The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Kim Kardashian Goes to the White House & Trump Pardons Dinesh D'Souza | Cynthia Nixon

Episode Date: June 1, 2018

Kim Kardashian pays a visit to the White House, Ronny Chieng weighs in on a greedy televangelist, and Trevor sits down with New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen and subscribe to POD Save America on your favorite podcast platform now. headquarters in New York. This is the Daily Show. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you everybody. I'm Trevor Noah. My guest tonight is an actor and a candidate for Governor of New York. Cynthia Nixon is here everybody. But first, but first, some earth-shattering news out of Italy. An amazing discovery in Pompeii in Italy. Check out the skeleton, just found on the archaeological site. It dates back to the year 79. Skeleton is of a man who was crushed trying to flee the explosion of Mount Vesuvius.

That is so cruel. You escape a volcano only to get crushed by a rock launched by that volcano. This is the earliest case of final destination ever recorded. That's what this is. He's like, yay, I made it away from the volcano. Now I have my whole life ahead of me. A splat. Yes, Italian rocks have Italian accents.

A splatter. What's even worse for this guy is that he died like a lunid to his character. Look at this. That is so humiliated. It's like flat out. Next, they're going to uncover a skeleton nearby who was laughing and pointing. That's what they're going to find. It sucks to get crushed by a rock.

But we have to remember, it was the year 79. That was like the leading cause of death. It went, crushed by a rock, eaten by a snake, killed by Conan the barbarian. That's how it went. Anyway, since these archaeologists found this guy, maybe we could put them to work finding another lost human being, the First Lady. Another big headline this morning, those growing questions about First Lady Milania Trump's whereabouts. She hasn't been seen in public for three weeks. The last time was before she was hospitalized. We know this to treat a benign kidney condition. The hashtag, where is Melania was trending on Twitter? Well, she's now responding.

She's tweeting. I see the media is working overtime, speculating where I am and what I'm doing. Rest assured, I'm here at the White House with my family, feeling great and working hard on behalf of the American people. What have have done with Melania, Donald? What have you done? Because we know she didn't write that tweet. We know that's not her. The media is working overtime.

Only one Trump says that. You Trump. You Trump say that. The only thing that would make it more obvious is if Melania's next tweet was, I'm doing great, total witch hunt. We know it's you, Donald. Where's Melania? Where is she? I will say this, I will say this, if Trump has the password to her Twitter account, that marriage is much stronger than I thought. That is the one upside. But I will also say, the rest of the world is getting ready to divorce his ass. President Trump is formally imposing tariffs on three of America's biggest trading partners

and allies. Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Both Mexico and the European Union say they will in fact retaliate. Canada is already threatening to retaliate. Let me be clear. These tariffs are totally unacceptable. We have to believe that at some point, common sense will prevail.

But we see no sign of that in this action today by the US administration. Damn. You may not have picked it up, but that's Canadian for you, mother-feeh- That's what that is. I mean, you could see how subtly he was. He was like, we would hope for a common sense will prevail, but this is Trump. And you can tell that this thing is going to get ugly, you know?

I mean, not this. This would never get ugly. Look at those eyes. I mean, not this. This would never get ugly. Look at those, look at those eyes. I mean, damn, I wish that Canadian would mount me. I mean, look at that. Yeah, you think I'm joking, but it's true, though. It is. So, welcome to 2018, where America is now beefing with Canada, but is somehow making friends with North Korea. And speaking of Welcome to 2018, yesterday, Kim Kardashian made a visit to the White House

for a one-on-one meeting with President Trump. And I know, I know that there's some of you thinking, I can't believe this reality show moron is in the Oval Office, but don't forget, he was elected by the American people. So show some respect. And you know, I don't know about you, but whenever I see a photo of someone next to Donald Trump in the Oval Office, I always play this little game in my head where I try to decide if the other person would be a better president than him. And pretty much every single time, the answer is yes. Like in this one, yes.

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And it turns out she was there for something legit. Kim Kardashian at the White House for reasons you may not expect. The reality star lobbying for a pardon for a convicted drug trafficker and great grandmother whose cause has caught her eye. After 21 years in a federal prison on drug charges, Kim Kardashian wants President Trump to grant 62-year-old great-grandmother Alice Marie Johnson a pardon. Kardashian took up Johnson's cause months ago.

She spent over two decades behind bars. I think that she really deserves a second chance at life. Weirdest episode of the Kardashians ever. And now, while many people applauded Kim for lobbying the president on behalf of an incarcerated great-grandmother, not everyone was happy to see her in the Oval Office. The fact that Kim Kardashian is here at the White House today, and what planet that is anything resembling normal, because it's not. She shouldn't be here talking about prison reform, it's very nice that she is here, but that's not a serious thing to have happened

here at the White House. Really? She shouldn't be here? You think Kim Kardashian brings down Donald Trump's over office? Is that what you think? What could she do do to make him worse than he already is? What could she do? Like if anything, I I want her to stay there longer to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be, to be, their, to be, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, tho, tho, tho, thr, thr-s, thr-s, the their, thr-s, tho, th th th th th th th th th. 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, thr-s, thr-s, throooooooooooooooooooooooomoomorrow, th th th thr-s, their, their, the? Like, if anything, I want her to stay there longer. She could probably teach Donald Trump a thing or two about diplomacy. Like, hopefully she could be like, like, you should like treat China the same way that we treat Black China? Because she's an outsider, no one trusts her, but we've learned to coexist. Now, Kim, Kim was at the White House to discuss the release of one specific person. But whether she planned it or not, her visit has put a spotlight on harsh sentences for drug crimes.

You know, in the same way her sex tape put a spotlight on Ray J.'s music career. Another terrible thing that many people didn't know existed. So the big question is, did Kim Kardashian successfully convince Trump to use his pardon powers? And the answer is, yes. Although, as th, as th, as th, as th, as tho, as always, as always, as always, as always, as always, as always, as always, as always, as thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. to to thi. toei. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to, thi. thi, thi, Kardashian successfully convince Trump to use his pardon powers? And the answer is, yes. Although, as always, with any Kardashian story, there's a big butt. President Trump announcing today that he will pardon conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh DeSuzza. We'll be giving a full pardon to Danish Dissuza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government.

Dissuza did plead guilty to these, violating these federal campaign finance laws back in 2014. He's perhaps best known as a provocateur who regularly pushes right-wing conspiracy theories and spews racist commentary. Okay, I'm not gonna lie. I did not see that coming. After he's meeting with Kim, President Trump decided to ignore her and instead pardon a right-wing troll who is known for saying things like Obama is a gay Muslim, black people are thugs, the

Charlottesville rally was staged. So basically Kim Kardashian said, can you pardon a black grandmother? And Trump said, no, but I can pardon a brown grand wizard. Is that good enough, yeah? And don't get me wrong. I'm not saying being being an asshole is a reason, thi. A thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tr-a, tr-a, tru, tru, tr-a, tr-a, tr-a, tr-a, tr-a, tr-a, tr-s, thi, tr-a, tr-a, tr-a, thi, th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s. I, thi-s. tr tr tr tr tru. tr tr tr tru. tr tru. tr thi-s. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi saying being an asshole is a reason enough not to pardon someone. What I am saying is that maybe Trump pardoned DeSusa because he is an asshole. Yeah, because Trump doesn't care about sentencing reform or government overreach. All he cares about is doing favors for people who he likes. So Kim Kardashian, if you really want to get a pardon for your cocaine grandma, forget the meetings. Just tell her to start sending out racist Obama tweets,

and she'll be out in a week. We'll be right back. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Every now and then, we get a story that makes so little sense, there's only one person who can help us figure it out. So please welcome, Ronnie Chang. Thanks Trevor. This is a golden age in America for con men. From the over office to the over office they are everywhere. But what I'm about to show you has got to be the most elaborate con I've ever seen.

Televangelist Jesse Duplantis is hoping to take the word of Jesus to new heights with help from a 54 million dollar private jet. In a video posted to his website last week, he asked his followers for help funding the aircraft. We're believing God for a brand new Falcon 7x so we can go anywhere in the world one stop. This preacher needs a 54 million dollar private jet. Meanwhile, I once did a kickstarter for a bus pass. I only got 17 bucks and a coupon for my grandmother. Right? Thanks for nothing, Popor.

And if you think you hate this guy now, just wait till you hear his sales pitch. Now, some people believe that preachers shouldn't have jets. I really believe that preachers ought to have every available voice, every available outlet to get this gospel preach 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 get this gospel preach to the world. I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey. Think about that for a minute.

Yeah, I thought about it for an hour, and it still doesn't make any sense. And it wasted an hour, all right? The donkey was the symbol of Jesus's humility. It was the Toyota Camry of its time. Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, th, th, th, th, thi, and, and, and, and, and, thi, and, thi, thi, thi, the the the, the, the, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the the the the th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi.i. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Jesus' humility. It was the Toyota Camry of its time, right? And even if Jesus wouldn't be riding a donkey, do you have to jump straight to private jet? The gap between donkey and private jet is all of transportation. Okay?

I bet Jesus would be fine taking an Uber, or at least an Uber X-LL just so he has space to stretch his arms out. You know what I'm saying? Because yeah, you know. And you want to know the craziest thing about Deacon Dollar Sign saying he needs his followers to buy him a new private jet? He already has a trinity of private planes. I've owned three different jets in my life and I used them and just burning them up for the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the very the very the very the very the very the very the very th. th. th. th. th. th. the very 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. He's th. He's th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. He has th. He has th. He has th. He th. He th. He th. He th. He. He th. He th. He's th. He's th. He's th. He's th. He's th. He's thi. He's thi. He's thi. He's thi. He's the. He's the. I's the. I's theate. I's theate. I's theate. I the. I've the. the. Hea. Hea. He's th. Hea. I've owned three different jets in my life and used them and just burning them up for the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the very first plane that I purchased for the Lord back in December 1994.

Then the second one I purchased was in January 2004. The one I'm flying right now and I've been with, it's been with me 12 years. Now people say, my lord, can't you go with this one? But I can't go at one stop. OK, wait, so you think the message of God is really important, but only with no layovers? I need to save these people from hell, as long as I don't have to stop over in Cleveland.

Please, God, no. And Trevor, this is not just one guy. It turns out there's a whole offshoot of American Christianity called the Prosperity Gospel. Duplantis is among a group of tele-angeles who preach that their wealth is God's will. This prays upon the poorest people that want and need money badly, where they're told if they give money, God's going to bless them a hundred-fold. Doplants-free. tho. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. th, th, th is th is th, th is th is th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th're told if they give money, God's gonna bless them a hundredfold. DuPrentis lives in a 35,000 square foot mansion, tax-free. Yo, this is the greatest scam ever, okay? Jesus is a better tax haven than the Cayman Islands.

I'm gonna try that. Yeah, next time the IRS comes knocking, I'm gonna tell them I'm not paying because I make jokes for Jesus, okay? Mazeltoff. And if you're buying the idea that these pastors want to help the people, just listen to how they feel about the people. Fellow televangelist Kenneth Copeland recently bought a $36 million Gulfstream 5 jet. The two have commiserated about how they can't fly or pray with commercial airline passengers. The world is in such a shape. We can't get th the their their their th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. their their their their their their their th. I their th. I th. I their th. I th. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I I th. I th. I I th. I I th. I I I th. I I th. I I I I I th. I I I th. I I I I I I th. I th. I I th. I I the idea. I th. I their. I their. I to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to to that. that. that. I'm that. I'm that. I'm their. I or pray with commercial airline passengers. The world is in such a shape. We can't get there without this.

We've got to have this. We would have, the mess that the airlines are in today, you can't manage that today. Right. This dope-filled world. Right. And get in a long tube with a bunch of demons. A long tube with a bunch of demons. A long tube with a bunch of demons, that is not wrong. Okay? To be fair, these guys might be con artist, but now I get where they're coming from. Okay, because I'm pretty sure if you look up demon in the Bible, you'll see a guy spread out in the middle seat eating a tuna sandwich with his shoes off.

In fact, getting a long tube with a bunch of demons is pretty much the slogan of Spirit Airlines. Ronnie Chegg, everybody. Give me right back. This election cycle has already been quite a ride. Scared, nauseous, wishing this thing had seatbelts, Pod Save America is here to help. I'm John Lovett and each week, me and my co-hosts, John Favreau, Tommy Vitor, and Dan Fifer break down the political news that makes you laugh, cry, and scream into the void

to the today to burdened by what has been. Listen and subscribe to PODSA of America on your favorite podcast platform now. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an Emmy, Grammy and Tony award-winning actor and Democratic activists running for governor of the state of New York. Please welcome. Cynthia Nixon. Welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. This is so surreal for me. Because the first time I thought I would ever meet you in life, I thought it would be a sex in the city related event where I would have to the to the cib.

to the cie, like, to the first time I thought I would ever meet you in life I thought it would be a sex in the city related event where I would have won like I don't know To like a competition to be part of the cast but instead I'm meeting you as somebody who is running to be New York's governor and not just governor of New York's first woman governor. Yes, which is a pretty tall task. There had to be a moment where you decided not to?????? I? I? I? I, to? I, to, to, to, to, to, the to, the to, the the to, to, the the the to, the the to, the to be, the to be, the to be, 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 th. th. th. th. the, the, thi, thi, thi, thr. thr thru. ttea, tea, tea. tea. tea. tea, te. today, th the. the. the, the. Which is a pretty tall task. There had to be a moment where you decided not to vote but to become the person to be voted for. When was that decision made? Well, I think that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was a wake-up call for women all across this country. Right. And gave us a feeling that we had to become involved like we never had before and that if we wanted to see real change, that we had to go out there and we had to bring it on ourselves by running for office.

That's really exciting because that's exactly what you're proposing is real change and you're starting off in New York. The primaries are coming up, but you are going up against somebody who is a behemoth in the Democratic Party, Governor Cuomo, who you know, has become this piece of New York. You have been seen as somebody who is pushing him to the left. What are you proposing to change? Like what are your big ideas to change New York and to improve it? Well, I'm running really to address inequality here,

to address racial inequality, to address economic inequality. And I think that we're at a really terrible moment, I think, for our nation, in terms of the Trump agenda and the stage that he's setting for our country. And it's up to us, who are progressives and who are Democrats, to actually seize this opportunity. And there's no better place to do that in New York State, because we are a proudly progressive state. We're two to one Democratic. And our governor now, Andrew Cuomo, likes to say, oh, we're the most progressive state in the union. How can he say that when, for the last tha thi thi thi the last the last the last the last the last the last the last the last to the last to the last to to to to to to to to to to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to to to to actually actually actually actually to to to to to to to to to actually actually to actually actually to actually actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually to actually 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thoe the the the, the the the the the, thatuu... tho tho thoo the... to the... toe. to to to to to to to to to the. to th state in the Union. How can he say that? How can he say that when

for the last eight years we haven't done things like past the New York Dream Act, we haven't passed the Women's Reproductive Health Act? We have tens of thousands of people, largely black and brown people, sitting in jail, languishing, waiting for trial because they can't afford bail. We have again, so many black and brown people sitting in jail languishing waiting for trial because they can't afford bail right we have again there's so many black and Latino people incarcerated for for marijuana something that that white people do with impunity we have some of the worst voter suppression laws in the entire country in New York State how can you have been governor for eight years and presided over this and not had movement on any of these issues you can't call yourself a progressive and I think frankly you can barely you can barely you can barely 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 thly thly thly thly th thly that that that the the the the the th. th. the th. the the th. the the the the the the the the the 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. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the ided over this and not had movement on any of these issues? You can't call yourself a progressive,

and I think, frankly, you can barely call yourself a Democrat. Wow, those are powerful words. Wow, those are powerful words. Governs, though, people would say, he's the reason that there is a $15 minimum wage in New York City. Some people would say he has been pushing progressive agendas, for instance in 2011, voting for same-sex marriage in New York City. You obviously feel like he could be doing more and should be doing more. And some people say that he's now moving more towards

your platform because you are running. So he has said that New York should legalize marijuana. He has said that now, New New New New New New New New the new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new the new the new the new the new their their, it is now now now now now now now now now now now, th. thi, to thi, thi, he is thi, he has thi, he has thi, he has 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. He has th. He has thi, he's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, theeeeei. thei. thei. thei. thei. thei. theei has theeeeee. the. th has said that New York should legalize marijuana. He has said that now New York needs to look at reforming its prison institutions. Do you feel that you're pushing him and would that be enough for you or do you want to go for the throne? No, I'm running to win. I am definitely running to win. But I think that right there is this thing called the Cynthia effect where all of a sudden he is rediscovering or discovering I guess for the first time, the progressive part of him or he's trying to do it real fast. But he hasn't actually come out for legalizing marijuana. He's, you know, a year ago he was saying, he sounded like a 1970s suburban

dad saying marijuana was a gateway drug. Right. And then we came out with our platform and the next day he said, well, the facts on marijuana have changed. So we'll see. We'll see. But you know, he gets credit for a lot of things that actually he was pushed into in the $15 minimum wage is a perfect example.

This was something he fought for for years. And he kept saying, how about $10.50 or how about $12 and basically activists organized on it for years and finally he was given it he was he really wasn't given a choice and so he enacted it and now he claims credit for it. But we need we need real leadership and we need somebody who's going to be progressive not just right before a Democratic primary. We need somebody who's going to be progressive, not just right before a democratic primary. We need somebody who's going to be progressive and act with democratic values after the election too. You've had interesting views on marijuana where you haven't just gone and said legalized marijuana. You've also said that people of color who have been prosecuted for marijuana should be

not only have their sentences, expaned, but also they should be the first people to have rights to open marijuana stores and dispensaries. Why is that so important to you? So it's an idea that's taking hold in a few places around the country. They're doing this in Oakland, they're doing this in Massachusetts. And it's really important, this is a multi-billion dollar industry, there are eight states plus the District of Columbia that already have it, and there was such harm done with the prosecution of marijuana to communities of color.

And it's really important now that it's this multi-billion dollar industry that it's not just wealthy white capitalists like John Boehner who are going to profit. It's really important going forward that there be some kind of equity and that communities that have been the most devastated by the racist war on drugs are actually first in line to for licensing and also for small business loans and support to really to really make a success of it. Let's talk about the subway, because that's all New Yorkers want to talk about. That is one of the biggest blights right now in New York City as one of the biggest and most powerful cities in the world.

People say it has one of the worst mass transportation systems. It has the single worst record of any major transit system on the globe. So how do you fix that? Because Cuomo says I mean this thing is monumental and it cannot be fixed. You've come out with a plan how do you think New York can begin to fix the subway? Well it's the thing is we actually, how to fix it is not a mystery. It's just again that we haven't had leadership on it. He's kicked the can down the road for eight years. Delays have 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. to th. to to to to to to thii. thi. to to to to to to 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. thin. th. thin. thin. thin. the. toooooo. toee. toeeeeeea. toeeeea. toeeea. theeeee. th last five years. Our train speeds are now slower than they were in 1950. So we need to, yes. I mean it's unforgivable. And you know, if we let the subway dies, the city of New York dies along

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Party itself. So in order for you to have your name on the ballot and to be in the primary and have that name on the ballot, you have to get at least a certain amount of votes. You need 25% I believe. And right now, the Democratic Party has said we have, we are going 95% against you. You've got 5%. So you have the establishment that is up against you. What was particularly interesting for many people was the fact that Hillary, Clinton endorsed Como over you and some people said, as a woman, that thiiiiiii, 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we tho, and we thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, to to to thin, tooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii because you were both progressive. Is that something you expected of her?

Were you disappointed in any way? Or do you think it doesn't matter because of what you're proposing? You know, so the convention happened last week. And you know, Andrew Cuomo, he runs the New York Democratic Party. He's going to get all the establishment endorsements. We walked into the lion's den. We knew what it was was was was was was was was was was the the the the the the the the the the the the the into the Lions den, we knew what it was, we knew it was his backyard, but we wanted to show people that, you know, that they had an alternative and that we weren't afraid and that actually the Democratic Party is our party too. So what

happens now is we collect signatures. We collect tens of thousands of signatures. And it's something we always knew we were going to do and it's a great opportunity actually we have thousands of of volunteers signed up on our website we have an insurgent campaign it's a people-powered campaign and we're going to get out all across the state starting next week and talk to people about the issues and he has thirty one million dollars right in his campaign coffers but point one percent of that are small donor donations. Wow. We got more small donor donations in the first day of our campaign than he's gotten in seven years. So...

Wow. I know that everyone in New York is excited to see how this is going to turn out. Thank you so much for being on the show. I can't wait to see you back on here. Cynthia Nixon everybody. The Daily Show with Trevor Noe, ears edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show. And follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for exclusive content and more.

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