The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump’s Trash Stunt, Latino Voter Dilemma | Connie Chung’s Call for Honest Journalism

Episode Date: November 1, 2024

Ronny Chieng breaks down Trump’s garbage truck photo-op and Kamala Harris’s campaign strategy of reaching women voters through messages in bathroom stalls.  John Leguizamo goes undercover with undecided Latino voters to see if recent racist MAGA rallies and Trump’s deportation plans have changed their stance. Journalism icon Connie Chung joins Ronny to discuss her memoir “Connie,” her trailblazing career, and her call for a return to unfiltered, investigative journalism. She also shares why she endorsed Kamala Harris, marking a first in her career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Ronnie Chang. Hey, welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Ronnie Chiang. We got so much to talk about tonight. Trump takes out the trash, the election turns into a gender war, and we send John Leguizamo undercover to talk to Latino voters. So let's get into indecision 2024. In America today was the environmental and public health disaster known as Halloween, where kids dress up in single use costumes and eat 40 pounds of sugar because 500 years

ago people were scared of the dark or something. But it's not just kids dressing up in costumes, it's also grown men. Climbing aboard a garbage truck in Green Bay that had his campaign's logo on the side. How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden. Former President Trump embraced his latest political cent piece as he amped up his attacks on Democrats.

250 million people are not garbage. I could tell you who the real garbage is, but we won't say that. OK, so you dressed up as a garbage man because you say Biden called your supporters garbage and you're saying they're not garbage, but you're taking out the garbage which is someone else but you won't tell us who it is and also

no one should call anyone garbage but you just did because you're the garbage man in other words the perfect metaphor the way, for anyone thinking of dressing up as Trump for Halloween, you gotta be really careful at this point because it's getting kinda close to blackface. You know what I mean? But you know what? It doesn't matter how weird you look or how stupid your metaphor is or how badly you f**ked it up, as long as you look great getting into that garbage truck. Donald Trump actually climbing I should say stumbling into a garbage truck.

Nailed it. And to be fair if Joe Biden did that it would have broken every bone in his. But look at how hard Trump is committing to the whole garbage thing. I mean, if only Joe Biden had been like, all of Trump's supporters are always gargling their own piss. And he'd be like, is that what you think? I'll show you. Now, I'm not a professional expert pund America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America, America,

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If Harris wins, it would be because women crawled over broken glass to break the glass ceiling. Okay, so there was a glass on the floor before they broke the glass ceiling. So then where did the broken glass come from if the ceiling is... Why is everyone in America so bad at metaphors? Look, I don't know why Trump does badly with women. Okay, I mean, yeah, sure, he shredded their reproductive rights or whatever,

but he's only been accused of groping 26 of them. Oh, sorry, what's that? There was a new one last week? Oh, okay, 27. Oh, sorry, what was that? That was the new one yesterday? Okay, well, look, I can understand why no one heard about it, okay? The media had a big garbage truck story to cover.

But Trump isn't giving up. He made another pitch to women last night in a way that wasn't creepy at all. My people told me about four weeks ago, I would say, no, I want to protect the people. I want to protect the women of our country. I want to protect the women. Sir, please don't say that.

Why? They said, we think it's very inappropriate for you to say. I said, why? I said, well, I'm going to do it whether the women like it or not. I'm gonna protect them You know there's a name for when you take care of a woman who doesn't want you to take care of her It's called kidnapping And there is no situation where whether you like it or not is a good sales pitch Unlimited shrimp whether you like it or not

Would be a pass from me. So Trump's reaching out to women as successfully as he reached out to that garbage truck door Kamala supporters are trying to win even more female voters with a stealth campaign to sway hesitant women in conservative areas. Sticky notes reminding women that their vote is secret have been popping up in women's bathrooms all over the country, thanks to a viral grassroots campaign by Kamala Harris supporters. This is a campaign to put these Post-It notes in the bathrooms giving women the permission to vote for who they want to. So it says nobody knows who you vote for, so vote for who they want to. So it says nobody knows who you vote for,

so vote for who you want, or vote Harris for Women's Rights. How many of these have you made? We've made thousands. Thousands and thousands. I saw it online, and all the women in my area, they're all doing it. They're literally driving up to Wisconsin,

to the truck stops, just to do this. Dan, that is the most wholesome reason to visit a truck stop bathroom. I mean... Just imagine how disappointed you'd be seeing one of these coming out of a glory hole. But... But that's right.

Kamala supporters think there are a lot of women who would vote for her if they knew their husbands or neighbors wouldn't find out. So they're going all the way into women's bathrooms to let them know. And you may laugh at that, but polls consistently show that the most important voting block in Michigan is women on the road trips who have diarrhea.

And I guess this is an interesting idea, but is there any place left that we can't be safe from political ads? I mean, a public bathroom is there any place left that we can't be safe from political ads? I mean, a public bathroom is a sacred place where we're not Democrats or Republicans. We're just Americans who are hoping a handicapped person doesn't need the handicapped star while I'm in there. I just don't know if this is gonna work.

I've never seen anything in a bathroom that's changed my opinion. For a good time, call Meghan. Please wash your hands. I'm not doing any of that. But if you're a woman who doesn't go to the bathroom, and I know some women don't, because I've never seen my wife take a shit, ever.

Harris supporters have put out TV ads reminding women with conservative husbands that their votes are a secret, too. -♪ Your turn, honey. In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want and no one will ever know. Did you make the right choice? Sure did did honey.

Remember what happens in the booth stays in the booth. Did that stay in the booth? I mean, I don't know if it could be more obvious that something was going on with those women. I mean, if I was their husband, I'd be like, wait, okay. You guys are either voting for Kamala or you're having an affair, okay? Because there's a lot of electricity here

and I'm scared but I'm also turned on. If all that extra long staring wasn't suspicious enough, there's another ad where the women are even more obvious. Still voting for him? Hell yeah. What about your wife? She don't like him but she's voting for him? Hell yeah. What about your wife? She don't like him but she's voting for him. Same with mine. Guys, you gotta stop mouthing Kamala.

It's supposed to be a secret conspiracy. It's like, well voting for Kamala, right? I said, are we voting for Kamala? Yes, but we have to keep it a secret or our sinister husbands will murder us. Hey, is it weird that they're like 50 years older than us? Seriously, look at those husbands. Like you don't have to mouth it.

I'm pretty sure they won't listen to you even if you talk at full volume, okay? And maybe I'm just being a heroic feminist here as usual, but isn't it a little sexist for these ads to suggest that women are morons who don't know how to vote? But you know, I guess it's okay because they're also saying that men are morons who don't know how to vote. But you know I guess it's okay because they're also saying that men are morons who don't know how to vote. Come on boys let's make America great again. It's your turn buddy. Before you

cast your vote in this election think about how it'll impact the people you care about the most. Remember you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know. Do your patriotic duty. You bet I did, brother. What happens in the booth stays in the booth. Okay so the women are secretly voting for Kamala, but the men who are threatening them are also voting for Kamala?

It's gonna be so romantic when they all find out. It's gonna be like that stupid Pina Colada song. And by the way, why is everybody in these ads voting in groups? I've never seen a group of bros just vote together like they're heading to a tailgate. And also, this guy walked into the voting room with his bros, but then walked out with his family?

I mean, what the f*** is happening? I get the woman ad, but then walked out with his family? I mean, what the fuck is happening? I get the woman ad, but this ad is ridiculous, okay? No real man is gonna prioritize his wife and daughter over a guy with his own customized garbage truck, okay? You can't, you know how cool that is? You can't be that. Now, if you're worried that trying to secretly coordinate votes with eye contact might be too confusing,

well, here's a new ad that will clarify absolutely nothing. ["The New York Times"] All right, everyone, time to vote. Let's all vote the right way, if you know what I mean. Of course, honey. Remember that this election, you can vote for whoever you want. And no one has to know.

No one at all. ["The New York Times"] want and no one has to know. No one at all. Your vote is secret from everyone which means the choice is totally up to you. This election let's celebrate our power to choose. So cast your ballot with confidence. Because this ballot is all yours. The secret ballot is what makes America, America. It's as American as apple pie. So this election day, remember, don't get distracted by nodding.

Focus on making your voice heard. Ready to turn in your ballot, honey? Sure am. Polls are closed! You've been standing there nodding for 13 hours! Stop it! Okay, all right. Thank you for your time. Hey! When we come back, don't release the humble! I'm going to be a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a

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But why? John Leguizamo decided to find out. Election day is almost upon us and Democrats are concerned about Donald Trump's surprising support in the Latino community. A new poll has Trump gaining ground with Latino voters. Vice President Harris struggling to hold on to Latino voters. So I assembled a panel of undecided and Trump-curious Latino voters

to see why they haven't been turned off by inflammatory statements like... Kamala has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from prisons and jails. Trump's rhetoric about Latinos is darker than a 12-hour chocolate mole. But does that matter to these voters? To get the unvarnished truth, I disguised myself as a representative of a pro-Trump

super PAC. The plan? Tell them I was trying to better understand how Trump could appeal to Latino voters while confronting them with Trump's racism firsthand. Can I see everybody's ID real quick and see if you're real citizens? No. I was born in California. But where are you really from?

Come on. Parents are naturally born from El Salvador. Salvador, Mexico. Okay. What do you like about Donald Trump? He's not evasive. It's pretty clear. I mean, this is someone that's been at the forefront for a very long time, speaking his

mind. When he was on the government, the economy was better than we have it right now. That's the part, the only part that I like. On the surface, they seem to like Trump, but as we went deeper, I gave them the tools to express themselves in a more nuanced manner. I want to name an issue, and you're going to raise either one or two or three chilies to signify how spicy the issue is for you, okay? The economy. Wow, damn, three chilies, that's spicy, spicy, spicy. Okay, healthcare? Not as spicy, but still spicy. Arming janitors.

Meaning? Arming, giving weapons to janitors to protect the schools. You know, like, if a shooter comes in. Okay, no chilis on that. Now that I knew the issues they cared about, it was time to see if there were any Latino celebrity endorsements that might capture their vote. You guys are tough.

Bad Bunny? No. Oh, come on. Bad Bunny? No. Oh, come on, Bad Bunny. I swear I would get you. No, I wouldn't. All right. John Leguizemillo? Leguizemillo.

I don't know. Well, f*** you, too, then. Okay, now it's time for the moment of truth. Let's see if witnessing Donald Trump's rhetoric firsthand makes them want to vote for him more or less. On my first day back in the White House, I will terminate every open borders policy of the Biden administration, stop the invasion of our southern border and begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.

It's an excellent way to fix a very, very severe problem. What do you love about deportation? You have criminals. They should all be removed, no? Do you think they should deport American criminals, too? Deport American criminals to where? What's your least favorite South American country? Cuba. If he's saying immigration is a problem,

it's like you have a leak in your house. You gotta turn it off, the water supply. Fix it, then turn it on. Maybe that's what he's trying to do. Like, let's close down the border for a while. But who would you call to fix your leak if all the Latinos are gone? Mass deportation didn't seem to turn them off.

Let's try something else. No control whatsoever. Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from. And we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions, insane as well as we know they're terrorists. It's poisoning the blood of our country. So what do you think of the language that he's using? It's poison. That's his last word. That's what it is. So you're saying he's a little too Hitlerish maybe? He can soften the language a little bit? That it poisoned

the blood maybe What about spraining the ankle of America giving America gastrointestinal? Discomfort you make any worse about if he said ruining the testicles of America Great, so people don't seem to love the Hitler stuff now. What about this clip? How about allowing people to come to an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers, and they're now happily living in the United States. You know, now a murderer, I believe this, it's in their genes. And we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now.

I think maybe there's better words that can be used. We all misspeak sometimes. I mean, what I love about Trump is that he misspeaks from the heart. He misspeaks from the heart because he's got a lot and maybe has a good heart. Well said. Well said. This is, you know, it's kind of stereotyping Latinos. It's stereotyping immigrants. And the more that you demonize people, it doesn't bring us together.

Yeah, you certainly don't have the murder gene. together. So yeah you sir you definitely don't have the murder gene. Okay don't speak Spanish because it's not nice. Which presidential candidate do you think treats Latinos most like caricatures? I'm going to say a name and if you agree scream Ariba. Donald Trump. Okay so you clearly think that Trump portrays the Latino population in an accurate and nuanced manner. No. Why didn't you scream a rebuttal rebuttal? Well, if your questions and the questions that I'm listening to you are about, as you

see this, what do you think? I'd rather not see that. So it's better if we don't show these clips of him because they make you not want to vote for him. That's exactly the reason why many who will tell you that they don't like him is because of what he says. Now I understand. The only way Trump is acceptable is if you never see or hear him. It seems like some of these people were finally coming around, but there was something that was still bugging me. Do you want to change your answer for any one of the celebrity endorsements?

Maybe to John Lewis-Ama? No. You guys never saw Spong? Did you see his last special? It was good. What did you like most about his last special? The setting. He did it like a school setting. Oh, that was real clever. Real arty too.

Finally feeling like we made some progress. It was time to come clean. Okay, I want to thank you for being here and for being so honest with me. But I have not been so honest with you. My name is not really Ron Cusmano, but... Jonathan Cusmano, but... John. John Cusmano. Oh my God.

No, no, no, no, no. I know that, I know that. I don't fucking know. Now that I've shown you all these awful things about Trump, does that change your vote? No. No. No.

Democracy. No. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, John. When we come back, democracy. Everybody John Stewart here I'm here to tell you about my new podcast the weekly show coming out every Thursday. We're gonna be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna 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 Jon Stewart wherever you get your podcasts. It's a trailblazing award-winning television journalist whose new memoir is called Connie. I used thank you for having me, Ronnie. It's a huge honor to meet you. No, it's a huge honor. I can't believe you know me. I'm Ronnie.

I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie.

I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie.

I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I'm Ronnie. I much for coming on the show. Well, thank you for having me, Ronnie. It's a huge honor to meet you. No. I can't believe you know who I am. Well, I don't really. Fair enough. No, no, no.

I've watched you and I can't believe I'm sitting here with you too. No, no. That's very kind. You're the best. You grow, I spent a lot, when I was a kid, I grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and we would turn on TV and watch you as a kid. So it's really nice. Really?

Yeah, I can't believe that you're in front of me right now. I can't even tell if you're, is it real? Yeah. And I read your book because I got so scared of you that I actually, I actually read this book for the first time in Daily Show history. I read the book of the guest. And it's a, I don't have to say this, it's a great book.

It's very well written. And as for me, as a American history and television nerd, this is like the perfect book. Yeah, because it goes through all these characters and events that you were like in the middle of everything in the 80s and 90s to the point where I think you caused the most of the damage in the world because you seem to be at the center of all of them. Honestly, I didn't do it.

And not just the events but like the characters in the book, you know, all these legendary figures, Larry Grossman, Ruth. You know, Larry Grossman, you mean an NBC who was the president? Yeah, all these figures that we only know about, it's 2024. These are people like you were in... Yeah, but they've never heard of Larry Grossman. They've never heard of him, yeah I know. No, you'd be surprised, you guys know who Larry Grossman is right?

Just say yes, just say yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, so... And then the lie detector test to determine, that was a lie. No, but Connie, you got, Connie, these are mostly Americans, they don't learn their history. I'm not American, therefore I read this.

And I guess my point is like, you were around at the peak of network TV, around all these titans, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, youite, mixed elbows with presidents, vice presidents. I guess now that you're retired, how happy are you that you don't have to cover the trash sheet back in America? I'm actually glad I'm not in television news now.

Seriously. Because it's not the same. Sure. Can you give us some perspective on how it's kind of different? Cause when you started, you started with typewriters and now we're in freaking, now we're in freaking AI creating virtual cryptocurrency. It's crazy.

Yeah, you've seen all of it. Well, we believed, I mean, back in those days, it was the truth, credibility, and honesty and all of that. And it seems to have kind of evaporated. Yeah, you cheered too loud, man. Some guy was cheering that. But yeah, I mean, is there, you know, because I read your book and even in your time when

you were active, there was still misinformation. And you were the victim of some fake news, so to speak. People would spread rumors about it. So it wasn't like there were no problems. No, but it wasn't as rampant as it is right now. In other words, there are a lot of good reporters, there's a lot of good investigative reporting, but there's a lot of misinformation too. So why do you think it is that like trust in the media has you know just decreased ever since you left news?

Because it's not it's it's it was in the era in which news was trustworthy but I think there was there had been a sort of creeping negativism in which news was trustworthy. But I think there had been a sort of creeping negativism in which people began to not believe not only government, but news reporters, and they didn't trust Congress or the White House for good reason, because back in the day when the government was lying to them about Vietnam and they just didn't know,

they couldn't feel like they could trust Congress and the rest, and it's gotten worse now. So we're even below Congress's level, which is pretty low. Yeah, if the news is worse than Congress. You were gonna ask me a question in the beginning. Did you decide not to do that? I decided not to because it's too vulgar. I just didn't want to. Really?

Yeah. You came out, you came out, it's like, I was talking to my mom, I didn't want to ask the, I couldn't, all right, okay, I'll ask it. Am I really that old? Yeah, you are, you are kind of, yeah. Oh, God. Yeah.

What, the new, the source of truth can't take the truth? Like, yeah. No, no. Yeah, we... You want me to ask you? I'm 78, how old are you? I'm not, I'm like, I'm 39, so nowhere near. Funny you don't look 39. Oh, how old do I look?

25. That's good. Asian don't raise it, yeah. Yeah, uh-huh. But do you want me to ask you that first question? It's so awkward now, now that we set it it up and everyone wants to know what it is now. Yeah, I think you're going to have to do it. Oh, okay.

Well, if Connie Chen wants me to ask a question. Okay. Connie, sorry, Miss Chung. I don't want to call you Connie Chen. Legend, do I call you legend? No. Goat, do I call you goat? Goat. You can call me anything you want. Goat, do I call you goat? Call me anything you want.

Goat, uh, Cheng, uh, uh, uh, mom, uh, mom. Mom? Sorry, sorry, I just got it. So, um, you've been, uh, retired from journalism now, and during your time as a very professional trust worthy source, I think it was your opinion from your book that you shouldn't give your personal opinions. You know this, I'm not here to give personal opinions, you're here to deliver the news. But now that you're retired, you're unleashed,

you can give your hard opinions right now. Let's ask the tough questions, okay? F*** Mary Kille, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, or Tucker Carlson. I'm sorry, mom. Well I don't know if you know this, but I actually just thought I was so nervous about the election, I decided to come out in favor of Kamala. So you can well imagine my answer to your question two out of the three. Please for the record. You got it. I mean it doesn't take brain. I don't got it. All three of these are terrible. You're not married? I am married. I'm married.

Okay. That doesn't answer anything. Yes it does. It's two out of the three. What? You gave me three choices. You're kind of evading right now. No.

And as a student of Connie Chung, I can't let you... It's not evasive. It's totally on target. Do you get it? No. Oh. That's why I didn't want to ask that dumb ass question. Did I ask some serious question?

You brought it up! Yeah, I asked. Come on. You're the one who asked me that. Okay, okay. Anyway, so do you feel like Asian people in America are kind of uniquely suited to kind of ask the tough questions because we're not seen as participating in this ongoing race war between white and black people.

And so when we come in, it's almost like we can get in there and get the real story. No. Okay. Okay. No. No. No.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

No. No to the race war or no to the army? No to getting married. Okay, so you, in this book you went to Warren Beatty's house and a lot of people there were taking cocaine. What are the, who else was taking drugs in Hollywood in the 70s? Now you got some really interesting stories here, like here you talk about Dan Rather being a real dick. Right, in this book?

That's not, yeah, that's in her book. I didn't, you're not quoting me. I'm not quoting you, but Dan Rather was a bit of a dick to you. I mean, is that, was he a mean dude or? No, not on the surface. I mean, he was very, he was unhappy that I was sitting next to him.

He didn't want me there, you know? Kind of like, you know... Why? Why? Because he had been doing it by himself for a long time. He replaced Walter Cronkite, and then he became... His ratings started to tank. And so they decided to add me to the program. So I sat in half of Uncle Walter's chair, and it was like a dream job.

But the ratings weren't moving so much, and he really didn't want me there. It was very much like Barbara Walters when she began co-anchoring with... Here comes the dirt. Let's go. Yeah. When she began co-anchoring with... Here comes the dirt, let's go. Let's go. Yeah. When she began co-anchoring with a man

who demoted her there, either. Right. And so, how did you navigate the politics of the 70s newsrooms, of these huge towering figures of media, and you were often not only the only Asian, you were the only woman in the room a lot of the times. We've got a photo of you right here. This is the photo of you as the only Asian woman in the room a lot of the times. Thank God. A photo of you right here, this is a photo of you as the only Asian person

in this room full of smelly guys. And this is exactly how I felt the Daily Show to be honest. Yeah. I'm gonna go. But how did you navigate the politics? It was kind of hard in many ways because I saw all around me were men. And I kind of just decided I would be a guy too.

I would walk like them, talk like them, have their bravado, have moxie, have, you know, even use their, the potty mouth that they use. And I so convinced myself that I was a guy, that when I'd walk past a mirror I'd go because I was trying to pull back. Why am I an Asian woman?

Yeah, exactly. I thought I was a white man. This is news to me. I really was convinced. Right, so you would just start swinging, you'd swear at the guys, you'd say, f***. I did.

You wanna say f***ed anybody on TV right now? We got this basic cable now. Not really. You want me to say f*** anybody on TV right now? We got this basic cable now. Not really. You want me to say it for you? F*** Dan Rather. Thank you. So, I mean, I could talk to you forever about this. I honestly, I did my research because I know how much you value people who do their homework.

I do. And I want to ask, like, why is it that there's no other Walter Cronkite that can rise out of this cesspool of American news media right now? The whole thing has changed. I mean, television news isn't what it used to be. You know, digital has taken over, so it's just not going to happen. Television is a dinosaur. I mean, not your show.

No, that's fine. We're down with that. I think people get the news from all sorts of sources. I mean, the Daily Show, they used to always get it from... They really shouldn't get it from this show. I'm trying to get Connie to say, f***, why are you watching this for news? But you know, it's kind of disheartening

because I was hoping you could give me perspective and say like, all these people who are saying this is the worst ever time for America, they're exaggerating, we had the same problems in the 60s, and you're saying, no, this is the worst time, and I don't know if there's a way through. No, I have hope for the news, you know, and that we can swing that pendulum right back and it'll be more responsible.

Or can you give some tips on how to swing that pendulum back or any ideas if you were in charge of news? Well I think one newspaper at a time, one television station at a time. And I think as long as we do investigative work, we're on the right track. The hard part is filling all those hours on cable. That's where we come in to talk a bunch of shit. What we're doing right now, filling some hours.

In between important stuff. Just filling the hours. No, but it's really hard to, it's hard to fill that many hours. Oh, tell me about it. It's very difficult, yeah. So you're saying that if we can stop with this idea of we have to fill up all this time, we'd probably help the news. But do serious work and don't express opinions on the news. It's just that, I mean, do you really want opinion? No? I mean, on the news.

Not, no, right? Mom said no, say no. Correct answer is no, don't say, yeah, no. No. No opinion. No, no. No opinion. Yeah, right. No, I agree if you need a source that's trustworthy, that's not biased, and no, I get it.

So, unfortunately that's not where the money is anymore. The money isn't saying, f*** them rather. That's where it is. Yeah. Well then that should sell, huh? Yeah, this should sell, is in the book. And the last thing I just want to say is like, the hope for the future I have is in the last chapter

of this book, other than talking about the weed strain that's named after you yeah which everybody you should check it out it's pretty cool have you tried no I don't I don't I don't smoke weed. Right. Neither do I. No. But if you go online, you'll see Connie Chung weed. You can buy weed at your website. Yes. No, it's not my website. It's somebody started it and I have no idea who did. Okay, yeah.

We all have no idea who sold the stuff. We all know for tax purposes we have no idea who's selling this business. But what it is is I'm easy to grow. Low maintenance. Yes, I'm low maintenance. I read your book. And you did. I did.

And I don't give the scariest too much and you can get a two pack pre-roll for $22. Yeah. Oh really? Oh yeah. Do you have a coupon code? You want to share the cash? I just saw that. But I have to tell you one other thing.

You were talking about the last chapter, right? Yeah, I was about to get to it. Okay, go ahead. Okay, I think I understand mind melding. You got it. Yeah. What's really cool about the future is this idea of that there is a generation of people Okay, go ahead. Okay, I think I understand mind melding. You got it. Yeah.

What's really cool about the future is this idea that there is a generation of Connie's in America, Asian American girls who are the children of people. Asian parents. Asian parents who grew up in your generation who admired you and named their children Connie. Amazing. And she got to meet up with them. And there are untold numbers of babies that were named after me. How does it make you feel that all these f***ing people stole your name?

I just flabbergasted and honored. What happened was there was this girl named Connie Wong, and she cold emailed me and said that she was named after me. I couldn't believe it. She said when she moved with her parents from Communist China to the Midwest, she was only three years old, and her parents said,

we need to give you an American name. And she only knew what she saw on television, and she said, we need to give you an American name. And she only knew what she saw on television. And she said, Connie or Elmo. And so it was she who discovered that all these Connies were named after me. When I went on this book tour, I had met, she thinks there are untold hundreds. I don't know how many, but I met six more,

and I met a Connie Chung in drag. Oh, there you go. Yeah. And she or he said that he can, it takes him four hours to put his makeup on. And I said, dude, I can do mine in 15 minutes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could talk to you forever about this book.

It's a great book. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much for all that you do. Thank you. Thank you so much for all that you've done. You're a legend. You're the best. Carney is available now. Carney Chun.

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