All week
the big story has been about liberal activists
confronting Trump and his senior officials
over his immigration policies.
But according to some,
this anger is just playing straight
into Trump's enormously small hands.
This is the kind of behavior
that rubs a lot of people the wrong way.
And they say if you're going to attack a president like this
and the... and the people who work for him,
I'm simply going to vote against you.
REPORTER: This may help the Republicans not lose the House.
The more that the-the critics get enraged,
the more they drive people towards President Trump.
It's a complete gift to Donald Trump.
It is helping Donald Trump.
If the Democrats and people on the political left
keep that stuff up,
he gets... it's a slam dunk for Trump.
"Slam dunk for Trump." Wow.
That's a phrase I never thought I'd hear.
The physics just don't seem possible, you know?
But, still, the question is, does liberal outrage at Trump
only drive more people to his side?
Well, for answers, we turn
to our senior civility correspondent,
-Michael Kosta, everybody! -(cheering and applause)
Michael, this is...
this is... this is really confusing.
Well, I know it seems confusing, Trevor,
but those pundits are absolutely right.
It's like when my girlfriend kept accusing me
of wanting to sleep with Karen, you know?
She brought it up so much that, eventually, I slept with Karen.
Again. I had already slept with... I'm not a great person.
I'm just making the point.
Wait, wait, what is the point again?
The point is, like my girlfriend,
all the liberal screaming and shouting
annoys people so much it makes them vote for Trump.
Well, but, wait, isn't there a double standard here, Michael?
I mean, like, the president's supporters want civility,
but he's out there calling people bitches
and-and saying that some women are too ugly to assault.
He's just telling it how it is.
I mean, sorry if it triggers you, but it's funny.
Okay, but then Robert De Niro saying "(bleep) Trump"
at the Tony Awards?
That's crude, okay?
That is crude and disgusting.
If George Washington saw what's become of the Tony Awards,
Trevor, I'm just glad he's dead.
Well, I-I... Here's the thing. I guess I just don't understand
how people could be more offended at language
than policies. You know, like how conservatives flipped out
when Peter Fonda tweeted that Trump's children
should be locked in a cage.
And-and how dare he, Trevor?
How dare Peter Fonda,
the star of Ulee's Gold,
the 123rd top-grossing movie of 1997,
a man with that kind of power,
say the president's child should be locked up?
Yeah, but the president is actually locking up children
-right now. -Uh, yeah. So what?
Sometimes you got to lock kids up.
But to threaten to lock kids up,
I just thank God Abraham Lincoln was shot to death
before he read that tweet.
Okay, but-but just so we're clear,
this is the same side that cheered on Corey Lewandowski
when he mocked a girl with Down syndrome
being taken away from her parents.
Do you even have jokes in Africa, Trevor?
Lewandowski wasn't mocking the girl--
he was mocking people who think a girl with Down syndrome
being separated from her family is sad.
But it is sad.
If you don't think that, you're heartless.
Oh, really, Trevor? You're calling Trump voters heartless?
Guess what, they just got ten more Trump votes right there.
Wait, wait, I just got him ten more votes?
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Oh, and now they're stupid, too?
Now those ten people are definitely voting for Trump.
Didn't you just say that they were already voting for Trump?
(stammers) They might have forgotten.
Those people are kind of stupid.
So, so, let me get this straight.
If liberals criticize Trump, he'll get more votes.
But if they don't do anything, then he wins anyway.
So how can they win the situation?
Don't ask me. I mean, I had a girlfriend and Karen,
and now they've both kicked me out, you know?
I'm just glad Ronald Reagan is too dead to see
this proud American reduced to sleeping in the office
-of his African boss. -Wait, wait...
Wait, you're sleeping in my office?
That's Trevor Noah, everybody!