The Daily Show: Ears Edition - MAGA Republicans and Democrats React to the Changes on the Democratic Ticket

Episode Date: August 29, 2024

Jordan Klepper travels to a Trump rally in Harrisburg, PA to get the MAGA crowd’s opinion on Biden dropping out of the race, Kamala Harris replacing him and JD Vance and Tim Walz as VP candidates. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt attends the first Democratic rally for VP Harris in Philadelphia to see if voters agree that she chose the right white guy as her running mate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome back to the Daily Show. Today is all about Tim Walls, but Donald Trump is still out on the campaign trail and that means Jordan Clepper of the most eventful in American political history. So I went to Harrisburg PA to see how the Maga world is reflecting on these serious times. First, I want to know how they're coping with the loss of their favorite punching bag. I've seen you many, many times here. What number rally we have? Are you sad about the F-Biden chant being retired? I'm sad because of all I've invested in the the the the the the then then then then thine thine thine thine thine thine thine 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 thi. thi thi. thi thi thi thi 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 theeea thea thea thea' last thea' last thea' last thea' last thea' thi th? 82. Are you sad about the F-Joe-Biden chant being retired? I'm sad because of all I've invested in all this anti-Biden gear. How much Let's Go Brandon merch did you have?

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Kamala. Kamala. Kamala. Kamala. There you go. I appreciate that you're trying to say the name correctly. Yes. I actually am not.

But I inadvertently, Saddam. Did you workshopping, elevating Kamala to Saddam Hussein levels? Kamala Harris is a bigger threat. More anti-American than Saddam Hussein? Oh, yes, yes. The most anti-American candidate for president we ever had. I gotta tell you, if I ran into you three weeks ago is qualified to be president? Somebody that cackles all the time and laughs and everything under the sun. Are you kidding me? A woman experiencing joy, not your thing?

She's useless. She's backpedaling on all her previous comments. Is that your issue with her? Yeah. Yes. What do you like about J.D. Vance the people? He'll stand up for Trump? Yeah. Vance will stand up to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the people to to the people to the people to the people the people to the people to the people the people to the people the people to to the people the people the people who the people who to to to to to to the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people the people to to to to to the people to the people the people to the people the people the people. He's a man of the people who compare Donald Trump to Hitler. Yeah. What happens if those people are also J.D. Vance? He has acquitted Donald Trump to Hitler. America's Hitler. Years ago. He flip-flop. People can change. Yeah. But I still am like parents. There you go. Apparently writing a book about your opioid addicted family makes you more qualified than any black woman could ever be.

I heard she got up the ladder on her back. Right, but millions of people voted for Kamala Harris. Did she sleep with all of them? I just don't know. No. But how do you sleep you were to the top of elected positions? I don't know how she got to where she is, except if the word is DEI, you know. What do you think of J.D. Vance? I think he picked him for votes in the Rust Belt.

Oh, so Trump wanted diversity on the ticket. Yeah. Sure. Over the years, the MAGA crowd has faced a lot of criticism, but none more stinging than the line of attack started by Kamala's new VP candidate, Tim Walls. These guys are just weird. These are weird. These are weird people on the other side. Democrats are trying to call the MAGA movement. What do you think thi. to think the Maga movement? And inherently an unserious movement? I mean, I don't think so. Do you think the discourse has gotten too, too ridiculous? I think so.

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But this crowd isn't always into official stories. I think people on both sides can agree. That was a horrific moment in our history. It was. Looking back at him, do you believe the things you hear? Oh, no I don't. I believe it's an inside job. The shooting was an inside job? A lot of things aren't adding up. It's very strange. I think that was a planned job. Anybody with any common sense knows that was a plan job. Planned by who? The Dems. The left's deep state. Obama is involved in this. You think Obama set up the assassination attempt? I think he surely knew about it. Oh, it's the government, for sure. It's government?

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It's like a where-Waldos situation? Yes, yes. It's like, oh my god, who doesn't fit that profile? Exactly. And just about the security and everything, there's like something wasn't right. It's like, this kid was able to get an AR-15 that what the hell? Yeah. Doesn't add up.

In that it adds up so cleanly it feels too easy. Exactly. There's no paper, they can only go so far and it's like a dead end. It's a situation where like you want to connect the two dots, but it's just much easier Exactly. Exactly. Thank you, Jordan. 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. tha. tha. tha. tha. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to to to the. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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. This week, Kamala Harris held her first rally with her new vice presidential pick, Tim Walsh. Grace Koolin Schmidt went down to check out the vibes. I'm here in Philadelphia at Kamala Harris's first joint rally with her newly minted VP pick Tim Walls.

Wow. I haven't seen this much excitement about a white guy since the last one dropped off the picket. The party people are here to slay, but are these Kamilamal maniacs ready to get to killed? So how excited are you about Tim Walls on a scale from Joe Biden is running for president to Joe Biden just dropped out? Completely excited, that's all I'll say. Mostly excited. So excited, he's all awesome.

We're pumped. You look really pumped. The excitement is infectious. Even Jady Vance's nemesis is here. I think Walls will do fun. I. We. We. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We thine. We thine. We thine. We thine. We.D. Vance's nemesis is here. I think we'll also do fun. I don't know a whole lot about them, but I trust Kamala's instinct. These Democrats were still discovering their new candidate.

So I wanted to bring them face to face with the man himself. All right, so here he is. Tim, how do you feel looking at him for the first time? I like them. I like them. This is the guy. Tim, we're gonna go like. Oh shit. Yeah. Wait, my bad, sorry.

This is Tim Walls. This is Tim Walls. I thought it looked like Tim Kaine. I got some confused. He looks like every other white guy. Yeah, but he's a teacher. True. What is it that you love about walls? Friendly dad energy. Friendly dad energy. That's very fun. He served this country in every way so many capacities. But can he serve? Yes. Yes. We will make sure that he could serve. Right. So Tim has a lot of positives, but nobody wanted to

name the albino elephant in the room that makes him such a political asset. He's well loved by his estate. And? His name is two syllables, Tim lost. And I think he'll bring the voters that she meets. Because we need somebody from the heartland. He seems more relatable to average Joe. Veteran, coach, teacher, gun owner.

And nothing makes me more secure than a white guy with a gun. I love it. He knows about hunting, farming. He knows those people. Those are his people. Those people. I know what you're talking about. Oh, the Midwest? Are we allowed to say those people? After talking in circles for hours, somebody was finally ready to come out and say it. I mean she definitely needed, I hate to say

someone white. Someone white. Yeah, it's kind of like hello like they run the world a little bit. It's good to have a white guy back isn't it? I mean diversity is wonderful. I mean diversity is th th th th th th th th th th th th th wea wea wea wea wea wea wea wea wea th th th the th th th th the th th th the th th th th th th th th thi th th thi thi th th th th th to say to say to say to say to say to say th. Are th. Are to say. Are to say. Are to say. Are to say. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. Are th. th. th. Are th. th. Are th. Are thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the thi the the the thi the the thi the thi thi the thi the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th run the world a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's good to have a white guy back, isn't it? I mean, diversity is wonderful. We can make an exception for a special white male. Yeah, you're right. How crazy is it that there hasn't been a special white male on the Democratic ticket for the last 16 days, one hour and 14 minutes. So it wasn't hard for you these past three weeks, you weren't kind of like, what am I going

to have some representation around here? I feel represented really right now, so. That's what's up? Shout out, Tim. Giving white guys a whole new way to look at the world and understand that they have a place there or they can belong. By having a black Asian woman as a demogatic candidate, so I think it was a thiiiiiii thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. So it was thi. So it was thi, thi, thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so thi. So, so thi. So, thi. So, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to toe. So, toe, toe, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. thean. thean. the. thean. I the. I thean. I the. I think it was necessary that we had a white man. Right, in a way, was he kind of like a DEI hire?

Oh, absolutely. Okay, so we know Tim Wals is white, but is he white enough to win all 19 electoral votes from Pennsylvania? Have you seen him play Hockey Sack? Have you seen him at Dave Matthews' concert? Have you seen him Hackey Sack? Have you seen him out of Dave Matthews band concert? Have you seen him eat yogurt? Have you seen him say I love yogurt? I love eating yogurt and I'm a white guy. Have you seen him say that? Is he white enough? He's close to Lily White, I think so? When it comes to white, he's right.

Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay, cool. So let's see some real American-style diversity in action. In Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. There's a golden rule. Mind your own damn business. He's definitely white. It's clear that this ticket is already reaching across the aisle. Their platforms speak to us way more than the Republican platform. This might be a crazy question, but have you thought about just being Democrats?

So, I want more of everyone in America to realize that not all Republicans are weird. I think that's really beautiful. Yes, changes in the air. Republicans are getting less weird, and Democrats are getting less normal. And some things are more the same than ever. Let's look in the camera together right now and say it, Hey, White Guys.

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