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Trevor: HEY, WHAT’S GOING

Trevor: HEY, WHAT’S GOING

ON, EVERYBODY?

WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL

DISTANCING SHOW.

I’M TREVOR NOAH.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, THE 24TH OF

SEPTEMBER, AND WE ARE NOW JUST

40 DAYS FROM ELECTION DAY.

SO, FOR ANYONE WHO’S STILL

UNDECIDED ABOUT WHO TO VOTE

FOR...

(SUPER SLOW AND CONFUSED)

...HHOOOOWWWW???

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

ANYWAY, ON TONIGHT’S SHOW,

DONALD TRUMP IS SCARING THE SHIT

OUT OF EVERYONE, NOBODY IS

GETTING CHARGED FOR KILLING

BREONNA TAYLOR, AND THE APP

THAT’S OFFERING EVERYONE AN

EXCITING NEW WAY TO GET

CANCELED.

SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE!

WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL

DISTANCING SHOW."

FROM TREVOR NOAH’S COUCH IN

NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR COUCH

SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, THIS IS

"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING

SHOW "DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING

SHOW" WITH TREVOR NOAH.

Trevor: LET’S KICK THINGS

OFF BY TALKING ABOUT ALL THE

NEWS THAT WE WON’T BE TALKING

ABOUT TODAY, WHICH I KNOW SOUNDS

REALLY WEIRD, BUT THANKS TO

DONALD JUNTA TRUMP, WE DON’T

HAVE TIME TO COVER SOME OF THE

MORE FUN STORIES.

FOR INSTANCE "THE WASHINGTON

POST" IS REPORTING THAT THE

PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS BEEN

BRINGING SUITCASES FULL OF DIRTY

LAUNDRY WITH HIM WHENEVER HE

VISITS THE U.S., AND HE DOES

THIS BECAUSE ALL THE LAUNDRY

GETS CLEANED FOR FREE BY THE

PRESIDENT’S STAFF AT THE WHITE

HOUSE.

WHICH IS PRETTY WILD.

I MEAN, THIS GUY RUNS A COUNTRY

AND EHE’S TREATING THE WHITE

HOUSE LIKE A COLLEGE FRESHMAN

VISITING HIS PARENTS FOR THE

WEEKEND?

IT ALSO PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHILE

NETANYAHU IS SIGNING ALL THESE

PEACE DEALS.

I’M OUT OF UNDERWEAR.

MEETS ME AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Trevor: AN APP CALLED GRANT

IS ACCUSED OF PROMOTING DIGITAL

BLACKFACE, FOR LETTING USERS SEE

WHAT THEY’D LOOK LIKE AS OTHER

RACES.

I DON’T KNOW IF THIS COUNTS AS

BLACKFACE, BUT I DO KNOW THIS

COUNTS AS A SHITTY APP BECAUSE

THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK

LIKE AS A BLACK PERSON.

THAT’S JUST ANOTHER PERSON.

ALSO, IF YOU’RE A WHITE PERSON,

YOU DON’T NEED A FILTER TO SEE

WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A

EUROPEAN.

THAT’S WHAT YOU IS!

THEN IN CORONAVIRUS IS RUINING

EVERYTHING NEWS, IT WAS

ANNOUNCED THE ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S

EVE BILLION DROP IN TIMES SQUARE

WILL BE GOING VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

CANCELING NEW YEAR’S EVE IS A

GREAT CALL.

I LEARNED MY LESSON WITH 2020.

I’M NOT CELEBRATING A YEAR

BEFORE WE GET TO SEE IF IT’S

GOOD FIRST.

WE SHOULD SEE HOW 2020 GOES AND

THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE

WANT TO THROW IT A PARTY.

YOU HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT FOR

ME TO CELEBRATE YOU BY VOMITING

IN TIMES SQUARE BY DRINKING TOO

MANY WHITE CLAWS.

IT’S A PRIVILEGE.

IT’S HARD TO CARE ABOUT BALL

DROPS OR DIRTY LAUNDRY WHEN THE

WORLD’S OLDEST DEMOCRACY IS

ABOUT TO BECOME THE WORLD’S

NEWEST DICTATORSHIP.

NEVER IN THE MYSTERY OF THIS

COUNTRY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A

PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER AFTER

A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT NOW

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SUGGESTING HE

MIGHT NOT ACCEPT THE ELECTION

RESULTS IF HE IS NOT THE WINNER.

THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING A

POSITION ON THIS ISSUE THAT IS

NOT JUST UNPRECEDENTED BY

CRITICS WARN IT IS DANGEROUS,

EREFUSING TO ENDORSE ONE OF THE

MOST BASIC TENETS OF AMERICAN

DEMOCRACY.

WILL YOU COMMIT TO MAKING

SURE THAT THERE IS A PEACEFUL

TRANCE FERAL OF POWER AFTER THE

ELECTION?

WELL, WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT

HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING

VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE BALLOTS

AND THE BALLOTS ARE A DISASTER

AND --

I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT PEOPLE

ARE RIOTING.

DO YOU COMMIT TO MAKING SURE

THERE’S A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF

POWER.

GET RID OF THE BALLOTS AND

WE’LL HAVE A PEACEFUL -- THERE

WON’T BE A TRANSFER, QUITE

FRANKLY, THERE WILL BE A

CONTINUATION.

Trevor: HOLY SHIT, I NEVER

THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN

AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT WOULD

THREATEN TO NOT ACCEPT AN

ELECTION EDEFEAT.

LET’S BE HONEST, THIS IS IS

SOMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT IN

RANDOM COUNTRY WHERE AMERICA

STEPS IN TO SAVE DEMOCRACY.

THOSE COUNTRIES SHOULD SEND

PEACEKEEPERS TO THE U.S.

WELL, WELL, WELL, REFUSING TO

GIVE UP POWER RAMPANT DISEASE

AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, WHO IS

THE SHITHOLE NOW?

HUH?

DONALD TRUMP HAS GONE ON QUITE

THE JOURNEY.

HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE BEING A

FAMOUS LAND LORD AND IS NOW THE

MOST FAMOUS SQUATTER.

EVEN IF JOE BIDEN WINS THEY WILL

FIND TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE

BASEMENT LIVING THE PARASITE

LIFE.

ON THE REAL LOW, THIS IS A LEGIT

PROBLEM BECAUSE THE PEACEFUL

TRANSFER OF POWER IS THE BASIS

OF DEMOCRACY.

HE’S BASICALLY THREATENING A

COUP, UNLESS WHAT HE MEANS IS HE

WILL LEAVE BUT EHE THINKS IT’S

MORE INTERESTING IF THERE IS A

FIGHT ON THE WAY OUT WHICH I

DON’T TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH.

CAN YOU MIND HOW FUN IT WOULD BE

IF THE INCOMING PRESIDENT WOULD

HAVE TO FIST FIGHT THE OUTGOING

PRESIDENT?

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BIDEN WOULD

RE-CREATE THE GERIATRIC FIGHTS

WHILE KAMALA HARRIS HAD THEM IN

A HEAD LOCK?

OH, NO, I’M GOING TO HELL!

I HOPE THERE’S A PEACEFUL

TRANSITION OF POWER.

BUT I’M NOT IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE

TO FIGHT A CIVIL WAR NOW.

I HAVE BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE MY

HOME FOR MONTHS.

I’M NOT WORKING OUT.

I’M LIKE A CATERPILLAR THAT WENT

INTO A CONTACT COOP AND CAME OUT

AS A SHITTIER CATERPILLAR.

IF YOU’VE PAID ATTENTION TO

DONALD TRUMP, IT’S NOT SURPRISED

HE LIKES THE IDEA OF BEING A

DICTATOR.

HE’S WRITTEN MORE LOVE LETTERS

TO KIM JONG UN THAN HIS OWN

WIFE.

THE QUESTION IS WILL THE

REPUBLICANS ALLOW HIM TO GET

AWAY WITH IT?

AND TODAY SEVERAL HEAVY HITTERS

RESPONDED.

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS

DEFENDING THE IDEA OF A PEACEFUL

TRANSFER OF HOW WE POWER BUT UNW

TO ATTACK THE PRESIDENT

DIRECTLY.

SMART MITT ROMNEY TWEETING ANY

SUGGESTION A PRESIDENT MIGHT NOT

RESPECT THIS CONSTITUTIONAL

GUARANTEE IS UNTHINKABLE AND

UNACCEPTABLE.

FROM MARCO RUBIO, AS WE’VE

DONE FOR TWO CENTURIES WE WILL

HAVE A LEGITIMATE AND FAIR

ELECTION.

SENATOR MAJORITY LEADER MITCH

McCONNELL TWEETED THERE WILL

BE AN ORDERLY TRANSITION JUST AS

EVERY FOUR YEARS SINCE 1792.

THANK GOD.

MITCH McCONNELL SAYS THE

ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE

HONORED.

IF THERE’S ONE PERSON WHO’S WORD

WE CAN TRUST, MITCH McCONNELL.

A MITCH McCONNELL PROMISE IS

AS TRUSTWORTHY AS A HUSBAND WITH

GLITTER ON HIS FACE.

NOW HE SAYS THE WINNER OF THE

ELECTION WILL BE INAUGURATED.

IF BIDEN WINS, HE’LL COME OUT

LIKE, RRRR, ON NOVEMBER 16 THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD THEIR SAY,

WE CAN’T JUST ERASE THAT NOW,

MRRR, MRRR!

THEY VOTED ONCE, WHY AGAIN?

AT THIS POINT, THERE’S NOTHING

THE G.O.P. CAN DO TO PUT PEOPLE

AT EASE.

BECAUSE THEY TRY AND REASSURE

PEOPLE THEN ALWAYS END UP

BACKING TRUMP.

THE G.O.P. TREATS AMERICANS LIKE

A DOG BEING TAKEN TO THE VET.

YEAH, YOU TELL HIM THAT YOU’RE

GOING TO PARK AND BEFORE HE

KNOWS IT HE’S WAKING UP ON A

TABLE AND HIS BALLS ARE GONE.

AFTER 250 YEARS, AMERICANS HAVE

GROWN SOMEWHAT ATTACHED TO

LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY.

SO A LOT OF THEM ARE

UNDERSTANDABLY PRETTY UPSET

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

AND USUALLY, WHEN AMERICANS ARE

ANGRY AT TRUMP, THEY DON’T HAVE

A CHANCE TO TELL HIM DIRECTLY,

BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT

TODAY TRUMP WENT OUT TO PAY

RESPECTS TO THE LATE R.B.G., AND

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, WELL,

THEY LET HIM KNOW EXACTLY HOW

THEY FELT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST

LADY MELANIA TRUMP ARRIVED AT

THE SUPREME COURT THURSDAY

MORNING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO

JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

MOURNERS WAITING IN LINE TO DO

THE SAME BOOED AND CHANTED WHEN

THEY SAW THE PRESIDENT HAD

ARRIVED.

( BOOS AND CHANTING )

STEW OOOH!

THAT MUST SUCK!

IT’S LIKE TRUMP’S TWITTER

MENTIONS TURNED UP IN REAL LIFE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD YOU HAVE TO

BE TO GET BOOED AT A FUNERAL?

BASICALLY, PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, TWO

THINGS HAVE HAPPENED HERE --

DEATH AND YOU!

AND YOU’RE THE ONE WE’RE GOING

TO BOO!

ALTHOUGH TRUMP IS SO OBLIVIOUS,

HE PROBABLY TURNED TO MELANIA

WHEN THEY LEFT AND WAS, LIKE,

WHAT DID YOU DO TO THOSE PEOPLE,

MELANIA?

THEY DIDN’T LIKE YOU AT ALL.

I WILL SAY KUDOS TO THE

PRESIDENT.

I HALF EXPECTED HIM TO KICK

R.B.G.’S COFFIN OVER AND START

CURSING AT THE THE CROWD.

INSTEAD HE KEPT HIS COMPOSURE.

MAKES ME WONDER WHAT WAS GOING

THROUGH HIS HEAD?

( VOTE HIM OUT, VOTE HIM OUT )

YOU SIMPLY CAN’T COMPREHEND

THE GENIUS OF DONALD TRUMP.

OUR PRESIDENT HAS NO FEAR.

THIS IS OUR BEST PRESIDENT,

IN MY MEMORY.

YOU BOUGHT US VALUABLE TIME

BY TAKING THAT STRZOK ACTION,

MR. PRESIDENT.

IT WAS BRAVE, UNPRECEDENTED.

HE IS SMART, FILLED WITH

ENERGY.

NOBODY IS A CLOSE SECOND, AND HE

GETS MORE DONE IN A DAY THAN ANY

OTHER PRESIDENT I HAVE BEEN

AWARE OF OVER THE COURSE OF MY

LIFE.

MY FATHER ISN’T DETERRED BY

DEFEATIST THINKERS.

THE WORD "IMPOSSIBLE," WELL, IT

ONLY MOTIVATES HIM.

Trevor: OF COURSE, HE WENT

TO HIS HAPPY PLACE.

ALTHOUGH BOOING HIM MIGHT MAKE

SOME PEOPLE FEEL BETTER, TRUMP

REFUSING TO SAY HE WOULD LEAVE

OFFICE IF HE LOSES IS A SCARIY

THOUGHT.

BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD

HAPPEN WITH THAT KIND OF THREAT?

WELL, FOR MORE ON THIS, LET’S

TALK TO A MAN WHO’S REPEATEDLY

REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS APARTMENT

WHEN HIS LEASE IS UP.

OUR VERY OWN ROY WOOD, JR.

ROY, I NEED YOUR ADVICE ON THIS,

MAN.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF DONALD

TRUMP’S COMMENTS?

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE

WORRIED THIS COULD LEAD TO

ELECTION DAY VIOLENCE.

MAN, I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT

THAT, MAN.

TRUMP SAYS CRAZY STUFF ALL THE

TIME.

THAT’S WHAT HE DOES.

THIS AIN’T THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

HENRY PACK YOUR SHIT!

COME ON, SON, WE’VE GOT TO MOVE.

Trevor: SURPRISING THAT’S

YOUR POINT OF VIEW.

YOU’RE NOT WORRIED TRUMP WILL

REFUSE TO LEAVE OFFICE?

NO, NO, I’M NOT WORRIED.

IN FACT, TREVOR, EVERYBODY

SHOULD STAY CALM AND REMAIN AT

HOME, AND DON’T GO OUT BLOCKING

THE ROADS WITH THE PROTESTS OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY

THE ROAD BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY

AND THE CANADIAN BORDER.

( RINGING )

THAT’S MY PHONE.

HANG ON, MAN.

FRANCOIS, WHAT’S UP, GOT A ROOM

FOR ME IN MONTREAL OR NO?

THAT’S WHAT’S UP, MY DOG, I KNEW

YOU WOULD COME THROUGH.

I’LL HIT YOU WHEN WE’RE ON THE

ROAD.

Trevor: ROY, LOOKS LIKE

YOU’RE PACKING FOR A BIG TRIP.

NO, I’M JUST TESTING MY BAG.

YOU NEVER TESTED YOUR BAG JUST

TO MAKE SURE THE CLOTHES --

50 POUNDS -- LOOK, IT’S NOT LIKE

I’M ABOUT TO LEAVE AMERICA

BEFORE DONALD TRUMP DECLARES

HIMSELF KING FOR LIFE.

AND EVEN IF HE WAS GOING TO DO

IT DON’T YOU TRUST HIS FELLOW

REPUBLICANS TO STAND UP TO HIM?

Trevor: WHEN YOU PUT IT

LIKE THAT IT MAKES ME MORE

WORRIED.

NO, TREVOR, DON’T BE WORRIED.

THIS IS AMERICA.

WE’RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS,

MAN, YOU CAN BANK ON IT.

WHICH REMINDS ME I NEED TO CLOSE

MY BANK ACCOUNTS.

I NEED TO BOUNCE.

GOING TO GET WITH YOU, BROTHER.

Trevor: I’LL CHECK IN WITH

YOU LATER ON IN THE SHOW.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD?

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT

BUT YOU DON’T SEE ME AGAIN.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY CALM AND

REMEMBER THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET

THROUGH THIS.

HENRY!

COME ON, SON!

JUST GRAB A TOY!

GODDAM!

Trevor: ROY IS THIS

( DOOR SHUTS )

ROY WOOD, JR., EVERYONE.

WE’LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

WHEN WE COME BACK, TALKING ABOUT

THE BREONNA TAYLOR RULING, JEFF

DANIELS IS ON THE SHOW AND DESUS

SHOW.

FOR MONTHS NOW, BREONNA TAYLOR’S

NAME HAS BEEN CHANTED BY

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE

GLOBE, DEMANDING THAT THE POLICE

WHO KILLED HER BE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE, AND YESTERDAY THE

GRAND JURY MADE ITS DECISION.

NEW CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

FUELED BY PAIN, FRUSTRATION AND

OUTRIGHT DISAPPOINTMENT.

ONCE AGAIN RIPPLING ACROSS THIS

NATION.

OVERNIGHT PROTESTS BROKE OUT IN

MULTIPLE CITIES AFTER A GRAND

JURY DECIDED NO CHARGES WOULD BE

BROUGHT AGAINST LOUISVILLE

POLICE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF

BREONNA TAYLOR.

THE PROTESTS STARTED IN

LOUISVILLE BUT QUICKLY SPREAD

ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

DEMONSTRATIONS TOOK PLACE FROM

COAST TO COAST, L.A. TO NYC.

PROTESTORS GATHERED OUTSIDE

POLICE DEPARTMENTs AND

COURTHOUSES AND HELD RALLIES IN

MILWAUKEE AND ATLANTA, DEMANDING

JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR.

THE GRAND JURY DETERMINED THAT

THE OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED IN

FIRING THE FATAL SHOTS BECAUSE

TAYLOR’S PROI BOY FRIEND FIRED

AT THEM FIRST.

AN OFFICER LATER FIRED WAS

INDICTED BUT FOR SHOOTING INTO A

NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT, NOTHING

FOR THE KILLING OF BREONNA

TAYLOR.

Trevor: YES.

ALL OVER THE U.S., FRUSTRATED

PEOPLE REACTED TO A

DISAPPOINTING BUT PREDICTABLE

DECISION, WITH ONLY ONE OFFICER

BEING INDICTED, AND NOT FOR

SHOOTING BREONNA TAYLOR, BUT FOR

SHOOTING IN THE DIRECTION OF HER

NEIGHBORS.

AND YOU KNOW, AS I WATCHED WHAT

UNFOLDED YESTERDAY, WHETHER IN

THE STREETS OF KENTUCKY OR

BETWEEN PEOPLE INTERACTING

ONLINE, I FOUND MYSELF ASKING

ONE QUESTION, ONE QUESTION THAT

JUST COULDN’T GET UNSTUCK FROM

MY MIND, THAT WAS WHO IS WINNING

IN THIS WHOLE THING?

I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHO THIS

HELPS IN THE ELECTION.

TAKE DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN

OUT OF THIS BECAUSE I DON’T

THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL

BE SOLVED BY JUST AN ELECTION.

I’M TALKING ABOUT ON THIS

GROUND, THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, WHO

IS WINNING?

BECAUSE TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE

NOBODY IS WINNING.

BREONNA TAYLOR’S FAMILY ISN’T

WINNING, THEY LOST A LOVED ONE,

GOT NO JUSTICE AND HAVE BEEN

THRUST INTO A POLITICAL FIRE

STORM.

BLACK PEOPLE DEFINITELY AREN’T

WINNING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN

TOLD A COP CAN BARGE INTO YOUR

HOUSE AND SHOOT YOU.

NOT ONLY THAT, THEY CAN SAY THAT

THEY WERE DEFENDING THEMSELVES

IN YOUR HOUSE.

AND AS IF THAT WASN’T WILD

ENOUGH, THEY’LL ONLY GET IN

TROUBLE FOR THE SHOTS THAT THEY

MISSED?

SEEMS LIKE IF ONLY THE CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM VALUED BLACK

PEOPLE AS MUCH AS DRY WALL

BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS

TOLD THE SAME THINGS TIME AND

TIME AGAIN -- OH, BS JUST BE A

GOOD PERSON.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST HAD A JOB

OR DIDN’T DO CRIME, THE COPS

WOULD LEAVE YOU ALONE, BUT WHAT

IS NOW?

NOW IT’S BECOME, WELL, DON’T

HANG OUT WITH CRIMINALS, DON’T

HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT

HAVE A HISTORY AS CRIMINALS, OR

DON’T HANG OUT WITH ASSOCIATES.

DON’T EVEN LIVE IN A

NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S CONSIDERED

TO BE CRIMINAL.

BUT YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO TELL

BLACK PEOPLE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE

IF YOU TOLD THE POLICE TO DO

THEIR JOB BETTER AND NOT BURST

INTO PLACES ASSUMING EVERYONE IS

A CRIMINAL THREAT, THEN THIS

WOULDN’T HAPPEN.

BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T WINNING.

WHY DOESN’T AMERICA TREAT THE

POLICE AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR

OWN ACTIONS.

THEY’RE POLICE, NOT BEARS.

IF THEY WERE BEARS, YOU COULD

SAY BLACK PEOPLE, YOU SHOULDN’T

BE HANGING AROUND THE HONEY,

YOU’RE GOING TO GET HURT.

BUT THEY’RE HUMAN BEINGS WHO

SHOULD HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT

THEY.

DO AMERICA TELLS PEOPLE A STORY,

THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT MEANS

YOU SHOULD GET A GUN TO PROTECT

YOURSELF, BUT THEN THAT SAME

AMERICA TELL US THAT IF YOU USE

YOUR GUN TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN

YOUR HOME THEN THE COPS HAVE A

RIGHT TO KILL YOU.

AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A

TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT TO ME.

AND IF YOUR ANSWER IS, WELL, DON

SHOOT BACK AT THE POLICE

OFFICERS THAT YOU MISTAKE AS

INTRUDERS, I MEAN, YOU’RE

ADMITTING WHAT WE ALL KNEW WAS

TRUE AND THAT IS AMERICA IS A

POLICE STATE AND IT’S MOST

PROTECTED CLASS ARE POLICE

OFFICERS.

TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE NOBODY IS

WINNING BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE

ALSO NOT WINNING.

RIGHT?

ALL THAT HAPPENS NOW IS THAT

THEY LOSE THE TRUST OF THE

COMMUNITY THAT THEY’RE MEANT TO

PROTECT AND SERVE.

AND NOW, AS POLICE, THEY ARE

RUNNING AROUND PARANOID AS

(~BLEEP~), RUNNING THROUGH THE

STREETS, PREYING TO GOD THAT

THEY DON’T GET SHOT.

NOW TWO OF THEM WERE SHOT, WHICH

INONLY INCREASES THEIR PARANOIA.

POLICE ARE PARANOID, FAMILIES OF

POLICE ARE PARANOID WHEN THEIR

HUSBANDS OR WIVES LEAVE, THEY’RE

PARANOID BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE

AN OCCUPYING FORCE THERE TO

FIGHT AGAINST THE CITY.

THAT’S NOT WHAT POLICING IS

SUPPOSED TO BE.

YOU CAN’T HAVE EFFECTIVE

POLICING IF THE COMMUNITY ISN’T

ON YOUR SIDE.

POLICE AREN’T WINNING.

BEING A POLICEMAN IN AMERICA IS

TERRIFYING.

YOU’RE OLD EVERY DAY FROM YOUR

TRAINING SOMEONE IS GOING TO

PULL A GUN OUT OF THEIR GLOVE

COMPARTMENT AND SHOOT YOU.

IN PART THAT’S TRUE BECAUSE

AMERICA HAS SO MANY GUNS.

DOESN’T MATTER IF IT HAPPENS,

IT’S IN YOUR MIND.

BLACK AMERICA ISN’T WINNING

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FRAMING THEM

AS A VIOLENT POPULATION.

"BLACK LIVES MATTER" REPEATEDLY

SAID THEY’RE A NONVIOLENT

ORGANIZATION.

PEOPLE SAY THEN WHY DON’T YOU

CONTROL YOUR MEMBERS.

BECAUSE UNLIKE THE POLICE FORCE

THEY DON’T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP

STRUCTURE OR A RECORD OF THEIR

EMPLOYEES.

ANYONE CAN MARCH IN THE STREET

AND CLAIM THEY’RE PART OF "BLACK

LIVES MATTER."

WE DON’T KNOW IF SOMEONE IS.

SOMEONE CAN BREAK A WINDOW AND

SAY IT’S "BLACK LIVES MATTER."

WE DON’T KNOW.

BUT A POLICEMAN IS A POLICE

BEEN.

THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY’RE PART OF A STRUCTURE.

WHEN THEY’RE NOT, ONLY CHAOS

WILL ENSUE.

NOBODY’S WINNING.

THE PROTESTORS AREN’T WINNING.

MAYBE 2% OF PROTESTORS ARE

TRYING TO (~BLEEP~) SHIT UP FOR

ONE BUT BY AND LARGE PROTESTORS

DON’T WANT TO BE PROTESTING.

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO BE MARCHING

THROUGH THE STREETS CLASHING

WITH POLICE, TEAR GASSED,

BEATEN, ARRESTED.

THEY’D MUCH RATHER BE LIVING

THEIR LIVES, BUT THEY PROTEST

BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE CAN’T LIVE

THEIR LIVES.

NO ONE LOOKS AT A MARCH WHERE

PEOPLE ARE GETTING BEATEN BY THE

COPS AND SAY THIS IS A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY STEPS IN.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE

EXHAUSTED.

THEY’RE TIRED.

TIRED OF FEELING LIKE THEY’RE

HUNTED.

TIRED OF PROTESTING THE STREETS

IN ORDER TO BE VIEWED AS EQUALS.

THEY’RE TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING

THEM HOW TO PROTEST.

TRUST ME WHEN I SAY BLACK PEOPLE

WOULD RATHER BE AT HOME TAKING A

NAP.

NOBODY IS WINNING.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YESTERDAY GOT

TO ME WAS ESPECIALLY THE PART

WHERE THE KENTUCKY A.G. SAID TO

PEOPLE ANGRY ABOUT THIS

SITUATION THAT MOB JUSTICE IS

NOT JUSTICE.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JUSTICE

IS NOT JUSTICE?

THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT PART OF

THIS WAS JUSTICE?

IF YOU WANT TO SAY ALL OF THE

POLICE FOLLOWED THE LETTER OF

THE LAW, DID THEY?

DID THEY?

WHAT PART OF IT IS JUSTICE?

IF YOU LIED TO THE POLICE ABWHAT

HAPPENED DURING A CRIME, THE

POLICE CAN CHARGE YOU WITH

SOMETHING, BUT IF THE POLICE LIE

ABOUT WHAT THEY DID NOBODY FACE

THINKS CONSEQUENCES, IS THAT

JUSTICE?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THE

SYSTEM SAYS EVERYTHING THAT

HAPPENED IN THIS BREONNA TAYLOR

SHOOTING WAS LEGAL, ISSUING IS

NO-KNOCK WARRANT, BREAKING DOWN

THE DOOR AND KILLING HER IN THE

BED IS LEGAL.

JUSTICE ISN’T JUSTICE EITHER.

THE TRUTH IS NOBODY’S WINNING.

AS SOCIETY, WE’RE ALL LOSING

RIGHT NOW.

UNTIL THERE’S REAL JUSTICE,

NOBODY WINS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

SO EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH

DESUS NICE AND THE KID MERO.

WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR SHOWTIME

SERIES AND BRAND-NEW BOOK.

CHECK IT OUT.

DESUS AND MERO, WELCOME TO "THE

DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW.

WHAT’S UP.

GOOD TO BE HERE.

HOW YOU BEEN, MAN?

Trevor: I FEEL LIKE I

HAVEN’T BEEN AS GOOD AS YOU

GUYS.

I’M NOT GOING TO LIE.

THERE IS SOMETHING I ENJOY ABOUT

WATCHING YOUR SHOW WHEN NO

MATTER WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE

WORLD I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE

BODEGA BOYS ARE GOING TO KEEP ME

FEELING LIKE IT’S NOT THE WORST

DAY IN HISTORY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YEAH, BECAUSE THERE’S

PROBABLY GOING TO BE WORSE DAYS

IN HISTORY, TO BE FAIR.

THAT’S OUR NEW SASS.

WE ARE NOW THE COURT JESTERS TO

THE END OF AMERICA.

EVERYONE’S LIKE, HEY, DESUS AND

MERO, TAKE OUR MINDS OFF THE

FACT THAT THE WORLD SENDING.

WE’RE LIKE, HA HA!

WITH A BAND ON THE TITANIC.

Trevor: YOU’RE CRUSHING IT

BECAUSE YOU’RE THE FURTHEST

THING FROM BEING THE BAND ON THE

TITANIC BECAUSE YOUR SHOW GOT

RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON ON

SHOWTIME.

YOU’VE DESCRIBED THE SHOW AS

ALMOST LIKE BEING AT A

BARBERSHOP BUT WITH MORE FACTS.

YOU COVER THE NEWS BUT YOU SO

FAR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU COVER WHAT

THE STREETS ARE TALKING ABOUT.

FEELS LIKE, IN MY OPINION, OF

ALL THE LATE NIGHT SHOWS YOUR

SHOW WAS SHAKEN THE LEAST BY THE

CORONAVIRUS BECAUSE YOU GUYS

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WEARING

HOODIES, YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN -- I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE

SNEAKERS YOU HAVE BEEN ROCKING

EVERY SING DAILY TO HAVE THE

SHOW.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED FOR YOU IN

A BIG WAY?

JUST BALANCING WORK AND HOME

LIFE.

BEFORE, PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I

PUT EVERYTHING IN A NICE LITTLE

COMPARTMENT.

Trevor: RIGHT.

SO MY OFFICE IN THE STUDIO

WAS WORK AND MY HOUSE WAS MY

HOUSE WHERE I LIVE WITH MY KIDS

AND WIFE AND THERE WERE TWO

SEPARATE ENTITIES, LIKE

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

NOW WE’VE GOT THE CHURCH IN THE

STATE AND IT’S LIKE HOLDING A

BIBLE UPSIDE DOWN AND EVERYBODY

IS RUNNING AROUND ALL WILD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

SO THAT WAS THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT.

BUT AS FAR AS, LIKE, LOSING THE

AUDIENCE AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF,

THE SHOW’S ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE,

DESUS AND I BOUNCING JOKES OFF

EACH OTHER AND TRYING TO MAKE

EACH OTHER LAUGH A AS OPPOSED TO

SELLING A JOKE TO YOU, YOU KNOW

WHAT I MEAN.

Trevor: RIGHT.

SO THE ENERGY HAS REMAINED

THE SAME I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF

THAT.

AS FAR AS CONSUMING CULTURE

TO MAKE THE SHOW DEFINITELY

CHANGED BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS,

LIKE, YOU TURN ON THE NEWS AND

TWITTER OR WHATEVER AND YOU TAKE

IT IN AND TALK ABOUT IT THE NEXT

DAY ON THE SHOW, BUT YOU HAD THE

OUTSIDE LIFE, YOU HAD NEW YORK

CITY TO BALANCE THAT OUT.

YOU COULD GO TO A BAR OR MOVIES,

HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

NOW IT’S LIKE SIT IN FRONT OF A

TV, SCROLL ON TWITTER, TAKE IN

ALL THE INFORMATION, GO INTO

YOUR SNEAKER ROOM AND REPORT IT

AND MAKE IT ENTERTAINING TO THE

WORLD.

THAT’S A LITTLE DRAINER.

MENTALLY YOU HAVE TO BALANCE

YOUR MENTALES.

BUT LIKE MERO SAID, BASICALLY

THE SAME SHOW.

IT FEELS A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF

IMPORTANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE

GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM THE

SHOW.

BEFORE IT WAS ENTERTAINMENT, AND

NOW WE’VE GOT DR. FAUCI ON.

BEFORE YOUR SHOW WAS LIKE HERE’S

SOME LEVITY AND A LITTLE

INFORMATION.

AND NOW IT’S LIKE YOUR SHOW IS

GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THIS

PANDEMIC.

AND I KNOW YOU GET THAT THE SAME

WAY.

Trevor: ONE TO HAVE THE

THINGS I’VE LOVED ABOUT THE SHOW

NOW IS THE BACKGROUND.

I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE TO

KEEP THIS WHEN YOU GO BACK TO A

STUDIO IF YOU DO BECAUSE I LOVE

SEEING, LIKE, MORE OF WHO YOU

EACH ARE INDIVIDUALLY.

DESUS, FOR A FEW WEEKS, I

THOUGHT IT WAS A ZOOM

BACKGROUND.

I’M WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM

BACKGROUND OF THE SNEAKERS

BECAUSE NOBODY OWNS THAT MANY

SNEAKERS.

I GO, YO, BRO, REAL SNEAKER.

THAT REALLY HEIGHTENS THE SHOW

BECAUSE IT’S LIKE LOOK AT DESUS

WITH ALL THE SNEAKERS.

MERO IS IN THE BASEMENT OVER

THERE.

THE BACKGROUNDS ARE INDICATIVE

OF WHO WE ARE.

MERO WILL TALK ABOUT FAMILY

STUFF AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND I WILL BE THIS SNEAKER CAME

OUT, WHATEVER.

IT’S A GOOD BLEND.

IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE

ELSE.

EARLY ON WHEN ZOOM GOT

INTRODUCED TO HUMANITY, WE WERE

LOOKING AT EACH OTHER’S BRANDERS

AND DIDN’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO,

SHOULD I PUT A POTTED PLANT, A

FERN?

I’M GOING TO DO THE BACKGROUND

AND STAND OUT.

ROOM RATER, I WANT MY RATING!

YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?

THIS IS FOR THE CURATOR.

THERE IS NOT RANDOM CLUTTER.

Trevor: LET’S TALK ABOUT

YOUR NEW PROJECT.

YOU’VE DONE EVERYTHING, MADE

PODCASTS, TV SHOWS, A LIVE TOUR

GOING AROUND THE UNITED STATES

BEFORE CORONAVIRUS HIT AND NOW A

BOOK ENTITLED "GOD LEVEL

KNOWLEDGE DARTS," LIFE LESSONS

FROM THE BRONX.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN "GOD LEVEL

KNOWLEDGE DARTS."

THAT’S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF

INFORMATION YOU CAN GET.

IT’S CASUAL INFORMATION YOU GET

THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND

IT’S NOT THAT DEEP WHEN YOU HEAR

IT BUT WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK

ABOUT IT YOU’RE LIKE YO, WAIT A

MINUTE.

THAT’S WILD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

THINK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS KNOWLEDGE BUT IT’S IN A

DART FORM SO IT’S GOING TO

PENETRATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,

PENETRATE YOUR THIRD EYE AND

DECALS FY’YOUR PENIEL GLAND.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT’S LIKE IF YOU’RE DRUNK AT A PARTY OR ARE HIGH, SOMEONE

A PARTY OR ARE HIGH, SOMEONE

SAYS, IF YOU SPELL THE WORD SPOT

BACKWARDS, IT’S A DIFFERENT

WORD.

YOU START YOUR JOURNEY TO

ENLIGHTENMENT.

IT’S LESSONS WE LEARNED IN THE

BRONX SO MAYBE WE LEARNED THEM

SO YOU DON HAVE TO GO GO THROUGH

THAT.

ALSO IT’S A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHERE

WE’RE AT IN LIFE VERSUS A COUPLE

OF YEARS AGO.

THE PEOPLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO

MIGHT NOT BE THE PEOPLE YOU BAND

TO WATCH ON TV.

IT MAPS THE GROWTH THAT WE’VE

HAD.

IT’S TALKING ABOUT OUR

RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILIES, PEOPLE

DYING, SO YOU KNOW IT’S A GOOD

COLLECTION OF US.

I LOVED SOME OF THE TOPICS IN

THE BOOK BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS

BEEN AMAZED AT HOW COMMON OUR

STORY CAN BE REGARDLESS OF WHERE

WE’RE FROM IN THE WORLD.

THE HOOD SEEMS LIKE THE HOOD NO

MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.

ONE PART OF THE BOOK IS WHERE

YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE

BRONX TAUGHT YOU TO BE BROKE.

IT REMINDED TO ME OF SOMETHING

MY MOM SAID WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS

STARTED.

I SAID IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

YOU NEED ANYTHING?

SHE SAID, DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME,

I HAVE A Ph.D. IN GETTING

BROKE, I CAN HANDLE THIS IF

THINGS GET BAD.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN

THE BOOK.

DO YOU THINK THERE ARE LIFE

LESSONS IN THE BRONX SOMEBODY

DOESN’T LEARN IN A "GOOD LIFE"

THAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE TODAY?

FOR SURE, 100%.

IF YOU’VE NEVER GONE TO BED

HUNGRY OR NEVER HAD TO JUST

DRINK WATER SO YOU’RE NOT

HUNGRY, YOU COULD DEFINITELY

LEARN SOMETHING FROM THIS BOOK.

IF YOU’VE NEVER HAD TO, LIKE,

YOU KNOW, OH, I WANT MEAT WITH

MY FOOD TONIGHT SO LET ME THROW

IT DOWN MY PANT LEG AND WALK OUT

OF THE STORE.

YOU’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LEARN

A LESSON IN THE BOOK.

IT’S NOT ABOUT SUFFERING, THAT

SOUNDS WILD, BUT IT’S LIKE A

TIME CAPSULE TO A POINT IN OUR

LIVES WHERE IT WAS JUST, LIKE,

THESE WERE NOT JOKES THEN, IT

WAS REAL LIFE, AND WE HAVE TO DO

THIS TO SURVIVE.

DESUS TALKS ABOUT PAYING RENT ON

TIME AND ALL THESE TOPICS THAT

ARE REALLY COMMON ACROSS THE

BOARD, LIKE SURVIVING, EATING,

PAYING YOUR BILLS, ET CETERA.

Trevor: I KNOW YOUR

CHEMISTRY WORKS.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN THE TWO OF

YOU WERE TOGETHER THIS IS MAGIC.

SOTO SEE IT IN A BOOK, YOU HAVE

THE ALL CAPS THING, WHICH THROWS

ME OFF BECAUSE FEELS LIKE YOU’RE

SHOUTING AT MY OFF THE PAGES OF

A BOOK.

IT FEELS YOU’RE CAPTURED THE

ESSENCE OF BODEGA BOYS ON A

PAGE.

WERE YOU SHOCKEDT AT HOW WELL

THAT WORKED?

IT KIND OF WHREBDED ITSELF

BECAUSE AFTER DOING THE PODCAST,

LIVE SHOWS, TV SHOWS, IT’S

BASICALLY ANY FORMAT WE DO WE

KEEP THE SAME ENERGY AND

VIBRATOR ONVIBRATEON THE SAME FR

IT’S A GOOGLE DOCS, YOU’RE

WORKING ON THE SAME THING.

IF IT WAS OLD SCHOOL STYLE WHERE

WE WERE MAILING BACK AND FORTH A

WORD DOCUMENT, SOME OF THAT

ENERGY WOULD BE LOST BUT HAVING

A FREE-FLOWING LIVING DOCUMENT

LIKE A GOOGLE DOCUMENT WHERE

WE’RE WORK AT THE SAME TIME AND

YOU CAN SEE EACH OTHER WORKING,

THAT LENDED TO A STREAM OF

COMINGNESS AND DEFINITELY

FEELING LIKE A VERSION THAT’S

TYPED OF THE PODCAST.

Trevor: THE BOOK IS OUT,

SHOW IS SUCCESSFUL, I APPRECIATE

IT.

THANKS FOR JOINING ME.

A QUICK BREAK.

NEXT, I’LL BE TALKING TO JEFF

DANIELS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE

TO PLAY JAMES COMEY, YEAH,

F.B.I. JAMES COMEY. STICK AROUND.

EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH EMMY

AWARD WINNING ACTOR JEFF

DANIELS.

WE TALKED ABOUT HIS STARRING

ROLE AS F.B.I. DIRECTOR JAMES

COMEY IN THE UPCOMING SHOWTIME

MINISERIES "THE COMEY RULE."

I’M NOT SAYING THE F.B.I.

BELIEVES THESE ACCUSATIONS, WE

SIMPLY HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE YOU

AWARE OF THAT.

DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED TO DO

THERE, TO PROSTITUTES?

THE BUREAU HAS NOT PASSED

JUDGMENT ON THE TRUTH OF THE

ALLEGATIONS, OUR ENDEAVOR IS TO

PROTECT YOU.

Trevor: JEFF DANIELS,

WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL

DISTANCING SHOW.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

Trevor: TO SAY THAT I’M A

BIG FAN OF YOURS IS AN

UNDERSTATEMENT.

I HAVE TRULY ALWAYS ADMIRED

WATCHING HOW YOU EMBODY

CHARACTERS IN A RANGE THAT I

THINK FEW OTHER HUMAN BEINGS

CAN, AND I MEAN I FEEL LIKE

YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN.

THIS IS ALMOST WIDENED THE

BREADTH OF YOUR RANGE, YOU KNOW,

YOU’VE GONE FROM PLAYING ONE OF

THE BIGGEST DIM WITS IN HISTORY

IN DUMB AND DUMBER TO ONE OF THE

MOST COMPLICATED AND SERIOUS

HUMAN BEINGS JAMES COMEY, FORMER

HEAD OF THE F.B.I.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WHYS OF

COMEY AND HOW, WHICH IS HARDER

FOR YOU TO PLAY AS AN ACTOR.

USUALLY THE GUYS WHO ARE

SMARTER HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY.

LIKE WILL MCAVOY OR COMEY OR

ATTICUS FINCH OR BROADWAY, THERE

ARE LOTS AND LOTS LINES THAT

TAKE LONGER TO MEMORIZE.

HARRY IN DUMB AND DUMBER DIDN’T

OPEN HIS MOUTH NEARLY AS MUCH

AND SOMEONE THAT STUPID IS

EASIER TO LEARN SOMEHOW.

I DON’T KNOW.

BUT THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN

DIFFERENCE, YEAH.

Trevor: I WILL TELL YOU

THIS, THE COMEY TRULY AND

PLAYING JAMES COMEY COULD NOT

HAVE COME AT A MORE I THINK

FITTING MOMENT IN AMERICAN

HISTORY BECAUSE AS WE GEAR UP

FOR ANOTHER ELECTION, I THINK A

LOT OF PEOPLE REMEMBER BACK TO

2016 AND HOW ONE MOMENT IN TIME

SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED NOT JUST

THE ELECTION BUT AMERICAN

HISTORY FOREVER, AND THAT WAS

WHEN JAMES COMEY CAME OUT AND

ANNOUNCED HIS INVESTIGATION INTO

THEN CANDIDATES HILLARY CLINTON.

THIS SHOW IS INTERESTING BECAUSE

IT PRESENTS US WITH A DILEMMA

FROM COMEY’S POINT OF VIEW.

WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO GIVE US

IN TERMS OF FOR OR AGAINST HIM

IN TERMS OF HIS DECISIONS.

IN OCTOBER 2016, I REMEMBER

WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE

GOING TO REOPEN THE

INVESTIGATION AND I REMEMBER

THINKING SOMETHING LIKE WHAT IS

HE THINKING?

WHAT IS HE DOING?

I MEAN, WE WERE TWO DAYS AWAY --

BILLY BUSH’S BUS RIDE HAD BEEN,

LIKE, THE DAY BEFORE.

Trevor: RIGHT.

WikiLeaks WAS MAKING

NOISE ABOUT 33,000 E-MAILS THEY

WERE GOING TO LEAK, WHICH IS

WHAT COMEY HAD TO DEAL WITH.

DOES HE GET OUT IN FRONT OF

THAT?

BECAUSE GIULIANI IS GOING TO

LEAK IT.

SO HE -- TO PROTECT THE

INTEGRITY OF THE F.B.I., HE DID

THAT.

THAT’S WHAT YOU FIND OUT.

YOU FIND OUT HE WAS BETWEEN A

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE AND HE

COULDN’T PUNT, HE HAD TO DECIDE,

AND THERE WAS NO EASY DECISION.

ANYTIME THAT A POLITICAL OPINION

WOULD COME IN, WHETHER THROUGH

HIS TEAM THAT HE WAS TRYING TO

HELP HIM MAKE THE DECISION, HE

HAD TO SWAT IT AWAY BECAUSE IT

HAD TO STATE AN APOLITICAL

DECISION, WHICH I WAS UNAWARE

OF, THAT HE WORKED REAL HARD TO

PUSH BACK AGAINST TRYING TO AND

ALSO THE LEFT.

HE HAD TO STAY TRUE TO THE RULE

OF LAW, TO THE INSTITUTION OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE

INTEGRITY OF THE F.B.I., THESE

ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER

THAN JIM COMEY AND HE LOOKS AT

THEM LIKE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LOOK

AT THEIR RELIGION, AND THAT WAS

HIS NORTH STAR, AND HE MADE HIS

DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE THINGS,

AND EVERYONE ELSE’S THINKING

POLITICALLY, AND THAT KIND OF

JUMPED OUT AT ME.

Trevor: ONE THING I’VE

ALWAYS ENJOYED ABOUT TALKING TO

AN ACTOR BEHIND THE SCENES IS

LEARNING HOW THEY DISCOVER A

PART OF A HUMAN BEING THAT WE

DIDN’T GET TO SEE IN THE PUBLIC

EYE.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU

DISCOVERED ABOUT THE MAN THAT WE

NEVER GOT TO SEE BECAUSE WE WERE

LOOKING AT THE AGENT?

JIM COMEY WAS ACCUSED OF

BEING SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND A BOY

SCOUT AND HIS RIGHT WAS BIGGER

THAN YOUR RIGHT AND HIS

MORALITY.

CERTAINLY, IF YOU DISAGREED WITH

HIS DECISION OR LOOKING AT IT

POLITICALLY, I COULD SEE HOW YOU

WOULD GO TO THAT BECAUSE HE WAS

GOING, NO, I’M GOING TO SERVE

SOMETHING BIGGER.

BUT THE OTHER THING I LEARNED

ABOUT HIM, AND EVEN MORE SO IN

CONTRAST TO TRUMP, IS THAT JIM

COMEY, AT THE BOTTOM, AT THE

BOTTOM, IS HONEST, DECENT, OPEN,

WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

COMPASSIONATE, CARES ABOUT OTHER

PEOPLE, IS SELF-EFFACING, IS

HUMBLE, CERTAINLY AMBITIOUS, BUT

NOT TO THE POINT OF TRAMPLING

OVER PEOPLE.

THAT’S -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT

AND LOOK AT COMEY RULE, YOU SEE

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

IT’S NOT BOY SCOUT OR POLLYANNA,

IT’S WHO THE GUY IS, IT’S WHAT

HE BELIEVES, AND IT’S SHOCKING

TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE’VE HAD

FOUR YEARS OF THE OPPOSITE.

AND YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON

THE BALLOT, PUT DECENCY ON THE

BALLOT, PUT COMPASSION ON THE

BALLOT, PUT CARING ABOUT SOMEONE

OTHER THAN YOURSELF ON THE

BALLOT OR YOUR POLITICAL PARTY.

I’D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

JIM COMEY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF

THAT AS A FORMER REPUBLICAN, BY

THE WAY.

THAT’S WHAT HE USED TO BE.

I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS NOW.

Trevor: WELL, I’LL TELL YOU

THIS -- YOU’VE DONE IT BEFORE.

I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT YOU’VE

DONE IT AGAIN.

IT IS A STELLAR PERFORMANCE THAT

BRINGS TO LIFE SOMEONE THAT

EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY KNEW AND

MAYBE WE’LL GET TO KNOW A LITTLE

BIT BETTER AND TELLS A STORY I

THINK EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE

TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY BEFORE

GOING INTO ANOTHER ELECTION.

JEFF DANIELS, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING ME ON THE SHOW.

THANK YOU, TREVOR.

PLEASURE.

Trevor: THANKS FOR THAT

WE’LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.

TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE GO,

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HONOR

JUSTICE RUTH BADER

GINSBURG AND HER LEGACY,

CONSIDER DONATING TO THE ACLU,

INCLUDING THEIR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

PROJECT.

THE ACLU WOMEN’S RIGHTS PROJECT

WAS CO-FOUNDED BY R.B.G. IN

1972, AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN

LEADING THE FIGHT FOR GENDER

EQUALITY THROUGH LITIGATION AND

ADVOCACY.

IF YOU CAN HELP THEM IN THEIR

CAUSE, PLEASE VISIT THE LINK

BELOW AND DONATE WHAT YOU CAN.

UNTIL NEXT TIME -- STAY SAFE OUT

THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND I HOPE

YOU’LL HAVE PEACEFUL TRANSFER TO

NEXT WEEK.

NOW, HERE IT IS -- YOUR MOMENT

OF ZEN.

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WELL, THE QUOTE OF THE DAY

COMES FROM MY NEW BOOK, IF TRUMP

CAN WIN AGAIN, HE WOULD JOIN

WINSTON CHURCHILL AND ALEXANDER

THE GREAT AMONG THE GREATEST

LEADER OF WORLD HISTORY.

WHAT?

IS THIS MAN JOKING?

SAY THAT TO MY FACE, I’M

ALEXANDER THE FREAKIN’ GREAT TO

QUOTE MYSELF.

(~BLEEP~) YOU, LOU, YOU PASTY-FACED DONUT.