Now, now, if you've been able to sift through the massive amounts
of Trump trash in the news,
then you might have heard a little something about this.
A historic moment today in our nation's capital.
Congress handing President Obama a stinging defeat,
overriding his veto.
The battle concerning a bill
that would allow 9/11 family members to sue Saudi Arabia
for an alleged role in those attacks.
WOMAN: It is the first time he's ever had one
of his vetoes reversed during his presidency.
Oh, man, that must suck for President Obama.
He vetoed it, they overrode it.
Congress put his thing down, flipped it and reversed it.
-Is your fliminitha fang yang? -(laughter)
Is your fliminitha fang yang?
Now, you might be wondering why President Obama is trying
to protect Saudi Arabia from being sued by 9/11 victims.
You know, is it because he's a secret Muslim?
-Well, yes, but... (laughter)
Obama also objected because
this international lawsuit bill might come back
to bite America in the ass.
You see, most major countries operate
under a principle called "sovereign immunity,"
which prevents private parties,
like families, from suing other countries.
For example, it's the reason
people in Nagasaki couldn't sue America
for dropping the nuclear bomb, all right?
It's he same reason American citizens couldn't sue England
-for sending them Piers Morgan, you know? -(laughter)
You get what I'm saying. You get what I'm saying.
(applause)
So, by overriding Obama's veto, Congress has opened the door
to letting other country's citizens sue Americans
in their courts.
But, I mean, look, that's only an issue for America
if America had ever done something wrong
-anywhere in the world, right? -(laughter)
And, apparently, America might have done something wrong.
Yeah. Because right after they had voted
to override Obama's veto,
28 senators then came out suggesting
that maybe this wasn't such a good idea,
even though they had voted for it twice.
Now you might be going, "Oh, that's so strange, Trevor.
"I don't understand. Why would they vote to override the thing
and then go back against it?"
Because it's not about what they feel.
It's about what they want people to think they feel.
They're not doing this to be good people.
They just don't want to be the guys
who voted against the 9/11 bill.
Who were the only two who voted against it?
Obama, basically, and one other senator who's retiring.
It's all about being reelected.
Everyone has their excuses.
And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell--
he had the (bleep) excuse ever.
Nobody really had focused on the potential downside
in terms of our international relationships.
And I think it was just a ball dropped.
I wish the president...
You know, I hate to blame everything on him, and I don't,
but it would have been helpful had he, uh...
we had a discussion about this much earlier than last week.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
-(laughter) -Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
You know, for a guy who claims to hate...
uh, to blame everything on Obama,
he sure seems to blame everything on Obama, you know?
Like he's in bed with his wife,
and she's like, "Don't worry, honey.
It happens to lots of guys."
He's like, "It's not me! It's Obama!"
-(laughter) -"It's Obama!
-It's not me! It's Obama!" -(applause)
And she's like "Oh, you're thinking of him, too?"
(laughter and groaning)
(applause)
That's what Mitch McConnell is saying.
He wouldn't have made the same decision
if only Obama had warned him.
If only Obama had warned anyone.
Like, maybe if he had done it on TV,
back in April, with Charlie Rose.
If we are in a situation
where we're suddenly being hauled into various courts,
because of the claim
that some individuals have been harmed,
then that will tie us up,
and it could harm U.S. servicemen, U.S. diplomats,
a whole bunch of stuff.
There's Obama on TV!
You don't get a bigger warning than that!
Actually, wait. I'm wrong.
There was a bigger warning than that.
It's the fact that he vetoed the (bleep) bill!
-He vetoed the bill! -(applause and cheering)
That's the warning!
How do you not see this?!
You're like Moses standing at the parting of the Red Sea,
going, "If only we had a sign from God." -(laughter)
"If only there was a sign!"
Now for more on the potential consequences of the 9/11 bill,
we turn to Roy Wood, Jr., everybody.
-Roy wood, Jr.'s here. -(cheers and applause)
-Good to see you, Roy. -Yeah.
-Good to see you. -Good to see you, man.
-Good to see you? -How you been, Simba? You been good?
-I've been good, Roy. -Yeah, man. Well, look,
I don't know why you're so worried about it,
'cause if this bill opens up countries to getting sued,
then all I got to say is, "Finally!"
Wait, wait, Roy, you're excited about this?
Hell, yeah! In fact,
I'd like to officially announce that I'm gonna be suing Europe.
Wait. Suing Europe for what?
-For slavery. -(laughter)
England, I'm starting with you,
'cause that's where white people come from, and...
-(laughter) -and you can't Brexit your way out of this one.
Oh, and, Spain, oh, Spain, y'all better get
y'all nap now, bitch, 'cause Roy's comin'.
Oh, oh, oh. And I hadn't forgotten about the Dutch,
with your garbage-ass windmills and your wooden shoes.
I'm about to put a clog in your whole legal system.
You Rembrandt mother (bleep), you.
Roy, Roy, Roy, Roy, Roy.
-Oh-ho-ho. Look, I'm not saying this is a bad idea.
-Oh, this is a good one. -(laughter)
But, then, you have to prove that slavery
-was a form of terrorism. -Oh, well, that's easy, man.
I'll show them a copy of Django. I got that (bleep) on Blu-ray.
(laughter, applause)
Oh. And by the way, I'm not stopping with Europe.
Bermuda, you're getting sued.
Bahamas, you're getting sued.
Anywhere that slave ship stopped,
you're getting sued.
♪ Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya ♪
to court and sue your ass!
(laughter, cheering, applause)
-Roy... -It's on.
Roy... you can't just go around the world -It's on.
suing everybody; it's gonna get out of hand. -(laughing)
Tell it to the judge, Simba, 'cause I'm suing Africa, too.
(laughter)
I'm sorry, wh-why would you sue Africa?
Because you didn't come rescue us!
You knew it wasn't a vacation.
We didn't pack no luggage, bruh.
What you thought, you thought those white people was gonna
take us snorkeling, that's where you thought we was going?
No, Roy, I think Africans were dealing
-with some other (bleep), man. -Oh, look, man,
y'all about to deal with some serious (bleep) now.
(laughter)
You just got served, bitch.