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Sarah Silverman Covers Nikki Haley’s Entry Into The GOP Primary | Nikki Haley

Feb 15, 202324 min
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Sarah Silverman takes on the day's latest news including Nikki Haley's presidential run announcement, the drop in army recruitment numbers, the Church of England's decision to make God genderless, and the latest Valentine's Day romance scams. March For Our Lives organizer-turned Congressman Maxwell Frost shares how his views of elected officials have changed now that he works from the inside.

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You're listening to Comedy Central. Wow, the listening bo it's you say show. I'm Sarah Tellermante is the second height of me hosting the show, and I am hard as a rock. It's just it's a very fun to be in charge of a late night show. I mean, I threw a stapler at an intern today and there was just nothing you could do about it. I mean, it's it's just been really fun. We've got a great show for you tonight. So let's get into headlines. Let's start

with today's big news about presidential race. Someone has stepped forward to run against Trump for the Republican nomination, and she's a lady. Breaking news this morning, former South Carolina Governor Nicki Haley is now officially running for president. She is the first Republican to challenge Trump for that nomination. She obviously served as his ambassador to the United Nations. She announced as much just in a video a few moments ago. You should know this about me. I don't

put up with bullets. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you're wearing heels. Um called it wants that joke back. Oh wait, it just called again. It wants this joke back actually that this was a great ad and I'm excited to buy whatever pharmaceutical product that nice lady was. So but this is gonna be a tough race for Nick Haley. Right now, she's pulling at just one percent, and that's pretty bad. Um. I mean,

you know, even Mike Pence is at two percent. Mike Pence's news rope is at five, which is beke material. But you do get some advantages if you run against your former boss. My opponent's economic plan is terrible, and when he pulls in his office, we all hear him go, I love political satire. It's really my lane. Whoever wins this election will be commander in chief of the U. S. Army, although based on how recruiting is going lately, that's going

to be like people. The U. S. Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials to say those recruiting woes are the results of traditional hurdles. Young people don't want to die or get injured, they don't want to deal with the stress of army life, and they don't want to put their lives on hold. But the recruiting obstacles don't seem to be rooted in concerns about the COVID nineteen vaccine or about wokeness, as

some Republicans claim. Only Republicans would have the freaking lips to blame the lack of army recruitment on wokeness and the number one reason that people really like not dying. These gen z kids are just like, why would I go get shot in the Middle East when I can get shot in the comfort of my middle school. I'm kidding. That doesn't happen in America. How is the military woke? Help me here. Soldiers are still soldiers. They're not going to be in battle, Like, I don't think this is

a safe space trigger warning. I'm gonna pull my trigger. I'm but this drop in recruitment is coming at a really para less time for America. If we don't have a strong military, the balloons win. I think recruitment is done because there are too many pop star militias. Young people would rather be in the BTS Army or the

Rhanna Navy or the Phoebe Bridger's Mujahadeen. This is so weird, Like, why is everyone so obsessed with whether or not something is going woke anyway, Let's move on to our next story. What are God's pronouns? Should God? Should our Father stop being referred to as he? The Church of England is considering whether to break with tradition and use gender neutral terms for the Almighty instead. Were joining us now in the studio Anglican priest Charlie Bell, is our Father actually

a woman? One? An interesting question? Is it? Is it really an interesting question? I think God has bigger things on his mind than pronouns. I mean, come on, the super Bowl just happened. I think those touchdowns score themselves and really, like, who cares about this? There are actually people out there who really need God to be a man. God is the embodiment of all that is good and merciful and holy, and he definitely likes girls. And he

only created mountains because he's really into boobs. It doesn't matter. God is fake. This is like debating whether a big foot wears rebox. And finally, today is Valentine's Day, the day when flowers find out which house they're going to die in. Seriously, why do we give people roses? They are already dying the second you cut film? You're basically giving someone a hospice patient love them well, you can just try to keep them hydrated and make sure they're

as comfortable as possible. But there is a Valentine surprise that's even worse than Rose's stealing people's money well does Valentine's Day. Law enforcement reminding you to keep an eye out for what they call romance scams. Officials say criminals will scour dating websites, dating apps, chat rooms, build the relationship with you with the goal of accessing your financial

or other personal information. The FTC says romance scams cost nearly seventy consumers one point three billion dollars last year. The FBI sees a large percentage of elderly victims. Let's talk red flags. This one might hurt. But if they're too good to be true. Gorgeous photos, perfect job, amazing lifestyle make a scammra's job of luring you easier. If they seem swede, genuine, caring, talking about a future together a little more quickly than typical relationships, they could be

drawing you close to take advantage of you. That's right. You gotta be careful out there. If anyone literally ever says anything nice to you. Call the police, and she said another red flag is if the person has an amazing lifestyle, a perfect job, gorgeous photos. Oh my god, am I a scammer? Well? For more on these romance scams, we turned to Michael Costa. Michael, it's it is so sad to hear about this, especially on Valentine's Day. I know, Sarah,

but every holiday is an opportunity for scams. Last President's Day, a guy on Facebook claimed he was Abraham Lincoln and asked me for money, which was clearly a scam because I had already just are the real Abraham Lincoln ten thousand dollars? There's only one Lincoln, buddy? How stupid do you think I am? You're very smart, Michael, But let's focus on the romantic scams because I'm especially worried about how they target the elderly. Yeah, the elderly are easy

targets because they're so vulnerable and they're so horny. Honestly, I'm scared for my own loved ones. That's why I've started catfishing my grandmother. You're cat fishing your own grandmother as a preventative measure. Yes, the best way I can protect my nine seven year old grandmother from being scammed is to scam her myself. This way she feels loved, and I put all the money she sends me right

back into her bank account. It's the same way I stopped dogs from meeting discarded chicken bones laying on the street by eating them myself. I'm sure the dogs are grateful, but it um. How does cat fishing her grandmother even works? Take me through this? Okay, well, it works the same as normal cat fishing. You create a profile of a charming but believable person, in my case Miguel Gustavo, international

art dealer and King of Brazil. First you like their posts, Then you start the d M. S. Hey, I like what I see. Show me what you got under that sweater knitted for yourself. Here's what I'm packing. Rose. You send your grandma nuds? Well, not my nudes, obviously, I'm not a creep. I send her picks of guys I find online. Few. I thought you exchanged nudes. No, no, I mean she sends me her nudes. Look, I know it's gross. I don't like it either. I am glad

she's using the yoga classes. I got it for Christmas. But but but still I don't want to see it, just like I don't want to spend hours texting with her about our grandson. Never calls or have her explained every episode of The yellow Stone It's just yellow Stone Grandma. I don't have a choice, Sarah. Okay, As Michael Costa, I can't keep my grandma offline. But as Miguel Costavo, well, I can make sure her money stays where it belongs, in the bank account that I'm going to inherit one day.

I guess in its own way, this is actually a like a loving thing, Michael. I hope all the men out there love their grandma's enough to seduce them. Thank you, Sarah, I really am the best grants. Sorry, I gotta my grandma's damning me um Mia more, please send five thousand dollars. I'm having my third kidney removed. Thank you so much, Michael. What people like that I'm gay? Welcome back to the

Harry Show. You know, there's been a lot of anti Semitism in the news lately, so I decided to hit the streets of New York in search of some allies. Take a look. There's been a rise in anti semitism I'm hitting the streets looking for a little pro Semitism. Let's hope it doesn't end in I hate crying. What do you like about Jews? They make banging Christmas albums. What is there not to love about Jews? The food, the culture, the celebrations. Because hello, big group of men.

Where are you all from Belgium? But here in New York City, the land of juice? Have you done any Jewey things? Okay? Great question? Have you eaten a bagel? Yeah? Have you ever been vaccinated for polio? Yeah? Who are your favorite comedians? Terry sign From Jerry Signo, je Adina Menzel, Barber, Streisan, Amy Winehouse. She is a gem, don't you? Cat is a Jew? She should be doja cats? Probably? Who are your favorite juice that you can think of? I can't think of a famous Jew off top of my head,

but you can think of a single famous Jew. I don't want to say someone's name if I don't know what you're Jewish? That's tough for me to Who are you thinking? That seems jewey? But you're not sure? Are you Jewish? Yeah? Okay, there we go. I'm gonna teach you some Yiddish. Okay, um gay cockin off in yam gay coffey. That's right, that's a beautiful sensement. Give me ahead, thank you. You know that means go take a ship in the ocean. Would you be an ally to the

Jews in this time of anti Semitism? What would you do to protect me? You, beautiful, I would like the manora with you. Look at this guy knowing minora for you? You would definitely. It's just the way you said it was very I don't want to that could be your mother, but sexy, you have absolutely proven yourself to be a Jewish ally. Let's pretend it's the Sabbath. Now. I don't know what you know about the Sabbath, but you can't

turn on lights, you can't drive your car. That's why they have like what's called the Shabbist boy sometimes that will come over and turn on your TV for you because you're not supposed to work. So let's pretend to the Sabbath, and will you turn this on for me? Oh my god? Why would have penis of a giant? We're here because there's been a rise in anti Semitism, so we're on the streets trying to find some pro Semitism. I don't believe in hate nay form, so I don't

care what you walk alike, religion, culture. I don't believe you should hate on anybody. Let's bring wrong agreed. You are officially a Jewish ally. You win two Kanye tickets? Are you gonna go? Who don't like Kanya? Thank you guys were making him back America is the youngest member of Congress, joining me a Smitism Yeah to the show. My guest tonight is the first gen z Are elected

to Congress. He's here to talk about his journey from gun reform organizer to legislator, representing what he calls the mass shooting generation. Please welcome Florida Representative Maxwell Frost. Maxwell Frost, congratulations on being elected to Congress the same year you are old enough to rent a car. Who have you wonded with in Congress? I mean, I'm guessing the squad as, but any oldies. Yeah, well, I don't know if I want to say their names now, because now I'm calling

them oldies. I mean, yeah, Look, there's so many people that I've gotten to connect with, you know, folks who are have been just doing great work. Barbara Lee Maxine Waters from Legiah Paul uh, Jamie Raskin. Yeah, so many amazing people out there. I wouldn't call them oldies, but you know, uh, you know senior members of Congress who are doing amazing work. Yeah, they're not old these they're goodies. Yeah,

they're goodies. There there we go. You have been and I find this so impressive and inspiring, especially to people out here. You've been a gun reform advocate since you were fifteen years old, spurred on by Sandy Hook which was in Connecticut year from Florida, and you you organized the March for Our Lives all these things that you know too. It's the the five year anniversary of the Parkland shooting. There is a school shooting just last night

at Michigan State. Now that you are in Congress, what do you think can be done? How can we break this cycle? Yeah, but we saw Congress pass a bipartisan bill to help end gun violence last year. It's not everything that we need, but it's a good step forward. Um. The fact of the matter is we need a governing majority that's actually going to care about this issue. And you know this word bipartisanship is supposed to mean what

everyone can agree on. Most n r A members and Republicans are for universal background checks, but the definition of bipartisanship in Congress means what the n r A will allow. And because they are a front for the gun lobby, they have these politicians bought off and they're unwilling to stand up for what the people want. So we can't get things like background checks passed. And so there's a

lot of work that needs to be done. A lot of it involves kicking people out and replacing them with morley just leaders who actually give a damn about children's lives than people. Um. But in the interrom I think we have an opportunity. I mean, returning citizens united would certainly help. That's one of the issues that end all issues, you know. Yeah, that's the that's the big one, and that's the root of so much of this. So, now that you've seen how Congress operates kind of from the inside,

are you hopeful? Do you see that there's change possible? Are you excited about America's future? Isn't depressing both? I'll say I'm very hopeful. You know a lot of times on the outside you might look in and say there's only a small group of good people and everyone else is a corporate hack and they don't care about anyone.

But having conversations with my colleagues, I've been so surprised by so many people who I get in the conversation with them and I find out what they're about and their values, and I'm like, Okay, you know, like you're You're actually a lot more progressive and forward thinking that other folks might think. And I think the problems people have smaller goals because they understand the landscape and the

battlefield that we have in Congress right now. And I think when we show those politicians and everyone that good policy equals good politics, then I think people will get the courage that they need to stand up for what we need in this country more. I mean, I think a lot of jen Zers tend to not trust the government. Um, how do you think you can change their minds? Well, I understand, first off, like you know, and this is

something I like. Running for Congress, I had to think about the fact that during the Black Lives Matter protests, I was tear gas mace, arrested, and jailed for non violent protests. Now I represent those same streets in Congress, but I still have to square the fact that I'm a part of the system that causes a lot of harm and I get it. And I think part of what we need to do is make government more accessible,

bridging the gap between cool and consciousness. And I think that's a really good way that we can bring younger people to the fold and March Allies did a great job of that. And with the movement, it was like the cool thing to be at the marches is the cool thing the registered to vote. And I think the more we can get our culture intertwined with the politics, I think it's gonna lead to more young people getting involved. I mean, if the marches could could uh it could

translate to votes more directly, it would be ideal. Definitely. Um, but you know, maybe election a off would be a nice start. Yeah, I agree. And voter turnout is up for young people. You know, we have record highs of you through to turn out. It's never been the largest piece of the pie, but young people right now are voting at higher numbers than any other generation when they were our age and half of Gen Z can't even vote yet. So we're not where we want to be,

but we're going in the right direction. Um. You brought pussy ass bitch. It's now in congressional record because of you. So I just start so, I thank you for that. And that was about a certain person too, it was about well, it was about a pussy ass bitch. So what's in so inspiring about you is that you got involved as a teenager and how that can manifest into real change. And so I think it's exciting. Gen Z

is so exciting to me because they're so motivated. There's they realize their power and that can really change things. I mean trying to get gen Z to trust the government how much just trying to get gen Z to be the government and I think you've done that. No, it is exciting, and I think we see a lot of young candidates running across the country. And look, it's not like gen Z was waiting in Congress. I'm the oldest agen Zer can be. We just got old enough

to run. But I think the significance here is that the first chance we got, we jumped at the opportunity because we want to be a part of the solution. We want to be at the table. We don't want to be the only people at the table. But Congress does not look like our country right now, right like gen Z, millennials make up a third of the country, we're nowhere near a third of government, both local and federal,

and so we need more people to run for office. Yes, Congress, but also city council, county commission, these seats that really are they're not lower, they're closer to the people and closer to the decisions that matter on a daily basis. Yeah, being involved in those the midterm elections and all the everywhere down the ballot is essential. And I feel like the right realize is that, Yeah, they do, and they're

they're more organized around that than we are. That's why they've played this long game of taking over the state legislatures. It's why we woke up last year and Roe versus Wade was gone. It's that that's a plan that has been a long time in the making. So Democrats, I feel like sometimes we're too obsessed with these short term goals. We need to be about be about power building in

these communities. Long term. It's not gonna happen overnight, but that's how we're gonna wake up on morning and have our freaking rights back. Right, Okay, We're gonna take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this don't work tonight. I'd like to ask you to support Second Nurture. It's a nonprofit organization working to increase the number of families who choose to foster and adopt children and teens by creating a support system every step of the way.

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