FROM COMEDY CENTRAL'S WORLD NEWS
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS
IS "THE DAILY SHOW" WITH JON
STEWART!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
♪
>> Jon: HI, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SHOW"!
MY NAME IS JON STEWART!
MY GUEST TONIGHT, ONE OF OUR
ALL-TIME FAVORITES, SARAH VOWELL
WILL BE JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS THE LAST SHOW BEFORE WE
GO ON A BREAK, A COUPLE-WEEK
BREAK.
THEN WHEN WE GET BACK, BASICALLY
IT'S A THREE-WEEK RUN TO THE
FINALE.
OBVIOUSLY, I'VE GOT A LOT OF
MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE PERSON
WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR ME, REALLY
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE RUN, BUT
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE END OF THE
RUN.
HIS NAME IS DONALD.
(LAUGHTER)
AND...
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
GOOD MAN.
AND DONALD RECENTLY GLIDED BACK
INTO MY LIFE ON HIS SOLID GOLD
UP AND DOWN PEOPLE MOVER,
CRANKED UP THE UNAUTHORIZED
MILLIAN, OPENED UP HIS CRAZY
HOLE AND MADE A PROMISE TO ME
THAT I WOULD NEVER BE WITHOUT
MATERIAL AGAIN!
(LAUGHTER)
>> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE,
THEY'RE NOT SENDING THEIR BEST.
THEY'RE SENDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
LOTS OF PROBLEMS, AND THEY'RE
BRINGING THOSE PROBLEMS WITH US.
THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS.
THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME.
THEY'RE RAPISTS.
AND SOME, I ASSUME, ARE GOOD
PEOPLE.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: THAT'S OUR DONALD
TRUMP REMINDING AMERICA THAT AS
MANY AS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE --
(LAUGHTER)
-- COMING ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER ARE NOT RAPISTS!
(LAUGHTER)
HE ASSUMES...
HE'S SURE ABOUT THE RAPIST PART.
(LAUGHTER)
BUT FEELS THAT, I GUESS, BY PURE
LAW OF AVERAGES, THERE ARE
PROBABLY SOME NON-RAPISTS CAUGHT
UP IN THAT TIDE, WHETHER THEY'RE
UNABLE TO RAPE FOR MEDICAL
REASONS OR --
(LAUGHTER)
-- OR WHETHER THEY ARE JUST ALL
RAPED OUT!
(LAUGHTER)
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS
STATEMENT FROM A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE --
(LAUGHTER)
WAS NOTICED.
>> NBC ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CUT
ALL BUSINESS TIES TO DONALD
TRUMP.
>> UNIVISION IS DROPPING ALL
TIES WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>> AT SERTA MATTRESS COMPANY TO
THE LIST.
>> RICKY MARTIN IS YANKING HIS
GOLF TOURNAMENT OFF TRUMP
PROPERTIES.
>> Jon: I AM SHOCKED!
I AM SHOCKED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
WERE OKAY GOING DOING BUSINESS
WITH DONALD TRUMP UP TO THIS
POINT --
(LAUGHTER)
-- BUT YOU KNOW OUR P.C. CULTURE
IMMEDIATELY MOVES TO SHUT
CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS UP AND
CENSOR THEM BY INTERVIEWING THEM
EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
>> BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT YOU WOULD STICK BY THESE
COMMENTS.
DO YOU REGRET YOU DIDN'T HAVE A
SCRIPT?
DO YOU WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
ANYTHING?
>> WOULD YOU TAKE ANY OF THAT
BACK?
>> DO YOU REGRET SAYING THAT
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RAPIST OR DO
YOU STAND BY IT?
>> AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER,
REMEMBER MY QUESTION INCLUDED
THE WORDS REGRET, RAPIST, AND
YOU!
(LAUGHTER)
WHICH, IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, IS
CALLED A HINT!
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, MR. TRUMP WAS
SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY.
DID DONALD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO WALK BACK HIS COMMENTS, TO
EXPRESS REGRET OVER
MISREPRESENTING THE SITUATION OF
SAYING SOMETHING INELEGANTLY?
OF COURSE NOT.
AND YOU KNOW WHY HE'S NOT
WALKING THEM BACK?
BECAUSE WALKING IS FOR LOSERS.
(LAUGHTER)
WINNERS GLIDE.
USUALLY DOWN ESCALATORS, INTO
MALLS.
>> OF COURSE, THEY'RE CRIMINALS
IN MANY CASES.
WHY WOULD I CHANGE THAT
STATEMENT?
>> SOME ARE GOOD, RAPIST --
I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OVER
THE WORLD, THEY'RE COMING
THROUGH SOUTHERN BORED.
>> I'M NOT KNOCKING ANYBODY.
IF I WERE DOING MEXICO, WOULD BE
SENTING THE KILLERS, DRUG
DEALERS, RAPISTS --
>> Jon: AND THE POSSIBILITIES
OF A POSSIBLE TRUMP PRESIDENCY,
I WOULD PUT ALL MY COUNTRY'S
RAPISTS AND CRIMINALS ON A BUS
AND SEND THEM TO THE NEXT
COUNTRY TO THE NORTH.
SUCK ON THAT, CANADA.
(LAUGHTER)
NOW, I KNOW IT'S A FOOL'S ERRAND
TO TRY AND DISPROVE THE RAVINGS
OF A MAD MAN BUT ACCORDING TOA
STUDY IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL
CRIMINOLOGY, THERE'S NO
CORRELATION BETWEEN INCREASED
CRIME AND DEGENERATION.
HURTING AND KILLING EACH OTHER
IS A JOB AMERICANS ARE WILLING
TO DO THEMSELVES.
DONALD K YOU POINT TO FIGURE
THAT BACKS UP YOUR STATEMENT?
>> THIS WAS AN ARTICLE BY
FUSION.
SOMEBODY SAID FUSION'S OWNED BY
UNIVISION.
THIS ONE SAYS 80% OF CENTRAL
AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE
RAPED CROSSING INTO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THAT'S ABOUT WOMEN BEING
RAPED.
IT'S NOT ABOUT CRIMINALS COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER OR ENTERING
THE COUNTRY.
>> WELL, SOMEBODY'S DOING THE
RAPING, DON.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: TOUCHE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR CAMPAIGN
SLOGAN FROM 2016 -- SOMEBODY'S
DOING THE RAPING...
(APPLAUSE)
IT IS HARD TO GET MAD AT DONALD
TRUMP FOR SAYING STUPID THINGS,
IN THE SAME WAY YOU DON'T GET
MAD AT A MONKEY WHEN HE THROWS
POOP AT YOU AT THE ZOO.
IT'S A MONKEY.
IT'S WHAT THEY DO.
IN SOME WAYS IT'S ON YOU FOR
WATCHING.
WHAT DOES GET ME ANGRY IS THE
RIDICULOUS, DISINGENUOUS
DEFENDING OF THE POOP-THROWING
MONKEY.
>> YA KNOW, A LOT OF POLITICIANS
WOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED BY NOW AND
SAID, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I
REALLY MEANT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT HE MEANT,
LARGELY.
HE SAID, YA KNOW, THERE --
THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN THE
SOUTHERN BORDER IS NOT SECURE.
>> Jon: NOBODY REALLY
CANCELING BUSINESS WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
IF HE HAD SAID IN HIS SPEECH,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROBLEM
WHEN OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS ARE
INSECURE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
>> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE,
THEY'RE NOT SENDING THEIR BEST.
THEY'RE RAPISTS.
AND SOME, I ASSUME, ARE GOOD
PEOPLE.
>> Jon: HE'S STILL NOT EVEN
SURE IF SOME ARE GOOD PEOPLE!
(LAUGHTER)
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS
THAT -- THAT IT GETS DISTORTED,
PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT.
>> HE DIDN'T SAY MOST MEXICANS
WERE RAPISTS.
HE SAID THEY ARE -- HE'S
SPEAKING -- GENERALLY SPEAKING
OF THE CRIMINALS THAT ARE DOING
THIS.
>> Jon: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS, BUT I KNOW THAT'S
NOT WHAT HE SAID!
LET ME PLAY THIS AGAIN AT A
SPEED EVEN STEVE KING CAN
UNDERSTAND.
(PLAYING SLOWLY)
>> THEY'RE RAPISTS.
AND SOME, I ASSUME, ARE GOOD
PEOPLE.
>> Jon: GET...
IT...
STEVE?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT
PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT?
(APPLAUSE)
SO ARE WE SETTLED?
>> SHOULD HE APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT
HE SAID?
>> I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD
APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST THE PROBLEM THAT IS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
I RECOGNIZE THE P.C. WORLD, THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DON'T WANT TO
ADMIT IT --
>> Jon: THAT IS SUCH BUZZ WORD
(BLEEP).
LET'S GET STRAIGHT WHAT DONALD
TRUMP SAID.
FOLLOW THE CLASSY BALL.
>> THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS...
THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME...
THEY'RE RAPISTS...
AND SOME, I ASSUME, ARE GOOD
PEOPLE.
♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Jon: STOP PRETENDING!
HE SAID MEXICO IS PURPOSELY
SENDING US DRUGS, KILLERS AND
RAPISTS AND WITHIN THAT GROUP
THERE MAY BE -- HE'S NOT SURE --
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD.
THAT'S THE PART HE'S NOT SURE
ABOUT.
HE'S ONLY SURE ABOUT THE
OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF KILLERS,
RAPIST AND DRUG ADDICTS MEXICO
HAS SENT US.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
BUT THE ONE GOOD THING TO COME
OUT OF THIS IS THE FARCE OF THIS
CANDIDACY IS ON DISPLAY FOR ALL
VOTERS SEE AND THE RESULTS WILL
BE OBVIOUS.
>> THE BILLIONAIRE WHO JUMPED TO
SECOND PLACE AMONG REPUBLICANS
IN A RECENT NATIONAL POLL ALSO
PLACING SECOND IN THE FIRST TWO
CRITICAL BATTLE GROUNDERS OF
IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> Jon: (BLEEP) ME.
WE'LL BE BACK.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Jon: WELCOME BACK!
WHAT IS IN A NAME?
THAT BY WE WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY
OTHER NAME WOULD STILL...
YOU KNOW?
GROW AND...
(LAUGHTER)
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO
MOUNTAINS, IT'S TRICKIER, AS
JORDAN KLEPPER REPORTS.
>> P.C. CULTURE IS OUT OF
CONTROL.
FIRST, THEY CAME FOR OUR TEAM
NAMES AND I SAID NOTHING BECAUSE
I WASN'T A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
FRANCHISE, BUT NOW THEY'RE
COMING FOR OUR MOUNTAINS.
MT. McKINLEY NAMED AFTER OUR
BELOVED 25th PRESIDENT IS
UNDER ATTACK BY THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF ALASKA.
>> THEY CALL IT MT. McKINLEY
BUT WE WANT IT TO BE DENALI.
>> ALL OVER ALASKA, PEOPLE ARE
ADVOCATING TO NAME THIS MOUNTAIN
AFTER A POPULAR SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLE.
>> IT'S OUR LANDS AND OUR PEOPLE
HAVE PUT A LOT OF VALUE INTO THE
NAME DENALI OF THE MOUNTAIN.
IT MEANS THE HIGH ONE OR THE
GREAT ONE.
>> THIS MOUNTAIN HAS BEEN NAMED
AFTER McKINLEY SINCE 1896.
WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT REWRITE
100 YEARS OF HISTORY?
>> MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE OVER
10,000 YEARS.
>> 10,000?
REALLY?
(BLEEP).
BUT LUCKILY, PEOPLE WHO DON'T
LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE
MOUNTAINEN ARE ABLE TO STOP THE
GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF NAMES FROM
CONSIDERING THIS OUTRAGEOUS
PROPOSAL AND PROUD OHIO THINKS
McKINLEY'S LEGACY IS WORTH
FIGHTING FOR.
>> THE PEOPLE OF OHIO ARE VERY
ADAMANT THAT WE WANT THE NAME TO
STAY MT. McKINLEY.
HE HAD A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO
OUR NATION AND DESERVES IT.
>> BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
>> HE DIDN'T CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN.
WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN
PRESIDENT TO SEE THE MOUNTAIN.
>> HE NEVER SAW THE MOUNTAIN.
DID SO MUCH FOR ALASKA.
ALASKA WAS NOT A STATE AT THE
TIME.
>> WHAT IS IT THAT HAS TO DO
WITH OHIO?
, WELL, IT'S OUR PRESIDENT WHOSE
NAME IS ON A MOUNTAIN AND HE WAS
THE BEST PRESIDENT WHO CAME FROM
OHIO.
>> ONE OF OUR GREATEST
PRESIDENTS?
>> ABOVE AVERAGE PRESIDENT.
HE'S NOT ONE OF THE BEST BUT NOT
THE WORST.
>> THAT COUNTS FOR SMRKS NOT
BEING THE WORST.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOTTA HURT WHEN THE CURATOR
OF YOUR OWN MUSEUM THINKS YOU'RE
JUST ALL RIGHT.
BUT THE PEOPLE OF CANTON, OHIO
WON'T STOP FIGHTING FOR THEIR
FAVORITE MEDIOCRE SON.
>> ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW A LOT
ABOUT HIM.
>> HE DONE ALL KIND OF THINGS.
HE VOTED FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
>> YOU DON'T LIKELY KNOW (BLEEP)
ABOUT PRESIDENT McKINLEY BUT
YOU DO KNOW YOU DEFINITELY
SHOULDN'T CHANGE THE NAME OF THE
MOUNTAIN.
>> RIGHT.
BUT AS HE SHOWED ME HIS
ALASKA HOME, IT WAS CLEAR HE
NEED ADD LESSON IN OHIO.
>> THIS IS A LAND THAT PROVIDES
A LIVING FOR OUR PEOPLE.
>> YOU SHOULD SEE CANTON, A GIFT
SHOP, A PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF
FAME EVERYONE HAS TO SEE ONCE IN
THEIR LIFE.
THE SPIRIT OF McKINLEY WAS
EVERYWHERE I LOOKED.
LOOK, A BIG DOG.
>> WE CALL THAT A MOOSE AND BABY
MOOSE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOOD
SOURCES OF MY PEOPLE.
>> McKINLEY HAD A PARROT NAMED
"WASHINGTON POST," I THINK, THAT
SANG YANKEE DOODLE.
SO...
SADLY, HE STILL DIDN'T GET IT.
>> WHEN SOMEONE COMES HERE AND
TRIES TO RENAME IT, A PERSON
WHO'S NEVER BEEN TO ALASKA IN
THE FIRST PLACE, IT'S A
DISRESPECT TO THE VALUE OF OUR
PEOPLE AND CULTURE.
>> BUT I'M SURE THE PEOPLE OF
OHIO HAVE GOOD REASONS FOR
CONTINUING THE FIGHT.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE NAME
GOT CHANGED?
>> MAPS EVERYWHERE, GOT TO
CHANGE GOOGLE.
IT'S A HASSLE TO CHANGE A NAME.
DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME.
>> SORRY NATIVE ALASKANS, WE
CAN'T HONOR YOUR HERITAGE
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HASSLE.
>> YOU START UNNAMING A MOUNTAIN
AFTER A PRESIDENT, YOU FORGET
ALL ABOUT HIM AND IT'S A BAD
ROAD TO GO DOWN.
>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
ALASKAN CULTURE?
>> NOTHING.
DO YOU AGREE IT'S GOOD TO
HELP PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> SURE.
RENAMING A MOUNTAIN IS
HASSLE, BUT A SACRIFICE ALASKANS
MUST MAKE.
>> THIS COULD BE HAYES MOUNTAIN,
THAT'S A TAFT TAIL IF I'VE EVER
SEEN ONE.
THAT'S.
>> THAT'S AN EAST COAST WAY OF
THINKING I GUESS.
>> THANK YOU.
IS HAD TO BE PART OF OHIO'S
CULTURE OVER A CENTURY.
I HAD TO SEE IT CLOSE BUT OF
COURSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CLIMB
(BLEEP).
♪ PRESIDENT McKINLEY ♪
WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL LYRICS?
FINALLY, I WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN
THAT REMINDED CANTON OF THEIR
BELOVED PRESIDENT.
(BLEEP).
.(BLEEP) TO DO WITH OHIO.
MAYBE YOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
DISRESPECTED FOR LONG ENOUGH.
>> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE
THE TIDE AND HONOR THE PEOPLE OF
WHOSE LANDS WE LIVE ON.
FROM THE GIT GO, RESISTANCE
FROM OHIO.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE DICKS.
TRUST ME.
>> THAT'S NOT MY CALL.
I STAND BY IT.
PEOPLE FROM OHIO ARE DICKS.
>> LEGISLATORS FROM OHIO, I HAVE
ONE MORE MESSAGE FOR YOU.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> JORDAN KLEPPER, EVERYONE!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Jon: WELCOME BACK!
MY GUEST TONIGHT, BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR, HER BOOK IS CALLED
"LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT
UNITED STATES."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO OUR
PROGRAM SARAH VOWELL!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
♪
>> Jon: SARAH VOWELL IS HERE!
I'VE MISSED YOU.
>> I KNOW!
>> Jon: I'M SO DELIGHTED YOU
COULD COME JOIN US.
>> I'M GLAD I COULD BE AT YOUR
DEATH BED, TOO!
JUST LIKE PRESIDENT GARFIELD OF
OHIO.
>> Jon: IT IS SIVMENT DOES
McKINLEY DESERVE AN ALASKA
MOUNTAIN?
THEY'RE JUST THROWING MOUNTAINS
AROUND TO EVERYBODY.
>> DO WE REALLY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT McKINLEY?
I MEAN, WHO DOESN'T, RIGHT?
>> Jon: YEAH, I DO WANT TO
TALK ABOUT LAFAYETTE.
BECAUSE I'M FASCINATED.
>> I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
McKINLEY.
>> Jon: WHY.
BECAUSE OF NEWS ABOUT THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
YOU KNOW THE CIVIL WAR, THE
PEOPLE IN THE UNION AND THE
PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, A LOT OF
ONES ON THAT SIDE WERE
REPUBLICANS.
>> Jon: YES.
AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
THESE DAYS WHO WANT TO KEEP THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG ON THEIR STUPID
STATE LAWNS ARE, SOME OF THEM
ARE REPUBLICAN.
AND YOU'RE, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED?
IT WAS PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
HE HAD THIS GUY NAMED MARK
HANNAH, LIKE --
>> Jon: THE ANIMATER?
(LAUGHTER)
>> HE WAS LIKE HIS KARL ROVE.
>> Jon: OH, OKAY.
HE HAS A VERY NICE TOMB IN
CLEVELAND, IF YOU'RE IN TOWN.
AND HE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
IN THE 1890s, AND HE DECIDED
THERE ARE ALL THESE WHITE GUYS
DOWN SOUTH THAT CAN VOTE.
WE SHOULD GET THEM TO VOTE FOR
THE REPUBLICANS.
HE SENT McKINLEY DOWN SOUTH
AND McKINLEY GAVE SPEECHES
ABOUT HOW THE CIVIL WAR WAS
ABOUT AMERICAN VALOR.
>> Jon: WOW!
THAT'S HOW THEY --
>> Jon: THAT'S SOUTHERN
STRATEGY.
>> THAT'S HOW THEY STARTED --
>> Jon: WHY DIDN'T THAT TAKE
HOLD UNTIL, LIKE, GEORGE WALLACE
AND THE DIXIECRATS?
>> WELL, IT TAKES A WHILE
BECAUSE THE GUY STILL REMEMBERED
BEING SHOT AT
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: SO STILL DON'T TRUST
THE DEMOCRATS, THEY WERE
SHOOTING AT THEM.
>> IT WAS A LONG PROCESS, BUT I
FEEL THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
END
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: LET'S GO BACK EVEN
FURTHER, NOW, TO THE BEGINNING
OF THIS GRAND EXTRAVAGANZA AND
LAFAYETTE.
>> LET'S RUIN EVERYONE'S FOURTH
OF JULY.
>> Jon: LET'S NOT.
LET US ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHY LAFAYETTE,
WHAT IS SO VALUABLE ABOUT HIM
AND HOW DID A CHILD -- HE WAS A
CHILD.
>> HE WAS 19.
>> Jon: A CHILD!
YEAH.
>> Jon: WHEN HE CAME TO
BASICALLY DEFEND AMERICA.
>> YEAH.
>> Jon: WHY DID HE DO THAT?
ONE REASON, THE BRITISH HAD
KILLED HIS DAD IN A WAR, SO HE
HAD A GRUDGE.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: THIS IS GET TOCK A
THEME THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
>> HE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM
HIS INLAWS
(LAUGHTER)
AND HE BELIEVED IN THE IDEALS OF
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.
>> Jon: SO DID LAFAYETTE THEN
HAVE TO CONVINCE THE KING OF
FRANCE, WHY DON'T WE GET
INVOLVED IN THIS?
WHICH COULD EXPLODE IT INTO A
GLOBAL WAR?
>> RIGHT, HE WAS IN ON IT.
THERE WERE SOME MINISTERS
WORKING FOR THE KING OF FRANCE,
YOU KNOW, PRIME MINISTER VERJIN.
>> Jon: YEAH, HE WAS
TREMENDOUS.
>> YEAH.
WELL, I THINK OF YOU AS MY
VERJIN.
>> Jon: YOU THINK OF HE AS
YOUR PRIME MINISTER OF VERJIN
WHO ULTIMATELY GOT THE KING
KILLED.
>> BECAUSE HE SPENT HIS MONEY
HELPING US AND THEY WENT
BANKRUPT AND THE PEASANTS ARE,
LIKE, I'M HUNGRY!
(LAUGHTER)
THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD A
PROBLEM WITH TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION IN GENERAL BUT
ARE PRETTY OPEN MINDED ABOUT
TAXING THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
>> Jon: WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION.
>> YEAH.
>> Jon: THAT IS AN IRONY THAT
I NEVER PICKED UP ON.
>> SOMEBODY SHOULD WRITE A BOOK
ABOUT IT.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: I HOPE THEY DO SOON.
VERY SOON.
>> YEAH.
>> Jon: SO LAFAYETTE COMES
HERE.
HE WANTS GLORY.
WITHOUT LAFAYETTE, IN TRUTH, WE
HAVE TO BE HONEST HERE, WITHOUT
LAFAYETTE, THERE IS NO UNITED
STATES.
WE DON'T DEFEAT.
>> WELL, HE'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.
HE'S THINKING I'M GOING TO GO
HELP THESE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN
LIBERTY AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF
THEM WANTED TO STAY IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND SOME OF THEM WANTED
TO FIRE GEORGE WASHINGTON.
>> Jon: RIGHT.
WE WERE ALWAYS A BUNCH OF
BICKERERS.
>> Jon: SO YOU'RE NOT
SURPRISED BY THE TENOR IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT
SURPRISED BY THE ARGUMENTS WE'RE
HAVING IN THE COUNTRY NOW, AND
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A PART OF
OUR DNA FROM THE GET-GO.
>> SURE.
AND IT'S OUR STRENGTH AS WELL AS
WEAKNESS.
AT CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, ONE GUY
SAID WE SHOULD HAVE A FAST DAY.
THEY DON'T EAT TO HUMBLE
THEMSELVES BEFORE THEIR GOD.
AND JEFFERSON IS, LIKE, MMM,
THAT SEEMS A LITTLE RELIGIOUS
(LAUGHTER)
AND THEN JOHN ADAMS STANDS YOU
HAVE AND HE'S, LIKE, JEFFERSON!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE A MAN OF
PIETY AND VIRTUE!
AND NOW IN!
(LAUGHTER)
AND RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, ADAMS
IS, LIKE, HMM, JEFFERSON IS MY
FRIEND, MAYBE I OFFENDED HIM.
AT THAT MOMENT, JEFFERSON GOT UP
OUT OF HIS CHAIR AND WENT OVER
AND JUST SAT NEXT TO HIS FRIEND,
JOHN ADAMS.
SO IT'S, LIKE, WE CAN FIGHT AND
WE CAN DISAGREE BUT WE CAN STILL
SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
(APPLAUSE)
>> Jon: LAFAYETTE IN THE
SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES!
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE TO
END THIS ON.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS OF
ALL TIME.
"LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT
UNITED STATES," ON THE
BOOKSHELVES IN OCTOBER!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Jon: THAT'S OUR SHOW!
HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN!
>> CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT BE
LOOKING OVER ANY FIREWORKS.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO BE LIT BY
PROFESSIONALS SO CONSUMERS CAN
BE JOINING THEM IN A SKY.
>> YOU HAVE NO GOOD REASON TO
LOOK OVER A FIRECRACKER?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)