'It's Not Politics, It's Identity' with Jordan Klepper

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

The Recount

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Jordan Klepper is one of the most compelling political comedians in America and, undoubtedly, one of the comedians who's been to the most Trump rallies. He is best-known for his work as a special correspondent on "The Daily Show." He is also the creator and host of the docu-series, "Klepper," the talk show "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper" and the special, "Jordan Klepper Solves Guns," all on Comedy Central. David and Steve chat with Jordan about Trump's appeal, where his followers go now that his presidency is over, and what it all means for American democracy.

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0:00.0	I'm David Plough, and I'm Steve Schmidt.
0:03.5	And this is Battleground, a podcast from the recount and I heart radio.
0:10.4	So Steve, it is going to be a fast and weak.
0:12.8	Yesterday we had the new Congress sworn in.
0:15.0	Tuesday we have the two Georgia runoffs.
0:17.6	Wednesday we're going to have an absolute circus in Congress as the process to formally
0:23.5	ratify the electoral college results happens.
0:27.0	What's your view on how it both may unfold I guess, but also how it sets the table for
0:33.4	the next couple of years?
0:34.9	Joe Biden is going to be the president on January 20th.
0:39.6	And that's a good thing.
0:41.1	That's the most important thing.
0:43.8	What we're going to see this week on January 6th with the spectacle that's going to play
0:48.1	out in a joint session at the United States Congress over the certification of the electors.
0:55.7	It's going to be a national travesty.
0:57.4	It's going to be watched all over the world.
1:00.7	It's going to be a moment of national humiliation.
1:04.8	One that if you and I were having a conversation together 10 years ago, we would have likely
1:10.6	have bet everything we had that there was zero chance, zero chance that an autocratic
1:18.4	movement would take off in the United States.
1:23.0	And so it's just a moment of humiliation.
1:25.7	I mean, it used to be that around the world, people would look despite all of its flaws
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