The Daily Show: Ears Edition - 2024 Senate Candidates: Rep. Andy Kim | Rep. Colin Allred

Episode Date: May 5, 2024

Rep. Andy Kim, New Jersey's 3rd District representative, sits with Ronny Chieng and Jordan Klepper to chat about navigating politcs as an Asian-American running for Senate and how he won a district that elected Trump to office. Also, Rep. Colin Allred of Texas' 32nd District joins Desi Lydic to discuss the importance of paternity leave and his run for Ted Cruz's Senate seat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Please welcome Representative Andy Kim. Thank you. It's nice to see your Asian representative. Thank you. House of Representatives. Are you running to replace, are you running for Senate? Thanny Kim? House of Representatives, you're currently running to replace, are you running for Senate? That's right. To replace the previous guy in New Jersey who got caught with gold bars in his house. That's right. Right. So, yeah. I guess my first-

That's a big no-no in politics. Right, what do you have against gold bars? Yeah, apparently I'm anti-gold-a-furttahars. Yeah, the anti getting heated into interview right out of the gate here. But what, what, you're right for Senate? Yeah, look, I mean, it's not something I plan to do. You know, I'm a three-term member of the House of Representatives. I got a six-year-old and eight-year-old, two little boys at home, so I was not, you know, planning to take on a statewide, state, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, to, the, to, the, to, the, the, the, to, the, the, to, the, to, the, too, too, too, too, too, too, the, the, too, too, too, too, the, the, they-s, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the, the, we live in the time of the greatest amount of distrust in government in modern

American history. And 84% of people in New Jersey believe that there are politicians are corrupt. Like, 84%? Like, how can... Well, they were kind of validated. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. What's wrong with the other 16% right? They're just not that educated? No, look, I mean, we have to, yeah, I believe that the opposite of democracies is apathy. It's if people give up on this, it feel like their elected officials are not in it for the right reasons. So I just, I feel like at this critical moment, we have to restore a sense of integrity back into our politics and try to do our best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best the to the to the the the to the to do the the people try to do our best to give the people New Jersey a choice. Sure and yeah. Yeah I mean you you're running in a district if I'm not wrong voted for Donald Trump twice. Well my congressional district yeah in 2018 I was part of the

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a Asian American can win a district so the vast vast majority how did you win it no seriously how did you win it because if you want it then well well look, what I'll say is... No, no offense. Yeah, I mean, no, look, I think what I learned is that like, I'm not going to let other people determine what I am or am not capable of accomplishing simply because of the color of my skin and my last name. You know, this was... This was...this was... This is a district where I, you know, I grew up. I did my entire kindergarten through 12 in the public school systems in my congressional

district. I'm raising, you know, two little boys in that school system. Like, I have every bit as much right to represent that district as anybody else. And I have every bit as much right to represent my state as anybody else. I will say that is, that is both inspiring to hear and a little gross. That's a lot of time in New Jersey. I just, I guess, that's, wow, you're really New Jersey. Yeah. God bless. Well, I think you talk about this feeling in America right now.

We feel very divided. Yeah. But in the house, you guys just had, you just passed this bipartisan bill. Funding for Ukraine, Taiwan. the ick-Tock bill in there as well. Mike Johnson seemed to want to cross the aisle and work with you guys. What is this? Is this the beginning of some sort of bipartisan coalition or is this a one-time spring fling? No, look, I think what he realized is he has no other choice. He could either be a speaker that gets zero things done for the entire time that he has speak. Everything that he's done, whether it's passing our government's funding or anything else, it's

required us on the Democrat side to be there with him. Basically, you know, he and Hakeem Jeffries are co-speakers of the house right now. There's nothing that the speaker of the House Johnson can get done without Hacquim Jeffries and the Democrats. So look, it's out of necessity in that way. I mean, you know, I hope that there are some places where we can find some agreement, but I'll be honest with you, like, I'm not holding my breath. We'll see where things go. But, I mean, you guys, you know, you all see it. I mean, I basically work in the world's worst reality TV show, you know, it's just like. Well, speaking to that, I mean, you are, you are on the ground there. You, you know, presumably you talk with these people every day, if not all the time. So I guess my question is like, how is it different to what we're seeing. the the the the the their. their. thi. thi. their. their. thi. their. thi. thi. thi. their. their. thi. thi. their is is their is their is thi. their their the worst. their the worst. their to be their wa. their wa. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. the worst. their. their. their. their. thi. thi. thi. thi. ti. ti. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. the their their their their their. the ground in Congress? Is it as divisive as what we think it looks like on Instagram or is it, when you guys are in the same room, is it more like, hey, you know, like, finger guns, tell them, that's

all that kind of thing. Yeah, how did you know? That's exactly what it's like. No, I mean, look, it know, and I say that as someone who's never thought that I'd be in politics. I don't enjoy that aspect of it so much. But I mean, look, you know, one of my, one of my colleagues, I guess I call him that. Matt Gates, for instance, you know, he has this line where he says, you know, if you're not making news, you're not governing. And I just think that that is so indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative indicative that is so indicative indicative indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative that is so indicative of that is so indicative of that is so indicative of that is so indicative of what is so indicative of what is so indicative of what what that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's so indicative of of of of of of of of of that's so indicative of that's so indicative of that's so indicative of that's so indicative of that's, you know, it's this idea that you're

equating attention with governance. You know, that's absolutely the wrong thing. You can see how someone who has that kind of mindset is then incentivized to just say crazy things. You know, so like I always think about it, if you gamify Congress. You know, if Congress is a game and you think of what is the point system, you know, it's like people are chasing, you know, the likes online, the followers on social media, you know, the money into their fundraising, how many cable news hits they've done, you know, things like that. And like, you know, Like I get to work, like I get to work a job whose job description is

in the Constitution of the United States. Like me as a son of him, we're getting to a public school kid, gets to do that kind of work. Like, that should be a deeply humbling experience, not some platform for you to just go chase your ego and your ambition. That being said. That's it. Just ended Kim... I'm going to say. Yeah, I thank you for not chasing attention.

I hand picked every single one of them to come in from Jersey. You would never chase attention, but we do appreciate you coming on our television show. It's not about... No, no, no. I'm a humble man. I'm a humble man. A humble man, Comedy Central Appreciation. I am curious, though, Democratic Party is an interesting place right now, and I think this last bill that just got passed had funding for Israel with very few conditions put upon it. The more progressive wing, the Democratic Party, wants there to be more conditions with Israel funding. How do you balance that right now? It seems as if the progressive side of the Democratic wing

is wants more from a Democratic party that's not willing to give it. Yeah, no, look, I mean, I think what we need is to be able to move forward and have as much leverage as possible. What we see is that, you know, Net and Yahoo is taken a path forward that's, that's, that's, th. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the to, the the the to, the the to, the the to be the to, the the, to be the, is, is the, is the, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, is, is, is, is, is, is the the the, is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the throwneanananananananananan, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, is wants, is wants, is, is wants, is wants, is, is wants more... the I think is very dangerous. You know, dangerous for Israel, dangerous for our world. And we need to make sure that we're stepping up to be able to have as much strength as possible

to be able to end this violence as soon as possible. And I'll be honest with you, a lot of Democrats feel that same way. A lot of my colleagues feel that same way. We're just trying to figure out how we can we can we can we can we can we can we can that we can that that that that that th th th th th th th th th th th th th that approach going forward while addressing the humanitarian crisis. I mean, there's a famine that's imminent right now in northern Gaza. That's devastating. We've got to make sure that we're providing the kind of aid and support to that, while also making sure we're tackling all these other issues around the world.

Ukraine, we have, you know, we're trying to pass humanitarian assistance for the catastrophe in Sudan, which is something that doesn't get enough attention. So yes, we've got to make sure that we're pushing forward in all those directions. I will say also, some of your colleagues made news talking about in regards to this Ukraine funding bill that they're seeing Russian propaganda being echoed and talked about on the house floor. Are you seeing colleagues, colleagues echo this Russian propaganda in terms of whether or not we should be funding Ukraine? Absolutely. I mean you know it's it's scary. It's scary to see how you know what we're seeing right now is

basically a new movement of neo-isolationism, you know something that's really about weakening America's position in the world and and just turning not even just turning a blind eye to Vladimir Putin, but actually enabling him. And you know, when I think about leaders in other countries, when they talk to me about what's happening, first they ask, you know, what is happening in America? And the second thing they ask is they say, is America a reliable partner? That's what they ask themselves.

And they say, the answer to that right, to, to, to, to, to, to, reliable partner in the way that we can and should be, you know, and you see that with regards to Ukraine and hopefully we're going to be able to provide some support, but that has a lot of impact in terms of how we're perceived all over the world, with all sorts of other crises that are out there. So, you know, this is one of the biggest questions that we have of just what is America's role in the st century, what is the value of the American handshake right now, and that's very much under question right now in the world. Right. And just on that note, like to solve a lot of problems that are facing the country right.

Don't point to me. Don't point to someone's problem. Yeah, I can't help with that. Can I get it? But like, a lot of compromise is required. So when you're talking to like your best friend Matt Gates, for example, like when... You did say that. You did say that. Yeah, you said you did say that.

You know, good friend, Matt Gates. Like, when you're talking is it always just you know this guy's always on you know everyone's always on even in private meetings everyone's still you know yelling about about Jewish space lasers and you know like when I came into Congress I had a lot of people asked me like do they they really believe what they say and when I first came in I kind I kind of came up with category three categories you know there are sort of the traditional conservatives of which there are very very very very very the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they I I I I I'm they. I'm ttttttttttea. they. they. they. they. they. they. the. the. the. I the. are sort of the traditional conservatives, of which there are very few of them left. There are the crazies, and you can, you know, mad libs fill in the blank, whatever name you want. And then they're the cowards, you know, the people who know better, but just for their

own purposes of staying in their jobs, they continue on. I'll be honest with you. Just in the five and th and a thi and a thi and a thi and a five in thi and a five in thi and a five in thi and a five in thi and a five in thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. th. the the thi. thi. the the the the the thi. the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to thi. to to to to to to thi. to the thi. the thi. thi. thi. the thi. thi. lot more crazies than even when I started. And it's really alarming. I mean, like, they, some of them really do believe this. And I, you know, I remember it, you know, on the night of January 6th when we came back into the House of Representatives after the, after the insurrection, you know, hearing their speeches, like, they're watching them, like only a few feet from them, and I can tell like some of them really do believe it. The big lie, they've bought into this, they're feeding it. And that's what I find so scary right now.

You know, my first boss in government, he had this line. He said, you don't have good government unless you have good people working in government. Right now, you know, if you have to try to find a way to be able to stop it, but part of their plan is to try to make government so toxic, politics so toxic that reasonable, decent, you know, people don't want to participate. That just leaves it for them. Thank you. As far as what I'm hearing from you, I just th. th. th. th. thin thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, you, thin, you thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to be told, you have, you have, you have, you have, you have, you know, thank you for your time. And as far as what I'm hearing from you, I just think that we just need more Asian people to be running into the carers and fix everything.

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John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, the weekly show. We're going to be talking about the election. Economics. Ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. My guest tonight represents Texas's 32nd District and is running for the Senate against America's sweetheart Ted Cruz. Please welcome Representative Colin Alred. Please welcome Representative Colin Allred. Yeah, how you doing?

I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing great. Welcome to the show. Yeah, this is great. It's different from what I usually do. Yeah, they're fun, right? Now you guys are a little better than the house right now. Just slightly. That's, I mean, that's not saying a lot. That's keeping the bar. It's pretty low. You have such an interesting resume.

You're a former NFL player, Civil Rights, Attorney, Congressman, and now currently running against Ted Cruz. For this time. Yeah. In Texas, as a Democrat, which is a bit of an uphill battle, right now, you're, you're, just slightly, you're just slightly, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just just just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you're just, you. that, you. that, you. that, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you. the. Yeah. In Texas, as a Democrat, which is a bit of an uphill battle, right now you're currently pulling at six points behind. Does it make it worse that you're lagging behind Ted Cruz of all people? Now listen, I'm confident that on November 5th, that Texans are going to come out and show who we really are.

And, yeah. I think we've had enough of 12 years of having an embarrassment, one of the most divisive senators in the country. If somebody who I think fundamentally doesn't appreciate who we really are as Texans, I'm a fourth-generation Texan. You know, raised by a single mom in Dallas. You mentioned what I've been able to do, but I was able to do that because I had a lot of help from my community, from my state.

I want to make sure that we can have somebody who actually cares about us in the Senate. That's what the most embarrassing thing about Ted Cruz. You have said before that you don't, Texas doesn't have to be embarrassed by their senator. What is the most embarrassing thing about Ted Cruz? Is it that he fled to Cancun while Texans were in the dark and cold or that time that he didn't feel the booger on his lip for so long? Burned in my memory.

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You're a father of two and you were one of the first members of Congress to take paternity leave. First of all thank you for your service and secondly why is that so rare among your colleagues? Yeah yeah well I didn't know that I was going to be the first when I did it I thought that it was just a normal thing to do. You think? You know I grew up and I know my father and so for me I knew that it's just a normal thing to do. You think. I grew up and I know my father. And so for me, I knew that when we had kids, that I was going to do it right. And that starts at the beginning. And there's so much.

We've learned a lot. There are so many benefits for when men take leave in those early days. It's better for the men themselves, for their their their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, for their spouses, and for their spouses, and their their their their, and their, and their, and their, their, and their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and I I. And, their, their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and, and, and, and their, and, and, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their men themselves, for their spouses, for their kids. And, you know, this is not available to every American. And I want to make sure that it is. And so that's one of the things I've been working with a whole lot of other things. Because, you know, you and I both know that those early days are tough. And you know, your bundle of joy is also coming with a whole lot of other things that are changing your life. And you know, I don't think it's right that we're the only major developed country in the world that doesn't have a national pay-lea policy.

Yeah. Oh, I could not agree more. I did not agree more. Texas was one of the first states to criminalize abortion. What would be your plans to protect and restore women's reproductive rights? As you mentioned, my wife and I, we've had two boys in Dallas in the last five years and I went to every ultrasound appointment, every genetic testing, and you know those rooms when you're having those conversations with your doctor, they're too small to

have somebody like Ted Cruz in there with you. What's happening in Texas is really, it's a tragedy. We've had 26,000 women who've had to get birth to their rapist child since these laws went into place. We've had stories like Kate Cox, so it was a mother of two, who had a much one in third pregnancy. She had to the emergency room four times. Her doctor said she needed a medically necessary abortion, and she asked her stay, can I have it close to home? Because I have a one and a three-year-old at home.

They said no, and they didn't just say no, it's if you do this, we're going to access an abortion. I mean, that doesn't sound like freedom to me. And I know one thing about us as Texans, is that we believe in freedom. And so, And so, the only way that we can restore this right to Texas women and families is at the federal level by codifying Roe v. Wade. And I'm listening to... Yeah.

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And in Texas, we make it way too difficult to vote. But I want folks to know, there's a reason why they're trying to make it harder for you to vote. Why are they trying to to tak so hard so hard so hard so hard to make so hard to make to make it difficult so hard to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult difficult to make it difficult for to make it difficult for to make it difficult for you you for you for to make it difficult for you for you for you for you to be a to be a to be a to be a to be difficult for to make it difficult for to make it difficult for to make it difficult for to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it difficult to make it to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make trying to make it harder for you to vote. Why are they trying to take your voice away? Why are they trying so hard to make it difficult for you to be engaged? Don't let them do it, right? And to our young people, you know, it's like one of these things where

you wouldn't let your grandparents pick your playlist the next year. That's a great great one. You know, so, I mean, I think it's also true that we have to talk about what's at stake. To me, in Texas, what's at stake is our fundamental freedoms. They've taken away a woman's right to choose the ability to make your own decisions about your body. They're banning books, they're kicking kids out of school because of their hairstyle. I mean, to me, this is fundamentally thk a thk a thk, thk, thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to ta, to ta, to ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta.ea, ta.a, ta.a, ta.a, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta as Americans and we have to restore freedom in Texas and across this country and I think folks are going to come out and stand up for that. You serve on the the Foreign Affairs Committee. We just recently found out

that seven aid workers were killed in Gaza due to Israel air strikes. Does that give you any hesitation to providing Israel with bombs? Listen, this is a horrible tragedy and these folks were there to feed folks who are suffering from famine extreme conditions. They've done it around the world and to me it's an incredibly noble venture that they're engaged in to try and make sure that we can combat these conditions. And as I see it, October 7th was a tragedy, and the response in many ways has been incredibly

difficult to deal with. Our role, I think, has to be to try and ensure that we're negotiating for an extended ceasefire, that we have these hostages come home, and that we find a way forward in which there's two states existing peacefully next to each other. And that has to be our main goal. And we've had, you know, this has been our policy for some time, but in some ways I think it had drifted away. And in a strange way, I think this has highlighted the need that we come back to this. That we make sure that we have a peaceful and independent Palestinian state next to a stable,

democratic and Jewish Israeli state. And these folks can coexist, because we honest, we cannot continue down this road. too, thanks. I so appreciate the work that you do, and I so appreciate you being on the show tonight. I wish you the best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best th, th. th. th. thus. thus. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. to to to t. to. to. to. to. to. to. too. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. tthe show tonight. I wish you the best of luck. Representative Colin Allred, thank you. Thank you. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching The Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts.

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