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Channel: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
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We're now just 544 days away
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from the 2020
presidential election.
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And there are now
21 Democratic candidates
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-in this primary race,
which is insane. -(laughter)
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Look at all those faces, huh?
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Look at all of those faces!
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Who do you pick or choose?
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One up side, though, is there
are also more women running
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than ever before. Yeah.
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(cheers and applause)
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Ah, you... you might want
to save your applause,
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because, unfortunately, they're
facing some unique challenges.
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You see this incredible surge
of women across the country,
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and yet, the political coverage
of this historic record number
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of women running for president
is wildly skewed.
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And, uh, there's been studies
that are showing,
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not only
that the coverage has been lower
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in terms
of the numbers of hours,
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the just pure face time and
discussion of female candidates,
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but when they are covered,
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they are covered
in negative terms.
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That's right. It turns out
women aren't getting
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as much media coverage
as their male counterparts.
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The question is... why?
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To help us find out,
we're joined
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by our senior
gender issues correspondent
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Desi Lydic, everybody!
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-(cheers and applause)
-Welcome back, Desi.
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So, Desi, I have to ask.
What do you think
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about female candidates getting
less coverage than the males?
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Well, I'm offended, Trevor,
not just as a woman,
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but as a person...
who enjoys camera time.
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(laughter)
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Y-Yeah, Desi, and-and you know
what's really messed up is...
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Camera, stay on me. Stay on me.
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Nice try, Trevor.
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And female candidates aren't
just getting less camera time.
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When they do get coverage,
people talk about 'em like this.
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Kamala Harris--
she's running for president.
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She does what she does.
She's snitty.
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She did her little thing.
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That's Kirsten Gillibrand.
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She reminds me of a wafer.
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You know, you put it
in your mouth.
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It's odorless, it's colorless,
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and then you think to yourself,
"What did I just eat?"
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Senator Harris has California
and South Carolina advantages.
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She's very attractive.
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Elizabeth Warren is a scold.
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WOMAN: Elizabeth Warren has
a likability problem.
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Kamala. She wouldn't even answer
any of their questions.
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Instead, she just acted like
she is... beautiful,
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uh, which... is how
she handles everything.
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Do you think she's beautiful?
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MAN:
Look at those pipes, Mooch.
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ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI:
Yeah, it's not doing it for me.
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-No? -I just got
to be honest with you, yeah.
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I mean,
she's... she's... not gonna make
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the next Jane Fonda
fitness, uh, video.
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-(audience groaning)
-Ooh! Scaramucci with the burn!
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I think he's just mad that
she lasted longer in the gym
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than he did in the White House.
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(laughter,
cheers and applause)
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Yeah. You know what?
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You know, instead
of mocking female candidates
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based on their looks,
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Scaramucci should be out
looking for his neck.
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(laughter, groaning)
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But, you know, it's always been
like this for female candidates.
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Like when
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
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ran in 1972,
this is how the news covered it.
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ANNOUNCER:
This is the CBS Evening News
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with Walter Cronkite.
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A new hat--
rather, a bonnet--
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was tossed into the Democratic
presidential race today,
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that of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm.
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That's right, she threw
her bonnet into the race,
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which is offensive
and also makes no sense.
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Trevor, have you ever tried
to throw a bonnet?
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-I can't say that I have.
-Well, I have,
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and it is not easy.
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I do a lot of Handmaid's Tale
cosplay on the weekend, so...
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You know, and once Chisholm
was running, it only got worse.
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The press focused on her height,
her weight, her shoes.
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They even said she was playing
"vaginal politics."
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Which makes it sound like women
just vote with our vaginas.
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We don't. I mean,
I can hold a pencil with mine
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and certainly fill out
a ballot,
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but I make my decisions,
not her.
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Yes, I know you're hungry.
We're almost done.
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(laughter)
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Look, there is
just something about...
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a woman running for president
that brings all the sexism
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to the surface.
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And I don't have to remind you
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what happened
in the 2008 election.
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But I will anyway.
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Men won't vote
for Hillary Clinton
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because she reminds them
of their nagging wives.
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Is there somebody in your life
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whose voice just sticks
in your ear like an ice pick?
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Well, Hillary Clinton
has a voice like that.
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It makes me...
makes me envy the deaf!
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She's also shrill and angry,
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and she needs to lighten up
a little bit.
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When Hillary Clinton speaks,
men hear,
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"Take out the garbage!"
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There's just something about her
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that feels castrating,
overbearing and scary.
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'Cause I have often said...
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when she comes on television,
I involuntarily cross my legs.
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Okay. First of all,
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that was horrendous.
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But also, castrating?
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Crossing your legs?
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Tucker, what's going on
with your balls?
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(laughter)
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Are they just a set
of Faberg茅 eggs?
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Are you scared you'll lose them
and they'll go into hiding
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with Scaramucci's neck?
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And by the way,
calling Hillary a nagging wife
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is also offensive to wives.
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'Cause wives are awesome.
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-(whooping, applause_
-Look, we plan parties,
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we dry your
fantasy football tears,
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and not to mention,
all those birthday BJs.
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That's when you get him Bon Jovi
tickets for his birthday.
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-Men love that.
-Oh. Oh, wow.
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I should give my brother a
birthday BJ, then. That's dope.
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-(laughter) -Uh, so-so,
Desi, um, if this has...
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always been--
he loves Bon Jovi.
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-Well, yeah, but...
-No, um, if this has always been
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the trend, then it doesn't seem
like it's gonna get much better
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-for 2020.
-Well, okay, actually,
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there is one big difference
that gives me hope.
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See, in 2008, Hillary was
the only woman running,
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so she had to carry the weight
of all the sexism,
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but now there's at least
five women,
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so they can share it.
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There's safety in numbers.
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I mean, that's why we go to
the bathroom together at bars.
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And now... it's how
we'll run for president.
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-Desi Lydic, everybody!
-(cheering, applause)
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Don't forget, don't forget...
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Desi has
a really funny new special
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exploring gender equality
around the world.
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It's called Abroad,
and it premieres Monday night
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at 11:00 on Comedy Central.
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One more time--
Desi Lydic, everybody!
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