The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Canada Legalizes Marijuana & Colorado Votes to Abolish Slavery | Julian Castro

Episode Date: October 18, 2018

Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, President Trump defends Saudi Arabia in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, and Julian Castro discusses "An Unlikely Journey." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Our guest tonight, our guest tonight, our guest tonight, our guest tonight is a rising star in Democratic politics. Hulianne Castro is here everybody. Thank you for tuning in. Our guest tonight is a rising star in Democratic politics. Hulian Castro is here everybody. A really charismatic young man is making waves and we'll be talking to him about his new memoir and his plans for 2020. But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. Canada, or as Americans know it, Clan B. As a country, many Americans envy for its universal health care and handsome, not crazy

leader. And as of today, Canada's Prime Minister isn't the only thing that's smoking. The Maple Leaf is turning green. Starting today, Canada, our neighbor to the north, becomes one of two countries in the world to legalize marijuana for recreational use, fulfilling the campaign promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada is now the biggest country to legalize marijuana, creating an industry worth more than $4 billion.

Wow, congratulations, Canada. This is great news for your economy, but it's also great news for all Canadians, because now Seth Rogan can finally try weed. This is fantastic. Honestly, I just assumed that they were already high all the time up there. I mean, have you seen their horses? What the fuck? And I'm happy for Canada. But I'm not going to lie. As someone who lives in New York City, this story pisses me off.

All these places are getting legal weed before us. Like Canada doesn't need weed. New York does. Right now, there are are are are around New York screaming at each other, like, hey, I'm walking over here! We need the weed. If the city legalized weed, they'd be like, hey, I was, uh, I was doing something over, I don't know, you go, you go first.

Anyway, let's move on to news coming out of Colorado, where weed is also legal, but unfortunately, so is something else. Next month, Colorado will vote on changing the language in its state constitution so that it no longer allows slavery as a form of punishment. Slavery is technically still legal in many states, including Colorado. Part of Colorado's Constitution reads that there shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime. Amendment A on the ballot this year would change the last part to abolish slavery completely.

Yo, America, America is real shady. You brag about ending slavery but then you keep it in the fine print? Like when Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancivation Proclamation, I didn't know he was like, all persons held as slaves, our hands false shall be afraid. I was like, terms and conditions apply, free persons may be a re-enslave, those punishment for crime for work, if we really worked on cheap and fast, we're going to get the people working. It's a slick move. And finally, finally, we all love grandma's cookies. But one student in California took it a little too far. Davis police are investigating a bizarre incident that allegedly happened at a high school.

A male student claims he saw a girl pass out cookies saying that she had used her grandmother's ashes to bake them. Officers believe as many as nine students at Da Vinci Charter Academy High School ate the cookies, some who knew what was allegedly in them. Now I know I know I know you might be thinking that this is disgusting. Those kids ate the cookies knowing that they were granny ashes inside of them but don't judge them. These are cookies okay. You would have to be a psychopath to turn down cookies. Like I don't know about you but I love cookies. If you offer me cookies I'm always going to eat them, all right? You'd be like, but

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see more Trump? Because I mean he's already on the news, he's doing rallies, he's tweeting, he shows up in my dream where I'm marrying Jalo, but when I lift up the veil it's actually Trump and then I still go through with it because all our friends already flew out and I'm not, you know, gonna like lose the deposit. I'm not happy about it. But case and point, since just yesterday, the president has given not one, not five, but three separate interviews. I don't know why I said it that way, but what's important is that President Trump has been sharing his thoughts on a variety of topics, including his favorite choaks, climate change. Yesterday when the Associated Pressed told told, th, th, th, th, th, th, told, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is is thi, is thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thri, thri.ei.ei.ei.ei.ei.ei.ei.ei. And, thi.ei. And, is thi. And, is thi. And, is thi. Yesterday when the Associated Press told him that scientists say it is nearing a point where

this can't be reversed, Trump responded, no, no, some say that and some say differently. I mean, you have scientists and both sides of it. My uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years, Dr. John Trump, and I didn't talk to him about this particular subject, but I have a natural instinct for science. Okay, okay that's interesting just in case you miss that Trump says he doesn't believe in man-made climate change because his uncle was a scientist and that means that trupi, throwns to his uncle about climate change. he just has the science knowledge you know it's it's in his blood right now I think that's

cholesterol but that's not the point. Like, none of this makes any sense. Just because his uncle was good at science doesn't mean that Trump is good at science. That's not how it works. If a pilot has a heart attack, they never like, is anyone on this plane related to a pilot? My cousin watched that Sully th. All right, you land the plane!

So Trump doesn't believe in man-made climate change, and for the dumbest reason possible. But the question, the question that everyone is rarely after this week is, does Trump believe Saudi Arabia was behind the disappearance and likely murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Koshoggi. And even as the evidence continues to pile up, Trump has seemed extremely reluctant to blame Saudi Arabia. Many people have suspected that it's because of money. And it turns out that Trump also suspects that it's because of money. Don't forget, Saudi Arabia is our partner.

They made the largest order in the history of our country for outside, outside of our country, for weapons. So now people say, well we want to have you end that order. Well, aren't we just hurting our own country? So we want to be smart. I don't want to give up a 110 billion dollar order or whatever it is. It's a largest order ever given by an outside country, okay? And I don't want to give that up. You know, say what you want about Trump, but he wears his moral bankruptcy on his sleeve. Like he's straight up like, look, I know Saudi Arabia killed a dude but we're all about the Benjamin's, yeah, these long ties don't by themselves, folks. Because in all honesty, other presidents have also had to make these types of calculations. the the the the thiiiioles. thiolks, thiolks, thiole, thiole, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, to, to, too, toe, to, to, to, to, to, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, toe, toe, thi. thi, togu. togu. too, too, too, toe, say, toe, say, toe, say, say, say, say, say, toe, say, say, say, say, say, say, toe, say, toe, presidents have also had to make these types of calculations. But Trump is the only one who admits it.

Like I feel like if he was a doctor, he would be like, ma'am, we had to take your son off of life support. And be like, oh no. It's because there was no hope left? No, my iPhone needed a charge. And I had this dope tweat. waiting to send. And President Trump is so eager, he's so eager to protect his possible weapons order that not only has he said, despite evidence that he believes Saudi Arabia's side of the story, he's also said that they are the real victims here.

And on the idea of trusting the Saudis, Trump said, quote, well I think we have to find out what happened first. You know, here we go again with you you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. I don't like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh, and he was innocent all the way. Are you kidding me? Brett Kavanaugh? You're going to bring Brett Kavanaugh into this? Like, I like how Trump's way of dealing with an extremely sensitive issue is to bring in another extremely sensitive issue.

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But you know what's funny is in a way what Trump said captures the truth. In many ways this is like the Kavanaugh situation. Trump says he wants to find out what happened. true. In many ways this is like the Kavanaugh situation. Trump says he wants to find out what happened, but in reality he's already made up his mind. And you th. th, th, th, th, oh, th, th, th, th, th, 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 thr-mue, 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 th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the, the, the, thrug, thr. I thrugn, tre, tra, tra, tra, trade trade trade trade him trade him, trade trade thr. I'm to to thr happened, but in reality, he's already made up his mind. And you might be saying, oh, but Trevor, how do you know that the Saudi Arabians killed him? And how do you know the Saudi Arabians killed him? You're not a detective, and that's true. But my uncle was a detective.

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Economics. Ingredient 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. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of housing and urban development for President Obama. He's written a memoir called an unlikelyly Journey, Waking Up From My American Dream.

Please welcome, Julian Castro. Welcome to the show. Good to be with you. This is so strange because we had your twin brother on the show. And so I feel like I met you on the show, but I haven't met you on the show. Good to be with you. This is so strange because we had your twin brother on the show, and so I feel like I met you on the show, but I haven't met you on the show. Then he used a standard line that I'm a minute uglier than he is? Is that what he says?

That's what he tells people, yeah. This is an interesting time for you to be here, for you to be coming to be coming, for to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be, to be, to be coming, to be coming, to be coming, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, 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.e.e. the the the the the the the the the theat, tooomorrow, to bea, to bea, the to bea, to be, I guess, involved in politics in any way, shape or form. Let's start at the beginning, because that's where the book starts from waking up from my American dream. What does that mean to you? Why that title? Well, to me, it means that in each generation in my family, starting with my grandmother who came in 1922 from Mexico, it's an orphan, we found out that you it's not enough in America to just work hard and for your family to work hard that you also needed to work to improve society. My mother became a Mexican-American civil rights activist.

She ran for city council in San Antonio when she was 23 in 1971. Right. Tried to improve things for the community. And then my brother and I have always seen public service as a way basically to ensure that people that grow up in tough circumstances can achieve their American dream. It's also, I think, relevant today because what we see right now are young people across the country figuring out that they have a powerful voice. Whether it's a March for our lives, students or any number of other activists, young people are leading the way, pushing us to get better against an administration that is trying to take us backward. You were part of an administration previously.

It was beloved by many. You worked in a position at HUD, housing and urban development. Ben Carson now has your job. When you see him now, do you go like, wow, I didn't realize how many naps I could take? Or are you impressed with the work he's doing? You know, I have gotten asked more about that $31,000 dining set than any housing policy question in the last year. Yeah, he bought expensive furniture. But what do you think he's, what do you make of the job that he's doing right now? And more importantly, what do you th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th do you th do you th th do you th do you th th do you thi thi thi thi do you 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 thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi? thi? thin, do thou-a? thou-a? thin, do thoua? thin, do thoua? thin, do thi. thi. thi. thi he bought expensive furniture. But what do you think he's, what do you make of the job that he's doing right now? And more importantly, what do you think that job is supposed to be about?

Well, it's the job is supposed to be about making sure that folks who are poor and who are middle class have housing opportunity. I mean, people no matter where they live going through the roof like crazy, right? And folks are having to spend more and more of their income just to pay their rent. At the same time, that department under that leadership doesn't have a commitment to the mission of HUD, to expanding that opportunity. The White House wanted to cut the budget by $6 billion. It was so weird because the people that we used to fight with in Congress, the Republican Congress, they actually, they were the saviors in not cutting the HUD budget by $6 billion.

That's how bad it is. The people that... Yeah, we used to fight you on it, have now said. No, no, that's too much for us, you know? There's just not a commitment to 20 days away from the midterms. Everyone says that this is going to be a referendum on Donald Trump. When you look at voter breakdown, you are Julian Castro. And one of the things that people always speak to is,

like, you are one of the faces that is emerging from the Democratic Party as someone who represents Hispanic or Latino voters, however they represent, or however they wish to be represented. When you look at the vote numbers, though, they say in America, 55% of people who consider themselves Latino are planning to vote, which is a low number relatively speaking. How do you think the Democratic Party and the Republicans themselves can get people out voting? I think that folks need to reach out to those communities where they are with the

issues that matter to them and that it can't be one or two candidates and it can't just be folks trying to gin up registration and turn out six months before an election. There has to be a massive and sustained effort to get folks in the Hispanic community, registered to vote and then to turn out to vote. And I think if that happens, not only is that better for the Latino community, better for our democracy, but I think that it's going to be better for the party that can demonstrate that they can meet their needs. And I believe that's going to be the Democratic Party. It's interesting.

It's interesting that you've kept your name as Julian Castro in a time when your political opponents will obviously go after that. You know, they'll go like, oh, another Castro, Fidel Castro, the Hulian coming to take your jobs, it's more of them. Are you prepared for that as something that you've actively chosen to not be like, I'm Julian Castro? Well you know in the book I write that in school, when I was growing up in school, even though my name is Julian, the teachers would call me Julian. And it wasn't until I went to college where you can kind of define yourself that I start

to know it's Hulian. But I was thinking the other day, because I'm considering running in 2020, that I've always had the accent over my A in my name. That I bet if I did that on the sign that that would be the first time that anybody has run for president with the accent and accent over a letter. Something that simple. Yeah, something that simple, but that's who you are and you should run as who you are. So let's... that simple but that's who you are and you should run is who you are. So let's talk about that little nugget that you just slipped in there.

I will be running and on Tuesday I will be running for president of the United States. I did not say that I would be. Very casual. Very casual. I do that all the time, yes. And so I will be running for president of the United States. 2020 is on the horizon. People are looking, going, who will represent the Democratic Party? And right now it looks like there are a hundred people in the running. Some people are concerned by this, saying that, is that not going to create an abrasive atmosphere where Democrats are destroying themselves before the race? How do you feel about that as somebody who may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may the the the the the the the the thi thi thi thi their thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, is thi, is thi, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is their, is, is, is their, is their, is, is their, is their, is their, is their, is their, is their, is their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20, thi. 20 destroying themselves before the race. How do you feel about that as somebody who may be considered as one of the smaller candidates in the running right now? No, I actually think we need that. Coming out of 2016, warranted or not, there was a lot of bitterness.

And so I believe that having 15 or 20 people running is actually going to be cathartic for the Democratic Party, where you have a whole bunch of debates, people feel like everybody had their say, and they're part of the political spectrum and the party was represented, and then at the end of the day, that's going to make the eventual nominee stronger and more likely to defeat Donald Trump, or Mike Pence, or whoever it is, in November 20, 20th. Let me ask you this, then. If, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, th, if, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, people, people, people, people thi, people thi, people thi, people people people people people people people people tho, people people people people their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, and, and, and, their, and, their, and, their, and their, and their, and their, their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thee, thee. thee. thee. thee. thee. their you this then. Let me ask you this then. If you were to get to that point, do you genuinely believe that you could go toe toe with Donald Trump, understanding that there is no skeleton in his closet, like he is the skeleton in the closet.

Like, you realize there's not much like you, do you understand the gravity of the situation you're up against somebody who's like he's talking point-proof he is the Teflon Don nothing gets to him what do you think you would do differently in going up against Donald Trump well I would say two things that first of all if I decide to run I don't think that that you're gonna be Donald Trump by trying to beat Donald Trump by trying to be Donald Trump. If I watch a lot of boxing, if you watch boxing or sports or other things, you see that oftentimes people that are considered invincible are not beaten by somebody that has exactly the same skill set. They're beaten by somebody that has a different style. But maybe more importantly, it's the folks who have been hopeful and optimistic and painted

a strong vision for the future that, especially as Democrats, have prevailed, you think about in the modern era, Kennedy or Carter when he ran, represented a break from scandal, or Clinton when he ran, or of course, maybe the best example, Barack Obama in 2009. So I think that the next nominee has to be able to stand up to Donald Trump and to call him out, but also to speak directly to the American people and offer a strong, hopeful vision for the future. It's going to be exciting to see what happens. Thank you so much to be going to show.

An unlikely journey is available now. Huli on, everybody. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show. to the Daily Show.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast.

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