Welcome back!
-What is up?!
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I'm very happy. -You're very happy.
-Yes. I want to be happy tonight.
We flipped the damn House! -There you go.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Come on!
-Way to go. It's a big deal.
-It is a big deal. -And the last time you were here,
we talked about this initiative you started
called Glam up the Midterms.
You took this very seriously,
and you invested a lot of personal time.
-You're not gonna ask me about a bowl of popcorn
that I'm holding?
-Why do you have a bowl of popcorn?
-I brought it from your dressing room because...
now that we flipped the House, Maxine Waters is now head
of the House Financial -- What is that called?
-Yeah, the -- -The Financial Committee,
which means she can ask for Donald Trump's taxes,
and I'm just gonna sit back and watch.
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Thank you. -Yeah.
That is pro-- I would guess that would be
Donald Trump's least -- That would be his last choice
for who would be in charge of that committee.
-Yeah. He doesn't like her.
-No. -Because he's a racist.
-Oh, yeah. That's one of the reasons.
That's definitely one of the reasons.
-Oh, oh! And a misogynist. Sorry.
-Oh, yeah, that's right. She ticks a lot of boxes.
-Ticks a lot of boxes, yeah.
No, I'm so excited.
And I did start this Glam up the Midterms campaign.
I was out there registering young voters,
trying to get them involved,
and I got so many messages today on social media
all day long, on Instagram, on Twitter,
all these young people all over the country,
sending me photos of going to vote for the first time,
going to vote in a midterm for the first time
gathering with groups of friends,
and I was really moved.
And I'm not the cause of any of that.
I just think that they are responding
to things they're seeing in our country
that they don't feel are right and just and fair.
And I want to thank all the young people out there
who got involved for the first time.
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And I think they're gonna stay involved,
and I'm seeing a lot of sadness tonight on social media
from young people who really fell in love,
rightfully so, with Beto. -Mm-hmm.
-And I love him, too, but I want everyone to realize
that no Democrat has ever gotten that close in Texas.
-Yeah. -It's Texas!
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You know? And Beto's not going anywhere.
And we had a really great night, and I think, you know,
when Republicans win, they go celebrating in the streets
like, racists start throwing parades for themselves,
and we're punishing ourselves.
But we had a really great night,
so let's be happy for five minutes.
-There you go -- five minutes. [ Cheers and applause ]
I mean, I do think one of the sad things is, like you said,
a very charismatic candidate like Beto O'Rourke
doesn't break through against Ted Cruz.
Do you think, with what you saw from him --
and a lot of people are talking about this now --
should he run for president in two years?
Is he a national candidate?
-I think he is.
I'm gonna leave it up to him to decide, probably.
[ Laughter ]
But I love -- I want him to win everything.
I want him to win Best Supporting Actress.
I mean, like, I love the man. -Yeah.
-Who doesn't? He's magical.
You know, I think a lot of us haven't felt that way
about a politician since Obama,
and I think Beto's gonna be great.
Give the man a second, and I'll follow him
wherever he wants to go, and I think a lot of us feel that way.
But tonight, beyond Beto -- and this is what I want to stress --
was a great night.
We had a Native American gay woman
flip a seat blue in Kansas. -Kansas!
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-In Kansas!
That's -- That's amazing.
Sharice Davids. And she's awesome.
It's the gayest thing to happen in Kansas
since a house fell on the Wicked Witch of the West.
[ Laughter ]
I mean -- Oh! You guys don't know this maybe
'cause you've been here, but voters in Michigan tonight
voted to legalize marijuana!
-That's fantastic. [ Cheers and applause ]
-And that's the only thing I know about Michigan.
[ Laughter ] -You now have one fact.
-I now have on fact. But it's a good one.
-You also -- You got to spend time
with former Vice President Joe Biden in Las Vegas.
-Yes, yes. -How was your time with him?
-It was great.
He didn't know who I was. -Yeah.
-But that was fine. He shouldn't.
He's Joe Biden. And it was great.
It's part of the Glam up the Midterms campaign.
We went all over. We went to Phoenix,
we went to Vegas, we went to Detroit,
went to San Diego before the California primaries.
I went canvassing. We did what we could.
We went to Arizona. I don't know yet if we know
what happened, but Arizona has a great
Democratic candidate running for Senate tonight,
Kyrsten Sinema, and we're still waiting
to find out what happens, but she would be the first
bisexual woman -- openly bisexual woman --
in Congress ever.
And not only that, but she would be
the first "Kirsten" in the Senate
who spells her name with a Y. -Okay.
[ Laughter ]
And, listen, think about how much hope that would give
all the horrible Karens out there
who spell their name K-A-R-Y-N.
Or all the awful Ashleys
who spell their name A-S-H-L-E-I-G-H.
[ Laughter ]
I mean, that's terrible.
-Yeah. She would give them hope.
-Give them some inspiration. -Yeah.
So I think it's pretty close in Arizona right now
so hopefully she pulls through.
-Did you vote today, or did you vote early?
-No, I voted early, yeah.
I voted with an absentee ballot, and then I sent it in.
-And do you get a sticker when you do that?
-I do get a sticker, yeah. -Gotcha.
-They give you a little sticker.
-In the ballot when they send it to you?
-No, Seth, that comes as a special FedEx delivery.
No, yeah. It comes in the same envelope.
-'Cause that seems expensive if they would FedEx everybody.
-People love those stupid stickers.
-They love their stickers. -Social media was crazy today.
-Yeah. People were really happy.
-What about pizza to the polls?
Have you guys heard about this? -No.
-Yeah, no, this is real. Pizza to the polls.
All the people waiting in line forever
because Republicans have made it impossible to vote.
So people waiting in line for hours,
you can go to PizzaToThePolls.com
or dot org or dot something, and you can pay to have pizzas
delivered to the people waiting in line.
I spent $100 to send pizza to the polls.
Meanwhile, there are members of my extended family
I haven't spoken to in seven years.
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But there I am -- "Okay, pizza to the polls!
Pizza to the polls!"
-I'm sure they understand and will forgive you.