The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Kamala’s Media Blitz, Porn Politics, and the Fight for Abortion Rights

Episode Date: October 10, 2024

Jordan Klepper unpacks Kamala Harris’s recent media blitz, focusing on how she is carving out her identity apart from Biden. Melania Trump takes to Fox News for a book tour, Stephen Miller adopts hi...s "sexual matador" persona, and Project 2025 targets the porn industry. In "Sports War," Ronny Chieng and Jordan clash over rumors about Aaron Rodgers, Vanderbilt vandalism, and Pete Rose’s farewell. Jessica Valenti discusses her bestselling book on abortion rights and the post-Dobbs landscape ahead of the election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 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 Jon Stewart wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news.
Starting point is 00:00:44 This is The Daily Show with your host, Jordan Klepper. Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Jordan Klepper. We got so much to talk about tonight. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm George Clever. We got so much to talk about tonight. Calvary's packing heat, Trump's sleeping in the buff, and I get to yell at Ronny Chieng. But first, let's get into it with another installment
Starting point is 00:01:15 of Indecision 2024. All right, we are just 26 days away from the election. That's less than one menstrual cycle, according to the period app JD Vance is secretly tracking you with. So, with less than a month to go, both campaigns are going all out, starting with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris,
Starting point is 00:01:40 who's been everywhere recently. New shows, daytime talk shows, satellite radio, podcasts, your kids' piano recital. She applauded, but seriously, Chopsticks? I mean, you could do better, Arlo. This media blitz is not a moment too soon because voters are looking for change and Kamala needs to articulate
Starting point is 00:02:03 why she's the candidate of change. She's had plenty of time to think about it. So let's see her answer. If anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years? There is not a thing that comes to mind. Oh. Oh.
Starting point is 00:02:21 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Starting point is 00:02:29 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Starting point is 00:02:37 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! on a popular administration, surely, you would do something different. Listen, I plan on having a Republican in my cabinet.
Starting point is 00:02:46 You asked me... Oh, I got a list. Yes. Right? You asked me, what's the difference between Joe Biden and me? Well, that will be one of the differences. I'm gonna have a Republican in my cabinet.
Starting point is 00:02:56 Okay. Everything Joe Biden did plus Republicans. Sneaky move, you know? Appealing to Republicans by promising to do a diversity move, you know, appealing to Republicans by promising to do a diversity hire, you know? Which they famously love that. Now that she said that, I'm sure she said she won't go too far in trying to appeal to conservatives.
Starting point is 00:03:20 I have a Glock. Okay. Okay. Okay. Easy, Madam Vice President. I have a Glock. Okay. Okay. Easy, Madam Vice President. I have a family, okay? You know, I guess in these times, you do have to reach out to people who wouldn't be your natural allies, and obviously, she gets that.
Starting point is 00:03:39 You have my sword. And you have my bow. And my axe. I have a Glock. That's...no. That was very dumb. But as Kamala reaches out to Republicans, her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, has been sitting down for podcast interviews,
Starting point is 00:04:06 which are great because there's more of a freewheeling conversation there that allows him to really dig deep into the issues. I'm good with names, you know. You are. You're very good with names. You are, yeah. You know, Pocahontas. Yeah. We have names. What about, and there was, you, Tampon Tim was good.
Starting point is 00:04:22 What about, is that? The problem with Tampon Tim, it's hard to say. Yeah. In other words... It's a mouthful. But when you put the names together, it's a little... You got to be able to pew. Oh! You know, it's nice to see how reflective Trump
Starting point is 00:04:37 has become in his old age. Looking back on everything, I wonder, did Tampon Tim have enough pew-pew? Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has brought out a very special surrogate, Melania Trump, former first lady and the only Slovenian you can name off the top of your head. Well, we don't see a lot of Melania,
Starting point is 00:04:57 but she's also been on a media tour this week. Fox News, social media, your kid's piano recital. Arlo, you are not to be best. Now, obviously, she's out there because she's a supportive wife who believes in her husband's America first. I'm f***ing with you. She has a book to sell. You know, people make a lot of jokes about this marriage,
Starting point is 00:05:20 but when I look at their shared love of exploiting our political system to sell shit for personal profit, I just see two soulmates. Now, we actually have a copy here. Yeah, this is it. This is her book. I want to read you a quick passage just to give you a feel for it. This is real. Page 78,
Starting point is 00:05:42 from right after he won the 2016 election. As Donald prepared to go down to his office on Wednesday morning, he and I had a private moment. Congratulations, I said. What an achievement. All those other people. And you won. You're the President of the United States of America.
Starting point is 00:06:06 And you're the first lady, he said. Good luck. I got to wipe a tear on that one. That is a heartwarming moment that definitely wasn't created by ChatGPT. Turns out writing is hard when you don't have Michelle Obama to plagiarize from. It is hard. It's very difficult.
Starting point is 00:06:32 Very difficult. And yesterday, Melania paid a visit to her husband's other true love, Fox News, where she revealed an interesting personal tidbit about her husband. Would you have married Donald Trump if you had a crystal ball that said he would be president? Huh, that's an interesting question.
Starting point is 00:06:51 Yeah. By the way, does he ever sleep? He doesn't sleep much. He does, of course. Does he wear pajamas? No. What does he wear when he sleeps, Melania? Well, one of the things she... Oh.
Starting point is 00:07:08 No pajamas, huh? That's a steamy image. Just imagine that scene. Trump under the covers, dressed only in his long red tie. Melania says, you are naked in bed. And he says, and you are the first lady.
Starting point is 00:07:26 Good luck. Wow. Wow. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Pretty sexy stuff. But maybe hearing about Donald Trump's bedtime routine from Melania doesn't get your engines revving. Fortunately, the campaign also brought out someone for the ladies.
Starting point is 00:07:48 Former senior adviser to President Trump, Stephen Miller, is here. We're getting a lot of texts from women about Miller and his appearances and his appearance. Our audience at prime time believes you're some sort of sexual matador. Ooh! Stephen Miller is a sexual matador.
Starting point is 00:08:07 Is that because he's literally a walking red flag? If... Fox, I got to say, I'm worried about you. You already had to pay $780 million for lying to your audience, but this could be the one that bankrupts you. I mean, come on. I mean, I do believe Stephen Miller is a real lady killer, but more so in a check the basement kind of way.
Starting point is 00:08:33 You know what? I'll bite. What does make Stephen Miller such catnip for the females? If you're a young man who's looking to impress ladies, the best thing you can do is to wear your Trump support on your sleeve. Show that you are a real man. Show that you are not a Betta. Ooh!
Starting point is 00:08:51 He's so alpha, he doesn't even know how to say beta! Oh! Wow! Do you hear that? Do you hear that? That sound you just heard was thousands of Southern borders instantly shutting down. I'm talking about, you know what I'm... You know what I'm... You guys got it?
Starting point is 00:09:10 Okay. Okay. You good? Thank you. But do you hear that, Ben? Do you listen to Stephen Miller? Don't be a beta cuck and vote for Kamala Harris. Come out to this sweet rally where a guy double jerks to the YMCA, you know? Now...
Starting point is 00:09:29 ... ... Apparently, it does get people going. Now, maybe, maybe you're thinking, Jordan, Jordan, you started the show talking about the election, and now it seems to be a lot of sex stuff. Well, first of all, mom,
Starting point is 00:09:48 I've tried to explain how this show works many times. But also, sexuality is a campaign issue this year. Project 2025 calls for banning pornography, and some other big news from the last few days is that the porn industry is making their own campaign ads against it. They have started a hands-off my porn campaign, which includes video ads that roll before the porn does
Starting point is 00:10:14 on adult video providing websites. I'm Holly Randall and I've been working in the adult industry for over 25 years. I need to address the threat of Project 2025. Yes! My favorite porn category. Informational PSA. But don't just go snickering, ooh, pornography.
Starting point is 00:10:35 This is an issue of personal freedom. And these are the people who can speak to it most directly. So, let's hear more of these ads. Before you get swept up believing that porn is misogynistic, maybe actually talk to the people who work in it. I don't see you guys out there crying about how men are exploited in porn. Have you seen those ball-crushing videos?
Starting point is 00:10:55 Not my thing, but again, that's a choice made by consenting adults. I will say, it's strangely comforting to know that there are things on the Internet that even porn stars look at and go, man, what the fuck? You ask me, though, the big problem with these ads is that they're running them before the porn video starts.
Starting point is 00:11:22 You really should run them after the porn videos when there's clarity of mind. That's when I write my holiday cards. Frankly, if you want to be truly effective, all you need to do is just show people what porn would look like under Project 2025. -♪ Yeah, I'll tell you, I think she wants you. She is hard core.
Starting point is 00:11:47 We are in a shocking situation. We come back. 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 podcast go, but how many of them come out on Thursday was the weekly show John Stewart whatever you get your podcast.
Starting point is 00:12:40 Let's take a break from politics to cover the one thing that really affects your life, sports. For a full recap of the biggest stories in the world of jocks and straps, we turn to Sports War. Get ready for better. It's time for Sports War, brought to you by Gambling. Gambling, it's literally free money. -♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah So if I say we need stronger helmets in football to prevent concussions... I say, f*** that. We were bored with a helmet. It's called a skull.
Starting point is 00:13:27 Well, lucky for us, yours is empty. It's October, one month where practically every league is going at it like some kind of sports gangbang. That's right. There's more balls flying around than that time Ronnie wore his Daisy Dukes to the office. Well, that's on you for looking. And nowhere is the sports gang paying hotter
Starting point is 00:13:46 right now than here in New York. Between the Liberty, the Mets, the Yankees, the Knicks, this city could only be happier if Ronnie announced he was leaving it. Well, if I ever leave, it's because your mom is getting too clingy. Nice one, Ronnie. I hope you get circumcised in your sleep.
Starting point is 00:14:00 And while many New York sports fans are celebrating, there's one team showing us that Boeing ain't the only one with imploding jets. Now to breaking news in sports, the Jets have fired their head coach Robert Sala just five games into the season, a move that comes two days after they just lost in London in disappointing fashion. There is rampant speculation that Aaron Rodgers is behind the firing of Sala. J-E-T-S.
Starting point is 00:14:28 Suck, suck, suck. Oh, man. What a terrible move by the Jets. Coach Sala wasn't the problem. It's clearly Aaron Rodgers. That's like me firing the camera guy for the stupid shit that comes out of Ronnie's mouth. Yeah, well, your mouth looks like a fish vagina.
Starting point is 00:14:44 And you couldn't be more wrong, okay? Firing starlight is exactly what the Jets need. For 55 years they've sucked with a coach. Hey, maybe it's time to play without one. Just one season, raw dogging it without a coach and hey, maybe the Jets will win the Super Bowl. The only thing getting raw dogged is your brain. You can't let a bunch of NFL players coach themselves.
Starting point is 00:15:03 They need Google Maps just to get out of the huddle. But we all know there's only one, maybe two people crazy enough to take a job coaching the Jets. Which brings us to our Jordan Klepper locked and loaded triple VIP, Better Than Ike's. Which Menendez brother will be the next coach of the Jets? As always, brought to you by gambling. Gambling, if you think you have a problem, stop thinking.
Starting point is 00:15:30 Moving on from an upset man to the upset of the year. Next, a once in a lifetime upset in college football. Vanderbilt beat number one Alabama on Saturday 40 to 35. Vanderbilt students were so excited, they tore down one of the goal posts and carried it a couple miles into downtown Nashville. Then they tossed it into the Cumberland River. Okay, okay, okay.
Starting point is 00:15:55 Rated in, you private school nerds. Winning is exciting, but show a little class. You don't gloat in front of the other team's fans. You bully them online like a normal person. Okay, Jordan, I know you're not used to winning, but this is what it looks like, okay? You're just mad they threw the goalposts in the river because you empathize with long, skinny, useless things.
Starting point is 00:16:16 Which brings us to our Roddy Chang Show win VVIP Better Than Night. Which river will we dump Jordan in after tonight's show? As always, brought to you by gambling. Gambling. Your wife can't leave you if you win. And finally, moving on to a more somber story as we honor the passing of one of America's greatest heroes.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Pete Rhodes, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader who was famously banned from the sport for gambling, has died. Rose was famously banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame for gambling allegations. He denied those allegations for years before eventually admitting that he did bet on baseball both as a player and as a manager. All while he lobbied to be considered for the Hall of Fame, his lifelong wish never granted. Now, I don't want to discount what Jackie Robinson did,
Starting point is 00:17:11 but what Pete Rose accomplished was a billion times more important. He's a legend in two of America's pastimes, gambling as a player and gambling as a coach. Pete Rose definitely belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jordan, have you been hit in your oblong head by another pitch? Pete Rose doesn't belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Starting point is 00:17:33 A hero like him belongs in every Hall of Fame. Baseball, basketball, rock and roll, hip-hop, automotive, obby's, put his name on the Vietnam Memorial, everywhere. Yo, they should hang his bookie's phone number from the rafters. Boy, Ronnie, I really wish God took you instead of Pete Rose.
Starting point is 00:17:54 Which brings us to my Jordan's Champagne Room Boom Bed of the Nights. What will Pete Rose gamble on first in heaven? As always, brought to you by Gambling. Gambling, when it stops being fun is when it gets good. All right, that's all the stories this week. Join us next time on SportsWalk. Yeah, we'll debate if it counts as cheating on your wife if you do it with a tackling
Starting point is 00:18:17 dummy. Well, obviously not. Wait, do we agree on this one? Wait, no, we can't agree on this one. I would say, okay. No, I think if. I would say. Hey, everybody, Jon Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday.
Starting point is 00:18:39 So exciting. You'll you'll be saying to yourself, TGIT. Thank God it's Thursday. We're gonna 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 gonna be talking about ingredients
Starting point is 00:19:01 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 podcasts. -♪ -♪ Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is award-winning writer and activist
Starting point is 00:19:40 whose new book is called Abortion, Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truce We Use to Win. Please welcome Jessica Valenti. -♪ -♪ -♪ -♪
Starting point is 00:19:55 -♪ -♪ -♪ -♪ Not a shabby way. Not too shabby, right? Not too shabby. Not too shabby.
Starting point is 00:20:07 I'll take it. This book is fantastic. I feel like you articulate at the top. Thank you. And also, I should say this. You just got word this is a New York Times bestseller, baby. It is. Number one?
Starting point is 00:20:15 It is. No, not number one. Not number one? Not number one. Not number one, but a bestseller. Right by the skin of our teeth, but I'll take it. Oh, you'll take it. This grew out of a newsletter you were writing called Abortion Every Day. Yeah. Why did you write it? one, but a best seller. Right by the skin of our teeth, but I'll take it. Oh, you'll take it.
Starting point is 00:20:25 This grew out of a newsletter you were writing called Abortion Every Day. Yeah. Why did you feel the need to start a newsletter, Abortion Every Day? I mean, I probably should have called it Abortion Every Hour because that's how often the news is coming out, breaking about abortion.
Starting point is 00:20:39 The attacks are just so unrelenting. They're nonstop. And I think I just wanted to provide a little bit of order to the chaos to help people understand what was going on. And sort of same thing with the book, give them the information, context, language that they need to talk about this issue. Because people really do care so much.
Starting point is 00:21:00 People are so pissed off about abortion bans. They're so upset. But they're also so overwhelmed, right? It's just so much to be happening. And so I wanted to create something that people could really use in a useful way and also channel a little bit of anger. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:15 It feels like this book is there to provide clarity for people who want to engage in the conversation but perhaps don't know how. Yeah, absolutely. Post-Dobbs, for the people who maybe, I don't want to say tuned out post-DOBS, for the people who maybe, I don't want to say tuned out post-DOBS, but I think for a lot of people, if you're not
Starting point is 00:21:29 paying close attention to the news each day or what's happening at a state level, perhaps even if you live in a blue state, after DOBS, even if you care about the abortion issue, it seems as if your head jumps to federal abortion ban. Is that the new next battle? What are people missing if they're not paying attention to what's happening in some of these other states?
Starting point is 00:21:45 That's a great question. I'm still very state-focused, right, because it's such a crisis on the ground in these states. You're talking about places where OB-GYNs are leaving by the busload. Places like Idaho have lost 25% of their OB-GYNs. And as we've seen with horror story after horror story, hospitals are not treating patients, right?
Starting point is 00:22:08 Like, it is not a normal state of affairs when we're letting miscarrying, bleeding women go home, when we're sending them home. And so I think we need to be paying attention to what is happening on the ground. But, yes, certainly with the election coming up, I'm very, very worried about the possibility of a national ban or even anything Trump could do
Starting point is 00:22:29 outside of a national ban to make abortion harder to get, like the Comstock Act, replacing the head of the FDA to make abortion medication illegal. Now, I know there's been some softening in the discussion on the conservative side. When you hear J.D. Vance softening on that issue, how much do you believe him on a scale from zero to get the f*** out of here?
Starting point is 00:22:48 Yeah, it's definitely get the f*** out of here. Okay. No, I mean... It's true. Yeah. No, he's totally full of it, right? And the softening is all a PR move, right? Like, it's all, and this is why I wrote the book,
Starting point is 00:23:05 because they're using this language to make it appear as if they are more moderate than they actually are on abortion, using terms like minimum national standard. I don't support a ban, I support a minimum national standard. Those are the same exact thing, right? And so it's just a bunch of nonsense.
Starting point is 00:23:22 We've seen the same thing with Trump, but we know what would happen if Trump was elected. We know that the suffering that we've already seen in so many states across the country would just get exponentially worse. It's curious, Narebeke, you talk about sort of the battle over language, which we've seen go way back,
Starting point is 00:23:38 whether it's pro-choice, pro-life, but you kind of get into the nitty-gritty about like Nikki Haley talking about consensus, talking about what late-term abortions mean. Like, for folks who aren't paying attention, why is that so important, and how do you see that getting morphed and shifted right now? Sure.
Starting point is 00:23:53 I mean, this is how they trick voters, right? So they use words like, I don't want to ban, I want consensus legislation. We're not banning abortion. We're giving it back to the will of the people. We're giving it back to the states. Because this is something voters feel so strongly about, 81% of voters do not want government involvement
Starting point is 00:24:10 in abortion at all. They don't want it regulated by the law. They are working really hard to use language that makes it sound as if voters are with them, right? They're trying to do this very clever pivot. And with something like late abortion, which is not a real medical term, they're constantly moving the goalposts
Starting point is 00:24:26 for what late abortion means. So when you hear someone like Nikki Haley say, I'm against late abortion, ask her how many weeks that is. Because right now, I've been tracking the anti-abortion movement. Right now, to them, that's 12 weeks. So when they say, I support consensus legislation for late-term abortion, they're saying,
Starting point is 00:24:45 I support a national ban at 12 weeks. That's how you have to sort of decode the language. When I go out, so I go out to Trump rallies a lot. Yeah. But I will talk to people in the MAGA movement, sometimes about abortion. And this book would be very helpful for some of that. I find what I run into a lot, how do you engage with people who come from a religious perspective
Starting point is 00:25:10 or at least use that as the card in which they will not engage with that? How legitimate is that argument and or are you wasting your time having these conversations with people who put up abortion underneath their religious beliefs the religious beliefs it's not up for the fair i mean i feel really strongly that you shouldn't waste your activist energy it's a precious resource right you shouldn't be talking to brick walls we all care about someone who is conservative religious you feel like you want to change their mind pointing out that there are so many people uh...
Starting point is 00:25:41 who are religious who still understand that their personal and religious beliefs shouldn't dictate what other people do with their bodies. I do think that that is something that works. But I also really think that it can be a distraction, this idea that we need to go out and change hearts and minds. Because American voters are with us. Americans, when it comes to voters, they know they want abortion legal, period. This is true in red states, This is true across the country.
Starting point is 00:26:05 It really is. And... when we get dragged into this idea that we need to go out and take that activist energy and waste it on trying to change someone's mind who's never going to change their mind, that's a real issue. At the end of the day, this is a problem
Starting point is 00:26:22 of a small group of extremist legislators imposing their will on the vast majority of voters. And so I think of it not as changing people's minds. It's a democracy issue. It's making sure people can vote. It's making sure that we don't have voter intimidation. That is the stuff that I'm really most focused on. So when you look at the energy, energy best use...
Starting point is 00:26:39 Yeah....in that fight, it's not in those conversations necessarily. It's aimed at local legislators. It's aimed at getting people out to vote. Absolutely. I mean, if you look at right now, abortion is on the ballot in 10 states. And in every single state where abortion is on the ballot,
Starting point is 00:26:53 Republicans have worked over time to make it impossible for voters to have a say. Because they know that when voters have a direct say on abortion rights, abortion rights wins. Just this week in Florida, I wrote about Governor Ron DeSantis, his administration is threatening television stations with criminal charges if they run ads for amendment four,
Starting point is 00:27:13 which is the pro-choice amendment down in Florida. They will do anything they can to stop voters from knowing the truth about these laws and from getting to the polls. Wow, yeah. And Mickey Mouse too, they're not against that. Why even go to Florida anymore? For God's sakes. I know. So sad. When you look at this and see the legislators
Starting point is 00:27:31 who are behind this, perhaps the DeSantis, but even more on the local level, how much of this do you see as right-wing legislators who are using this as a way to gain power within their party, perhaps not true believers, but using it as a form of manipulation? And their party, perhaps not true believers, but using it as form of manipulation. And how much of this, you talk about legislators who are doing this to exert control over women's
Starting point is 00:27:52 bodies, in some dark terms. When you look overall at that, how much of it is just a blatant move to be in a position of power, and how much of it is exerting power over a woman's body? I think it's both. I wrote a column once called The Worst Guy You Know. Think about the biggest asshole from high school, the guy who is devil's advocate, always had something to say, that's who the prosecutor is now.
Starting point is 00:28:18 That's who the local legislator is now. That's who the sheriff is who are bringing forward these cases. So when you look at the people who are really enforcing these laws on a local and state level, they're the worst guy, you know, they're the worst kind of person you can possibly imagine. That said, I do think that there are a lot of politicians who don't really care. They don't care. It's just about the power to them. Something that happened in Tennessee right after Roe was overturned, I think is a really good example, where Republicans saw that people were really upset about abortion bans. And in Tennessee at the time, they didn't have an exception for women's lives.
Starting point is 00:28:52 There was no exception. Doctors had to break the law in order to save someone's life with an abortion and then explain why it was okay that they broke the law. And Republicans said, well, maybe we should get an exception on the books. They were so under the thumb of local pro-life groups of big groups like Susan B. Anthony, pro-life America.
Starting point is 00:29:11 These groups were lobbying them not to have an exception for women's lives. So they very, very much are listening to sort of these other forces. And so it sort of doesn't matter what they think if they're just going to do what these groups say anyway. I mean, in dark times, we have some of the worst guy you know from high school. What is the best guy you know from high school doing right now? Oh, I love that question.
Starting point is 00:29:36 Probably making phone calls to get bus tickets for people to get out of Florida. No, really, to get an abortion out of state. I think one of the most amazing things about doing this work over the last two plus years has been seeing the way that people have come together on this issue to make sure that people can get the care that they need no matter what. There are so many folks like abortion funds on the ground which are in the middle of a funding crisis and could really use your help.
Starting point is 00:30:02 There are so many people who are doing the hard work of ensuring that people can get those abortions. That is what brings me just a tremendous amount of hope and positivity for the future. Well, it's a great book, and if you're tentative about getting in the conversation, this book will get you out of the door. Thank you. This book, Abortion, is available now. Jessica Volentz.
Starting point is 00:30:19 We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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