The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Marjorie Taylor Greene Controversy | Cori Bush

Episode Date: February 5, 2021

Democrats strip Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Kosta preview the Big Game, and Trevor interviews Congresswoman Cori Bush.Please visit dailyshow.com/DreamingOutLoud to help provide healthy food, sustainable food systems and economic opportunity to marginalized communities. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey, what's going on everybody? I'm Trevor Noah, and this is the daily social distancing show. Before we get into it, this weekend is the Super Bowl. And a lot of you have been asking, so I'll tell you who I'm rooting for. Leonel Messi. Because that, my friends, is the real football, because they use their feet. And I'm sick and tired of America could get that off my chest and I'm glad that no one stopped me from saying it. Anyway, on tonight's show, why a little Uzi Vert is getting insurance for his forehead?

Roywood Jr. and Michael Costa preview the Super Bowl and Marjorie Taylor Green discovers 9-11. So let's do this people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. Ears Edition. Let's kick things off with Joseph Railroad Biden, president of the United States and America's palate cleanser. He has made fighting the coronavirus pandemic his top priority.

And while much of that involves improving vaccine distribution and doing more testing, Biden is also considering a creative new idea. And the Biden administration is weighing in on a plan to send masks to every American. NBC News reports the Biden White House is considering sending face coverings directly to households across the country. The COVID-19 response team is currently evaluating the logistics of mailing out millions of masks. Okay, this is a great idea because it helps everybody. Democrats get free masks and Republicans get free toilet paper. Now guys, I'm joking. I mean, you'd think that if someone hasn't worn a mask by now, I mean, this isn't going

to convince them, but you never should underestimate the power of free shit. Have you ever seen the free samples that people will eat at a grocery store? Like, if they'll fight each other for a plastic spoon of liver casserotime, though, it might be a little wasteful to send these masks to everyone. Because some of us already have a ton of masks lying around. I mean, you should see my apartment. It looks like sub-zero hasn't picked up his laundry. But still, it is a good idea. And based on how well the government has managed vaccine distribution so far,

we can probably all expect to get our masks by the end of 2023. Yay! But until then, we still have to deal with the fallout of the pandemic. And one of the many casualties has been the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which got canceled quicker than Morgan Wallin. But yesterday, the Olympic Committee released a new safety plan to ensure that the games could go ahead this year instead. Unfortunately, those plans were quickly overshadowed by another announcement from the Olympic Committee. The head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee is in some hot water this morning over

some sexist comments that were made earlier this week. Eishiru-yri-year-old Yashir Mori said that women talked too much during meetings, making them run too long. Mori called that annoying and added that women want to speak up when they see others speaking. The former Prime Minister was responding to a question about increasing the number of female members of the organizing committee. Mori has since apologized. Oh man, this dude is going to wish he did resign.

Because now he's going to have to go back into meetings and it's gonna be hella awkward Afternoon Sharon how is your department doing? I don't know your shiro Do I have enough time to tell you your bitch? And look man, I'm not excusing this guy's sexism, but at the same time he is 83 I mean put your grandparents in front of a microphone for two minutes and see how many are still allowed to host the Oscars and look he's not totally????????? tot.? tot. tot. tot. tot. tot. tot, tot. tot, tot, totally? totally? the totally? the the the the the the the the the the the 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. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their to to to to to toe. to to to to toe. to their their their their their the the the their the the their their their their their their their minutes and see how many are still allowed to host the Oscars. And look, he's not totally wrong. He's not totally wrong. Meetings can go longer when women are in them. I know, I know, but hear me out.

Because every time a woman gives an idea, a man repeats a minute later, so it doubles the meeting time. You're killing us, ladies, thia, thia, thii, 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, tho, 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. thi, thi, thi, thi, thin. thin. thin, thr. thr. thr. too. too. too. toa. toa. toa. too. toeean. tho. tho. tho. killing us, ladies. But honestly, I don't even know why this guy was having meetings to begin with. It's the Olympics. They've been doing it for 125 years. What do you need to talk about? All right, everyone's still okay with the gold being first place? All right, great. Iton, today's the thrown. But let's move on now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now thoe thoe thoe thoe thoe thoe tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thii. thi. tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho th. tho thi. tho thi. thi. 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 thee the theea. the the the the the the move on now from someone killing his career to someone killing the rap game. What do you do as a rap star to show the world that you've really made it?

Maybe you buy a big house or a fancy car, or you splurge out on Hulu Plus? Pee-pew! No ads! Well now, one rapper the rapper is taking Bling to another level. Robert Little Uzi Verde has unveiled his new forehead piercing, a nearly 11-carat pink diamond, for which he paid $24 million. So he tweeted that he's been making payments on the diamond for the past three years and assuring fans

that he does have insurance. He said it's more than his Bugatti, other cars, earthen, all my friends are dead. All my friends are dead. diamond in my head, all my friends are dead. A 24 million dollar piercing. That, my friends, is the definition of bowling. I just hope his career keeps going up, because there's nothing worse than having to pawn your forehead because times are tough. But until then, he's probably going to be the most recognizable rapper in the world. So that's a plus. On the downside, now Vision can unlock his face thi. thee. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th probably going to be the most recognizable rapper in the world. So that's a plus. On the downside, now vision can unlock his face ID. Ooh, he's going to see all your texts.

Not to mention, the problem with having a diamond in your forehead is that you can never do that thing where you pretend that you don't have any money. Sorry man, time's a this is, this is cubic zirconium, this isn't what you think. Now look, all hating aside, your forehead is a very secure place to keep a diamond. I mean, think about it, it would take the world's most skilled jewel thief to steal it without getting caught. Which means, the game is afoot, little Uziver. thi'nilet to the today's big story. The battle over Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, rising Republican star and the friend everyone ignores in the group text.

Green is known for her history of deranged beliefs, ranging from racist conspiracy theories about Jewish space lasers to supporting calls to execute Democratic politicians. Now Democrats can't stop her from serving in Congress. And they definitely can't stop her from saying crazy shit. But today they decided to give her just a little less input on running the country. Tonight, House Democrats taking an unprecedented step, voting to strip freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, a member of the opposing party of her committee assignments.

She's gonna be removed from the House Education and Labor Committee, as well as the House Budget Committee. She's gonna be a member of the House of Representatives for the next two years. But she's gonna be a member without being able to serve on any of these committees. Yes, people, Marjorie Taylor Green has been kicked off her committees. But if you think about it, this is a pretty sweet deal for Green. Basically, her punishment for acting insane was to do less work for the same amount of money. And honestly, I think kicking her off these committees could actually backfire. The last thing you want to do with the crazy person is give them time to be crazy.

That's why they should put her on all the committees. Then you'll never hear from her again. Excuse me, when are we gonna talk about those Jewish space lasers? Well, no, first we need to discuss the budget for the asphalt acquisitions. Sharon, do you have the report? I don't know. Do I have time to report, bitch? Oh, come on. I didn't say that. That was yes. 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the. the the th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. th. th. the. th. Do I have time to report, bitch? Oh, come on. I didn't say that. That was Yeshiro. So Democrats have made their position on Marjorie Taylor Green clear. But Republicans are a different story.

While some prominent senators have spoken out against her, House Republicans held a meeting last night where they decided to stick with her. Or at the very least, look the other way. House Republicans hosted a marathon meeting overnight. There's a lot of questions that have to be answered and we've got to be able to do that in a family meeting to help bring people back together. Marjorie Taylor Green, who escaped any punishment yesterday over her very extreme views including endorsing political violence and anti-Semitic falsehood.

Sources say Green was given a standing ovation from half of the members in the room, after she expressed remorse for some of her past comments. I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all of us, denouncing Q on. I don't know if I say it right. I don't even know what it is. Any from the shootings. She said she knew nothing about la la the different things that have been brought up about her. Damn, Kevin McCarty, he's a GOP-O-G.

I didn't hear shit, didn't see shit, and I definitely don't know shit. Shit. It's truly amazing that this guy acts like he doesn't even know what Q-O-N-O-N-N-I'm even after they tried to-I's to-I's to-I's to-I's their.... their-I's their-I's th. th. th. th.. Like, eventually, Carol Baskin must have been like, okay, I'll bite. Who is this Tiger King guy? Because, I mean, I should figure this out, right? And it's not like these guys don't have the time to research conspiracy theories. Because when it comes to Hunter Biden, they remember every word, like it's the lyrics to their lyrics the lyrics the lyrics the lyrics the lyrics the lyrics the lyrics their lyrics their lyrics their lyrics their lyrics their lyrics their lyrics their lyrics to the Delaware laptop have been verified by Tony Bablinski. But then ask them about the biggest right-wing cult in the country and they're like, uh,

uh, Hunan, Quunana? Man, who can keep track of this stuff? But to be fair to Kevin McCarthy, he's far from the only Republican who'd rather look like a dumbass than take a position than their position on Marjorie Tay....... taker taker taker taker taker take take take their take their take take, their toa to to their to to to to to to to to to to to their to their to to to to to th. thunaneanananananananananananan. theirunane, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,. Although some Republicans are a little smoother at it than others. Newly elected Senator Arch Conservative from Alabama, Tommy Tuberville tells CNN he doesn't know anything about the Congresswoman because the bad weather kept him from reading the news. It's traveling this weather's been a little rough looking at, look at any news or whatever. Really? He hasn't been looking at the news because the weather's been rough?

I know it's Alabama, but is this dude getting his news by stagecoach? It's been so stormy, the Pony Express hasn't made it out here with the latest tweets. Clearly Marjorie Taylor Green has become a distraction and a liability for the Republican Party, which is maybe why she decided to step up on the floor of the house today and disavow many of her past insane beliefs. When I started finding misinformation lies, things that were not true in these Q&ON post, I stop believing it. School shootings are absolutely real.

And every child that has lost, those families mourn it. I also want to t, those families mourn it. I also want to tell you, 9-11 absolutely happened. So that I definitely want to tell you. I do not believe that it's fake. Ooh, looks like someone started listening to the reasonable voices in her head. Although this woman is so crazy that her saying that 9-11 happened makes me go, wait, did it? But hey, I'm glad that her saying that 9-11 happened makes me go, wait, did it?

But hey, I'm glad that she's come around to the standard Republican belief that school shootings are real and that nothing should be done to stop them. But you may not want to give Green too much credit for disavowing these conspiracies, since it turns out she doesn't take responsibility for believing them in the first place. What I did is I started looking up things on the internet

and I stumbled across something and this is at the end of 2017 called Q&O-N. I was allowed to believe things that weren't true and I would ask questions about them and talk about them. And that is absolutely what I regret. Because if it weren't for the Facebook post and comments that I liked in 2018, I wouldn't be standing here today and you couldn't point a finger and accuse me of anything wrong. Wow, I've never seen someone try to delete their browser history in real life.

But yes, you see, it's all Facebook's fault for allowing her to believe in those things. So don't blame her, Blame Mark Zuckerberg. With his social media lies and his space lasers. And look, man, Marjorie Taylor Green isn't the first person to believe things that she read on the internet. But her defense isn't really reassuring, because basically what she's saying is, yes, up until now, I believe that school shootings were fake, 9-11 didn't happen, and that that that that that that Jewish, and that Jewish, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thiuia, thia, the, thia's, thia's, thiae, thiae, thuase, thuase, thuase, thuase, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and, their, their, their, their, thiii, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiii.a, thr-s, thr-s, thr-s, thr-s, thr-s, their, their, their, their, I believe that school shootings were fake, 9-11 didn't happen, and that Jewish space lasers blew up California. But that's only because I'm incapable of separating fantasy from reality.

So let's do the right thing, and let me go back to making laws. All right, when we come back, Roywood Jr. and Michael Costa break down what we can expect on Super Bowl Sunday. You don't want to miss it. 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. You're rolling? 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 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60 to 60, a to the to a to the the the the the 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 on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the daily social distancing show. This weekend is the Super Bowl, also known as where Grunk thinks he lives. But this Super Bowl Sunday, officials are worried that a giant platter of wings isn't the only thing that's going to be passed around. As Super Bowl weekend looms, fears the game could become a super spreader event. The CDC issuing guidelines for the big game, warning against attending large gatherings,

urging people to watch at home with your own household. Yes, people, please, listen to the CDC. That's what I'm going to do. I came this far. I'm not going to have an obituary with the word buccaneers in there. Yeah, if I want to die, it's not going to be because of a football game. I want to go peacefully. So please guys, do the 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 right right right right right right right right right right guys, do the right thing and watch the game safely.

And for a preview of the big game, let's turn now to Roywood Jr. and Michael Costa for another episode of I apologize for talking while you were talking. What's up sports fans? He's Roywood Jr. I'm Michael Costa and it's that time again, Roy. We are getting ready for the Super Bowl. Yes, we are Costa Super Bowl 55, where a young upstart Patrick Mahomes takes on Tom Brady, who's try to become the oldest man in history.

You know Tom Brady's been playing forever, Roy because I've had time to like him winning, get sick of him winning, then get sick of myself being sick of him winning, and now I like him again. I'm rooting for my homes, but I kind of feel bad for the dude, Costa. You know, on the one hand, if he loses, you're lost to an old guy. And then on the other hand, if he wins, it's elder abuse. But either way, I'm looking forward to Super Bowl 55, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Bucks. Let's go! My whole. Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Bucks, let's go! My whole house is riding on this. Oh, my God. Hell yeah, Roy! I'm still coming over to watch the game, right? Oh, no, no the hell you are not, dude, you're a walking Petri dish. Ugh. A walking peep, why do you and the CDC keep saying that? But let's be real about this year's Super Bowl, things to be a little different because of the Roma. That's right, Roy. This ain't your mom's new boyfriend's Super Bowl.

Corona virus is changing every part of the game, including the stuff that plays in between the game. The companies behind some of the most iconic Super Bowl ads ever announced they're staying on the sidelines this year, choosing not to run any ads for their products. Budweiser says they will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will they will they will the the the their their their their th. They will will will th. their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. th. this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this th. their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. te. te. te. te. thi. the. the. this. thi. this. this, their. any ads for their products. Budweiser says they will donate the money that would have gone to a TV spot to COVID-vacin awareness campaigns instead. It's a tricky year to hit the tone and decide are people ready for a laugh or do they want something more serious. Now this is a travesty and I'm not just saying that because I nailed my audition to become the next Budweiser Cly-clis... pounds of hay for nothing, Roy. Oh that's what that was. I thought you looked a little hoarsier than usual. I mean how you're going to sit out the Super Bowl? It's the one time

of the year people are actually talking about the commercials. You go to work on Monday, and your co-workers like, what you think are the commercials? And I thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, what thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that's, that's, oh, oh, 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 was that's was that's was that's was that's was that's was that's was, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, that's that's that's that's thi, that's that's that's that's that's that's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what that's what that's what that's that's th-a, that's th-s, that's thi. Oh, thi. Oh, to remember. I don't know Costa, it's kind of hard to do a fun commercial right now. And those somber commercials, they're the worst. The last thing I want to see on my TV on Super Bowl Sunday is the Pillsbury Dovely talking about these unprecedented times before his belly gets finger blasted. The good thing though is that these bigger companies not advertising makes room for Yankee Candle. That's what I want want is is a commercial from big production fireworks the whole nine and and have Morgan Freeman do the voiceover. Yankee Candle. The official shit smell cover-up candle of the NFL. That's what I want bro. Fingers crossed Roy. Of course the Super Bowl ads aren't the only way the big game will be affected. If you're hoping to get a ticket, you're even more out of luck than usual.

If you want to go to the Super Bowl, get ready to dish out major money for a ticket. Big Game is always pricey, but there is limited capacity this year. We're talking about major, major money. Right now prices range from about $10,000, to $1.00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,10,000 to nearly $85,000. I can't even wrap my head around this. This is the most expensive Super Bowl ticket yet. $85,000 for a ticket? If I was spending that much money, the seat better come with unlimited drinks and all you can eat hay. One thing I'm glad to see, the NFL is given 7,500 vaccinated health care workers free tickets to the game. They busted their ass ass th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've thoomole. I've that. I'm thoomoomoomoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. thea. th. th. thea. t. tote. th. th. thea. thea. thea. th game. They busted their ass for us this entire pandemic.

What better way to let off a little steam than to see 100 men slam their brains together? And those health care workers aren't the only ones getting tickets. It turns out at least one poet got the invite to. She was the breakout star at the inauguration and now inaugural poet Amanda Gorman is going to perform at the Super Bowl. She's going to perform an original poem before the game to honor three heroes. The NFL has named as honorary captains. A poem before the Super Bowl? I don't know Costa, I guess. But like when I'm trying to get hyped up for some gridiron action, the last thing I want to hear is somebody telling me about the two roads diverged in the yellow. I. I. I. I. I. I. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm the the the the the the the the. I'm the the. I'm the. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. 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 about the two roads diverged in the yellow wood and then the next thing I know I'm crying in the case so, because I never went

to dance school. There's no shame and giving up on your dreams, Roy. You know? Props to Amanda Gorman, though. This just shows how huge she's become since the inauguration. There's no way the NFL was like, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thi, tho, thin, because, thin, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because I I I I I's, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, is is is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. I I I is the thi. I is the the thi, is thi, is the the the the the the the the the the the the the tho, I'm throan, I'm thoan, I'm throan, I'm throan, is never never never Super Bowl. It's just a matter of which one. I'm happy for Gorman, I know she'll question, but the NFL better not think we're gonna forget about their diversity problem, though.

They promised us black coaches. And of the seven head coach positions that were open, only one was filled by a black guy. And I'm pretty sure they only hired really look alike to me. Wow. Okay, Costa, so you're seriously saying that all black people don't look alike. Um, yes? Yes. It was a test.

Oh, yes. Does that mean we can bubble up and watch the game? I promise I'll be safe. All I have on Saturday is a dentist appointment and a forehand massage, but that's it. No, not a chance. That's all for us, Trevor, back to you. What? Dude, come on. I'll bring hay.

I'm really worried about you. Thank you so much for that, guys. All right, when we come back, Representative Corey Bush is joining, to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to toe. to toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to to to toe. toe. toe. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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. thean. tean. teanananananananan. te. te. te. te. te. te. thean. thean on the show to talk about her plans for Congress and what happened on the floor just today. So stick around. 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. You're rolling? 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 on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke with Representative Corey Bush of Missouri. She's part of a new group of progressive Democrats shaking up Congress and their own party. We talked about her first month in office, her priorities for Congress, and so much more.

Congresswoman Corey Bush, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Thanks for having me. I thank you for making the time. I mean, we literally had to have to to to to to to to to to to to to to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait to wait 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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 representative.o.o. the the the the the the too. to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Thanks for having me. I thank you for making the time. I mean, we literally had to wait for this interview because you were on the floor giving your remarks in, I'm sure what many people agree, was a fiery condemnation of your colleague's inability to condemn white supremacy and also condone the actions of, in particular, Marjorie Taylor Green. Why is this such a major issue for you?

I know it's an obvious question, but I want to know why you are so fired up by what's happening in Congress right now. Multiple reasons. One is if we don't call it out, if we just allow it, we continue with what we have right now. My activist friends and I, we stood out on the streets of Ferguson day in and day out, rain, sleep, hell, snow, hell no we won't go. Getting our butts kicked out there on the ground, but then also fighting to be able to be here, to be in a place where we get to make these kind of decisions to save lives and

especially the same black lives. And so you think I'm going to make it all the way to Congress and then be quiet when white supremacy comes and knocks at the door, when white supremacy was ready to attack me and my colleagues, when it could have attacked my team? Now I will say this, it's not that she can't evolve or be reformed, and so that's why I won't shut up because maybe she just needs to be exposed that there is a whole other side to this thing. shut up because maybe she just needs to be exposed that there is a whole other side to this thing. It's called loving humanity. And she gave a response earlier today saying that she regrets some of the things that she said

because she didn't realize that those things were, you know, may not be true. This is the thing. She called me a terrorist. She said that I called I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was the the leader, I was the leader, I was the leader, I was the leader, I was the leader, I was the, I was, you, you, you the leader, the, you the, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you the, you the, you the, you the, you the, you the, you 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, thereea, thereea, to to to thereea, threat, theree, threat, the, the, the, the, the, the rape and the rape and the burning of a home. And I called, you know, for the murder of a couple. She didn't take that back. She didn't regret that. That's the kind of stuff that's dangerous for our communities. And so that has to be called out.

You haven't been afraid to speak your mind about what you see that is going wrong. And you have had an interesting journey because you were an activist marching from Ferguson, you know, this was the pre-George Floyd, you know, before it became a nationwide movement the way people saw in 2020. It's been interesting because some people say that the activists on the streets are the reason that we're seeing the changes, and now you are in Congress. Where do you think that more progress is made in Congress or through the activism in the street? Should more activists be trying to get into lawmaking?

Absolutely more activists should be trying to get into lawmaking, but you need both. I don't think you need to have, there is, and you got to have both. You can't just have one. It's not either or. The reason is you need the activists that'll put pressure, that'll do the work to make sure that things are moving, that'll keep the awareness and the visibility. But then you need the person that has the pen. You need the person that has the power of the purse to be able to pull in more,

but not just in Congress. We need them on the local levels and on the state level. You are the first black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. You overcame extreme odds. I mean, you know, living an unsheltered life. You are unhomed, you're a mother of two kids, you've shared being a survivor of sexual assault. It is a story that resonated with many and some of your constituents have said, I like her because I believe that she will fight for me because she reminds me of me of me.

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And to help push my colleagues. Like, you may not know what it was like, to be hungry. These things may not be your story. You may not know what it's like, you may, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, thi, to, to, thi, thi, to, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi, that, 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, to to to to to to to to to to to to thi.. to to to thi. to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, th sit on the shelf for four months and still not get justice. You may not understand that. You may not understand what it's like to make $20,000 less a year simply because you're a black woman when the person next to you is a white man doing the exact same work but getting more money than you, you may not understand it, but I'm here to tell you what that, the, do you think that some of your now colleagues

thought you were Brianna Taylor. I mean, that surely means that there are some people who are, they were just like, maybe they've been there for a long time or maybe they're completely disconnected. Do you feel like many of the lawmakers are out of touch or some of them? Absolutely, some of them are out of toubts. I won't say all, but some of them are, but that's our work. Because the thing is, we all have something to bring it. We all have a skill, a gift, a talent, something to bring. And so for me, I'm going to bring this struggle. that black folks and every single struggle that I've had to the forefront so that they understand what has to change. And you're going to hear it from your own colleague.

I'm not, I don't care about a name, a reputation or a title. I don't care if you, you know, if you look at me like, oh, I'm dirty because I came from, you know, from living on the street. I don't care, give my people what we need. You've been very vocal in talking about what you think Joe Biden needs to do. One of the issues has been commuting the sentences

of federal inmates who are on death row. This has always been a contentious issue in America. Many people have said, look, we don't want the death penalty. But beyond the conversation, I agree with you. I do not support the death penalty. But I always would like to know, from a lawmaker's point of view, how do you speak to those families who have been the victim of some of these people who are on death throw and say to them, hey, sympathize with those families as someone who lost a loved one, a very, very close loved one to an execution-style murder.

I absolutely stand with those families. But we cannot continue this cycle of violence and think that we will begin to heal this country. We have to get out of the mindset that that is a way to get justice. There are other ways to get justice and one, some of those ways is the work that we're doing right now with legislation saying that we have to make sure that there are resources in our communities. We have to make sure that people have and communities have the things that we need to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able tothings that we need to be able to be hold. And so if we won't do that work, when we, when our work is to build this carceral system,

when that's our work, when we're telling our third graders that if you don't score this particular number on this particular proficiency test, that you may be, have a one in three chance to end up in prison one day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day day. day. when that. When day. When that. When th. When th. When th. When th. When th. We th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi's thi's thi. thi. thi. thi's thi's, thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be, to be. We's. I I I I I I I I I I I. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the. to toe. thei. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to to to a one in three chance to end up in prison one day, when we're telling that to our third graders, when that's the mindset of America, then that's the problem we have to deal with. We stand with our families and we do. But we have to change our thinking and do the real work to fix, you build people, to build communities. Let's talk a little bit about the COVID relief bill. 1.9 trillion dollars.

That's what Joe Biden has come out with. It is ambitious because America's in a desperate place where something ambitious needs to be done. One of the sticking points in this bill has been the $15 minimum wage. Some people have argued that fighting for a $15 minimum wage is going to cost small businesses in particular the opportunity to give people jobs. What do you say to the small business owners who are terrified of the idea of not being able to afford to pay someone and also how do you respond to the worker who says hey I get $12 and I still want my job I don't

to lose my job because it's $15. You know, in our district locally, we have had small business owners who decided to take a risk and go ahead and switch to $15 an hour. This was, this started a few years ago. And they didn't know that they would be able to do it. And some of them said, well, Corey, I was thinking, think, think, thininin, I thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I was to thin, thi, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, to to to to to to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, to to me, to me, told, to me, to me, to me, too, too, told, too.. told, told, told, told, And some of them said, well, Corey, I was thinking maybe, you know, in a year or two years and I would start to see some change that it would be rough.

But what actually happened was, when they started paying their staff $15 an hour, they saw an uptick. So then the productivity increased, and they started making more money. thing for them. And not only that, when we think about when you pay people a living wage, because I take, you know, I don't know if you've ever worked for, but I've worked for $5 and 35 cent an hour and after 10 years I was making $9 at that job. So I understand, I totally get it. The thing is, when we push something else that I've been pushing, which is Medicare for all, and we take away employers for having that, to pay, tha, tha, tha, thol, thol, thol, thol, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and thi, tho, and tho, and tho, and thin, and thi, and thi, and thin, and thi, and thi, and thi, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, but, I'm, but, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. th. th. th. th. thi, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, I'm not thin, thin, I'm not thin, I'm not thin, I'm thin, I'm thin, thin, all. And we take away employers for having to pay

that part of the health care, and then they can take that so down now they can take the money that they would have been paying into health care. And now they can use that to pay more and to increase the benefits for their staff. That's how we look at it. But for those small businesses that feel like it's going to hurt their can hurt their business. That's when you call on us. Use your lawmakers in that way. Let us put together those programs to be able to help you because we cannot look at it like we can't do this because we don't want to, we think what may happen. Because you know what, there was a day when people didn't wear seatbelts we were just driving and then all of a sudden somebody we had to

start to wear seat belts and people people pushed back but now let's see what we can see the benefit of it. There was a day when you can smoke anywhere you wanted to smoke and people push back but now they see the benefit so we have to you know look at change being a good thing. Yeah it really it really is about about the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to the the the to the the to th. thi. to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to thi. thi. to to be. toe. toe. to to to the the to to to to to to to to to to to the the people. to to to to to the to the to people. to people. to to to be. to be. to be. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thin. the. the. te. te. te. Wea. try. try. Wea. Wea. try. try. We. try. We toe. We toe. about perception sometimes. It's more about how people perceive a thing than the thing itself. So looking at that perception, let's talk about one of the issues that's going to be coming up, and that is the $2,000 checks that people have been waiting for and expecting. Now, there are two realities that sort of exist right now. Some people say what happened was the Democrats fought and argued that yes, Americans should

be getting a $2,000 stimulus check. The same as Donald Trump was saying at the time. Republicans said no, it's too much money, we care about the budget now, which was hypocritical, but fine. $600 was agreed upon. And now the Biden administration has said $1,400 additional will be added to that which makes up the $2,000. There are many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many thine thine thine thine th say th say th say th say th say th say th say th say th. th is the, thease thea. thea, the, thioe, 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,000,000, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean., thean., thean. I thean. I'm thean. I'm thean. I say, thean, the be added to that which makes up the $2,000. There are many people who are saying, no, no, no, you promised us $2,000. We want the $2,000 check.

This is going to be a sticky conversation, which, as you know, better than anyone, can be used in a conversation about perception. So my question to you is, what do you think needs to be2,000 straight out, you know, not at 9,614. I have been advocating along with several of my colleagues for $2,000 per month, you know, that's retroactive back to when this pandemic started. And we want to keep it until, through the course of this pandemic so that people can get on their feats and start and have some stability and sustain. That's what this is about.

So we're pushing for monthly checks and that check has to be 2000. Obviously a lot of your colleagues are going to say, but Corey, where does that money come from? Look, if we can find money for a wall, if we can find money for so many other things, look, we have space force now. Don't tell me we cannot make sure that the people in our communities can eat. We're talking about people eating. We're talking about children having diapers and milk.

We're talking about people being able to keep lights on to have heat if they need it, or to be able to have cool air if it's hot. That's what we're talking about. We're talking about saving lives, and there is no price to that saving lives, one, period. But then also, when we can build a wall? Congressman Corey Bush, I could talk to you forever, but I know you've got business to get to. Thank you so much for taking the time and thank you for joining us on the show. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much again to Representative Bush for joining us. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this.

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