The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Roy Wood Jr. Covers The Anticipation of Trump’s Indictment | Sen. Cory Booker

Episode Date: April 4, 2023

Roy Wood Jr. begins his week as guest by tackling updates on Trump's indictment, Fox News warning about violence, and the Angel Reese - Caitlin Clark taunting controversy from the NCAA women's basketb...all championship game. Sen. Cory Booker chats about the implications of Donald Trump's indictment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to the Daily Show. My name is Roy Wood Jr. This is what's happening right now. This is a big moment for me. So I want to thank my mom. I want to thank the city of Birmingham. I want to thank Florida A&M University. This, this, this is a big moment for me. So I want to thank my mom. I want to thank moment for me. So I want to thank my mom. I want to thank the city of Birmingham.
Starting point is 00:00:46 I want to thank Florida A&M University. Most importantly, I've got to think Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appreciates you for hooking the brother up with an indictment during my week. Big show, big show tonight. We got the homie Senator Corey Booker in here in case there's any political news that's coming up. But first, but first before Corey Booker, let's get into the headlines. Hit it, DJ. We ain't got no DJ. Let's get right into it. Now look, I know everybody want to talk about Trump, but first let's talk about the opposite of Trump. Women's Basketball.
Starting point is 00:01:25 Last night, the LSU Lady Tigers beat Iowa in a tournament that had record-breaking viewership. But it wasn't just who won the game that left people talking. Controversy following last night's game after LSU sophomore, Angel Reese taunted Iowa star Caitlin Clark. Commentators and fans online calling Reese disrespectful and unclassy. But Reese pointed out that no one cared when Clark had made the same gesture in a previous game. Oh, oh, oh, oh, did you see what that black woman did to the white woman who did the same thing to a previous woman in a previous game.
Starting point is 00:02:03 Must tweet. Can't resist, must tweet. Ah. First off, Caitlin Clark herself was okay with the shit. She was fine with it, because Caitlin gets that trash talk is part of the game. And I agree. Personally, I think trash talk is good for sports. Sports is better when there's trash talk. Even better when they might start the war. You can't see me, you can't see me. And to be honest, man, this was some good competition, y'allon, you know, Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese. This might be the new Magic Johnson versus Larry Byrd. This might be the start of a feud
Starting point is 00:02:40 that bleeds into the professional and into the WNBA. You think Caitlin Clark ain't back in Iowa right now training? You think she ain't right now dunking off the side of a barn? Hell, LSU might have messed up and created a monster. The last thing you want in your life is a white woman with a grudge. You seen them movies? Didn't white women get mad? Hey, you get a white woman mad? They keep coming and keep coming and come. Did you all see alien? That alien pissed off Sigourney Weaver one time and
Starting point is 00:03:12 then Sigourney whopped that alien's ass for four straight movies. Then she went and sick to predator on their ass. But let's move on to the real championship game. The state of New York versus Donald J. Trump. Oh Trump, oh Trump, it was indicted last week for paying a porn star hush money. You know Trump got to be mad. He paid all that hush money. Did nobody hush. It's messed up. It's in the word. Hush. But no affair, no affair has been less hushed than this one. Everybody know about
Starting point is 00:03:53 this damn affair. There's uncontacted tribes in the Amazon who know that Trump bones, Stormy Daniels are. I do not know what a plane is. But I do know that Storm and Daniel spank Trump with a magazine. Now, excuse me, say, now look, now if you notice I did not do a native accent, I'm not trying to get canceled on my first day. I am holding a spear, my back, but I didn't do no accent. The point is, Trump has been indicted, and tomorrow, the circus is coming to town. New York City this morning, preparing,, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, preparing, to tomorrow the circus is coming to town. New York City this morning, preparing to become the setting for an unprecedented legal and political drama as Donald Trump returns to face the criminal charges against him.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Mr. Trump expected to face some 30 separate charges, the first ever filed against a former president in an indictment handed up last Thursday. Still secret and under seal until his arraignment. Mr. Trump's arraignment Tuesday will include being processed at the courthouse, with fingerprints and a DNA sample expected to be taken as well. But he likely won't be handcuffed, and secret service agents will protect him at every turn. That's right. Trump's got to provide a DNA sample. Which if you think about it, that's kind of how he got in this mess in the first place.
Starting point is 00:05:13 Upside with Trump's DNA, the upside with Trump's DNA, now the NYPD could probably solve a bunch of cold cases from the 80s. Why are they arraigning him like he's a normal person? He ain't a normal person? Trump ain't a normal person? Normal people don't bring the Secret Service to get arrested. And to be honest, I kind of feel sorry for the Secret Service agents. You get assigned to a former president. You're supposed to be going to baseball games and windsurfing. You get assigned to Trump, you've got to go to be going to baseball games and windsurfing.
Starting point is 00:05:45 You get assigned to Trump, you gotta go to Rikus. You gotta take a shank for this man. You gotta taste the toilet wine, make sure it ain't poison. You gotta dig the escape tunnel, then dump the dirt in a softball field. I'll never forget the day Donald Trump showed up on the lot with six Secret Service agents. He thought I was Ben Carson. My Morgan Freeman's terrible. I gotta work on it.
Starting point is 00:06:14 But it's not all bad for Trumpy. According to reports, he's already raised $5 million since the news dropped on Thursday. Five, $5 million. This man is balling. million dollars since the news dropped on Thursday. Five million dollars! This man is balling, five million dollars. Do you know how many cigarettes that'll get you in prison? Honestly, this might be teaching this man the wrong lesson. Trump gonna start telling people to snitch on him for other crimes he did just so he can get that bag too.
Starting point is 00:06:41 Trump will be the first man in history to pay unhush money. Going to jail might be the new way to fundraise if you're a politician. Hillary probably sitting around like, hell, $5 million shit. Maybe they should have locked me up. And Trump's supporters aren't just supporting him with donations. They sound like they're ready to do whatever it takes to avenge him. After Trump's indictment some on social media called for war and said it's its the the the the the the the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's the time it's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be whatever it takes to avenge him. After Trump's indictment, some on social media called for war and said it's time for a real insurrection. This thing opens up a whole Pandora's box here, and I don't really think the left understands what they're getting themselves into. It almost feels like they're pushing the population to react.
Starting point is 00:07:21 We think they're demoralized and passive. Let's see if they really are. I'm probably at the best time to give a career or 15 and I think most people know that. They are agitating for unrest. That's the only way to interpret this. I'm ready for whatever's next. And I hope every other man out there watching this show, I hope you're ready for whatever's next. If if that's what they want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want want they want they want they want they want they want they want they want they they want they they want they's what they want, let's get to it. Now look, look, I can't speak for all the other folks we just saw. But I'll tell you this much, when a black man wearing a leather jacket he ain't fucking around. Okay. Doubt them other folks if you want, but do not doubt this man. Look at looking like Blades' granddaddy. Probably got the sword right there under the damn seat.
Starting point is 00:08:09 But you gotta give it up to these Trump supporters, man. You gotta give them credit. They're talking about showing up to the courthouse. Showing up to the courthouse, knowing that the NYPD will be there. And the NYPD will be ready. Look, I don't know if you've seen the footage of the NYPD, but they whoop ass. They made the playoffs every year. But you know, the NYPD, they might not beat these mega protesters too bad. Cops might recognize some of them from doing January 6 together. But, but, but... But... Don't clap for the police going to January 6th. But as passionate as Republicans are, you got to give them credit.
Starting point is 00:08:52 This case is being quarterbacked by a black district attorney and not once have they called him the n-word. That's amazing. Excuse me one more say, excuse me, one more thing. Ain't you there. I'm very proud of y'all. You're very angry about this, but at no point have you gone all the way to publicly using the n-word and that's growth. And I want you to know that I see you and I see your progress and that's just a little pat on the back from your old uncle Roy. Now, to me, here's what's weird about the reaction from Trump supporters. They're getting ready for revenge for what Democrats did to Donald Trump. But they're also celebrating what Democrats did to Donald Trump, but they're also celebrating what Democrats
Starting point is 00:09:47 did to Donald Trump, because they think it'll help him win the election. So to help me break that down, a little bit more on that, return to the homie Ronnie Chang. How you doing, good to see you, Ronnie. Good to see you, Ronnie. Good to see you, Ronnie. Good to see you, Ronnie. Now, Ronnie, can you believe that some people think getting arrested is actually going to
Starting point is 00:10:13 help Trump? Yeah, because they're right. Of course getting arrested is going to help Trump. You know how bad-ass he's going to look when he walks into the Republican debate with a face tattoo? Now Trump's got street cred. You're black, you know what that is. But Ronnie, jail is not an instant path to greatness. You know jail is not an instant path to greatness. You're an Asian, you're smarter than this. Yeah, I am Asian, which is why I know tru-is' is going to be a modern out. He'll be like the Nelson Mandela of the people who put Nelson Mandela in jail.
Starting point is 00:10:50 Everyone thinks they want upstanding leaders, but what they really want are bad boys who don't give a fuck. Bill Clinton got a blow job in the over office and that's still the most popular thing he ever did. No, no, that's not true. Well, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, name, no, that's not true. That's not true. Oh, yeah? Well, name one other thing he did then. He played saxophone on Arsenio Hall.
Starting point is 00:11:11 Yeah, well, that's just another form of blowing, okay? Face it, Roy. It's 2023. Being indicted now makes you a stronger candidate. It's like being a rapper or Martha Stewart. OK, in th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, that, that, that, that's, thi, that's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. thi, th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, the th, th. the Martha Stewart. Okay, in fact, I'm calling it. Trump is now the official frontrunner for president. Don't say that.
Starting point is 00:11:31 Don't say that. Don't say that. I just said it on the daily show with Roywood Jr. Just say the daily show with Roywood Juniors officially says that Donald Trump is now the lead candidate in the presidential race. Seriously, seriously, that's your prediction. Trump wins election over already. Done.
Starting point is 00:11:52 Yeah, unless Joe Biden can also get indicted for something even crazier. to try and to try to to the neigh too theremen. I mean, I'm saying at the next cabinet meeting, Biden's got to beat Pete Burtigue. th and the the th. the the th. th. th. the the to to th. the the to th. to th. th. th. to be th. th. th. th. th. thin, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be thin, thin, th. thi. thi. thi. No, thi. No, th. No, th. No. No. th. We's is. We's is. We's is. We's. We's. We's. We's. We. We. We. We. We. We. We. C. We. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. t. t. t. toda. toda. today. t. today. t. t. tell. today. t. today. t. t. t. documents bullshit. No one gets a fuck about documents. Okay? No, I'm saying at the next cabinet meeting, Biden's got to beat Pete Budajets to death. Oh, oh, how about this? He could steal a nuclear bomb and use it to beat Pete Budaje's to death. You should give me a medal for saying that twice. Or, Biden, do something else illegal. Okay, Roy, you're black, okay, name some crimes.
Starting point is 00:12:27 Uh, Grant, F. Auto, um, possession would intend to distribute writing bad checks will be a great... Wait a minute, man. Don't make me suggest crimes for the president, man, you're saying in order to win, Biden has to fight fire with fire. Yeah, exactly. That's a great pitch, okay. He just set the White House on fire, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, 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 to say, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. thi. thi. 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.'s a great pitch, okay? He should set the White House on fire, right? With P. Buddha Jez inside. Okay, so Biden has to one up Trump, okay? If Trump goes to prison, Biden has to go to solitary, get the death penalty, and then just to be safe, go to hell, okay?
Starting point is 00:12:59 So, basically, whoever goes to hell first will win will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will win, we will will win, we will win, we will to hell first will win the election, because that's democracy, baby. Okay. They gotta go to hell? They gotta go to hell? You make hell sound like a swing state. Yeah, exactly. Hell is like Ohio, except not as bad. Okay. That's enough. Ronnie Chang, give it up for Ronnie Chang. Thank you, Ronnie. All right. When we come back, we'll find out how to teach black history to white people.
Starting point is 00:13:28 So don't go away. I'm going to write on this paper now. Thank you. That's what it is. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Now, Donald Trump ain't the only bullshit coming out of Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis is making news for his approach to teaching black history, or should I say less of it. So I made a quick trip down to Florida to findteaching black history, or should I say less of it, so I made a quick trip down to Florida to find out more.
Starting point is 00:14:06 Last April, Rhonda Santas signed the Stop Woke Act, which prohibits education that makes people feel anguish on the account of race, color, sex, or national origin. In other words, it's basically illegal now in Florida to make white people feel bad about slaving. Keith Flaw is an education advisor to run dissentis and a supporter of the Stop Work Act. We get teachers who are coming out of these liberal colleges they believe our country is evil. They're teaching young children that it's about the color of your skin, not your character. Okay, but how do we talk about race in this country in a way that keeps people from being so damn sensitive? I don't know that I haven't answered that. Um, because that's the issue.
Starting point is 00:14:53 The proponents of CRT are trying to say, let's talk about the race part of it. Just a look at people go, uh, race, it makes me feel bad. bad toughen your ass up do you think that you change that by teaching young kids in kindergarten that because they're white they're they're they've benefited from white supremacy I wasn't dealing at you by the way I was I get it I get it okay so do I believe that I don't know that the that they so you believe that there is institutional racism in this country I don't know that I don't know that I th th th th th that th th th that th th th th th that th th th that th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th I thi tho thi thi thi thi tho tho tho that tho tho thi they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th they th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to to to to to to to to to to the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi they're they're they they thi thi don't know that I, I don't know that I, you just said do I believe and I don't know that I don't know that my opinion matters in that situation I think you have to look at the facts and and and I don't know that I'm prepared to state an opinion on that. So maybe the real question should be, whose feelings are we really worried about hurting? You know what you should do?
Starting point is 00:15:46 We talk about all the deep, you know, racism, racism, systemic, equality, and then we have another class that's just called the good white folk. Did you have to see 12 years aslake? You probably see. Free black man got kidnapped, and then a Brad Pitt, you learn about, you we have like you learn, you learn about Brad Pitt. You learn about some of Dr. Keane's white friends. Would that help me? Because I think I'm getting what you're saying now.
Starting point is 00:16:13 But I don't think that helps at all. Because what you're doing is you're teaching. You didn't know about Brad Pitt, I just educated you. I just educated you. The idea of doing a class class class class class in history is just too good to resist. Hi, I'm Roywood Jr. and welcome to the only history class dedicated to the many great contributions of white folks. And therefore, the only class sanctioned by the state of Florida because it makes white
Starting point is 00:16:38 people feel good. Welcome to the great whites. Let's start with the greatest white of all. George Washington. Born in 1732, George Washington led the American Revolution against the British Empire, secured the country's freedom, and then served as the nation's first president. Washington then retired to his beautiful plantation in Virginia with his wife and over 300 slaves as part of an economic system built on the subjugation of black people. George Washington also helped create the tradition of presidential term limits.
Starting point is 00:17:11 Good work George Washington. One of the other great whites in history that we often don't talk about is a brilliant white man named Thomas Edison. Working out of his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison is credited with over a thousand patents in his lifetime. Among those patents Edison was credited for is the motion picture camera. Without its work, we wouldn't have movies, TV shows, or footage of black people getting beat up by the police,
Starting point is 00:17:35 like Rodney King. What's your favorite movie? Mine is Shrek. Another great white who doesn't get the credit he deserves, deserves as politician, Jack Ryan. Jack was a successful investment banker who ran for Senate in Illinois in 2004. During his campaign, it came out that Ryan had bravely asked his wife to perform sexual acts on him in public. The disgrace Jack was forced to step down from the 2004 race, leading to an easy victory for his opponent, Barack Obama. He would go on to become president.
Starting point is 00:18:05 And now, then Lotton is dead, and millions of people have health care, all because of the great Jack Ryan. What would this country be without his unquenchable hornedness? Thank you, Jack. And finally, the world of sports, which is littered with great whites, including the greatest coach who ever lived. Phil Jackson, with the greatest coach who ever lived. Phil Jackson. With the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, Jackson employed a groundbreaking offensive scheme called
Starting point is 00:18:31 Passed a ball-headed black dude. Jackson would later find championship success with other ball-headed black dudes, like Shack and Coke. But this ingenious strategy with the Bulls led to six championships. Jordan led the league in scoring ten times, mainly thanks to great whites who passed him the ball. They could have easily led the league in scoring themselves, but out of sheer selflessness, those great whites let Michael do it instead. Here's to you Bill Warrington. Well I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Join me next week when we talk about the Brilliant Wright brothers and how their innovations
Starting point is 00:19:07 in air travel led to the fire bomb in the Black Wall Street and the Top Gun movie. I love Top Gunn, but not as much as I love Shrek. They both. All right. Stay tune because when we come back, Senator Corey Booker will be joining me on the show. Don't go away. Welcome, the to the Daily Show. My guest tonight represents the great state of New Jersey and the United States Senate. Please welcome Senator Corey Booker. New Jersey, New Jersey in the building.
Starting point is 00:20:05 Whoa, whoa, whoa. I think you look so good behind that desk. Well, thank you, brother. I appreciate that. Let me sit up. I'm not in New Jersey, but can I just say the end of the Daily Show, speed dating, let's just settle and go permanent right now. Thank you. I'm not in New Jersey, but can I just say the end of the Daily Show speed dating, let's just settle and go permanent right now. Thank you. Hang on now, we got to see what else a Daily Show bring to the table in the relationship.
Starting point is 00:20:32 You just can't commit right away. Let's talk a little bit about the elephant in the room that just landed in New York City. Now, in Washington, what is your feeling right now with everything with the Trump indictment? How much do you think this indictment is going to paralyze bipartisanship on actually getting laws pass in the next year? Because Trump has a way of sucking the wind out of conversations? Yeah, look, in the Senate I don't think it's going to have much effect at all.
Starting point is 00:20:59 You've heard Mitch McConnell stay eerily silent. But I think this is a moment in American history history, the history, theirc, theirc, thiiiiiiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is th, is thi, is th, is th, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.eei, is a thi, is a thi, is a moment in American history that is pretty significant. Look, I believe deeply in democratic principles. I believe in the idea of the rule of law. But we've had a nation that hasn't lived up to those principles all the time. As Brian Stevenson says, who's his death penalty defender, he says, we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. And so, for me, this is one of those tough moments. Donald Trump has flaunted the rule of law for a significant amount of his career
Starting point is 00:21:33 and did it in a bullying way, whether it was lock her up or even the exonerated five, even after they were exonerated, failing to acknowledge that it was a travesty of justice. So I think that the Senate is going to be fine. They're going to be people trying to find compromise, get things done. But I do think this is one of those moments where there's a 34-count indictment indictment that we have to wait and see what's in it. I think that there's a lot of rushing to assume partisan positions in this. As a guy who believes in democracy, believes in the rule and law, believes in due process,
Starting point is 00:22:12 let's see what happens. Okay, so then to that point of everybody rushing to choose aside, if that's what Republicans are saying publicly publicly, they've even seen the 34 counten die- What are they saying behind closed doors? You be in... Is there a cafeteria in the Senate? Do you have to... What are they saying in the cafeteria? Like, man, you see that bullshit with the board...
Starting point is 00:22:34 Look, you forget this, but Trump has had Republicans and Democrats. Both parties, people from both parties voted to convict him. We didn't have enough to meet the threshold for conviction. But there are a lot of folks on both sides of the aisle that think that this is a guy who has caused so much damage to our political system. He's really shaken the foundations of our democracy, ideas about our democracy that we've taken for granted over the years. He has really threatened. Who would have thought that you'd be sitting there at your workplace and you'd be overrun
Starting point is 00:23:14 by people storming the Capitol, raving the Confederate flag, having t-shirts, celebrating the Holocaust. Viking hats and more. So this is a guy who has truly strained the very democracy of our nation. And we hope to hold them accountable for that. He's under investigation in multiple jurisdictions. This is a long thing to play out. I'm just one of these folks that came to Washington
Starting point is 00:23:46 to focus on criminal justice reform because we have this nation where we still have people, you know, look, one out of every three incarcerated women on the planet earth about are in the United States of America. We incarcerate people at levels here that are outrageous. So he, to me, is not my central focus. I'm not going to let him tear me away from the important work we need to do in Washington right now.
Starting point is 00:24:11 Okay. I love that. So, with some of that important work, let's talk a little bit about it. Now, your friend, our friend, Senator Tim Scott, you know all black people know I don't. I know him. I don't know them, but they don't know. I don't know. He had a police reform bill that he was trying to get past. And it had a lot of the right things in it about. More body cameras, less chokeholes, more regulations.
Starting point is 00:24:38 The Democrats filibusted the bill. In a time where you need need need the the the to need to need the to need the to need to need to the to need to the to to to thoom thoom thoom thoom thii, thi, thi, thi, thoom, thoom, to to be to be tooom, thi, thi, too, thi, thi, thi, thoom. thoom. thoom. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. I I I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thoooooooooooooooooooooooo. I'm thooooooo. I'm tho. I'm th. I th. I th. In a time where you need some level of meeting in the middle and it feels like that police reform bill that Tim Scott was trying to put together was an attempt at meeting in the middle. Can we really show the American people in this election cycle that nothing is better than something? Yeah, so look, my experience in Washington has been getting big bills done. Some of them with them with Tim Scott, whether it's criminal justice reform. We passed the First Step Act under Trump. We did another bill that has created billions of dollars of investment in low-income areas. Tim and I wrote it together called Opportunity Zones. Heck, even things that people don't think about.
Starting point is 00:25:14 Like why is syclicelanemia a disease that disproportionately affects African-Americans, underfunded relative to other disorders. Research for it, yeah. Yeah, that other disorders that affect less people. So Tim and I have a good track record. We have not found the common ground necessary to get a bill introduced. We're still working on it. We still are having dialogue literally as most recent as last week, to try to find a way. And Tim has told compelling stories on the Senate floor about what it's like growing up as a black man in America and having that disproportionate treatment. There's some foundation to work together. He and I have a, we're on different size of the aisle,
Starting point is 00:25:50 but we have a friendship and I'm hoping we can get something done. Last thing, you're a big advocate about nutrition and health and you'd be eating right. I know they said you was in, they said you was in Whole Foods, you was in the produce department for 40 minutes. Now, I don't know how much detail you looking at each orange before you put it in the cart. But when we talk about food and health and the way that we have food deserts and minority communities, talk to me a little bit about the Farm Bill and also why the McDonald's Shake Machine is always broken. Whichever one you have time for.
Starting point is 00:26:29 One of the biggest crises we don't talk about is why is there such a demand for health care in this country? We have a nation that one out of every three government dollars about is being spent on health care and the majority of that 70 80 percent is for preventable diseases. The majority of that, 70, 80% is for preventable diseases, the majority of that is diet-related diseases. And in our farm bill, which should have some relation to what we should be eating, only about 7 to 10% of our subsidies go to the things that nutritionists tell us to eat the most
Starting point is 00:26:58 of. So kids can walk up into a bodega or to a corner grocery store and find a Twinkie product cheaper than an apple. Not because it's the true cost, but because we subsidize everything in the Twinky or the happy meal and not enough stuff fruits and vegetables. So you walk to another store you find a bucket of salad cost 15 bucks but you can go down the street and get a dollar meal. So we've got to stop subsidizing so much of the empty nutrition, hyper-processed, sugar-filled foods to get so much of our subsidies and not enough of the best. This farm bill can reflect what Americans should be eating by expanding access to fresh, healthy foods that families want.
Starting point is 00:27:37 Well, Senator, I wish you luck in trying to get a bill passed this year while that asshole takes up all the media cycle. Thank you so much for coming. I'm grateful for you. More than you, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it's to to to to to to to to to to to get to to to to get so to get so to get so to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, to get to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th bill passed this year while that asshole takes up all the media cycle. Thank you so much for coming on the show. I'm grateful for you. More than you know, man. It's just good to see you. Senator Corey Booker, everybody. Thank you.
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