This year's Grammys were very political,
and the bit that got most people talking was a sketch
where James Corden got celebrities to "audition"
to read the audiobook for Fire and Fury,
the tell-all book about Trump.
"If Trump was not having his 6:30 dinner with Steve Bannon,
"then, more to his liking, he was in bed by that time
with a cheeseburger." (chirps)
Why am I even reading this (bleep)?
I can't believe this. I can't believe that he really...
This how he lives his life?
Stand by. Take one.
"He had a long-time fear of being poisoned.
"One reason why he liked to eat at McDonald's:
-"nobody knew he was coming -(Grammy audience cheering)
and the food was safely pre-made."
REPORTER: The segment was criticized
by some conservatives, including U.N. ambassador
Nikki Haley, who tweeted, "Some of us love music
without the politics thrown it."
Oh, you want music without politics?
So, no country?
No rap?
No folk, no rock, no reggae and no punk.
Yeah, so, I guess, elevator music--
that's your jam? Yeah?
Oh, no, that shit is about the genocide in Rwanda, no, no.
So, no music.
And Nikki Haley wasn't-wasn't the only person
who didn't love Hillary's cameo. Uh, many conservatives
voiced their displeasure, including Don, Jr.,
who tweeted "Getting to read a fake news book excerpt
"at the Grammys seems like a great consolation prize
for losing the presidency." Yeah.
Now, you know what, uh, Junior Trump may be
too stupid to realize that he's actually made a great point.
Being able to go on the Grammys and talk shit about Trump
because you feel like it--
that literally is the consolation prize.
Yeah. That's exactly
what Hillary should be doing.
Like, I'm sorry. People are like, "Oh, Hillary, go away."
I'm like, you can't expect someone to lose the presidency
but then still act presidential. That's not how it works.
It's like if you lose the Miss America pageant,
you don't have to pretend about child hunger anymore.
You can just go on with your life.
But... but, you know,
Hillary's Grammy, uh, cameo came at a weird moment for her.
Because last night's theme was #MeToo, Time's Up.
Which is a message Hillary found herself on the wrong side of
over the weekend.
Hillary Clinton is now facing accusations
that she harbored an accused sexual harasser.
REPORTER: Burns Strider, a 2008 campaign advisor,
was accused of sexually harassing a young staffer,
and Hillary Clinton's campaign manager
recommended that she fire him.
Strider is accused of inappropriately touching
the shoulders of a younger staffer,
kissing her forehead, and sending her
suggestive e-mails. But when the accusations
made their way to candidate Clinton, she decided
to dock him pay and to reassign the woman to a new job
instead of firing him.
Look, there's a a few areas where I don't necessarily
expect Hillary Clinton to nail it, you know?
Managing e-mails, visiting Wisconsin--
you know, weaknesses.
But I won't lie-- I expected
standing up for a woman on her staff
to be one of her strengths.
So the story is disturbing.
Hillary learned that one of her female staffers
was being sexually harassed,
and instead of the man getting fired,
the woman got reassigned?
But all that woman did was come forward.
She did what she was supposed to do
and then she got punished for it.
It's like when park rangers euthanize a bear
who tried to eat a tourist.
The bear's like, "Yo, man, I'm a bear.
"Eating stuff is my whole life. Ask that guy
"why he was walking around in my living room.
What was he doing here?"
And look, i-it's possible that Hillary Clinton
has a good explanation for why she kept this guy on
over the objections of her top campaign advisors.
But, instead of an explanation, all we got was this.
REPORTER: Clinton responded on Twitter,
stopping short of an apology.
"A story appeared today
"about something that happened in 2008.
"I was dismayed when it occurred but was heartened
"that the young woman came forward, was heard,
"and had her concerns taken seriously and addressed.
"I called her today to tell her how proud I am of her
"and to make sure she knows what all women should:
we deserve to be heard."
Yeah, women deserve to be heard and then quietly reassigned.
"Thank you for speaking up.
Now into the closet. Shh!"
Like, I know that this incident happened ten years ago,
and maybe, ten years ago, the world was a different place.
But, I-I don't know, I thought in 2018,
with everything we're learning about now,
maybe Hillary might come out and say,
"Hey, guys, I realize now that I was part
"of the problem in the way I handled this.
When I look back, I realize I should have done better."
Because that's the truth. When we look back
on all of our lives, we realize there are moments
where we should have done better.
But it feels like Hillary's not only trying
to dodge all the blame,
she wants to present herself
as having always been on this woman's side,
which doesn't fly.
Because not only did the woman get reassigned,
but this guy, Burns Strider,
he went on to get another job in Democratic politics,
where he got fired for doing the same thing to other women.
So you could argue that, if Hillary had fired him,
she would have been protecting many women
instead of just herself.