Trevor Breaks Down The Midterm Elections | Thuso Mbedu

have so much fun. We have got a packed show tonight because tonight is the night we've all been waiting for. That's right, then, you've got a game is coming out, yeah, obviously obviously. Also the mid terms are here, so let's get into people in our Election Night edition of Vote

Demmick two. Alright, tonight is the night people. All year long, we've been waiting to find out if Republicans will take control of Congress and stop President Biden's agenda or if Democrats will keep control of Congress and somehow stop Biden's agenda. And it's all led up to today. Election Day. A great day for democracy and for people who love waiting in lines, you know, another chance to smell a stranger's hair.

You've probably heard it everywhere, you know, but many people believe this maybe the most important election of our lifetimes. And yes, I know, I know they said that about right. I also know that they said it about the mid terms, and they definitely said it about twenty well know, which I know makes some people say, well, clearly none of these elections are as important as people say. They always say it's the most important election. But but maybe maybe

we're thinking of it wrong. You know, maybe everything is getting worse and worse, which makes every election more and more important. And I know I said that and like that, like it sounded good, but it's not. I get that my my inflection didn't match the feeling. Well, think of it this way. Think of it this way. Like when you're in a car, the breaks of the most important safety feature. Right when you're in your driveway, it helps to have brakes, yeah, but then when you get on

the road, the brakes become more important. Then you're on the freeway going a hundred miles per hour, the breaks are even more important. Then a school bus gets stuck in front of you, and then you realize that the school bus is full of puppies and the puppies are holding the only copy of Rihanna's new album Another Breaks are the most important prices of like a high? Did

I take my brakes? Start grunted? Not? Luckily, many people did feel like this was an important election, so all around the country people turned up to vote, everywhere, from Arizona to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin to a bunch of states that the media doesn't even care about. People cast their votes in this election, And now that the voting is finished, there is some good news. You all voted perfectly and every problem in America has been solved. Congratulations on last voting.

Up trapping sarcastic. Obviously, it's still counting the votes, so we're gonna have to wait until tomorrow or two months from now, depending on how many lawsuits they are. But right now we've got full team coverage of election night all around the country. So let's kick things off with our very own Roy would Jr. Everybody who is live party headquarters, Roy Tumashous. Time for the Democrats. What's the mood like over there right now? It's nervous? Trailer. Democrats

are not expecting a good outcome tonight. Chuck Schumer already sweating like Elon Musk looking at Twitter's balance sheet. Nancy Pelosi Nanty Pelosi, pacing so hard she already got in her steps for the week. And Joe Biden, well, he's taking a nap, but it's a nervous nap. When't nervous naps, you know, like when you sleep at the wheel and

you there is a well roy. You know, if Democrats lose big tonight, many stratagists will suggest that their campaign messages didn't resonate enough with the voters, you know, because they ran on abortion rights and saving democracy, but it seems like for most voters that wasn't a priority. The Democrats agree with you, Trevor. That's why tonight they're coming up with brand new campaign messages to get voters on their side. But tonight they think it's a little too

late for that. Everyone's votes it already. There's still people in line in Georgia. And just wait until they get on Twitter and see democrats new campaign slogan, vote for us and we'll get rid of Monday's It's a good one. That's that's weird. And also, then doesn't Tuesday just become the new Monday. How No, that's not high verse, because then Tuesday they got those ideas. Anyway, man, they got

other ideas. Here's here's another one. The Democrats of Promise, and they're promising to make another season of the Office and for black voters Martin. And they've got a new tax plan. Pay what you want, and they'll make it so that everyone's team makes it to the super Bowl. Okay, pay what you will and everybody's team make it to the Super bowler's two policy straight. But I don't understand if everyone's team makes us to the super Bowl. But don't I'm not done with the list here you come

with all that damn logic. How about this way? Unlimited bread sticks at every restaurant, even the Chinese ones, even the Chinese restaurant unlimited. They don't even give you bread sticks to Chinese restaurants. And and and look at this list right here, man, Look look at all this stuff. Man, Pompkins, spice Latte's year round. That's what basic bitches like you trap. If none of that works, check this out. The Democrats. Here's something else they're promising every oscars will have a

surprise slap. I'm turning up, gonna be excitement, a surprisess. Meryl Street just hauling off and slapping. Timothy Child May just stopping you. Don't you want to see that ship? You know you want to suppress. I mean these sound very exciting where I mean it seems very desperate from the Democrats. Well, yeah, that's what I told them, but they refused to give up. And now they're talking about

forgiving everything, student loan debt, forgiving gambling debts, forgiving. You gave an embarrassing best man's speech at your boys, Whending forgiving you hit that Browning. You can't be mad at me no more for saying your wife looked like Shrek. It is what it is, bro. Why would you say that during the best man speech? She started it. I came to that winding in peace to support them. She the one who said I got a silvil rights hair line. You don't do that to a man. You know what

there's hair is the line you don't cross. Alicia. All right, we're gonna talk to you later about that. Now, he tromis you are aware promises are really away, all right, all right, before we crossed over to our next correspondent, we do have a new live projection coming in and it's a big one in the States of Georgia. The Georgia Senate race. The Daily Show projects that herschel Walker has won twenty three and me. I didn't even realize twenty three and me was a thing you could win,

but they just announced it. So good for him. I guess good for him he did it. But anyway, let's go live now to Michael Coster, who I believe has come to us from Election Denia's headquarters. That's right, Trevor. There are so many election deniers running this year that they have their own headquarters where they can watch the results come in. And fun fact, the WiFi password here is Hillary Killed JFK and also is JFK all calves. Wow. Okay,

so I'm really intreat. What's the mood like over there? Oh, they are having a blast here. And I'll tell you one thing they're not denying more jello shots. These people know how to party, Trevor. Wow. I mean, I'm assuming election denials must be doing well tonight. They are, And hundreds of election deniers ran for office this year. And a lot of them have already won their races. I see, Wait, these are election denias. So I guess they don't think

there's any fraud in their elections. Well, no, of course not. They won, Okay, but then what about the election denias who didn't win tonight's. Well, obviously their elections were stolen, you know, just like Trump's was in twenty and will be again unless he wins, in which case it was legitimate. It sounds like these people are just sore loses. Whoa, whoa. We do not say that word here, Trevor. Okay, especially not with the hard are Okay, but no, cost of

the reasoning doesn't make any sense. Actually, it's pretty simple. Let me break it down for you. Okay. So you see, if they lost, that's because it was rigged. And you can tell it was rigged because they lost. Yeah. But but Michael, that's circular logic. Well it's it's actually more of an oval, if you ask me. So, okay, how do they know the election they won wasn't rigged? Well that's easy because they won, so it's fair. It's all

over here on this other oval, okay. And and now that they've won, they can change the voting laws, you know, purge the voter rolls, throw out ballots they don't like, give themselves the power to overturn resolves so they never lose again. But that's rigging the election, so they win. What are you not understanding? Okay, if they win, that means it wasn't rigged. Do they not have ovals in Africa? And we kept ovals Costa? This is about logic. It

doesn't seem like a democracy to me. Look, I'd love to keep explaining it to you, but I gotta go. Everyone's heading over to the capitol to celebrate well or to storm it. We'll see when we get there. Are you been keptul off? There? Cost to Michael, cost to everybody? This is uh, We're any stressful election art Before before we get to our next correspondent, we have some more results coming in. Our analysts have crunched all the numbers and we can confirm that that five bucks you donated

didn't do ships. So more results. Let's grow it over to Dulce Sloan in the twenty two election center right now. Don't say it's rarely crazy. What can you tell us about this election twenty twenty two? No, I'm a twenty twenty four elections that the baby. Come on, see where I'm Heck, you know what I'm doing? Yeah, the presidential election. We gotta move on twenty two with old news. Okay, actually it's over, It's literally not over all, right. I want to know who want to night's races? You want

to know who want tonight's races? They go with it. But what are you here for? Listen? I'm here to wildly speculate about who might win next time it's called the news. Fine, I'll play along. What data can you give us about the four presidential race? What? Who's data? What are we It's way too early for that. This is my favorite part of the race where you could just get on TV and gossip. Yeah. Now I don't gossip. I'm a good Christian woman. But like, did you hear

Trump called RhoD De Santras a bitch? And Joe Biden says he's running again? But I heard he died three months ago? Why are you growning? This is if the Man met Jesus. The Man met Jesus. What do you want fact about? Now? Listen? Listen, listen. You can't forget about the wide card in this race Oprah. Wait wait, wait, are you saying Oprah is running? She didn't say she's not so am as far as I'm concerned. Shit, don't say come on, this is what people hate about the

political media. I'm not forcing anybody's to watch. If you don't like it, you can turn off the m TV. Enough for the speculation. Don't say slow and everybody, this is too much speculation and mode. None of that. Okay. Now, as you know, As you know, many news organizations did their own exit polling today, So we sent Dazzy led out to some polling locations in New York City for some exit polls of our own, and let's see how that turned out. Hi, I'm Daddy lighted here outside the

polls on election day. I would be inside voting, but I've got one too many felony convictions, so instead I'm doing some exit polling. I'm just doing a little bit of exit holling. Can I ask you a few questions? Great, um, did you base your decision to exit based on a sign about the door that said exit or just like a gut decision? Did you just exit the polls? We did, Yes,

we did. Thank you for your time. What was your exit experience, Like the last few questions on the ballot were all about, you know, things we would vote yes or no for to include for New York, And one of them was about having values for the city. And I don't want to know what's on the valid or you voted. I'm more interested in exiting, Like, what was your exiting experience? Like? Was there an exit sign over the door? I didn't even notice. I didn't notice. Were

you paying attention to anything important? Yeah? I was paying attention to the voting. What direction do you think we're headed in the way things are looking, it's very frightening. Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean as a country. I just mean in terms of where the door is. The door looks like it's leading in the wrong direction away from democracy. No, I mean like literally, I'm asking literally about the door. Do you open it with your hand? You have to

get push? The exit door is open? Thank you? I mean, is it that hard to talk about doors? To talk about doors? Well, yes, because you think there's some symbolism attached to it. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know symbolism. I'm done with symbolism. What color was the paint in there? We're talking eggshell or more of an off white. It was. It was eggshell, but a lot of regim. But do you know this isn't really how exit polls work. I mean, I have a thirteen year old here, and I'm teaching

him the whole civic process. Oh no, I know that, I know what exit polls are. I just cannot talk about these candidates for one more second. Yeah, I hear you. Is not really about or doors. Now. I know what exit pulling is. It's just that the mid term stressed me out so much that I want to talk about literally anything else. Like this morning, I woke up in a cold sweat screaming, we selled it. I think the economy is also very important. The guy I don't want

to hear about that. Just um, what did the door handle look like? Your coordinator? Just the man I'm looking for. I'm doing some exit pulling. Can you talk to me about the design of the exits? All right? Basically, the ass uh, we have a front as it so people could come in the building. Also, the people that are handicapped or whatever can still come out the same way you win in. Oh, got it? Okay, So the front entrance is also This is just the information I was

looking for. Finally, someone who can give me the answers that I want. Thank you, just what I wanted to talk. I knew you gotta go. It's okay, go go quickly because I don't like good bias, hate seeingy leave, but I love watching you go. Not like a hervy way, just like an exiting pull away. You're like the company waste of time. All right, we need to take a break right now, but when we come back, we're gonna be taking a look at America's entire history of black governors.

That's right, all four of them. So stick around. Welcome back to the day show. Tonight, the people of Maryland elected Westmore as America's newest black governor, and he joins as the latest member of a very small group. For more, we turned to Roy Wood Jr. In another episode of CP Time. M H, Well, hello, welcome to CEP Time, the only show that's for the culture. Today we'll be

discussing the history of black governors. And I know when you think of governors, you think of old white men and big man rants with the top hatent that weird monocle, just with some glasses. Governor, you can afford the frames, But in fact, America has a history of unknown but meaningful black governors like Pps pitch Back, America's first black governor and the only politician in US history brought to

you by viewers like you. Pinchback was born in Georgia to a black slave mother and a white plantation owner who emancipated his baby mama, which would have made for one hell of a Maoria episode. During his life, Pitchback, who could pass as a white man of Latin descent, leaned into his blackness, something that is known today as draking. Pitch Back got involved in politics and rose to the third highest office in the state of Louisiana, which is pro tempt of the Senate, not as some people believe

the football coach of LL issue. Then, in eighteen seventy two, after the Lieutenant governed died and the governor was impeach, pitch Back became governor. Because sometimes the best way for black people to take power is to just wait for somebody else to die. Kamala pinch Back would unfortunately only hold the office for thirty five days, but during that brief step he enacted ten laws. Proven it's not about how long you last, Fellas, it's about how efficient you are.

Were you in there? And don't let anybody tell you otherwise, Which brings us to our sponsor, gas station sexual enhancement peels. I don't know how they work, I don't know what's in them, but I do know they make my chest hurt. After PBS Pinchback's governorship, America would not see another black person serving that role for over one hundred years. That man would be Douglas Wilder. Wilder grew up in the

segregated itself of the nineteen thirties. During his time at Virginia's Union University, he experienced so much racism working at a dinner he considered poison in white people's salads, which may sound harsh, but if you order a salad at a dinner, you deserve to be poisoned. After graduating, Wilder was drafted into the army and served in the Korean War. He would go on to win the Bronze Star for

his heroism during the Battle of pork Chop Hill. Now pork Chop Hill, that's what you want to order at a dinner, whole big pile of pork chops, saltat and butter and garlic, and it's just the graven deepicious. Wilder returned to Virginia and got into politics after serving in the Virginia Senate. In ninety nine, he became the first black person ever elected governor of Virginia, and he owed it all to his campaign slogan, don't make me poison

your salads. Moving on, our next black governor is Deval Patrick. Patrick was raised by a single mother on Chicago South Side after his father, a jazz musician, left his family. Because everybody knows that jazz is all about the kids

you don't raisee. After graduating from Harvard Law School, the vol spent the early eighties working as a lawyer for the a c P. During that time, he sued then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and impressed him so much during the case, Clinton later hired him, which I get you etna get jazz beat by somebody playing pick up basketball so bad you'd be like, yo, you got to be

on my team. And then he hates playing with you because you gotta bust it knee and a bad heart and you won't stop slapping people's asses because that's what we did back in the day. It was nothing sexual about that call call me back Carl Let's bowl. Anyway.

After serving and President Clinton's Justice Department, Dvall spent some time working in the private sector before returning to politics, and in two thousand and six, Davaal became the first black governor of Massachusetts, succeeding the whitest governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. It was like going from watching Frasier to the BT Awards. It's jarring. Moving on to our final governor, David Patterson, who was not only New York's first black governor,

but also the first blind governor in American history. He was like a political Stevie wonder If you're one of those people who actually believe that Stevie Wonders blind, I know you can see Stevie. I was at the concert in Sevre turning ran from me, I want my money mother. In two thousand and eight, then Lieutenant Governor Patterson took over the governorship from Elliot Spitzer after Spitzer was disgrace

from having numerous affairs with high end escorts. But once Patterson took office, he proved that black governors could also be plagued with scandals. A previous affair with a co worker came to light. He was accused of giving jay Z a sweetheart investment deal. He was fined for unlawfully accepting Yankees World Series tickets. All in all, he was having a pretty good time as governor. But that's all the black governors we have time to discuss today. There

there are no more black governors. That was all the black governors. Damn black people who produced less governors than Predator movies. It tells me two things. One America must do better and two I need to watch Predator again. That was a damn good movie. This has been CP time. And remember before the culture station sex Jimmy, bring him out to Fable later. Thank you so much about roy or if they choo? Because when we come back, the star of The Woman King toots on bad and we'll

be joining me right here on the show. You know what I'm going. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an award winning actor. He currently stars alongside Viola Davis in the critically acclaimed film The Woman King, which is in theaters right now. Please welcome my final South African touts bad, he choos it. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to

have you here. This is so amazing South African and South African look at this, look at this, not just the South Africa, South African who is absolutely crushing it in everything that you do. Congratulations, congratulations on the woman King. I mean, everyone critics nineties something on Rotten Tomorrows. Everybody

talks about rais about it. It's not an easy film to watch again, and it feels like you have the snack for not just acting, but portraying a person, a moment and a feeling in time that that makes people feel like what you do that on purpose, not the acting part, but you choose a role because you go like, I'm going to make people cry with this one. Not cry.

It's funny because I'm always like back home in South Africa, That's what I was known for, and so I am actively resisting roles that I, as a character would have to cry. And in this one, I loved the fact that violets violist aaracter tells my character that you do not cry in this space. Absolutely loved it because then

it means I don't have to cry. Um, But then you know, the movie then tells us that, Um, what whole I was telling my character is not necessarily true because it's taking away her tears means stripping her of her humanity ultimately, so um, but yeah, I I choose projects that I feel will have some sort of impact. You know, we're not following the money, we're following purpose, were following changing people's lives. I did drama in high school and the university because I wanted to use acting

as a tool for social change. So yeah, because people take for grants and how much it chakee helture, how influence to her in through the world, what you doing it? This is also a great opportunity for me and for you and you you seized it because you know you kick ass in this movie literally so like you you you fight, yes, and you I don't know how many martial arts did you study for that? Like you have to go? It was like it was. However, there was

a range of different things. Um, I got costs, I think like April ish pre production training was starting in July, so I put myself through more tie between yes, yeah, actually doing Actually you're hitting yourself. There's a there's a video. You check it out if it's still on your social media. It's amazing because you show us the progression. So obviously in the movie it's just you like kicks Papa, and then you play the video where you start off, and

it's like beating yourself in the beginning. Why would you put yourself through that? You know you can use your stunt double right, Okay, wait, Gina, our director does not believe in stunt doubles. Yes, number one, and so part of our addition for the movie was going through a physical and fitness test to determine whether I be able to do my own stuns or not. Yeah, so let me like, you know how to fight? Now, I like to believe. I don't like to be you can fight.

I don't know. I don't know. We were accident and cutting the movie, and I think I also I also learned from the you know, from talking to some of the people who are involved in the movie that you this is one of my favorite stories from the film. Everyone had to do. I think it was two hours of training. Two hours of training. You then said no, I would like to do three hours. An extra hour Yeah, okay, naturally, but then because of that, the director was like, that's

actually a great idea. Everyone should do three hours. It was not bad. Already read already No man, guys, no understand, you know it was We're all new too, stunts and action. And you know, I have great confidence in the amount of time that I put into my acting, into the research and the conversations and the rehearb and the rehearsals, and so let's say my acting, I was up here. I needed my stunts to be at least, you know, in the vicinity. But then you became that kid in class.

I remember, I remember in school, and you know the kids I'm talking about. You become in that kid in class where sometimes a less would end and then the teacher will be like, okay, everybody goes, and then that kid who goes like, sir, you didn't give us homework extra. I mean, it came out great in the movie, but there must have been a moment where people like Tu

Sauna come on before that. You want to talk about the projects that you're embarking on now, because it's one thing to perform in front of the camera, you know, it's another to to cement yourself in an industry. But you've really jumped, you know, from from strength to strength. You've got an entire production deal with Paramount Plus now where you're gonna be working on your own productions, which

I know you're really passionate about. I'd love to know what you would dream of creating you could you know, not the specific stories, but what are you trying to create in the world where you are the teller of the story versus just the person who's in it. I think more than anything, you know, I wanna create the stories that are innately on us because growing up and being in this industry, one you believe that you can be anything until you get to the industryand they tell

you know you can't. And so what are those stories?

And like with the Paramount Plus deal, we're specifically focusing on health, climate, and equity as part of their social impact initiatives and taking that to South Africa and Africa, and so those are stories that will transform people's thinking because from my understanding and from what I've experienced back home, is they're very keen on commissioning projects that will encourage destructive behavior but aren't necessarily teaching people how to transform

and empower their lives. And so if we can come with those stories that are both entertaining and teaching people to do better and be better. Then I'm all the happier for it, because then otherwise why are we doing this? You know? Yeah, I really love the teplation. Thank you, which it's been beautifully to work your join have seen you act and and do the best and just kick ass. I've seen you kick ass in all martial arts, including yourself and the other people. Um, I truly believe and

I don't think I'll be wrong in this. You're gonna a guest and everything your production company, the work you're doing in South Africa, everything you do going forward. Thank you so much for joining me with let me can see your job absolutely cos she's saying better everybody. We're gonna take the quick rights right back after this. Thank you a working well, let's stop shop to my Thank

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