The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Questions Harris's Blackness | Eric Burton of Black Pumas

Episode Date: August 1, 2024

Ronny Chieng tackles Trump's painful attempt at Black voter outreach, which included insulting Black journalists and accusing Kamala Harris of not being Black. Plus, Megan Thee Stallion declares "Hotties for Harris" at an Atlanta campaign rally, and Michael Kosta has a plan to keep the Democrats' newfound excitement going. Then, singer, songwriter, and producer of the Grammy-nominated band Black Pumas Eric Burton talks about developing the band in the live music scene of Austin, Texas with his creative partner, Adrian Quesada, how the success of their first album has influenced the music of their new second album, “Chronicles of a Diamond,” and attending a silent retreat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show, we're gonna be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Center, it's America's only source for news. This is the Daily Show with your host Ronnie T. Welcome to a daily show. We got so much to talk about tonight. Megan the Stallion is featuring on a Kamala Harris track.

Donald Trump makes some black friends. So let's get into our ongoing coverage of Indecision 2024. Let's kick things off with Donald Trump. He was doing really well with black voters when he was running against Joe Biden, probably because black people don't fuck with ghosts. But Kamala Harris is now stealing back some of Trump's black support. So today, Trump sat down with an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, and things got off to a rocky start.

A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. You have told four Congresswoman Women of Color, who were American citizens to go back to where they came from. You have used words like animal and rabbit

to describe black district attorneys. You've had dinner with a white supremacist at your Marlaga resort. So my question, sir, why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that? Oh, uh, tough question. But hey, at least this is a good chance for former President Trump to address the concerns of black voters by answering with civility and grace. Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question. So, in such a horrible manner, a first question.

You don't even say, hello, how are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network. Okay, okay, not a great start talking to a room for a black journalist, but you can still recover. I think it's a very rude introduction. I don't know tha exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly exactly to thi thi to thi thi thi thi thi w w w w w thi thi thi w thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th- thi, thi, thi, th- th. You don't th. You th. You th. You th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. You thi. You don't thi. thi thi thi thi thi tho-a-a' tho-n. thi tho-n. You thi. You don't thi thi still recover. I think it's a very rude introduction. I don't know exactly why you would do something like that. You invited me under false pretense,

and then you were half an hour late, just so we understand, I have too much respect for you to be late. I think it's a very nasty question. I have answered the question. I have been the best president for the black population since Abraham Lincoln. That's my answer. Better than President Johnson who signed the Voting Rights Act.

For you to start off a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work. In such a hostile manner, I think it's a disgrace. Wow. Trump was like, listen up black people. You're always late. your microphones are ghetto, and I'm Abraham Lincoln. I mean, I think he just won the black vote. For most politicians or anyone else on earth, that would have been a low point of the

interview. But because it's Donald Trump, it somehow got worse. Do you believe that Vice President Kamla Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? Well, I can say th say th say th say th say th say thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thu, thu-I thu-I thu, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. I, th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I, I, I, I, I th. I, I, I, I th. I, I th. I's, I's, I's, thi. I'm, thi. I'm, thi. I'm thi. thi. thi. thi. tfooooo. tf. tf. tf. tf. thi. thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? Well, I can say, no, I think it's maybe a little bit different. So I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly, very much, and she was always of Indian heritage. And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. so I don't know. th th i it it it it it it it it it's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th th th th th th to th to th th to to to th to to to th to th to th th th th th th the th thi. th th of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know is she Indian or is she black? She is always identified as a black woman. I respect either one but

she obviously doesn't because she was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went she became a black person. Just to be clear sir do you believe that I think I thi thi thi somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s a to to to to to to to to to to to to be. to be. to be. to to to to be to be to be. to be to be to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the their their their their their their their their their their they. they. they. they. they. they. they. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. I the. I the. I their the. I to be clear sir, do you believe that she's a... I think somebody should look into that too when you ask a continue in a very hostile nasty town. I don't know what's worse that he thinks she turned from Indian to black or that he thinks someone should look into that. Who should look into that? Like does he think the FBI is the federal black investigators? I don't think she turned from from from from from to to to to to to to the Indian to the Indian to to to the Indian to the Indian to to the to to to the to the the to to to the the to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the their 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 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 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 FBI is the federal black investigators? I don't think she turned from Indian to black, okay? She's Indian and black. Like, what does he think happens?

When the time is right, Indians going to a cocoon and they play some break and they come out black. It's very clear that Trump doesn't quite know how to handle Kamala Harris right now. He's trying to find the angle of attack and today he was hitting her race. Yesterday he was hitting her age. She is younger, I mean she's 60 years old, a lot of people I did really she was 60. I thought she was a little younger but she's 60. I guess Trump just discovered that black don't crack. I mean this is gonna be a first time he does birtherism as a compliment th. But th. But th. th. he he he- he- he- he- he- he-y, he-y, he, he, he-y, he-y, he-y, he-y, he was he-y, he was he-y, he was he's he's he's he-y, he he's he's he's he's he's he's he-y, he's he-y, he's he-y, he was yesterday, he he-y, he he-y, he he-y, he he he he he he he he-y, he he he, he he, he he, he he, he he, he he, he he, he he-y, he he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's th. Yesterday, he's th. Yesterday, he's th. Yesterday, he's th. Yesterday, th-in, th-in. Yesterday, th-he's th-he's th-y's th-y's th-y's th-y's he's he's he mean, this is gonna be the first time he does birtherism as a compliment.

Like, show us your birth certificate because you don't look a day over 50, okay? So just drop the skin care routine, girl. I bet Trump spent the rest of a day just googling how old other black people are. Like, Morgan Freeman, 200 years old? Question mark? To be fair, Trump does have some substantive criticisms of Kamala, but he can't seem to say them without making it gross and personal.

Like, when he was asked about how she would do in negotiations with foreign leaders. How would they consider a Harris presidency? It's just in geopolitically. I think they'll walk all over. I think they'll walk all over. She'll be so easy for them. She'll. She'll. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll th. She'll be like th. th. th. th. they'll walk all over. I think they'll walk all over. She'll be so easy for them. She'll be like a playtoy. They look at her and they say, we can't believe we got so lucky.

They're gonna walk all over. And I don't want to say as to why, but a lot of people understand it. He's like, I don't want to say why she'd be a bad president, but, you know, the he-he and the hoo-ha and the fellas get it. I'm pretty sure Kamala can handle world leaders, okay? I mean, she did just overthrow the president of the United States. Also, nobody was easier to manipulate than Donald Trump. Like foreign leaders just had to roll out the red carpet and Trump treated them like a best friend.

I mean, Saudi Arabia bone-sawed an American journalist and Trump was fine with it because they let him touch an orb. I mean, I'm pretty sure nervous is getting to Kamala. Right now, she's on top of the world because she's enjoying life as the Democrat's Atlanta turned up and turned out for Vice President Harris, and a rap star came with a new slogan for campaign merged. Megan the Stallion and others made this the largest crowd of Harris's young campaign. More than 10,000 people filled at downtown arena. Well, Donald, as the same goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face.

Thousands waited hours to see Harris speak. Does she make it easier for Democrats to win Georgia in November? Yeah, we're so excited. We don't have to vote for Joe Biden anymore. You know, I do feel bad for Biden. Like everyone's going crazy for Kamala and he's at home with COVID going, Who is Kamala? And I've never seen so much joy for a statistical tie.

This is like when people cheer after their plane lands. It's supposed to land, okay? That's a bad minimum. For more on the enthusiasm around the vice president, Harris, We go live to one of our rallies in Houston with Michael Costa. Thanks, Ronnie. Thank you. Michael, what's the feeling down there? It's electric, Ronnie.

I haven't seen Democrats this excited since they came out with that fifth COVID booster. Okay, wow, they do sound pumped, but can the Democrats build on this momentum? They definitely can, Ronnie, and there's only one way to do it. Kamila Harris has to drop out. Wait, what means she has to drop out? Why? Everyone's enthusiastic about her. Well, the excitement's not about her. It's about the newness. You know when that new kid comes to your school and everyone's like, oh what's his deal? He's not actually cool.

He's just new. He's just another loser whose dad happened to get a job near your school. So quit fawning about him, Becky Sullivan. Look, the point is this. Nunes goes away, as will this enthusiasm for Kamala. It's not going to be Megan the Stallion at her next rally. It's going to be Katie Perry, and not teenage dream Katie Perry either. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's the, it's the, it's the, it's the, it's the, it's their, it's their, it's the their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. theooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. the. the. to be Katie Perry, and not teenage dream, Katie Perry, either. It's going to be her new album, and the one that the gays won't even listen to. Okay, but if Kamala's steps away, who will replace her? Who cares?

The new nominee doesn't matter because the Democrats should replace them too. Every week a new candidate. Newtakets. Republican's won't be able to keep up. Oh, you think Gavin Newsom is unfit to be president? Who cares, bitch? We're with Pete Budajet now. Okay, I mean, I do like Pete Budge. Yeah, well, too bad, he's out, because now the candidate is twisters. Wait, well, wait, the movie or like the actual tornado? It doesn't matter because now it's Crette-Witmettched-Win, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th, I thu. I, I th, I th, I th, I th, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I I I I thi, I I I I I I I, I, I I, I, I, I I, I th. I, I, I, I, I th.. I, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. Okay, I th. Okay, I th. Okay, I th th th th th th th to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th th th that, who's actually gonna be the nominee on election day? Well, after Whitmer and Shapiro and Tom Hanks and that palm of horse guy,

they're finally gonna reach the last possible nominee, Joseph Robinette Biden. Wait, Biden again? That's why this whole thing started. Yeah, exactly. And as soon as he takes the oath of office, he resigns in favor of his VP, Kamla Harris, th Harris, th Harris, th Harris, th Harris, th Harris, to to to to to to to to to ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. to to to to to to to to th. 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 th, th, th, th. th. th. thi, the thi, the tho, the tho. tho. tho. tho. thoo. tho. too. too. too. to to to to to to to to to to too. the oath of office, he resigns in favor of his VP, Kamala Harris, in the excitement loop begins again, Ronnie. Wow, how very Buddhist. Michael Costa, everybody. When we come back, Black Kuma's will be here, so don't go away. Hey everybody, John Stewart here.

I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'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 the. the. What. What. What. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. thi. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. My tho. My tho. My tho. My th. My tho. My the the the the tho. My the the the the the the the the the the th. My th. My th. My th. My th. My th. My th. My th. My th. My th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. new. new. new. new. new. new. new. new. new new thoooooooooo. the the thooo. tho. tho. tho. th. 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 your daily show. My guest tonight is the singer-songwriter and produce of the Grammy-nominator band Black Puma whose latest album is called Chronicles of a Diamond. Please welcome Eric Burton. Thanks so much for being on the show. Thanks so much for being on the show.

You're making me cooler just by joining me at the desk. Thanks so much. I feel like it's just so cool. I feel like your band right now is in such a great place culturally. You're making me cooler just by joining me at the desk. Thanks so much. I feel they're so cool. I feel like your band right now is in such a great place culturally. You're liking that. I think, Krummy, if you feel differently, but you're in that sweet spot of, you're still, you're big enough to sell out Radio City and people love your music, but you're still that kind of underground vibe where you don't not, you're think, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, thiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi still that kind of underground vibe where you're not, you know, you don't have to play to like a mainstream, you know, sensibility or doing anything you don't want to do. I mean, do you feel that way or?

Which is a great place to be because we feel in charge of our self-expression, which is amazing as artists and human beings, and you know, selling out radio city, Radio City here in New York is still like really cool for us so we don't take it for granted. It's been amazing and just being in here in this smaller TV audience situation is super dope. Yeah. No, you can. And I mean, the authenticity is coming through in the second album I feel I can still feel it. I mean that was one of my questions for you was, like, do you feel that transition from, you know, making your first album where you're just pure

self-expression and doing what you want to do, to the second album where there's expectations for it now, kind of, you know? Did you feel that kind of pressure? They changed your creative approach to it? Most definitely. So for the last last, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, the the last, the last, the last, the last, the last album, I was really lucky because of my other half, Adrian Cassada, he came to the table with such a knowledge and such a sensitivity towards the culture, towards the style of music that I just... You can say black people.

Yeah, black people. Yeah, yeah. But it was really easy for me to kind of adopt the character that was being presented by way of the canvas that is soul music. And so as we accomplished that and he likes some of my songs and those songs kind of helped kind of catapult black pumas like colors. You know, it was, it's been really amazing. But for this, uh, the second album, there was way much more pressure.

But I was raised in an artist's household, and I was always taught to kind of genuinely be OK with expressing myself. And thankfully, the people have kind of allowed it. So it feels nice to be here. You haven't changed yet. Is there? Not never. And I guess I know you're still with an indie music label. changed yet. Is there? Not yet. Not never. Right.

And I guess I know you're still with an indie music label. Oh, yeah, it's right. ETO records. But do you feel like with this second album with the more anticipation and the undoubted success of the first one? Do you feel like do you have more resources now? Like how is it actually affecting how you make music for the second album? Well when when we did so well the first time around, I kind of immediately learned that our team,

which is a great team, they were kind of relying on us to, for direction. And so that was like, that came as a really big surprise. While it doesn't sound super like a big deal, it came as a surprise because I don't know that we were for sure as to what direction we wanted to go in. So we just continue to be genuine, continue to be honest. And it's led us into some places that have been really new and very cool.

And we're still, we're still like observing people's reaction to it. So that's been like really nice. And, and you came up kind of playing smaller gigs coming up and now we radio city and this, you know, everything is really happening for you. Like do you feel like you, do you still go back to play smaller gigs? Just the energy of that? Most definitely. So I'm lucky because I was busking before. Everybody hated me.

So, so, what city were you busking? I was busking in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles. And so I went from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, where there's a live show for anybody and everybody every single day. So to be interjected in such a culture where the artist is just embraced in this uncanny way that really opened my eyes to being able to play and not having to pay to play you know too but being able to play and really just integrate in the culture so you know we played sea boys which is a smaller venue shotgun club and so you feed off the energy obviously

everyone's there you're playing original music and you're killing it and this is you know but there's that there's that sense that you know you really have to work hard because we have friends who come in there and we you know just in the back like doing that thing but you know you're playing you're like trying to prove yourself versus where your city where everyone's there to most definitely and I the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to to the the the the the the the the their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their the their 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. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. I's. they. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I everyone's there to... Most definitely, and I want to say like briefly that we were just very lucky just from the very get-go. Like as soon as I met Adrian Casada, we had such a chemistry, obviously, you know, I'm a creative and an artist first and it helped to be with a partner who was just knowledgeable

enough to kind of help me find a container for that musically, and to then see the stage in such a real way. I used to be in theater. I grew up acting. And so it's not that much different. There's, you know, so, right. So to be in that situation in Austin, Texas, it was like the perfect place to cultivate the live performative element. Right. And I heard you recently went to a silent meditation retreat?

Yeah, most definitely. I discovered Vapasna through a girlfriend of mine and changed my world. I have done the retreat twice. It's free. They fed me for free. They put me up for free. But what's the condition? You just have to shut the fuck up for seven days?

Exactly. up for seven days. Exactly, exactly. Sorry I should have said it's a silent retreat. Yeah, did I mention? It's a silent retreat. So it's a silent retreat you get there's maybe 100 students, five instructors and you learn the technique the technique which is really easy to learn. It's to shut up. to just to be just shut up. Yes, just to be out? How do they kick you out? You can get kicked out. Yeah, for sure. So you can get kicked out, but I think that the technique is to get you on a vehicle to the source of how and or where our subconscious mind is reacting to, you know,

our thoughts and things that might have happened in the past. So to get to the bottom of it, it's a really technique to do so. Yeah, that sounds horrible. Um, I'll never do that. But, uh, Chronicles of the Diamond is available now. Eric Bun and the Black Pumas, everybody. 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. That's our show over tonight. Now here it is your moment of then. All right so there we are from Chicago the National Association of Black Journalist Convention panel interviewing President Trump on stage. Sandra, some interesting questions and

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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.