Senator Lindsey Graham is terrified
about an imminent threat to
the United States.
What is it?
Well, let's watch.
>> We had 40,000 Brazilians
come through the Yuma sector alone,
headed for Connecticut, wearing
designer clothes and Gucci bags.
This is not economic
migration anymore.
People see an open America,
they've taken advantage of us,
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terrorists gets in this crowd.
>> You heard it here, folks.
Lindsey Graham is warning us about
Brazilian fashionistas invading our
borders with their Gucci bags.
I mean, what is next, Cenk?
Couture curriculum in
elementary schools,
that's what you can expect, okay?
And by the way, there's no winning
if you happen to be an immigrant.
If you're poor, the United States
government doesn't want you.
If you're wealthy apparently, the
United States fears you as well.
I mean, that was insane,
that was insane.
That was insane.
>> So we call out BS on our side.
Just watch any show anytime, and
you'll see us call a Democrat after
Democrat.
But the right wing doesn't operate
that way.
They're just authoritarian,
so Lindsey Graham says something
that's an obvious outrageous lie.
And Sean Hannity,
you think he's strong and
he's going to correct him?
No, though,
because the lying is that the bug,
it's the feature.
So 40,000 Brazilians
in Gucci bags in the Yuma sector.
Okay, now let's break down in case
there's like seven of you out there
who think that that's a real thing.
So if they have Gucci bags,
why don't they just fly in?
That is how, by the way most
undocumented immigrants come to
this country, they fly in.
And then they overstay their visa.
It's a super easy thing to do,
especially if you're wealthy enough
to own a Gucci bag.
You know how easy it is to get a
tourist visa and then overstay it?
Why would someone wealthy go across
the Rio Grande?
Why would they go through
the desert?
And then 40,000 of them at a time
with their Gucci bag.
>> With their Gucci bags.
>> In the Yuma sector.
What is this like,
an slow version of Clue?
[LAUGH] >> I just think that
Graham's concerned about the fact
that they look way more fabulous
than he does.
Okay?
>> [LAUGH] Okay, so.
>> Colonel Mustard in the den with
a candlestick.
Guys, know how
could you not see it isn't true?
>> No, it's not obviously
it's not true.
Okay, so first off,
what's really going on here?
Is there an influx of undocumented
Brazilians?
No, however, apparently,
this year there was a record number
of Brazilians who were
stopped at our Southern border.
Were they just let into
the country?
Of course not.
So when he brings up the 40,000
figure, right?
Reporters were like,
where do you get that figure from?
And he's very likely referring to
the 42,000 Brazilians that were
sent back at our Southern border,
okay?
And by the way,
the reporters looked at photos
of those migrants as they were
trying to come into the country.
And none of them had any designer
clothing or Gucci bags,
like just completely made up stuff,
completely!
And by way, what happened to
the Republican Party?
Remember, Trump was like, no, we'll
let immigrants in if they're rich.
You gotta prove that you can take
care of yourself because we don't
want you to relying on the social
safety net.
So it's funny because they spent
all this time fear-mongering about
poor, desperate immigrants seeking
asylum.
And now they're fear-mongering
about fashionistas from
Brazil, what?
>> So by the way, so a lot of those
folks who are Haitians who
relocated to Brazil after the last,
I shouldn't say last,
The earthquake that happened about
a decade ago, okay?
So a lot of them moved to Brazil,
and then the situation of Brazil
got so bad and they got so
desperate in Brazil because it's
also led by a right-wing monster.
And so the economies in tatters,
corruption is awful, the usual
stuff that happens when the right
wing gets into place, but there are
a lot of people with Gucci bags.
But they're not coming here,
they're staying there and having
the time of their lives, destroying
the middle class in Brazil.
So people are now leaving Brazil,
and a lot of those
Haitians that have
been living there came up here.
And what do we do as Ana told you?
We return them, we've been actually
brutal to Haitian immigrants.
But you can't be brutal enough for
Lindsey Graham and Sean Hannity,
they going to lie about you anyway.
Joe Biden, you were terrible to
the Haitian immigrants.
And what did it get you?
Did it get you any kind
of agreement from the Republicans?
Did it get you any compromise from
the Republicans?
Did it get you a single vote?
Did it get you any rhetoric where
they say, well,
at least Joe Biden was reasonable,
he sent back all the Haitians.
No, they pretended that you let
them all in with their Gucci bags.
And so Ana's right, the original
thesis for why we can't let any
immigrants in, by the way, before,
did we let poor immigrants in?
By the millions, when they were
Italian and Irish, and yes,
they suffered discrimination, but
at the time we didn't need them to
have Gucci bags.
They had barely survived the famine
in Ireland.
We let them in because we were
decent human beings in America.
That was what made
us a shining city on a hill.
Now you turn around when they're
brown and black and
you say I don't want them, and
what's your excuse to all,
because they're going to come here
to mooch off the welfare state.
Well, make up your mind.
Are they trying to mooch
off the welfare state, or
do they travel thousands of
miles across unbelievable terrain
with their Gucci bags?
Which one is it?
Okay, even every
Republican in the audience knows
that Lindsey Graham was lying.
>> Yeah, that's exactly right,
and what do we see from members of
the Republican Party over and
over and over again?
As we discuss the current economic
situation in the country, as we
discuss the budget reconciliation
bill, what it includes, how it
would improve people's lives.
Republicans just discuss anything
related to culture that could
terrify Republican voters,
especially the older Republican
voters who tend to watch programs
on Fox News, right?
Be scared,
don't pay attention to the fact
that we're robbing you, right?
That we're corrupt politicians that
are allowing pharmaceutical
companies to price gouge you,
just focus on the scary
Brazilian fashionistas.
They're coming for
you with their Gucci bags.
It's pathetic.
>> The lobbyists' hallway used to
be called Gucci Gulch in DC?
>> Really?
>> Yeah, and
so this is famous book about and
everything.
So this was a lobbyist so rich and
represented rich people,
so they were all had Gucci odd.
And who is Lindsey Graham's
favorite set of people in
the world?
>> It's amazing.
>> Lobbyists,
who are known to wear Gucci.
Guys, again, if you're the most
ardent right winger,
it doesn't really matter, okay,
you hate immigrants.
That's fine, right?
That's it, we'll fight on that a
different day, but who do you think
is more likely to have Gucci bags?
Poor Haitians/Brazilian immigrants
that went thousands of miles to
come here without a dollar in their
pocket?
Or Lindsey Graham's lobbyist
friends?
Come on,
you know the answer to that.
And by the way,
why does Lindsey lie to you all
the time if you're a Republican?
because there's no consequences.
You gotta at some point,
if you're a right winger say, hey,
maybe I agree with your policies,
but can you stop treating me like
I'm an idiot?
Because I know you're lying and
it's obvious.
When you don't say that, he goes,
okay, they like it.
They like the lies.
>> I want them to ask better
questions, though.
Like, hey, you are one of the most
powerful people not just in
the country, in the world.
Why are you allowing pharmaceutical
companies to price gouge us?
>> Yeah, every Republican including
Lindsey Graham,
is against negotiating drug prices.
What kind of free market capitalism
says you can't negotiate?
That's the exact opposite of
the free market.
It's crony capitalism, corporatism,
that's destroying both democracy
and capitalism,
Lindsey Graham's in favor of it.
Why don't you ask him about that?
Well, he say, wait,
why would you say that we should
have higher drug prices?
It's going to cost us $500 billion,
the taxpayers,
that's half a trillion dollars,
Lindsey Graham!
Wait a minute, you get tons
of money from drug companies.
I wonder if that has something to
do with it.
You know who actually is
40,000 strong with Gucci bags?
Pharma company lobbyists who
are invading Washington
right now is spending tens
of millions of dollars on scummy
politicians like Lindsey Graham.