The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Gas Prices Skyrocket Amid Inflation - Chris Christie

Episode Date: November 16, 2021

U.S. gas prices surge, Leo Deblin (Roy Wood Jr.) proposes a solution for an ICU bed shortage, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie discusses "Republican Rescue." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's the ICU. And Chris Christie. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Joining me for today's headlines is the one and only, Roy Wood Jr. What's up, man?

Yeah, Roy, we love your comedy special and man. We love your Comedy Special and Comedy Central and Paramount Plus, Roy, we love you. What's going on, man? I'm good, man. I saw Questlove over the weekend at this thing. And he's really inspired me to try and figure out this whole sidekick, the side kick, man. I mean, you let me play an instrument. No, no, but you're not like a sidekick. There's a difference. It's like, you're just keeping me company

because we're here and we don't have an audience yet. Am I over there or am I on the side? Where am I right now? Physically in relation to you? I'm on the side? I'm on the side? Yeah. And am I kicking it's. Let me play an instrument or something. I got, I played the flute for two weeks in the sixth grade. That won't work. I can't even audition.

No, I think a flute. Flutes is the worst thing you can play when somebody tells a joke. Okay, tell a joke right now. You tell a joke. All right, I'll do, knock, knock. Who's there? A-Moss. All right, let's jump stream to today's headlines. We kick things off with the ongoing investigation into the January 6th attack on the US Capitol building. Also known as the most successful Facebook meetup of all time.

Right now, a congressional committee is trying to determine if President Trump and his allies were involved in the violent attempt to overturn the election. And one of the people they most want to hear from is Steve Bannon, former Trump advisor and the only person who should maybe try horse dewormer. I mean, it couldn't hurt. But like any innocent person, Trump has told all of his people not to cooperate with law enforcement at all. So Bannon defied a congressional subpoena to testify.

And this morning, he turned himself in, arriving at an FBI office, looking like he'd already served 10 years in prison. But if all of this activity has Donald Trump worried, he's not showing it. In fact, when asked whether he had tried to pressure Mike Pence into overturning the election on January 6th? Well, Trump basically admitted it in the most trumpy way possible. It had been reported back in January by the New York Times that Trump even

pressured Pence on the morning of January 6th with a crude phone call. When I interviewed Trump for betrayal I asked him about that. There was a report, excuse my language, not mine, it was in the report, that you talked to him that morning and you said you could be a patriot or you can be a... Did you really say that or is that a incorrect, uh... I wouldn't dispute it? I wouldn't dispute it. I wouldn't dispute it.

I wouldn't dispute it. Wow. Oh, Trump is a total pussy. Why would I dispute it? You know what I love about Trump is that even if he didn't say that, he's the type of guy who would pretend he said it, just because it sounded cool. Like, yeah, that's a good line. I totally said it. I said it. Patriot or pussy, I love it. I also love how the reporter says, pussy, my favorite topic. Thank you for bringing this up.

Let's talk about it. And by the way, can we also acknowledge that don't be a pussy? Is the thing people only go to in life when they don't have any other arguments? You know, it's the last option when you have nothing real to convince someone with. And yeah, it usually thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus to thi, thi, thi, tho thi, thi, can't thi, can't thi, can't thi, can't thi, can't thi, can't to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. to th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to thi. to to to to to to thoooooooooooooooooooo. to to to one wants to be a pussy. I mean, that's probably how cliff jumping started. I'm not a pussy. But sometimes it's good to be a pussy. Oftentimes history is made by pussies.

I mean, Gandhi? Total pussy. Yeah. Britain was like, are you going to fight us? Or are you a pussy? And Gandhi said, I am a pussy. You must be the pussy you must be the pussy you the pussy. You must be the pussy you wish to see in the world. That is what we need more of. You know what's messed up man? I kind of in a way I feel bad for Mike Pence man because he was like living at Christian life and being all righteous.

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Right now, inflation is the one thing people hate even more than Jake Jillinhol. It seems like everything is more expensive these days. Groceries are more expensive. Cars are more expensive. Thai dollar sign is now tied $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $. I I. I's is now. I'm thi. I'm thi, I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm tie. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I. I. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I'm. I'm. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm tie. I'm t. I'm tie. I'm t. I'm t. I'm to. I'm to. is now tie dollar 50. I can't afford that shit anymore. But there's one price that people notice more than anything. And that's the price of gas. More pain at the pump for drivers

as we head into the busy holiday travel season, gas prices keep going only one direction up. Gas prices rising over the last month. up nearly 50% over the last year. Gas prices are at their highest levels in seven years. According to AAA, we're looking at 342 a gallon on average right now. Americans are spending $430 million more every day on gasoline than just one year ago today. Every time I fill up, it's close to like $89. It's like, uh, do you want to eat steak or you want to fill up your tank?

Yeah, that's a tough choice. Do you want to eat steak? Or do you want to pour gas in your car? I mean, I do have to say you don't have to choose. Yeah, you just fill up your car and then drive it into a cow. Then you get both. No, but for real though, th though, th th th th th tho tho tho tho tho tho 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 $e, toe, to $e to to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat toe toe toe toe, toe, toe, to eat toe, to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat to eat toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. thea. theiia. theia. theia. thei. thea. thi. thea. toea. thea. ta. ta. ta. ta. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toe for real though, this is a big problem. High gas prices affect so many aspects of life, like from getting to work, to child care, to, you know, all your friends who bike becoming even more smug about it. But the question is, why are

gas prices going up so much? Well, like everything in our life right now, it has a lot to do with the pandemic. So let's talk about why this is happening and what Joe Biden can do about it in another installment of getting back to normalish. Think back for a moment to spring of 2020. Much of the world had ground to a halt, which meant that people weren't driving. They weren't visiting friends or going into the world had ground to a halt, which meant that people weren't driving. They weren't visiting friends, or going into the office, or hanging out of the passenger's side of their best friend's ride, trying to holler at me.

If you left your home at all, it was probably to take a sad walk around the block. I mean, at least until you heard someone coughed down the street and then you ran your ass back inside. Now because of all of that, that meant that America's oil industry, which had been producing more than any country in the world, basically shut down. And even though society has ramped back up again, the oil industry hasn't. Early in the pandemic, demand for gasoline dropped dramatically

as workers were told to stay home. That immediately walled the th in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in the the the the th in the th were told to stay home. That immediately walloped the oil and gas industry like nothing ever in its history has ever hit them before. At one point early on in the coronavirus crisis, the price of a barrel of oil, it cost less than zero dollars. When prices dropped abruptly with the pandemic shutdown, U.S. Shale producers dramatically slowed the drilling of new wells. Rigs were taken out of service and oil production in the U 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 thasasasasasasasasasuasasasasasasasasasasasas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas gas the the the the the the the the the the thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. tho. tho. to tho. to to to to to to to to to to tho. tho. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. th Shale producers dramatically slowed the drilling of new wells. Rigs were taken out of service, and oil production in the U.S. dropped off significantly.

They shut down production. They laid off tens of thousands of workers to try and stay alive during the pandemic. Just like everything else in our lives, the oil production has been impacted by COVID. It can't just flick a spitzhatter refinery and operations and have everything back to normal. Yeah, one of the reasons gas prices are so high is because America is making less gas than it did before. Because people may be driving again,

but that doesn't mean that it's easy for gas producers to just instantly produce as much as they were before. You've got to grow a whole new dinosaur and then smush it until the oil comes out. That takes time. And it makes sense that it's going to take them time to adjust. I mean, it's been hard for all of us, right? Every single one of us, it's been hard for us to get back to normal life after the pandemic. Do you remember the office, nobody knew what we're doing. Welcome to the elevator.

Do you remember weather? Yeah? I do. Not. My wife is leaving me. This is not my floor, but I'm getting out. Now, if America isn't making enough oil to keep up with demand, then why doesn't it just buy more from the rest of the world?

But it turns out the people who control the oil in the oil....... Well, it could, but it turns out the people who control the oil in the rest of the world, well, they just don't feel like sharing. Gas prices really not being driven up by that demand on the horizon. It's really more about the supply. Oil producing nations are actually constricting the supply a little bit, because they're trying to recoup their pandemic losses. There's a cartel that controls the price of oil internationally, and that cartel is called OPEC. OPEC, the biggest oil producing nations, aren't increasing the amount of oil they release into the global economy.

So as demand rebounds in the US, Americans are paying about $16 more to fill up their tanks than a year ago. President Biden recently appealed to OPEC and Russia to boost production but received a flat no. Wow, they received a flat no. I mean to be fair every no coming out of a Russian is a flat no. Have you ever talked to a Russian person? They're never afraid of a flat no. Hey are you having a good day? No. Well there's always tomorrow right? No. And look you can understand OPEC's position. I mean how much longer is oil going to be around? Right? They need to make money on the shit now before we're all driving Elon

Musk's cars that curse out Bernie Sanders when you honk the horn. And by the way, you also know what this means right. You realize that this is the first time America could openly go to war for oil. Because usually when America goes into the Middle East, it's always like, this isn't about oil, my son is going over there to fight for freedom. But if prices go any higher, now Americans can just be like, Kevin, you get your butt in that fighter jet because because your dad is not paying $6 a gallon thia thia! Now, the good news is America is not going to war yet, but asking OPEC nicely also didn't work, so the big question is

what can be done to lower gas prices? Well, the bad news for president Biden is not much. The Biden administration is scrambling for solutions to one of his biggest, biggest political liabilities, soaring gas prices. Like presidents who came before him, Joe Biden has few options when it comes to combating high fuel prices. Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats are calling on Biden to consider all the tools available at your disposal, even the extreme step of banning American oil exports,

which Goldman Sachs warned would be counterproductive and could actually raise prices. The President also considering tapping the strategic petroleum reserve, though industry experts have warned that would do little to alleviate the problem. If you ask the energy industry, they would say, well, the White House could cut environmental regulation and maybe that would help. And it could, maybe for next winter, but that would take some time. President Biden does not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not have not. the magic. theiau. their. their. their. their. the, the. the. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thoeauiauiauiaqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. toe. toe. toe. toe. the, winter, but that would take some time. President Biden does not have a magic wand to dramatically lower gas prices. And if he did, judging upon his sinking poll numbers, he would use that magic wand. Well, I don't know about that. I mean, I feel like even if Joe Biden did have a magic wand, he still need to recite a spell.

And based on what we've all seen, I do not have confidence that he'd be able to get it right. Alakazam, Abraqa, Abdul Jabbar, one of the great negro, you know the thing, you know the thing. Did it work? What's tough for Biden is that it doesn't matter what else he does. If the price of gas stays high, that's that. He could sign all the infrastructure bills he wants. He could get everyone to agree on abortion. But all people care about is how much is the black goo from the ground? Higher than before, then get the fuck out of here.

So it's not exaggerating to say that his whole presidency, his entire presidency, could depend on where the gas prices stay up or go down. And based on this new PSA, the Biden administration just put out, they're willing to try anything. All across this great nation, Americans are feeling pain at the pump. But help is on the way. We at the Biden administration know you want nothing more than for gas prices to go back to where they were last year. Which is why we're laser focused on the one method guaranteed to make that happen, creating a new pandemic.

As we speak, our world-class scientists are working hard to develop the next big viral strain. They're experimenting with expired wombat meat, iguana sneeze droplets, and whatever they can scrape off the New York City subway. We're throwing all of it into a big old blender and feeding it to a sick hippo. Trust me, if COVID-22 is out there somewhere, we're gonna find it. We're not stopping until gas prices are the least of your problems once again. That's the Biden promise. Guys, is this something?

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This morning, nearly half the country seeing new COVID cases soaring. 21 states reporting a surge in infections and rising hospitalizations in 17 states and territories. Some rural communities with low vaccination rates and limited resources, like Canyon City, Colorado, being hit especially hard. 93% of the state's ICU beds are currently full, the most they've seen in nearly a year. Yeah, Colorado's ICU beds are packed. And I mean, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory packed. Which by the way, what was happening in that movie? Like I remember watching that as a kid and I was thinking like, why are all those old people in the same bed together all day?

Like I get at night if you poor, but then like the whole they they in the same bed together all day? Like I get at night if you're poor, but then like the whole day? I was like, are they banging each other? Is this what this movie is about? But anyway, the big worry is, what if your hospital has no ICU beds available and you suddenly need emergency care? Your life could be in danger because too many people didn't want to get the vaccine. Luckily, Leo Deblen has a solution for you. Do you need an ICU bed?

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Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is the former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christi. He's here to discuss his new book and why he thinks the Republican Party needs to be rescued. Chris Christie, welcome to the day show. Trevor, happy to be back. Um, before we start the interview, I want to know what type of interview are we having, are we having like a legit conversation or are you going to politician me?

I only ask you this because you're the one person who will tell me the truth, about whether you will or won't. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. I love the title of your book. Chris Christie, Republican rescue, saving the party from truth deniers, conspiracy theorists, and the dangerous policies of Joe Biden. It seems like the Republicans need to be rescued from a lot of things. Yeah, they do. And look, the biggest thing we need to be rescued from where two is the truth. You know if we don't become the party the the the the the the the the the biggest the the the biggest the the the the the the the biggest the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. thoes. thoes. thruo. truth. truth. their their their their thoes. trueueueueueue. true. true. true. true. true. true. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr tr tr tr tr tr tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. truth. truth. truth. truth. truth. truth. truth. truth. to. truth. to. truth. to. truth. truth. trtruth again, we got no hope for anybody to trust us to do anything. And when we get all these conspiracy theories and truth deniers, it's just not going to work. And so what I try to do on the book is to go through like Q&ON and PizzaGate and Berthurism and the election stuff and say, here are the real facta thian thian thian thian thian thian thian thian thian thian thian thuan thuan thu an thu an thu an thu an thu-inin' thu-in' thu-in' the the the the the an the an thuanan is the an the an the an the an the an th. the an the an the an the an the an the an the an thuan is just thuan is just thuan is just thuan is just thuan is just thu an thu an thu an thu an thu an is just just just just just just just just just just just just just just thu.. thu. thu. thin, thin, thr-is. thr-is' and. thr-ananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananan is just thr-ananananan you read them, you'll come to the conclusion, there's no truth to any of this stuff, and we need to focus on the important things that are going on in the country right now. But surely you realize you are up against a monumental issue here, because a lot of the Republican Party believes

many of these things. Well, that's what the leadership is all about, right? I mean, in the end, if you want to try to lead, which is what I'm trying to do, is to help lead the party in another direction, then it involves some risk. Like, if it were easy, you wouldn't be at the front of the parade. You'd be in the middle of the parade, right? So I'm taking chance, I'm the the chance, I'm their to to to to to to to to too, to to to too, to to help, to help, the to help, it, it, it, the, the, the, to help, to help, to help, the, the, to help, the, the, the, to help, to help, the, the, to help, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the party, 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, too, too, too, too, too, too, tooanananananananan, tooananan.e.e.e.e.e.e. It's, tooananan are not afraid of the Donald Trump element? I mean, because you're not just you're not just talking to Republican people here. You're talking to Republicans, but you know one of your audience members is Donald J. Trump. Sure. Who believes some of the things that are in this book. Sure. And look, I've known him for 20 years.

Yeah. And look, I've known him for 20 years. And now, look, look, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm years. And now I'm not afraid of telling him the truth. I've never been afraid of telling him the truth. All the time that I did things with him, ran against him, and then helped to advise him, prepare him for debates. I was the guy he always brought in to give him a hard time. And so, the bookk, the book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, the book, that's book, that's book, the book, the book, thooooooo, is the book, is the book, is the relationship you have with Trump and then the relationship that the Republican Party has with Donald Trump. For many years, it was the party, right? Which is what many would argue good politics is. It's about the party and it's about the people who vote for the party.

Now it has become about Trump. People say, I'm a Trumper. I vote for Donald Trump. The Republican Party comes second to that. That means one man can determine the vision and the mission that doesn't necessarily coincide with conservatism, whatever that may be in this day and age. So when you, you have a relationship with Donald Trump, right? You guys talk, you haven't talked in a while now,

from what I understand. But you guys, but you guys talk. Do you see a world where he doesn't run for president, and then B, a world where you can convince him to not make the next election about this, because you know he's going to do that. Well, look, I think a few things. First off, there's a really interesting new poll today out of Iowa. Iowa Republicans being polled by the Des Moines Register. And they're amongst the most conservative Republicans in America. They asked, where's your loyalty the most to the Republican Party or to Donald Trump?

Yeah. 62% said the Republican Party. Wow. 26% said Donald Trump in Iowa. So I think things are changing, Trevor. I think as he's no longer on Twitter, he's only been out of office for less than 10 months. And he dominated all the political oxygen in this country for five years. Right. So we're in instant gratification society. People expect things, you know, to happen like that. They don't sometimes. And so as the emotion drains out of this, and you leave the facts, I think people are going to say

a Republican party that's built on many foundations is much more valuable than one that's built on one. And by the way, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the way, the president, the former president can be part of that if he wants to start talking about tomorrow and stop talking about yesterday. So that's what we should be thinking about is how do we get to the next step? And I think that that Iowa poll starts to tell us. It's not there yet, but starts to tell us that people are starting to let the the emotions. the emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions emotions. and say, all right, so what are our options? Is this book your way of putting yourself forward as an option? Is this you planting the seeds for you running in the next election?

No, this is me planting the seeds for wanting somebody, because lots of people whisper this stuff to me. Someone has to say it out loud. Someone's got to be willing to come forward and say, here's the truth. And here's the truth, and here's the path forward. It doesn't mean I won't run in 24. OK, OK. But you know, I'll certainly we'll think about it. Would you run if Trump runs?

Sure. Oh, so you'll run against Donald Trump? Sure. Where's the camera? Put this camera on Chris Christi's face? You'll run against him? Because I mean, we've heard many Republicans say, I would run if Donald Trump doesn't run. The only one who I know openly hasn't said this is run the scientist.

And it seems interesting there where he's going like, I'm not saying anything and people believe that he could be a major contender. So you're notthat you're the best person to be president of the United States, why does it matter who else runs? Okay. Right? To me, it's almost disqualifying to say, I'll defer to somebody else.

Let's say Trump runs again, and let's say he wins the nomination. Are you gonna support him when he goes to be president? Look, if he doesn't stop talking about this election. as being stolen, then I can't support anybody who winds up saying that our democracy didn't work. So apart from that you would support him then? No, I'm not going to get into every issue. There's some things that I would agree on, some things I wouldn't, but to me this continued obsession wrongly, in an untrue way that the election was stolen is just something that I it's fundamentally eroding the country. I can't be supportive unless there's

something you can prove in court that went wrong and he tried and he couldn't 60 plus times. Right. Then you've got to be a grown-up about it and say the other guy won like look Al Gore in 2000 fought it hard right all the way the United States Supreme Court but when he lost he looked in the camera and he said. the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. the the th. th. the th. th. I th. I th. I th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. th. th. th. I was. th. I was. I was. I'm. I was. I. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. 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. I. I. I th. I. I. I. I th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I'm. I'm. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. th. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And hard all the way the United States Supreme Court, but when he lost, he looked in the camera and he said, George W. Bush is the president and I'm conceding. It's the peaceful transition of power that has defined America's democracy for that long. And that's what he didn't do, what Donald Trump didn't do, and that's why I got so angry about it. The last part of this book is what I find I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi. thi. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. th. the. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th the Republican Party, also from the dangerous policies of Joe Biden. Now you argue in the book that the problem with Joe Biden is that he ran as a unifier and you

say that he hasn't done that. What do you mean by that? Well, what I mean is that he ran not only as a unifier but as a moderate, remember he was the guy in the primaries that Kamla Harris and Bukar and Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were all saying, wasn't liberal enough. He was too moderate. Now all of a sudden, his policies are way left. Well, but is it all of a sudden, though, if you remember, he did say at some point,

if I win, we're going to put forward some of the most progressive policies this country has ever seen. He did say that. He was going to bring the country back together. You can't unify the country by going way left or way right because most of the country is not way left or way right. But what we can't deny is that a guy who was elected president with over 300 electoral votes just a year ago is now in a situation where his approval ratings are in the low 40s, upside down 12 or 15 points depending on the polls and it doesn't seem to be getting better any time time the the the the the times the the times.. to be better. the to be better. the to be better. And the the to be. And, to be. And, the to be. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, to be, too, thi, thi. And, toe. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, to, to. And, to, to. And, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, the, and, the, and, the, and, and, and, and, and, the, and, and, and, the, and, the, and, and, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, the polls and it doesn't seem to be getting better any time soon. And the real question is, Joe Biden at 78 years old, does he have the political skills any longer to dig out of that hole?

And I think that's what we're going to have to wait and see. I don't know. I'm skeptical about it. And I think he'd have been much better off. He had been the the Senate and tried to bring the country together that way rather than try to be FDR. Do you think there was a Senate to bring together though? Because this is the thing, this is the issue I have, just as an observer of this thing. Mitch McConnell for instance, we'll always say like, well, we've got to do this. And then what happens whento bring together? Here's why I think I'm...

And I'll tell you I'll add on to this. Look at the Republicans now who voted for the infrastructure bill. Those 13 Republicans who stepped in and said, this is a bipartisan thing we agreed upon, and now, Trump has come out against them. Multiple Republicans have come. It was bipartisan and that's how it got here. Well, let me tell you the opposite side of that. Why I think there is bipartisanship available and the center available. Because in the Senate, you didn't see that happen. 19 Republicans voted for that bill in the Senate, including Mitch McConnell.

Mitch McConnell voted for that bill. And so I think there is a center that's available to be brought together. And look not on on on on on on on the thon. And what's going on in the House, I think, is much more a symptom of the gerrymandering that we have. In the Senate, there's two for everybody. In this house, you've got these gerrymandered districts where some of these people are in far right districts or far left districts. All they're ever worried about the general election. And so they go running in the other direction. Both parties, we need to stop this gerrymandering in the country

so that there's more competitive districts, so that people care more about getting things done than they care about just pleasing, you know, any one of one, I definitely agree with you on that. Thank you for the time. Thank you for the time. Thank you. I. I. I. I. I. I. Thank you for thi. Thank you for thi. Thank you for joining. to for joining. to the time. the time. to to the time. the time. the time. the time. the time. to to to the time. to the time. to to to to the time. the time. the time. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. tea. tea. thea. the the the th Congratulations on the book. I'm excited, I hope you run for two reasons. One, because you make things interesting, and two, because you're one of the few people who on that stage is probably gonna say something real

to Donald Trump. So I really hope you do run. Well, thank you. And listen, I'll provide there to see it. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thanks Trevor. Great to see you. Governor Chris Christie's book, Republican Rescue, is available right now. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access 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 tre. the tre. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. 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 th. We will. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We'll. We. We. We. We. We'. We'. We'. We're. to. to. to. to. to. to. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible.

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