Jesse: Remember this?
“The COVID — excuse me. With dealing with everything we have to do with — look, if we finally beat Medicare, I’m going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the total initiative relative to what we’re going to do with more Border Patrol and more asylum officers.”
President Trump:
“I really don’t know what he said. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Jesse:
By the way, I told you before — I’m happy to play golf if you carry your own bag. You think you can do it?
Turns out, we weren’t crazy.
Dr. Jill just diagnosed the disaster. Jill Biden wondered if her husband had unknowingly ingested drugs or was having a medical episode on live television.
Was he short-circuiting?
Was this a stroke?
Had he been drugged?
A normal wife would have called 911.
When the debate was over, she called it a great night.
Jill Biden:
“Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the answers.”
“And let me ask the crowd — what did Trump do?”
Crowd:
“Lied!”
“Four more years!”
Jesse:
Everybody remembers that night.
Biden’s blank stare. Mouth agape. He knew he blew it.
As the president walked off stage, he said:
“I really f’d up, didn’t I?”
Yes, you did, I whispered back.
The doctor says:
“Don’t blame me. This was just a one-night thing.”
“Oh God… will people watching assume this is how he is all the time?”
People watched him for four years. We knew he was like this all the time.
CNN reacted:
CNN Commentary:
“I think the conversation should be had about the deceptiveness behind this. That’s the conversation that ought to happen.”
“The autopsy Democrats did didn’t delve into that — it should.”
“What kind of political system covers that up and makes it okay to lie to people about what everybody knows is true?”
Jesse:
So, does Dr. Jill think she can get away with this?
A thousand tell-alls have come out from Democrats saying Biden dozed off through his own presidency.
Clip:
“She said she never saw that before. Over 200 interviews that Jake and I did — other people had seen him like that.”
Jesse:
So Jill Biden is lying.
Debate night looked like a hiccup after the whole country already knew it wasn’t.
This just in: Jill Biden writes that her husband battled excruciating pain for most of his presidency.
The poor guy.
No wonder he kept dozing off — he was hurting.
And his wife still said: “Four more years.”
What a betrayal.
Aren’t women supposed to take care of their husbands?
Shouldn’t she have leveled with him and said:
“Joe, sweetie, you’re in agony. You served the country. Let’s pass the torch.”
Instead, they said he was fine.
“The best Biden ever.”
And they’re still at it.
They’re still lying to our faces.
It’s part of why the whole party is in shambles.
The Democratic Party now sits at a 20% approval rating.
Interviewer:
“What has gone wrong with your party?”
“Why do so many Americans look at your party this way?”
“There are different reasons. Some Democrats are dissatisfied because they don’t think you’re tough enough — but that is a horrible approval rating right now.”
Jesse:
Democrats should have turned the page from the Biden era.
Instead, this cast of characters keeps publishing books.
Joe is still on deck.
They’re getting paid to write them.
Frankly, Democrats should pay them not to.
The Biden legacy continues to haunt the party.
Sleepy Joe gave birth to Mayor Pete.
Now, Buttigieg is on top — beating Kamala Harris and AOC.
All four have led the field at different times.
The race is up for grabs.
Buttigieg currently has the edge.
Buttigieg:
“I won’t be running in 2028. I can tell you that.”
Meanwhile, in Texas, James Talarico is trying to position himself however he can.
He is still trying to convince voters he is a carnivore.
He’s selling Talarico shirts.
And “Tofu Talarico” is supposedly expected to have it in the bag.
Commentary:
“He’s the best I’ve seen in my lifetime — running and being involved in politics in Texas.”
“James Talarico will be the 51st vote in the U.S. Senate.”
Jesse:
Beto’s blessing may have just pushed Paxton’s odds.
Clip:
“There’s more than two biological sexes. There’s six.”
Response:
“This is Texas. This is not.”
Clip:
“The American flag is a complicated symbol for most of us.”
Response:
“This is Texas. This is not.”
Clip:
“They’re going to call me a radical leftist.”
Response:
“This is Texas. This is not.”
Question:
“Tell me something you love that isn’t family or friends.”
Talarico:
“I love — and I say this because it’s on my mind — trans children.”
Jesse:
Speaking of odds — Karen Bass is now sinking.
She dropped ten points.
Why?
Kamala’s endorsement certainly didn’t help.
Kamala Harris:
“In the context of where we are today and the work ahead of us, I thought the meeting Karen Bass had with the president was very positive.”
“The work she’s doing on permits — especially reducing permit wait times — is showing real progress.”
“I think she deserves to be promoted for those things.”
Jesse:
The only reason Karen got permits through is because of Trump’s executive order.
And the only reason Newsom endorsed the woman who let L.A. burn is because she met Trump.
Prime Time calls that an A-plus take.
Gavin has never seen one of those.
Interviewer:
“What grade would you give her right now?”
Gavin Newsom:
“I don’t do report cards.”
“I didn’t do well in school.”
Jesse:
That’s a gift to Republicans.
You can already picture the ad:
“I didn’t do well in school.”
Spencer Pratt is no longer surprised.
He says Kamala bent the knee.
He’s calling them out anyway.
Spencer Pratt:
“It’s not shocking.”
“Their alleged criminal partners — not only did they fail while 7,000 homes burned, but they’re also complicit in laundering $24 billion while homelessness increased.”
“There hasn’t been a reduction in homelessness.”
“There has been an increase in naked drug-addict zombies outside kids’ playgrounds, schools, and coffee shops.”
“They both should be in jail together.”
Jesse:
Pratt is done playing nice.
If you’re not with them, you’re against them.
Critic:
“He literally has no experience.”
Pratt:
“What experience does the councilman have?”
“Putting drug addicts in front of kids’ schools?”
“They fight for drug addicts to be in front of kids at parks.”
“You’re nuts.”
“It’s crazy.”
Jesse:
Jimmy Kimmel is suddenly pulling more Instagram views than he has in years.
Jimmy Kimmel:
“His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows.”
“Mayor should not be your first job.”
“The mayor of L.A. is responsible for a $14 billion annual budget.”
“Spencer Pratt is not the person to be in charge.”
Jesse:
Pratt responded by saying Jimmy is secretly voting for him.
Kimmel should know better.
Most of his guests have already fled Hollywood.
He said:
“I didn’t leave L.A. — L.A. left me.”
Spencer Pratt:
“People watched me destroy these two terrible politicians for an hour straight.”
“Everybody realized — finally, somebody is telling the truth.”
“A lot of support is coming from across the country because people forget over 50,000 people leave Los Angeles every year because it has become so terrible.”
“These people see that I’m saying exactly why they left.”
“They’re trying to get me elected so they can move back.”
“These are former Angelenos who were forced out.”
Jesse:
Meanwhile, some people only notice homelessness when it appears right outside their own homes.
Resident:
“I woke up this morning to commotion outside my window.”
“I looked outside and realized people were setting up what looked like a fake homeless encampment outside my house.”
“There were multiple people there filming with cameras.”
Jesse:
Pratt turned his cameras into a campaign.
And turned people into the message.
Resident:
“For somebody who’s been on this corner this long — this is probably the worst it’s been in recent years.”
“This needle giveaway program in the park has to stop.”
“These kids need a place to play.”
“They need a place to grow up.”
“They don’t have that anymore.”
“We used to have a place where families could spend Sundays together, enjoy the park, and enjoy the outdoors.”
“We no longer have that.”
“I like your passion.”
“I think it’s something the city of L.A. needs.”
Jesse:
Spencer Pratt never wanted to be mayor.
He just opened his eyes — and couldn’t look away.
Spencer Pratt:
“I’m the ‘look-around’ candidate.”
“I say: look around — they’re stealing tax money and giving it to drug addicts.”
“People want an outsider.”
“Someone who is not a politician and is willing to tell the truth.”
“They failed us.”
“They spent our tax money and increased problems.”
“I keep it simple.”
“I never wanted to be mayor.”
“I just wanted somebody to tell the truth.”
“And by telling the truth, people started standing behind me.”
Jesse:
Turns out, all you had to do was look around.
Once you do —
you can’t look away.
