Speaker 1: You're listening to Comedy Central. Wow, the listening bo it's
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Speaker 1: of me hosting the show, and I am hard as
Speaker 1: a rock. It's just it's a very fun to be
Speaker 1: in charge of a late night show. I mean, I
Speaker 1: threw a stapler at an intern today and there was
Speaker 1: just nothing you could do about it. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's just been really fun. We've got a great show
Speaker 1: for you tonight. So let's get into headlines. Let's start
Speaker 1: with today's big news about presidential race. Someone has stepped
Speaker 1: forward to run against Trump for the Republican nomination, and
Speaker 1: she's a lady. Breaking news this morning, former South Carolina
Speaker 1: Governor Nicki Haley is now officially running for president. She
Speaker 1: is the first Republican to challenge Trump for that nomination.
Speaker 1: She obviously served as his ambassador to the United Nations.
Speaker 1: She announced as much just in a video a few
Speaker 1: moments ago. You should know this about me. I don't
Speaker 1: put up with bullets. And when you kick back, it
Speaker 1: hurts them more if you're wearing heels. Um called it
Speaker 1: wants that joke back. Oh wait, it just called again.
Speaker 1: It wants this joke back actually that this was a
Speaker 1: great ad and I'm excited to buy whatever pharmaceutical product
Speaker 1: that nice lady was. So but this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a tough race for Nick Haley. Right now, she's pulling
Speaker 1: at just one percent, and that's pretty bad. Um. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, even Mike Pence is at two percent. Mike
Speaker 1: Pence's news rope is at five, which is beke material.
Speaker 1: But you do get some advantages if you run against
Speaker 1: your former boss. My opponent's economic plan is terrible, and
Speaker 1: when he pulls in his office, we all hear him go,
Speaker 1: I love political satire. It's really my lane. Whoever wins
Speaker 1: this election will be commander in chief of the U. S. Army,
Speaker 1: although based on how recruiting is going lately, that's going
Speaker 1: to be like people. The U. S. Army is trying
Speaker 1: to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and
Speaker 1: officials to say those recruiting woes are the results of
Speaker 1: traditional hurdles. Young people don't want to die or get injured,
Speaker 1: they don't want to deal with the stress of army life,
Speaker 1: and they don't want to put their lives on hold.
Speaker 1: But the recruiting obstacles don't seem to be rooted in
Speaker 1: concerns about the COVID nineteen vaccine or about wokeness, as
Speaker 1: some Republicans claim. Only Republicans would have the freaking lips
Speaker 1: to blame the lack of army recruitment on wokeness and
Speaker 1: the number one reason that people really like not dying.
Speaker 1: These gen z kids are just like, why would I
Speaker 1: go get shot in the Middle East when I can
Speaker 1: get shot in the comfort of my middle school. I'm kidding.
Speaker 1: That doesn't happen in America. How is the military woke?
Speaker 1: Help me here. Soldiers are still soldiers. They're not going
Speaker 1: to be in battle, Like, I don't think this is
Speaker 1: a safe space trigger warning. I'm gonna pull my trigger.
Speaker 1: I'm but this drop in recruitment is coming at a
Speaker 1: really para less time for America. If we don't have
Speaker 1: a strong military, the balloons win. I think recruitment is
Speaker 1: done because there are too many pop star militias. Young
Speaker 1: people would rather be in the BTS Army or the
Speaker 1: Rhanna Navy or the Phoebe Bridger's Mujahadeen. This is so weird, Like,
Speaker 1: why is everyone so obsessed with whether or not something
Speaker 1: is going woke anyway, Let's move on to our next story.
Speaker 1: What are God's pronouns? Should God? Should our Father stop
Speaker 1: being referred to as he? The Church of England is
Speaker 1: considering whether to break with tradition and use gender neutral
Speaker 1: terms for the Almighty instead. Were joining us now in
Speaker 1: the studio Anglican priest Charlie Bell, is our Father actually
Speaker 1: a woman? One? An interesting question? Is it? Is it
Speaker 1: really an interesting question? I think God has bigger things
Speaker 1: on his mind than pronouns. I mean, come on, the
Speaker 1: super Bowl just happened. I think those touchdowns score themselves
Speaker 1: and really, like, who cares about this? There are actually
Speaker 1: people out there who really need God to be a man.
Speaker 1: God is the embodiment of all that is good and
Speaker 1: merciful and holy, and he definitely likes girls. And he
Speaker 1: only created mountains because he's really into boobs. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: God is fake. This is like debating whether a big
Speaker 1: foot wears rebox. And finally, today is Valentine's Day, the
Speaker 1: day when flowers find out which house they're going to
Speaker 1: die in. Seriously, why do we give people roses? They
Speaker 1: are already dying the second you cut film? You're basically
Speaker 1: giving someone a hospice patient love them well, you can
Speaker 1: just try to keep them hydrated and make sure they're
Speaker 1: as comfortable as possible. But there is a Valentine surprise
Speaker 1: that's even worse than Rose's stealing people's money well does
Speaker 1: Valentine's Day. Law enforcement reminding you to keep an eye
Speaker 1: out for what they call romance scams. Officials say criminals
Speaker 1: will scour dating websites, dating apps, chat rooms, build the
Speaker 1: relationship with you with the goal of accessing your financial
Speaker 1: or other personal information. The FTC says romance scams cost
Speaker 1: nearly seventy consumers one point three billion dollars last year.
Speaker 1: The FBI sees a large percentage of elderly victims. Let's
Speaker 1: talk red flags. This one might hurt. But if they're
Speaker 1: too good to be true. Gorgeous photos, perfect job, amazing
Speaker 1: lifestyle make a scammra's job of luring you easier. If
Speaker 1: they seem swede, genuine, caring, talking about a future together
Speaker 1: a little more quickly than typical relationships, they could be
Speaker 1: drawing you close to take advantage of you. That's right.
Speaker 1: You gotta be careful out there. If anyone literally ever
Speaker 1: says anything nice to you. Call the police, and she
Speaker 1: said another red flag is if the person has an
Speaker 1: amazing lifestyle, a perfect job, gorgeous photos. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: am I a scammer? Well? For more on these romance scams,
Speaker 1: we turned to Michael Costa. Michael, it's it is so
Speaker 1: sad to hear about this, especially on Valentine's Day. I know, Sarah,
Speaker 1: but every holiday is an opportunity for scams. Last President's Day,
Speaker 1: a guy on Facebook claimed he was Abraham Lincoln and
Speaker 1: asked me for money, which was clearly a scam because
Speaker 1: I had already just are the real Abraham Lincoln ten
Speaker 1: thousand dollars? There's only one Lincoln, buddy? How stupid do
Speaker 1: you think I am? You're very smart, Michael, But let's
Speaker 1: focus on the romantic scams because I'm especially worried about
Speaker 1: how they target the elderly. Yeah, the elderly are easy
Speaker 1: targets because they're so vulnerable and they're so horny. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm scared for my own loved ones. That's why I've
Speaker 1: started catfishing my grandmother. You're cat fishing your own grandmother
Speaker 1: as a preventative measure. Yes, the best way I can
Speaker 1: protect my nine seven year old grandmother from being scammed
Speaker 1: is to scam her myself. This way she feels loved,
Speaker 1: and I put all the money she sends me right
Speaker 1: back into her bank account. It's the same way I
Speaker 1: stopped dogs from meeting discarded chicken bones laying on the
Speaker 1: street by eating them myself. I'm sure the dogs are grateful,
Speaker 1: but it um. How does cat fishing her grandmother even works?
Speaker 1: Take me through this? Okay, well, it works the same
Speaker 1: as normal cat fishing. You create a profile of a
Speaker 1: charming but believable person, in my case Miguel Gustavo, international
Speaker 1: art dealer and King of Brazil. First you like their posts,
Speaker 1: Then you start the d M. S. Hey, I like
Speaker 1: what I see. Show me what you got under that
Speaker 1: sweater knitted for yourself. Here's what I'm packing. Rose. You
Speaker 1: send your grandma nuds? Well, not my nudes, obviously, I'm
Speaker 1: not a creep. I send her picks of guys I
Speaker 1: find online. Few. I thought you exchanged nudes. No, no,
Speaker 1: I mean she sends me her nudes. Look, I know
Speaker 1: it's gross. I don't like it either. I am glad
Speaker 1: she's using the yoga classes. I got it for Christmas.
Speaker 1: But but but still I don't want to see it,
Speaker 1: just like I don't want to spend hours texting with
Speaker 1: her about our grandson. Never calls or have her explained
Speaker 1: every episode of The yellow Stone It's just yellow Stone Grandma.
Speaker 1: I don't have a choice, Sarah. Okay, As Michael Costa,
Speaker 1: I can't keep my grandma offline. But as Miguel Costavo, well,
Speaker 1: I can make sure her money stays where it belongs,
Speaker 1: in the bank account that I'm going to inherit one day.
Speaker 1: I guess in its own way, this is actually a
Speaker 1: like a loving thing, Michael. I hope all the men
Speaker 1: out there love their grandma's enough to seduce them. Thank you, Sarah,
Speaker 1: I really am the best grants. Sorry, I gotta my
Speaker 1: grandma's damning me um Mia more, please send five thousand dollars.
Speaker 1: I'm having my third kidney removed. Thank you so much, Michael.
Speaker 1: What people like that I'm gay? Welcome back to the
Speaker 1: Harry Show. You know, there's been a lot of anti
Speaker 1: Semitism in the news lately, so I decided to hit
Speaker 1: the streets of New York in search of some allies.
Speaker 1: Take a look. There's been a rise in anti semitism
Speaker 1: I'm hitting the streets looking for a little pro Semitism.
Speaker 1: Let's hope it doesn't end in I hate crying. What
Speaker 1: do you like about Jews? They make banging Christmas albums.
Speaker 1: What is there not to love about Jews? The food,
Speaker 1: the culture, the celebrations. Because hello, big group of men.
Speaker 1: Where are you all from Belgium? But here in New
Speaker 1: York City, the land of juice? Have you done any
Speaker 1: Jewey things? Okay? Great question? Have you eaten a bagel? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Have you ever been vaccinated for polio? Yeah? Who are
Speaker 1: your favorite comedians? Terry sign From Jerry Signo, je Adina Menzel, Barber, Streisan,
Speaker 1: Amy Winehouse. She is a gem, don't you? Cat is
Speaker 1: a Jew? She should be doja cats? Probably? Who are
Speaker 1: your favorite juice that you can think of? I can't
Speaker 1: think of a famous Jew off top of my head,
Speaker 1: but you can think of a single famous Jew. I
Speaker 1: don't want to say someone's name if I don't know
Speaker 1: what you're Jewish? That's tough for me to Who are
Speaker 1: you thinking? That seems jewey? But you're not sure? Are
Speaker 1: you Jewish? Yeah? Okay, there we go. I'm gonna teach
Speaker 1: you some Yiddish. Okay, um gay cockin off in yam
Speaker 1: gay coffey. That's right, that's a beautiful sensement. Give me ahead,
Speaker 1: thank you. You know that means go take a ship
Speaker 1: in the ocean. Would you be an ally to the
Speaker 1: Jews in this time of anti Semitism? What would you
Speaker 1: do to protect me? You, beautiful, I would like the
Speaker 1: manora with you. Look at this guy knowing minora for you?
Speaker 1: You would definitely. It's just the way you said it
Speaker 1: was very I don't want to that could be your mother,
Speaker 1: but sexy, you have absolutely proven yourself to be a
Speaker 1: Jewish ally. Let's pretend it's the Sabbath. Now. I don't
Speaker 1: know what you know about the Sabbath, but you can't
Speaker 1: turn on lights, you can't drive your car. That's why
Speaker 1: they have like what's called the Shabbist boy sometimes that
Speaker 1: will come over and turn on your TV for you
Speaker 1: because you're not supposed to work. So let's pretend to
Speaker 1: the Sabbath, and will you turn this on for me?
Speaker 1: Oh my god? Why would have penis of a giant?
Speaker 1: We're here because there's been a rise in anti Semitism,
Speaker 1: so we're on the streets trying to find some pro Semitism.
Speaker 1: I don't believe in hate nay form, so I don't
Speaker 1: care what you walk alike, religion, culture. I don't believe
Speaker 1: you should hate on anybody. Let's bring wrong agreed. You
Speaker 1: are officially a Jewish ally. You win two Kanye tickets?
Speaker 1: Are you gonna go? Who don't like Kanya? Thank you
Speaker 1: guys were making him back America is the youngest member
Speaker 1: of Congress, joining me a Smitism Yeah to the show.
Speaker 1: My guest tonight is the first gen z Are elected
Speaker 1: to Congress. He's here to talk about his journey from
Speaker 1: gun reform organizer to legislator, representing what he calls the
Speaker 1: mass shooting generation. Please welcome Florida Representative Maxwell Frost. Maxwell Frost,
Speaker 1: congratulations on being elected to Congress the same year you
Speaker 1: are old enough to rent a car. Who have you
Speaker 1: wonded with in Congress? I mean, I'm guessing the squad as,
Speaker 1: but any oldies. Yeah, well, I don't know if I
Speaker 1: want to say their names now, because now I'm calling
Speaker 1: them oldies. I mean, yeah, Look, there's so many people
Speaker 1: that I've gotten to connect with, you know, folks who
Speaker 1: are have been just doing great work. Barbara Lee Maxine
Speaker 1: Waters from Legiah Paul uh, Jamie Raskin. Yeah, so many
Speaker 1: amazing people out there. I wouldn't call them oldies, but
Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know senior members of Congress who
Speaker 1: are doing amazing work. Yeah, they're not old these they're goodies. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're goodies. There there we go. You have been and
Speaker 1: I find this so impressive and inspiring, especially to people
Speaker 1: out here. You've been a gun reform advocate since you
Speaker 1: were fifteen years old, spurred on by Sandy Hook which
Speaker 1: was in Connecticut year from Florida, and you you organized
Speaker 1: the March for Our Lives all these things that you
Speaker 1: know too. It's the the five year anniversary of the
Speaker 1: Parkland shooting. There is a school shooting just last night
Speaker 1: at Michigan State. Now that you are in Congress, what
Speaker 1: do you think can be done? How can we break
Speaker 1: this cycle? Yeah, but we saw Congress pass a bipartisan
Speaker 1: bill to help end gun violence last year. It's not
Speaker 1: everything that we need, but it's a good step forward. Um.
Speaker 1: The fact of the matter is we need a governing
Speaker 1: majority that's actually going to care about this issue. And
Speaker 1: you know this word bipartisanship is supposed to mean what
Speaker 1: everyone can agree on. Most n r A members and
Speaker 1: Republicans are for universal background checks, but the definition of
Speaker 1: bipartisanship in Congress means what the n r A will allow.
Speaker 1: And because they are a front for the gun lobby,
Speaker 1: they have these politicians bought off and they're unwilling to
Speaker 1: stand up for what the people want. So we can't
Speaker 1: get things like background checks passed. And so there's a
Speaker 1: lot of work that needs to be done. A lot
Speaker 1: of it involves kicking people out and replacing them with
Speaker 1: morley just leaders who actually give a damn about children's
Speaker 1: lives than people. Um. But in the interrom I think
Speaker 1: we have an opportunity. I mean, returning citizens united would
Speaker 1: certainly help. That's one of the issues that end all issues,
Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, that's the that's the big one, and
Speaker 1: that's the root of so much of this. So, now
Speaker 1: that you've seen how Congress operates kind of from the inside,
Speaker 1: are you hopeful? Do you see that there's change possible?
Speaker 1: Are you excited about America's future? Isn't depressing both? I'll
Speaker 1: say I'm very hopeful. You know a lot of times
Speaker 1: on the outside you might look in and say there's
Speaker 1: only a small group of good people and everyone else
Speaker 1: is a corporate hack and they don't care about anyone.
Speaker 1: But having conversations with my colleagues, I've been so surprised
Speaker 1: by so many people who I get in the conversation
Speaker 1: with them and I find out what they're about and
Speaker 1: their values, and I'm like, Okay, you know, like you're
Speaker 1: You're actually a lot more progressive and forward thinking that
Speaker 1: other folks might think. And I think the problems people
Speaker 1: have smaller goals because they understand the landscape and the
Speaker 1: battlefield that we have in Congress right now. And I
Speaker 1: think when we show those politicians and everyone that good
Speaker 1: policy equals good politics, then I think people will get
Speaker 1: the courage that they need to stand up for what
Speaker 1: we need in this country more. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: a lot of jen Zers tend to not trust the government. Um,
Speaker 1: how do you think you can change their minds? Well,
Speaker 1: I understand, first off, like you know, and this is
Speaker 1: something I like. Running for Congress, I had to think
Speaker 1: about the fact that during the Black Lives Matter protests,
Speaker 1: I was tear gas mace, arrested, and jailed for non
Speaker 1: violent protests. Now I represent those same streets in Congress,
Speaker 1: but I still have to square the fact that I'm
Speaker 1: a part of the system that causes a lot of
Speaker 1: harm and I get it. And I think part of
Speaker 1: what we need to do is make government more accessible,
Speaker 1: bridging the gap between cool and consciousness. And I think
Speaker 1: that's a really good way that we can bring younger
Speaker 1: people to the fold and March Allies did a great
Speaker 1: job of that. And with the movement, it was like
Speaker 1: the cool thing to be at the marches is the
Speaker 1: cool thing the registered to vote. And I think the
Speaker 1: more we can get our culture intertwined with the politics,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna lead to more young people getting involved.
Speaker 1: I mean, if the marches could could uh it could
Speaker 1: translate to votes more directly, it would be ideal. Definitely. Um,
Speaker 1: but you know, maybe election a off would be a
Speaker 1: nice start. Yeah, I agree. And voter turnout is up
Speaker 1: for young people. You know, we have record highs of
Speaker 1: you through to turn out. It's never been the largest
Speaker 1: piece of the pie, but young people right now are
Speaker 1: voting at higher numbers than any other generation when they
Speaker 1: were our age and half of Gen Z can't even
Speaker 1: vote yet. So we're not where we want to be,
Speaker 1: but we're going in the right direction. Um. You brought
Speaker 1: pussy ass bitch. It's now in congressional record because of you.
Speaker 1: So I just start so, I thank you for that.
Speaker 1: And that was about a certain person too, it was
Speaker 1: about well, it was about a pussy ass bitch. So
Speaker 1: what's in so inspiring about you is that you got
Speaker 1: involved as a teenager and how that can manifest into
Speaker 1: real change. And so I think it's exciting. Gen Z
Speaker 1: is so exciting to me because they're so motivated. There's
Speaker 1: they realize their power and that can really change things.
Speaker 1: I mean trying to get gen Z to trust the
Speaker 1: government how much just trying to get gen Z to
Speaker 1: be the government and I think you've done that. No,
Speaker 1: it is exciting, and I think we see a lot
Speaker 1: of young candidates running across the country. And look, it's
Speaker 1: not like gen Z was waiting in Congress. I'm the
Speaker 1: oldest agen Zer can be. We just got old enough
Speaker 1: to run. But I think the significance here is that
Speaker 1: the first chance we got, we jumped at the opportunity
Speaker 1: because we want to be a part of the solution.
Speaker 1: We want to be at the table. We don't want
Speaker 1: to be the only people at the table. But Congress
Speaker 1: does not look like our country right now, right like
Speaker 1: gen Z, millennials make up a third of the country,
Speaker 1: we're nowhere near a third of government, both local and federal,
Speaker 1: and so we need more people to run for office. Yes, Congress,
Speaker 1: but also city council, county commission, these seats that really
Speaker 1: are they're not lower, they're closer to the people and
Speaker 1: closer to the decisions that matter on a daily basis. Yeah,
Speaker 1: being involved in those the midterm elections and all the
Speaker 1: everywhere down the ballot is essential. And I feel like
Speaker 1: the right realize is that, Yeah, they do, and they're
Speaker 1: they're more organized around that than we are. That's why
Speaker 1: they've played this long game of taking over the state legislatures.
Speaker 1: It's why we woke up last year and Roe versus
Speaker 1: Wade was gone. It's that that's a plan that has
Speaker 1: been a long time in the making. So Democrats, I
Speaker 1: feel like sometimes we're too obsessed with these short term goals.
Speaker 1: We need to be about be about power building in
Speaker 1: these communities. Long term. It's not gonna happen overnight, but
Speaker 1: that's how we're gonna wake up on morning and have
Speaker 1: our freaking rights back. Right, Okay, We're gonna take a
Speaker 1: quick break, but we'll be right back after this don't
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