The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jordan Klepper Dishes On The Latest Trump and Haley Rallies

Episode Date: February 19, 2024

In this podcast exclusive, Daily Show contributor Jordan Klepper and supervising producer Ian Berger dish on all the behind-the-scenes moments from the latest Trump and Haley rallies in South Carolina, what didn’t make it into the piece, and what it's like to have Jon Stewart back in the building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey, Ears Edition, listeners. This is Daily Show Supervising Producer, Ian Berger.

We're so happy to be back making new, this is Daily Show Supervising Producer Ian Berger. We're so happy to be back making new episodes of the Daily Show. The Daily Show returned with John Stewart and Jordan Clepper hosting. Today, I'm fortunate enough to be joined by Daily Show contributor, Jordan, how are you? Ian, I'm doing well, good to see you. Good to see you. I feel like we just spent a lot of time together. We do. We're on the road on the road on the road on the road on the road. We're on the road. We're on the road. We're on the road. We're on th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tod. to to to today. today. 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 thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. the. the. the. the. the. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. today. today. today. today. today. today. I feel like we just spend a lot of time together. We do. We're on the road all the time. Yes. But this is nice. We're in a podcast studio. We're not in a La Quinta somewhere. Usually we're having whatever strange breakfast that whatever hotel shoves out to us. Usually a weird type of omelette, greasy omelette, bad hash browns. We're forced to eat alike and weirdly today. We're in today. today. today. the today. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. the same. today. today. today. the same. today. today. today. today. thea-s. theaughed. theaughed. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. to thea. to thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. toge. We're toge. toguu. togu. We're togu. togu. We're. We're. today. We're. We're. today. We're. today. today. We're. today.'re in the office and we ordered the same dish from the same restaurant It's true. So we may have a problem. I think because we're forced to eat similar food when you come back to New York you're like,

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I'm like, give me the big protein pack from Starbucks. I want to feel like I'm in a terminal, and a regional airport. This is great. Thank you guys. It's like Akron in here. It's here. It's here. It's here. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. I. I. I. th. th. I. th. I. th. th. th. th. thi. I. thi. I. I. th. I. I's. th. th. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the th. the the the their. their. their. their. their. the their. the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I. th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I's. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. th. th. t t te. toda. toda. toda. toda. th. th. th. the. th. the. th. th. th, let's just talk about this week. There's big news this week. A familiar face, back at the desk on Mondays, and back helping us make this show. How do you feel about it? How do you think it's going?

We've had such a fun week. What an exciting surprise when they announced that John was coming back. Just you and I both got to work with John back in the day. Boy what, nine years ago? Almost 10 years ago? You started when? How many years ago? I started just before the 08 convention. Well, 08 conventions, it was both. Yeah, and then theymea. I started almost, yeah, 2014. And so I was with John for a year and a half, and then they make this big announcement and they bring John into the studio that he's going to be hosting Mondays, and what a surprise, what an exciting, awesome shock for us to sort of have this person who is really

important for so many people's lives here at the Daily Show and who I think, you know, we've missed hearing his voice over these last few years, even though he's had wonderful shows where his voice has been on, but I think there's so many people here were like, oh, we'd love to hear him day in and day out. And so to have him back on the show is pretty gosh darn great. How do you think his involvement in kind of like tone he may set on on Monday nights, the other nights, nights you host and days we go out into the field You know we had when John came in we had a big meeting where John kind of sat down to talk about the things He was excited about with the election and I think we've had such a unique year and a half with guest hosts. We've had gotten to try a lot of different ideas a lot of different voices at the show and I think this last year and a half today. that, the to of to of of of. of. of. to the to the the the to the the to the to the the the the too. the the their their their their their their their their their their their their too. their their too. too. too. too. too. too. too. to to to to to to to 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 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 thea.ea. thea. their. the show. And I think this last year and a half taught us many things.

And one of them is sort of the infrastructure of the daily show. You're still, we have such a very clear voice at the show. And even if you're changing who the host is, this building is built to sort of get these ideas attacked and approached in very similar thoughtful ways. But we haven't have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the thi thi thi thi their thi, their the thi. their the, the, the o' the the thi. thi. thi. thi. the the. the. the. the. the. the the. the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I the an theanananan. theananananananan. theananananananananananananananananananananananananannenenenenenenenenenenene ways. But we haven't had an opportunity to sit down and really talk about like, all right, this is what we're doing attacking the biggest election year of our lives. And John came in and sort of was like, here's what I'm feeling about this. This is such an important year. It's an existential threat,

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different. And now it feels like we have this unified front, and we're all running in the same way. And to that, we had to figure the pulse shot last weekend. Do you want to tell us a little bit about that where it was? Yeah, we knew we wanted to jump out and get out that we hadn't been out on the road for a while and we've been wanting to cover what's happening in South Carolina. Nicky Haley, like we spent a lot of time at Mag Myrtle Beach, and Nicky Haley had an event across the state. And so our goal there was to, one, see what a Nicky Haley voter is looking for.

Is there, like, who is that person? If Nicky Haley drops out, are they jumping over to the Trump team? And also, what do Trump voters think of Nick Haley? Is this race over what happens to the people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, thapapape, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th.. And, th.. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, is, tooooooooooo. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. thi. thi. thito the people once this thing has decided. And also big issues of the moment, like, I don't know, Trump's saying he'll be a dictator from day one. We hadn't had an opportunity since he made that comment. And he made the comment about poisoning the blood of our country when he was talking about, the maga republicans about whether that affected their views of Donald Trump. And so this was a chance for us to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, tho, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and, and, their, and, and, and, and, and, and, their, and, and, their, and, and, their, and, their. And, their. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, that affected their views of Donald Trump. And so this was a chance for us to get on the road and do that. One thing that I appreciated about this segment, producing it and watching it, watching you

in it, it wasn't just a mega rally. We were able to go to two different events, and that's rare. And I think we were kind of holding off on doing something until we had this opportunity is not going to last long. And we'll see how long Haley's in it. But what was your impression of the Haley rally when you got there? We're there a little early. It was very different than from what we're used to. I would say it was refreshing. I would agree.

Like, just the logistics of a Trump rally are that you show up in a parking lot six hours before Donald Trump arrives and there's thousands of people waiting to go inside. And so even functionally we're talking to people in a parking lot who are in it to win it and they're there for that rally. Approaching the Nikki Haley event, people are not waiting outside hours ahead of time. But the people who arrive a little bit before Nicky Haley arrives are politically curious folks. They're less garden. There were some people who were die-hard Nikki Haley people.

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And it felt like a throwback with the Little American flags and the buttons and the curious and the nervous people, signing people up for mailing lists. It was like, oh, this is what the political world used to be like a decade ago. Right, I think it's what we would hope we could encounter more. Yes, as you said, it's refreshing. Like, even just the backdrop, it was like, oh, we're not in a parking lot, this is this lovely green field with this pretty barn in the background. It was a wedding venue. I could see having a wedding there, but that's a very different vibe than a parking lot. Even like the music played. Yeah. It seemed like the music. the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, th. Oh, th. thi, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, 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. We're the. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th you know, there was some fun queen songs and some nice, non-offensive classic rock. You go to the Trump...

Little Joan Jet was thrown in there. You can see her nodding to like female rock stars from the past, but not having to go all in. She doesn't want to be a feminist. So, you know, everything is politicized there. or even sometimes they bring in speakers and videos that are advertising for the Trump campaign in a way. Like it's this Haley event was it was remarkably refreshing a little bit of a deviation that we usually get. I totally agree and it was lovely and small and short and I don't know how many more of those will get

to attend but you wanted to tell us a little bit about some of the characters you met there. We ran into a decent amount of folks. I mean, I think overall a few hundred people probably showed up for this Haley event. And we ran into some people who were Trump voters who had just had it. They felt like they were embarrassed by Donald Trump and were really, really looking for another answer. We ran to a couple people who had traveled from out of state who wanted to see Nikki Haley, who were super fans of Nicky Haley, talked to a Democrat or two who were there because they

were disappointed in Joe Biden. I wanted to see what Nicky Haley offered. Another person did talk about the realities of potentially voting for Nick Haley in the Republican primary as a way to be against Trump and perhaps voting for Biden in a general election. So there were a handful of things going on. And then there was Bubba. Oh, and there was Baba. And then, you, did you recognize Bava?

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And he was somebody who has served in the Georgia state legislature, I believe for many, many years, calls himself a true independent, has never been connected to any party in particular. I think he's still volunteers with the Georgia state legislature new Nicky Haley from way back when, was an amateur filmmaker as he told us about, he told us about Bigfoot content. The Bigfoot, he made multiple films about Bigfoot, I believe. He was such a lovely character who loved, he loved South Carolina, gave back to

South Carolina, wanted to be a part of government, and was seeking out people who could do some good, felt Nikki Haley was that person. He was volunteering, he was putting up signs, he was handing out stickers to folks and he was also talking to us about Bigfoot content. I was like, this, this is America. Yeah, I loved it. And what another thing about him I thought was so charming was like how heartfelt he was in her defense, like she is not going to get embarrassed here. And like that line I was like, oh, I hear you, I'm not sure about that. Unfortunately, I'm not sure about that, but that's really great that you are, you know, that passionate. Unfortunately, just three hours down the road,

Donald Thanos Trump. And I say Thanos not because he's a Marvel villain, but because he's inevitable in that world. Unfortunately, yeah, he was having a rally and it was very different if you want to tell us about your initial impressions contrasted with the Haley room. Yet again, there's a ton of people there. We roll up and there's a pin that's cordoned off with hundreds and hundreds of people who have been there. You know, this event, as always, this event, I think, we're there at 8.30, and there's probably close to a thousand people there. Now, I will also say there is no. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to, th. th. to, thi. th. to, thi. thi. to, th. to, to, to, to, th. th. the, the, thi. the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, they. 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. t. t. to. to. to. te. toda. toda. toda. toda. te. toda. the to. the te. the te. te thousand people there. Now I will also say there is no doubt that people are showing up for Trump rallies. The one thing I can't speak for is the overall breadth of support at a Trump rally because the big picture that they got from this Trump rally was Trump showed up, people couldn't get in.

They filled that venue quickly. And so there were a thousand people outside that Trump pulled up before he went in and he did a photo op outside with a thousand people who couldn't get inside the rally, which is a good look and it shows that he's a popular guy and he is, let it be known, people are showing up for a Donald Trump event. I think there should be some more investigation as to whether these events are as big and I think he's booking smaller venues. But th th th th th th thuu- th th thu-and th thu-and thi thi thi thi thi the thi thi the thi thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus the the thi the. And I theateateateathea the. And I the. And the. the. the. the. the. the. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. And the, the, the, the, the, the the the thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean thean smaller venues than he has in the past. But regardless, there are photo ops to be had and there are a bunch of people who will wait in a parking lot for six hours ready to talk. Especially outside of Myrtle Beach. They were there they were there to party a little bit of fun and talk that Maga talk.

Yeah, there were people on our on our flight down who were there for both reasons. It was Myrtle Beach drunk and Trump Maga Party. Drink golf Trump. That's got a man of t-shirt somewhere outside Murtle Beach. Yeah, I get it. I get it. Other impressions from this rally, there were stuff, you know, as you said, we kind of wanted to see their reaction to kind of the most outlandrous thing Trump has said since we've done the previous rally. What were your reactions to that? Well I think the big question we had we went down there was Trump as dictator

there's been a lot of Trump as dictator talk. Also Trump as as King, he's asking for total immunity as president. Did the bump with any of his supporters? No, it didn't. I think it didn't bump with any of its supporters. I think some of them would talk around, like the idea of a dictator that's still a pejorative for some people in the maga universe. And so they might roll their eyes at that language, but still jump on board the idea that Trump, Trump needs the power to get stuff done and doesn't want the checks of the government. A dictatorship for day one? Yeah. And that's what we need. What does that actually look like? Well that means that about half the people in the Department of Justice should be arrested and put behind bars. That's like a true dictatorship. Yeah. Well you know it needs to happen.

Donald Trump said it'll be a dictator day one. What do you think of that? Is that a good idea? Let's get it done. Get in and get it done? Let's go. He's not gonna be like a Hitler dictator. No. More like a Mussolini dictator for a day.

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would they not be Taylor Swift fans? No, they love Taylor Swift. No, there are two women under 25 years old. They're like, of course we love her. I think that's an important reminder that like, the internet is not a real place. Now, it can affect real things and it is a tool to rile people up. And Fox News is going to talk about Taylor Swift because it gets clicked, and it gets people angry. And your grandma might be angry in a basement, thap. And thap. And thap. And than, th. And th. And thi. And thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is not thi, is not thi, is not is not thi, is not thi, is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is not is th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the internet thi, thi, the internet thi, the internet the internet thi. the internet the internet the internet the internet, the internet, the internet, the internet, the internet, the internet, the internet, thi. the internet, thi. this Taylor Swift person, and there's probably some people on Telegram who love to go down that conspiracy wormhole, but our little slice of folks at the Maga Raleigh were not affected or thinking about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl in any constructive way. And I think that is a constant reminder to not look at the conversations,

on Twitter or Telegram or acts as a reflection of the actual conversations people are having in Red America. Would you go so far as to say, maybe it was not a worthwhile use of time to write with you and me and some great writers on this show, like 40 Taylor Swift jokes? We had some, we had a back pocket full of some really fun Taylor Swift jokes, some premises about what Usher was going to be promoting, what environmental policies he was going to be going to go. They did no opinion on Usher. We'll be right back to chat more with Clepper.

Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGIIT.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. They's. They's. They's. They's. They's. They's. They's they's they's they' they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they's. They's they. They's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they. They's they. They's they. They's they. They's they. They's they's. They's. They's. They's they's they's they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're their their to to to their to to to to to their to to their to their their to their to their their to their to their to their to their to to to their to the going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. 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 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 podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Talking about characters. There was one character at the end of the piece, a very sympathetic character that you talked to. Do you want to tell us about that interaction? Well, we... His name is Mike. I believe he had a tattoo with his own name on his arm. A Mike tattoo on his arm. Mike was a Trump supporter, Trump volunteer, who had arrived at this

trump event hours before, but it was pretty clear he wouldn't be able to get in and he was a little bit stressed and upset about it. We started talking to Mike about Trump. I think the first it's not in the piece again these pieces are truncated the first thing Mike talked about we asked him about the upcoming election and his his prognosis was that Trump actually was going to be reinstated before-November so... Are you double president? If you're the president and then you get elected president, are you double president? Is it like you kind of power up in a video game? I mean honestly, he's like bigger Mario than... I think technically that might be a, that might be some sort of a loophole that Democrats want to explore because if you put him in a month before the presidency then he wins is he already served a second term and

therefore cannot serve beyond that? Mike hadn't thought this through and frankly neither had I. But it's wild that that wasn't on our show because we had other things to talk about. This is what's what we keep going out. It's like people like oh what's on the cutting room floor. There's a their. It's a. There are a wild thing. There's, there, every conversation has a January 6th conspiracy embedded in it that we look at afterwards and we're like, are we talking about this, right now? Because the conspiracy always is evolving and codifying in different ways, but we're like, no, stay focused, stay focused, the scam, we had talked through that double president thing, and I felt like the conversation was wrapping up because he kind of wasn't making sense about a lot.

And this is why it's a good idea to never listen to me, Jordan. I gave you the wrap it up side just behind the other camera. I was like, okay. I don't know if you ignored me, thau, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. th. th. th. th th that, that, that, tho, th th tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, 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, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the thoo. the thi. I don't know if you ignored me, that would be okay. I don't know if you didn't see me. But either way, you kept talking to him. And which you and I both say this a lot. Like sometimes you just, you really do just have to keep talking to people and let them open up. And then he did open up. He did. And I think that's what was compelling about that he had made into Trump World products. I have supported him with checks and the gold, gold Trump bars, a $100 gold things. I can't get rid of those. And FT cards, the TRB cards.

So how did that one? They gave me a pen number, and then you go to any ATM. Went to the ATM and couldn't get nothing out. The car has nothing on it. You think it was a scam? It might have been, I don't know. Do you've invested a lot in Donald Trump? Yeah. Everyone is telling me to buy something different.

Stop by. Don't buy any. And I just, as a guy who's just getting to know you here, stop it. I am. with a good amount of them. Like at first we thought he was talking about certain Trump world like NFTs. He had mentioned purchasing gold bars, which upon some further research, I think were Trump branded, I think they're branded as gold bullion bars that cost about a hundred bucks. And I think he was under the assumption that these were like legal tender as opposed

to just fake gold with Trump's face on it, that it cost $100 because they're ripping people off. I think he also assumed he got a debit card that had more money on it than he paid for. Yes, there's a thing called a TRB scam that is a company that essentially is jumping. Donald Trump has created a world of products that he just dumps onto a lot of the MAGA supporters. And some are as silly as goofy as, as, as, as, as, as, as, thifeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfeyfey to thified to to to toofia, toofia, toofix thia, toofix toofix toofix tooomk tooomk tooomk that 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 toa toa, toffia, toffia, toe, toe, toe, toofia, toozyfia, toozyfia, toozymea, toozymea, toozy, toozy, toozy, too., too. toaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa toa tooomk tooomk toa dumps onto a lot of the MAGA supporters. And some are as silly as NFTs, some are as goofy as weird hats, but there's a

lot of investment opportunities in Trump paraphernalia that a lot of people take. I think there's a second tier of organizations that that prey on that. And one of these scams is selling Trump cards that I essentially are saying if currency ever devalues you have these scams is selling Trump cards that essentially are saying if currency ever devalues you have these credit cards that you've already put money into that you could go to a bank and get money out of. And so he was under the assumption that he could buy a hundred dollar cards and they'd be worth thousands of dollars in a bank if he waits 30 days and then goes to a bank.

And he was telling us, you went to the bank. He wasn't getting the money and he's filed police reports and it's starting to ruin his marriage and he's falling apart because he's invested so much money in this Trump universe. But then his instinct was to perhaps invest more. Yes, another person had found him and said they could help him if they paid him more. And this is, we find the humor out there on the road, but there are people like Mike, and I think what was so compelling about him is I really, you really feel for this guy. Like, Mike seemed really sweet and kind.

He seemed truly troubled by these things that he was promised, that would be financial windfalls, or at least a way to support a person who was the president of the United States. And people clearly took advantage of him. He saw it as a scam, but he had no way out. the today, but he had no way out. Literally, he'd he police reports and other scammers were coming to him, to out of this. Didn't he say he wanted to go into the Trump rally to ask people within Trump's orbit like hey what can I do about this? Now they're going to not know anything about that because to defend Trump's campaign and

and his administration or whatever they are not they don't sell these products but at the same time I don't think they're doing enough to like kind of separate themselves. If somebody put your name on something and it was fraudulent, you'd want to be like, hey, everybody don't buy that. Yes. They're, they are a part of a, of a Donald Trump universe that sells crap, promising BS to a lot of MAGA supporters who are constantly getting emails asking you to donate, are asking you to buy weird pictures, weird paraphernalia, things that will have collector value in the future. And so they've created like an entire ecosystem of bad investments. Legal in many cases, dubious but legal that people put money into.

And that attracts like chum in the water. A bunch of other bad actors who are creating fake, scammy businesses, taking advantage of these Maga people who are spending money on knickknacks. And now these knicknacks are weaponized to just take the money off of it. And they're leaving somebody like Mike, who doesn't know who to to to to to to to to to to to to to to true.. th. true. And true. And th. And true true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And true. And thatu. And that, and th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And the the tr. And tr. And tr. And tr. And tr. And the th. And tr. And th. And th. th. th. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. thate. thateateat tru. that tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. And tru. And tru.knacks are weaponized to just take the money off of it. And they're leaving somebody like Mike, who doesn't know who to turn to, outside of a literal Trump rally, unable to get in, just wanting a few questions. And yet, we're like, leave, Mike, you need to leave this. There's a scam going on inside right now, don't go in. And that draw, he still wants to go in. He still wants to go in and listen to that man because he hope he has an answer for it. Well, to be honest, when we were shooting it, we were talking to him, I don't think either of us knew what he was talking about.

We had some familiarity with ads we have seen, but the debit card thing, the gold coins, the gold bullion bars, I had not heard of. And so I, like, obviously, we wea, we we we we we we wea, we th th th th th th th th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, thin, thin, thin, thin, tho, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, I thin, I thin, I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. He, th. He, th. He, th. He th. He th. He th. He th. He th. He th. He th. He's 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 thin, th looked it up in the car and we're like, oh this is a real problem, it's very sad. But when it was happening I was like, I don't, I don't, is this real? Is he really describing something that exists? And unfortunately it does. Yep. There's a lot of bad ways you can spend your money in the Trump orbit. There are good ways. You could, for example, th, Donald Trump's face on your crotch. Now, I don't know that you can, like, I don't know what the resale value on those shorts is,

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And then what we witnessed was Trump fans immediately attacking them, not physically, but without knowing why they were there. Yeah. Do you remember that? What was your reaction to that? I mean, there are so many pictures. There's so many moments that you could th you th youwell paint them, and let it be reflective of what America feels like right now. And it was a somewhat confusing situation, but that doesn't mean people didn't have giant hyperbolic reactions to it. And so that group of protesters who

were predominantly African-American protesters who had the college's initials, I believe it was like CC, I will say it, I see you, I think it was, it was frankly from a distance a confusing message. Something about like, CCU, you don't see me. I had to go up and talk to some of the protesters, and again it seemed as if they were, they were students who were on campus who felt like the campus sprung Trump's arrival on them, shut down the campus...... the campus. the campus. the campus. the campus. the protesters and again it seemed as if they were they were students who were on campus who felt like the campus sprung Trump's arrival on them shut down the campus people in dorms couldn't get across campus and the students were mad they were upset we don't we don't want Donald Trump this political event on our campus and you never even asked us you sprung it on us so they set up a group across the street away from where the rally was taking place and they just started chanting, CCU, you don't see me, something of that nature. Again, if you're walking by,

you don't really have a sense of any of the context, you just know that this is a predominantly African-American group chanting. And then we watch about 30 feet away, trusteaders running by, screaming profanities, giving the bird, people driving by, honking, trying to drown them out, and just, just vitriol and anger. Knee-jerk reaction. Knee-jerk, like, they don't know what this is. They just know, this is a group of people screaming, this is a group of people protesting, and I know I hate that so much that I will give it the finger. I think our producer Abby who is on the road with us was like,

what are they, why are they giving the finger? And you're like, look around. We're interviewing people wearing pictures of Donald Trump giving the finger to Joe Biden. Right. That son is with a mom who has a fuck Joe Biden's shirt on. And so, when they walk by a group of people peacefully protesting, their instinct is I will give them the finger, I will scream, fuck you. And it's like this is, this is so broken. Now, unfortunately that was like our last moment at the rally, not that we leave rallies on,

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who wasn't trying to tell the tale of January 6 as a heroic one or some conspiratorial FBI situation, but was telling it as like, I made a mistake, I changed my mind, there is hope. And we had been looking for other projects, you know, or other segments, a year, a year and a half ago, we had been looking for people who might have changed their tune after they faced consequences for what they did on January 6th.

And we had not been able to find it, and then suddenly she walked up. So that was interesting. I feel like we're gonna do another few years of this, talked to a few more thousand people and we'll meet a second one. I can't wait for that. Yeah, yeah. From seven years from now we find another person who was able to slightly change their mind at the next insurrection. Well, it's great to be back on the road. It's great to have to have John Stewart back. It's great to have all these wonderful. Anything you're looking forward to, um, anything you're looking forward to to to to to to to to to to to to the to be the the their. their. their. their. their. to be their. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their s s sa, their their their their their their sa, 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 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s a s a s s a s a slite, their thii. thii. thi. thiiia. thiiia. thiia. thiiia. thiia. thia. thia. thia. their their their their the field. Man, just hitting the ground running. I think this week has been incredible. We got to go back out to a rally which is our, we love being out there in the mix of all this chaos. To come back and see John at the desk was inspiring and really energized everybody.

I got to be, I've been at the desk this week, had a show last night, and I mean there's no better place to sit than at the desk, at the Daily Show, getting to go through the news with the wonderful people at this show. So yeah, I think we're ready to go. We got a heck of a, a heck of a year ahead. So get some rest. All right, get some rest. Explore more shows from the Daily Show Podcast Universe by searching the Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts.

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