The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart on Why The GOP Doesn't Know What To Do With Kamala Harris Replacing Biden | Pete Buttigieg

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

Jon Stewart tackles Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, new presumptive nominee Kamala Harris, and the reactions on both sides, from a re-energized Democratic party to flailing Republicans' flimsy coup claims. Plus, Josh Johnson on the right's new strategic talking points against Harris, which range from sexist all the way to racist. And Pete Buttigieg explains to Jon why he goes on Fox News, the significance of President Joe Biden stepping aside to make room for Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the possibility of being vetted for vice president, and his thoughts on Trump’s own VP pick, JD Vance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Who's the show! My name is John Short. What, look at him? Oh, oh, we've been going, we've been gone, we've been going, we just got back and we've been gone like a week. It's been a week, or a decade, or what the fuck? Like, oh my God, so much, so much has happened in that week. In fact, I believe perhaps it's best to describe what's happened through a short one-man black box play.

One that I truly hope will be Tony eligible. Can I give me a little like stettle music? Can I get a little, give am a Democrat. Oh, so sad, so cold, so hungry. The world is dark. The world is dark. The world and the future, she is bleak. The president's ditch has gotten even deeper. There's no path to victory. The worst nightmare kind of scenario.

It's a doom loop. We are trapped in a doom loop. That's the worst kind of loop. Why couldn't it have been one of those loops made of fruit? But alas, my bowl is empty. Condemned to a life of misery and minority status in key subcommittees. Oh! Nothing will ever change our sad fate. Breaking News. President Biden dropping out of the 2024 race. Nothing will ever change our sad fate.

Breaking news, President Biden dropping out of the 2024 race. Say that again. But who will guide us out of the darkness? Who will take us to the promised man? You're there. I'm coming up. I want the world to know. I feel alive.

Tonight, breaking news, Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee. A political earthquake. There is a new pep in everybody's step. In the span of week, Democrats have gone from the despair of a certain Trump presidency to the joy of a statistical tie. Which, which, right now that feels like victory. Already the prospect of her candidacy has injected enthusiasm and energy. She's received a tsunacy has injected enthusiasm and energy.

She's received a tsunami of grassroots support and cash. She's raised a staggering $200 million since President Biden dropped out. It's a Zoom world record. More than 100,000 white women mobilized for Vice President Kamala Harris. A hundred thousand white women. That is a giant group of white women. I believe the scientific term is actually a goop of women. That is called a goop of women. Two hundred million dollars they've raised.

A united, enthusiastic Democratic Party. A huge reversal in one week. And they said it couldn't be done. Joe Biden is going to be the nominee. It's his fantasy stuff. This is good for TV, but Biden's not going anywhere. This is not an Aaron Sorkin, we know, West Wing episode here. This is real life. Joe Biden is our nominee, and he will be our nominee.

We literally have three choices as Democrats. Either you vote for Donald Trump, you vote for Joe Biden, or you stay on the couch. I think we know which one of those options J.D. Vance would offer. Even I don't feel good about that joke. What do I know? A simple pink pony grandpop. I mean, stand very quickly, that's a, barely, that's a, barely, a reference to being a Chapel Rhone fan, which I totally am. Now, somebody in the audience.

You have young people come here. But listen, man, the pundits all said it couldn't happen, but it did happen, and the Republicans are not very happy about it. They just steamrolled democracy. The Democrats are trying to hijack democracy. The ultimate election interference. This was a coup. A coup they talk.

A bloodless coup. But I get it. If I thought I had this thing in the bag you were going to be going up against old Joe Biden and then they pull this I'd be like ref ref open your eyes how can you not say they're cooing they're cooing and by the way I love that guy's disappointment in the phrase bloodless coup this is a this a bloodless coup. what kind of thu thu thi tho. th th th th. th. th. th. th. tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi th. I thi th. I th. I th. I th. I th th th. I thi th th th th th th th th th and th and th and 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 thin thin thin thin thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi theeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thi thi that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, I love that guy's disappointment in the phrase bloodless coup. This is a, this is a bloodless coup. What kind of fun is that?

At least we brought bear spray and nunchukes. But you know what? I do understand that they're upset. It makes sense. So how about we do this? Out of fairness. I'm a fair person. You can replace your old guy too.

That's what I'm going. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Even Stephen. By the way, speaking to your old guy, he responded to the change to Harris in the trumpiest way possible.

Donald Trump posted this on his true social account, quote, so we are forced to spend time and money on fighting crooked Joe Biden. Now we have to start all over again. Shouldn't the Republican Party be reimbursed before? Do you have any idea? How much money on Let's Go Brandon ear bandages I've spent? Made in America via Bangladesh. My Trump is too Jerry Lewis.

Well, what's done is done. You're going to have to shift gears, recalibrate. You've had Cookie Joe and Sleepy Joe on speed dial. You're going to need a new line of attack. She isn't like Jewish people. Join the club. We're getting crushed out there. Right now, I'm not even sure how much we like ourselves. It's not like the old Seinfeld days when we were riding high, you know, da-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.

You can get a bagel in Iowa. Yeah, give me a schmere in Ames, Iowa. Broom, brum, brum. Of course, that attack may ring hollow, seeing as Kamala Harris' husband is, let me check my notes, Jewish! Do you have anything else that could denigrate all of Camel Harris's accomplishments by suggesting it's merely the power of the Jezebel? It is relevant when a young candidate tries to sleep her way into politics and into power.

And that is what it appears Kamala Harris did. She's never earned or won anything. She was legitimately handed her original posts in California State government because she was sleeping with Willie Brown. And then he backed her in her race for San Francisco DA. Okay, Squee. Listen, I don't know guys, you're being awfully subtle here. Isn't there a grosser way you can say that? Camilla Harris, she's the original Hock-to-a girl. That's the way she got where she is. That's what I'm talking about. That's the kind of substantive and elevated take from a guy who looks like he's won

Mike's hard lemonade away from getting in a fight at his sister's wedding. You f- You're little tough to hair on, you're not fooling anybody, Baldy. So sex is saying Kamala Harris slept her way to hair under you're not fooling anybody baldy so sex is saying Kamala Harris slept her way to the top Joe Biden and Donald Trump literally slept their way to the top and we never heard a fucking peep about it does anybody have a substantive critique. Her record is extraordinarily radical. Let me say at the outset,

Kamala can't have my guns, she can't have my gasoline engine, and she sure as hell can't have my steaks and cheeseburgers. Sir, I don't want to be rude, but it does appear that you could at least share some of your cheeseburgers. Looks like you'll still be okay, is that right? Tubbs. Mmm. Good to see you have mutton chops, mmm.

Good to see you have mutton chops in case you get hungry. Mmm. But is Harris really that radical? If you combine Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Bourne, you get Camel Harris. That can't be, you know what, there is an app that actually does that, can we? Neapartre. Neapartre. Oh my God!

It's Neopatric Harris. I love that guy. He's the best! Come on, guys. Nobody believes Camel Harris is the second coming of Carl Marx. And even when they get substantive policy critiques, they undercut them immediately. Even when she was in California, she was very soft on crime.

She was very soft on crime. The same Kamala Harris, who has a California prosecutor and attorney general put people in prison to use them as cheap labor. She's too soft on crime, she's too tough on crime, people, we open in three months! You're lailing. Dig deep. It's one final thing that nobody talks about. She's hated by people who work for it. Oh my, fucking God.

Are you kidding me? Everybody that worked for Kamala quit. A very aggressive, angry, bullying boss. She's not a nice person to work with. She's a terrible boss. Your candidate's Donald Trump. His catchphrase is literally, you're fired. He's the Ann Wintor of authoritarian wannabees.

Donald Trump hired 44 cabinet members, 75% of them want nothing to do with the guy. His Secretary of State called him a fucking moron. His Chief of Staff said he's the most flawed person I've ever met. You know why he needs a new vice-presidential running mate? I tried to get the last one killed. That's right. No, terrible. They're flailing. You know what, if you want something done, do yourself. Donald, you're gonna have to hit Kamala with one of your magic nicknames. LaFan la FF-F-I-N, apostrophe.

E-F-En, E-F END So now we have a new victim to defeat Lyon, Kamala Harris, Lyon, L-Y-I-N apostasy. Okay. You know what, I hate to say it, guys, but you tried. You gave it your best. I kind of think you're going to have to go back to your classics.

It's worked for you in the past. It's your comfort zone. I think you're going toto go back to your classics. It's worked for you in the past. It's your comfort zone. I think you're gonna have to play the hits. I think she was a DEI hire. 100%. She was a DEI hire. She would be the queen of DEI if she were elected. She is DEI. I think that this whole DE&I was having a vagina and the right skin color.

So I guess she's black. Or is she? She's not African American. Her mother's from India, her father's from Jamaica. She grew up in Canada, and she married a white Jewish guy, so she has no common experiences with black Americans. She's not one of you. She's not even married to one of you. She's also about as black as Rachel Dozel.

This is how desperate they are. Is she black? Is she Indian? Nobody knows. Two races? In one person? Now I've seen everything. Now I've seen everything. I heard she sent a DNA to 23 in me and it broke the computer. I don't know what to do. Goodness gracious. If these people ever saw a pizza hat slash Taco Bell, they'd lose their fucking minds.

What is this a DEI restaurant? If these people ever saw a pizza hat slash Taco Bell, they'd lose their fucking minds. What is this a DEI restaurant? For more on the Republican response to Kamila Harris, we go live to Washington, D.C. with senior political correspondent Josh Johnson. Josh thank you so much. Thanks for joining us. Josh. You've been down in DC. Everything is flying around.

What is the latest, Josh? This is a tough one for them, John. Kamla Harris is a confusing candidate for Republicans. They feel she's too young to be president, but too old to be a woman. But they do have some very promising areas of attack. She's too short. She's bad at video games, all of them. Grand Theft Auto, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Super Mario Party,

Super Mario Party, Mario Party, Superstars, Grand Theft Mario Party. Oh, and she laughs funny. You know, the laugh of a drunk girl who lost her purse and then realized she actually was wearing her purse the whole time. America hates that kind of laugh. It's not that funny, Stacy. Where do you think the attacks are going to land? Well, as you mentioned earlier, I really think the winner is going to be, um, she's black! All right, okay. Sorry for yelling, that's how it was said to me.

She's just yelled, she's black. No, no, they have all kinds of attacks ready, all right. I'm seeing, black woman I got this one American African which sounds scary when you flip it like that yeah yeah I can see that I can see that I can see that that that's I can see that. That's the top one. Oh, oh, oh, they were looking at me when they said this one. Like you, but lady.

Also got some more black, uh, blackety-blackety. Urban. Um, doesn't crack. At least they know. Ooh, I can't even say this one. Oh my lord. From Kenya. I think that one is left over from the last time someone was, you know. Black. You said it, not me. Right? It's black on every page?

It's most of the words. It's tough. Yeah. Black to you, John. Thanks, John. John Johnson, everybody. When we come back, former Mayor Pete Budinjah. Don't go away. John Stewart here.

Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election. Economics, ingredient to bread ratio, on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to the Daily Show. My guest tonight. He is the former mayor of South Van, Indiana, ran for president in 2020. Please welcome to thery something about this.

So, oh, I'm going to tell you something. Let me tell the time we have. I gotta tell you, so I was coming out, I come out earlier just to talk to the audience, I have some words. There was a lovely woman in the audience, she said, she stood up and she said, is the future Madam President here tonight? And I said, I'm not sure what you're saying and she said Kamala Harris and I said oh you thought Kamala Harris is here tonight and she's not and there was a sadness that crept over her

face but you just healed it you just healed it I could be helpful I swear to God though. You are for liberals watching you go on Fox News and discuss things in a rational manner. It is for liberals. It's like when Gosling hosts S&L. It's just like, oh, he's so good at this. Is that an uncomfortable thing to do? Is it something you enjoy? A little bit. I mean, I never th th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, oh, he's so good at this. Is that an uncomfortable thing to do?

Is it something you enjoy? A little bit. I mean, I never thought that Fox News would be like a specialty of mine. Yes. It's not something I watched a ton of before I found myself going on it. You ain't missing much, sir. But what I found is it is important to reach people where they are. And even if I'm skeptical sometimes that the network is covering things in good faith,

I know lots of people who are tuning in in faith. And so in the same way that, you know, back when I was running for president, I kind of specialized in counties that had voted for Obama and then for Trump, that's how I want Iowa really was partly through that kind of outreach and finding people who are not hardcore partisans but do usually get their information in a very certain, and I would argue very narrow way. I have a chance to, as long as they'll have me on, I have a chance to pop that, you know,

puncture that bubble, and I feel like that. Do you find anecdotal feedback that it's heard other than, you know, a clip going viral or something like that. Will you be at home in Michigan? Will you be somewhere and someone that you know is more red partisan will say to you, hey, I caught you on? Yeah, I mean, literally happened to me today. And to be clear, it's not like somebody says, you know, I was a rock-ribed Republican and I saw your four-minute Fox news segment and I've seen the light and now I'm a Democrat.

But, you know, I do hear from people I know who are more conservative or probably don't usually vote the way I do, but they'll say, you know, I saw the way you laid things out, I think, I think, you know, I understand where you're coming from you know, on the strength of a witty argument or a, you know, a man, are you preaching to him? Yep. You're right. Right. Um, doesn't do jack. Yeah. But, but I get it. I get, I get, I get, I get, I get, the conversation, right? And what is the point of having a conversation if you're now, by the way, unbelievably tumultuous, I mean, week, like eight days. Has it felt that way inside the administration?

How did you find out about it? Is it in that situation, does the president call everybody together and go, hey everybody, got some news, like, how does that, how does it work? No, I mean, that would be a very long list of everybody to, you know, to talk to. So I found out the way everybody did. I was actually on a plane, fittingly enough, taxiing in and Chastin was sitting next to me, checking Twitter and saw the post. And so we found out the same way everybody else did. And, thiiiiiii. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would would to be, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, 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 thi. to be to be toguu. to be togu. togu. to be a tooo. too. tooo. too. too. toe. toe. the. the. else did. And yeah, ever since, I think a lot of us, you know, our heads are spinning. So much has changed. But part of what's changed is this incredible energy that we have now. You know, I was home over the weekend,

stopped by the field office for the now Harris campaign, next to where we live in action. Did they literally just take the same office with the same people? Pretty much, and that's okay, because it's the, well, it's, it's, it's, it's the same values and it's the same effort, right? No, no, I got, it's just fun. Yeah, no, I mean, they, they literally went like, whoop. I will say, they got those yard a lot of continuity with the values of the

Biden-Harris campaign and the Biden-Harris administration, but also a different messenger, a different style, a different approach, and people are clearly really fired up and excited about it. I know I am. Do you think, is it, this is such a strange question, and I don't know if you've spoken to him or not, but like, do you think President Biden sees, thi thi thi that, that, thi thi that, that, 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, and thi, and thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, and I thi, thi, and thi, and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, not, but like, do you think President Biden sees that and is like, oh, fine? Like, or is he, like, does that, I would imagine it would hurt your feelings? If that were me, it would, it would hurt my feelings. I don't know, I think, I think part of what he achieved with what's a really extraordinary thing. I mean, I think even now we might be under selling how world it is to be literally the most powerful person in the world, lay power aside, right, just because it's the right thing to do.

But in doing so, I also think he's consolidated his own standing as one of America's great presidents. And I also think he's very conscious that that means springing through the tape and continuing to deliver for the next six months. What are the narrative about like, they bullied him. He was bullied, is that, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the th, th, th, th, th, the th, th, th, th, th, th, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. But, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to to to to to to to thean, thean, to thean, thean, thee.. the Is that even could that can you do that to a president? Can you be like get out? And then the president be like, stop yelling at me. No, I mean that's the thing. Right, right. I mean, it was the thing. Right. I mean, it was the thing. Right. I mean, and people may second guess, you thinneur-a-diaz. their-so-so-in. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi-I-I-I-I. thin. th. thin. th. th. thin. the thin. thin. the the their-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ss. thin. thin. the-a-s. the-s. theeease-s. tha-s. thinin. theeea-s. theea-s. thin. theeeeeea-s. theee. th but at the end of the day it was his choice, he made that choice and that must have been an extraordinarily difficult choice, but also the right choice. Now are you being, so now it's, she is on a vice presidential search, are you being vetted right now?

Would you know if you're being vetted? Yeah. When they vet you, do, do you feel it? Do you? Is it a physical sensation? You're being vetted. You know, you know. You know when you're being vetted. Yeah. I may bet you, I'm going to vet you right now. Please don't. Please don't. Pretty, pretty, pretty, good. All right. What does it require? Is there, like, is there literally a physical exam that goes along with being vetted? Not that I'm aware of but I mean look all I should say about is that that you know she is going to make this decision she's got a

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is like, tell me about your finances. And you go through step by step. And one of the things you think about is the journey that adoptive parents go thrown. , right tho, right tho, right tho, right tho, right tho, right, right, right, bar of adoption is that high. It's similar to like getting a high-level security clearance position in government. Yeah, I mean, not the exact same, obviously, but, you know, a surprising amount of overlap, right? Were there questions? Was there certain parts of the vetting process for government where you were like, you're going to let me get away with that? Like, was there anything, like, you know what I mean? If there was not, but if there was, would, the, their, their, their, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their,, you know what I mean? If there was not,

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think now we're kind of we have a renewed awareness not just of what we're against but what we're for. right and I think 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 th th th th th is th th is th is th is thi thi the thi thi thi the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. 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. thi is the. the. the. the. the. to the. to thee. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. And I think that's really important. Well, the message before was literally, it doesn't matter what you see. That's worse, which is not, you know, it's not so compelling. You know what I mean? And people were thosey. And I don't say that,

I don't see that to be disrespectful. It's just like, it seems like, you know, what people were experiencing. Yeah, and I think, look, there is a temptation to have our message be entirely about Donald Trump because we're so disturbed by what his return would mean. And maybe a little more also about J.D. Vance because of how odd he's turned out to me. I gotta tell you, boy did that, boy did that, boy did that dude drop a turd on launch. Right. I've never seen anything like that where they were like, one day they were like, the heir to the Maga Fortune and the Maga, the Prince J.D. Shal Martin, he comes out and he's like, I hate cat ladies, you know. It's rough, and you know, just like systematically insulted so many people. Yeah. It's not just the kind of things he said, but the policy ideas behind them. Like, he has this idea that you should get extra votes if you have kids.

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which I agree with, that it gives you unique perspective on the future. It's that not being a parent makes you less. Like, he said, I think that's that's the, I their that's their their that's, I that's, I their, I that's, I that's, I that's, I that's, I thia, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thin, I thi, I thi, I thi, I'm, I'm not, I thi, I'm not, I think that's absolutely how I feel. He said, people who don't have children, this is a quote, have no physical commitment to the future of this country. Wow. And I just think about how, like, no physical commitment to the future. Like, when I was deployed to Afghanistan, I didn't have kids back then. But I will tell you, especially when there was a rocket attack going on, my commitment to this country felt

pretty, pretty physical. This is why people love seeing you go on their shows because that framing is perfect. This is why people love seeing you go on their shows, because that framing is perfect. Because it does, it points to that idea that who are you to tell what's in someone else's heart about what they feel about the future or what they feel about this country. And the sacrifices that you made, as you said,

without having had children were tremendous. So it's shocking. And I also have to address this sort of strange, I think, false populism on the right, economic populism. The Roberts Court has been the least worker-friendly court and God knows how long. Their policies, you know, they complain about globalization hurting workers, and I do think that's a correct formulation. I think we didn't do enough in that moment But I don't think they realize what right-to-work states Yeah, you know what they think Mexico is to the United States. Texas is to New York like it's a race to the bottom and there's all kinds of Soties that show right-to-work states depress wages. They depress workers safety. They do all kinds of terrible so what is th????? the the the the the the the the th. the th. the the the the th. the the the the the their, their their their their their their their th. thi. thi. thi. thi. 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. their. their. their. their. their. th. thi. thi. thi. te. te. tea. teole. te. tea. teoooooooooooooooooooooooes. te. their., they do all kinds of terrible, so what is this economic populism based on? Well it's not based on

policy, it's just body language. It's this idea that if you just act like you are populist, that that counts as if, look, I'm under no illusions that elections are just a policy exercise. A lot of it is vibes, a lot of it is style, but if your party has been systematically against unions, against a higher minimum wage, against things like paid family leave, against overtime, then just because you found Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock and put him on state, doesn't make you a friend of the working man, right? Like this substance actually matters. Well, I

would only say it does make you a friend of the working man in the 80s. So I think I think that was helpful. Do you, in terms of that, I wonder, you know, ever ever since Reagan, and I think Democratic administrations have gone along with it too much as well. The shift from a labor economy to an investment economy and the penalties that labor faces versus you know there's no question that Equities and the investment market have done unbelievably well since you know the 80s right and that labor has, you know, while much further behind Yeah, it's a shareholder economy. Why is it so difficult to get workers, forget about even unions, a place at the table at the companies, if

these companies have done so well for their shareholders, why can't the workers share in that prosperity in the same way as why can't they be shareholders? Yeah, I think that's right, although I will say one thing that that unions are increasingly doing is getting employees a chance to participate in that profit sharing for exactly that reason. And getting that seat at the table. But that's exactly why it matters not just kind of what your style or your affect is, but what you're actually proposing to do.

And I would say part of what we can be really proud of from the Biden-Harris years, and I think in future, a future Harris administration too, is a real focus on returning a little more to a worker-led economy or a worker-oriented economy that includes making things. Yes, you know, the the financialization, a lot of those trends have been very powerful, yeah, the role of the information economy, which is merged, thi merged, the thii, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, too, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, and, to, and, and, to, and, and, is, and, is, is, and, is, is, and, is, is, is, is, is, and, is, is, is, is a, is a, and, and, is a, is a, and, and, the, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, you the, you the, you the, you the, you the, the, you the, the, the, the, the, they. And, the, the, the, the, th. And, the role of the information economy, which is merged in some ways with manufacturing because even a car is increasingly part car, part computer. But it's still really important that we make the cars here, and that's part of what we've been working to make happen. There was a manufacturing recession during Trump, even before COVID. There was a manufacturing boom now.

You have to go back decades to find anything like this much investment in terms of the amount of places around the country right now where factories are being built. There was just a guy, it was, I think it was the mayor, it was a city in Arizona. It might have been Mesa, wrote an op-ed, almost saying exactly that. He's a Republican. And he's in a border town. And he's in a border towar, and he was saying, and he was saying, and he was saying, and he was saying, and he's a border their, and he's a border their, and he's a border town, and he's a, I I I, I, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I th. th. th. th. th. th. It was saying, I thi, I thi, I th. It was a, I th. It was a, I th. It was a, I th. It was a, I the mayor. It was a, I the mayor. It was, I I, I, I the mayor. It was, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I was a, I was a, I, I was a, I. the the th. the the th. the the the the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thin. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the Chips Act, because of what they've tried to do. And maybe that is, the key is to get that out in those sorts of places where people might not normally hear. Yeah, because I remember being a mayor in the industrial Midwest, and actually the one time that Trump fooled me, I'll admit it. Something he said he would do it, believed him was when he said he was going to pass this big infrastructure law. I thought he would do it because it's good politically and why not.

And of course he failed to do it. Joe Biden did. By the way, with a lot of involvement from Kamala Harris. And now it's something that I wish back when I was mayor that we had that kind of winded our back as a city. went to his college. I thought for sure, I saw the ad and I went to it and it turned out I'm not a doctor. But I'll say this, I think the really important thing to watch with him isn't the promises that he broke. Like yeah, he broke the promise about infrastructure, he broke the promise about 6% growth, he even broke the promise he made to that January 6th mob when he said he was going to be right there with there there there there there there there there their their their.. their. the promises. He's, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to, to, to, to, the, to, to, to, to, to, their, to, to, to, to, 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, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, the, and, the, and, the, and, the, and, and, and, the, the, and, and, the, the, and, to that January 6 mob when he said he was going to be right there with him when they marched on the Capitol.

But actually the promises he kept are the really interesting ones because I think they tell you what the next Trump administration if he got one would be like. And he really kept two. One was the promise he made to the Christian right to eliminate the right to choose. And the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to the to to to to the to eliminate. the to eliminate. the the to the to e. the the to ea. the to ea. to ea. to ea. to ea. to ea. the to ea. toe. toe. toe. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. Bute. to actually, to actually, to actually, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the promises. Bute. Bute. Bute. the promises. the promises. the promises. Ande. Ande. Ande. Ande. Ande.shsoracea. Ande. Ande. Ande. Ande. Ande. And, the the the the the the the the the truuuu America to cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy. Those are the promises he followed through on. That's what he's about. Hulk Hogan or not. I think every, that's great. Pete Boudditch says, from now on, every political conversation in this country has to end with Hulk Hogan or not. Pete Budejahs, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after that.

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