The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Desi Lydic & Jordan Klepper Investigate The War on Christmas | Rep. Jeff Jackson

Episode Date: November 23, 2023

Desi Lydic & Jordan Klepper cover the latest in the news including Binance's CEO pleading guilty, Biden's cord-cutting proposal, and gender equality for crash test dummies. And Is defending Christmas enough to get you on the nice list?  Desi and Jordan head to FOX News All American Christmas tree lighting to investigate the war on Christmas. Plus, Univision had an opportunity to confront Trump on his hardline anti-Latino policies, and instead gave him a glowing review with softball questions. So why is the channel trusted by Latinos pandering to Trump ahead of the 2024 election? John Leguizamo bares it all in a new segment, "In My Opinion." And North Carolina Rep. Jeff Jackson talks to Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper about combating outrage politics with explainer videos on TikTok and other social media platforms, how some members in Congress treat their jobs as “daily tryouts for the outrageous Olympics,” and why he wants to fight political corruption and gerrymandering as Attorney General of North Carolina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is the Daily Show with your host, Desi Lydic and Jordan Clapper. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Judge Leidic. And I'm Jordan Clapper. We're co-hosting tonight. Yeah. And of course, it is the night before Thanksgiving so that can only mean one thing. Neither of us wanted to see our family. Bingo. We got a great show, so let's get into headlines. Let's kick things off with some news about cryptocurrency. Historically, it's the best investment if you're looking to have your money stolen by a guy whose mattress is 100% for sure on the floor.

But now there's one less place for Americans to trade it. This morning, another major blow to the cryptocurrency industry as the leader of the world's largest crypto exchange pleads guilty to multiple U.S. violations, including money laundering. The feds accused Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Jau, of processing more than 100,000 transactions by child abusers, cyber criminals and even terrorists. Jow has agreed to pay more than $4 billion in fines and step down as CEO. And Binance will no longer do business within the U.S. What?

What? What? No, you're telling me the crypto guy was shady? The crypto guy was shady? It's so weird, but he was so nice when he sold me the weapons on the black market. Yeah. I'm shocked, you know, but you know, there is that one thing that you always say. Oh, that's right. The one thing. What is it? Oh, oh, everyone in crypto is shady.

Have you ever talked to someone who's into crypto and thought to yourself, wow, what an upstanding human citizen? I definitely would prefer talking to them rather than shooting myself in the face. But yes, Binance is going to have to shut down in the US, which could jeopardize any American who has money there. To be fair, if you're a non-criminal who's lost money in this, that's on you. Because at this point, investing in crypto is like playing RKelley at your wedding. You should know it's not a good choice. Yeah. Desi, I gotta say, I saw this coming from a mile away. I knew this company sounded fishy from the moment I heard its name. The name Binance alone. It just, it like a four-year-old trying to say finance. Yeah, it sounds like a

woke economics course at Oberlin. Yeah. I haven't really picked a currency, I'm more binaunchal. Basically a guy with a fake mustache trying to get away with something. Are you guys doing finance? What? No, we do Bynas. With shmoney. No, thank you. I'm going to leave my money in the real banks where nothing bad ever happens. Moving on to President Biden, polls show that he's not doing well with young people, who apparently find him suss, mid, and deficient in Riz. All words, I, a young person, know quite well. But Biden has a new policy to win them back.

The Biden administration wants to eliminate so-called cord-cutting fees. It would be done through a new proposed rule from the FCC, which would require cable and satellite TV operators to get rid of those early termination fees for subscribers. The agency says those fees really limit a customer's ability to choose the service they want. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, so Biden wants to make it easier for people to cancel cable? This is a bad idea, and I am not just saying that because we're on cable. No, absolutely not.

You're saying it because cable is the lifeblood of the American experience. That's right. Cable is about family, a tradition. The Bible, the Constitution. Yeah, a 401ks for the on-air host, you know. We get that, right? Yeah, we do. Nice. But these fees are essential. I mean, we can't just get rid of them. No, maybe, you know, maybe, 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, their their their the, the, the, th. th. th. th. th. their their is their is their is their is their is their is their is 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. th. th. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the on-air host, you know? We get that, right? Yeah, we do. We do, nice. These fees are essential. I mean, we can't just get rid of them. No, maybe, you know, maybe we even double them. Yeah, or cancelling cable should just be illegal. Maybe the death penalty is that too much? It's not too much. Definitely not too much. I don't even think we should be talking about this right. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I th. I to th. I to th. I th. I to th. I to th. I th. I to th. I th. I to to th. I to to to to to to to the the thi thi to thi thi thi thi that that that that that that that that that that that that thi thi thi thi the the the th the the the the th. I can't just th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. the the the the the the the. I the. the. the the. the the to the to to the to to the to the to to thee theeeeeeeeeeeeee. the safety news. Recent studies show that women are more likely to be hurt in car crashes. And Jordan, the reason is obvious. Women are bad drivers. Sexism. It's what you said. It's sexism. Yeah, sexism. And now the auto industry is finally starting to do something about it.

When it comes to designing crash test dummies, researchers say it's time to get smarter. This is the average female. Engineers in Sweden have developed a dummy based on a woman's body. More narrow shoulder area and a wider hip area. It's also lighter and has a lower center of gravity. All things experts say are important to consider when testing collisions at high speeds. Wow, what a surprise.

The cars are designed to be safe for crash test dummies, and the dummies are designed to represent men's bodies. Although, to be fair, it's not just the dummies. The study also revealed that right before a crash men tense up while women usually whisper sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry I will say I'm glad they're finally making changes to the dummies but if we were worried about accuracy let's go all the way with this why not fill the car with half-eaten takeout containers and a hockey stick that was left in the back seat for the last three months, no matter how many times you told him to bring

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America has added share of intractable wars, but Fox News has been tracking one forever war in particular. It's the war on Christmas. The war on Christmas. And there's no end in sight. Now it feels like the war on Christmas is coming earlier and earlier every year. So we came to the Fox News All-American Christmas true lighting show to talk to people about how they're surviving the war on Christmas. I don't feel like there's a war on Christmas. And I think if there was a war on Christmas, Christmas would win. Are you familiar with the war on Christmas? I've heard of it, but I don't really think it's actually a thing, so... Are you serious? People can't say Merry Christmas anymore.

If I say Merry Christmas to my neighbor ten times in a row, he looks at me like I'm crazy! Do you think that this tree lighting ceremony is so much smaller this year because Fox lost so much money in the Dominion lawsuit. That's very possible but I haven't really put a lot of thought into that. Are you at all worried that there'll be no tree lighting ceremony next year when Smart Maddox comes in and takes the rest of the cast? Not really not. No? No. But how will people even know it's Christmas outside of those Christmas decorations? Those Christmas decorations. Those Christmas decorations? There's the the the the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree the tree tree trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. tree tree lights. tree lights. treelights. treelight treelight treelite treelite tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree. tree tree tree tree tree tree tree trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. trees. trees trees t Rockefeller, there's some trees over back here. There's a Santa. Finally, we spoke to some civilians who truly have experienced the Nog of War. Fox has talked a lot about how there is a war on Christmas.

I think there is. If I were to say happy holidays, how would that make you feel? I might correct you. Some people talk about saying happy holidays Fox is really proud about saying Merry Christmas. They say there's a war on Christmas? There is. There's a war on Christmas? I believe it. Look around you. Look at all the businesses, look at the corporations that have not allowed you to say that. I think that people are scared to speak up about their Christianity, about their faith. Sure, there is a war on Christmas and the group facing the most vitrial for sure. Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians the Christians are Christians the the the their Christians. their Christians. their Christians. I their their their their they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're they they're they're they're they're they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're to they're to they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're Christmas and the group facing the most vitriol for sure are Christians. I think so.

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Happy holiday! Until next year. When we come back, we'll get a report from John. Thank you, Davos. We're going to go away. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday?

Listen to the Weekly Show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back. Ever since we've opened up our desk here at the show to our guest host, we've discovered that not all people are terrible. So now we're inviting some of our new, not terrible friends back in a new segment we call, in my opinion. Hey, what's up, what's up, everybody? I'm John Legwizamo. And, y'allo, it's great to be back at the Daily Show for two reasons. One, you guys got the best snacks. Oh yeah, I mean, I could buy my own snacks, but they taste way better when they're free.

Except for that dried seaweed that always tastes like a flounder's butt hole. You know what I mean? But more importantly, I came back because something is... Pissing me off. Univision facing growing backlash after giving Donald Trump the royal treatment. Last week the network hosted a very friendly hour-long exclusive interview with Trump that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, helped arrange. I just mother-fixing meal. I don't know what's more shocking that Univision gave Trump a softball

interview or that Trump led a Latin guy into his house. How did that happen? What do you think he was there to mow the lawn? But yeah, journalist Enrique Acevedo interviewed Donald Trump for Univision. Now for decades, Univision has been the channel that Latinos have trusted for news, whether it's news about the world or news about a sexy lady minor. Willing to go up against the most powerful woman in town for Amor. And don't get me wrong.

There's nothing wrong with Univision interviewing Trump. In fact, I thought it would be a dope opportunity to confront him on his hard line anti-Latino policies. But instead of an interview worthy of Univision, we saw this caca miarda. The New York Times, Sienapol came out this week. It has you with 42% of Latino borders support. That's unprecedented for our Republican candidate. That's unprecedented for our Republican candidate.

What do you think the message voters are sending with these numbers? It's a 42% like I was saying, I'm presidented for a Republican candidate. Why do you think voters are more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more is more more is more is now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now the border is now the border is now the border is now the border is now the border is now the border is now their their their is now their is now their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the do you think voters are responding to your message? Do you think the border is now more secure because of that relationship and the partnership you've been able to build with Mexico? More and more Latinos are identifying themselves as conservatives? What do you think that is? Wait, wait, wait, I'm sorry. But those are your questions to the guy the guy who might be the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the th. th. thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? th. th. th. th. th. thi? thi? thi. thi. 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. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. to. I is to. I is to. to. I to. I's is. I's to. I'm to. I'm to. I'm to. to. I'm the. th. the. I'm th. I's is. I's th but those are your questions to the guy who might be the next president? Mr. Trunk, why are you so beloved by the Latino community?

I mean, I was expecting this guy's follow-up question to be, is it true that to look upon your penis? It would be like, I don't know, gazing into the very face of God? I mean, no, seriously, how big is it? Tell me what to start. Tell me what to start? Tell me to start. And you know, just to be clear, we Latinos are not a monolith. There are some of us that do support Trump. In my family, we refer Tim as the crazy uncle who doesn't get invited to Thanksgiving. But that's just my house. the news. the news. the news. the news. the news. the news. the news. the news. thuuice. thuice. thuice. thuice. thuice. thui. thui. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be like, to be to be to be to be to to to to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me 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 like. I. I to be like. I to be like, to be like, to be like, the. theate. too. too. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to to to me. I to to to to me. who doesn't get invited to Thanksgiving. But that's just my house.

But as a news organization for the Latino community, Univision has a responsibility to fully report what a second Trump presidency could mean for them. And the truth is that that shit is mad scary. We have learned so much more about Trump's proposal for a 2025 agenda, particularly when it comes to immigration. Plan would essentially call for building detention camps for migrants who are rounded up around the country to be held at until they are deported. This is an extreme escalation from what we saw in 2016.

Among his promises, mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship and denied entry to legal immigrants based on their ideological beliefs. We will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history. Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from, and we know they come from prisons, we know they come from mental institutions and same asylums. We know they're terrorists.

It's poisoning the blood of our country. Wait, wait, wait, wait, what? Latino immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country? Mother-fix, what are you talking about? Your blood is 99% Big Mac. Also, also, wait, did he really say immigrants are coming from insane asylums? That's not what getting granted asylum means, moron. And by the way, birthright citizenship is in the Constitution just so you know. And I know most Republicans stop reading after the Second Amendment, but stick around because that 14th, mmm, that shit gets good.

So the question is, why would Univision avoid asking Trump about the radical 2025 agenda? And more disturbingly, why did the network cancel ads from the Biden campaign that was set to run during the interview? Oh yeah. And why did it cancel a separate interview it had planned with Biden's Hispanic media director? I mean canceling opposing views is bad enough, but canceling ad revenue? That's downright on American. And I don't know all the answers, but maybe it has some to do with Univision's new co-CEo, Bernardo Gomez being close friends with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, and the only man with the skin of a flower tortilla. Look, I don't know. I'm just asking the tough questions, unlike Univision's interviewer. The point is, though, Univision has got to come back to its core values.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have Trump on the air. I'm just saying if you do decide to sit down with a lying insurrectionist who wants to bring back in termine camps like it's freak in 1942, you might want to point it out in the interview. Okay? Because there needs to be honest journalism and parity. The Latino community needs you to step up because the stakes for us in 2024 are too damn high. to be honest journalism and parody. The Latino community needs you to step up because the stakes for us in 2024 are too damn high. You need to expose the truth and not just about Trump,

but also about how Leonardo's evil mother. It's sabotaging is forbidden love with Emilia. Arrastate by the swelo, my amor! Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of

options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with Our guest tonight is a former prosecutor and veteran serving his first term in Congress. He represents North Carolina's 14th Congressional District, and he's running for Attorney General in North Carolina. Please welcome Democratic Representative Jeff Jackson. Congressman Jackson, Jackson, thank you for being here. Thank you for being here. We're so excited to have you. You're so excited to have you. You are an incredibly successful politician, but most

people know you from your Tick-Tock videos. You do these incredible explainers that distill down pretty complex issues in a really clear, digestible way. Is the intent to simplify these issues for for people and get that engagement? Are you really just posting footpicks? Every consultant in DC told me to go the foot direction. I said that's not what I'm about. No. You're a hands guy? We know you are. I love a good hand Tic-tockod. Show me that, that Vogue Arrow. Give me some of this. Let me know the nail then.

Lauren Bolver had a great hands video a few once ago. Great. Great. Great. Is that what you're talking about? I'm a kitchen table guy? Right. I have a kitchen table. I put a camera on the other side. I look into it. I say, here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here's th. th. th. th. th. th. 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 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 th. That's th. That's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's a th. that's a th. th. that's a thooooooooooooooooooo. That's that. That's that. That's that. I. I. I. I table, I put a camera on the other side, I look into it, I say here's the most interesting thing that happened to me in Congress this week, and then I posted to a bunch of different social media platforms. I have been really surprised by the level of interest in this political environment where everyone is yelling at each other all the time. To be able to speak in a normal tone of voice and try to convey some of the complexity, the complexity, the complexity, the complexity, the complexity, the complexity, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, the, to, to, and to, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, some, some, some, some, some, some, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, sometry to convey some of the complexity and some of the nuance that there would be broad interests for that, I think is really encouraging. I think it's a good sign.

I know. I know. I feel the platforms that we have our conversations on dictate the types of conversations we have. And Tick Tock is a short attention span platform. Like what does it say about our democracy that this is where the conversations are happening? I've been surprised.

I wouldn't have expected that. So I post to TikTok, but also Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, the place where most people view is TikTok. When I'm home in my district, constituents come up and they say, hey, I appreciate what you posted on TikTok. I would not have predicted that. I that that that that that that that I that I that I that I that. I that. I that. I that. I tha tha tha. I've toe toeaseaseasease toeaseaseaseaseasea. I would toeaken. I would not toeaken. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. Ia. would not have predicted that. I will tell you I've got 760,000 some odd constituents. My sense is about 300,000 of them are on Tick Tock.

No. I know Tick Tock's got all kinds of issues but I think that reaching my constituents where they are is also something of real value. It should be normal and expected that your elected officials try and use social media to keep you posted about what they're doing. It. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. I. thi. thi. thi. I's, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I's, thi. thi. thi. thi. I's, thi. I'm, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, th. I's, th. I's, th. I's, th. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. thi. toe. thi. toea. toea. togea. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. thi. tog elected officials try and use social media to keep you posted about what they're doing. It should be part of our job. You think, sir. You think that half of your constituents are on TicTac. How many high schools do you have in your district? You know, I've got a lot of young people, but look, there are people of all ages on all of these social media platforms, and every once in a while you meet a grandma who comes up and says, I really love you on TickTock.

Oh, so sweet. Usually they mention Facebook, but sometimes TickTock. So Nicky Haley has just openly spoken about banning TickToc and the security concerns. Do you have those concerns? Yeah, those concerns are all legit. Look, I have a phone that has one app on it and that app is Tick-Tock and that's how I handle that. And that's because you fear what what could happen. I mean, because the overall threat is that essentially the Chinese government has access to your information and can influence the discourse because of it. Those are all absolutely credible concerns. As long as roughly half of my constituents are there, I'm going to try and use it for good

and keep them posted about what I'm doing. I want to talk about some of the people you work with. You called out on your famous Tick-Toc videos that a lot of the people in Congress you sense are faking this outrage. That what we're seeing at home is essentially a bunch of people faking it. Who would you put on blast? Who are you talking about? And does it rhyme with Marjorie Schmailer Schmey? All I will say is this, it's not George Santos. Never.

He's not faking it. Never a false word from that gentleman. No. All I'll tell you this. I've been in committees and I have watched when the camera turns on. People's personalities change completely right before your eyes. It's really jarring. It is a literal theater. And you've got a handful of people there who are in competition with each other

every day to be the most outrageous, which is why it feels like when you look at Congress, they're on this escalator that's just increasingly crazy and angry. It's because they're playing a very specific game to try and get the attention of a very specific group of people, and it's awful and exhausting. Most of people up there aren't playing that game. The people we keep getting served up, they're playing the Outrage Olympics every day. That's how they treat their job in Congress as the daily try-outs for the Outrage Olympics. Now, I find it interesting because you have found the success. You don't seem like the outrage kind of guy.

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Yeah. Why do you think right now, that's the dad American needs. I can also say kind of a typsy uncle who can whip this country back into shape to it. We're dangerously close to that. Yeah, just like, uncle is going to turn on us. We better shape up. What does boil your blood? Does anything get you going? Outright political corruption. For example, my state, North Carolina, a horrible history with gerrymandering. Jerrymandering is just letting politicians draw their own districts because when you do that, they're all going to cheat my party. When my party had the ability to draw the districts in North Carolina,

they always cheated. When I was in the state legislature, the first bill I ever filed was to end gerrymandering and they sent it to a committee that hasn't met in 20 years. We can't let politicians draw their own districts because they screw the voters every single time, no more gerrymandering across the entire country. Yeah. Yeah. It's a huge issue, but how do we fix this cancer on political discourse? How do you solve that? Don't vote for anyone who isn't explicitly committed to independent redistricting.

Independent redistricting is how you solve gerrymandering. If there is any elected official or a candidate who says, well, I don't know if I'm forward, maybe, maybe not, uh-uh. We should just have a bright line. Jerrymandering is unethical. There is never a defense for drawing districts to favor one party or the other. Don't vote for anyone who would ever engage in that behavior. That's how we solve it.

Now, you're all... You've been in Congress for about 11 months now and you're planning on getting gerrymandered out and you're running for attorney general attorneys general attorneys general it's very awkward why is that you could you do an explainer on why it's attorneys general and and short tick-to-talk length because it's easier to understand and also I think I would get bored more for more than 30 seconds about it's a bad decision that someone made a long time ago. Oh, okay. You're welcome. We don't have a shortage of those. But even your new role that you're running for

right now, would you be able to address gerrymandering? Absolutely. Look, the Attorney General's job is standing up for people. It's sort of the opposite of what you see a lot of in Congress. It's not about the theatrics. It's not about the left or the right. It's just about doing what's right. Standing up against political corruption, against business corruption, especially when consumers are getting screwed and organized crime. We got a huge fentanyl problem in North Carolina. We got it across the entire country. The Attorney General gets to be directly involved in handling all of that. It's a really wonderful job. Thank you. You seem like the perfect guy for the job, that's for sure. Give it up for

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