The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Midterms Bring Out Celebs, Early Voters and Holograms | John Kasich & Cory Booker

Episode Date: November 6, 2018

President Trump hurls a "Game of Thrones" meme at Iran, celebrities rally voters for the midterms, and Trevor interviews Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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this is the Daily Show, everybody. We're back in New York City, I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you so much. Take a seat, everybody. Let's get into it. In preparation for the midterm elections tomorrow, we have two guests joining us tonight. The Republican governor of Ohio, John Kasiak is here, and Democratic Senator from New Jersey, Corey Booker is going to be joining us as well. Both of them, one show, and they don't know this yet, but one of them is the father of my baby. Hashtag Mori, hashtag resist. But before we get to that, let's catch up on today's headlines. As you probably probably th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thoe thoe thoe thoe thoe thoe. thoe. thoe, to to to to to to to the, to to to to to to to to to to to toe. toe. to toe. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. headlines. As you probably know, the migrant caravan coming from Central America is now just a few

short 700 miles from the United States border, and the welcoming committee is on the way to meet them. Tonight, a show of force with migrant caravans at least 700 miles away. The first wave of US troops arrives at the Texas border, creating barriers, putting up barbed wire and fencing, an effort to keep migrants out. There are reports, this border deployment could cost upwards of $200 million by the end of the year.

$200 million? For that money, you realize you could fly the entire caravan first class to Scandinavia. Which by the way would be a lot more entertaining to watch. Yeah, because then you'd see what those other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other the the the the their their their their their their.... their their their their to to to to to to to to to their to to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their. their. their their their their their tri. tri. their. their. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. tri. thea. to. to. their. the way would be a lot more entertaining to watch. Yeah, because then you'd see what those other countries are really about. It would be like America, the way you treat the needy is so heartless, why can't you just what? They're coming here? Wait, wait, wait, wait, oh that's not going to work. I don't yeah. Yeah, we'll find out the Mexican border, America already has the Border Patrol, the National Guard, and you've got Space Force.

Don't forget that. So you don't really need the army there. But Trump will find an excuse to use the troops for anything. You know, next thing you know, he'll be like, this table is so wobbly, folks. Let's get a troop under that leg. Great job In other news, President Trump today officially implemented new sanctions on Iran, and this was to punish them for upholding their end of the Iran nuclear deal. And his announcements was something straight out of an HBO show. President Trump is facing backlash this morning for a controversial tweak,

promoting sanctions against Iran. The president posted this picture yesterday morning with the quote, sanctions are coming. The picture and the text are a knockoff of of HBO, of of of of of of of of HBO, of of HBO, the HBO, of of HBO, the HBO, the HBO, the HBO of HBO, the HBO, the HBO, the the the the the the the the the the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, their their their their their their their, their their, their, their their, their their, their their, their their, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, the, the, the, thea, thea, thea'''a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'ea'a'ea'a'ea'ea'ea, thea morning with the quote sanctions are coming. The picture and the text are a knockoff of HBO's Game of Thrones and its slogan, Winter is coming. Now in response HBO tweeted, how do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki? Is anyone taking politics seriously anymore? Really the presidents of the United States is dropping Game of Thrones memes for harsh economic sanctions. Like, you know what?

Screw it. He should just do that for all of his policies from now on. Just be like, better call wall. And America's got tax cuts. Oh, and of course, his signature policy. Orange hates the new black. Also, in international news, there's a new tallest man in the world. He's Indian, he's made of bronze, and he's worth a fortune.

India has unveiled the world's tallest statue, twice the size of the Statue of Liberty. It honors freedom fighter Sardar Patel, who's credited with bringing the country together after India gained independence from Great Burtain in the threaten in the th, th, the the the the thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the Statue of Liberty. It honors freedom fighter Sardar Patel who's credited with bringing the country together after India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947. The state government says it is 597 feet tall and cost 403 million dollars. 400 million dollars for a statue. Realized for that amount of money you could fly the caravan back from Sweden first class and then pay them to put a Bob wire to block themselves. What are you doing India? And here's the thing, I'm not saying India shouldn't build statues, but why not build one of like Gandhi, right?

He's also famous and he was much skinnier, okay? Yeah, they could have saved on materials. Same height, half the cost. All let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th. th. th let's th. the let's the let's the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. the. the. the. the. 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. the. the. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe.a. toe. toe. th.a. the. the. the. the. the. their. the cost. All right, let's move on to our main story. Tomorrow is election day, which makes tonight election eve. And I don't know about how your family celebrates, but I like to put on my ugly Voting Day sweater. And I watch that episode of Charlie Brown, where he gets purged from voter rolls.

Now you can tell that these midterms are some of the most important in recent history, because America is leaning hard on its number one natural resource, celebrities. Celebrities also out enforced this weekend, trying to get out the blue vote. Leonardo and Brad Pitt unveiling last minute ads about what's at stake. Will Farrell has been very active. He was with Stacey Abrams in Georgia. Celebrities from Farel to Alicia Kee Keys showing up on the campaign trail. Comedian Amy Schumer went back to school to urge young voters to cast their ballots early. The O-Factor, Oprah Winfrey, electrifying voters in Georgia for Democrats, Stacey Abrams. You get a vote, knocking on doors.

Hi, Oprah. Damn. Oprah coming to your door and asking for your vote. Knocking on doors. Hi, Oprah! Damn! Oprah coming to your door and asking for your vote. That has to be the most effective thing ever. Seriously, like if Oprah showed up in my house and asked me to do anything, you better believe I'm doing it. And I'm talking anything. If she was like, I need you to hide this dead body, I'd be like, wow, I guess I had a dead body for Oprah! We're hiding a dead body! On the other hand, though, I think having Oprah go door-to-door could also backfire,

because if I knew that Oprah might show up at my house, I'm staying home all day. Yeah, I'm not going to leave to vote in case I miss Oprah. You know what they should do? If they want people to go vote, they need Oprah to hide in one random voting booth somewhere in America. And then when someone comes in, she can just pop out like, It's me, Oprah! And it's not just celebrities who are coming out in full force. Voting Day is one of the biggest days for the fake news media, which means it's time to release the holograms. Let's take a look at what's at stake in this election.

All 435 house seats are up for grabs. And Democrats need to pick up 23 to take control for the first time in eight years. In the Senate, a much different story. The Democrats are on defense. They need to gain two seats, but they could lose even more. A 50-50 tie here is a loss for the Democrats because in the event of a tie vote,

the tie breaker is Vice President Mike Pence. Wow, cool graphics, guys. I feel like that's how Mike Pence enters a room in real life. He just pops up out of nowhere behind a chair. Well, hello, fellow fellow colleagues. Now, look, I do get why the news uses flashy graphics. It's the best way to get complicated information across, which is why the Daily Show has invested in its very own holographic midterm system.

So let's get into it. All right, let's start with the basics. This is the capital building. In the House of Representatives, you have... You know what, forget, I'll sign up later under another email address. Let's go back, sorry. Anyway, I don't need graphics to tell you why tomorrow is huge. If the Democrats take the House or the Senate, they could block Trump's nominees.

They can block his legislation, and the Democrats might even be able to see what's inside his tax returns. Spoiler alert, it's Hillary's emails. So, that's if the Democrats win. But if the Democrats don't win either house, then Trump will see that as a mandate. Like he'll be like, oh, this means I should get even Trumpier. And you thought that tie was too long before. We're going ankle length, baby. That's where we're going. Yeah.

We're going super ankle length. And also concentration camps, but mostly tie lengths. And I don't know if it's because of the celebrities or because of the guy whoturnout ever. Early voting, already smashing records around the country, more than 34 million voters have cast early ballots. Turnout among 18 to 29-year-olds is up 186% in Arizona. And Georgia is up 362%. I spoke with this overflow crowd at Sunday's Ted Cruz rally just outside of Dallas.

Raise your hand if you voted early. Yeah, here. Yeah. All, pretty much all of you voted early. Yes, we did. Okay, um, that woman in the denim jacket was clearly lying. No, no, no, no, like, watch her closely. Raise your hand if you voted early. Yeah. Here.

Yeah. All of- Yeah. Yeah. You see this, this is why I don't trust the polls. All these denim jacket people out here are lying about how they voted. She just saw everyone else and she's like, yeah, me too. Me too. And yeah, I'm not picking on this woman. It's just what I'm saying is people can say whatever they want in the polls. It doesn't have to be true.

They like the tinder profiles of democracy. Just like, hey, I'm Bill, I'm six foot three, I love working out and I'm definitely not the Cincinnati strangler. Yeah. Swip right, swipe right if you should vote because there's a message that resonates with you or because you want to completely obliterate the other side. So after the break, we'll be hearing from a Republican and a Democrat because there's very fine people on both sides. And to decide who goes first, we're going to flip a coin. Heads is Kasik, Tales is Booker. Wow. We'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're

going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My first guest is a Republican. Please welcome the former

presidential candidate and current governor of Ohio, John Kaysick. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good to have you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome back to the show. Glad to be back. Good to have you here at what is honestly looking to be one of the most exciting midterms

in recent American history. Let's start with the state of the race. Your term limited and you're exiting as governor of Ohio, from what many consider a very successful term. Why are people in Ohio so happy right now? Well, my philosophy was you can't leave anybody out. So you want to help the small businesses, you want to grow jobs, you want to reduce taxes, but if you're going to reduce taxes for those on 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, ande.a.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. te. te. te. te. te. their businesses, you want to grow jobs, you want to reduce some taxes, but if you're going to reduce taxes for those on the top, you've got to make sure that people who don't have much money get an

advantage as well. So we created the first earned income tax credit here in for the state of Ohio. But if you are mentally ill, if you're the to, if you're part a mentally, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. 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 the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. too. too. too. toe. that has never felt included, I think now you do. We expanded Medicaid so people could get health care. So my feeling is that it should be, no one is left behind. We've heard that before, but whoever you are, we want to make sure that you had a sense that your governor and the administration, whatever, that we cared about you and we want you to have a chance and I think it's a good roadmap for people in all political parties. Right, you sort of answered my question but at the same time you told me what you did and not why the people are happy so well because they feel like

they're not being ignored. Well let's let's do this. I'm I'm a I've thought of this today because I was like we have two politicians on and the election is tomorrow people to the the election like like like the election the election. the election. the election the election. the election. People the election. People the election. People the election. People the the the to the the the the the the the the the the election. the the election. the to the to the to to to the the they. to to to to to to they. they. the they. the the the they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. to to to to to to to to to to to the the told. to the th. th. to te. te. te. te. tell. tell. tell. to. to. to. to. tell. to. the this I've got Ronnie Chang standing by and what we'll do is every time You give us like a super politiciany answer Ronnie's gonna get dunked into a water tank Ronnie Ronnie, you're happy with that right? Have you got Ronnie standing by? No No for someone else who can actually vote like I don't, Roy or Costa or Desi or literally anybody else? Yeah, it's not, it's electoral college, Ronnie, thank you. So, um... Back into the interview.

Okay, so, so, so if I understand what you're saying is the people of Ohio are happy right now. Here's a deal. Yes. If you want to be successful in public life, you can't care about, you know, all the polls and you're all the polls the poll the poll to to to to to to be to be to be to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful to be successful successful successful successful to be successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful successful to be successful to be What you have to do is to say, there's a problem here, let's fix it. And if it means it's an unconventional fix, that's fine. Because in that case, you're actually solving a problem. I think a lot of the times in politics, politicians are trying to check with people. Is this okay? Are you happy with that's how you lead, you're not going to be successful. So the job, actually, being governor,

there have been trying times, but it hasn't been very hard. You know, why? When you know what you want to do, you just strip the politics out, and it all works out. You are also a unique human being in that you are a dying breed of Republican who does not favor Donald Trump. You have not, you did not endorse him. I ran against him. You ran against him. You're one of the last two run against Donald Trump. That puts you in a really precarious position where it seems like, the party, well the party is going one way and it seems like,

like to maintain your Republican status, you have to told the line? I'm an American. I'm an American before I'm a Republican or a Democrat Democrat. Well, what's not like some club I should have to report to. I don't need to get a script from somebody. I need to look at the situation. I'll give an example, expanding Medicaid. Very controversial. I thought, okay, I can help 600,000 people. It means we'll have more help for the mentally ill.

We'll be able to rehab people who run drugs. and single moms that have kids can go out and work. I mean, what, what's, you know, so if people are going to yell at me and some did, so what? I didn't endorse Trump for this reason. I'll tell you, let me explain why. There's two types of populism, okay? There's two types negative populism where you say, well, the reason you don't have something is somebody else took it. Right. And there's positive populism, which is what I really am about, and that is you have a problem,

we'll work together, we'll fix it. We can do it, we can get this fixed. There's got to be hope. You know, there's hope that there's hope that that that that that that that that that together together together that's the way, and what I learned in the presidential campaign is something that I think all politicians should think about. It's not about these issues. It's about touching somebody's soul. It's about, it's about being able to relate to them in a way where you can communicate,

man, I care about your family, how's your job, how's your whole family, how's the neighborhood? And you just touch their soul. And then when you do that, they go, well, then I can trust that person. And that's what I really learned. All these, you know, how much did you cut taxes? I mean, those things matter, but what really matters is, Trevor.. How, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, they, they, they, and, and, and, and, they, touch people's souls? Donald Trump has touched many people's souls it feels like. Scared him. Well I mean he used he has fear it's negative populism. Right and so if we if we look at the race right now you have an interesting story where in Ohio it's one of the tightest races that is being

right for your seat right because your term endorsed him. You have endorsed him as well, but you're in the space where you guys both agree on one thing. Is that a strange space for you to be in? Well, look, I've known Mike for 30 years. And let me tell you about him. His heart, you know, the reason I endorsed him is because I've known his heart. And he and his wife have made over 20 trips to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is a, is, is a to, is a to, is a to, is a to, is a to, is, they didn't even know, they went down there to try to lift them. So I like that, the fact that Trump endorses somebody, look, I don't sit around wanting to be against Donald Trump.

I wish that he would be a unifier. Right. I wish he'd bring us together. You know, I tell you, I went with my wife to see at the end of the movie, which everybody should see, it's a great movie. Spoiler alerts. When, no, no, no, no, on this movie, I'm telling you something when the Queen is performing, and you look across Wembley, and it doesn't matter who you are, you'd be a liberal, a conservative, black, white, rich, port. Everybody's dancing, clap in their hands, having a great time. And you see this wave of humanity.

That's how we do better when we're together, not when we're divided and fighting with them. The, um, the midterms of but one part of the story, you know, 20-20 is in the horizon. As soon as tomorrow is done, That's what everyone's going to be speaking about. John Kaysick has been referred to consistently as the sensible Republican choice. Do we see you running against Donald Trump in 2020? I don't know.

Don't go in a dunk tank. Donn't tank. that's the dunk tank. I don't want tank. Ronnie, he just put you in the dunk tank. Let's see how it works. He said that you deserve. Sorry, Ronnie. That was the governor. That wasn't even me. Okay. Look, if right now, if you ran against Donald Trump in a primary, you wouldn't win. Now, some people said, well, you ought to run and then you can wound them. I'm not that kind of a person to do 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. 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. th. th. th. I'm not that kind of a person to do that. There is, however, an opening, I think, potentially, for an independent run, a third party run, because if the Democrats go hard left,

if they go hard left, then the Republicans stay over and hard right, you have an ocean of people in the middle. And I don't want to waste my time or other people's the I think I can be impactful to help the country, great. But there's other ways perhaps I can keep my voice out here. One other thing, Trevor, I would be remiss if I didn't say, the people that are out here, you matter. You see, when our leaders don't take us in the right direction, then we've got to figure out what we can do and create a synergy with our friends and our neighborhoods to drive change from the bottom up.

We saw it with the civil rights movement. None of the politicians at the top wanted to do that. They were forced to do it. The Vietnam War ended because young people marched and we said we've had enough. It wasn't the leaders at the top. So what we do to send the message to those that are in is start caring about me and put all that political and partisan stuff, get rid of it. And if we can send that message and do good where we live, that's the key.

Let me ask you one thing before I let you go. Because one thing I have admired about you is that your message has remained consistent. I mean, you know I spoke to you when you were running and I'm speaking to you now. Here's a difficult question. I know it's not easy to answer this, but I would like your honest answer. If you, like many Republicans, does not believe that Donald Trump is leading the Republican Party down the right path, do you think it is better for the Republican Party to lose now and to be shaken up and to find its core values again, right, whatever those may be, or do you think the win is more important?

I think that we should stop voting on the basis of a political party and we should start voting on the basis of who he thinks the best person for the job. So I early voted. Okay? I early voted. I didn't vote, I didn't vote straight Republican. Right. Because if I see somebody who who who who who who who who who who who who who tha who tha tha thi thi thi thi thi to to vote to vote to vote to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I didn't vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to vote, I to to to th. I th. I thi thi thi to thi thi to thi to thi thi thi to thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to thi thi thi thi to to who I think is a divider, who's going to continue this division in our country, I'm not voting for them. I'm not going to endorse them.

But if you're doing your best and trying, like Mike was doing, well, then, you know, then I can be for you. So my feeling is we should, there's two funny things, you know, tho sort of like we get educated in religion when we're young at a political party. You know, sometimes I think people are more willing to get their religion than their political party. We can't be stuck in that in red and blue and we're, you know, we've got to, we're tribal and all that. This is not a football game, okay?

All the negative. Look, look, we can fight with one another. Corey's gonna come on. He and I could disagree on stuff. We could argue about it. But I'm not gonna like hate the guy or dislike the guy. I mean, that's what makes the world go around. Debates, but it can't be done in an atmosphere where everything is suspect and we really just don't respect them like one another. It's nonsense. You don't have to operate that way. Thank you so much for coming back into the show.

Wonderful channel to you again. Governor John Kaysk, everybody, coming up next, my mind of you with Senator Corey Booker. We'll be right back. Thank you so. 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, but how many of them come out on Thursday. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.

Welcome back to the Daily Show. My next guest is a Democrat, the junior senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark. Please welcome Senator Corey Booker. Welcome back to the show. It is very good. Is there any dunk risk? Right now Ronnie Chang is at the dunk tank. If you throw talking points at the meet. He's already been in. I don't feel as bad if he drops now.

Wow. You know, Ronnie, I love you man. If you're going down, you've already been down. That's a politician. Why's it a politician? You're, Ronnie, you're going in just for that. Can we do it? Oh, okay. I'm glad we got that over with. Nice to play.

Okay. All right, he's got a scuba again. I like this. He's smart. to be a politician. Do you think it is the end of America, as many people are saying? I mean, to put things in perspective, we have seen darkness and wretchedness. I know a lot of people like to sort of whitewash our history, but we have had very dark, very painful days.

We've seen domestic terrorism, thousands of Americans being lynched, children being bombed in churches, but the power of America has not been what's happened to us. It's been how we have overcome those things. And so in this moment here in America, this is a defining moment for us. We are at another crossroads. And what excites me traveling all around the country is I just see the energy of people,

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running than ever before, more people of color running than ever before, more young people voting than ever before, was it inevitable that America ended up with a Trump-like person and that restarted the energy that is voting? I think bad things happen when good people don't vote. The opposite of justice is not injustice. It's apathy, indifference, it's inaction. We've seen the consequences of that. But now I think you're right. I think that the collateral consequences, the benefits, should we say, of a lot of the darkness we're experiencing now, is a whole bunch of people are going. We're going to see, really we're going to see the the the the the the to see the to see the to see to see to see to see the to see to see America to see America to see America to see America the the the to see America the the the the the the the the the the the the caulaceaulathea' ccollareconomic the thoome, thoomeolateral, thoanolateral, thiolateral, the ccollateral, the ccollateral, the ccolliolateral, the ccolliolateral, the the the c. I I I I I' c. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to see c. to see a to see a to see a to see. the the the the the the c. theateateate, theateate, the, theateateate, theateateateateateate, theateateateateateate, theate, really, we're going to see America in this crop of new elected leaders, from Stacey Abrams to Beto. I mean, I go around the country and see the people over the horizon. So, look, I have a saying I learned from a woman on the fifth floor of the projects whose son was murdered in the building that I would eventually move into. She told me that hope isn't

this like feeling you get, oh, there's there's there's there's there's there's there's a a there's a there's a, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, a there's a so, a so, oh, a there's a sun on the horizon. Hope is not external. Hope is internal. It's the active conviction that despair will not have the last word. And so you see a lot of people, no matter how dark it is, or how many defeats we may face, they say, I am not going to be defeated. I am going to respond. I'm not going to let Donald Trump or despair or hate have the country. Let's talk about the plans then. Let's talk about the plans of the Democrats. Because like I don't know how to break this to you but like many people think Democrats are horrible politicians. Right? Nice people, horrible politicians. Right. So I mean you look at like with

it started for many people with the whole Supreme Court Justice Obama, you know, pick Mary Garland and then the Democrats were like, this is our pick, and you know, and then, you know, what's his name? Bar, blah, blah, came out. And he was like, oh, we can't vote. And Democrats were like, oh, we tried. But it seems like the Democrats many people, they want the Democrats to have more teeth.

Now, at the same time, Michelle Obama is saying, hey, if they go low, we go high. If the Democrats were to win, what does that change for people on the ground? And where do the Democrats take the government moving forward? So this is a little bit of my problem, and this might get me in some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some some trouble. But look, I've lived the last 20 plus years of my life in an inner city community in New York. I'm the only senator that lives in a black and brown inner city neighborhood. I had a young man, Shahad's shot on my block with an assault weapon. I have a drug treatment center across the street. I have people of great wealth and worth

in terms of spirit character. But last census, I think my neighborhood is like 14,000 dollars per house. And what angers me is before we even had a Donald Trump elected, we had a cancer on our soul of our country, a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than poor and innocent. We still had kids in my city. People think Flint, Michigan is some kind of anomaly. There are over 1,000 jurisdictions where children have twice the blood-led levels in Flint, Michigan. I could go through the things that were going on before Donald Trump was elected that we seem to tolerate in our nation, a level of injustice that to me is outrageous. And Democrat or Republican, there have been things that have been voted on by both,

like the 1994 crime bill that exploded our criminal justice system, 800% since 1980 alone. One out of every three th ththe planet Earth is in the United States of America. And talk about not listening to survivors. We jail survivors. 86% of the women in our prisons are survivors of sexual assault, sexual trauma. And so I'm one of those folks that every day, every day, God bless Rosbarraqa or mayor.

But I see every single day the unfin unfinished business of Democrats and Republicans, all of us. But then do you think the people can move forward then because I mean you see these issues and now what you know what you know, I was looking at what many voters were asking for, what the way they were, you know they go, these elections are coming up. What do you want to see? And one thing I found interesting from Congress actually get something done? Can they work together? If the Democrats win the House, the Senate is looking unlikely, but if the Democrats win the House, do you think there is some semblance of moving forward or does it become blocked Donald Trump time?

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vision for this country, drive ourselves towards a common purpose, and rekindle, I think that where America has been at its best. When we have a sense of collective sort of commitment to one another, shared sacrifices, understanding that that that 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 thi their is their is their is their is their is their is thi is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is their is thi is a thi is a to bea. tooes. tooes. tooes. tooes. toge, tooe, tooesl. tooesl. toe is a toe is a toe is a to one another, shared sacrifices. Understanding that there's no easy way to move America forward. It's going to take all of us really leading with again with a sort of a revival of civic grace towards one another in this country. And now all of that for me is the emotional side of it, which is beautiful and is the right sentiment.

But I'm saying as an actual tangible thing. So we know criminal justice reform. What are your dreams and hopes as a law make on the ground? I don't need to dream hope. I'm a senator now. Right, right. So I'm saying like what are the things we go like. I just got a piece of a bill passed with Tim Scott African American. the Republican Republican that will, that because we saw that three-quarters of all the investment money is going into like five metropolitan areas, as if small business people in Appalachia or Newark, New Jersey don't have great ideas. So how can we start getting investors to put capital into all of our communities?

So we passed a bill that gave incredible favorable tax conditions if you invest in low-income areas, the poorest areas of our country. It's probably going to move tens of, if not hundreds of billions of dollars. That was a place where we could come together, find common ground and get things done. I've worked on infrastructure bills. I've passed legislation with some people that would surprise you. It can get done.

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addled with lead before they even get a chance to go to the first grade? Love is knowing that you're not going to get disproportionately stopped by the police and arrested. We have people in prison right now for doing things to the last three presidents admitted to doing. Love says that if you work a full-time job, you shouldn't be below the poverty line. Love says that, hey, America, we say we love our children. That's a great rhetoric. But why are we the only nation?

In fact, the Congo and Afghanistan have paid family leave. But we have parents in this country and mothers, single moms, who have to make the most difficult decisions every day to be at home or in the hospital with a sick child or to stay at work. There are so many issues that should unite Americans that violate our values that are incongruent between what we say about ourselves and the realities that are fellow person lives. So this is what it gets me about. People tomorrows. It's a th. It's th. It's a th. It's a th. It's a their. It's a th. It's a thiiiiiiol-a, it's a thiol-Iu – it's a thi. It's a thiol-a, it gets thiol-a, it gets thiol-a, it gets the thi, it gets thi. It's, it gets thi. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's their, it's, it's, it's their, it's their. their, it's their. their, it's their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. It's th. It's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tomorrow tomorrow, it gets gets gets tomorrow, it gets tomorrow, it gets tomorrow, it gets thi. thi rebellion, it's an act of surrender. You're surrendering the idea of this country that, that, and it bothers me, people say, oh it doesn't matter who gets elected, who doesn't. I'm sorry. I live in a community where people are at the margins. It does matter who's elected. It matters the difference between incarceration and liberty. It matters the difference between having health care for a terminal disease or not.

It matters whether you're going to be able to retire with dignity and stay above the poverty line. These are issues that do matter. If it doesn't matter for you, then care enough about your fellow American to realize that the outcome of this election is going to determine real issues in their lives. So, you know, I'm fired up because I'm so grateful. I was calling into states today, talking to last night, talking to field workers, people who have been volunteering or giving up their time, running around this country trying to awaken the consciousness of this nation. That's what leadership is. It's good men Cheney and

and swer. Black and Jewish and Christian and white. People from different backgrounds standing together and saying, what defines us is not our race, not a religion, that's not this kind of country. We're defines us is what it says in the Declaration of Independence. These flawed Americans who were geniuses in their writings. I say flawed because they call Native Americans savages. Right, right. And they're-fifths of the word. But the reality is, they were geniuses because they knew, we broke with the course of human

events. We put a nation out there that wasn't about monocry, or theocracies of how we pray, how we look all alike. It was about principles and ideals. we have to have this unusual commitment to each other, suppressing individual ego for this idea that we have a common cause. And at the end of that Declaration of Independence, they say we must mutually pledge, pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes,

and our sacred honor. This is what this moment in America calls for. Committing your sacred honor to your fellow, and saying, you know what, we're in this together. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to stand up for you. And most importantly, tomorrow, I'm going to vote for you. And this is what I love about tomorrow. It's like, if you're late for work or something, you could look

your boss, why you're late. Because I was voting for the... I'm late for America! I love that. Use that excuse tomorrow. Senator Corey Booker, everybody. I'm late for America. The Daily Show with Covernoa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter

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