The Daily Show: Ears Edition - John Leguizamo Rips Univision's Trump Interview | Rep. Jeff Jackson

Episode Date: December 27, 2023

John Leguizamo slams Univision for its softball interview with Trump, and North Carolina Rep. Jeff Jackson talks to Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper about combatting outrage politics with explainer videos on TikTok and other social media platforms and how some members in Congress treat their jobs as “daily tryouts for the Outrage Olympics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as

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Everybody? I'm John Legwizamo. And, y'all, 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 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 butthole.

You know what I mean? But more importantly, I came back because something is... Pissing me off. Univizion 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-finding meal.

I don't know what's more shocking that Univision gave Trump a softball interview or that Trump let 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 thi tho tho tho tho tho the most the most the most the most the most the most the most powerful the most the most the most tho the most tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-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 he-a he-a he-a he-a he-a he-a he-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thiiiiiiiiii-s-s-s-s th-s-m-s-s th-s thi-s thi-s thi-s about the world or news about a sexy lady minor, willing to go up against the most powerful woman in town for a more. 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 hardline

anti-Latino policies. But instead of an interview worthy of Univision, we saw this caca-miada. The New York Times, Sienapol came out this week. It has you with 42% of Latino voters support. That's on president for our Republican candidate. What do you think the message voters are sending with these numbers? It's a 42% like I was saying unprecedented for a Republican candidate. What 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 the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the guy the the the thi? thiole? thiole? thioliole? thiolus are thiolus are their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. I's is th. I's is. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th sorry. I'm sorry, 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 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, 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to to the the the to to the the the to the to the to to the to th. to their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, 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......... the. the. the, the. the. the. theanananananananananan. tean.eananan.eanananan.eat.e. te.e.e.e.eananananananoome. I me, the crazy uncle 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. The 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 deny an 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, insane 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-Feehawks, 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 cancelling ad revenue? That's down right 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? Okay. Because there needs to be honest journalism and parity. Because there needs to be honest journalism and parity.

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way to hire. 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 Daily Show. 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, thank you for being here. to be here. the congressman Jackson, Jackson. Thank you for being here. Thank you. So excited to have you. You are a 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

people and get that engagement? Are you really just posting footpicks? Every consultant in D.C. told me to go the foot direction. Yes. I said that's not what I'm about. No. You're a hands guy? We know you are. I love a good hand,ic-toe. Show me that, that Vogue era. Give me some of this. Lauren Bolver had a great hands video a few once ago. Great, great. Is that what you're talking about? I'm a kitchen table guy? 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's the most interesting thing that happened to me in Congress this week. And then I post it 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 be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the the the the, the, the, the, the, the, th. th. th. thi. thi. the, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I'm the th th the the the the the the the the the the, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I. 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. I. I. I. I'm thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thin. thi. th th thi. th thi. thi. thiau thi. thi. thi. thi. the most. the most. the most. I'm the most. th to be able to speak in a normal tone of voice and try to convey some of the complexity and some of the nuance that there would be broad interest for that I think is really encouraging I think it's a good sign I know 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 the the thi thi's the the the the the the the the the the the the thi thi the thi the the the the thi. the the thi. the the thi. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I the. I the. I'm the. I'm thi. the. I'm the. I'm the. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I's is thi. I thi. I thi. I I I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I I I I I thi. thi. I's is is is is is is thi. I's is thi. I's is thi. I's is thi. I's. I's. I'm. I'm. I'm. t. t. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. t. t. t. t 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 Tick Tock but also Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, the place where most people view is Tick Tock. When I'm home in my district, constituents come up and they say, hey, I I appreciate what you posted on Tick Tock. I would not t. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. the th. th. the th. th. th. the the th. th. th. th. th. the th. ttau, the the the thi. th. th. the th. the th. th. I'm, the the th. I'm, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm t. I'm toge. tf. tf. tp. tf. I'm tp. I'm tp. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th.ck. I 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 TickTock? 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 should be part of our job. You think, sure.

You think the half of your constituents are on tick-tac. 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 every once in a while, you meet a grandma who comes up and says, I really love you on Tick Tock. Oh, so sweet. Usually they mention Facebook, but sometimes Tick Tock. 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 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-Tock videos that a lot of the people in Congress you of people faking it. Who would you put on blast? Who are you talking about? And does it rhyme with Marjorie Schmailer Schmey?

Yeah. Yeah. All I will say is this. It's not the fake. Never a false word from that gentleman. 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.

I find it interesting because you have found the success. You don't seem like the outrage kind of guy. You always seem like you're at like an even five. Yeah. You got like you got like a nice dad energy. Good dad. Like I'm not gonna drink with you but I will pick you up if you drink too much. Yes. No questions asked give me a call right. I'm that guy. Yeah. Yeah. Why do you? Why do you? And let me say something else. I think right now, that's the dad American needs. I can also say kind of a typsy uncle who could whip this country back into shape doing it.

We're dangerously close to that. 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. 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. Sure. 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 candidate who says, well, I don't know if I'm forward, maybe, maybe not, uh-uh. We should just have a bright line. Jerromanering 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, well, you've been in Congress for about 11 months now and you're you're planning on getting gerrymandered out and you're running for attorney general, attorneys general? It's very awkward. Why is that you could you do an explainer on why it's attorneys general? 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, but even your new role, thrown? Would you be able to address gerrymandering? 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've got a huge fentanyl problem in North Carolina. We got it across the entire country. directly involved in handling all of that. It's a really wonderful job. Wow. Well, thank you coming on with us.

You seem like the perfect guy for the job, that's for sure. Give it up for Representative Jackson. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching the Daily Show, wherever you get your podcast. Watch the Daily Show week wherever you get your podcast. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Fairmount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast. This has been a comedy central podcast.

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