The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The DeSantis Files

Episode Date: May 25, 2023

Revisiting some of Ron DeSantis’s greatest hits, from sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard to his feud with Disney. Roy Wood Jr. also speaks with Ron DeSantis's education adviser about what would happen if Florida simply adds a "Great Whites" history class instead of banning CRT. Then MSNBC primetime host Alex Wagner discusses her new show, “Alex Wagner Tonight,” and how what’s happening in Florida is a model for what’s happening across the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Because he wants to do the responsible thing and see if his election deniers get into power so they can steal the election for him. He's waiting. It's good. And even though he hasn't officially announced that he's running yet, Trump is already taking shots at some of his rivals in the GOP. Donald Trump, meanwhile, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held competing rallies in the state of Florida yesterday. While Trump urged Florians to vote for DeSantis in his race against Democrat Charlie Chris, the former president also took a swipe at the governor as a potential 2024 opponent.

We're winning big, big, big, big in the Republican Party for the nomination like nobody's ever seen before. Let's say, there it is. Trump at 71., the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to the the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th before Let's say there it is Trump at 71 Ron to Sanctimonious at 10% Mike Pence at 7 oh Mike's doing better than I thought Yeah, I thought he'd be dead by now. I guess there's always next time he's doing better By the way, I love how Trump always gives speeches on the tarmac right in front of his plane. Have you noticed how he does, like the door is open, the stick, the door, it's almost like,

he doesn't want to spend one second longer than needed with those people. He's just like, keep the engine running, I want to leave this shithole town as soon as I say good night. In fact, just just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, thi. to to to to to, to, to, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. the th. th. th. the thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thr. thr. th to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th th out of here before these rednecks can touch me. You saw what they did to Mike Pence. These people are dangerous. But the reason that speech is going viral is because of that bitchy little swipe at Ron DeSanctomonious. Yeah you saw that breaking out a classic trump nickname. I mean at least we think it was a nickname it could have just been Trump trying to say, the Sanctus, you know him. D'Santhanonius. And what makes the story even better is that apparently Trump has been privately testing nicknames for Ron DeSanctus. Yeah, which is amazing to me.

The man is at a meeting with his team of lawyers and he's like, all right, enough of all the ways that I could go to jail. What do you guys like better? Ron DeSanctermonius or Randa Shithead. Which one? Right now, it looks like a Trump versus DeSanctus feud is breaking out into the open. And you know, usually when two men fight in Florida, it's at a Margaritaville at 1 a.m. But this, this is a lot more high stakes, which is probably why a lot of Republicans are upset with Trump for going after DeSanctus. Yeah. Because they're like, what are you doing? We love Ron DeSanctus. He's our guy. And Trump is like, yeah, I know. That's why I hate him.

Because, you see, people don't realize, that's the one thing Trump hates more than anything, is anyone having what he thinks should be his spotlight. That might be the thing that destroys the Republican chances in 2024. Donald Trump cannot stand not being the center of attention. I bet he got jealous he kids were born. You know? He's like, congratulations, it's a boy. I'm also a boy and I've been a boy much longer.

So long, many people in Oswald are saying a best boy of all time. As you know, last week the immigration debate in America was reignited once again by Ron DeSanctus, Florida Governor and the dad of your school bully. You see, for months now, Republican governors in Arizona and Texas have been trying to draw attention to border security by busing migrants to busing migrants to places like New York and Chicago. But DeSanctis took things up a notch by hiring a plane to take 48 Venezuelan migrants from Texas and drop them off in Martha's Vineyard.

And if the Sanctus was looking for attention, well, he definitely got it. Some Democratic lawmakers want the Justice Department to open an investigation after 50 Venezuelan migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard last week. This morning a Texas sheriff launching a criminal investigation against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Massachusetts authorities won a federal human trafficking probe into what it calls inhumane acts by DeSantis and others. They were told there was a surprise present for them and that there would be jobs and housing awaiting for them when they arrived. This was obviously a sadistic lie. They were lured by false pretenses and then transported across state lines. That is enough evidence to open a criminal investigation for the federal crime of kidnapping by invaglement.

Kidnapping by invaglement? I swear to God, Republicans are going to give me a law degree by the time this shit is over. Because we keep learning about new things, invagalment. But yeah, basically DeSanxas tried to pull his stunts that may have turned into an actual crime. But it doesn't surprise me. It doesn't surprise me that Ron DeSanx is doing this. He looks kind of like a human trafficker. For real, look at him. Just look at him. Look at him. Tell me, tell me that's not the pose of a man who's smuggling a group of Venezuelans up his butt.

Look at that guy. Ah, I'm gonna explode. So, to many, to many Democrats, especially, DeSanxanthus is basically just a kidnapper in a frontseu-suit. But what's interesting is over in Maga World, DeSantis has been getting a hero's welcome. This weekend in Kansas, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis received a standing ovation from Republican voters when he talked about the southern border. As stunts go, this has been an incredibly brilliant. Obviously a boss move by DeSantis. I think this is brilliant. They need to do more.

Tomorrow, Martha's Vineyard needs 100. The next day, they need 200. The next day, they need a thousand. Martha's Vineyard lost their mind. Ron DeSantis, he's playing chess here. Democrats and our allies in the media. They're playing checkers. The hypocrisy is now out in the open.

This is amazing. This is checkmate. Oh checkmate yeah I like how Republicans are like no no we're not using immigrants as pawns but also check mate. As you can see conservatives they're just teasing their pants over this thing it was brilliant a boss move yes queen Martha's vineyard lost their mind. And by the way, did it really? Did it? Did Martha's Vineyard lose its mind? 50 migrants showed up out of no way. And the people of Martha's Vineyard gave them food and shelter and then exchanged hugs with them as they boarded buses to leave. Now, I know Ted Cruz has never been hugged before, so he may have thought that they were trying to strangle strangle strangle their their their their their their their their, th.. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. thi. 50. 50. 50. 50. to to to to to to to to to thi. to thin. thi. thi. thi. thi. toe. thi. toe. thi. toe. toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, thi. to to to that they were trying to strangle each other, but that doesn't look like people losing their minds to me. This really shows you how America is living in two completely separate realities right

now. In the Democratic world, this was a heartless and illegal stunt. In Maga world, this is the most brilliant thing anyone's done since Jesus invented the era of 15. Yeah, Democrats say Marthus, Mara,anx wrong by welcoming the migrants with open arms. Magawold says they proved DeSanctis right by shipping the migrants off to a military base after two days. It's pretty wild. I mean, at this point, America's basically the multiverse.

There's one universe where DeSanthanit is a god and simultaneously another universe where he's headed to prison and has those hot dogs for fingers. But believe it or not, believe it or not, there is actually one conservative who is upset with Desantos. And you'll never guess who it is. Rolling Stone reports that Trump is upset about DeSantis' decision to fly nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week, not because he thinks it was a depraved and irresponsible and inhumane practice to target asylum to the 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week, not because he thinks it was a depraved and irresponsible and inhumane practice to target asylum seekers.

No, Trump is angry because it was his idea first. According to the story, the former president, quote, vented that DeSantis' latest stunt was yet another one of my ideas that the governor allegedly stole from Trump. Oh, man, stole from Trump. Oh man, poor Donald Trump. This is sitting at home like, you stole my idea. And by the way, stealing stuff is also my idea. Read the news.

Read it in week. My idea. But you know what's really telling here is that in a way Trump has a point. Right? He is the guy who came up with the idea of turning all politics into a series of stunts. That is what he did. The Muslim ban, build the wall. That shit didn't solve anything, but it got the people going. And now pulling stunts has become the driving force of the Republican Party.

But Trump, he's stuck watching it on the sidelines. And I feel bad for you, Mr. Trump. But the fact is, Ron DeSanctus, you see what he's doing. He's slowly becoming the Republican Party now, stealing your tricks, and the, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, their, and thiiiiiii, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, he's, he's, their, he's, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th...... And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's, thi's, thin, thi's, thin, thi's, thi's, thi.eea's, thi.ea's, thi.ea.ea.e. And, thi. And, th tricks, making it his own. And so you gotta get used to this. You better get used to being smuggled in his butthole for the ride. Let's kick things off with Donald Trump, the former president of the United States. I feel you. And future president of Cell Block Dean. Yes.

Yes. and future president of Cell Block Dean. Yesterday Trump sat down for an interview on Fox News with Sean Mantidys. That's his real name. And it sounds like Trump isn't happy that Ron DeSantis might run against him. After all the help he gave Ron when he was running for Governor. Ron came to see me tears in his eyes. He said I need you to do me a big favor. Would you endorse me? I fought for you. So I said let's give it a shot Ron okay. And he was desperate. I said okay I gave him a nice endorsement. I got him the nomination. By the way couldn't have never gotten the nomination. He would be working in either a pizza parlor place

or a law office right now, okay? And he wouldn't be very half-sock. Wow. Ron DeSantis would be working in a pizza place or a law office. to their tripast. to the a law office. I put it on backwards. Ha ha!

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And also, you know that Ron DeSantis has been attacking the Disney Corporation for a year now. Ever since Disney criticized his anti-gay bill, and also because they used his image for Quasimodo. Deadringer. Well now the fight has reached the courts. This morning, Disney sued Ron DeSantis, accusing him of political retaliation. Which... Good news. Good news. Which sounds bad, but if they really wanted to f-hom up, they'd slip his kid the Encanto soundtrack.

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And some people love it. Keith Flaw is an education advisor to run dissent and a supporter of the Stop Work Act. We get teachers who are coming out of these liberal colleges, they believe our country is evil. They're teaching young children that it's about the color of your skin, not your character.. to to to to to to to to to thiiiiiiiiii.. to to thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to make white white to make white to make white white white white white white white white to make to make white to make white to make white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white white to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. their their their their their their their their their their thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their their their their their the thi. their thi. thi. thi. is evil. They're teaching young children that it's about the color of your skin, not your character. Okay, but how do we talk about race in this country in a way that keeps people from being so damn sensitive? I don't know that I haven't answered that. Because that's the issue.

The proponents of CRT are trying to say let's talk about the race part of it, just looked it, and the people people people people people people people people the people the people the th. th. th. th. th. th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. Because th. th. th. th. th. th. thi's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. I. I. I. I. their. I. I. I. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, te. te. te. tee. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. their. their. te and trying to say, let's talk about the race part of it, just a look, and then people go, uh, race, it makes me feel bad. Tough your ass up. Do you think that you change that by teaching young kids in kindergarten that because they're white, they're, they've benefited from white supremacy? I wasn't yelling at you by the way. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. Okay, so do you believe that there is institutional racism in this country? I don't know that I, I don't know that I, um, he just said do I believe and I don't know that, I don't know that my opinion matters in that situation. I think you have to look at the facts. And I don't know that I'm, um, um, prepared to, to state an opinion on that I'm prepared to state an opinion on that. So maybe the real question should be,

whose feelings are we really worried about hurting? You know what you should do? We talk about all the deep, you know, racism, racism, systemic, equality. And then we have another class that's just called the good white folk. Did you have seen? Free black man got kidnapped. And then a Brad Pitt helped him get free. So we have like you learn, you learn about Brad Pitt, you learn about some of Dr. King's

white friends. Would that help be... Because I think I'm getting what you're saying now. But I don't think that helps at all because what you're doing is you teaching... You didn't know... to know... to know to know to know the the th th th th th th the th th th th the th th th th th th you the th you. th you. th you the the, like the, like that that that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, I thin, I thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi.. But, thi. you're teaching. You didn't know about Brad Pitt, I just educated you. The idea of doing a class on good white people in history is just too good to resist. Hi, I'm Roywood Jr. and welcome to the only history class dedicated to the many great contributions of white folks and therefore the only class sanctioned by the state of Florida

because it makes white people feel good. Welcome to the Great Whites. Let's start with the greatest white of all. George Washington. Born in 1732, George Washington led the American Revolution against the British Empire, secured the country's freedom and then served as the nation's first president. Washington then retired to his beautiful plantation in Virginia with his wife and over 300 slaves as part of an economic system built on the subjugation of black people. George Washington also helped create the tradition of presidential term limits. Good work work work George Washington. One of the other great whites in history that we often don't talk about is a brilliant white man named Thomas Edison. Working out of his lab the lab in the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their often don't talk about is a brilliant white man named Thomas Edison.

Working out of his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison is credited with over a thousand patents Edison was credited for is the motion picture camera. Without its work, we wouldn't have movies, TV shows, or footage of black people getting beat up by the police like Rodney King. What's your favorite movie? Mine Mine is Shrek. Another great white who doesn't get the credit he deserves is politician, Jack Ryan. Jack was a successful investment banker who ran for Senate in Illinois in 2004. During his campaign, it came out that Ryan had bravely asked his wife to perform sexual acts on him in public. The disgrace Jack was forced to step down from the 2004 race,

leading to an easy victory for his opponent, Barack Obama. He would go on to become president. And now, then Laden is dead, and millions of people have health care, all because of the great Jack Ryan. What would this country be without his unquenchable horniness? Thank you, Jack. And finally, the world of sports,

which is littered with great whites, including the greatest coach who ever lived. Phil Jackson. With the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, Jackson employed a groundbreaking offensive scheme called, pass the ball-headed black dude. Jackson would later find championship success with other ballheaded black dudes like Shack and Kohen.

But this ingenious strategy with the Bulls led to six championships. Jordan led the league in scoring ten times mainly thanks to great whites who passed him the ball. They could have easily led the league and scoring themselves, but out of sheer selflessness, those great whites let Michael do it instead. Here's to you Bill Waington. Well I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Join me next week when we talk about the brilliant Wright brothers and how their innovations in air travel led to the firebomb and a black wall street. And the Top Gun movie. I love Topgine.

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on the spot now fine because I do have the photo of us and in my office it's like a like a beautiful frame. That's in the Tiffany frame. It's perfect and no one walks past it but it's fine. That's for you and me Trevor. This is a really exciting time for everybody because your show kicks off tomorrow. Yes. I love your Instagram bio reads, anchor at MSNBC plus person worried about the future. But don't you think that sounds a little melodramatic? What do you have to worry about the future? What could go wrong?

What could go wrong? Arctic ice caps melting faster than expected? President shuffling off classified nuclear secrets to Palm Beach. What are you worry? You know because you travel so much and because you've talked so many people on the ground, I've always felt like I should listen to you when you're worried because you talk to like America. Yeah. What's the biggest thing? And I will say on this show I'm going to to America. I just went down to Florida. to their tho's to say. And I will to say. And I will to say to say. And I will to say I will to say I will will 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 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 their their. their. their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. toooooooooe. Because tooe. to to to too vow never to return to each time I go and yet I keep going down to Florida. That's what makes it great. Exactly. It was a hundred and seven

degrees down there and what Governor DeSantis is doing in that state is worthy of a very close examination. So we went down there and looked specifically at the ways in which Christian nationalism has worked its way into Florida public schools and we're going to be talking about that this week and some of the very alarming things that teachers are being trained to teach public school students on. You know I will say you should be worried Trevor because not just this is happening in Florida but this is very much seen as a model for what's happening across the rest of the country. Ron DeSantis may be the Republican nominee for president in 2024.

Which people think of as like a good thing because they go like, oh, he's calm, you know, he has a demeanor about him. Trump is crazy, but it seems like Trump's crazy was also the reason he couldn't get things done. Yes. Ronda Sanctus, everyone says, He has a network of conservative activists and donors and power players in his corner.

I mean, this is the result. This is a harvest of multiple years of trying to figure out how to re-indocinate students into a certain line of conservative ideology. And DeSantis has made it happen, but he has a lot of people behind him. And there are other governors, Kerry Lake in Arizona is the Republican nominee in Arizona. And she was on the stump, I think think, I think, I think, I think, I thi thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thoome, thi, thi, thoomuuuu-a, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, tho, tho, tho, 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.eeeeeeeei.ei.ei. thi. thi. thi. thi. This is thi. This is thi. This is th was on the stump I think it was yesterday praising DeSantis and saying am I allowed to say this on this family program that he had big dick energy just like Donald Trump like not even kidding she said BDE if you know you know big dissentis

energy but really saying that what we needed was more big dick energy the kind kind that Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump have. So that's where we are as a country, Trevor, and I'm here to tell you, I'm alarmed. You are going to be the person who is informing so many people about what's going on in the country. You know, as an anchor on a show like yours, you're in an interesting position position because on the one hand you want people to understand the state of the country. On the other hand you don't want people to exist in a perpetual state of panic because then what happens is people start getting tired and they're like I don't care anymore nothing is actually happening. How do you find

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but I think it is my job to show people what's happening in the world and not just what they want to see. I mean, listen, the future of the Republican Party matters not just to Republicans, but to Democrats and Independents too. If one of the two parties in this country is forever broken or populated by clowns or worse, like we're not going to get anything done as a country. We are, for better or worse, in a marriage, and we got to figure out a way to make it work because we know what divorce kind of looks like. We tried it in 1860. And it did not go well.

And it didn't go well. So you're first, your first episode is it. So, you're first. Your first episode, the you are on the show today, what would you, what would be the number one story you'll be talking about? Well, listen, I think for sure we're going to be talking about Trump and Marlago and what exactly he was doing with those papers and the degree to which this is part of a very serious investigation of the DOJ. But I don't think, I mean, the other thing that th. T thing th. The other th. T thing th. The other that I th. The other th. The other th. th. thin thin thin thr-I thin thin thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thrue-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I thr-I we're going thr-I we're thr-I we're thr-I we're thr-I we're thr-I we're thr-I we're thr-wee thr-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wea-wea-wea-wea-wea-wea-wea-inin, we're thr-inin, we're tha-a-a-a-a-a-s. toooooa-s. to-a-a-a-auuuea-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-sea-a-s. thauu, Liz Cheney and Sarah Palin. And what we very well could see this week is the exit of Liz Cheney, probably the standard bearer for integrity inside the GOP, be escorted off the stage, stage right, and for Sarah Palin, who in many ways is the proto-Trump re-entering American politics as a

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