The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Anti-Abortion Laws Sweep the U.S. & Bill de Blasio Enters the Presidential Race | Kirsten Gillibrand

Episode Date: May 21, 2019

State Republicans pass extreme anti-abortion laws, Bill de Blasio joins the Democratic presidential field, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand discusses her 2020 White House bid. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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this is the Daily Show, everybody. We're back. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out. Yeah! Oh yeah, I'm Shrubanow. Our guest tonight is a senator from New York and a candidate for presidents of the United States. Custin Jilbrand is joining us everybody. Also on tonight's show. Bill Dixon, Bill Dixon of the United States, Kirsten Jilbran is joining us everybody. Also, also on tonight's show, Bill DiBlazio wants to be the mayor of America. We find a solution to end all student debt,

and it's never ladies' nights in Alabama. But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. Let's kick it off with the story everyone is talking about. Game of Thrones. Last night was the big series finale and I'm not going to spoil anything. Iron Man dies, but let's just say some people are taking the ending hard. It has been eight long and at times very frustrating seasons for Game of Thrones fans and now that the end has come you might need someone to talk to. Yep bark.com is

offering therapy sessions for viewers whether you need someone to complain to about these plot holes some people have been talking about have trouble with the ending or just need help in the absence of your favorite show the site promises to find a professional for you. Yes, that's right. A website is offering therapy. Therapy sessions for people upset about the ending of Game of Thrones. And let me just say, people, if you need therapy because a TV show ended, your life is too good, okay? I'm just going to tell you straight. You don't need a therapist, you need some credit card debt and an STD, okay? Take your mind right off that series finale. And I hope, I also hope those therapy sessions are private, right?

Because you're going to look like a dick if you're in a group therapy session, the person before you'd be like, I got addicted to drugs after my wife left. And you go like, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I'm 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, and I, and I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I to to to to to to to to to to to to th. And I th. And I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thr-s. thr-s, I'm thooooooo. And I'm tolde. And I'm tolde, and I'm to to to to to to wife left. And you're like, okay, put a pin in that. I didn't like John Stowe's story arc, okay? I didn't like it. In other news, it's the season finale of college. And one graduation ceremony had a surprise ending that most people actually enjoyed. Billionaire Robert Smith surprised graduating seniors at Morehouse College by telling them his family would wipe out all their student debt. That's an estimated $40 million $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs the drugs family would wipe out all their student debt.

That's an estimated $40 million for nearly 400 students. And my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. Wow! He's going to pay off 400 kids' student debt. 40 million dollars. That is really amazing. Although I will say, I do feel bad for that one kid who worked his way through school so that he wouldn't have loans. Yeah. Because you know he was at that ceremony like, you guys waste all your time partying, but some of

us scrub toilets for years to be debt free. And now I'm going to be, wait, wait, what? Wa? Seriously, it sucks for that guy. to be a group dinner, to. I. I. Wait, to be. Wait, to be. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I. 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. the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to, to. to guy. It's like going to a group dinner, all your friends are already in caviar, you think you're paying for yourself so you're like, I'm just going to have the breadsticks and at the end someone was like, the dinner was on me and you're like, then, you're like, and also, can we admit that although this billionaire has ruined commencement speeches forever. Yeah, because good luck being next year's speaker. It'll be like, and finally I want to say, always follow your dreams. And...

And believe in yourself. And... Well, that's it. Boo! This also probably pisses off other billionaires when you think about it, because now the expectation is that they will pay tuition at any college they go to. You're gonna look bad if you don't.

Yeah, I bet other billionaires are gonna end up speaking at cheaper colleges. You know, Bill Gates will be like, it's such an honor. to be addressing to some tech news. Now that Uber is a public company, it's under more pressure to make profits, which is probably why it just launched a brand new feature. If your Uber driver is a bit too chat for your liking, you can now use a mute feature in Uber Black's service. The features in the app are called Quiet, Preferred. But if you're feeling social, you can also select happy to chat.

Yes. From now on, if you get into an Uber, you can select happy to chat or quiet mode on the app. Although I'll be honest, knowing Uber drivers, I don't think it's actually going to make a difference, right? You're going to get in the car and then the driver's going to be like, So, I see you chose quiet mode, yeah? That's a good option, yeah. So many drivers, they talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, never leave you alone. Yeah, I wish everything in life at quiet mode, like my children or my wife, yeah, no. I mean, yeah.

So is this your first time using quiet mode, yeah? But don't forget, don't forget, you only get quiet mode if you take Uber Black, which is the luxury service. Yeah. Luckily though, Uber has also unveiled some new features for UberX. Like, there they've got a new mode called Don't Stab Me. Yeah, so that's a nice feature. And finally, some news coming out of my home country, South Africa. We move on now to that bizarre encounter with a fan for Arnold Schwarzenegger. The action star and former Garber has decided not to press charges against the man who dropped kicked him in the back in an event in South Africa. This weekend, 71-year-old Arnold Shortsonager proving it's still a bad idea to mess with

the governor. One man at the Arnold Classic Africa Sports Festival in South Africa learned that, the hard way after landing a flying kick into short to Nager's back. In this video, you see, despite the attacker taking a running start, Arnold barely moved, unfazed. What? The little f-fee-fee. I know this was funny for some people, but I'm not going to lie. As a South African, I was super pissed off.

First of all, thanks to that guy, now we're the country that drop-kicked the terminator, okay? And what's even worse is that Arnold barely even moved, so now we look like we can't even kick right. Makes the whole country look bad. You know that people were texting me after this shit happened? We were like, hey, Traver, did you see this kick? Is that a normal thing in South Africa?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, guys. It's tradition. We just drop kick all the celebrities that show up. Yeah, yeah, you remember when Bill Clinton came to South Africa, Nelson Mandela met him with a drop kicker, goes like, welcome to South Africa, welcome. That's exactly what it is. All right, let's it for the headlines. Let's move on to the Supreme Court, there are two questions everyone has been asking. One, did Justice Ginsburg take her vitamins today?

And two, when will conservatives try to use the new courts to overturn Roe v. Wade? Well we don't know about the vitamins, but in the past few weeks, conservative lawmakers have made their move. The abortion flashpoint all across the country, a wave of new restrictions gaining steam in states far beyond Alabama. Georgia, Alabama and Missouri are putting into place strict anti-abortion laws. Alabama passing the nation's most restrictive abortion law, effectively banning abortion. Under the law, doctors could now face 99 years in prison for performing

an abortion. In signing the abortion bill, Alabama Governor K. Ivy said it stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians' deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God. You know, I'm not going to lie, America is a really confusing place because there's supposed to be a separation between church and state. But this governor is literally literally l ll, the the thlylylylylylylylylylylyly thil. thil, thiioliolee, thiol-a, 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. th. And, th. And, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, and, thin, thin, thin. And, thin. And, thin, thin, thin, thin, to be a separation between church and state, right? But this governor is literally signing an anti-abortion law in God's name. Yeah, which is weird, which is really weird, because I've read the Bible too, okay?

And as much as God loved children, he also wasn't afraid to take out a bunch of kids when he wanted to. Yeah. I mean, when the Egyptians refused to release the Israelites, God sent locucus and frogs, and their their their their their their their their their their their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and, and, and, and, their, their, thiiiioli. And, thi, thi, thi. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. their. And, their. And, their. And, thiiii. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi.eeeeeei.ei.ei.goye. And, the.goye. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And,to release the Israelites, God sent locus and frogs, and then when they didn't listen, he killed their firstborn sons, which is quite the escalation, you have to admit. If my neighbor was making noise and it's like, frogs, and don't listen locusts, and they're like, all right, your son's gone, man, it's over. So obviously, many people have been pissed off because these extreme laws were passed in places like Alabama. And it didn't help.

It didn't help that the lawmakers who put these abortion restrictions in place just happened to be the biggest sausage fest ever. I mean, look at that, for real. 25 men passed this abortion law. They passed it through the Alabama Senate. These are the people deciding what women in Alabama can do with their own bodies, which is crazy because none of these men will ever be pregnant. How are they writing the laws?

It's like if the Amish wrote America's laws on cyber security, you don't know what you're talking about. Look, I was just like, yeah, I'm going to write the law. You see, every computer should have an angry goat in front of it to scare away the demons. Stay in your lane, Amish people. Now it's no secret that these are some of the most extreme abortion laws Americans ever seen, right? In fact, Alabama and Missouri have made abortion a crime even in the cases of rape and incest. And for some Republicans, this is a step too far.

President Trump tweeting this weekend, for those who would like to know, I am strongly pro-life with the three exceptions, rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother, the same position taken by Ronald Reagan. I don't support the Alabama law. I believe that there ought to be exceptions. I'm pro life, but there ought to be exceptions for rape and incest and where the life of the mother is at risk.

You know what's crazy? Is that three weeks ago, Trump and Romney's positions on abortion were the extreme positions. Yeah, but now thanks to Alabama and Missouri, these guys get to act like feminists. Yeah? No, no, I'm on the side of the woman's right, except in these three cases. I'm thihea. I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, thihea, I's, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Trown. Trown. Tr. Tr. Tr. Tr. Tr. Tr-in. Tr-a. Tr-a. Tr-a. Tr-a. True. Tr-a. Tr-a. Tr-a. Trcsoe, thrc. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thrue. thrue. thrue. thrue. thrue. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. Tr-a. Tr. Tr. Tr. Tr. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. threeeeea. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. th law. I mean I'm the reasonable guy because no make no mistake. Three exceptions are still bullshit, all right? You're still taking away a woman's right to choose. It's as simple as that. It's not reasonable. It's not reasonable. It seems reasonable by comparison. It's like if one bully threatened to beat me up, steal my lunch and give me a wedgey and another bully steps and he's like, hey, hey, the wedge is a thr-in, that, that, that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, it's thin, it's reasonable, it's reasonable, it's reasonable, it's a the the the the the the the thee, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's reasonable, it's reasonable, it's reasonable, it's 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 thin, it's thin, it's thin, it's thin, it's thin, it's thin, it's the, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, it's not reasonable, theean, it's not reasonable, it's thean, thean, it's thean. thean. It's thean, it's not reasonable, it's not Yeah, he's reasonable. So as it stands, these bills have been signed into law, which means now the courts have to decide if they're constitutional, and there's a good chance this will go all the way up to the newly conservative

Supreme Court. Yeah. So if you're a woman in America right now who wants to be in control of her own body, this is a scary time. Luckily, there is one law firm in town that might that might th that might to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the the their to their their their their to to their to to to to to to their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their. their. their their. their their. their their. their. their. their. their. their. their their. their their their their. their the. too. tipe. te. te. te. te. te. too. te. too. too. too. te. too. too. too. too a scary time. Luckily, there is one law firm in town that might have found a way to protect your uterus. I'm Desiletic. And I'm Dulce, Sloan. And we're attorneys at law. Just don't Google that.

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the election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. We are now only 532 days away from the 2020 presidential election, which is barely enough time to re-shoot the entire final season of Game of Thrones.

It's also enough time to catch up on the Democratic race with another installment of World War D. Hi, it's no secret that there are already a ton of Democrats running for president. But if you were holding out for a candidate named Steve, you're in luck. It's no secret that there's already a ton of Democrats running for president. But if you were holding out for a candidate named Steve, you're in luck. Another Democrat has entered the presidential race. In a video released this morning, Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced his bid for 2020, highlighting the fact that he is the only candidate in the field to have won in a red state.

For the uninitiated, who is Steve Bullock? Yes, the first question is, who is Steve Bullock? The second question is, wait, who is Steve Bullock? And the third question is, are you sure he's not Michael Bennett? Who is this guy? Like, at this point, running for president, feels less like a serious political endeavor, and more like a viral internet challenge. That's what it is. Hey guys, I'm running for president and I'm challenging Phil to do the same thing. Yeah! Now I'm gonna eat a tide pod. Woo!

So in case you've lost count, the number of candidates is now up to 23. Yeah, which is insane. Look at all those faces. Look at all of those faces. Now the Democrats have everyone. They've got a black woman, a white men, black men, to to to to to to to to to to black men, black men, black men, black men, black men, black men, black men, 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 thi. thi. to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. ti. tie. tie. tie. tie. thiiiiiiiiii. their their their their thi. their th everyone. They've got a black woman, a white woman, white men, black men, and Asian man. And now, at 6'5, they've even added a giant. New York City Mayor Bill DiBlazio joined the race for president today, making it an even two dozen candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. Last month in a Quinnipiac poll, 76% of New Yorkers said that they do not think he should run for president. Every party, age, racial, and borough group listed in that, agreed on that.

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Farrasio, but not as hard as we say, So, Bill DeBlazio has decided to squeeze his way into this crowded field. I mean, thanks to the New York subway, he's used to squeezing his way into broken systems that have no room for him. And it's not just New Yorkers. Even DeBlazio's fellow Democrats don't take him seriously. Madam Speaker, since you've talked about so many presidents, I wonder how you feel about Bill De Blazzo running for president. Okay, I'm not a professional pollster, but that is not a reaction you want to hear ever, okay?

If you ask your doctor, am I going to make it and they laugh like that? You've got to delete your porn and update your will, in that order. The weirdest part, though, is that, got to delete your porn and update your will in that order. The weirdest part though is that DiBlazio does have a decent record to run on. All right, he passed universal pre-K, he cut back on stop and frisk, he implemented a $15 minimum wage and he even legalized the sale of magic beans even though those beanstalks pose a threat to him personally. But many argue he's not perfect. During his time as mayor, homelessness is up in New York. He has faced a bribery scandal, and worst of all, and this is true, on Groundhog day in 2014,

he accidentally dropped a Groundhog. And then it died days later. Now, was it the fall that killed the Groundhog? We don't know. The groundhog is towowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowl thoe is still thoe is still thoe is still that's that's thoe is still that's that's that's that's that's thoe. that's thoes thoes thoes that's that's thi homelessness thoes that's thoes is still thoes is thoes is thoes is thi homelessness. thi homelessness is thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. H. thi. H. thi. H. Home. Homell-a. Homell-a-s. Homellough. Homelessessessessessessessessessessessessessess is thi. Homell-a-a-a-a-s is thioleou-a-s is thiolthat killed the groundhog? We don't know. The groundhog is still falling. That's how tall De Blasio is. Personally, I think it was an accident, and I don't think we should hold it against him. On the other hand, I have a few New York parking city tickets that are bullshit. So, I made this attack ad.

Bill De Blazio says he's a bright future for America, but he has his own dark past. Is the mayor of New York a groundhog killer? The mayor dropped Staten Island Chuck during a ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo. Accusations of a cover-up surrounding Mayor Diblasio. Chuck was found dead in his cage just a week later. Can we trust a man with a nuclear button if we can't trust him with land beavers? Bill DiBlazio, bad for America, worse for groundholds.

We'll be right back. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a member of the U.S. Senate and Democratic presidential candidate. Please welcome New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Brand. Welcome back to the show, Senator. Thank you. What a time to have you on. In the past week and a week or so, it has felt like there has been an onslaught on women's rights in America. Thank you.

Thank you on. the time to have you on. In the past week and a week or so, it has been an onslaught on women's rights in America. Is it an overreaction that people are having when they say this feels like the beginning of the end? Or is it truly a dire situation for women to be in? It is truly a dire situation. It's been an all-out attack. 30 states have tried to pass laws or are passing laws or have passed laws

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You know, it's not lawmakers decision to make. When did you feel the shift? What changed it in America? President Trump has emboldened right-wing Republicans. He's emboldened them with the nomination of Justice Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. And this was something he ran on and said he would do, and it's exactly what he's doing. He's basically taking away our basic human rights to make those decisions about our families when we're having children, how many we're having under what circumstances. And they're criminalizing women's decisions and criminalizing the doctors who provide that care. Right, when you look at the law makers themselves, people have criticized the idea that 25 men can create a law that literally will never

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We need to lift up women's voices, and women need to fight. They need to fight like everything that they care about is at stake, because it is a life or death issue. When you look at that as a life or death issue as someone who is running for president of the United States, whether you get the job or not, what do you think people need to be looking for in a president? Because you do have, let's say almost half of the country who believes that abortion should be outlawed or is deeply immoral. It's not half. It's 70% of America believes in Roe v. Wade, believes that women should

have this fundamental decision about their lives. But at the same time, I think it's 49% of women say that they're conflicted or they think that it should be in some way monitored, or they say it's gone too far in certain states, etc. How do you then govern an entire country where people disagree that much on that level? How do do you convince them, is what I'm saying as a leader? I think this country deserves a president who's brave. Someone who will stand up to do the right thing even when it's hard, especially when it's hard. And that's why I'm running for president, because I will lift up women's voices, I will do the hard things. I will talk to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks to folks their their their their their their their their their. I'm their. I will their. I will their. I will their. I will their their. I will their their their their their their their their. I will. I will their their. I will their their. I will their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. I's their. I'm. I'm their their their. I'm their their their thoe. I'm thoeck. I'm throomoomoomorrow. Ia. Ia. thooooooooomoomorrow. thea. thea. throooooea. I's throe. I'sthis country, whether it's red, purple, or blue, about their values

and about what's right for America. And I can tell you, women deserve basic civil rights in this country, and they deserve to make these fundamental decisions about their bodies and their families with their doctors. And I don't think this is something that we should back down on. And I hope that women continue to fight, because since President Trump Trump is truuuuuu tru tru tru tru tru th, th, th, th, th, th since President Trump's been elected, women have been marching. The 2018 election cycle was about women running for office and winning, getting the women's votes out. So women are on fire and if this is a fight the President Trump wants with the American people and America's women, it's a fight he's going to have about some of your plans for how you think America could change the way elections are run because in effect we are dealing with the effects

of how the elections operate in the country. One of the more interesting proposals you've made is the clean elections plan. Can you explain what that is? There's a lot of political corruption. We all know Washington's broken and we know that anything we want to accomplish whether it's a green new deal or health care as a right and not a privilege or affordable daycare universal pre-K. There's always something or someone standing in the way and it's the greed and corruption in Washington. And so I want to get money out of politics. I want to restore our democracy to the hands of the people and the way you do that is

through publicly funded elections and that's what this clean elections bill will do. What does that mean? Publicly funded elections? It means that if you agree to a clean elections platform and you will tak to the clau c c c c clean 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 their to their to their to to to to to to to their to their 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 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, then you are eligible for any voter in America to be able to donate to your campaign through democracy dollars. You would make $200 available for every federal election, for every voter. And you would then be going to every community to ask for support.

You wouldn't just be going to the wealthy individuals. And you wouldn't have the Koch brothers spending $300 million to change outcomes of election. It would 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 their their thiiia thia thoomomomome to Koch brothers spending $300 million to change outcomes of election. It would mean every person in America, every voter, every voter, every, person in America, every voter, every voter, every voter in America, every voter, every voter, like, spend, and they would get to say, I give this to you, I give this to you, and that determines how much you get as a candidate. Correct, for every federal election. And you'd have safeguards to make sure people qualify to do this. But it basically democratizes our democracy.

It restores the power to the hands of the people away from the special interests. Because you just look and see how Washington works. If you really want health care as a right and not a privilege, you've, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to got to take on the insurance companies and the drug companies that spend millions of dollars on lobbyists and on television ads to make sure their voice is louder than yours. So we need to get the money out of politics to restore our democracy. Let me ask you this. It feels like there has been like a groundswell of people embracing small dollar donations. Is there a possibility or is there a world where Democrats say, you know what, we're not going to wait for a law to pass, we're just going to make that a rule amongst ourselves. We don't take money from corporations, we don't take money from special interest groups.

We're just going to run on the money of the people and hope that our platform gets us to where we need to be. Well, that's why I'm not taking any corporate PAC money in this presidential campaign. I'm not taking any federal lobbyist money. I'm not taking any fossil fuel money and I'm not having an individual super PAC. And if you like this, please go to Kirsten Gillbrain. and support me. That's exciting. Getting the money from the people, for the people to run your race. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you, Trevor.

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