The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Royals Visit America | Governor-Elect Wes Moore

Episode Date: December 2, 2022

William and Kate's U.S. visit is overshadowed by Lady Susan Hussey resigning, Elon Musk's Neuralink is almost ready for human trials and Governor-Elect Wes Moore talks about being the first black governor of Maryland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, the Royals are coming. Election officials under threat. And Westmore. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Tavonoa. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out in Cotson. Thank you for being here. Thank you

for being your thoey show for coming out. Good to see, everyone. Take a seat. Let's do this. We have got a great show for you tonight. The Democrats are going to going back to black. Boston is hosting another tea party and Elon Musk is going to be living rent-free in all our heads. So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, people, I'm going to be honest. With all the news that happened today, I don't think we have enough space in today's show. We just don't have the time. I even try to squeeze it all into a corset. I'm to be. I'm to be. I'm to be to be to be to be the news. I'm the to be the the to be. I'm the the to be the the the the to be honest. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm going. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. I'm to be honest. I'm to be honest to be honest to be honest. I'm to be honest. I'm to be honest. I'm to be honest. I'm to be honest. I'm to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the to be the the the to be honest. I'm going to be honest. to be honest. to be honest. to be honest. to to to to to to to to be honest. to to to to to to to be honest. to be honest. to be honest. I'm to be honest. to the news that happened today, I don't think we have enough space in today's show. We just don't have the time. I even tried to squeeze it all into a corset, but it just made the news look sexy and now I've got a roll on Bridgeton, so there's still not enough time.

But fortunately, not enough time is just enough time for a segment we call, ain't nobody got time for that. All right, let's kick things off with the Democratic Party, easily one of the top two parties in the United States. As you know, Democrats lost control of the House in last month's midterm elections, and as they get ready to be in the minority, they're making some big changes at the top. Democrats in the House have made history with their new leadership. Congressman Hakim Jeffries of Brooklyn has become the first the first black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black the the the their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. tod. today. today. today. A. today. today. today. today. today. today. today. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tie. tie. tie. t. t. t. t. t. to to to to to to to to to to to. to. t. tip. t. tip. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. t top. Democrats in the House have made history with their new leadership. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn has become the first black leader of either party in Congress. He will take over from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who as you know is remaining in the house after stepping down from the top job.

Jeffries is 52, 30 years younger than the outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a leader with a style his own and a pension for weaving in the legacy of hip-hop. That is why we are here, Mr. Seculo, and if you don't know, now you know. I'm glad no one else in the room finished that lyric. I don't know. As much as I enjoy it, I think it feels kind of weird to quote Biggie in such a serious and boring place like Congress. Like I love hip-hop. I love hip-hop.

But I don't want to hear it everywhere, you know? Yeah, like I don't want my doctor shoe-hawning that shit in. So Mr. Noah, what are your symptoms? Palm's sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. Please take this very seriously, I'm very ill. But that's right. After 250 years, America finally has a minority, minority leader, which is amazing. Although you will notice the Democrats only gave it to a black guy after they lost the house. Yeah, it's kind of like someone crashing their car and then being like, hey, thee. I know you've always wanted a BMW, no need to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to say to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their 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 th. th. th. th. th. th. t t te. te. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their their their their their their their car and then being like, hey, Akim, I know you've always wanted a BMW, no need to say thank you. Also, the cops want to talk to you, bye. But no, you still have to give credit to the Democrats, right? Republicans haven't done this yet.

I mean, they still think minority leader was the original title of Black Panther. And this isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just isn't just just just just just just isn't just just just just just just just just just isn't just just just just just just isn't just just just the the the th th thus isn't just thus thus thus thus thus thus thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi shift for the Democrats to a much younger generation of leaders. Although again, we also don't really know, you know? No, because Hakeem Jeffries is black, so he could be like 90. We don't actually know how old he is. Because you realize even at 52 for a party leader in America he's actually a young man. I mean think about it this way. Joe Biden was in

Congress when Hakim was literally in diapers. And now that Hakim is in Congress, Joe Biden is the one in diapers. The circle of life. Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how the House Democrats are just a sideshow for the next two years, because the main event is whether Kevin McCarthy will be able to wrangle his clown-carve crazies to get anything done. But we don't have the time to talk about that, because while Hakeem Jeffries is plotting to take over the house, Elon Musk is plotting to tak over our to...... A. A. A. A. A. A. toe. toe. to??? Is. to. to to to to to to the to to the to to the to to to the to to to to, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon. the to to to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. to, Elon. 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 thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the thi. the thi. the thi. the th the the th th the the th th the th th th th th to plotting to take over our brains. Elon Musk said on Wednesday a wireless device developed by his brainship company Neuralink is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months. The company is developing brainship interfaces that it says could enable disabled patients to move and communicate again.

We've been working hard to be ready for our first human. It's essentially the, it's sort of like having an Apple watch or a Fitbit, replacing a piece of skull with like a smart watch. You have a neural link device, like I could have a neural device implanted right now, and you wouldn't, you wouldn't even know. I mean... Yeah, Elon, if you told us you were a part robot, all of us would be totally surprised.

We would be like, I never saw that coming. Now look, I will admit, the idea of this technology sounds amazing. But in reality, the idea of an Apple watch or a fit bit in my brain gives me a little pause. Because have you ever used an Apple watch or a Fitbit in my brain gives me a little pause. Because have you ever used an Apple watch or a Fitbit? When it messes up on my wrist, I'm just like, ah! When it messes up in my brain, then what? Then what? All of a sudden, I'm on Alex Jones praising Hitler for inventing the microphone? Is that what's going to happen?

And secondly, if I'm going to get a chip in my head, I don't know if I want Elon Musk to be in charge of it. You know, like a year ago, I would have been like, the Tesla guy? Maybe, maybe, but now I'm like, the Twitter guy? Mmm. I'll pay him $8 to stay away. Now, if we had more time,'s would be self-driving by 2017, or how he'd build a high-speed underground training by 2020, or how he'd land on Mars by 2022.

Basically, this dude is a guy at Strip Club making it rain with IOUs. But we don't have time to talk about the Techno-Kinkegoy, because some real royals, because some reals, the royal and Princess of Wales Wednesday on their first U.S. visit in eight years. Here to present the Earthshot Prize, which honors environmentalists. They kicked off the trip by helping turn Boston's city hall green. Catherine and I are absolutely delighted to be with you today for our first engagement in the great city of Boston. The couple also took in an NBA game, Courtside,

watching the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat. And then they hold this big star-setted event on Friday night where they're going to hand out five prizes worth more than a million dollars each to folks who are trying to tackle the climate crisis. Okay, first of all, Prince William is clearly a liar. No one has ever been delighted to be in Boston in December. December? What are you excited for?

Oh, I love chap lips and getting thrown up on by Patriots fans. How peachy! You've been there in December, and you might be saying, no, Trevor, they're having a good time. They even have corset seats. You think these people are impressed by court-side seats. The man's regular seat is a throne. This man has never sat on a folding chair in his life. He's probably like, look at this thing.

This chair has a mouth or something, Kate. Now if we had the time, we could talk more about how great it is that Prince William and Kate are awarding money to people who are trying to solve climate change, or how shitty it is that they ignored my idea to plug in a bunch of air conditioners near the glaciers would have worked but we just don't have the time for that because while these royals are having fun in America the Royals back home in the UK are not having a good time at all. Overshadowing the trip, controversy back at Buckingham Palace, the prince's godmother, lady the founder of a women's non-profit and a black woman born in the UK,

says Tuesday at the palace, Hussie repeatedly asked where she was really from, implying she wasn't really British. In Gozy Faloni, tweeting the exchange, which reads in part, what nationality are you? I am born here and I'm British no but where do you really come from where do your people come from Hussie also asking quote what part of Africa are you from after Ingozi said she was from London tonight an eyewitness describing her shock at the exchange if it goes you was a white woman that line of questioning wouldn't

have taken place people people how many times do we have to as a white woman, that line of questioning wouldn't have taken place. People, how many times do we have to go through this? There is only one socially acceptable way to find out someone's heritage. You swab their DNA while they're asleep, okay? It's the polite thing to do. This is like the first thing they teach you in avoidable racism 101. It is just never say the word from. That's it. A lot of racism includes the word from.

So just avoid it all together. Where are you really from? Go back to where you came from. You see this clip from Tucker Carlson? From. Just stay away from it. And I also love how this woman was given a chance to control out delete her racism, right? But instead she's just copy-pasteed and carried on. Where are you from? I'm born here and I'm British. No, no, no, you don't understand. I'm being racist.

How black are you? Show me on this map of Africa I brought with me. Oh, let me put it in words, you understand. Ganga, Ganga, gonga, gonga. Ganga, coke bottles falling from the sky. Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how having a racist godmother probably made Prince William even more popular in Boston, or we could talk about how every scandal in the British monarchy is technically a spoiler for a future season of the Crown. But we just

don't have time for that because I know where our show's money comes from, which is why we need to go to the daily show. After two years of voter fraud accusations and capital riots, it is no surprise that Americans have become less confident in their elections. their elections. their toe. to the show, after two years of voter fraud accusations and capital riots, it is no surprise that Americans have become less confident in their elections.

But as Desilatic discovers in her new series, America's election infrastructure may be in even worse shape than you think. Hello again, I'm Desilatic. When I first started this series on our election infrastructure, I was just hoping to boost my brand enough to ditch this job and get on 60 Minutes but over the last two installments I've learned that our country is on the terrifying brink of election catastrophe and that 60 Minutes is looking for more of a Hoda Kotby type. I mean what the hell I can go Brunette if that's what it takes I don't mind.

Anyway here's our final look at Vote Demick 2022, our crumbling election infrastructure. Who cares? Just roll it. Well America, we did it. Election accomplished. Despite a mere ad of election problems, including a paper shortage and a lack of poll workers, we successfully pulled off an election, thanks to my reporting. So I'm back with Tammy a democracy fund. Tammy, break time's over. We'veanks to my reporting. So I'm back with Tammy a democracy fund. Tammy, break time's over.

We gotta talk. To debrief and collect my well-earned thank-us. Thanks to your work and also my reporting, things are great, right? It did go mostly really well. We had a couple of hiccups around the country, but in general it did go fairly well. So we should take a moment and celebrate that. Tammy, I would love to bask with you. Let's bask. God, it feels good to bask.

It's great to bask in the glory of competence and a well-executed election. But we do still have challenges moving forward. Damn it, Tammy. Since the 2020 election, election officials have been under attack. We know from a recent survey that one and four of election officials in this country have experienced threats of harassment and abuse. So they're going to be leaving the field, unfortunately, in large numbers.

How many people are getting harassed? Are we talking like a handful or like a shit ton? Unfortunately, I think it's closer to the shit ton. You heard Tammy's filthy mouth a shit ton. And these threats from disgruntled election deniers range from local officials to secretaries of state. In Arizona elections official was moved to an undisclosed location because of threats to his life. In Milwaukee, elections executive director, Claire Woodal Vogue has been bombarded by hate.

In Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffinsperger, his wife has gotten a barrage of threatening text messages. If you had to put your finger on it, what or who is responsible for this? Starting in the 2016 election, we had prominent candidates for the presidential office who were running saying that the elections were rigged, that there was rampant fraud, that in fact it was illegitimate, and that carried into 2020 as well. Trump-Trum, Trump, Trump. So that has created an environment that has provided both incentive as well as support for people to target election officials.

Oh, okay, so Trump. But one of the things you might want to think about is in fact talking to somebody who was a local election official in 2020. Right, yeah. And someone should go do that. Couldn't agree more. Someone should definitely go talk to an election official. I already did this twice before I got done again. God!

I'm being bullied by Tammy to meet with the harassed election. I'm at City Hall in Philadelphia to speak with Al Schmidt, former Philadelphia City Commissioner and Trump's biggest target during the 2020 election. In Philadelphia, the city commissioners are responsible for running anything election-related, from voter registration to mail-in ballots, to election day operations, to the final tabulation and certification of the election results. I mean, election administrators are really referees in all of this.

Is it hard to be a referee in Philadelphia, given Eagles fans? It certainly can be challenging, but we have the best fans in the country. Can you give some examples of the type of harassment that you received? Well, the threats were pretty general in nature leading up to Election Day, but in the days that followed, especially after the former president tar were pretty general in nature leading up to election day, but in the days that followed, especially after the former president targeted me by name on Twitter, that's when the threats became much more specific and much more graphic and were largely targeting my family.

I'm sorry, that must have been terrifying. I fortunately had the Philadelphia Police Department looking after my family, sort of night and day. So walking the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog the dog th. tho tho tho tho tho tho too. too too. tooing. tooing. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toe. toe. toe. toe. th. th. 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. the. the. the. thea. thea. thea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. threatea. thea. after my family sort of night and day. So walking the dog, going to the grocery store, you know, when I took the kids sledding, the Philadelphia Police Department was right there alongside of us. Yeah, yeah, I totally get it. I'm in the same boat. The police follow my family and I around at all times for different reasons. Is there accountability for people who harassed election workers? I think there's really two types of accountability that are needed. One is for people who are making threats of violence and clearly breaking the law, trying to coerce the people responsible for accounting voters' votes.

And also a different sort of accountability for elected officials who are spreading these lies, that I would hope that voters hold them accountable. Harassers aside, how do you make amends with election deniers, you know, water under the bridge, excuse me, wooder under the bridge? I really gone out of my way to make sure that I, you know, go to political meetings and answer questions that people have. And the most recent one I went to, there was an older gentleman in the back who leaned back and said, forget about the facts for a moment. Biden lost. Like that makes it a real challenge to convince someone when their belief

system is completely independent of facts. And as an election official, you could take away that guy's vote, right? I want him to vote and I want him to vote in every election. Do you though? Do you really? I do. Do you really? I do. Do you though? Most certainly. Every election. Damn, this guy was good. But with all the harassment civil servants like him are facing, I was beginning to worry that there was no way I could end this story on a positive note. I think it's a very encouraging sign that we had more people step up to volunteer to work on election day in the midterms in 2022 than ever before. Great! Great! So it's fixed! I did it! I mean, we did it. So there you have it America. Despite the problems we face during 2022, thanks to Al and election workers across the country,

there's still hope that 2024 won't be a complete shit show. Because I can't do another one of these. I can't. Thank you so much for that. Desi Arreq, stay tuned because when we come back, the first black governor of Maryland, Westmore will be joining me right here on the show, so don't go away. Welcome. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a combat veteran, a best-selling author, and former head of the anti-poverty organization Robin Hood. He will soon be sworn in as the first black governor of the state of Maryland. Please welcome Governor Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, man. Governor-elect, Westmore.

Yes, sir. Are you used to that yet? I mean, it's only going to be for a short amount of time and then it'll be Thank you, man. Governor-elect Westmore. Yes, sir. Are you used to that yet? I mean, it's only going to be for a short amount of time, and then it'll be Governor Westmore. Has it sunk in because you ran a campaign

in a place where nobody expected a Democrat to be able to win the seats of governor, and yet, here you are and you've done it. What does it feel like? Let's ths th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel th feel the th feel th feel like? Let's start with that, you know? It feels great because you're right. I mean, when we first started this race, we started a 1%. You know, I say that I'm not voting was polling higher than where I was pulling at.

Like, people were not people here first. And I think what we did was we continue to show people, we were going to meet people where they were. We were going to go to every part of the state, talk to every part of the state. And that also meant even places where there weren't a lot of Democrats. And people would literally say to me, they're like, you're coming to a lot of places, not a lot of Democrats. And I'm like, yeah, but there's a lot of Marylanders. And I plan on the throwne I tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thate thate thate thate to to to thate and I to to to to to to to to to the people 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 their their their their their their their their their their their toldldlde. their to say. their tolde. tolde. to. thae. tha. te. te. tolde. tolde. tolde. to me tolde. to to to me to say that many people spoke about in your campaign. It was very apparent very early on that you ran a different race to what many establishment politicians run. You didn't pander to a base. You know, you spoke to the people of Maryland.

You didn't make the race national unnecessarily. You spoke to the issues that were actually happening in your state. And I'd love to talk a little bit about that. I think I'll paraphrase you in that. You said at one point, you don't understand why patriotism is somehow owned now by Republicans when everyone can be a patriot and everyone can love their country and still want to fix it. Talk me through how you came to this understanding and whether or not serving in the military and your life that led up to this contributed to thinking that way? Well, you know, it's it's while because I would hear people talk about this term of patriotism and I became so bothered by because I'm like, you haven't earned that, right?

Where I think about this concept, where my definition of patriotism was when I left my family and I put on the uniform of this country and I served with the 82nd Airborne Division overseas in Afghanistan. And I was literally hearing people talk about Patriots, whose definition of patriotism was putting on a baseball cap and storming the capital and try to take down democracy. And so I think about it in my own life, I come from a family of patriots, because I come from a family of educators. I come from a family of educators. I come from a family of people who have served as engineers and made this country with their hands. I've served from a family of ministers, right? These are patriots.

And so I refuse to be lectured, nor should anybody allow anybody to try to bastardize that term of patriotism, because we come from a place where I understand what it means to love your country, even when your country doesn't love it back. Wow. But you still love it. Wow. So, for many people, they love the country. Many people love what they want the country to be, they have the ideas of what they want to do

to fix it. You are actually now going to be in that position. At a really interesting time in America. At an interesting time, you know, for for for for fo for for their thi for thi for thi for tho th for tho tho thi for, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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 thr., thi, thi., the thea., thea., thi., thi., thi., their their their're in a position where you're going to be able to spend money to make ideas a reality which is not often the case. Talk me through some of your plans. You know for instance reading through your life there are many people who've read your book and they know the story but for those who don't you know your grandmother left to the the the the the the the the the. to you the to their gr. their grandmother. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. the the gr. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. toe. toe. 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 to. the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. mom left Jamaica and came to the United States. And so you have a family that is from many different places in the world, you know? Sounds familiar. And so, and so, you know, it's informed how you see health care because of, you know,

how young you were when your father died. It's informed how you think about education, how you think about basic services. So let's start with, you know, one of the more basic ideas. Losing your father at such a young age because he couldn't get the health care he needed, means you are now in a position to change that. What are you planning to change for the people in your state who may be in that same position? You know, I think about where everything that I am and everything we ran on has been influenced by my life, where my life has been consistently the consequences of broken policies and how it leaves people, how it leaves people behind. So when we talk about leave no one behind, which I learned in the military, when I was 17

years old, leave no one behind is not just a mantra. That is a value statement. And so my earliest memories were watching my father die in front of me when I was three years old because he didn't get the health care that he needed. That one of my earliest memories was when I was 11 years old when I felt handcuffs on my wrists because I came up in a community that was over policed and we knew it. That my mother was for I was 14 years old when my mother got her first job that gave her benefits and by the way Trevor this is a woman who went on to earn a a master's degree. Wow. So when we're having conversations, so when we're having conversations about inequitable pay

between men and women or inequitable pay between people of color and non, this is not an academic exercise to me. I don't need a white paper to explain this. Right, I've seen this. And so when we say that our, my entire platform, that what we're going to do is build pathways for work, to work, to 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 be, their, their, 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, is a, and, is a, is a,that. And when we talk about work, it means having an education system that's teaching our students how not just to be employees, but how to be employers.

When you're talking about wages, it means making sure the people are getting paid a fair wage because gone should be the days when we have people who are working jobs, and in some cases multiple jobs and still living at or below at, in some cases, multiple jobs and still living at or below a poverty line. And then making sure we're focusing on wealth. And that's simply the idea that you should own more than you owe. And that means doing things like being able to address unfair appraisal values in historically,

redline neighborhoods because housing is one of the greatest ways to generate wealth, and unfair appraisal values that we have seen in our society. And it means giving a chance for people to have a sense of ownership, increasing liquidity to our small businesses, our minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, really creating a platform and a pathway for people to pass something onto your children besides debt. So this is about work, wages and wealth. It's a tall task. You know, you seem like you're up for the job, you really motivated and you know, you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know what you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, 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 the the the the the the their their their their their their to to to to to to to to theall task. You seem like you're up for the job, you really motivate and you know what you want to do about it.

Let's talk a little bit about being handcuffed when you are 11 years old. It means that you have a view of the quote unquote justice system that is particularly unjust. You can see how it can go wrong so fast. However, in America, I've noticed a really interesting trend whereby it is almost impossible to criticize constructively a police force without being labeled as being anti-police. You know, and then people say you're anti-law and order, you don't want anything to happen, when ironically many police, men and women will complain about their unions

and the jobs they do, etc. How do you find that balance then between saying to the people of your states in Maryland, my job is to keep you safe, my job is to address what is happening on the ground that leads to crime, but at the same time my job is to repair a police force that has lost trust in many communities and lost trusts, you know, in the public in general. You know, and I think about with the the the Our campaign was endorsed by both Progressive Maryland and the police union. How? And people say, how in the world did you pull that one off? Because basically, it's the idea is this, is that I was offering the same thing to both sides,

a seat at the table. That if we are going to actually address these issues, we have to make sure that that thoe the the the the the thoan collectively the the the the the the the the collectively the the with appropriate intensity and absolute integrity and full accountability. But we need to have the police force at the table to be able to make sure that happens. That we have to make sure that yes, we have to get violent offenders off of our streets and out of our communities because no child, no child should have to come in a neighborhood they are afraid of. And we have to get these illegal guns out of our neighborhoods. But it's also, but it also means, but we also have to be very clear on this too. You're not going to arrest your way out of this. And you're not going to militarize your way out of this. And I do think about it from the context

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you know, outside money, big, you know, organizations, DNC, RNC, whatever it may be, you see them slowing down and then they care more about being re-elected than doing the job that they were elected to do. So, so I would start with this. In the most honest way, what would you say is the biggest challenge that you will have to face? T. the the the the the, 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 thr. thr. that th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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, th. And, the the the they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And they. And they. And to face, that people don't understand how challenging it is, because oftentimes politicians will say, we have to fix this, we have to fix it, but I think it will be interesting for politicians to say, this part here is gonna be extremely difficult to fix because of X, Y, Z, or Z, as you'd say here. Like, genuinely, when you say, what would you say is the toughest issue facing Maryland, right now? I still think it comes back to economics because I still think people

feel a very real sense of an ease and economic uncertainty about where things are. But I think that what we've got to do is first of all we have to let people know and make sure they can believe that we can actually get this done. It's really important right and then also put the concrete plans in place about the things we're going to have to do to be able to be able to be able to be a a a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a the, to be a to be a the, the, to be a the, the, the, the, and the, to be. And, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and thi, and the, and the, 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, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they. I. I. I. I. And, they. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. they. they. they. the the things we're going to have to do to be able to address that. And it means things like when we say we are going to invest to get people back to work, it means we have to be able to do that. And job re-skilling and job retraining. Where, you economy, right?

So being able to put together the concrete practical plans in order to do that. It means being able to start earlier. And again, as a leader, I am data-driven and heart-led. Right? I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I acknowledge that. But data matters. And I know this is that 80% of brain development happens in a child by the time that child is five years old. So why we have children starting a school of five

makes absolutely no sense. We have to make sure we have pre-K for every single child in need in the state of Maryland. And so it really is saying, we know what works. And again, I've been a politician, right? But I've had a chance. I've led soldiers in combat. I let a successful small business helping first-generation students go to and through college and then I had a chance to lead one of the largest poverty-fighting organizations in this country. I know what works. We know what works. Now the question is, can we derive the

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