The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Rep. Ritchie Torres on Trump's Indictment and the S.A.N.T.O.S. Act

Episode Date: April 1, 2023

"That sounds like a movie written by George Santos." New York Congressman Ritchie Torres discusses his wild first few weeks on the job – which included the January 6 insurrection and voting to impeach Trump – his introduction of the aptly named S.A.N.T.O.S. Act, and the need for gun reform policy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. We just had breaking news. Donald Trump has been voted to be indicted by a grand jury. First president to be indicted, former first president be indicted. What are your thoughts? Well, Donald Trump announced on True Social that he's been indicated rather than indicted, but... Of course. No spell check for the president.

He probably should have chat GPT helping put together tweets, but I don't. You know, Donald Trump, you know, Donald Trump has been a pathological liar and lawbreaker, his whole life, and has gotten away with it. Like he's a master of getting away with it and finally he's facing the accountability he deserves. But... I know, I want to see that perp walk. I'm dying for that.

That's the only thing I want to say. But I will confess, of all the crimes that he's committed in his life, I never thought in my wildest dreams that he would be taken down by hush payments to a porn star. 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, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, I that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he that he 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 th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th th thi, I tho, I tho, I to to tho-I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the. the. I mean, that's... Right, right. True that. So he's like the Al Capone of American Politics. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for real. Well put, well put. Now, you're the first openly gay Afro-Latino Congressman. You're outing me publicly, come on. Oh, no, no, no.

I would never do that. caucus, the black caucus, the equity caucus. Don't you think all these caucuses should caucus together in greater ginormous caucus? How power would that caucus be? Look, for us, diversity is not a source of division. It's a source of unity. I mean, the House Democratic Caucus is the most diverse legislative caucus that 70% of the caucus consists of members of the LGBTQ community, women, people of color. Like the House Democratic caucus has more diversity and intersectionality than George Santos. So...

Speaking of George Santos and I were the only gay Latinos in the New York congressional delegation, so we're very close. Does he pretend that he's somebody else when you try to talk to him? You know I avoid him. You're the one that avoids. That's what I thought. You know I have trouble keeping track of his lies but you know he's pretended to be a gay, biracial, Ukrainian, Belgian, Brazilian, Jewish, yes, a volleyball champion, Yeah, Brazilian, Jewish, a volleyball champion, Wall Street banker, whose mother died twice including on 9-11, whose ancestors survived the Holocaust, whose employees died in the post-mast shooting. I mean his life

story is the greatest fiction in the history of congressional politics. Oh my god, it's so true. That's why that's why I introduced stopping another non-truthful office-seeker act. The Santos Act. Yes. How long did it take you to come up with that acronym? Come on. I was born with that acronym in my world.

Oh shit. Yeah. What can I say to that? I feel like my life is like a drama. I mean, January 6th was my third day on the job. Wow, that's your third day. Third day on the job. And so if someone had said to a younger version of myself,

Richie, you're gonna become a member of Congress during a global pandemic and witness an insurrection against the US Capitol, and then vote to impeach the host of that would happen within the first two weeks, I would have said that sounds like a movie written by George Santos. So true, so true, man. Well, well put, my brother. Now, you know, we had this terrible shooting this week.

I wanted to ask you about gun reform. I mean, Republicans, they don't want to support back brown checks. They, they, they, or mental fund programs. What do we that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. that that that that that th. th. that th. th. th. that's th. that's that's that's that's that's, that's, they, they, they, they, mental fund programs. I mean, what do we do about this? How do we deal with them? Look, whenever there's a mass shooting, Republicans are quick to bring up mental illness? Right. Every society on earth has mental illness. We are the only wealthy country that has an epidemic of gun violence and mass shootings. That is not an That is not, like let's be clear, it's not an inevitability. It's a public policy choice.

Like we as a society have chosen to put our own children at risk of gun violence. And there are Republicans who claim we're powerless because there's evil in the world. And my view is, if you're too powerless to protect children from mass murder, then you have no business being in Congress. Yes. Yes. That's why I voted for you. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, if you voted for me without being in my district, that's voter fraud. So I want to. No, that's why I campaigned for you. I appreciate that. I appreciate that. I didn't vote twice I appreciate that. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I that. I that. I that. I that. I that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's why that's why that's why that's why that's why I that's why 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 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 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 that's why. that's why I that's why I that's why I th. that's why I th. that's why I that's why I that's why I that's why I that's why I that's why I that's why that's why that's why that's why that's why that. I tried but I couldn't. Although your endorsement is an illegal contribution and we just had a former president indictment. I didn't contribute. I, I, I, I, I, I stomp for you. Yeah, yeah. That's why you're my new embassy show, the docket series that I'm doing it like Wazamo does, America, you're in my third episode. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, that was a blast. Thank you. Thank you, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I that. that. th. th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I. I's. I. I. I'm. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. I'm t. ta. t. ta. tape. t. t. t. Podcast Universe by searching the Daily Show,

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