU'RE 972 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:34,400 NOT ALONE. 973 00:25:34,401 --> 00:25:36,835 EVEN CHRISTIANITY TODAY 974 00:25:36,836 --> 00:25:38,137 PUBLISHED A BLOG POST 975 00:25:38,138 --> 00:25:38,771 CRITICIZING IT, SAYING WE AGREE 976 00:25:38,772 --> 00:25:39,838 THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KNOW THE 977 00:25:39,839 --> 00:25:41,974 CONTENT OF THIS NATION'S 978 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:42,408 FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. 979 00:25:42,409 --> 00:25:43,042 WE DO NOT BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT 980 00:25:43,043 --> 00:25:45,277 THEY SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AS 981 00:25:45,278 --> 00:25:46,612 THOUGH THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF 982 00:25:46,613 --> 00:25:46,912 GOD'S WORD." 983 00:25:46,913 --> 00:25:48,781 A LINE OF CRITIQUE THE PRESIDENT 984 00:25:48,782 --> 00:25:50,482 OF THE MARKETING COMPANY THAT 985 00:25:50,483 --> 00:25:51,083 CREATED THE BIBLE RESPONDED TO 986 00:25:51,084 --> 00:25:52,551 BY SAYING, "IT'S GOT SEPARATION 987 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:56,121 PAGES." 988 00:25:56,122 --> 00:25:56,855 TO WHICH I REALLY HOPE 989 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:59,925 CHRISTIANITY TODAY RESPONDED 990 00:25:59,926 --> 00:26:00,759 "OH, SEPARATION PAGES, LA DI 991 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:00,926 DAH. 992 00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:02,361 WE DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD SEPARATION 993 00:26:02,362 --> 00:26:04,063 PAGES, FUCK YOU." 994 00:26:04,064 --> 00:26:04,997 BUT THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T DO 995 00:26:04,998 --> 00:26:09,635 THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. 996 00:26:09,636 --> 00:26:10,969 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THIS 997 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:14,907 DOESN'T REALLY LOOK SEPARATED. 998 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:15,774 THAT'S THE PRINTED WORDS OF THE 999 00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:16,375 BIBLE NEXT TO THE HANDWRITTEN 1000 00:26:16,376 --> 00:26:17,543 WORDS OF A SONG CHORUS, LOOKING 1001 00:26:17,544 --> 00:26:18,377 LIKE A YEARBOOK SIGNATURE FROM 1002 00:26:18,378 --> 00:26:20,179 YOUR WORST CLASSMATE. 1003 00:26:20,180 --> 00:26:21,246 "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHERE 1004 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:22,848 AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE?" 1005 00:26:22,849 --> 00:26:25,617 JESUS CHRIST, DYLAN C, JUST 1006 00:26:25,618 --> 00:26:26,752 WRITE "KEEP IN TOUCH," SPACE IS 1007 00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:30,723 LIMITED, AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN 1008 00:26:30,724 --> 00:26:33,425 HOT. 1009 00:26:33,426 --> 00:26:36,628 OH, ONE MORE THING, THAT BIBLE 1010 00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:37,096 COSTS $60. 1011 00:26:37,097 --> 00:26:37,863 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WHO'D 1012 00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:38,397 BE SO NAKEDLY CRASS TO BE 1013 00:26:38,398 --> 00:26:38,931 ASSOCIATED WITH A $60 LEE 1014 00:26:38,932 --> 00:26:42,468 GREENWOOD-BRANDED BIBLE?" 1015 00:26:42,469 --> 00:26:43,068 YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO 1016 00:26:43,069 --> 00:26:43,435 THAT. 1017 00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:44,169 I'M PROUD TO BE PARTNERING 1018 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:44,737 WITH MY VERY GOOD FRIEND LEE 1019 00:26:44,738 --> 00:26:45,237 GREENWOOD. 1020 00:26:45,238 --> 00:26:46,138 WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIS SONG "GOD 1021 00:26:46,139 --> 00:26:50,142 BLESS THE USA", IN CONNECTION 1022 00:26:50,143 --> 00:26:51,043 WITH PROMOTING THE "GOD BLESS 1023 00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:53,045 THE USA BIBLE"? 1024 00:26:53,046 --> 00:26:54,213 ALL AMERICANS NEED A BIBLE IN 1025 00:26:54,214 --> 00:26:56,215 THEIR HOME, AND I HAVE MANY. 1026 00:26:56,216 --> 00:26:57,850 IT'S MY FAVORITE BOOK. 1027 00:26:57,851 --> 00:26:58,484 IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FAVORITE 1028 00:26:58,485 --> 00:26:59,218 BOOK. 1029 00:26:59,219 --> 00:27:04,223 John: SURE. 1030 00:27:04,224 --> 00:27:04,823 YEAH, SURE, IT'S YOUR FAVORITE 1031 00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:05,290 BOOK. 1032 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:05,924 THAT'S WHY THE MOST FAMOUS TIME 1033 00:27:05,925 --> 00:27:08,527 YOU WERE SEEN WITH A BIBLE, YOU 1034 00:27:08,528 --> 00:27:13,098 HELD IT LIKE A MODEL ON 1035 00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:14,066 "DEAL OR NO DEAL" SHOWING OFF 1036 00:27:14,067 --> 00:27:14,733 THE BRIEFCASE NUMBER, THEN 1037 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:15,834 STARED AT IT LIKE YOU'D NEVER 1038 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:17,169 SEEN A BOOK BEFORE. 1039 00:27:17,170 --> 00:27:18,370 FUN FACT, TRUMP APPARENTLY 1040 00:27:18,371 --> 00:27:19,038 MADE $300,000 FOR ENDORSING THAT 1041 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:19,772 BIBLE. 1042 00:27:19,773 --> 00:27:21,006 WE ASKED LEE GREENWOOD HOW MUCH 1043 00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:23,142 HE MADE AND HE DECLINED TO 1044 00:27:23,143 --> 00:27:29,114 ANSWER, BUT SAID, "YES, I HAVE 1045 00:27:29,115 --> 00:27:30,082 MADE MONEY FROM THE BIBLE-- IT 1046 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:30,549 IS PART OF BUSINESS." 1047 00:27:30,550 --> 00:27:31,150 AND IT DOESN'T END THERE--IN 1048 00:27:31,151 --> 00:27:32,151 2016, GREENWOOD FILED A 1049 00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:32,751 TRADEMARK FOR THE PHRASE "GOD 1050 00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:34,086 BLESS THE USA," STATING IT'D BE 1051 00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:34,820 USED ON "ACCENT PILLOWS; 1052 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:37,556 DECORATIVE CENTERPIECES OF WOOD; 1053 00:27:37,557 --> 00:27:38,190 DECORATIVE WALL HANGINGS, NOT OF 1054 00:27:38,191 --> 00:27:38,691 TEXTILE; HOME DECOR AND 1055 00:27:38,692 --> 00:27:41,694 ACCESSORIES." 1056 00:27:41,695 --> 00:27:45,364 BASICALLY, THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE 1057 00:27:45,365 --> 00:27:46,065 OF ANY HOME GOODS STORE. 1058 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:46,699 THAT APPLICATION WAS REJECTED IN 1059 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:48,300 2017 AND AGAIN ON APPEAL IN 2020 1060 00:27:48,301 --> 00:27:49,601 BECAUSE, AS ONE ARTICLE PUT IT: 1061 00:27:49,602 --> 00:27:50,803 "THE TRADEMARK OFFICE REGULARLY 1062 00:27:50,804 --> 00:27:52,104 REJECTS PROPOSED MARKS WHERE 1063 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:55,007 CONSUMERS WOULD LIKELY PERCEIVE 1064 00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:55,841 THEM AS MERELY COMMUNICATING THE 1065 00:27:55,842 --> 00:27:58,143 ORDINARY MEANING OF WORDS." 1066 00:27:58,144 --> 00:27:59,178 A TRULY FANTASTIC REASON TO 1067 00:27:59,179 --> 00:28:01,447 REFUSE A TRADEMARK. 1068 00:28:01,448 --> 00:28:03,349 "WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU, BUT 1069 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:07,319 LEGALLY SPEAKING, YA BASIC." 1070 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,387 BUT THAT DOES MAKES SENSE. 1071 00:28:08,388 --> 00:28:09,755 "GOD BLESS THE USA" IS CLEARLY A 1072 00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:11,690 GENERIC SENTIMENT. 1073 00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:12,257 IT'S CERTAINLY NO "IT'S FIVE 1074 00:28:12,258 --> 00:28:13,225 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE." 1075 00:28:13,226 --> 00:28:15,127 A PHRASE SUCCESSFULLY 1076 00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:16,895 TRADEMARKED, BY THE WAY, BY 1077 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:19,264 MARGARITAVILLE ENTERPRISES, LLC. 1078 00:28:19,265 --> 00:28:21,767 SUCK IT. 1079 00:28:21,768 --> 00:28:23,168 THE POINT IS, LEE GREENWOOD IS 1080 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,304 CLEARLY VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING 1081 00:28:25,305 --> 00:28:26,438 MONEY FOR LEE GREENWOOD-- EVEN 1082 00:28:26,439 --> 00:28:27,006 WHEN DOING THINGS THAT MIGHT 1083 00:28:27,007 --> 00:28:29,475 APPEAR ALTRUISTIC. 1084 00:28:29,476 --> 00:28:30,843 JUST WATCH AS HE MAKES THIS 1085 00:28:30,844 --> 00:28:31,410 SPECIAL OFFER REGARDING AN 1086 00:28:31,411 --> 00:28:33,746 UPCOMING CONCERT. 1087 00:28:33,747 --> 00:28:35,247 IN ALL OUR SHOWS, NO MATTER 1088 00:28:35,248 --> 00:28:36,548 WHERE WE ARE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO 1089 00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:38,150 HONOR OUR VETERANS. 1090 00:28:38,151 --> 00:28:38,684 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1091 00:28:38,685 --> 00:28:39,284 VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS 1092 00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:41,420 CAN COME TO OUR PERFORMANCE. 1093 00:28:41,421 --> 00:28:42,955 SO, IF YOUR LISTENERS WILL GO TO 1094 00:28:42,956 --> 00:28:44,890 OUR WEBSITE, LeeGreenwood.com 1095 00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:46,258 AND ADOPT A VET, FOR $100 YOU 1096 00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:48,794 CAN PUT A VET AND CAREGIVER IN A 1097 00:28:48,795 --> 00:28:50,129 SEAT TO WATCH THIS AMAZING 1098 00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:51,830 TELEVISION PRODUCTION. 1099 00:28:51,831 --> 00:28:53,599 John: BUT THAT'S NOT CHARITY. 1100 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,334 HE'S NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY. 1101 00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:56,769 HE'S JUST GETTING A DIFFERENT 1102 00:28:56,770 --> 00:28:58,604 PERSON TO PAY $100 FOR TICKETS 1103 00:28:58,605 --> 00:28:59,805 TO HIS CONCERT, AND TELLING 1104 00:28:59,806 --> 00:29:01,073 PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE SURE VETERANS 1105 00:29:01,074 --> 00:29:02,374 CAN COME, AT SEEMINGLY NO 1106 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:04,743 FINANCIAL COST TO HIMSELF. 1107 00:29:04,744 --> 00:29:06,178 IT'S LIKE THAT PHRASE ABOUT THE 1108 00:29:06,179 --> 00:29:07,346 US MILITARY "ALL GAVE SOME, SOME 1109 00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:09,114 GAVE ALL, LEE GETS 40% OF THE 1110 00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:11,183 DOOR." 1111 00:29:11,184 --> 00:29:12,418 AND ALL THAT BRINGS US BACK TO 1112 00:29:12,419 --> 00:29:13,352 HIS SONG'S PRESENCE AT MY, AND 1113 00:29:13,353 --> 00:29:14,620 MANY OTHERS' CITIZENSHIP 1114 00:29:14,621 --> 00:29:15,788 CEREMONIES. 1115 00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:17,056 BECAUSE EVEN THAT HAS BEEN A 1116 00:29:17,057 --> 00:29:18,924 REVENUE STREAM FOR HIM. 1117 00:29:18,925 --> 00:29:20,259 BECAUSE WHEN GREENWOOD'S REPS 1118 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:21,226 FOUND OUT HIS SONG WAS BEING 1119 00:29:21,227 --> 00:29:23,562 PLAYED AT CEREMONIES, THEY 1120 00:29:23,563 --> 00:29:24,897 APPARENTLY FORCED USCIS TO ENTER 1121 00:29:24,898 --> 00:29:26,598 INTO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO 1122 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:27,733 COMPENSATE HIM. 1123 00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:29,435 WE FOUND THAT SENTENCE IN A 1124 00:29:29,436 --> 00:29:30,803 GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED REPORT 1125 00:29:30,804 --> 00:29:31,637 ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, 1126 00:29:31,638 --> 00:29:33,505 BUT IT DIDN'T CONTAIN MUCH INFO 1127 00:29:33,506 --> 00:29:34,406 ON WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE. 1128 00:29:34,407 --> 00:29:36,709 BUT WE WANTED TO KNOW MORE. 1129 00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:38,177 SO A FEW YEARS AGO, WE FILED A 1130 00:29:38,178 --> 00:29:39,144 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1131 00:29:39,145 --> 00:29:40,579 REQUEST AND FOUND OUT THE 1132 00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:41,847 GOVERNMENT ULTIMATELY PAID 1133 00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:44,516 $22,000 TO UNIVERSAL MUSIC, 1134 00:29:44,517 --> 00:29:46,652 GREENWOOD'S MUSIC PUBLISHER, FOR 1135 00:29:46,653 --> 00:29:47,453 A SIX YEAR LICENSING CONTRACT, 1136 00:29:47,454 --> 00:29:48,721 INCLUDING NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN 1137 00:29:48,722 --> 00:29:49,455 BACK PAY. 1138 00:29:49,456 --> 00:29:50,756 WHICH IS BOTH A SURPRISINGLY 1139 00:29:50,757 --> 00:29:52,391 SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND ALSO 1140 00:29:52,392 --> 00:29:52,958 -- I'D ARGUE-- $22,000 TOO 1141 00:29:52,959 --> 00:29:56,161 MUCH. 1142 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:56,762 BUT IT GETS MUCH WEIRDER FROM 1143 00:29:56,763 --> 00:29:58,597 THERE. 1144 00:29:58,598 --> 00:29:59,398 BECAUSE IN 2018, THE GOVERNMENT 1145 00:29:59,399 --> 00:30:01,300 SIGNED A NEW DEAL TO LICENSE THE 1146 00:30:01,301 --> 00:30:02,935 PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR AROUND 1147 00:30:02,936 --> 00:30:04,370 $700 A YEAR. 1148 00:30:04,371 --> 00:30:06,138 BUT THEN, DURING THE PANDEMIC, 1149 00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:07,206 THERE WAS A SNAG WITH PAYMENTS, 1150 00:30:07,207 --> 00:30:08,440 BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO 1151 00:30:08,441 --> 00:30:09,675 PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD, BUT 1152 00:30:09,676 --> 00:30:11,210 UNIVERSAL INSISTED IT COULDN'T 1153 00:30:11,211 --> 00:30:12,011 TAKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS. 1154 00:30:12,012 --> 00:30:13,979 I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY 1155 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:14,813 EMAILS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 1156 00:30:14,814 --> 00:30:16,348 PROBLEM THERE WERE. 1157 00:30:16,349 --> 00:30:17,449 IN THE WAKE OF THAT ISSUE, THERE 1158 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:18,484 WAS APPARENTLY A LOT OF 1159 00:30:18,485 --> 00:30:19,718 CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER THE 1160 00:30:19,719 --> 00:30:20,986 GOVERNMENT COULD USE THE SONG AT 1161 00:30:20,987 --> 00:30:22,488 CEREMONIES OR NOT. 1162 00:30:22,489 --> 00:30:23,922 BECAUSE WE TURNED UP EMAILS 1163 00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:25,124 BETWEEN IMMIGRATION EMPLOYEES 1164 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:26,592 LIKE "IS THE LEE GREENWOOD SONG 1165 00:30:26,593 --> 00:30:27,459 ALLOWED NOW?" 1166 00:30:27,460 --> 00:30:28,894 AND "I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT 1167 00:30:28,895 --> 00:30:30,629 LOSING MY MIND, HAVE WE BEEN 1168 00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:31,630 GIVEN THE OKAY TO PLAY LEE 1169 00:30:31,631 --> 00:30:33,065 GREENWOOD AGAIN?" 1170 00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:34,400 THERE'S EVEN AN EXCHANGE WITH 1171 00:30:34,401 --> 00:30:35,034 SOMEONE ASKING, "AM I THE ONLY 1172 00:30:35,035 --> 00:30:36,201 ONE WHO LOVES THAT SONG?" 1173 00:30:36,202 --> 00:30:37,436 AND GETTING THE VERY FIRM REPLY, 1174 00:30:37,437 --> 00:30:38,237 "YES. 1175 00:30:38,238 --> 00:30:41,440 YOU ARE." 1176 00:30:41,441 --> 00:30:44,910 EVENTUALLY, IT BECAME CLEAR THEY 1177 00:30:44,911 --> 00:30:45,911 DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE TO USE 1178 00:30:45,912 --> 00:30:48,013 THE SONG, AND STAFFERS WERE TOLD 1179 00:30:48,014 --> 00:30:49,048 LAST NOVEMBER, "IT IS VERY 1180 00:30:49,049 --> 00:30:50,315 IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT WE 1181 00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:51,850 NO LONGER HAVE THE LICENSING 1182 00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:55,487 RIGHTS TO PLAY THE LEE GREENWOOD 1183 00:30:55,488 --> 00:30:56,021 "GOD BLESS THE USA" SONG." 1184 00:30:56,022 --> 00:30:56,655 A MESSAGE THAT STILL DIDN'T SEEM 1185 00:30:56,656 --> 00:30:58,290 TO GET THROUGH, GIVEN A NEWS 1186 00:30:58,291 --> 00:30:59,391 ARTICLE FROM THIS MAY ABOUT A 1187 00:30:59,392 --> 00:31:01,560 NEW JERSEY CEREMONY MENTIONS NEW 1188 00:31:01,561 --> 00:31:02,728 CITIZENS BEING CALLED UP ONE AT 1189 00:31:02,729 --> 00:31:04,630 A TIME, AS LEE GREENWOOD'S GOD 1190 00:31:04,631 --> 00:31:05,597 BLESS THE USA PLAYED. 1191 00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:07,132 AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE WHY 1192 00:31:07,133 --> 00:31:08,734 IT'S BEING PLAYED AT CEREMONIES 1193 00:31:08,735 --> 00:31:11,603 AT ALL. 1194 00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:12,137 NOT JUST CONTRACTUALLY OR 1195 00:31:12,138 --> 00:31:12,738 EVEN MUSICALLY. 1196 00:31:12,739 --> 00:31:13,739 BUT BECAUSE GREENWOOD'S PAST 1197 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:14,506 REMARKS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS HAVE 1198 00:31:14,507 --> 00:31:15,441 BEEN, TO SAY THE LEAST, 1199 00:31:15,442 --> 00:31:17,242 OFF-MESSAGE. 1200 00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:17,843 HERE HE IS A FEW YEARS AGO, AT 1201 00:31:17,844 --> 00:31:21,480 CPAC. 1202 00:31:21,481 --> 00:31:21,980 HERE WE ARE IN A FREE 1203 00:31:21,981 --> 00:31:22,614 COUNTRY, WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT. 1204 00:31:22,615 --> 00:31:23,449 WE HAVE IMMIGRANTS WHO COME HERE 1205 00:31:23,450 --> 00:31:24,316 ALL THE TIME, AND THEY NEED TO 1206 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:25,317 KNOW THIS. 1207 00:31:25,318 --> 00:31:26,185 THEY NEED TO KNOW WE'RE STILL A 1208 00:31:26,186 --> 00:31:27,086 WESTERN COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES IN 1209 00:31:27,087 --> 00:31:27,252 GOD. 1210 00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:29,588 THAT'S IT. 1211 00:31:29,589 --> 00:31:34,093 John: NO, THAT'S NOT IT! 1212 00:31:34,094 --> 00:31:35,294 AND FELLOW IMMIGRANTS, I CAN'T 1213 00:31:35,295 --> 00:31:36,428 STRESS THIS ENOUGH: DO NOT 1214 00:31:36,429 --> 00:31:37,129 LISTEN TO LEE GREENWOOD! 1215 00:31:37,130 --> 00:31:37,696 BECAUSE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 1216 00:31:37,697 --> 00:31:38,263 YOU'LL FAIL YOUR CITIZENSHIP 1217 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:40,566 TEST. 1218 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:42,501 THE FACT AMERICANS ARE FREE TO 1219 00:31:42,502 --> 00:31:43,469 HAVE ANY RELIGION, OR NONE 1220 00:31:43,470 --> 00:31:45,471 WHATSOEVER, IS AN ANSWER TO FOUR 1221 00:31:45,472 --> 00:31:46,805 SEPARATE QUESTIONS ON IT, 1222 00:31:46,806 --> 00:31:48,574 INCLUDING "WHAT IS FREEDOM OF 1223 00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:49,575 RELIGION?" 1224 00:31:49,576 --> 00:31:50,576 SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S 1225 00:31:50,577 --> 00:31:52,311 ACTUALLY ON THE TEST, NOT THE 1226 00:31:52,312 --> 00:31:52,945 MAN DRESSED LIKE A LOAN SHARK IN 1227 00:31:52,946 --> 00:31:55,014 MOURNING. 1228 00:31:55,015 --> 00:31:56,181 AND WHEN IT COMES TO 1229 00:31:56,182 --> 00:31:57,516 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION, 1230 00:31:57,517 --> 00:31:59,151 GREENWOOD WILL QUICKLY JUMP TO 1231 00:31:59,152 --> 00:32:00,886 THE NEGATIVE, LIKE THIS. 1232 00:32:00,887 --> 00:32:01,887 MY SONG "GOD BLESS THE USA" 1233 00:32:01,888 --> 00:32:04,189 IS USED IN THE WELCOME FILM 1234 00:32:04,190 --> 00:32:05,758 ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 1235 00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:06,658 AND THE WELCOME FROM THE 1236 00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:07,693 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1237 00:32:07,694 --> 00:32:09,328 THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY PROUD. 1238 00:32:09,329 --> 00:32:12,131 WHAT DOES NOT MAKE ME PROUD IS 1239 00:32:12,132 --> 00:32:14,400 THAT ANYBODY, ANY ADMINISTRATION 1240 00:32:14,401 --> 00:32:16,001 PRIOR WHO HAS NOT SEALED OUR 1241 00:32:16,002 --> 00:32:19,438 BORDER AND STOPPED PEOPLE FROM 1242 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:22,908 CHINA, FROM IRAN, OR ANY 1243 00:32:22,909 --> 00:32:23,542 TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WHO WOULD 1244 00:32:23,543 --> 00:32:28,047 FLY TO MEXICO AND COME ACROSS 1245 00:32:28,048 --> 00:32:28,881 THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, FILTER 1246 00:32:28,882 --> 00:32:32,651 INTO OUR NATION AND WAITING TILL 1247 00:32:32,652 --> 00:32:33,252 THEY'RE TOLD-- TO BE THE NEXT 1248 00:32:33,253 --> 00:32:33,652 TERRORIST ATTACK. 1249 00:32:33,653 --> 00:32:35,354 IT IS COMING. 1250 00:32:35,355 --> 00:32:36,321 John: OKAY, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY 1251 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:38,357 IDIOTIC, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA 1252 00:32:38,358 --> 00:32:39,358 ASPIRING TERRORISTS ARE JUST 1253 00:32:39,359 --> 00:32:40,459 SITTING AROUND AND WAITING TO BE 1254 00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,194 TOLD THEY'RE "AMERICA'S NEXT 1255 00:32:42,195 --> 00:32:43,028 TERRORIST ATTACK" LIKE THEY'RE 1256 00:32:43,029 --> 00:32:46,665 ON BRAVO'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL 1257 00:32:46,666 --> 00:32:47,066 NEW REALITY SHOW. 1258 00:32:47,067 --> 00:32:48,701 AND LOOK, MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK 1259 00:32:48,702 --> 00:32:50,169 PAST ALL THIS. 1260 00:32:50,170 --> 00:32:51,070 THE FACT GREENWOOD'S A TACKY 1261 00:32:51,071 --> 00:32:52,538 BIBLE SALESMAN WITH VIEWS 1262 00:32:52,539 --> 00:32:53,672 COMPLETELY AT ODDS WITH 1263 00:32:53,673 --> 00:32:54,239 EVERYTHING A NATURALIZATION 1264 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,575 CEREMONY REPRESENTS. 1265 00:32:56,576 --> 00:32:57,743 MAYBE YOU CAN STOMACH HIS SONG 1266 00:32:57,744 --> 00:32:58,944 BEING USED, ON THE GROUNDS IT'S 1267 00:32:58,945 --> 00:33:01,113 A UNIQUELY AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO 1268 00:33:01,114 --> 00:33:02,047 THIS SINGULAR COUNTRY. 1269 00:33:02,048 --> 00:33:04,383 BUT IS IT? 1270 00:33:04,384 --> 00:33:06,385 BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT, JUST FIVE 1271 00:33:06,386 --> 00:33:07,553 YEARS AFTER HE RELEASED "GOD 1272 00:33:07,554 --> 00:33:08,320 BLESS THE USA" HE RELEASED 1273 00:33:08,321 --> 00:33:09,188 ANOTHER SONG. 1274 00:33:09,189 --> 00:33:11,290 AND IT'S GOING TO SOUND VERY 1275 00:33:11,291 --> 00:33:12,057 FAMILIAR TO YOU, UNTIL IT 1276 00:33:12,058 --> 00:33:14,993 SUDDENLY DOESN'T. 1277 00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:17,129 AND I'M PROUD TO BE IN CANADA 1278 00:33:17,130 --> 00:33:20,699 WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE. 1279 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,269 AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO 1280 00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:27,806 DIE, WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME. 1281 00:33:27,807 --> 00:33:31,143 AND I'D GLADLY STAND UP, NEXT TO 1282 00:33:31,144 --> 00:33:34,346 YOU, AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY. 1283 00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:39,651 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I 1284 00:33:39,652 --> 00:33:44,223 LOVE THIS LAND, GOD BLESS YOU 1285 00:33:44,224 --> 00:33:50,329 CANADA. 1286 00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:50,863 John: THAT DOESN'T EVEN 1287 00:33:50,864 --> 00:33:53,232 FUCKING RHYME! 1288 00:33:53,233 --> 00:33:54,266 IT DOESN'T RHYME! 1289 00:33:54,267 --> 00:33:55,134 YOU CAN'T KEEP "DEFEND HER STILL 1290 00:33:55,135 --> 00:33:56,735 TODAY" IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO 1291 00:33:56,736 --> 00:34:01,140 SING "GOD BLESS YOU CANADAY!" 1292 00:34:01,141 --> 00:34:01,874 YOU CAN'T DO IT! 1293 00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:02,474 BUT THE POINT IS, HE TOOK HIS 1294 00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:03,742 QUINTESSENTIALLY AMERICAN SONG 1295 00:34:03,743 --> 00:34:06,178 AND SWITCHED A FEW WORDS SO IT'D 1296 00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:07,746 BE ABOUT CANADA INSTEAD. 1297 00:34:07,747 --> 00:34:09,148 THE REST OF IT IS HIM JUST 1298 00:34:09,149 --> 00:34:10,816 FIND-AND-REPLACING CANADIAN 1299 00:34:10,817 --> 00:34:11,350 PLACES FOR AMERICAN ONES. 1300 00:34:11,351 --> 00:34:13,652 TAKE A LISTEN. 1301 00:34:13,653 --> 00:34:16,822 FROM THE SHORES OF NOVA 1302 00:34:16,823 --> 00:34:20,526 SCOTIA TO THE FORESTS IN B.C., 1303 00:34:20,527 --> 00:34:24,797 MONTREAL TO WINNIPEG, FROM SEA 1304 00:34:24,798 --> 00:34:27,466 TO SHINING SEA. 1305 00:34:27,467 --> 00:34:29,234 John: OH, COME ON. 1306 00:34:29,235 --> 00:34:31,670 YOU CAN'T JUST PACK YOUR SONG IN 1307 00:34:31,671 --> 00:34:32,705 WITH PLACE NAMES LIKE A MAD LIBS 1308 00:34:32,706 --> 00:34:34,173 AND CALL IT A DAY. 1309 00:34:34,174 --> 00:34:35,474 YOU KNOW WHY? 1310 00:34:35,475 --> 00:34:36,742 BECAUSE YOU'LL GET REAL YOUTUBE 1311 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:37,376 COMMENTS LIKE THIS ONE, SAYING, 1312 00:34:37,377 --> 00:34:38,811 "I AM FROM RWANDA AND MR. 1313 00:34:38,812 --> 00:34:39,845 GREENWOOD HAS NOT MADE A VERSION 1314 00:34:39,846 --> 00:34:46,920 FOR US YET." 1315 00:34:48,421 --> 00:34:48,921 IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE, LEE! 1316 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:49,555 ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT, FOR 1317 00:34:49,556 --> 00:34:50,189 MULTIPLE REASONS, I'D ARGUE LEE 1318 00:34:50,190 --> 00:34:50,789 GREENWOOD'S SONG SHOULD NEVER 1319 00:34:50,790 --> 00:34:51,390 AGAIN BE PLAYED AT CITIZENSHIP 1320 00:34:51,391 --> 00:34:51,690 CEREMONIES. 1321 00:34:51,691 --> 00:34:53,692 BECAUSE THEY DESERVE ONE 1322 00:34:53,693 --> 00:34:54,193 GENUINELY UNIQUE TO THIS 1323 00:34:54,194 --> 00:34:55,094 COUNTRY. 1324 00:34:55,095 --> 00:34:56,895 A SONG THAT CELEBRATES THE 1325 00:34:56,896 --> 00:34:58,163 NATION NEW AMERICANS ARE ABOUT 1326 00:34:58,164 --> 00:34:58,797 TO JOIN-- AND THE PROCESS 1327 00:34:58,798 --> 00:35:00,332 THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH-- WHILE 1328 00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:02,301 ALSO NOT SOFT-PEDALING SOME HARD 1329 00:35:02,302 --> 00:35:04,770 TRUTHS ABOUT IT. 1330 00:35:04,771 --> 00:35:09,041 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, I THINK WE 1331 00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:10,809 HAVE THE PERFECT SONG, PERFORMED 1332 00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:11,910 BY AN ACTUAL AMERICAN TREASURE. 1333 00:35:11,911 --> 00:35:13,779 AND NOT ONLY WILL WE NOT CHARGE 1334 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:14,380 THE GOVERNMENT $700 A YEAR FOR 1335 00:35:14,381 --> 00:35:16,448 IT-- WE'RE NOT ASSHOLES-- 1336 00:35:16,449 --> 00:35:19,218 WE'LL ACTUALLY PAY THEM $701 A 1337 00:35:19,219 --> 00:35:21,787 YEAR IF THEY PLAY IT AT 1338 00:35:21,788 --> 00:35:22,388 NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES FROM 1339 00:35:22,389 --> 00:35:24,356 NOW ON. úAND I COULD TELL YOU MORE ABOUT 1340 00:35:24,357 --> 00:35:30,029 IT, BUT HONESTLY, I'D RATHER 1341 00:35:30,030 --> 00:35:35,768 SHOW IT TO YOU. 1342 00:35:35,769 --> 00:35:37,269 YOU STUDIED HARD, YOU DID 1343 00:35:37,270 --> 00:35:39,605 YOUR BEST, FILLED OUT THE FORMS 1344 00:35:39,606 --> 00:35:41,674 AND PASSED THE TEST, NOW YOU'RE 1345 00:35:41,675 --> 00:35:45,511 PART OF A LAND THAT IS SO GOD 1346 00:35:45,512 --> 00:35:48,847 BLESSED AND STARTING TODAY. 1347 00:35:48,848 --> 00:35:52,184 YOUR AMERICAN. 1348 00:35:52,185 --> 00:35:54,753 ♪ ♪ 1349 00:35:54,754 --> 00:35:58,323 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1350 00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:00,325 THERE'S CORN DOGS, FIREWORKS 1351 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:02,828 LIGHTING UP THE SKY. 1352 00:36:02,829 --> 00:36:07,299 NASCAR RODEO, BARBECUE, THAT 1353 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:11,036 STUFFS AMERICAN SO NOW ARE 1354 00:36:11,037 --> 00:36:12,971 YOU. 1355 00:36:12,972 --> 00:36:15,074 WE'VE GOT PRESIDENTS AND OUR 1356 00:36:15,075 --> 00:36:20,279 LAWS, WE ARE A REAL BIG COUNTRY 1357 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,181 WITH REAL BIG PROBLEMS. 1358 00:36:22,182 --> 00:36:24,383 IF WE ARE KIND OF HOPING YOU 1359 00:36:24,384 --> 00:36:27,353 COULD HELP US SOLVE THEM. 1360 00:36:27,354 --> 00:36:28,754 TELEVANGELISTS AND FOSSIL FUELS, 1361 00:36:28,755 --> 00:36:31,256 METAL DETECTORS IN ALL OF 1362 00:36:31,257 --> 00:36:32,257 SCHOOLS. 1363 00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:34,526 DRIVE-IN PRISONS AND 1364 00:36:34,527 --> 00:36:34,860 MOUNTAIN DEW. 1365 00:36:34,861 --> 00:36:38,130 THAT SUCH AMERICAN NOW THEY ARE 1366 00:36:38,131 --> 00:36:39,965 YOUR PROBLEM TOO. 1367 00:36:39,966 --> 00:36:46,472 THE WAR ON DRUGS. 1368 00:36:46,473 --> 00:36:49,441 TED FUCKING CRUZ, THEY ARE ALL 1369 00:36:49,442 --> 00:36:56,516 AMERICAN AND SO ARE YOU. 1370 00:36:57,283 --> 00:37:02,321 NOWADAYS, IT'S HARD TO DO. 1371 00:37:02,322 --> 00:37:05,024 HARD TO BE THE COUNTRY WE OUGHT 1372 00:37:05,025 --> 00:37:10,562 TO BE. 1373 00:37:10,563 --> 00:37:12,765 YOU WEREN'T BORN HERE, YOU 1374 00:37:12,766 --> 00:37:17,036 VOLUNTEERED. 1375 00:37:17,037 --> 00:37:19,271 TO JOIN YOUR FAITH OF THE GREAT 1376 00:37:19,272 --> 00:37:26,346 AND THE JUST PLAIN WEIRD. 1377 00:37:29,282 --> 00:37:31,383 THOUSANDS OF MEDICAL 1378 00:37:31,384 --> 00:37:32,151 BANKRUPTCIES. 1379 00:37:32,152 --> 00:37:35,654 A PLANTATION WEDDINGS AND 1380 00:37:35,655 --> 00:37:39,792 CHUCK E. CHEESE'S. 1381 00:37:39,793 --> 00:37:43,629 TORNADOES ON HALLOWEEN. 1382 00:37:43,630 --> 00:37:45,664 HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBER THE 1383 00:37:45,665 --> 00:37:51,003 CREW, THAT STUFFS AMERICAN. 1384 00:37:51,004 --> 00:37:51,970 HERE'S TO THE FIGHT. 1385 00:37:51,971 --> 00:37:54,373 OF THE BRIGHTEST ARE ON YOUR 1386 00:37:54,374 --> 00:37:54,973 RIGHT. 1387 00:37:54,974 --> 00:37:56,041 WHEREVER YOU COME FROM, WHEREVER 1388 00:37:56,042 --> 00:38:01,947 YOU ROLE, WHERE ALL AMERICAN, 1389 00:38:01,948 --> 00:38:04,983 THEY'RE ALL AMERICAN! 1390 00:38:04,984 --> 00:38:07,453 THEY ARE ALL AMERICANS! 1391 00:38:07,454 --> 00:38:12,124 WELCOME HOME! 1392 00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:15,294 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1393 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,662 John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1394 00:38:16,663 --> 00:38:17,763 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1395 00:38:17,764 --> 00:38:18,297 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1396 00:38:18,298 --> 00:38:18,597 GOOD NIGHT! 1397 00:38:18,598 --> 00:38:23,769 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1398 00:38:23,770 --> 00:38:30,844 ♪ ♪ 1399 00:38:39,953 --> 00:38:42,454 PLANTATION WEDDINGS AND 1400 00:38:42,455 --> 00:38:43,222 CHUCK E. CHEESE'S! 1401 00:38:43,223 --> 00:38:47,626 ♪ ♪ 1402 00:38:47,627 --> 00:38:52,398 HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBERED. 1403 00:38:52,399 --> 00:38:53,700 THE STUFFS AMERICAN.