The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Donald Trump Pleads the Fifth in New York | Akin Omotoso

Episode Date: August 11, 2022

Donald Trump invokes the Fifth Amendment during a deposition in New York, Jordan Klepper visits a Trump rally in Wisconsin, and director Akin Omotoso discusses his movie "Rise."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, Trump pleads the fifth. Jordan Clepper Fingers Milwaukee and Akin Amatasa. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. to the Daily Shark Triminoa. Thank you so much for coming out in question. Good to see you everybody. Take a seat. Let's do this day. Let's jump straight into it. We've got a really fun show for you tonight. Dominoes is dying in Italy. Donald Trump has taken a vow of silence.

And if you love Jordan Clapa at Trump rallies, you're going to want to see this one because it is probably the wildest one yet. So let's th, let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let let's 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. 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 to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. Thank, th. th. Thank, th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the the the the the the the the the the the. Wea. We're the. the. the. the. the. th. to to to see this one because it is probably the wildest one yet. So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. First up, Domino's pizza has announced that it is closing the last of its restaurants in Italy. And yes, yes, they had dominoes in Italy. Italy has drunk people too. You know, if you ask me, them going out of business in Italy was actually the best thing that could have happened to them. Because think about, they came to the land of pizza, and then they injected cheese into

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Oh, and in tech news, in tech news, what's app, the world's largest messaging app has announced that is launching a new privacy feature that will allow users to leave group chats without everyone in the group knowing. Yeah. Which is a much better system than the one before. Yeah, because before this, you have to text everyone in the group that you were going out for a pack of cigarettes and they just never come back. And I know, I know for most Americans, WhatsApp is like Celsius. You sort of know what it is, but you don't use it.

But for the rest of the world, this is huge news. You've got to understand. Almost everyone in the world uses WhatsApp. The problem is anyone can add anyone else to a group chat. Yeah. You don't have to have consent from them. You may not even know these people. This morning, I spent an hour arguing with Adiwele and 42 other Africans about whether

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All right, let's move on to the story that is still rocking, these here are United States. And it's about Donald Jamaican-Imaki-Ch-Iramaii. crazy Trump. America's wildest former president is being hit with multiple criminal investigations for no reason except for all the crimes he probably committed. So try and keep up with all the latest persecutions it's time for a brand new segment we call America's Most Tremendously Wanted. All right, let's start in New York State, which is currently investigating Trump's businesses for tax fraud. Yeah, because apparently investigating Trump's businesses for tax fraud. Yeah, because apparently, when he was trying to get loans from the bank,

he was all like, I'm boiling out of control. But then when he was reporting his taxes to the IRS, suddenly he was like, hey, I ain't got no money, sir? And as part of this investigation, the New York Attorney General has already questioned Trump's beloved children, and also Eric, but today, today it was the Donald's turn to go............ And, to to to to to to to told, th. to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. th. thoday it was the Donald's turn to go under oath. And I'll give credit to the man. He could have bitched out. But no, he stood tall and he walked into that interrogation room and then bitched out. Former President Donald Trump says he has invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to answer any questions in his deposition before New York Attorney General Letitia James. In a statement, Trump says he had no choice

because he and his family are the targets of what he called an unfounded, politically motivated witch hunt. Trump was set to testify under oath about his business practices but faced with those questions he's decided not to talk. Well, what, wait, Trump decided not to talk. Well, wait. Trump decided not to talk? Yeah, I mean now we know something shady is going on, right? No, because when has Donald Trump ever refused to talk? We can't get the man to stop talking. Donald Trump not talking is like Taylor Swift taking the bus. That's not a thing.

I didn't even know this guy was capable of not talking. He must have been shocked. When he found out that not speaking was something that was allowed, it doesn't be like, you mean this thing doesn't have to be moving? 24-7. That's amazing. I could just close my mouth and keep it close and everything would be fine. So fine.

Such a beautiful idea. Total silence. More silence than anyone in the history of silence. And here I go, folks. Silence. You're not hearing a thing. Wonderful silence. It's so quiet. You can't hear anything.

Nobody's ever been this quiet. So quiet now. A lot of people. A lot of people. A lot of people believe that when you plead the fifth, it means that you're guilty. But no. Look, lot of people believe that when you plead the fifth, it means that you're guilty. But no, look, I don't believe that, all right? I know people do, but I don't believe that.

You might just not want to incriminate yourself. But I get it. There are some people who truly believe that if you plead the fifth, you are guilty. And one of those people is Donald J. Trump. Taking the fifth. I think it's disgraceful. Fifth amendment, fifth amendment. Horrible. Horrible. The mob takes the fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment?

Yes, Donald, if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? Why are you taking the First Amendment? It's really amazing how of all of Trump's enemies, his worst enemy is just him from the past. Yeah, that guy's relentless. Present-day Trump is probably like, why won't this guy just shut up? It's so easy. Just watch, quiet. Totally silent, not a sound. So, when anyone else please the fifth, Trump says it proves that they were a criminal.

But now, now that Trump is in the hot seat, suddenly he sees it in a different way. And maybe it's because his lawyer has explained it to him in a way that he would understand. They're like, see sir, it's like signing an NDA but with yourself, you know? Oh, so I'm the porn star, but it turns out, it turns out New York's investigation might be the least of Trump's worries because you remember this, two days ago, right? The FBI raided Trump's house to look for classified documents that he illegally took from the White House. And remember, remember this. We do not know what those documents are. All right. They could be anything. They could be nuclear codes. They could be battle plans or or Ivanka's job description. Yeah, that was so top secret.

Even she didn't know what it was. Or even worse, he could have taken the instructions to the White House TV remotes. Now Joe Biden has no idea how to change the channel. Come on man. Come on, man. Change the channel. Please. I know some of you are wondering right now. Some of you are thinking, Trevor, is a former president keeping documents that they have already had in their position. And I know, that's serious of a crime, you know? I mean, Trump didn't look at the documents when he was president. So you think he already had in their position is that that's serious of a crime, you know? I mean Trump didn't look at the documents when he was president, so you think he's looking at them now? And look, I kind of agree

with you. I'll be honest, I didn't think it was that serious. But my opinion doesn't count. The reason this is the way it is, is because there was once an American president who believed that this crime was so serious, he increased the penalty from one year to five years in prison. And who was that president? Donald, just look at him now, Trump. Trump's removal of documents might violate a 2018 act that he himself signed into law, increasing the penalty for improper handling of documents to five years in prison.

Trump signed the law after he spent years accusing Hillary Clinton of illegally storing classified documents on a private email server. Looks like he did it again. Oh, I love this. How can you not? After spending years, saying, lock? Oh, I love this. How can you not? After spending years saying, lock her up, Donald Trump, signed the law that might get him locked up instead.

This guy's basically a real-life wily coyote. Yeah, he leaves traps for all his enemies, but somehow he's the one who keeps on getting smushed on the road. It's just him every single time. So thanks to Trump, this crime is a big deal. Which is why the Red Hat Brigade has come out in full force to defend him and they're throwing everything at the wall, everything. The Biden administration is just out to get Trump. Oh, the judge who approved the raid is anti-Trump. The mishandling the classified documents isn't a big deal, unless you're Hillary Clinton.

But today, today's really interesting. They seem to be coalescing around a new talking point. And it's that the FBI wasn't at Marilago to take evidence. They were there to plant evidence. Donald Trump, writing on Truth Social today, quote, everyone was asked to leave the premises. They wanted to be left alone without any witnesses to see what they were doing,

taking or hopefully not planting. Quite honestly, I'm concerned that they may have planted something. You know, at this point, who knows? We know they doctor evidence. We know that the boxes of material they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they I know that the boxes of material they took from Marlago, that they won't put things in those boxes to entrap him? How do we know?

His lawyer said they brought in backpacks. What was in those backpacks? Did they bring those in to fill them up or did they have something in there? Yeah, what found in this house by basically suggesting that whatever it is, they put it there themselves. Yeah. The FBI is going to say they found all these secret documents and a bunch of pictures of Brad Pitt with my face, so it looks like my face. It's kissing Brad Pitt's face, but that's all blanted thagent, folks, folks, folks, folks, thagented, th. th. th. th. thiii, 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, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the the th, their, thi, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thri. thri. thri. thri. thri. thri. thri. thri. thi. thi. thi's all blanted, folks, it's not real. This is a classic move. We've seen this before, right?

Yeah. At some point, every kid has tried to pull this move with their parents when they're about to get busted. It's like, before you search my room for weed, you should just know that there have been like a lot of burglars breaking into people's houses and putting half-smoke joints inside inside 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. th. thsovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvass. thiolease thiole. th. th. the. the. 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th th the. to to to to to to to to to to to to toea. toea. to to toea. toea. thea. thea. sneakers. So if you find something, that's probably them. What is amazing to me is how totally united every single conservative has been in defending Trump when we still have no idea what the FBI found at Marilago. No one, no conservative being like, well, wait, let's wait and see. Actually I think Senator Scott said that. The rest of them, they're just like, ah, ah, no conservative being like, well, wait, let's wait and see. Actually, I think Senator Scott said that. The rest of them, they're just like, ah, no. I do know this. I haven't seen one person on Fox, who's even open to the idea that Trump may have done something wrong.

Not even one. It feels like it's someone at Fox even suggested that Trump might be wrong. A trap door would open. Yeah, and they just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just they just just just just just just just they just they just, and they just fall into a pit of pronouns. Ah! Ah! They, them, he, me? Ah! I don't get it! So, in 48 hours, conservatives have decided the FBI is corrupt. Trump is being framed and the only crime he could be

guilty of is looking so damn good in that suit. As for the rest of us, we're just going to have to wait and see how the story unfolds. All right, that's it for today's headlines. But let's move on to something that everybody loves. It's time to check in on today's lot numbers with our very own Doset Sloan, Dose Sloan Sloan Sloan Sloan Dulce Sloan, everybody! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! It's me! It's me!

Come on. So good to have you back. I'm excited for today. So, uh, are you, are you excited to do the ladsden for the people? I plea the fifth, Trevor. But let's get started, okay? You lotto, I lotto, hey. K! What, the letter K? No, Dulce, that's not how the lotter works.

Come on, we, Doolsa, why? Oh, no, we're not doing numbers. We're doing letters today. Because you know what else doesn't work? Your loto. I mean, what are we giving out? Every time I do this, nobody wins. Yeah, but most people don't win the lot. The lotter's not about winning. It's just about the numbers and then you sit at home. I would have picked those numbers and then you try and guess the numbers.

That's all it is. You didn was going to win. In this lotto, nobody wins. Name one person that's one your lotto. Okay, that's not the point of the point. That is the point! E. E. You see, today I'm not picking numbers. Because you didn't give anybody a paper with numbers.

Does anybody in here have a slip of some sort thing? No, me, me. So why, why would I pick numbers? I'm picking a name. You know why? Because everybody has a name, right? Listen, listen, I mean, what's your name, Trevor? Trevor. Right! See, you got the E, you're still in it! Okay, listen, by the way, Domino's Pizza clothes in the Italy, that's so embarrassing.

Do you know how bad something has to be the clothes in Rome? The Colosseum is still open and it's in ruins. It's not getting renovated or nothing. House hunters is not coming. Them funny looking twin boys that look like they murder people, they're not coming. But the Colosseum still open. That's true, Domino's is. Listen, Jesus' headline there 2,000 years ago, and they're still lining up to get in. But Domino's, they were like, ah, this shit's got a close. But I get it.

Because can you imagine being a beautiful Italian tomato? And you end up in a Domino's pizza? Girl, ew. I. No, what is it? What? What? I don't know why you try.

S? S? By the way, what's up? Letting you sneak out a group chat? Mm-mm. I want you to know, I'm leaving. I need you to know. You know why I'm leaving? Because this chat is dry. I'm talking 40 days in the desert, sucking on sweaters, dry! Chuck and your eyeballs dry.

The only reason people leave group tats is because it's boring. Y'all in here talking about socks? I don't even like shoes. I'm gone. But you know what? You know what we need to bring back to really let people know we left this chat? That AOL door slam? You left that chat?

You left that chat and it was like, bam! I want that sound for everything. When you unfollow somebody, bam! You infrend somebody, bam! Oh, when you block somebody, I want Matumbo to pop up and be like, not in my phone! H! Oh, wow, Kisha! Kisha! H. Oh wait, wait, is that? Hey! Oh, wow! Congratulations, Kisha!

You won the loto! Don't say sloan everybody! Congratulations, Kisha. When we come back, Jordan Klapper, it's going to be back on the campaign trail, so don't go away. This was fun. I like this. Congratulations, Tisha. Congratulations.

Even if you're not the next time. Even if Donald Trump survives all the legal troubles, he's not going to live forever. So the question is, what does the future hold for this movement? Well, Jordan Clapper went back on the road to legal troubles. He's not going to live forever. So the question is, what does the future hold for this movement? Well, Jordan Clapper went back on the road to a Trump rally to find out. It's primary election season, when Republicans picked the direction of the GOP, heading into the midterms. And to see what ideas and candidates the MAGA crowd are most excited about,

I went to a good old cheese and brot-fueled Trump rally in Waukesho, Wisconsin. We got Abe, Ronnie, are you guys going to rob some banks and go surfing later? That wasn't the plan. But there's a war going on. Sure. OK. There's a war going 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 a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a the the to be a the the the thoom the thoom thoom so their their their their their thoom sooom sooom sooom sooom sooom sooanananananananananananananananananananananananananan 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 thoom. thoom. thoom. thoomorrow. thoomorrow. thooomorrow. thooooooooooom. tran. tran. thaofooo our minds. It's gonna be a great rally today, okay. Beautiful people. That's pretty spot on. Who would Donald Trump try to impersonate?

Weight lifter? Yeah. You know, that one? Yeah. Musilini? No, well. You've never tried to lend his support to incumbent senator and treason buddy, Rod Johnson.

Trump was also throwing his weight behind candidate for governor, Tim Michaels, a local businessman who's proudly not a politician. Michael's for governor. Is it important to find an outsider to support your ideas? That's what it takes instead of having somebody that's been in there for years and years and years and make a change. Ron Johnson's also running in Wisconsin for his third term. You're voting for him?

Yes. It's important to keep that kind of steady Washingtonian vibe in there, right? Because without that, you just have a bunch of change that's happening. I like Ron Johnson. We're trying to get election integrity. You wouldn't thofe thofe thofe thoe thoe thoe thooo tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi thi. tho thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. ti. ti. ti. ti. thann. ti. than't ta. ta. thae. te. teea. toea. tea. tea. toea. thaea. thaea. thaea. in and shove that on somebody to try to affect election. Right. He wouldn't vote for somebody like that. Right. Ron Johnson did that. We want people that believe in the Constitution. He did try to bring fake electors to Mike Pence. Okay. The Maga crowd is celebrating their Scoda's ruling, turning back the clock on women's rights half a century. But is that far enough? To think about the future of the GOP, what decade from the past does it look like?

I would say 50s. 50s? the 50s? Yeah. 1950s. Okay. So 1950s. Yeah.

their spot. It's a happy medium. It's a happy medium. Things are separate but equal. I had hoped this crowd would want to keep discussing real issues and not get distracted by conspiracies. But people had some thoughts. I'm not going to be a conspiracist or anything like that, but I just watched a movie last week with Robin Williams in it. It was called... Man of the Year. And guess what? They had election fraud back then.

The machines that are switching to doing it electronically and they were counting wrong. Is this a documentary? No, it's just a movie. Are there any lessons we can take from Mork and Mindy? No. Who do you guys see as the current legitimate president? I don't think we currently have one. If we do, maybe hopefully Trump's running behind the scenes, keeping the military on our side. The recent attack that took out the leader of Al-Qaeda, who ordered that attack?

I don't know, I didn't read a whole out of that. I try to stay out of the media as much as. There's a huge push for normalizing pedophilia. How do they normalize it? Are they making pedophiles look cool? Well, if you go online, there's a whole list of pedophile symbols. Really? Yes. There's a circular symbols.

There's a triangles. There's colors. A lot of pedophile pizza. Yes. What if I order a pizza What images should I be on the lookout for? A triangle would mean? A triangle would mean pedophile made that pizza. Yep. From Pizza Gate to Robin Williamsgate this rally had everything because they're followers of this guy. Well nobody's gotten to the bottom of 9, unfortunately. What don't we know about 9-11? I think it was all planned. I think that it came down on their explosives.

Is an inside job? Yes, I think so. But I think Bush knew it was happening. Really? Is Biden just wasting time there? Biden doesn't know what he's doing. He recently just killed the head of Al-Qaeda. I don't believe it. Do you think that's just a made-up news story? Just like Bin Laden with Obama. Clarify who's still alive? JFK Jr. is. J.F.K. Jr. is still alive. Yes. I think JFK Jr. is going to try and expose

globalist because they killed his father. I thought he was a magazine magnet who lived in New York. Yeah, I don't think so. What do you think of the state of education in America? Could we be doing better? We absolutely could be doing better. These kids could grow up and they could go on to believe crazy things. Yeah, they did. Everything's coded and I've been learning Jamatria. sohya. Can I pull my phone out for a second? Okay, so it's called the Jamatria and it's a calculator. Jamatria is a mystic numeralogical key and an app which allows believers to type in

words and get back meaningful numbers. You type it in the calculator, you get these numbers. And so Michael Jackson's last concert was this is it, comes to 113. You know what that means? So 113 means not true. So Michael Jackson, that wasn't his last concert. And he's alive. Michael Jackson's alive.

People are talking, is Bin Laden still alive? Tim. What's it? Are you doing math right now? No, I'm trying to remember his real name. Timama, Osama bin Laden. Yeah, Tim someone. Someone, I'm the most the most the most the most the most the most the most the most the most the most the most the most th. th., Tim, someone, forgot his last name. Tim is not the most Saudi name.

And he wasn't Saudi, it was from the CIA. How does Moghun tru-in-Trump fit into all this? Well, Trump, 88. Help me out with that. Jay Kennedy 88. So they're the same person? I don't know. That's what Jamatra says. Type it, type this. America is in a

bad place. 146. What's 146 made? Let's go Brandon 146. Let's go Brandon's 146. Let's go Brandon's 146 and so is America is in a bad place? Yes, let's go Brandon. Do we want to connect those two? Well, we are connecting it. That is connected. It does feel connected. It does feel good. Do you have goosebumps yet? I'm getting goosebumps right now.

I have goosebumps too. So the Wisconsin Magaites were turning the conspiracy talk up to letter K, which is 11. But all that talk made me hungry. Hello. me hungry. Hello? Good. I think to get a slice of pizza. Just a slice of pizza, no, no symbolism in that, just a regular old slice of pizza. Do you have any like in a square slices? You get rid of that triangular corner, that'd be great. See you at the midterms. I've got goosebumps already. I can assure you, this is my lunch. There's nothing to do with

pedipilia. Thank you so much again, Jordan, Chef, all right, stay tuned because when we come back, Akin Omotoso, we'll be joining me on the show. You don't want to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is Director Akin Omotoso. He's here to talk about his new film that tells the story of Janis Atete-Compel and his family, and how their determination helped launch the career of three NBA champions. Rise is streaming right now on Disney Plus and will be available on Hulu and ESPN Plus beginning August 18th. Please welcome Akin Omotoso! Okay, Almoatozo. Trevor No. Welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you.

We say it like we're enemies, but we actually are very, very old friends. Can I tell you what a pleasure it was for me to discover this. So, I mean, everybody in the world loves Yannis. Thank you. We say it like we're enemies, but we actually are very, very old friends. Can I tell you what a pleasure it was for me to discover this? So I mean, everybody in the world loves Janus. Yes. You know, I remember the first time I went to Greece, people in the streets, just chanting his name,

loving the NBA is blowing up in Europe because of him. You know, all around Africa. You know the world, but understands the world of basketball. You can't find a person who knows all of this. And then I found out it was you, Aquino Matosso, a Nigerian who lived in South Africa, then moved to Los Angeles who loves basketball. Perfect fit. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. to that. Crettea. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. Thank you. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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 th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I to tooooooooooo. I. I. I toda. I toda. I toda. I today. I the. I the. I the. I thi. I th. I'm th. Congratulations. Thank you. Let's just start at the beginning. You've directed many movies. You've told many stories. But what made you think this is a story I have to tell?

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I'm only looking to what a family managed to create three NBA champions? How is that possible? Well, I think, like I said, you know, the first time you hear the story, you go, this is amazing, this is an amazing story. How is this possible? And then you meet them and they were asking about the Greek team, how is the team going to adjust to you? And he's like, no, I adjust to the team.

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rest the soul who moved to London or my father and my late mom, Rest the Soul, who moved to South Africa. It's within our story. And so for me, apart from the warmth of the Adetocombos and how they approached those things, I tapped into my grandparents. And my grandparents, you know, as immigrants from Barbados to London, that house is full of laughter, that house was full of joy. These are people who are not allowing the circumstances toeaaaeaeaeauuicaeaeaea. toea. toea. A toea. A toe. th. th. th. th. I. I. th. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the the th. th. th. th. I, the, the, the, the, the, the. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. I, that house was full of joy. These are people who are not allowing the circumstances to dictate who they are as people. I love that. Some piece of paper says I'm not a Greek, whatever that is, but that's not my problem. You know what I mean? That piece of paper is something else. I can be a human being and I can transcend all these things. And I think that's the story allow their circumstance to dictate for them and I think for someone like myself who has all these multiple

Heritages. That's what that's what I identified with when I first read this story. It's like this is my story I love that. You know what I mean? Yeah, don't let the circumstance Coming you Aquin'a, great having you on the show. Congratulations. I know but we'll be right back after this. Akii No Social everybody, make sure to catch the movie. Thank you, my dear. So good. Well, that's our show for tonight. But, before we go, I just wanted to remind you about a fantastic organization, Jepigo. Well, they deal with helping women deliver health care, right? But before we go, I just wanted to remind you about a fantastic organization, Jepigo.

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