You're listening to Comedy Central. I can't believe it. Roy a real life waffle house in Atlanta. Man, I'm excited. It's my first time. You're gonna love it. All right, let's do it. You know I'm talking. Uh, we can't go in yet. But we can't go in. It's not open. No, no, it's open, but we're waiting for the fights to start, and they spill out to the park. Let it's almost two a year. It's about the Joe fights, right. I didn't come here for the fights. I can't for the waffles.
Come on, man, let's just go in. And you can't for the whiffle. Nobody goes the waffle house for just the wildfles. Violence is part of the experience. You said you wanted the authentic waffle house experience, right, Okay, the authentic waffle house experience is watching strangers punch each other in the face. You record it, you go viral. I don't care about going viral filling somebody's fight. I just want to eat the food. Just just trust me, Okay, I'm just gonna go hang on, hang on home right
out a second. You can you can wait here. I'll go in here I'm gonna listen to me, right, I want to listen to me, to trust me. Trust, take your hands off from your trust. You think you take a house. I'm trying to help you uns often once I'm wait, I'm trying to stick. It's try. Coming for the fight, Yester, do and come in for the fire. I gotta call you. I'm gonna gonna go viral kill. Coming to you from Atlanta, where the pizza notting doesn't only mean it's the Daily Show a night. It all
comes down to Georgia. All the hunt for freaking Stacy's the Daily Show. What's traveling now? What's going on? Everybody? How you're doing? We made it? Thank you so much for coming out. We're officially here. Take a seat, take a seat, Let's do this thing. Everybody, take a see what is happening everybody. I'm trevoring, No, Welcome to the Daily Show, and not just any Daily Show. We're coming to you from the Tabernacle Theater in Atlanta, George, Everybody,
We've made it. We're here in Atlanta. That's right, baby, a town hot Atlanta. I love it. Black Hollywood, the place with the realist housewives, the lost city in the ocean. No, that's Atlantis, but still same feeling. We're here. Oh, and I can feel it. You feel amazing, which feels good. This feels really good. Oh, I'm excited for this. This is great. We're gonna be here all week, all week.
We're gonna be here all right. And if you're asking why, that's because you know that's how long I'll lay over is now I'm joking. I'm joking. It's because Georgia is the epicenter of America's elections right now. Yeah, decides everything. Decided the presidential race now, it could decide the mid Germs. And I know, I know there are a few other states. I know there are, but none of them have the best food. Right so I'm loving the food out here. Everything is extra I love it. Yeah, you got you
got that Southern fried chicken. You know you got that fried Oprah, you got you got fried tomatoes. Everything is fried. Even even some of your politicians brains are fried. And I like that. You went too far, but I like that. The point is we're in Atlanta and I love it. Can I tell you I am loving every single moment out here. Everything you know, the like like the yeah, the five is the five is difference. You've got good free who, You've got great music. You know, everyone here
is so polite as well. Yeah yeah, and New York people are like, what the is wrong? Would you? But here everyone's just like bless yo hut, bless yo hut. And I don't I don't means the same thing. But it feels different, you know, it feels completely different. Oh and can I just say, can I just say one of the things I've been loving most about being here is how black it is. What what I landed in Atlanta, I thought I flew black to South Africa. But my mistake,
because there's black people everywhere. It's like opposite Boston. I've never been anywhere like since. This is wild. From the moment we know, like the moment I landed at the airport, it's just black people. Ever everyone was black. You get in the car, your Uber drivers black. Everyone in the hotel was black. I get into the room, I turn on the TV news anchor is black throws throws to a black weather man, then crosses over to like a black sports reporter. I walk into the bathroom. I look
in the mirror. That person is black. I like, what and you can feel it. You can feel it in the city because everyone complains, They're like, oh, Atlanta has so much traffic trafor have you felt the traffic if you felt what it's like I have, But the blackness changes that too. This is the only city I've been to where the traffic has rhythm. You can feel the
trap even when you're moving forward and back. It's just like it's got like a little like it's like a stop and then it's going, and then it's like stopping the it's go And you're like, what are we are we do? What's happening right here? And you're like, oh, I'm gonna change lanes, I'm gonna change vans. Like oh no, I'm gonna go back to that lane. You're like, Ah, what's happening right now? Okay, what kind of traffic is this? He's gonna emerge, You're gonna e merge here, and it's
like no, no, no, you're not gonna let me emerge. Well, bless your heart, sir, bless your heart. But as I said, as I said, the reason we're here, the real reason we're here, is because we wanted to feel what it's like to be on the ground in a state that everyone is looking to as election day approaches. Everyone right, and you can feel it. You can feel it. I mean you you all live here, you know what I'm talking about. Like, you can't even forget election days coming.
Every single ad, every single ad is political now, every at, every billboard is political. Everything, every flyer, every spam text that you get, everything is political. It's ham aween. Today I bumped into a kid on the street dressed as Frankenstein. I was like, hey, what are you doing? He's like, the real monster is actually inflation. The three Musketeers feels like a two Musketeers. And as you know, they're two big races, two major races that everybody's watching, right, two
major races. First up, the governor's race, of course, yes, but the seats the seat currently occupied a Republican Brian Kemp, who's leading in the polls right now. What is that? Is that for Halloween? Is that why you're doing? Is that what that is? Yeah? And he's running on a platform of making it harder to get an abortion but easier to get a gun. And despite his policies, Brian
camp has seen as a moderate. That's what I find really interesting, all because all because he refused to help Donald Trump overturned the election, which is good, don't get me wrong. But that's how extreme politics has gotten in America. All Right, He's like, I don't think we should hang Mike pants, and people like, wow, this guy's got some moderate views. Yeah, he's a real moderate politician. But of course the person trying to stop Kemp from getting a
second term is the one and only Stacy Abrams. M who who, by the way, who, by the way, does it all. She writes books, she's a voting rights activist who played a big part in turning Georgia blue. And it's great. It's great to see that Stacey Abrams has gone boldly where no one has gone before. Paramount plus I like that. Now we're gonna be chatting from his Abrams right later on in the show, so we'll get back to that. But but right now, right now, let's
focus on a Senate showdown that has ramifications even beyond Georgia. Right, and it's between it's between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican candidates, and the Republican candidates herschel Walker. Yes, now, now, Warnox campaign is focused on abortion rights and expanding infrastructure rights. But as election day gets closer, I feel like his campaign adds are now more focused on making sure that the race doesn't go any longer than it has to.
Guess who's coming to Thanksgiving? Mom, that's right, I could be interrupting your Thanksgiving because if nobody gets of the vote, there'll be a runoff, and nobody wants that to happen. Robo warrn out if we don't have to mix politics and Thanksgiving. That's why I proved this message. Moms, dona post the spiropos? Can I just say that is the most convincing way to get people to vote. If you don't vote, politicians are gonna come to your house and
hang out. Can you imagine politicians just showing up on Thanksgiving? Like Hi, I'm Hershel Walker. It's like, oh hi Dad, wrong house, wrong house? And by the way, by the way, I really need to understand it. What is what is going on in Georgia that Reverend Raphael Warnock is neck and nick with what is happening? Like? I know I don't walkers all neck? But what what is what is happening? Every second thing the man says turns out to be alive,
all right. He walks around with a fake police badge. Yea. He pretended he was an FBI agent, all right. He claimed he was anti abortion, even though he apparently paid for one. He claimed he had only one kid, even though he has like a thousand oh and and he told people he graduates it in the top one percent of his class at the University of Georgia, and then it turn out he never graduated at all at all.
Like at this point, I want to meet the herschel Walker that herschel Walker thinks he is all right, because at this point, at this point and everything is like he treats real life the way we treat dating apps, you know, just like in your profile, like I'm one of the taallest people you'll love a mate. I founded my own industry, and my mom lives with me, not the other way around. Yeah, but the bigger thing about herschel Walker for me isn't all the lying in the hypocrisy.
He's also just weird. He's a strange guy, you know, Like and if you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, watch him give one of my favorite answers ever in politics. Right, this is what he said when he was asked about the biggest problem facing America today. What do you see as some of the big biggest
problems going on in our country today? I think some of the biggest problems going on our countries today we have so many celebrities telling people that they can't do it, telling a lot of people, Oh, you know, it's you can't do it, like you gotta feel bad for yourself, feel sorry for yourself. We just said the meme go to you know they've done it, but they're telling you you can't do it, and it's like, God, you did it, why they can't do it? Okay, First of all, that
was the sleepiest interview I've ever said. It's like, it's like if ambient had a podcast. Uh what was that? The only reason those two should be in the same room, is it Ben Conston is doing brain surgery on her Shall Walker. There's no other reason they should be talking to each other. It's not because I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he says. The biggest problem, the biggest problem that America is facing right now, the celebrities telling people
they can't do it. The biggest problem, the biggest part you think the average American right now is saying, I know inflation is bad right now, but the bigger issue is that Ben Diesel has never told me to follow my dreams. I could have owned a bakery by now, could have been banking for family, and look and look, I get it. I get it all right. Some people be like, you're a celebrity, you're not objective when I guess, so, maybe I'm missing something here, you know, maybe I am
and so and so if I am. In case I've been too discouraging to the American people, let me say this, Yea, in America, you can do anything, just like herschel Walker. If you want to be an FBI agent, do you claim you're an FBI agent. If you want to graduate valedictorian, just tell people that had happened, because it did. If you want to be the father of one despite having father fall, then by God, be the father of one despite having father four children. That is the American way.
The point is, there are many major races that are going on this year, and they're really close. You know, this American knows this all right. A week from now, herschel Walker might actually be claiming victory. I mean, he'll be doing that no matter what. But he could actually win for real. And that's why with one week until the election, the Democrats have pulled out the big guns. Yeah, Netflix is very own Barack Obama. This race is so important.
It even got Obama off the beach. He was down here in Want You over the weekend, and he brought that Obama swag with him. Some of you may not remember, but herschel Walker was a head of a football player. But but but here's the question. Does that make him and Quinn two weigh in on the critical decisions about our economy and our foreign policy in our future. Let's let's do a lot experiment. I sat here at the airport and you see Mr Walker and you say, hey,
there's herschel Walker, Heisman winner. Let's have him fly on the plane. You'd want to know does he know how to fly on their plane? Wow? Wow? Really, Brandy, President Obama? Ready, you're gonna say that about a man who graduated in the top one percent of pilot school. How tell you? A lot of people don't notice about me, Hershrud But I was in Top Gun. That movie was about me. My name of the eighties was Pete Maverick. I love
how Obama roasts you with like that signature swag. He makes it sound so polite, but he's roasting the ship out of you. The last time I checked, you don't have any brains. But it was fun. It was fun to see Obama at it again, wasn't it. Uh? People always love seeing him come out. You know, it gets the crowd fired up, gets everybody excited. You know, that's what you get from him in a race. You know that's why they don't send Joe Biden. You know you
don't get the same thing from him. It's true Joe Biden wants to do and he's always like, I'll go give him speech and everyone's like, no, no, it's please, sir, please, you're needed in Washington. There's a one thousand piece puzzle. We need your help on you go on, you're going, sir. He's like, I used to know a guy named Puzzle. Yes you did, sir, Yes you did. Go on. You
just sold that, sir. So at the end of the it's all gonna come down to the votes, right who votes who doesn't, which is gonna be a little bit harder. I don't need to tell you this, but you know this because last year Georgia State Republicans passed a very controversial bill, right, it was a law s P two O two, which created all kinds of new obstacles to voting, Fewer drop boxers, shorter absentee voting windows. Uh. And it's even illegal to hand water to people waiting in line. Yeah.
I mean luckily you can still hand out the sunny because legally that's considered sewage. But at that point, I mean, people would rather that first. Now, Georgia Republicans claimed that this bill was about votes a fraud, but we all know the real motivation and that it's about fraud. Right, It was about trying to suppress the voter turnout. We get it, I get it. I mean because at some point they even tried to limit early voting on a Sunday. Why Sunday? We know why? Because of Souls to the polls.
All right, you have an organization that makes sure that they get people going straight from church on a Sunday to go and vote. I to say, that's particularly messed up. Are you going to take that away? Sunday voting was the one day when black church was only five hours instead of ten. But can I tell you, what I've loved about being here in Georgia is watching the news and realizing that the votes of suppression strategy might have backfired, because it turns out, it turns out all these new
restrictions are just motivating Georgians to vote even harder. Continued to see a ruffle corn out for early voters in a midturn. So far, more than one point six million people have already cast their votes in Georgia, and election officials expect that number to surpass the two million mark this week. And I think a lot of people are really motivated for a bunch of different reasons. Um and I think democracy is definitely on the table. People have fought for us to have the right to vote, so
we are press system about coming to vote early. You know, a lot of people lost their lives for us to have that privilege, uh to come out and voice our opinion. I would have came out if it was snow on the ground, that would have came out to vote, thinking, imputing, yeah, that's right, that's right. The votus suppression people thought they could stifle the vote, but all if that has motivate people to vote earlier than ever. And let me tell you something. That's how you know. That's when you know
you've messed up and you made black people angry. When we arrive early to some ship, that's when you know some ship's about to go down from black people like hey, hey man, you're only supposed to get here at two out and say eleven thirties like yeah, but we need to handle some ship first. Why are you early? You're
about to find out. You're about to find out. But I just wanted to remind you, whether it's early voting or waiting in line or mailing in your ballots, everyone here in Georgia needs to get out there and play their parts. Every One's gonna play their part, including myself, including myself, because as a celebrity, I need to tell you you can do it. You get out there and
you vote early, or you vote on election day. You bring your own water, and if the lines along, you stay in that line, because if you don't, Prophaiel Walnuts gonna come straight to your house and he's coming for those street potatoes. All right, let's take a break, everybody. When we come back, we're gonna be checking out some of the Lantz's hort Aside, you don't want to miss at the Danny Show. Isn't a latta people, We're bad as where here? Welcome back. So the Dancy Show coming
to you all the way from Atlanta this week. That's where we're gonna be everybody. That's where we are right now. That's what you're feeling now. Now we we might be in Atlanta, but the people watching this at home are not. So we sent our very own Michael Costa out into the city to show America what Atlanta has to offer. Hi, I'm Michael Costa here in Atlanta to show you the places that the guide books won't take you. Crash, go on,
do you get a skinnier guy? Bubb First stop on my Atlanta buckhead list The one and only Trapped Museum. So what is the tramp Museum? Trap Music Museum? Actually trap music Museum? Yes, I was thinking it was like holes in the ground and spikes coming out, you know, Indiana Jones stuff. I don't need this flashlight and Skelton he need that at all. Actually, KG educated me on the forefathers of trap, loved by their fans and hated by the d E a t i a k a. Tip,
Gucci Maine and my personal faith. Jeez, yep, alright, my bad. Just I see coke and I get all excited. So Jeez is known as Snowman, and of course these are bricks. For my white people, Snowman is cocaine man, and this is bricks. These are cocaine. I think white people know about cocaine. What do these pitches look like? Is this a trap for me? I mean they look like mug shots. But is that yes? Okay, good job. I'm not a
balanced being. So the goal of this piece it's they did what they had to do to come out of their circumstances, but it led into multimillion dollar businesses. Makes you feel something when you see a much lum. Don't google if Michael costa dust. So these are the trap come image, and there's ten of them. I try to live my life very much like trap. Commandment seven peep ship from miles away. That cat ain't about nothing. I mean,
that's truly how I've organized my career. Really, But when I think of you, I think it's Commandment three, never go to sleep around a stripper. Yeah no, that is good. Let's go. Let's brings us to our next destination, Magic Sea Home of Atlanta's finest lemon pepper wings. And no, that's not a euphemism. Well, lemon pepper wings are a staple of Atlanta flavor. Lemon pepper is a staple. Wow, his wings are amazing. The wings haven't got here yet, Mike. Okay.
Once I tasted them things, I knew why people preferred wings over breasts and thighs. Rocher delicious wind. Would you like a wing or not? While you're working? So I ended up staying awhile to try your reflavor. Uh sorry, there's some lemon pepper sauce on the money. Unfortunately, I had so much fun that eating that I broke trapped commandment number three. And then it was time to stumble to my next destination, to the grocery spot. This is
the supreme of grocery stores. There's a line around the block. Let's go check it out. Follow me what I just I got? I'm I'm on TV, I'm a celebrity is The grocery Spot is the brainchild of local hipster Matthew Jones. And it's not your grandma's grocery store. Featuring street art, a DJ, and a line around the block. I knew I'd have to blend in with these Atlanta Seasters to get past the bouncer. But once I got inside, I was surprised to find just a regular store. Uh, I
don't get it, just people buying groceries. Just pretend I get it for Campa. Okay, as you can see behind me, there is no explanation needed. This place is popular for obvious reason, and if you don't get it, well, then you're dumb. But then I noticed something odd. People were taking food and just walking out without paying. So after stuffing a few essentials in my pockets, I went to war and the owner you got to undercover boss here,
man like, people are just walking out with their food. Yeah, you know, she just took a dollar and the guy had a full bag of food. Yeah. That's how it works is they don't even have to give a dollar. It's all free. It's what we do. What the business model is to feed people for free. We're gonna give it to you. Wow, Atlanta's own only free sustainable grocery store. We feed around four hundred people per day, three days a week. What inspired you to do something so stupid?
We tried for profit, uh and it failed terribly. Then we learned what mutual aid was. Matthew explained how his pay what you can model was a response to atlantis problems with food insecurity. No, it's not when you're a little sandwich feels pathetic next to that giant HOGI it's pete who aren't starving but are still struggling to get
enough food to feed their families. Are demographic is the working class family, the people who make too much to have help and government resources, but don't make enough to actually make it on their own. Okay, well, I guess I'm glad I'm here because I can really advise you on how to turn this place into a profitable grocery store. I don't think you understand how nonprofits work, but that's okay.
First taste is free, second taste, third, fourth, fifth. But then, like once people get hooked, that's when you flip the script and start hitting him with the price. Well, hopefully right that eventually the goal would be to where you could pay for your own groceries and help feed another family. Stupid, What about turning this thing into a strip club? I mean, if it's one thing Atlantis taught me anywhere, it can
be a strip club. Now so what do the customers think of my Look, the food is free, but at forty bucks to get in the door? Na, Man, what if he just puts big price tags on each item? That way the rich people have to pay. What if it's like a fifty dollar toe bag but it's artisanal and it's cool, and then like people could buy the toepag Why why would we want to do that? Because toads are sweet? But these folks did agree on one thing.
The store has changed their lives to travel like for to get you know, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh meats. Now it's convenient for the neighborhoods. Man, this is not a business, this is the community spiritual. Suddenly, this zero dollar making business didn't sound like such a bad idea. I'm inspired by your story and the story of the grocery spots, so I would like to pay what I can. Jack,
Thank you very much. Man, Please act blown away like I wrote you a check for a massive amount of amount very don't just just just just just don't read it, just have it. Thank you so much for that, Michael Costa. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, Stacy Abrams will be our guest. You don't want to miss it. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a voting rights activist and entrepreneur who is the Democratic
nominee for Georgia's governor. Please welcome Stacy Abrams. Stacy Abrams, welcome back back. Um. I mean this is this is strange because it's the fourth time that we were chatting. This is the first time I'm chatting in your neck of the woods. You know, it's the final stage of the race. It's it's been a it's been a particularly interesting race. So let's let's start with this. I know what your profile and your images in most parts of America.
Coming to Georgia has been really interesting because every ad that I watch makes it seem like you are a very evil person. Well, um, my parents were surprised to learn that I was responsible for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. I I know where half of his body is buried, and I may have stolen something backstage, so
that wasn't ben an ad, but okay, I'm gonna check that. Um. You know, it feels ridiculous, It feels like people don't believe it feels but it really feels like the campaign against you has been particularly personal, It's been particularly vile. Part of standing for office is you people are going to attack you. You can either internalize the attacks or you can use as a fuel to remind you of why you're doing this every single day. And these are
real people with real lives. And yeah, Brian Kemp wants to say vile things about me. My daddy's watching and I'm gonna tell you, you're in this race. You're trying to position yourself as as somebody who can move Georgia forward. One thing that has particularly overshadowed your campaign, though, is how national politics has started to infect you know, state
level politics. So I would love to know how do you distinguish yourself as Stacy Abrams and and how do you speak to people you know from under the shadow of them saying Joe Biden, because again, half of the ads are not about you. Funny enough, it's Joe Biden's economy, Joe Biden's inflation. Stacy Abrams is Joe Biden. And so when when you speak to people, that's literally what one of the ads says, says, Stacy Abrams is Joe Biden.
How do you get out from under that, and what do you think people need to understand that does separate you, funny enough from Joe Biden slashed the national agenda. Well, first of all, people remember who was in the office before Joe Biden, and they're very happy he's gone. Number two, the money that has come to grows up. The resources that have come to Georgia, the billions of dollars that have kept the state of float came because of federal Democrats,
not because of the current governor. Hard working Georgians did this and I remind them of that. But but it's also Brian Kemp banned abortion, he banned background checks, he banned children, he banned books, he banned the truth, and he intends to go further if he gets reelected. Reminding women that you do not have the right to control your bodies. Herchel Walker can do whatever he wants. Brian Kimp's good with that, but if you're a woman, he
believes he should control who you are. He made he flitted our streets with guns, and there is a story about gun violence every day in Georgia. And so part of it is just reminding people of his record. Well, he's been governor for four years. I haven't you made sure of that? So if you're the governor, you don't get to take credit but not take responsibility. And that's that's that's how it is. It is going to be
a hotly contested race. You know, they're going to be stories coming out about pole stations that closed when they shouldn't have and people who are kicked out of lines and purging, etcetera, etcetera. What it creates is uh a really paradoxical world where on the one hand, you want to call out, you know, election processes that aren't fair and make it as easy as possible for people to vote. On the other hand, people will be quick to turn that on you and say, oh, but if Trump doesn't
accept the election, then he's bad. But you also don't accept the election, so you're bad. How do you navigate that and how do you speak to the issues around voting in Georgia without making it seem like you don't accept the democratic process. You've actually done a great job of this, but some of your colleagues have been very easily duped into conflation. There is one thing to be used to winning everything you want and being told no,
And why ending about it inciting a surrection. That's what Bryan, That's what Donald Trump did. Donald Trump denied the outcome of an election. I know I'm not governor. I haven't been governor for four whole years. I've been very clear about that. That's how I got to go on star trek Um. But what I have always fought for and and it's I mean, you can go back. I was on the march on Washington when I was nineteen, So this is I've got a pretty clear track record on this.
Voting rights. Voting access is about who gets to show up election outcomes. That's up to the voters. But access is the responsibility of government. And Brian Kimp's greatest hits, Brian Kemp is the architect of voter suppression. And the reality is they try to stop us from talking about the access so they can gen up the outcome they want. And what I will never stop talking about is the fact that no American, no Georgian, should be denied access
if they are legally eligible. And there's no amount of cavett ching and blaming and conflation and false equivalent that will ever make me say that it is okay to tell a George and you don't have the right to be heard. That is not right and it will not happen as long as I've got drapped. And as you said, the website is known. The answers are pretty conclusive, and I see why you have the support that you do. Stay Savings. Thank you so much for joining on the
show again. I want to Stay Savings everybody. I want to take the first place for your life back as well. That's our show for tonight's Thank you so much for tuning, and thank you for coming out and personally kicking it off before we go. Before we go, I wanted to remind you the mid term elections are approaching and the stakes are higher than they've been in generations, So make sure your voice counts. Make a plan to vote early. Vote Early dot org. Until next time, stay safe out there.
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