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Hey, welcome to The Dabbit Show. I'm Roni Cech. We got a great show for you tonight. Kamala Harris is speed dating VPs. Jd Vance might get to sleep on the couch, and Donald Trump said something a bit racist. Can you believe it? Let's find out in our ongoing coverage of Indecision 2024. Now look, when this election started, I thought it would be mostly about abortion or maybe immigration, but things took a weird turn this week, and now it seems like the most dominant issue is Indians. As you all know, Vice President Kamala Harris is of Indian and Jamaican descent, and who better to understand the nuance of being mixed race than this guy?

Former President Donald Trump now facing backlash after questioning Vice President Kamala Harris's racial identity during the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention.

She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn, and she went, she became a Black person.

After the event, the former President posted a video on his social media where Harris called herself Indian in a cooking video with comedian Mindy Kaling. Okay, Wait, so what we're going to cook today is an Indian recipe. Yes. Because you are Indian. Yes. But actually, we're both South Indian. Yes. You look like the entire one-half of my family.

Damn, I forgot how weird the office got after Michael Scott left. So Trump posted this video, but I'm like, How did he even find this? Was he doing deep opple research on Mindy Kaling's Instagram page? How far down the Mindy rabbit hole did he go? Is he going to come out next week like, Kamala Harris is not black, and Mindy and B. J. Novak belong together, okay? Do the right thing, B. J. Make an honest Indian out of her. And also, this doesn't even prove his point. He's saying that Kamala identified as Indian and not black, and this is a video of her saying, I'm half Indian. What does Trump think the other half is? Woman? She's half Indian and half woman. That's one thing. How does this guy understand what half means? He constantly tells us he's a genius, but he can't comprehend a golden doodle. Also, by the way, Trump doesn't get to decide how a black person is. Only Kendrick Lamar can do that. Kendrick, way in here. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has Indian problems of its own. Jd Vance has been getting attacked by white supremacist because his wife is Indian.

If you're thinking, Wow, if someone insulted my wife, I go apeshit on then you are not JD Vance. Look, I love my wife so much.

I love her because she's who she is. Obviously, she's not a white person, and we've been attacked by some white supremacists over that. But I love Usha.

She's such a good mom. Yeah, wow. Way to casually defend your wife against white supremacists, JD. I'm not a romance expert, but I don't think everyone wants to hear, She's not white, but I love her. That's not a message you're going to see on those Valentine's Day candies. I mean, look, I hope those weren't his wedding vows. Like, look, you're obviously not white, but I do. Enough about Indians. Let's move on. Because while JD Vans is doing JD Vans stuff, Kamala still needs to announce her running mate.

We now know we are just days away from finding out who Kamala Harris's running mate will be.

Harris now moving at warped speed. Her campaign just over a week old, but she's already expected to announce her running mate in the coming days. The two will then hit the road together, visiting several key battleground states, starting with a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Madam Vice President, have you chosen your VP yet? Have you chosen yet? Wow, what a change. The Democratic nominee for President walked up a flight of stairs while talking with a head turn. She turned her head while walking. And none of us were covering our eyes and clenching our assholes. I mean, compared to Biden, she's like, Simone Balz up there. Kamala is expected to pick a running mate any day now. And according to reports, it's come down to about five finalists who all bring different strengths to the table. You've got Pete Buttigieg, the only man in America who goes viral on Fox News for non-racist reasons. It's also Andy Boucher. He's the popular governor of Kentucky and the first person with his accent to ever say the phrase trans rights. You've We also got Minnesota Governor Tim Walsh. He's actually the one who started calling Donald Trump weird, which, again, I just don't see it.

The late great Hannibal lector is a wonderful man. Totally normal here. Another top candidate is Mark Kelly, AKA Senator Clean. This guy is a fighter pilot turned astronaut, which is extremely badass. I mean, how would Trump even attack this guy? Look at Top Gun loser who went to space. Oh, shit. This guy would be so good against Vans in the VP debate. He'd be like, Oh, you wrote a memoir about your hillbilly family? That's cool. I jacked off in space. Checkmate. Plus, he's got an identical twin brother who's also an astronaut. How cool is that? This is just like the Kelsey brothers if they stayed in school. I mean, Just think of all the crazy pranks they could pull. They could switch places. And now the other twin is the one doing absolutely nothing as VP. But as of today, it looks like the front runner is Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro. He's popular. He's the governor of a pivotal swing state. And I know I'm a foreigner who can't understand English, but just listen to this guy speak because... I mean, is he doing an Obama?

You could not You could not have a clear contrast in this race.

You could not have a clear contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Now, let me tell you something.

He's pretty afraid.

You all see, he's backing out of the debate now.

He's afraid to stand toe to toe with our vice president.

It's because he can't run away from his record any longer.

Okay, that's not just me, right? We all hear that. I was always expecting him to be like, And that's why you should vote for me, Josh Hussein Shapiro. It's like he's hyping himself up for politics by listening to Obama's old speeches, and the cadence is getting stuck in his head. I bet if I put a photo of Obama up on the screen, you would have no idea it was a Josh Shapiro speech.

He knows what he's doing. He's got no guardrails around him anymore, and he's told us what he wants to do, what my angelus say. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

I mean, even the Maya Angelou reference is laying on a little thick. I wouldn't be surprised if Obama asked him for his birth certificate. I mean, wait, are you me? At this point, it could be smart for Harris to pick him. I mean, she could be like, Hey, Trump, you think I'm pretending to be black? Well, check out my VP. Anyway, soon. Soon we'll know which one of these guys it is. There were some other names thrown around, like Gretchen Whitmer, or Westmore, or Gina Raimondo, but there's just something about them that the news media doesn't think will work.

It sure would help if there was a reassuring white guy who looked like most of our past presidents to help her out.

She needs a Southern white male to balance out the ticket. She's going to need a white male. If you can get one from a swing state, I think it's really important. I do wonder if it is inevitable that this is a white man summer as far as it concerns Kamala Harris's running mate. I mean, that is so blunt. At least be subtle about it. They should say, Hey, if Kamala wants to win, she needs somebody who wears cargo shorts and can play Wonderwall on the guitar. All right, there's some white guys. For more analysis on the importance of a balanced ticket, let's go live to the Harris campaign headquarters with Desi Lighting. Click. Desi. Desi. Does it have to be a white guy? I mean, why can't there be two women on the ticket?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Roni, an all-female ticket? America couldn't even handle an all-female Ghostbusters. No, no, this is not the time to push voters too far. Just pick a white guy. You can still have diversity. You got the backwoods white, the space white, the eggshell white, the medium beige white. It's a whole paint swatch book. If you're painting your kitchen Caucasian.

Okay, Desi, I don't think you're giving people enough credit. America elected Obama twice. Hillary won the popular vote, and I think America can handle two women on a ticket.

Oh, Roni, you sweet, optimistic guy who can't vote here. Look, I would love to have an all-woman ticket, but people would lose their minds. Oh, what if they sync up their periods with every woman in the country? Every woman in the country, every month will be like the purge.

Okay, but doesn't this limit Harris's options?

Well, perhaps, but a male VP benefits Kamala, too. She'll need a white man by her side in the situation room so that when she has an idea, he can repeat it louder a minute later. That way, the joint chiefs will actually hear it.

That is a good point, Desi. Also, when she has an idea, he could repeat it louder a minute later so that the joint chiefs will actually hear it.

Great point, Roni. Great point. This all comes down to a political science theory known as the law of presidential genitals. See, when it comes to a campaign ticket in America, you can have a V on the top or you can have a V on the bottom, but you can't have the two coming together like this. See, you just can't. You can't. Do you see what I'm doing, Roni? Do you understand? Because this is graduate-level stuff.

Yeah, I guess I do. I just don't get why Americans have been okay to have two P's on one ticket like this. I mean, what about this?

No, Roni, you got to stop doing that. That looks like two dicks. No, this is serious.

It's okay. I'm sorry. You're right. Dejilindic, everybody. When you come back, Evan Pinsinger will be joining us, so don't go away.

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Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is a former GOP lawmaker who is the Advisory Council Co-Chair of Power the Polls, a national non-partisan effort to recruit the next generation of poll workers to ensure safe and fair elections for all voters. Please welcome Representative Adam Kinzinger. Now, congressman, thanks for being on the show. Great to be here. Thank you. Now, you stuck your neck out politically and personally to put politics over personal benefit, over party. Some would say country of a party to speak out against Trump despite being a congressman for the Republicans. Why the fuck did you do that?

I ask myself that every day. No, look, I really had no other option. I wear on my wrist the name of a guy, Andreas O'Keefe, who I knew who was killed in Iraq, and I'm an Iraq veteran. I just remember thinking when I ran for Congress the first time, if we're going to ask young people to be willing to die for a country, to be willing to fight and die the ultimate sacrifice. If I go into I have to be willing to give my career for the same cause. It's such a minor sacrifice in comparison to what we ask people to do every day.

Sure. But what was your problem with Trump? Well, I don't know.

The fascism, the overthrowing the government, those kinds of things.

I mean, you would think that's a pretty big issue, but I guess not big enough. I mean, you have insight because you were in Congress from 2011 till 2023, I think. You have It's a behind-the-scenes access. You talk to these people all the time. I think it's very popular to say America has never been more divisive than it is now. You have perspective on it. You were there for a long time and you were working there. Is that true? Was it divisive when you first went in? Yeah.

I mean, look, behind the scenes, it's like any job. So people will fight on the air within Congress. And then when the cameras come off, you shake each other's hands, maybe go out for a drink. That's happened less lately. I mean, there's a real division that started to creep in where people just hate each other now because of political differences. I mean, they can't stand to be around each other. But I think if America actually saw the behind the scenes of what was happening, they'd be like, Man, I can't believe they're manipulating us to fight each other as deeply as we are out here when they, back there, are just playing the game. And it's really a sad state of affairs.

Okay, so your experienced opinion is that it is getting more divisive in Congress?

I think the country, certainly. And in Congress, yes. I think they're just starting to You got Marjorie Taylor-Green there, for goodness' sakes. Who would get along with her in real life?

Well, I mean, would the party people get along with her? Would they?

They love her now because she raises money for them, because she goes out there and gets attention. But when she was there when I was there initially. She was a pariah until she started getting on TV and tweeting and everything. And then she became pretty popular in the party somehow.

But genuine, professionally popular, or would they actually be... Are they now friends?

I think there's probably some that like to that would be a friend with her because access to power. But yeah, mostly it's just professional.

And in your, again, expert opinion, how much of this is... I like to believe that it's just internet bullshit that gets taken into real life. In real life, we don't behave like this. But for some reason, these people have managed to take the comment section and bring it. How much of that is real animosity? How much of it is just internet mentality?

Yeah, look, I think a significant amount of it is... This is the untold secret. Politicians watch Twitter. And so when you see things happening on Twitter, this way... I mean, Donald Trump was the master at this. You'd see some conspiracy pop up, and he'd give a nod to it. And what's happened is leaders have gone from supposed to be leading and talking about trying to direct opinion, right? Trying to lead us to a better place to now following insanity. And it's basically like a dog now chasing its tail out in the middle of traffic. And I think that's what you're seeing.

On that note, what is the solution? I mean, In your opinion, how can Americans come together and bridge this political-The solution is in all of us.

I'm not trying to sound like esoteric and big word. Really, we control government. It's truly government for, of, and by the people. We've got to quit voting for these clowns that decide they want to go there and be more famous than they want to do good things for this country. We need to make sure our presidents actually care about something more than their own ego and more than their own narcissism. They care about the country. And I mean that. I really- You're asking for too much.

I know.

I truly believe that America can take our political system back. We have to believe we can. And we have to say, enough of you abusing us for money, for follows, for likes. We demand mature, grown-up government.

You're here to talk about power the poor. Can Can you tell us a bit about that?

Yeah. Look, one of the most important things in an election is just the ability to actually do that election. You think about poll workers, especially on election day. They're out there grinding down every day. They're starting at whatever, 6:00, 7:00 in the morning, going till night to make sure that you can vote, to make sure the lines are moving and they're done quickly. That is the bullwork of making sure that an election is free, fair, and accurate. Power the Polls is about recruiting a million poll workers to work and defend it of the next generation of poll workers In some states, you can be as young as 16 or 17 to go work in the polls. It's a great way to serve your community, to connect to the community. Powerthepolls. Org. Go there, and it's a great time to sign up to do this.

Yeah, it's a civic duty. It is. And you get paid. Oh, you get paid? You can, yeah. Okay, I was going to forget my length. I was going to say it feels a bit like a thankless task at the moment to try to power American democracy. It's like, Why go through that right now?

It does feel It's like a thankless task, and that's the sad thing, is especially the next generation, which is what Power of the Polls is focused on, they've been so beaten down on democracy. Democracy to them is just like, well, it's just what people say to go after each other. We have to inspire that generation because look, I really believe this next generation is going to be the ones to take the keys out of the hands of the people that have been holding the keys to power too long. And there's no better way to get started than to be a young person and see how democracy works in the nuts and bolts.

Right. And if you're filling You're being frustrated by the system and you don't know where to start, this sounds like a way to look, I just want to get involved. I don't want to get bogged down in some weird culture war. I just want to help my country.

And look, and you're going to be working with people that have different political views than you, all committed to democracy. If we can all agree on that basic thing, I think, seriously, there's no limits to the future of this country. We just have to convince ourselves of this. What?

As As someone coming from a conservative background, why is it that whenever we talk about voting access, election access, why does that always feel like a left issue rather than a right?

It's crazy. It's because for Whatever reason, they feel threatened in the GOP that the more people vote, the more in danger they are. I think we know why, because what they're talking about today, what you see them out there discussing is not what the vast majority of Americans wants. The thing they can hope is to turn their base out. Look, I think it should be a non-partisan or bipartisan or whatever issue to say, If you have a right to vote in this country, we should make it as accessible and easy for you to vote. And then, by the way, if you can't win, then go out and get better ideas to get people to vote for you. That's the way you can really watch it.

What I love about having you on the show is we get to talk to people outside our own echo chamber, I think, a little bit. I mean, What is your conservative argument for voting for a Democratic president?

Oh, it's really easy. I believe in democracy. I mean, democracy was... I was there on January sixth. I had to live through that. Standing for the Constitution, standing for democracy, there is nothing more conservative than that. And Donald Trump is the exact opposite of that. So for me, Kamala Harris is going to defend that democracy. And I think every Republican that takes their viewpoint seriously, old-school Republican, not whatever this new thing is, should be voting the same way.

Well, thank you. Congressman, I really wish you want former congressman. I wish you were current congressman. I wish you could run again. Thank you so much for coming and speak to us. Thank you for trying to do something for our country, Power the Poll. Today is National Poll Worker Retruitment Day. So please consider joining us to Power the Poll this November by signing up at the link below. Representative Adam Kinzinger, everybody. Man of Honor. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this.

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Welcome back to The Daily Show. My next guest tonight is an Oscar-nominated actor who stars in the new film, The Instigators. Please welcome Hong Oh, watch the stuff. Enjoy your on the show. Thanks for being on the show. You're the first Oscar nominated actor I get to interview. Really?

Yeah. That's really shocking.

It's pretty hard to get nominated. I feel like you're in a great You're in a great place in culture right now because you're in all these shows that are like-I wake up every morning and think, I'm in a great place in culture. Yeah, I think you are. You are nominated for your work in The Whale. You are in Astroit City, West Anderson. You are in The Menu. You're in Watchmen. They're all these really odd-y critically acclaimed films and TV shows. I feel like, are you Are you purposely going a little bit under the radar, or is the system suppressing Asians? Which one is this?

I try not to wake up every morning thinking that the world is against me because I'm Asian. But no, I honestly wish that I knew that I had more control over what I did. But all of the work that comes to me, it's come really organically. Every job that I've gotten has been because the director has seen me in something prior. I got Watchmen because Damon saw me in Downsizing, and those two characters are very different. I was in Kinds of Kindness, which came out recently because your Ghost saw me in Kelly Rikhart's movie, showing up. Again, two very different movies.

So just by being super talented and you just plowed through. Yeah, it's amazing. It's super cool because I say that just because I feel like you're not on social media, really, or you're not...

Who has the time? I mean, a lot of You don't have the time, apparently.

There's nothing but time for social media. No, I agree with you. I think it's different. It's so nice to be able to pour yourself into your craft. I feel that's my impression of you. It's my first time meeting you, but Just based on how you conduct yourself. I feel like you devoid somewhat to a craft and the show business side of things. Is that a conscious decision or is that just naturally?

No, I guess it's because I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I never saw myself in front of the camera. I was very introverted. I'm still introverted, if I'm being honest. Whenever I do my work, I just show up and I just want to be of service. You're so introverted, you decided to become the greatest actor of all time for millions and millions of people in hit films.

No, I believe you. I'm not saying you're lying. I believe you. It's just funny that How do you reconcile being introverted? I believe that you're genuinely like that. With Matt Damon, you're messaging him, you're in his films, and you got nominated for an Oscar and all the press that goes with that. How does that?

Matt suggested me for the instigator.

So you're on first-name basis with this guy. Introverts don't do that. Introverts don't go, My friend Brad. You mean Brad Pitt? Yeah. We Was that in your way of getting out of your shell?

Or what made you-Yeah, I took improv classes and public speaking classes after work, after I graduated college as a full adult, I was doing this. It was just something that I did because I knew I would be standing in my own way.

You forced yourself to overcome it a bit.

Yeah, I felt nauseous before every improv class, really sick to my stomach.

Yeah. But obviously, you...

Something...

I got over it. I don't know how... Because, again, I don't know you that well, so I don't know how much you're exaggerating how introverted you were.

No, it was bad.

It was pretty bad?

Yeah. I'm sure you could find some people that I used to work with or went to school with, and they would tell you like...

Oh, she's so quiet. Yeah. And it makes you know you're getting normal. So what is it? Can you talk about process a little bit? Because I think it's very interesting. Being so shy and introverted, how does that translate into I don't know.

I think I just really love movies. I love films, I love directors. And so whenever I'm working on something, it really excites me who the director is and what the script is. My preparation is just reading the script over and over again. That's really all it is. Right.

Okay, well, it's easier for some people. All I got to do is I was just shy, and I just show I read a script, and Matt Damon put me in a movie, and then next week, I know, I got nominated for an Oscar. That's just easy. It's like you tripped and fell into the best career of all time. Yeah. It truly does Your work speaks for yourself, which is really nice. I feel like you don't even need to promote it that much because everyone knows the face and the name and the work.

That's good because I've been doing a lot of promoting all week. I wish I had known. I wish I had known.

Can you talk a little bit about your background? Because I just find it very interesting.

You-yeah, I'm Vietnamese, and my parents left Vietnam after the war in '79. They left by boat, part of the whole boat people, boat exodus. My mom was actually six months pregnant with me. My dad got shot that night as they were leaving, and so they were on boat for three days. My brother was five, my older brother. And somehow they ended up at a refugee camp in Thailand, and that's where I was born. And we had a sponsor family in New Orleans. New Orleans, girl.And now I'm here talking to you.

That's great. That's amazing. That's such a huge glow. From Vietnamese refugees to New Orleans residents to-I know.

I know. I'm very scary, aren't I?

My wife's family, she's Vietnamese. Yeah, I just found that out. Yeah, she's Vietnamese. The same thing happened to them. They escaped South Vietnam, Saigon, and went to Australia instead. My wife always tries to reconnect with the Vietnamese culture, and she bakes these cakes, and she baked this when she found out... My wife Hannah, when she found out that you were on the show, she was like, Okay, can I make her a Vietnamese cake? And she made you a traditional Vietnamese Bumbo cake. Yeah, Look at my wife Hannah's Bumbo green cake. That'd be okay. Would you try some of those? Yeah, that's good. I got the spoon too. All right. Okay. I hate to go into the stereotype of...

This is one of my worst nightmares is eating on camera.

It's okay. You got nominated for an Oscar. You can pretend to like this.

This could be like your thing. What's the chicken wing show?

Oh, the hot ones? Yeah.

But yours could be like, or Hannah could do a Vietnamese.

Yeah. She got this featured in the New York Times. This is a New York Times Bumble. Wow. All right. Can you tell her how delicious it is?

Ruck-a-ng, ruck-a-ng. Come on, come on, you.

Come on, come on. Okay, the Instigators will debut in select theaters August second, and then we'll be available on Apple TV Plus, August ninth. Everybody, please get up for Oscar nominated, Hong Kong. We're going to take a quick break, and we'll be right back after this.

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That's our show for tonight. Now, here it is, your moment of Zen. Bacari, I'm half Colombian, but for the purposes of this panel, I guess I will be black.

How do you think Vice President Harris handled her response to Trump?

No, I think that this is an amazing moment in American TV history because we can all tell the audience at that time we turned black. For me, it was about '99, 2000 when I first heard Juveniles back that ass up and I had a rhythmic cadence to my dance. At that moment, I knew I was white.

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