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- [Jordan] "The Daily Show" is back on the air
and so I'm back in the field.
Just last week I went to the shores
of beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee
and hit up my first Trump rally in a while.
The ex-president has been busy campaigning
and juggling certain legal commitments.
While I've also been incredibly productive
during these last few months.
I've started four scripts,
a little bit of a novel, novella, actually.
Long story short, five months later, bupkis.
Very little to show for it.
But I think it's been good, you know,
emotionally just to kinda stretch yourself,
see what else is out there, find your voice, really.
Turns out, this is my voice for better or worse.
So I'm still warming up but I was excited to see
the sights and sounds and the long lines
of politically-engaged citizens.
- Whatever Trump does is smart.
- That's just sort of your boiler plate.
- Yeah (chuckling). - Don't have to think
through it, you've just given him that credibility.
And it didn't take long to spot
the new piece of must-have MAGA merch, the mugshot.
- Never surrender to the tyranny.
- What is Trump doing here on this shirt?
This is his mugshot. - Gotcha.
So that was taken when he surrendered
to authorities to have his picture taken.
- Huh?
It says "Never Surrender" but --
- Is that on the back, is the but, lemme we see the back.
Lemme we see the back. - I think it's just Trump.
- It's just Trump, so where's the but part?
That's implied.
Nick, take me through your fit.
- Well, I bought the socks in town.
- These socks have Trump hair on it.
- [Nick] Yes sir.
- How much did you pay for this sweatshirt?
- $40.
- Yeah, how much did you pay for the hat?
- 25.
I think I get a hat like at least once a month.
- How many Trump hats do you have?
Probably 40 or so.
- How do you feel America's doing under Biden economically?
- Not good, I think inflation
and the gas price, everything's gone up.
Milk and eggs are just through the roof.
Like buying regular food is, you know,
so you gotta work four jobs
to pay your rent and -- - Yeah.
How much money have you spent on Trump's swag?
- Couple thousand dollars.
- Wow, that's a lot. But people are having a hard time
paying for the necessities.
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- As the Donald rolled in, I wondered what fresh ideas
I had missed on the campaign trail.
- He's been out in Iowa.
When I was there he was talking about how he changed
the name from Crooked Hillary to Crooked Joe Biden.
- Oh, so he is focusing on the issues.
- Yeah. - Great.
- Sadly, the Donald's campaign appearances
aren't the only thing on his schedule.
How many indictments are we up to now?
- Georgia.
- Georgia, okay, great, that's the --
- New York City. - New York City.
- That's the most, the bankruptcy and --
- New York is the bankruptcy one, great.
It's hard to keep 'em straight, you know?
- Right. - There's a lot of them.
- There's a lot of indictments.
- [Woman] There's way too many.
- I think they're just trying to throw 'em in jail.
- Yeah.
- It's a witch hunt, like what he said in New York.
- Is that pre or post the first indictment?
- I think that was right when the lady charges.
- Wait, lady charges,
is that Stormy Daniels lady charge or sexual assault?
- Sexual assault. - The sexual assault charge.
Which he was found guilty of, right?
- I think so. - I think so.
- Are you a hundred percent sure you're voting
for Donald Trump in the next election?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
No matter what happens with these trials
this election still comes down
to their guy versus the other guy.
- I mean, Trump has done more than Biden will ever do,
and that's the other side of it,
he should be in jail, him and his kid for treason.
I mean, they've taken money from other countries
who we are not really in favor of.
- It's insane, the fact that like
you can have a member of your family
get billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia is nuts.
- Yeah. - Right.
- Nothing but a big coverup.
- So you think Trump should be punished
for all of that money that Ivanka and Jared got?
- No.
- Nope, wait, who are you talking about?
- I'm talking about Biden with his kid.
- Oh, not the Jared and Ivanka money from Saudi Arabia.
- No! - Does that bother you?
- No. - Right.
- [Jordan] And when it comes to which candidate
makes a better commander in chief, there's a clear winner.
Trump loves the veterans.
- Trump all the way, he's got my vote forever.
- Trump has called for the execution of General Milley.
Does that rub you the wrong way as a veteran?
- Well, I don't like Milley
because he did the Afghanistan thing.
Like all these generals are supposed to know
what they're doing and it was a complete disaster.
- No, so you don't trust the generals?
- No, I don't.
- What are you most excited to see inside?
- I just wanna see him speak.
See what he has to say about Israel.
I know Joe Biden was doing a barbecue with his people.
- We sent a fleet of naval ships to Israel.
- Yes.
- So, you're against that?
- I am for that.
- Oh, that's good? - Yeah, that's good.
- So you give Biden credit for that?
- That's more the generals making the calls there.
- Do we trust those generals?
- I don't even know who's in anymore, so I don't care.
- Ultimately, I wondered, would these MAGA faithful
ever care about any of these criminal charges?
Probably not.
Exhibit A, just ask what their favorite rally was.
- I think January 6th is probably my favorite one.
- You were there?
- Oh, yeah. - That's your number one.
What made it your favorite one?
What stood out from January 6th?
- Well, aside from all the violence
that was planned by the FBI and such --
- Do you think, were they Proud Boys and Oath keepers?
- No, they were Antifa, Black Lives Matter, ISIS and MS13.
- Some of January 6th is perpetrated by ISIS?
I mean this is new. - MS13, Black Lives Matter,
Antifa, ISIS, yes! - Can you say MAGA?
- Hey, anyone can put a MAGA hat on.
- I mean, come on guys, I hope you don't see any Antifa
because there's a lot of Trump hats
and I guess that means Antifa is here, so good luck.
What was your first rally?
- Uh, January 6th, 2020, in D.C.
- If you're gonna go to one. - Go to one.
- Did you make it inside?
- Uh, I can't say that for legal reasons.
- So you may or may not been involved
in a treasonous activity.
- Yeah, well, can't get into that one.
- Sure, sure, well, have fun.
Try not to overthrow any duly-elected officials today.
- No, no, we'll be good today.
- Yeah, I trust him.
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