The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart Tackles the RNC and Trump Assassination Attempt | Bill O’Reilly

Episode Date: July 17, 2024

Jon Stewart unpacks the opening night of the RNC, where Republicans called for unity while attacking the Democrats’ agenda, and J.D. Vance made his big reveal as VP candidate. Jon also weighs in on Biden's feisty NBC interview with Lester Holt, and the flood of internet conspiracies in the wake of the assassination attempt of Donald Trump. Plus, Bill O’Reilly sits down with Jon, despite their differing ideologies, to discuss his new book “Confronting the Presidents.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday?

I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is the Daily Show with your host, John Stewart. Welcome! To the day I'm sorry. How are you? How are you? Please, please.

How is everybody doing? Wow. Wow. What a terrible fucking week. What a terrible fucking week. Hey, John, come back to the daily show, just for the election, it'll be fine. You'll do one day a week, it'll be a larf. What could go wrong?

Yeah. Obviously, we were supposed to be doing our shows from Milwaukee for the RNC this week. But because of the attempt on the former president's life, our venue, the venue in which we had planned to do the shows, a theater, which was originally located in the soft perimeter, they called it, security-wise, was shifted, understandably so, to the hard perimeter. They called it the hard perimeter. You really don't want to be in the hard perimeter. It was locked down.

They built cages around the theater. And because of that, we felt that we could not logistically put on the theater shows effectively without people. But I do want to say the theater shows effectively without people. But I do want to say to the city of Milwaukee, the mayor of Milwaukee could not have been more accommodating to the show, more gracious to us. We thank you so much. I do hope that we will be able to come back to Milwaukee. We really do want to come back at some point

and make up some of the events we had planned, especially our in-dog decision. We get dogs adopted and people registered to vote. Or it's the other way around. I don't really I don't remember. But as always the biggest slice of praise is reserved for our production team and crew. They turn this ocean liner around on a dime. On a dime. It is a big production to take a show like this on the road, on short notice, our crack production team and our crew got us back to New York City, rejiggered all the things in the studio to get us ready to do a program this very Tuesday night.

It's remarkable work and I just want to thank this afternoon. Remarkable. Remarkable. Remarkable. Remarkable. All right. But, even though we are not in Milwaukee, last night one of the RNC, and obviously, after what happened this weekend, there was a clear theme going in.

Obviously right now, unity is a theme that we need to be focused on. I think that we're going to hear a lot of unifying type speeches. We got to create some unity. The vitriol and the hatred, it needs to stop. We should bring the temperature down. Let's turn this moment into a moment that helps us down that path of healing and unity. Wow. That is Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

He is known as a particularly divisive, divisive, or whoever you want to pronounce that, a divisive figure. So to hear that healing rhetoric coming from Ron Johnson is impressive. I, for one, look forward to hearing his unifying remarks on the convention floor. Today's Democrat agenda, their policies are a clear and present danger to America. I'm sorry. I guess he's what's known as unity in the streets divisive in the sheets. I'm sorry. I guess he's what's known as unity in the streets divisive in the sheets.

But, to be fair, to be fair, to be fair, and I want to be fair in the streets divisive in the sheets But to be fair To be fair and I want to be fair in this new environment Senator Johnson did not mean to stoke anger his teleprompter did What he wanted loaded in the prompter was that we needed a somber moment in history We should heed president Trump's call to unite to be strong, to be determined. He must heal. He said, I don't know how the other one got in there and screwed up the teleprompter, but again, he went ahead and read it. What a douchebter.

What a dou-sha-bag! Sorry? I didn't mean to say that. That was in my teleprompter. I apologize. Rogue teleprompters weren't the only ones having trouble adjusting to the Republicans' new tone. One particularly fiery member of Congress struggled mightily as her body rejected the unity theme, as though it were transplanted like a monkey heart. The founding father of the America First Movement, Donald John Trump. Make America successful again. Wealthy again. The country we deserve. She knows she's making that noise, right?

Or is that the noise she makes when the interior monologue is going, Marjorie, there's going there's going to be plenty of time to talk about satanic. Democrats, just keep it in. Marjorie, just, I just, oh, this is hard to do. Oh, man. But perhaps the weirdest moment of last night was when the RNC looked like it was turning into the DNC. One of its featured speakers was Amber Rose, founder of the LA Slot Walk and a sex-positive pro-choice internet celebrity.

Donald Trump and his supporters don't care if you're black, white, gay, or straight. It's all love. It's all love. It's love. You just better hope all that love doesn't lead to an ectopic pregnancy because that's a... Oh. I mean, the guys know what I'm talking about. They're feeling that in the old philopian tubes over there.

But the moment that really felt like the DNC had snuck into the RNC was when Sean O'Brien, the president of the Teamsters Union and apparently Rob Cordry Doppleganger, came up to the lectern. Come on, Cadry! It's an honor to be the first Teamster in our 121 year history to address the Republican National Convention. The crowd went crazy. 21-year history to address the Republican National Convention. The crowd went crazy until he began to tell them what he thinks.

Legal protections that make it safer for workers to get a contract. Trade policies that put American workers first. Labor law must be reformed. Companies fireworkers who try to join unions and hide behind toothless laws that are meant to protect working people, but are manipulated to benefit corporations. They're the cheers on the floor of the convention. Yes, apparently Republicans are pro-worker now, and pro-union. I hope somebody tells all the Republican governors who passed right-to-work anti-union laws in their states and all the Republican-appointed judges who made it easier to break unions, and Donald Trump himself, who helped kill a bill that would have protected unions.

And they're going to be so embarrassed. Oh, nothing. But of course, the main event from last night was the crowning of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, air apparent. No, not that guy. No? There you go. The other dark-haired bearded dude right in front of that one, J.D. Vance. I gotta tell you something, man, that ain't right. It's like for Vice President, Donald selected the actor who would be hired to play Don Jr. in the lifetime. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. thu. tho. tho. tho. the the the thi. thi. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thean.ean.ean.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e. the the the the the the actor who would be hired to play Don Jr. in the lifetime movie.

It's not right. It's like Don Jr. was the beta version that had to have some kinks worked out. He's the default avatar in the video game and the Donald Trump, Senior, adjusted the pretty eyes and charisma sliders up a little bit. 66 intelligence. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. And then it was time for Donald Trump's big entrance. The great Lee Greenwood did the honors with a rousing rendition of God bless the USA. Is there any doubt who's going to be the next president of the United States. Prayer works, this nation based on fame,

prayer works, because he was sure as Donald Trump turned his head just slightly, that the bullet missed him just enough. You know what, I'm sorry, Lee, we're going to have to skip ahead just a little bit. None of the side patter if you could. The Great Lee Greenwood! Introducing Donald Trump, here we go. We have believed for so long that God will make some changes in this country. And he's about to make a change in the current administration and send them home. Thank you everybody for being here. Just fucking get to it!

The man is wearing a time-release ear sab for God's sake. Help for our veterans and God bless our military wherever they are in this United States. And abroad. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president at the United States. They cut him off. Is it possible to bring out another band to play a band off? But then finally Donald Trump himself arrived, waving to his enduring crowd, and then went to sit down in what can only be described as some sort of chair trap. Oh, what's that?

What, what is that? What, that? What, that, what's that? That? That, oh, well, that's, what is that, a beanbag? What the hell? Meanwhile, back at the back cave, Joe Biden was sitting down with NBC news anchor, Lester Holt to answer questions about what he would do to cool our nation's overheated rhetoric. Have you taken a step back and done a little soul searching on things that you may have said that could incite people who are not balanced. How do you talk about the threat to democracy, which is real, when a president says things

like he says, do you just not say anything, he may incite somebody? My opponent is engaged in that rhetoric. He talks about to be a bloodbath if he loses. Like when I remember the picture of Donald Trump Trump Trump Pelosi's husband's hip with a hammer going, talking about, joking about it? This doesn't sound like you're turning down the heat, though. He's not turning down the heat, though. He's not telling you what the other guy's been saying. How are you supposed to discuss the temperatureature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature temperature the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the temperature of the rhetoric if you're not allowed to mention the Reddit Rick. It became clear that Biden was ready to turn it down. For everybody but Lester Holt.

Are you seeing what they saw, which was moments of, frankly, that appeared to be confused? Lester, look, why don't you guys ever talk about the 18 to 28 lies he told? Where are you in on this? Oh shit. Seriously, you won't answer the question, but why in the press talk about the all lies he told? Let me ask you something, Lester. Let me ask you something. Let me, let me, let me ask you this. Who's got two thumbs, Lester?

And it's about to beat your ass. But of course this entire debate over rhetoric is happening because of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump over the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania, which was obviously terrifying and disorienting. And I think I learned that in an emergency, when shit hits the fan in this country, the internet is a great source of information. For instance, within minutes, I found out that this is staged. And then I found out that it was actually an inside job. And then I found out that it was Joe Biden who ordered it.

And then I found out that this guy is the shooter. Great job internet, you did it. Except it turns out that that guy is an Italian football commentator named Marco Violi. Who does, to be fair, look a little shooterry. But I can only assume was in Italy sipping aperal spritzes on the piazza when he got a panicked call from his no-not. Marco! Marco!

Why am Marco? Why am I'm not? I have a slight confession to make, and I am not proud of this in any way, shape or form. And I have to say, and I'm not, I have a slight confession to make, and I am not proud of this in any way, shape or form. But I'm following social media during all this to find out who did it. Because it's this pattern I feel like we now have in the country when we hear about a horrific event. You're on pins and needles in this sort of reverse demographic lottery. To make sure that the psychopathic shooter doesn't

belong to one of your teams. You know you just sit there going please no Democrats no liberals no progressives it's like that press your luck game no no Jewy no Jewy no Jewy no Jewy no Joey no Joey no Joey and we're all doing it we're all doing it because we have to know what our posture will be on the tragedy will it be a haughty I told. No. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. to. to. to. to. to. to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the to to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the t. t. the the. te. the the te. the te. the to to to to the to to the the to to to know what our posture will be on the tragedy. Will it be a haughty, I told you? Or perhaps a circumspect. Well, let's not rush to judgment. We shouldn't generalize.

And then it ends up being someone we can't even figure out in the first place. A bullied loner white guy, registered Republican, donated to a blue pack, argued conservative causes, is a dude, but if you flip his picture upside down, kind of looks like an old lady. I don't know what's going on with this guy. It's a jump ball. We don't know yet. Who's got dibs? Who wins? And none of us knows what's going to happen next. Other than there will be another tragedy in this country, self-inflicted by us, to us. And then we'll have this feeling again. I remember it on 9-11.

This disorienting, holy shit, stop the world. I would like to get off feeling. And in that moment, there will be some incredible Americans who, in the midst of it, for some unknown reason, rush towards it, and get us back to some sort of equilibrium. And we'll count on those folks to hold us together again. And it does remind us that by a hair's breath, we dodged a catastrophe. But it was still a tragedy, because one of those first responders lost his life. His name was Corey Comparator. He was a retired fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire. He had their. He had their. He had their. He had their. He had their. He had their. He had their. He had given their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. And their. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. their. their. their. their. their their their th. thi. thi. thi. thi. And thi. And thi. And th. And th. those first responders lost his life. His name was Corey Comparator. He was a retired fire chief in the area. He had given his life in service to his community and he died literally shielding his family. He's a reminder that in those moments of crisis there are helpers and we can all make a

choice to try and be one of those people. Or you can be one of these guys. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting. the shooting, the shooting, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. to to thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. toda. toda. toda. toda. today. today. today. today. t. t. t. t. you can be one of these guys. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, an article from Forbes titled, Will Surviving Gunfire Be Donald Trump's next appeal to black voters? Not helping! When we come back, Bill O'Rowell John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many

of them come out on Thursday. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. What about me, Bill Show, my guest tonight, he is the host of the O'Reilly Update, and he's the author of the forthcoming book, Confronting the President. Please welcome back to the program, Bill O'Reilly, sir. Come on now. Take the time. Sit up, right? Sit up, right.

Sit down. Thanks for me. Take your time. Take your time. William. Yes, sir. William. Yes, sir.

You, the, our country, we are in such a dangerous moment. You've written books on almost every assassination as you have a whole line of the killing the killing the children's series you write about killing presidents is the time we're in in your mind are we in a unique time in American history of polarization or as you looked back on those other moments of terrible tragedy in our country are there similarities or differences? Yeah it's not unique but the social media and the corporate media heightened everything so you're saying Lincoln's tweets were not a part of he had to like get a pigeon and throw them out

the window and right right make, it makes sense. But the assassins all have one thing in common. They were all mentally ill. All of them. And most of them did their terrible deeds because they were in a rage and you're going to find out that this guy in Pennsylvania fits both of those categories. That has been human nature since they were in a rage and you're going to find out that this guy in Pennsylvania fits both of those categories. That has been human nature since they got a case. So do you believe then that the political rhetoric? I mean John Wilkes Booth was clearly a political actor, no, but he was also mentally ill. Well John Wilkes Booth was a fanatical conservative and racist who hated Lincoln. Good thing that's gone out of the country. Well, that's that's tha thiiiiiiii. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. they're th. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they were they were they were they were they were they were they were they were they were they were they were they were, they were, they were, they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they're they're th. they're thi. they're thi. thi. they're thi. thi. that that that that that that that that that that that that thateeat that thateat. that thateee. So. So, they're that's gone out of the country. Well, that's what I'm saying. No, I know.

I was saying it too. I'm saying that's good. We were both saying it. No, we're obviously sharing that opinion. We're sympathical. Yes, exactly. Exactly. So it's not new. Right. But we're now in a society where

hatred is rewarded. It's incentivized. It's monetized. That's right. And I'm on a the hate brigade is now pulling back a little bit because they have to but they're going to be back in two weeks because they get paid to do this. They're so untalented. And I and I... But you and I... Oh boy. I want to make this point this this this this to make this to make to make this to make this to make to make this to make to make this to make to make to make this point to make to make this point to make to make this point to to this to to to this to this this this this this the this this the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. to. to. their. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. to. to. to. their their their their to. their their their. their. their. their. their. their. the get paid to do this. They're so untalented. And I want to make this point because Stuart and I have a history, all right, we go back. But if you watch, if you Google, all right, Stewart and I. Ship's passing in a night, it's really. We are able to disagree without hating each other. Now, I truly hate him, but I don't show it. You hold it very well.

I don't put it up. No, absolutely. But now, that's not rewarded. That kind of detent where two people look at life differently isn't rewarded. The haters get the big money. And so, that's what you have. And I think all Americans start to hold the corporations accountable. You can't do anything about the guys in the basement

that are chucking this stuff out and you just had it on, these conspiratorial nuts. Can't do anything about that. But you can say to corporations, you better knock this stuff off. You better stop calling people racist and Nazis and this and that. Now your question, and thank you for letting me take over the show. Did I have a question? I don't remember. Thank you for letting me. While you were talking, I was watching, I was watching.

I was watching a different program. I'm watching South Park reruns right now. I then I have a follow-up to this, which I think is important. Okay, so your question is then, what can people do about this? All right? Reject it. Don't celebrate it. So this kid, 20 years old in Pennsylvania, and we don't know what caused him to do that. We knew he was a miserable kid who was bullied and all of this stuff, right? We all know that. But we don't get into, oh, he's a Republican. That's the first thing they said on the view. The first thing they said on Monday, on the view, there's a Republican. Stop it.

That does nobody any good, all right? But Bill, let me, let me push back a bit. Look, you and I are both, somewhat fossil practitioners of the rhetorical arts that are confrontational at times, provocative at times, and we made a really spectacular living pushing those envelopes. It seems now to say, hey, these other people should stop. Hey, look. It's like, it's like, itto say, hey, these other people should stop. Hey, look. Well, it's like, it's like, it's like,

free speech, but don't you believe, let me put it this way. No, go ahead, Stuart. We keep saying like, we don't know why these people do it. They're all mentally ill, but let's stop the rhetoric. Even though we have no idea, wouldn't it be better to come up with people can be passionate people can defend their position and shouldn't we be shouldn't the argument be we have to start arguing with each other in good faith okay so Biden made a good point last night in the Lester Holt interview when he said what am I supposed to do not criticize Trump because I

feel it is a threat to our demarcism. Because I feel he's the Third Reich, you know, okay. You know he didn't say that. But no, but he was thinking it, Stuart, he was thinking and I can read him. Stop monetizing your anger. So anyway, stop. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it one day. But he made a point where I got a critiote criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to criticize to to to to true. Yes. Yes. true. to to true. to to to to to true. to to to th. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that the the the the the the the the the the to to to to to do to do the to do to do to do to do to do the to do to do to do true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. the true. true. the true. the that. that. that. that. that. the the the th. he made a point where I gotta criticize the guy because I don't believe he's good for America and I believe he's X, Y, and Z. Okay. Criticism is good. Robust debate is good. I like coming on here in front of all of your friends out here.

And the audience you know, I have no friends here. Well, my just here. Well, I'm giving them that one. Okay. So we have made a nice living confronting other people, sometimes making fun of them. Yes. Sometimes making fun of them. Yes. Sometimes serious debate. I'm going to do your podcast tomorrow. Correct. And now I'm gonna kick your butt. Okay. So, but we don't want to see them at least. I don't. see. the th. the. the. the. th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. tr. tr. tr. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I tr. I tr. I. I true. I true. I th. I th. I th. I the. I the. I your podcast tomorrow, correct, and now I'm going to kick your butt. Of course. So, but we don't want to see them at least I don't, destroyed. Right. That's the difference. The fanatics on the left and the right want to see their opposition destroyed. They want to hurt to hurt them. But I've heard a lot about it. And even from you, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be that that that that that th. I that th. I that th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm not th. I'm not arguing that thoes thoes thoes thoes thoes. I'm thi. I'm thoom. I'm thoom. thoomoomoomoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. th. th. their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm the. I'm the. I'm the. I'm thea. I'm toea. I'm toea. I'm toea. I'm thea. I'm thea. I'm thea. I'm the. I'm them. But I've heard a lot about, and even from you, to be fair, you're not arguing that point, are you? I'm not arguing that point. I think that's a more measured point than you've probably been making, and that I've been hearing.

Most of your points, from what I've been following, is that the left has to take it down a notch. I thin I ran a montage on the no-spin news last night, it's on Bill O'Reilly. By the way, four million... By the way, happy. Log on, it is hard to get on there. It is. It's not hard for the four million people that watch me over the weekend. Yeah, four million? Four million? Wasn't hard for them. That's a lot of cheese. Thank you. All right. So I ran a montage of haters on the left and the right. Okay. I just, and I didn't have to, but right now, he's terrible, I just let their words speak for themselves.

On the right, and I don't know if you would argue this, there is a feeling that they haven't been doing that and that it is the purview of the left. Okay, there's been a lot of that it is the purview of the left. Okay, there's been a lot of that. People believe what they want to believe, but those of us who are seen and fact-based, and that might not be you. We know what reality is because we can see and hear it. But we're no longer agreeing. How can we have a conversation about rhetoric?

If we can't even agree, if there are delusions of it's really only them. I mean, when I watch the guy from the Heritage Foundation say, the revolution will be bloodless if the left, you know, allows that. And you're just like, what are we doing here? You know, some of the fears of people are justified. Tens of millions of women lost access to reproductive choice based on the decisions of that party. Those are real life consequences of great gravity and weight. How do we talk about those in a way that, so that you're able to express it? It's not difficult

to talk about it and you don't have to... It seems like it is. The mistake that you made, one of the many. Yeah, understood. You're trying to get the fringe people to to to to to the to the fringe the fringe people to get the fringe people to get the fringe people the fringe people to get to get to get the fringe people the fringe people to the fringe people to to to the fringe people to to to the fringe people to to the fringe people to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to. It seems like it is. See, the mistake that you made, one of the many. Yeah. Understood. You're trying to get the fringe people into be reasonable. You're never going to do that. The Harris Foundation lead is not the fringe. And when I watch... No, no, no, no. It is. The people don't know acrimony, they don't want violence. I don't doubt that. Those are the

people you play to, not the fringe people who are just out there wanting to, as I said, destroy the other party. Your candidate? Why, no, I don't have a candidate. Oh, okay. Okay. Registered independent. See, that's what this guy did and the... No, no, no, I understand. No, this is what you did. I really did to take a look at this Cornell Westfellow. Right. If you guys watch the rumble in the air-conditioned auditorium, he did the same thing.

Listen to me. Listen to me. Yes, I'm listening. The candidate who represents many of your kinfolk. Kinfolk. He said, yeah. The election was stolen and and rigged. Right. And drove people to this madness on on January 6th. How are we to deal with that truly, you know, what is the hallmark of a democracy, peaceful transfer, power, put that in jeopardy? That has haunted him every day since. Oh, he's paid a terrible price. No, he has. Can I explain the price?

He's going to go back to the White House and have to fix the damage himself. If he had to fix the damage himself. If he had, oh, uh, oh, uh, paint that wall. If Trump hadn't done that on January 6th, he'd be ahead of Biden by 25 points in the poll. I mean, that's how bad Biden has been for the country. Well, I disagree with that, but that's all that's... Of course you do, but that's okay. Well, I can back it up. Do you want to to? Okay, I mean, I'm going to ruin your day. I'm going to ruin your day, Stuart. You brought a handkerchief? All right. I was prepared for this. Food prices under Biden up 20%. Gas prices 38. Mortgage rates 160%. Yeah, prices are gone. Drug Ode's 36%, okay? Car insurance 125% up.

These are folks. They have to spend that money. Listen, there's no question that post-pandemic, this country and the world have suffered. Trump had two years of post-pandemic. Right, but Trump ran an $8 trillion on tax cuts. He deregulated inflation was cut. 1.5% when he walked out the door. But look at it in relation to the world. I respectfully say, yes, inflation was too high,

and that hurts American consumers. You want this? So what did Biden do to create that, though? I don't know, and that's what I would have asked. So basically, you wrote down a piece of paper, but you didn't look up the answer? No. I, I, I want to, we're going to need two days on the broadcast. I want to, wait, wait, wait, wait., you're saying, why are the Biden do it? I'm not going to hear it and say... If you don't mind, that was a very poor impression of how I've been saying,

I'm saying, oh, I don't want to do it? Eh, that's not too easy. Okay. So my job as a journalist is to say to you. Oh, when did you get that's that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's the job, the job, to get to get to to get to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, and to, and to say, and say, and say, and say, and say, and say, and say, and say, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th job. You really make it too easy. We're going to talk to them all. We've got to go. This is too long. Thank you for being here.

Confronting the president's comes out, September 10th, available for pre-order, Bill O'Reilly. We're going to take a quick break. We'll go to be talking about. All in the election. John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio, on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. That is also up for tonight. But before we go, we're going to check in with your host for tomorrow night, Mr. Ronnie

Chang. Right on it! Obviously, big things going on, what do you have plan for Wednesday night? Well, John, I'm going to be talking about J.D. Vance, the perfect vice presidential pick for the Trump ticket. He's tall, he's bearded, and most importantly, he's loyal. Well, I mean... I don't know, loyal.

Like, he thought Trump was basically Hitler a few years ago, so... Ah, come on, okay? If that's the standard, then nobody is loyal, all right? Like, who hasn't called their boss Hitler at some point? Have you called me Hitler? Have you called me Hitler running? John, now is a time for unity, okay? It doesn't... Have you called me Hitler Ronnie? John, now is a time for unity, okay? It doesn't matter.

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