[MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHTER]
[VEHICLE HORN HONKING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Thank you very much.
You know, we're Bronx gentlemen.
We were raised well. - I can tell.
I can tell.
What a beautiful, cold Saturday in the greatest
borough on earth.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: That's right, here in Parkchester.
MERO: You can smell it. You can smell it.
DESUS All right.
AOC: We just got back from DC yesterday,
and so I'm ready for a bodega hit, I'm ready for my coffee,
and I'm ready to take a walk in the neighborhood.
And also, I'd like to point out
we got kicked out by the transit police.
You could have flexed it, be like, yo, you know who I am?
You know?
It just goes to show no matter how high you go,
we will still get checked on the MTA.
Hey, that's the truth. [LAUGHTER]
That's the truth.
And you're lucky we didn't hop.
So we're gonna start our day as every Bronxite
does with a bodega sandwich.
What kind of bodega sandwich you like to eat?
I'm a bacon, egg, and cheese.
Nice.
What kind of cheese?
Well, I do cheddar if I can.
Right.
American if I have to.
But--
Usually, Papi's in charge of that.
Yeah, exactly.
Usually, Papi's like, oh, cheese.
That's d you're getting.
Yeah, exactly.
The yellow cheese.
DESUS: Well, some people watching might be wondering
why our streets are ashy.
It's not.
There's supposed to be a snowstorm here tonight.
There's snow.
- So the city was like, here. - Flurries.
- Here's some salt for ya. - Yes.
And then we'll get some cocoa butter the day after.
- All right. - And it'll be all good.
Thank you.
I'm a gentleman.
Hey there, good morning. SHOPKEEPER: Good morning.
How are you?
- Good to see you. - My guy.
SHOPKEEPER: Hello.
DESUS: What's going on, man?
Down to the hood buffet, as they call it.
Le Bronx Sizzler.
AOC: It's looking good today.
DESUS: It's looking good!
You know, they got all the fresh food groups you need,
the beef patty, the hot wings.
Now my question is where's the cat?
Maybe the cat don't want to be seen.
Maybe the cat don't want to be on camera.
Maybe the cat got some open warrants.
[LAUGHTER]
Is it hard to get a good bacon, egg, and cheese in DC?
Impossible.
Yeah.
AOC: There's no bodegas anywhere.
I don't know how anybody eats in Washington, DC.
Which probably explains why everyone's
fighting all the time. - Yeah, they're cranky.
MERO: They're hangry. DESUS: They got their hangrier.
Everyone's hangry.
The bodega-- it's more than a grocery store.
It's like the circle of life is the bodega.
DESUS: It is.
Everything you need to know you can find there.
But it's like it's a grocery store, it's a department store,
it's a hardware shop.
MERO: Yup.
She's not lying, bro.
There's duct tape up there.
They got HDMI cables.
AOC: Yes.
MERO: Toothbrushes, scissors, drawers
DESUS: Hookah. MERO: Some tube socks.
DESUS: Gotta have the hookah.
Depending on how straight up the bodega is,
it could also be a casino.
DESUS: It could be a therapist if you tell Papi your problems.
It's your therapist.
He has a copy of my house keys,
'cause you know the bodega's always gonna be open.
It could be Hurricane Sandy.
It could be a snowstorm.
They just going to put down some cardboard.
We're going to keep it moving. - A little cardboard
AOC: When I was running the first time,
I would put up, like, posters in all of the bodegas.
But then I put them in other store stuff.
But the people that I was running against
would sometimes come and rip the posters down.
DESUS: Took them down? Wow.
No.
AOC: So I'll go to my bodega guy and some
of the other bodega guys.
And we would bring in the stack of postcards,
and we'd leave it right next to him.
And he would put it in everyone's bag.
See?
He pulled through big time.
See, you don't need Cambridge Analytica.
You got-- - That's right.
- You know what I'm saying? - You got Papi, baby.
You got Papi Analytica.
You feel me?
[LAUGHS]
That is.
Thank you so much. SHOPKEEPER: You're welcome.
MERO: Thank you, man. - Amazing.
Look, I got the smiley face!
MERO: Aww.
DESUS: Yay!
Favorite.
Right here.
Thank you.
So what's it like now when you walk around the Bronx?
People are always really cool.
Hola, como estás?
Yay.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
AOC: Love you back.
Thank you.
Have a good one!
Here, y'all let me pop up.
DESUS: Pop up.
Oh, my god!
AOC: What's up?
Oh, sorry!
Oh, my god!
I love you!
Oh my god!
Thanks.
Wow, you are powerful.
Oh, thank you so much.
I love you so much, girl.
You are a light.
Keep shining. - Thank you.
You too. You too.
God bless.
Bye, Thanks!
Thank you. DESUS: Wow.
Bye. God bless.
Have a good one!
God bless!
Have a good one!
Thank you!
Bye!
Wow, you might actually be from the Bronx.
[LAUGHS] I know, right?
Wow.
You still got bartending skills?
- Yes, I do. - Really?
Yes.
We might have to put you to the test right now.
All right.
I'm OK with that.
Oh, how lucky.
We just happen to be in front of a bar.
Oh, look at that.
So what are we gonna do?
What are we gonna have today?
My brunch go-to is Hennessy neat.
Oh, look at that.
MERO: Know what I'm saying?
MERO: Yeah.
We get the Henny white on deck?
[LAUGHTER]
So a lot of online comment, you get
a lot is go back to bartending.
Is that an insult to you?
It's not an insult to me.
And I feel like people are always clowning themselves
when they say that because it's like, OK,
so you think every person you represent that's a bartender,
a waitress, a working person--
what, that they can't do this job?
DESUS: Right.
'Cause let me tell you, I work with
some of these people and they are
not smarter than a bartender.
Right.
Hold that.
Just let me tell you something, OK, right here.
It's real bartender talk now.
[LAUGHTER]
AOC: So let's do two margaritas and a Shirley Temple
with Henny.
[LAUGHS]
Thank you, thank you.
You have to give it a new name-- a Henny Shirley Temple with,
uh-- - A Henny Temple.
A Desus Temple.
Desus Temple.
There you go.
He's going to wake up in a Bronx courthouse in a couple hours,
like, yo.
This drink is going to reinstitute Prohibition.
No.
Yeah, pretty much.
Just don't give de Blasio any ideas.
That's how we're paying for the subway.
All right.
Henny Temple.
To the BX!
You might have started something with this.
There we go. What do you think?
They're about to start serving this in Chuck E. Cheese.
AOC: Deal!
All right, I'm glad that I didn't lose my touch.
You didn't lose your touch.
You're still definitely a bartender.
I'm very proud of that.
Manhattans, cosmopolitans, old fashioneds,
martinis, apple martinis, strawberry martinis,
know what I'm saying?
A whiskey drink, a vodka drink.
A lager drink?
A drink that reminds them of the good times.
MERO: A drink that reminds 'em of the bad times.
They get knocked down.
But they get up again.
Never going keep them down.
That's right.
(SINGING) Oh, Danny boy, Danny boy.
I think it's time for you to cut us off.
[LAUGHTER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
All right, let's get some food up in here.
Tacos.
[IMITATING BRAKE SOUNDS]
MERO: Hey.
There's tacos and burritos.
DESUS: Tacos-- yeah.
Well, AOC, thank you.
I know you're very busy.
You probably gotta get back down to Washington.
Before we eat, let's say a quick Bronx prayer, you know.
That's right.
God bless the timbs.
God bless the kids.
In big [INAUDIBLE] name, we pray.
Amen.
Yerr
Yerr.
Thank you.
Amen.
Thank you.
I feel you, brother.