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So much to talk about tonight. President Biden joins the MAGA movement, conservatives are totally not mad about Taylor Swift, and John Leguizamo is here. So, let's get into another installment of Indecision 2024.

We are now just 53 days away from the election, and the candidates are pulling out all the stops to build out their coalitions. On the Republican side, Donald Trump has been flying around the country with far-right Internet troll Laura Loomer, a 9/11 conspiracy theorist who Trump brought to a 9/11 ceremony yesterday. A 9/11 truther at a 9/11 ceremony.

Is that like an atheist going to Easter mass? Well, I don't believe in any of this, but as long as you guys are having fun, you know? And if you want an idea of just how extreme Loomer is, Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling her out for being racist. And not even in a "stop stealing my bit" kind of way. I didn't even know there was a level of racist above Marjorie Taylor Greene. It's like finding out a movie can be rated NC39.

Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Kamala Harris is basking in the endorsement of Taylor Swift, who posted her support to her 283 million Instagram followers this week, which...

I'm sure the conservatives are taking it well. I'm allowed to criticize Taylor Swift, and I don't give a shit who gets upset. This is disgusting. If she wants to vote Harris-Walls, she can do it all she wants. But to say the reason she's doing it is because of Tim Walls' stance on LGBTQ, F-U, Taylor Swift. I guess I'll find someone else to go with me to the Heiress Tour, huh? You know what, maybe I'll just rip him off. Who cares? I don't know.

Oh, they're easy. Just buy them on StubHub, guys. I'm sure not all conservatives are as mad as Megyn Kelly. In fact, some of them went to great lengths to reassure themselves that Taylor Swift's opinions just don't matter. We admire Taylor Swift's music, but I don't think most Americans, whether they like her music or fans of hers or not, are gonna be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.

Yeah. Can you imagine people relating to a celebrity billionaire? Someone who's been on Time magazine or hosted SNL or been in a Kanye West music video. I can't imagine anybody being impressed with that. I'm JD Vance and I have no sense of irony.

So who else in the right-wing ecosphere is completely unbothered by the Taylor endorsement? Here's the thing. Who cares? Okay? I buy music or I go to a movie because I like what the actor is acting or I like the singer. I don't give a damn what you think politically. You're not going to move me one way or another. What makes you think that the way you think should influence other people? You sing for a living.

Just deal with that. Okay. Okay. A little harsh. But Judge Jeanine Pirro has standards. She's not going to be impressed by some celebrity taking a political stance. That's not something that's going to excite her. Ever. The Rock is delivering a smackdown on the Biden campaign. Hey, you know, look.

You really expect Judge Jeanine to remember what she said four months ago? I'm pretty sure she's had a Pacific Ocean amount of white wine since then. You know what?

It's honestly exhausting trying to keep up with the right-wing media's spinning and its lies. And if you were paying attention yesterday, you probably saw this picture of Joe Biden, where he's wearing a Trump 2024 hat. And a bunch of Trump fans called him senile and demented, which was mean, and also a weird thing to say to a guy for wearing your candidate's hats. But I actually want to show you what actually happened in that moment, because...

Dare I say it was a moment of actual fun. And when was the last time this campaign gave us something fun? -They're eating the dogs. -Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Aside from that, uh, yesterday,

Joe Biden was at an event honoring the first responders on September 11th. And several people at the event were wearing Trump shirts, which, frankly, is a cool thing about America. I mean, nobody in Russia is meeting Vladimir Putin with wearing a Navalny shirt, you know? If they do, they're not leaving through the door. So, Joe Biden not only didn't throw anybody out a window, he approached a man wearing a Trump hat, and the two of them kind of hit it off. Presidential hat. Presidential seal on it.

Okay. See, that's sort of a nice moment. Two old men from opposite sides coming together to share a laugh while neither of them run for president.

And then it got even better. There you go, man. I need that hat. You want my autograph? Hell no. You got my name. Come on. I ain't going that far. There you go. Now, you know what? I'll tell you what. I will tell you what.

If you ask me, you ask me, this is what you want from the president of the United States when he meets a voter on the other side. He doesn't get mad at him. He doesn't try to hard sell him. He just shows warmth and a bit of empathy. And they did a remarkable thing you don't see among two people on opposite sides these days. They had a laugh. And with a simple exchange of hats, they're able to share something much more meaningful. Lice. Itchy, disgusting, impossible to get rid of. Lice.

And that warms my dead heart. For some more analysis on this moment with Joe Biden and a Trump supporter, we turn to Michael Kosta. Michael. Thank you, Joe. Michael, I gotta say, I gotta say...

I'm moved by this moment, you know? I thought this was a beautiful display of unity. I couldn't agree more, Jordan. And President Biden showed us that we can put our differences aside and find joy in our common humanity. And it made me think, Jordan, that perhaps you and I can learn from this. And maybe we, too, could put aside our hatred of each other. I don't think we hate each other. Of course we do, shithead. Everyone knows...

Everyone knows about our rivalry. You're from Michigan. I'm from the better part of Michigan. I'm a hot guy in his 40s. You're a guy in his 40s. I've got a forehead. You've got a five head. Okay, you know what? This five head packs a mean head butt. Thank you very much. Look, the point is, perhaps we can learn something from President Biden and that MAGA guy that looked just like you. Let's make peace.

You know what, you know what, Costa? That is a nice idea. As a matter of fact, I have my lucky Kalamazoo college hat right here. And I know you didn't go to Kalamazoo, but in the spirit of unity, will you wear it? Wow. I actually got into K-Zoo, but my parents told me never to settle. But today...

Yes, I will wear your beloved hat. So there you go. I love it. You do it. I will tell you, that means a lot to me. Thank you. Thank you. And in return, I'd like you to wear my hat. I love that. You know what? I'd be honored. Okay, and here it is. So, thanks for you. Okay, you know what? I...

Kind of thought it would be like a college hat, not a cowboy hat that says boobs on it. This hat represents everything I believe in. And...

If you truly share my commitment to unity, you'll wear it. OK, you know what? Well, if it's for unity, then-- You know, I almost forgot. You have to wear the rat tail that goes along with it. I mean, why does a cowboy hat have a rat tail that goes along with it? It's a family heirloom. It kept my great-grandfather warm during the Ice Age. OK, no. I mean, your great-grandfather did not use this to keep him warm during the Ice Age.

Yeah, he did. Ice Age 4, Continental Drift. The theater was freezing that day. Okay, you know what? Fine, fine. I'll put it in, okay? Great. All right? It's starting to feel like... Frankly, it's starting to feel like you're kind of f***ing with me. Oh, how dare you insult my serious attempt to cross the partisan divide? You know what? You can make it up to me by putting on this lobster bib. I mean, okay. I mean, okay. But... I mean, do they even have boobs? Look...

I give you a normal hack, and you're trying to make me look like an idiot. I don't think that's fair. You know what? You're right. You're right. In the spirit of common ground, I should wear the dumbest thing I own. Sure. Right? Okay, so here it is. Here is my commemorative Jordan Klepper will wear anything lobster bib. I mean, how did you even make that? Don't worry about it. Now, let's look in the camera for a photo op. Come on, let's get in here. Look at this right here. Come on, man.

Thank you, Michael. When we come back, John Leguizamo will be joining us. Don't go away.

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And then we bring you the insight from a former player, and this season it is Survivor 46 runner-up Charlie Davis. Welcome to the team, Charlie. Well, Jeff, I know firsthand that playing from the couch and playing on the island, completely different. So I hope you tune in every single week. We're going to dissect the strategy, the misfires and mistakes that change the game. If you want more Survivor than just 90 minutes, this is where you get it. On Fire, the only official Survivor podcast. ♪

Listen to On Fire, the official Survivor podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to The Daily Show. We all know I've got great opinions, but I'm not the only one. Studies show that other people also have opinions. So, here with another installment of In My Opinion is our good friend, John Leguizamo. Yo, yo, yo, yo, what's up, everybody? It's John Leguizamo here.

Look, in two short months, America is going to be deciding whether to elect Kamala Harris its first woman or Donald Trump its grossest man. And I'm here because you know how every time they say that a bell rings and an angel gets its wings. Well, every time Donald says anything racist about a Latino, a handsome Colombian guy goes on The Daily Show.

And if you watch the debate this week, you should know that Trump said a lot of shit about Latinos and immigration. Even when he wasn't being asked about immigration.

When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago? We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums. They're dangerous. They're at the highest level of criminality. And we have to get them out. We have to get them out fast. Oh, great answer about the economy, asshole. You're really, really nailed it.

It's like this dude has immigration Tourette's or something. Do you want fries with that, sir? You know what I don't want? I don't want immigrants eating our beautiful cats and dwarves.

And these days, Republicans aren't just stoking fears about immigrants committing crimes and eating our pets. They're saying immigrants are sneaking into our American elections. Republican leaders are now calling on Congress to pass what they're calling an election integrity bill. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act, would require...

require registered voters to provide proof of citizenship and force states to remove non-citizens from their lists of eligible voters. We want U.S. citizens to vote, but we don't want illegal votes. Block illegal aliens from voting in our elections. Joe Biden and his regime are shelling out benefits to illegal immigrants like Oprah Winfrey on her show. Everyone gets a vote. You're right, Lauren Boebert.

You're right. You can't just casually give votes away. They're not like a handjob at a Beetlejuice musical. And just so everyone's up to speed, what this bill does is require everyone to register with a documentation proving citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate. And maybe you're thinking, well, you know, if there's a big problem of non-citizens voting illegally, why not try to stop it? Well, because there isn't even a small problem.

There isn't a problem at all. Do you need to hear it in Spanish? No hay problema. Data shows that non-citizen immigrants almost never vote. And why would they? Who would risk going to prison or getting deported just for an I voted sticker? Can you imagine what that person would be thinking? Chingon. I travel hundreds of miles, pay tens of thousands of dollars.

Left my beloved ones and faced hardships no human being would ever want to endure. So all I could do was vote for Comptroller of Suffolk County. She said... Whoops. Sorry.

If you ask me, this whole thing is just Republicans trying to suppress the Latino vote. And you know why I think that? Because of stuff like this. The New York Times obtained recordings by conservative activists saying that non-citizens could be dissuaded from voting by posting signs in Spanish warning against illegally registering. They also suggested purging voter rolls by searching for ethnic names. Damn.

If they're looking for ethnic names to purge from the voting rolls, I am f***ed. I mean, John, what's with that weird-ass silent H? And by the time they got to Leguizamo, I'd be lucky if I could vote for the masked singer. Though there is something funny about these Republican cabrones trying to write anti-voting signs in Spanish because I doubt they have any Spanish-speaking friends. They're just going to their cleaning ladies like...

Hey, Consuelo, ¿cómo se dice you cannot vote? And you know, Consuelo will come back like, oh, I got you, papi. It's tenga, tengo una verga pequeña. Yeah, I said verga.

They're not going to catch me. The censors won't know what the f*** that is. Oops, f***, they would know. All right. So basically, the only people these Republicans want voting is white people. So if you want to vote, your skin better be as pure and as white as cocaine powder. Ma, I don't actually know what cocaine is. I mean, is it white? I've never seen it. I definitely don't know what it smells like. I'm just kidding. My mom's a big coke head.

THE POINT IS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING ILLEGAL EVENTS ARE STEALING OUR VOTES WHEN IN REALITY THEY'RE THE ONES STEALING VOTES BY USING RACIST FEAR-MONGERING TO SUPPRESS THEM. AND NOT ONLY DOES THIS HURT DEMOCRACY, BUT ALSO HURTS REAL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY LATINOS, BECAUSE ALL

All the latest data is showing that hate crimes against Latinos are way up in America. And this bullshit suppresses the vote and propagates false narrative that Latinos don't belong here when we do. We belong here. Oh, yeah. Thank you. You make me feel like I belong. Thank you. My own family goes back 500 years on this continent, bitch. And we're almost done unpacking. It's got a few more boxes left.

So, Republicans, maybe you should spend less time focusing on the SAVE Act and more time on trying not to be vergas pequeñas. But, hey, that's just my opinion. John Leguizamo, everybody. When we come back, Shashir Zamedo will be joining me on the show. Don't go away. Vergas pequeñas.

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And then we bring you the insight from a former player, and this season it is Survivor 46 runner-up Charlie Davis. Welcome to the team, Charlie. Well, Jeff, I know firsthand that playing from the couch and playing on the island, completely different. So I hope you tune in every single week. We're going to dissect the strategy, the misfires and mistakes that change the game. If you want more Survivor than just 90 minutes, this is where you get it. On Fire, the only official Survivor podcast.

Listen to On Fire, the official Survivor podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is a comedian and actor who stars in the new Disney Plus series, Agatha, all along. Please welcome Sashir Zameda. Sashir Zameda.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. I see this. Is it witch season already? It's been witch season. It's spooky time. It is. It comes earlier every year. Is that because of, like, dark magic? It's money. It's money. It's money. It's not climate change. No, it's money. It's money. I feel like I saw, like, Home Depot skeletons in April. Like, I think they're really just trying to, like, get you to buy more stuff. It is. And please buy my stuff.

Please buy into my spooky stuff. People want to be a little spooked out right now. Yeah. Yes. I've been fearful for years prepping for this. Yeah. But that's more of my own issue, I think. Right, right, right. Now, I first met you a decade ago. Hi.

I know, right? Yeah, doing comedy. Doing comedy. Yeah. Back when there were things to laugh about in this world. And now my inner soul has died. Again, this is too much about me to share. But we were doing comedy at the UCB back in the day. And since then, you've had SNL. You've had a plethora of TV shows. Now you're in the Marvel Universe. Yeah. Yeah, totally. That's wild.

You miss those sweaty basements doing improv comedy? I do. I'm so thankful for those sweaty nights doing comedy. Because I feel like you were in an incubated space where you can try and fail and do whatever you want. And I do feel like it helped influence the rest of my career. Yeah. Do you feel the yes and ethos moving through it all? Yeah, truly. I mean, I do feel like I am pretty...

pretty good at manifesting and like, yeah, I think because of things like UCB or you can be like, I just want to make this happen, I'll try it. And so like, you know, I really...

I wanted SNL and I tried it and then it happened. And I've been wanting to be in the Marvel Universe for so long and it does feel like manifestation. You say it and then eventually it happens. - Is that really how it works? - I think there's like other things in between, but like, yeah. - 'Cause if it was just saying I wanna be in the Marvel Universe, I say that kind of whenever I can. It has manifested zilch up until this point. - Well, you're not a witch. - I need to be.

which yeah, well you joke about this, but you had you had a stand-up special this this year. Yeah, first woman Yes, and you talk about which is in it and this is pre getting to be a witch in the Marley. Yeah It's really it felt very kismet I was already doing a lot of research on which lore and history for my special and I've just been like a fan of which culture and then I got asked to audition for this show and then I was like

Did you guys know that you're hiring a witch? Like, it feels really appropriate. How witchy are you on a scale of zero to Salem? Like, where are you? Don't burn me.

I would say like somewhere in the middle. I have crystals, I don't charge them. I wish I was that person. I wish I was a routine person, but I just like, I forget. But like everything's in my house. I just don't use it all the time. - I was given a witch candle that I had to burn every time I worked on a creative process. - Oh, that's great. - This project I was working on, yes. - Did it help? - No, I wasn't able to write any jokes. But I don't blame the witchcraft. Again, I blame my own lack of willpower. Again, too much about me here.

There's some nerve-wracking elements, not only in the content of the show you're working on, but it's a great cast. Yeah. But you're also starring alongside Broadway legend Patti LuPone. Yes, yeah. Wow.

You have to sing in front of Broadway legend Patti LuPone. Where does that rank on your stress level? I mean, she made us feel very comfortable. She's so down to earth, and she was so game to be a part of this team. And I feel like people were stressed about it, but she was like, oh, just sing, honey. You're great. Like, it was so nice and refreshing. And it's funny, because they didn't let us know that we had to sing for the show. Really? That was not a requirement for the audition. They just, like, hoped for the best. And...

It worked out. That could definitely go awry. But, you know,

But, you know, I can carry a tune, so it's fine. Yeah? My go-to is always, like, could I Johnny Cash it? Yeah, just, like, sing it. Just talk deep as slow as I can? And usually they're like, no, we didn't even cast you in this, so please go back out there. Stop asking. Stop asking. You're in the Marvel Universe and the Disney Universe. Not your first Disney job, is that correct? No, I have started way back in my college days. I did the Disney college program where I... We have a picture right here. Yeah.

That's me as a lizard. What does that entail, being a lizard at Disneyland? At Disney World in Orlando. Okay.

And, yeah, I walked on stilts in Mickey's Jam and Jungle Parade. I was a character performer. I was friends with Pluto and Eeyore. You have to say that. Disney will come get you. I was friends with Pluto and Eeyore and Mrs. Incredible. Wait a minute. You had to be friends with Eeyore? That guy's such a downer. But he deserves love, too. It's true. It's just hard. We all have that. Yes. Yes. Give it up, Reed.

-Yeah. Lot of sympathy for Eeyore here. Was that a fun experience working there? -It was very fun, yeah. I mean, it was like, you know, kind of like a boot camp for performing. And then you get to interact with the kids directly. And these kids would run up to me whenever I was Pluto, and they were like, "You remind me of my dog at home." And I'd be like,

What does your dog look like? I'm almost six feet tall The nose to body proportion is all off like what you should check on your dog You knew your acting was just that good when you're convincing little kids Now if you had to pick your in a coven in this show if you had to pick your ideal coven, oh

Oh. Of witches. We got Wicked Witch of the West. West. You got Sabrina, Teenage Witch. You got Kellyanne Conway. Like, who's in your ideal coven? First, absolutely, Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau. OK. Oh, I like that. Yeah. Yeah. Angela Bassett, as anybody, can absolutely be my coven.

I do love Sabrina the Teenage Witch. So many hijinks. So many hijinks. The Sanderson sisters and the craft girls. All the craft girls. All of the craft girls. Just a big, big coven. There seems to be a bond on set in the coven that you had. Does that exist off set as well? Truly, yeah. I mean, we have a coven group chain and we text each other when there's a full moon and check on each other during retrograde. It's really sweet. And...

I saw Patti in her play this week, which you should also go see, the roommates. I saw Joe on Sweeney Todd. We still like bippin' bop in and out of each other's lives, and it's really nice to have a group of people you can rely on like that. That's very nice. That sounds lovely. Well, I will tell you, retrograde's not a great time for me either, so if you guys want to check on somebody else, I'm around. I think you still have my number. Oh!

It may have lost. It's been a long time. It's been a long time. It's been a very long time. It's so wonderful to see you here and how well you're doing. So share it to everyone. Agatha, all along, premieres September 18th on Disney Plus with new episodes. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. We'll be right back.

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It's time for a brand new season of Survivor. And you know what that means. It means it's also a brand new season of the only official Survivor podcast on fire. Here's our goal with this podcast. We bring you inside the how and the why of what we do on the show. And we do it from three different points of view. You have the producer in me. You have the fan in Jay, who also happens to be our executive producer of this podcast. And you have the producer in me.

And then we bring you the insight from a former player, and this season it is Survivor 46 runner-up Charlie Davis. Welcome to the team, Charlie. Well, Jeff, I know firsthand that playing from the couch and playing on the island, completely different. So I hope you tune in every single week. We're going to dissect the strategy, the misfires and mistakes that change the game. If you want more Survivor than just 90 minutes, this is where you get it. On Fire, the only official Survivor podcast.

Listen to On Fire, the official Survivor podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. That's our show for tonight. Now, here it is. But over on MSNBC, the Swift enforcement was treated like a new peace deal had been announced at Yalta. Now, my favorite moment was when Matto read the entire Taylor Swift statement as if it was a Magna Carta. Oh, they're not playing it, I guess. Well, it was really funny. You set it up. It was good. It went on for nearly two minutes. You guys are killing me here.

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