The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Trump Rally in Des Moines

Episode Date: October 24, 2021

Jordan Klepper visits a pro-Trump rally in Des Moines, IA, where the MAGA faithful continue their devotion to the former president, and QAnon conspiracy theories abound. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. 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 treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. I'm back in my first Trump rally since January 6, 2021.

A day, no one will ever forget. Unless you're a Republican member of Congress. Yes, Trump is gathering people once again. So I headed to my favorite Iowa State Capitol, where the crowd was ready to proclaim Trump won and trun and trun't trun't, and even though Trump won they're hoping he runs again. Hey, we're a place to announce the candidacy than here in the Hawkeye State. Are we ready for this? I mean the last guy hasn't even

conceded yet. Well I mean I have some choice words for especially our vice president but I'm trying to be civil today so. My last Trump rally was January 6th. Have you seen any gallows go up anywhere? Nope. Do you think Mike Pence will show up here today or does he not want to hang? Oh, I think he would be afraid to show up here today. Yeah, why's that? Because he was a coward. He didn't do the right thing, that's why.

Or because these people try to kill him. The Maga Faithful expressed their support for the former president in all the totally normal ways, with Confederate flags in Iowa and images of Trump on a velociraptor with a machine gun. You know, people say, oh, Trump's or that's a cult, blah, blah, blah. But I feel like cult is such a negative word. We are not a group of Americans that love our country and want it their there any old hits or things you hope he goes back to? Um, oh gosh, I feel like whatever he spews out of his mouth, I just love it. Um, I just love. You know, it doesn't matter what he says?

Yeah, we're gonna love being here, we're gonna love hearing what he has to say. But this isn't a cult. No, I don't think think think think, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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. thi. to to to theee. to to to to to thee. the. thi. the. thi. the. the. the. Not a cult at all. It's not like they would rather almost piss themselves than miss a second of the Donald's speech. But if they're already looking to Trump's yet to be announced 2024 campaign, what are the big issues? I really hope he gets to the topic of the border crisis. That's one of the bigger things right Trump's potential campaign would also be about healing the broken nation caused by the current Biden administration. I mean obviously this

administration is doing all it can to pit each other against each other. Yeah, every way shape and form they've been trying to divide it. It's like this administration is giving the middle finger to have every... the whole country if you ask me, and that's just, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, the whole, th. th. the whole, th. th. the whole, th. Um, the whole, th. Um, the whole, th. Um, th. Um, th. Um, thi, um, thi, the, the, um, the, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, te, um, um, te. Um, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, um, te, um, te, um, um. te, te, te, te, te, thi. Um, te, te, te, tte, te, tttte. tttttte. ttttttte. ttttttttttrue. ttttttttttttttrue. tt been trying to divide it. It's like this administration is giving the middle finger to half the country. The whole country, if you ask me, the whole damn country. That's just wrong. It's absolutely wrong. We shouldn't be giving the middle finger to half the country. Right.

We should be loving one together. We should be. We should be working together. to each other and still be this great country that we are supposed to be or we were at one point in time. Yeah doing this is childhood. Yes. I've had people stop talking to me for my views. Should show respect. Yes. What's what's going down on your shirts? I think they speak for themselves, do they not? Why doesn't someone want to engage with that? Am I right? Exactly. This is sort of like the Trump welcome sign, right? Maybe the most surprising moment of the rally was when I ran into an old friend I thought I'd never see again. Q's back! And there's Q's shit everywhere! Yes, the online conspiracy following a mysterious character known as Q was more popular than ever. Is that a Q? Yeah. Are you a Q-supporter? Certainly. Wasn't Q's whole thing that Trump would be reinstated as president? He's never left.

There's no doubt in my mind, 150,000 percent. That he's still president of the United States? Really? Does he still hold the powers of the presidency? Well, he's been flying around the world on Air Force One. It says something. I thought Joe Biden's technically on Air Force One. No. No. So they're faking it?

Yeah, it's not even a presidency. Who is running the government right now? President Trump. He's running the government. And the military. And he's running the military. So we should blame him for what happened in Afghanistan? No.

But it's still his fault. It's way beyond my understanding. I don't, I don't, I'm that. Thank you for talking to me, George. Enjoy seeing President, current President Trump. Thank you. So Q is telling them that Trump is still the President. And also where to park their cars.

A lot of characters here today. We have a woman directing traffic wearing a Q& on shirt. I assume she's also inspecting cards for lizard people and make-believe pedophile rings. And thanks to online bullshit, they have a very interesting take on who was behind the January 6th insurrection. Oh, Antifa, like the corrupt FBI, basically rhinos, corrupt politicians, the deep state, all of that. I don't believe that it was people like me and people like you see over there in thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the people like the the people like the the the people like the people like the the the people like their their file, their people like their people like their people like their people like the people like pedophile their peoep pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedophile pedop pedopil peo peo peo peo peo people, their people, their people like their people like their people like their people like their people like their their their their their their their their their their their people like the deep state, all that. I don't believe it was people like me and people like you see over there in that crowd that did it. Who was behind? FBI, CIA and Tifa were used.

Other groups like that. It seemed like a lot of them were going into the Capitol to attack Nancy Pelosi and perhaps hanging. Who? Who? Who? Who? The one with the bullhorns? He's not a Trump supporter. I don't care what his resume says. He's not a Trump supporter.

In fact, do you remember the picture of the plane in Afghanistan with all the people running next to it? That was a balloon plane. If you look at the missing from the real plane to that place. So you're saying there's a conspiracy around the Afghanistan withdrawal? No, I'm saying that there was one guy there who ran. It's the only guy who turned to the camera and waved his hands. Do you all remember that? Everybody remember that?

He's the guy with the horns on his hat. He was in Afghanistan. Yes, go look at the pictures. I think he's in jail right now. No, that's what they tell. Who's going to? We're going to find pictures of like the Horn guy in like the background of old civil war photos or in paintings of the Revolutionary War II? I was telling you the picture looks just like it. Can America's centuries-old democracy? Maybe this guy knows. Watch the Daily Show, Week Nights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central,

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