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>>> THESE GUYS WERE PUMPED ABOUT
AMERICA’S VALUES OF TOLERANCE,
SO I KNEW THEY’D PASS TRUMP’S
TEST WITH FLYING COLORS.
>> THE PRESIDENCY IS A MAN’S
JOB.
>> I HAVE WOMEN ARE QUALIFIED TO
BE PRESIDENT.
>> NO.
A FEMALE HAS MORE HORMONES.
SHE COULD START A WAR IN TEN
SECONDS IF SHE HAS HOT FLASHES,
WHATEVER.
BOOM!
>> HAVEN’T ALL WARS BEEN STARTED
BY MEN?
>> YES.
>> THE LAST FEW YEARS JORDAN
KLEPPER IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN FOR
HIS "DAILY SHOW" SEGMENTS WHERE
HE TALKS TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE PUT
TOGETHER SOME OF THE SMARTEST
AND HONEST ELECTION COVERAGE ON
TELEVISION.
IT WAS ALWAYS A BIT FUNNY/NOT
FUNNY BECAUSE WE WERE WATCHING
LGT LIES TURN TO DELUSIONS AND
TURN INTO HORRIFYING ACTION ON
JANUARY 6th.
KLEPPER WAS THERE AT THE TRUMP
RALLY AND AT THE CAPITOL AND
FILED ONE LAST "DAILY SHOW"
REPORT.
>> THE ONE THING YOU COULDN’T
HELP BUT NOTICE IS JUST HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE PREPARING FOR
BATTLE.
SO WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
PROTEST.
WE HEADED TO THE CAPITOL AND THE
TRUMP SUPPORTERS JUST BROKE
THROUGH THE GATES AND THEY’RE
NOW HEADING INTO THE CAPITOL
RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO MAKE AN
AGGRESSION ACTION RIGHT NOW?
>> I’M LOOKING TO MAKE A
STATEMENT.
>> WHAT’S YOUR STATEMENT?
>> THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
WE WANT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
IF WE CAN’T HAVE THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY, WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING?
>> JUST GOING TO SEE HOW IT
UNFOLDS.
>> GOING TO SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS.
OKAY.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE PAINTBALL
TOURNAMENT.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS JORDAN
KLEPPER, CONTRIBUTOR OF "THE
DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH."
JORDAN, WHAT WAS IT LIKE
GENERALLY THERE THAT DAY?
>> IT WAS TENSE FROM THE GET-GO.
AS WE KIND OF APPROACHED THE
DAY, YOU SAW A LOT OF SOLDIER
CAUSE PLAY.
PEOPLE WERE DRESSING THE PART.
AT A TRUMP RALLY YOU COULD
ALWAYS SAY PEOPLE ALWAYS DRESSED
THE PART.
YOU COULD SAY THE WRITING WAS ON
THE WALL OR ON THE FLAGS AND THE
T-SHIRTS BUT THAT DAY WAS VERY
TENSE.
YOU STARTED TO FEEL THAT POST
ELECTION.
I WENT TO A FEW OF THESE
RALLIES.
BEFORE THE ELECTION THERE WAS
SOME COMBATIVE ENERGIES THERE,
BUT ONCE DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT
DECLARED VICTORIOUS IN THE EYES
OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, FOLKS
WERE UPSET.
THEY WERE LOOKING TO START A
FIGHT.
THEY WERE LOOKING TO GET THAT
WIN THEY WERE PROMISED.
YOU FELT THAT THERE THAT DAY,
THAT SOMETHING COULD GO DOWN.
>> WE’RE SHOWING VIDEO THERE OF
SOMEONE.
IT’S SORT OF THIS PERFECT
COMBINATION OF LIKE PRANKISH AND
IMMATURE AND ALSO LIKE ACTUALLY
VIOLENT, WHICH IS THAT SOMEONE
CAME BEHIND YOUR CAMERAMAN AND
BASICALLY LIKE INTENTIONALLY
TRIPPED HIM.
>> YES.
WE WERE -- WE WERE DOING AN
INTERVIEW AND SOMEBODY DRESSED
AS A SOLDIER CAME BEHIND, GOT
DOWN ON ALL FOURS SO OUR
CAMERAMAN FELL ONTO THE GROUND.
THEN THE GUY JUMPED UP AND
CLAIMED THAT WE HAD PUSHED HIM.
WHICH WAS SORT OF PERFECT.
IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE BIG,
TOUGH SOLDIERS WHO THEN CLAIM
VICTIMHOOD EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE
NO RIGHT TO DO SO.
>> WE SAW LOTS OF FOOTAGE OF
FOLKS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BECOME PART
OF THE LIKE CULT RITUALS OF
TRUMP RALLIES WHERE THEY JEER AT
THE PRESS PEN.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE WEIRDLY LIKE
SACRAMENTAL, IT’S PART OF THE
THING.
YOU DO IT AND EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT’S THE PART OF THE SERVICE
WHERE YOU JEER AT THE PRESS PEN
AND LOOK AT THE CAMERAS, THAT
STUFF.
BUT WE SAW -- YOU KNOW, WE SAW
PEOPLE ASSAULTING REPORTERS.
WE SAW THEM BREAKING CAMERA
EQUIPMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT WAS YOUR -- AND YET AT THE
SAME TIME, LIKE ALL THESE PEOPLE
ARE SO OBSESSED WITH GETTING
THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
A VERY WEIRD SORT OF TWISTED
KIND OF ATTENTION-SEEKING
HAPPENING HERE.
WHAT WERE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES
TOWARDS YOU AND YOUR CAMERA.
>> THERE’S A CONSTANT PUSH AND
PULL WHENEVER WE’RE THERE.
WE’RE ALWAYS THE BAD GUYS,
CALLED FAKE NEWS.
"THE DAILY SHOW" IS THE ORIGINAL
FAKE NEWS, SO THEY’RE RIGHT
ABOUT THAT.
HOWEVER, WHEN I APPROACH PEOPLE,
PEOPLE STILL WANT TO BE ON
TELEVISION.
THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR POINT
HEARD.
AGAIN, THIS LAST RALLY WAS NO
DIFFERENT IN THAT SENSE.
PEOPLE WANTED TO ENGAGE, THEY
WANTED TO TALK.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE
AROUND THEM.
SO WHEN THINGS GET DANGEROUS,
PEOPLE START MILLING ABOUT AND
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
PEOPLE WANTED TO START SOMETHING
THERE.
ALSO THESE THINGS ARE NOT POORLY
ORGANIZED.
THEY OFTEN ARE RUN BY AN
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TIES TO,
SAY, DONALD TRUMP WHO’S NOT
KNOWN TO BE THE MOST ORGANIZED
FELLOW, WHICH MEANS THERE’S A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN’T HEAR
WHAT’S GOING ON.
SO YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHO CAN’T HEAR WHAT’S GOING ON
WHO ARE MILLING ABOUT LOOKING
FOR A SHINY OBJECT AND
OFTENTIMES A 6’4" GUY TALKING
LOGIC TO SOMEBODY ELSE IS THAT
SHINY OBJECT.
>> WHEN THEY START THE APPROACH,
WHEN THEY KNOCKED DOWN THAT
BARRIER, ARE YOU THINKING AT
THAT POINT -- I MEAN I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED,
RIGHT, TO SEE THOSE IMAGES, LIKE
HOLY CRAP, THEY ARE IN THE
CAPITOL, THEY HAVE BROKEN
THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT
WHERE THIS IS GOING WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT ENERGY AND YOU WATCH
THEM BREAKING THROUGH
BARRICADES?
>> WELL, THERE’S NO SURPRISE
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO
TOWARDS THE CAPITOL TO TRY TO DO
SOME SORT OF ACTION.
THAT’S WHY WE WERE THERE AT THE
CAPITOL WHEN THEY BROKE THROUGH
THE BARRICADES BECAUSE WE HAD
PLANNED IT OUT.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS
CONVERSATION, DONALD TRUMP WENT
TO TALK TO FOLKS OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE AND BEFORE 1:00 THEY
WERE HEADING TO THE CAPITOL.
WE SAW THE PROUD BOYS COME BY.
WE SAW A WHOLE GROUP OF FOLKS
HEADING THAT WAY.
WE WERE UTTERLY SURPRISED HOW
EASY IT WAS FOR PEOPLE TO GET
THROUGH.
IF YOU HAD ASKED ME WHAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN, I WOULD IMAGINE
PEOPLE WOULD BE MILLING ABOUT
OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL.
WE HAD SECURITY THERE.
TURNS OUT WE HAD MORE SECURITY
THAN CAPITOL HILL HAD SECURITY.
SO WHEN THE IMAGES AND THE
STORIES OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY
BREAKING THROUGH CAME ON OUR
SCREENS AT THAT POINT, IT WAS --
I MEAN IT WAS COMPLETELY
SHOCKING.
IT HADN’T -- IT HADN’T CROSSED
OUR MINDS THAT THERE WASN’T
PREPARATION FOR WHAT SEEMED
INEVITABLE FROM EVERYBODY I
TALKED TO.
>> HAVING GONE TO A BUNCH OF
THESE EVENTS AND HAVING TALKED
TO FOLKS THERE, DID IT FEEL LIKE
THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
HERE OR A KIND OF LINED
TRAJECTORY THAT BUILT TOWARDS
THIS MOMENT?
>> I MEAN IT’S ALWAYS BEEN --
THE TALK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS, THIS MOMENT OF REVOLUTION.
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED PATRIOTS
FOR YEARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT
ONE CAUSE, THAT ONE THING TO
PUSH AGAINST.
SO IT HAS BEEN BUILDING AND
BUBBLING, THEY JUST DIDN’T KNOW
WHERE TO PUT THAT ENERGY.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT WAS AN
AIRPLANE HANGAR IN THE MIDDLE OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
YOU BRING EVERYBODY ONTO THE
MALL, IT’S A BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP.
SOMEBODY POINTS TO THE CAPITOL
AND SAYS GO.
YEAH, THERE WERE PITCHFORKS.
I TALKED TO A GUY WITH A
PITCHFORK.
PEOPLE WERE WAVING FLAGS THAT
SAY COME AND TAKE IT WITH IMAGES
OF GUNS EVERYWHERE.
THE ENERGY WAS THERE.
THE COSTUMES HAD BEEN BOUGHT FOR
YEARS.
THEY HAD BEEN PREPPING FOR THIS