. ♪
>>> HOW'S THAT?
>> WELL, THE THING IS --
>> YES, JOHN, WHAT IS THE THING?
>> LIKE A BEER ON A SUNNY FALL DAY.
IT'S JUST FUCKING BLISS. HAPPY DAYS.
>> CHEERS.
>> LITTLE FUCKERS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM THE TWO
OF YOU, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALLUDED TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
POLL THIS WEEKEND THAT HAD DONALD TRUMP BEATING JOE BIDEN
IN FIVE OUT OF THE SIX KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES?
>> I WOKE UP TO AT LEAST 20 TEXTS.
>> RIGHT.
>> DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, EVERYBODY.
>> EVERYBODY WETTING THEIR BED.
>> THE TOLLS DEMONSTRATE IF YOU HAD THE ELECTION TODAY, AND
THANK GOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS IT'S NOT TODAY, TRUMP WOULD BE THE
FAVORITE.
>> BEYOND MARGIN OF ERROR.
>> THE BIDEN COALITION FROM 2020, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
NOT JUST SAYING I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT BIDEN, THEY'RE SAYING I'M
GOING FOR TRUMP.
>> BIDEN IS LOSING SUPPORT WITH BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS.
>> TO SEE A RACIAL REALIGNMENT IN BIG NUMBERS, THAT IS A HUGE
DEAL.
>> AND THE UNDER-30 NUMBER, WHICH HAS BIDEN UP BY ONE
PERCENTAGE POINT, A LOT OF YOUNG VOTERS HATE HIS STANCE ON
ISRAEL. A LOT THINK HE HASN'T DONE
ENOUGH ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR VOTING RIGHTS.
I GET THAT. BUT STILL, I MEAN, AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP.
>> IF SOMEBODY RAN FOR PRESIDENT, INDICTED FOUR TIMES,
91 COUNTS, NOT DEBATE. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE
CONVENTIONAL PLAYBOOK HE HE CONVENTIONAL PLAYBOOK HE 'S
DOING. YET THE POLL NUMBERS RISE.
>> IF HE'S FOUND GUILTY, THOSE NUMBERS FILM AROUND.
>> IN NEW YORK CITY, DONALD TRUMP IS IN COURT ON THE WITNESS
STAND.
>> IT'S THE CIVIL TRIAL, THE FRAUD TRIAL.
HE'LL LAY OUT A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL SEE IN THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT YEAR.
>> REALLY ELECTION INTERFERENCE. THAT'S ALL IT IS.
THE TRIAL IS RIDICULOUS.
>> AND THEN LATER THIS WEEK, WE HAVE YET ANOTHER REPUBLICAN
DEBATE IN WHICH HE'S BASICALLY GOING, I PISS ON YOUR DEBATE.
TUESDAY.
>> SEASON FINALE OF "THE CIRCUS."
WE HAVE LOTS TO DO. AND OUR FERRY.
>> WE HAVE A BOAT TO CATCH. LET'S GO.
>> ONE MORE SIP. HA!
>> THANK YOU FOR RIDING THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY.
>> 130 EPISODES, WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT
THE BIGGEST STORY IS THE RISE OF TRUMP, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT,
AND THEN THE COUNTERFORCE TO TRY TO STOP TRUMP.
>> THE FIRST DRAMATIC EVIDENCE WE HAD WAS THE WOMEN'S MARCH.
I REMEMBER THINKING DOES THIS OUTRAGE HAVE STAYING POWER?
EVER SINCE THAT MOMENT, DEMOCRATS HAVE TURNED OUT IN
RECORD NUMBERS.
>> AND THEN THERE'S JUST THE TONE AND TENOR OF OUR POLITICS,
WHICH HAS BEEN, LIKE, TRIBALISM ON STEROIDS.
>> IT'S NOT JUST DISAGREEING WITH SOMEONE.
NOW THEY'RE THE ENEMY.
>> NOW 2024. WE'RE STANDING ON THE PRECIPICE
OF IT. GOING TO BE BETTER OR WORSE?
>> THE EVIDENCE ISN'T GOOD. I MEAN, YOU LOOK ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE, THE MAGA FORCES ARE ASCENDANT, THE VIOLENCE AND
RHETORIC IS GETTING WORSE.
>> YEAH.
>> PROGRESS IS NOT INEVITABLE.
>> DEMOCRACY HAS FOUGHT BACK, BUT WHETHER IT WINS THIS
ULTIMATE WAR THAT'S COMING, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE SOME DOUBTS.
>> "THE CIRCUS" HAS BEEN THE STORY OF OUR POLITICAL LIFE
DURING WARTIME.
>> YEAH.
>> HEY! THERE'S DONALD TRUMP!
♪
>> WE LOVE YOU!
>> THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
♪ ON THE HIGHWAY A PLACE NOBODY KNOWS ♪
>> WHOOO!
♪ ♪
>> THIS IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> YOU GET SUED.
♪
>> THEY WERE JUST OUTSIDE OF APEX, NEVADA, ON THE EDGE OF THE
DESERT, WHEN THE MAGA VIBES BEGAN TO TAKE HOLD.
SO, NEVADA, IN THIS NEW SPATE OF POLLING THAT CAME OUT, DONALD
TRUMP, MAN, THE BATTLEGROUND STATES, THEY POLLED WHERE HE HAD
THE BIGGEST LEAD.
>> TRUMP POLLING BETTER HERE THAN WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA,
GEORGIA, ARIZONA, JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TYPE
OF RACE WHERE THE MAGA WORLD FEELS LIKE THE ENERGY IS ON
THEIR SIDE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE STEVE BANNON AND CARRY LAKE.
THEY'RE AT THE HEART OF THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
>> TRUE. HE WAS TAKEN DOWN BY MATT GAETZ,
STEVE BANNON. AFTER GAETZ FILED THE MOTION TO
VACATE, WHAT PLATFORM DOES HE GO ON?
STEVE BANNON'S "WAR ROOM" PODCAST.
THIS MOTLEY CREW WAS ABLE TO INSTALL A MAGA SPEAKER IN THERE,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE REAL POWER.
>> I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS OUR LAS VEGAS 2023 TRIP, TIM.
AND THAR SHE BLOWS.
>> VIVA LAS VEGAS. ♪ GOT ME THINKING CRAZY THOUGHTS
GOT MY TONGUE-TIED UP ♪
>> DO WE KNOW WHERE PRINCESS IS? HEY, LET'S HAVE A GOOD SHOW.
THE SHOWTIME'S "THE CIRCUS" HAS DEEMED THAT THE TEAM OF BANNON
AND LAKE WILL BE HERE TODAY.
>> WORTHY OF COVERAGE.
THANKS, GUYS, THAT WAS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE A LEGEND.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE FREAKING OUT WITH THE POLLS OVER THE WEEKEND
THAT PUT TRUMP UP IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES.
IN 2016, DONALD TRUMP STOOD UP AT THE CONVENTION AND SAID --
>> I AM YOUR VOICE!
>> AND NOW TRUMP SAYS --
>> I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION. I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION.
>> VENGEFUL, GRIEVANCE DRIVEN. WE KNOW THE WAY PEOPLE WIN IN
AMERICA IS TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
>> I'M SORRY. THE FUTURE?
>> THE VOTERS.
>> SICK OF PEOPLE SAYING ELECTION IS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THAT IS TOTALLY --
>> IS IT ABOUT THE VOTERS?
>> IT'S ABOUT THE LIMITED EXPERIENCE OF THE VOTERS BECAUSE
THE LIMITED EXPERIENCE SUCKS, AND THE REASON IT SUCKS IS A
FUCKING PARTY IN WARDS THAT SAYS, GO FUCK YOURSELF, WE DON'T
GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU. THEY RESPOND TO TRUMP AND LOOK
BACK AT HIS PRESIDENCY AND SAY MY WAGERS WERE HIGHER, MAYBE THE
GUY'S A JERK, BUT HE'S A BAD-ASS AND THE WORLD FEARS HIM.
>> A BAD-ASS?
>> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING.
>> I TAKE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE THAT'S DRIVEN THIS COUNTRY
TO THE GROUND.
>> HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE TO
HELP PEOPLE'S LIVES. HE TALKS ABOUT GOING AFTER
PEOPLE WHO WERE MEAN TO ME. I'M GOING TO HAVE THE DOJ TARGET
BILL BARR, JACK SMITH.
>> THAT'S ALL HE TALKS ABOUT. HE DOESN'T TALK ABOUT HELPING
PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> YOU HAVE A MAGA LAWYER ON YOUR PODCAST?
>>> I DID.
>> HE SUGGESTED ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR TRUMP'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL, ONE, FIRE THE DEEP-STATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
TWO, INDICT THE WHOLE BIDEN FAMILY, THREE, DEPORT 10 MILLION
PEOPLE, KIDS, THAT WILL BE GLORIOUS, PAR DRON EVERY JANUARY
6th DEFENDANT. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> ALL FIVE?
>> ALL FIVE. WE'LL START THE LARGEST
DEPORTATION PROGRAM IN HISTORY. ALL 10 MILLION MUST LEAVE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE'S GUT FEELING AND LIMITED
EXPERIENCE. YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING?
DO YOU THINK THEY CARE ABOUT INDICTING JOE BIDEN'S BROTHER?
>> DID I SAY THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO?
PARDON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> TRUMP LAUGHS ABOUT NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND BEING
ASSAULTED.
>> HOW IS HER HUSBAND DOING, ANYBODY KNOW, BY THE WAY?
SHE HAS A WALL AROUND HER HOUSE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T DO A VERY
GOOD JOB.
>> HE SAID MARK MILLER SHOULD BE EXONERATED.
THEN HE TALKS ABOUT YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SHOP LIFTERS KILLED,
RIGHT? IS THERE NOT A PATTERN HOOER
THAT TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS GETTING DEMONSTRABLY MORE VIOLENT?
>> COMING FROM BEHIND IN 2016, THEN TRY TO HAVE HIS
ADMINISTRATION THWARTED IN DAY ONE, THEN WIN A MASSIVE WIN IN
2020 AND HAVE IT STOLEN FROM HIM?
>> NOBODY HAS PROVOUSED A SHRED OF EVIDENCE THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN. A BILLIONAIRE WHO AJAUD KITED IT
IN ALL KINDS OF VENUES AND LOST IN EVERY SINGLE VENUE WITH
REPUBLICAN JUDGES WHO WERE OFTEN APPOINTED BY HIM.
>> WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT AFTER WE WIN IN 2024.
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW IT WAS STOLEN.
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE WHO STOLE IT.
>> OKAY. BUT AS LONG AS HE IS AROUND,
EVERYONE HAS TO KISS THE RING, EVERYONE HAS TO ESPOUSE THE FAKE
ELECTION FRAUD OR ELSE THEY'RE EXCOMMUNICATED.
>> NOT EXCOMMUNICATED, BUT YOU'RE NOT PART OF THIS
MOVEMENT. THIS IS KIND OF THE INNER
WORKINGS OF THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAGA. THERE YOU HAVE LITMUS TESTS.
ONE OF THE LITMUS TESTS IS --
>> TRUMP.
>> NOT JUST PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT PARTICULARLY THE STEALING OF THE
2020 ELECTION. THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL TENET OF
THIS REVOLUTION. BY THE WAY, THEY'LL MADE IT ALL
ABOUT TRUMP, OKAY. THIS MOVEMENT WILL GO ON LONG
AFTER TRUMP IS GOING TO GET MORE POWERFUL AND BROADER.
>> EVEN IF A DEMOCRAT WAS TO WIN, THERE'S NO COMPROMISE HERE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING EVE IF TRUMP LOSES AGAINST BIDEN, THERE'S NO
GOING BACK.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP A MODERATE IN OUR MOVEMENT.
YOU'LL PINE IN FUTURE YEARS THAT YOU WISHED DONALD TRUMP WAS
AROUND.
>> COME ON IN. COOL.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT?
>> THIS IS THE DAVIS TO PREVENTION TREATMENT.
>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A ANTIDOTE TO THE MAGNIFY
ANTIDOTE TO THE MAGNIFICATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS, IT'S IN
MICHIGAN. AFTER DONALD TRUMP WON THE STATE
IN 2016, GRETCHEN WHITMER WON BIG IN 2018.
BUT IN 2020, THERE WAS A THOUGHT TO KIDNAP AND ASSASSINATE HER.
>> THESE CONSPIRATORS DECIDED TO GO AFTER THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE
SHE PUT IN PLACE MEASURES TO STEM THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS
IN MICHIGAN.
>> IN 2022, GRETCHEN WHITMER CAME BACK TO WIN BY TEN POINTS.
RIGHT NOW, POLLS HAVE DONALD TRUMP BEATING JOE BIDEN IN THE
STATE BY FIVE POINTS. IF THE DEMOCRATS HERE ARE GOING
TO FLIP THAT AND ALSO PROTECT THE MAJORITY THAT THEY HAVE
HERE, THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY CAN GET SHIT DONE.
YOUR FIRST ELECTION AS GOVERNOR. HOW DID THAT CAMPAIGN DIFFER FOR
YOU VERSUS RUNNING FOR E ELECTION IN 2022?
>> A BIG DIFFERENCE IS HOW QUICK PEOPLE ARE TO THREATEN ONE
ANOTHER. AND THE THREAT OF PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE OR KIDNAPPING AND ASSASSINATION.
>> RIGHT.
>> PEOPLE SAID, OH, ON JANUARY 6th, WE WERE SURPRISED.
I SAID, WELL, THEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN MICHIGAN, WHEN PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE CAPITOL
TO THREATEN LEGISLATORS WITH LONG RUNS.
>> A DYNAMIC FROM THE TRUMP ERA HAS BEEN THE RISE OF WOMEN, THE%
PERSONIFICATION OF THAT. BUT THERE'S BEEN THIS HUGE
BACKLASH TO WOMEN LEADERS AS WELL.
>> A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR GAVE A
PROCLAMATION TO THE TWO PLODDERS THAT WERE ACQUITTED.
THE REST OF THE PLOTTERS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SERVING
HARD TIME IN JAIL. THESE TWO GUYS GOT ACQUITTED.
A STATE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ACKNOWLEDGED
THEM AS HEROES. LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
>> HAVE ANY OF THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DENOUNCED ANY OF THIS?
>> NO. AND THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN
MICHIGAN HAS NOT EITHER. I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT A
GRIP THIS PHILOSOPHY HAS ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW.
AND IT SHOULD SCARE THE HECK OUT OF EVERY MAINSTREAM REPUBLICAN,
EVERY CONSERVATIVE-LEANING INDEPENDENT PERSON.
THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL MOMENT.
>> IN THE 11 MONTHS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN POWER, YOU'VE GOTTEN A
LOT DONE. ABORTION RIGHTS, VOTING RIGHTS,
GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION AFTER A TERRIBLE SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN
STATE.
>> I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY MY ROLE AS A LEADER IN THIS COUNTRY.
I'M IN A CONSTITUENT OF 10 MILLION PEOPLE TO SHOW THAT WHEN
WE LEAD, WE MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE
TALK ABOUT THE THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS. WE NEED TO SHOW, YEAH, WE'RE
GOING TO PROTECT THOSE AND MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER.
>> ELECTION DAY IN AMERICA.
>> RIGHT NOW, VOTERS ARE CASTING BALLOTS IN KEY RACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. ABORTION ACCESS IS DIRECTLY ON
THE BALLOT IN OHIO TONIGHT.
>> WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THE HIGH STATION CONTROL FOR THE
REPUBLIC OF VIRGINIA WHERE ALL 140 TEAT SEETHES IN THE HOUSE
AND SENATE ARE UP FOR GRABS.
>> WE'RE HERE IN BATTLEGROUND LOUDOUN COUNTY AT THE ELECTION
PARTY OF RUSSET PERRY, WHO IS RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE.
THIS IS A RACE OF A DOZEN OR SO THAT COULD DETERMINE CONTROL OF
THE STATE SENATE IN VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GLENN
YOUNGKIN WANTS TO ENACT AN ABORTION BAN, WHICH COULD
HAPPEN.
>> MEANTIME, IN KENTUCKY, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR IS FACING A STRONG CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON.
>> ANDY BESHEAR HAS MADE ABORTION A RELEVANT ISSUE.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING COMFORTABLY AHEAD HERE UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN
DANIEL CAMERON, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STARTED TYING HIM TO
JOE BIDEN. AND NOW APPARENTLY IT'S A VERY
CLOSE RACE.
>> SO, THIS IS BIG. DAVE, A POLITICAL SANL AND GREAT
PREDICTOR SAYS HE'S SEEN ENOUGH. ADI BESHEAR WINS, RE-ELECTION IN
KENTUCKY DEFEATING DANIEL CAMERON.
>> THANK YOU, KENTUCKY!
>> REALLY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ALREADY COMING IN.
>> VOTERS IN THE REPUBLICAN-LEADING OHIO HAVE
APPROVED THE BALLOT MEASURE TO ESTABLISH A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.
>> THAT HAS HAPPENED IN 7 OUT OF 7 OF THE STATES WHERE THEY HAVE
HAD THAT ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.
>> IN SENATE RIGHT NOW, DEMOCRATS ARE LEADING IF 21 OF
THE SENATE SEATS. THEY WOULD NEED TO GET 21.
>> I GOT MY 21. SO, THERE YOU GO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOW WON FULL CONTROL OF THE VIRGINIA
LEGISLATURE. THEY HAVE RETAINED THE STATE
SENATE AND, AND NOW CNN CAN PROJECT THAT THEY'VE FLIPPED THE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
>> ENTHUSIASM AROUND ISSUES LIKE ABORTION, LIKE DEMOCRACY ARE THE
THING THAT IS GOING TO GALVANIZE PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE EXCITED
TO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN OR NOT. YOU SEE IT TONIGHT IN OHIO, IN
TEMPE, AND YOU SEE IT IN VIRGINIA.
>> REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE SQUARING OFF IN THE GOP'S THIRD
DEBATE, AND IT COMES AFTER WHAT THE PARTY'S OWN STRATEGIST SAY
WAS A MAJOR DEFEAT AT THE POLLS LAST NIGHT.
>> TO NO SURPRISE, DONALD TRUMP WILL BE A NO-SHOW.
>> THE MOST EXCITING EVENT OF THE SEASON.
YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ARE USUALLY
CRACKLING WITH DRAMA AND INTENSITY, AND THIS IS, LIKE --
>> PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT US NEED TO START CARING.
I THINK THERE'S MORE INTEREST AND PROBABLY MORE PRESS DOWN THE
ROAD. [ BELL ]
>> TRUMP!
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE NO, MA'AM NAGTS.
DID YOU CONSIDER OTHER REPUBLICANS OR NO?
>> NO. THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN,
OKAY, AND I WANT TO GIVE IT BACK TO MR. TRUMP.
>> IN THE PRIMARY, WE'RE LEADING THE FIELD WITH AN AVERAGE OF 61%
FOR TRUMP, AND YOU HAVE ABOUT, WHAT, SEVEN OR EIGHT CANDIDATES
LEFT. I THINK THEY'RE AT A DEBATE
TONIGHT. NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY'S WATCHING. THIS RACE IS NOT JUST ABOUT
BEATING CROOKED JOE. IT'S ABOUT DEFEATING THE ENTIRE
ROTTEN, KRUPS, AND TEE RAN CAL ESTABLISHMENT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU
HAVE IN WASHD HAVE IN WASRNDS.
2024 IS THE FINAL BAT.
>> WE LOVE TRUMP! WE LOVE TRUMP!
WE LOVE TRUMP!
>> IT'S BEEN A WEEK FOR DEMOCRATS.
THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK --
>> YES.
>> RIGHT? AND THEN THE HIGH OF TUESDAY
NIGHT.
>> VOTERS ON THE ALERT, SHOWING PUP.
>> GOD LOVE YOU, MR. JOE BIDEN. KIN KIN, JENN PALMERI, THAN FOR
JOINING ME, MY FRIENDS. DO YOU WANT TEQUILA?
>> I KNOW.
>> ARE YOU PROUD, THOUGH?
>> WHAT A RUN.
>> DELICIOUS. I'M TELLING YOU.
I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU BAD SHIT.
>> YESTERDAY I WAS IN HIALEAH AT THE TRUMP RALLY.
>> I DREW THE SHORT STRAW AND COVERED THE SCINTILLATING
DEBATE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE
MOMENT FOR REPUBLICANS, AND NOBODY CARED, NOBODY WATCHED.
>> I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT NIKKI HALEY, WHO IS, IN ANY
OTHER UNIVERSE, LIKE, THE MOST FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE AGAINST JOE
BIDEN.
>> REALLY GOOD.
>> BUT THERE'S THAT MOMENT WHERE RAMASWAMY GOES AFTER HER
DAUGHTER BEING ON TikTok.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY FIRST.
>> LEAVE MY DAUGHTER OUT OF YOUR VOICE.
>> SHE SAYS FAMOUSLY --
>> EASY ANSWER.
>> YOU'RE JUST SCUM. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPULSE.
I UNDERSTAND THE FEELING OF CATHARSIS
CATHAR CATHARSIS, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND
THAT'S THE EFFECT OF TRUMP. THAT PEOPLE TALK TO EACH OTHER
LIKE THAT WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE
LAND. BECAUSE TRUMP HAS TOLD PEOPLE,
AND THEY BELIEVE IT, IN ORDER TO WIN IN THIS THING, YOU HAVE TO
BE MEAN, UGLY, AND TAKE THE GLOVES OFF.
LIKE, THAT IS A PROFOUNDLY DISTURBING LEGACY.
>> JUST THINKING BACK TO WHEN "THE CIRCUS" STARTED.
>> 2015.
>> I REMEMBER.
>> I WASN'T EVEN DRIVING.
>> DIDN'T HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
I REMEMBER THAT.
>> THE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO VALUABLE FOR ME ON MY TIME AT
"THE CIRCUS" WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE AT RALLIES OR ACTIVISTS
AND GETTING A REAL TEMPERATURE FOR HOW THE COUNTRY WAS FEELING.
YOU E FEEL THE ENERGY, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW MOVEMENTS
DEVELOP MANY.
>> LOOKING AT 2024, BIDENED AN TRUMP, DO YOU LOOK AT THAT WITH
HOPE OR FEAR?
>> I THINK WHAT HE WE LEARNED IS ONE MAN'S HOPE IS ANOTHER MAN'S
FEAR. BARACK OBAMA WAS THE EMBODIMENT
OF HOPE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THE EMBODIMENT OF FEAR FOR A
SIZABLE PORTION OF THIS COUNTRY. AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR DONALD
TRUMP. THEY ARE TWINNED EMOTIONS, AND
WE, OOZE WE, OOAS A COUNTRY, CANNOT
RECONCILE THAT.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT.
>> I'M REALLY FUCKING SMART.
♪
>> MY SISTER USED TO TELL ME, HOW COULD YOU BE A DEMOCRAT WHEN
EVERYBODY YOU GREW UP WITH WAS A REPUBLICAN?
I SAY BECAUSE EVERYONE I GREW UP WITHFUCKING IDIOT.
I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
>> WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT BIDEN'S AGE, AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE, NOT A MEDIA CREATION.
>> OLD AGE IS SOMETHING EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH.
YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DISCARD A LIFETIME OF OBSERVATION TO SAY
YOU'RE MAKING UP AN ISSUE BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE 86 WHEN
HE LEAVES OFFICE. LIKE, 75% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY AND 74% OF THE DEMOCRATS THINK HE'S TOO OLD.
YOU CAN'T DENY THAT.
>> IT'S LIKE WALKING IN ON YOUR GRANDMA NAKED.
YOU CAN'T GET THE IMAGE OUT YOUR MIND.
IT STICKS WITH YOU. YOU TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT,
BUT, LIKE, IT HAPPENED, MAN.
>> YOU SAID DEMOCRATS NEED TO WAKE THE FUCK UP.
ONE WAY OF HEARING THAT FOR PEOPLE IS JOE BIDEN SHOULD STEP
ASIDE. IS THAT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NOW?
>> IF I SAY HE SHOULDN'T RUN, THAT'S MY OPINION.
IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR, IT WOULD BE CLEAR TO AN AMOEBA THAT
THE PUBLIC WANTS A DIFFERENT CHOICE THAN BIDEN AND TRUMP.
>> 75% OF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THIS RACE.
YOU SAY WE'RE IN THE GRIPS OF THE DOCTORATE OF STREENLIC
CERTAINTY. WE JUST SAY IT'S GOING TO BE
TRUMP AND IT'S GOING TO BE BIDEN, AND EVERYTHING WE TALK
ABOUT IN THE MEDIA IS BASED ON THAT CERTAINTY.
IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE PERIOD OF THIS ERA IN THE LAST
EIGHT YEARS, LIKE, WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
ABOUT SOMETHING, WELL, JEB BUSH, NOT.
JOE BIDEN BEAT TRUMP FROM HIS BASEMENT.
HE DID. DONALD TRUMP CAN NEVER COME BACK
AFTER THE INSURRECTION. FALSE.
IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE LESSON OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IS ANYTIME
PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY TURN OUT
TO BE WRONG, DOES THAT NOT JUST MAKE THE KATES THAT SOMEHOW
WRECK BIDEN AND TRUMP?
>> I'M NOT A VERY GOOD PREDICTOR.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE UNDERLYING FUNDAMENTALS OF
AMERICAN POLITICS DO NOT TELL ME THERE'S CERTAINTY IN
PREDICTIONS. THEY TELL ME THAT YOU DON'T
FUCKING KNOW, DUDE, AND THE PANEL OF CNN, MSNBC, COLUMNISTS
IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ARE THE KIND OF CHAIRMEN IN NEXT, HE
DON'T FUCKING KNOW EITHER. I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS
POINTING TO A REAL DIRECTION WHERE WE END UP WITH TRUMP AND
BIDEN AND IT'S A KIND OF RERUN OF 2020.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SOME SHIT'S GOING TO COME UP AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OH, DAMN,
WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS COMING?
>> LOOK WHO IT IS. MADE IT BACK.
>> J-PALM.
>> OH, MAN. LOOK AT THAT.
>> IS THAT FUN?
>> OH, GEEZ.
>> THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO BE IF YOU HAVE A FEAR OF HEIGHTS.
>> YOU KNOW ME. I'M A HUGE CRIER.
I CRY. I KIND OF HOOIK JUST SHUT IT
OFF. JEREMY.
>> I LOVE THIS SHOW.
>> HERE IT GOES.
MANUFACTURE THAN I MANUFACTURE
LAST THING YOU KNOW, I WAS IN CARGO.
THE THING ENDS AND I LEFT. HE'S SENDING ME THIS TEXT
MESSAGE, LIKE THE MIDNIGHT CARVILLE TEXT, WHICH IS, "WE'RE
IN A BUSINESS WE LOVE AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HATE.
HOPE OUR CHAT CAN HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT. I AM SCARED, MAN.
VERY." ARE YOU SCARED?
>> I'M SCARED, BUT I STILL -- BUT I STILL BELIEVE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE READING JAMES' TEXTS, AND HE SAID WE'RE
IN A BUSINESS WE LOVE AND EVERYBODY ELSE HATES, I FEEL
LIKE THIS SHOW MADE PEOPLE LOVE IT.
WE MADE PEOPLE NOT JUST SEE, LIKE, THE TERRIBLE PART OF IT.
>> WE ALWAYS COLLECTIVELY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A NOBLE
ENTERPRISE OF DEMOCRACY AND VOTING AND PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR
OFFICE, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN CAMPAIGNS.
I STILL BELIEVE MOSTLY PEOPLE DO IT FOR THE RIGHT SEASON.
>> THIS IS THE BEST AND HARDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING HARDER, NEVER DONE ANYTHING I'M PROUDER
FOR. SO 2024, LET'S GO FORTH WITH
CLEAR EYES AND NO FEAR AND A GIANT PACK OF WHOOP-ASS FOR
ANYBODY WHO'S NOT WITH US ON TEAM DEMOCRACY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> THAT'S IT. THAT'S A WRAP!
>> WHOOO!
>> SEASON WRAP. SERIES WRAP.
♪ STARTING ALL OVER ♪
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