1 00:00:01,413 --> 00:00:04,344 JORDAN KLEPPER: While covering Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:04,448 --> 00:00:06,517 I started to notice all sorts of new people 4 00:00:06,620 --> 00:00:08,586 coming into the MAGA tent. 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:08,689 --> 00:00:11,275 But what baffled me most was the kids. 7 00:00:11,379 --> 00:00:13,241 REPORTER: Trump, cutting deeply into first time 8 00:00:13,344 --> 00:00:14,758 voters and the youth vote. 9 00:00:14,862 --> 00:00:16,274 This could be a political earthquake. 10 00:00:16,379 --> 00:00:18,827 MAJOR GARRETT: Trump credits a wave of Republican podcasters, 11 00:00:18,931 --> 00:00:21,827 social media influencers for the support that grew 12 00:00:21,931 --> 00:00:23,655 for him in the 2024 election. 13 00:00:23,758 --> 00:00:26,275 Gen Z has turned right. 14 00:00:26,379 --> 00:00:27,379 JORDAN KLEPPER: So is it actually 15 00:00:27,482 --> 00:00:29,793 hip to be Republican now? 16 00:00:29,896 --> 00:00:31,000 It's definitely a vibe. 17 00:00:31,103 --> 00:00:32,551 There's a lot of MAGA energy here? 18 00:00:32,655 --> 00:00:33,517 - Yes, a lot. - Yes, there is. 19 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:34,689 Yeah? 20 00:00:34,793 --> 00:00:36,103 We want to make a change for our generation. 21 00:00:36,206 --> 00:00:40,241 We don't want any more of the left wing radical ideas. 22 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:41,551 We want none of that. 23 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:43,655 What's the vibe like right now with young Republicans? 24 00:00:43,758 --> 00:00:45,827 Oh, we are feeling victorious. 25 00:00:45,931 --> 00:00:47,517 I think it's going to go down in the history books. 26 00:00:47,620 --> 00:00:49,448 It's going to be up there with like the fall of Rome? 27 00:00:49,551 --> 00:00:50,896 Maybe. 28 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,241 You know, us, guys, we do like talking about the Roman Empire. 29 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:53,310 Love talking about the Roman-- and like doing 30 00:00:53,413 --> 00:00:54,655 the salute too, apparently. - Oh! 31 00:00:54,758 --> 00:00:56,310 Oh, Jesus. 32 00:00:56,413 --> 00:00:58,724 JORDAN KLEPPER: But are they true MAGA believers or is 33 00:00:58,827 --> 00:01:00,931 this just a rebellious phase? 34 00:01:01,034 --> 00:01:03,034 To find out, I'm ditching the Trump rallies 35 00:01:03,137 --> 00:01:05,516 and meeting these young Americans on their turf, 36 00:01:05,620 --> 00:01:08,206 outside the quad, outside the octagon, 37 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,137 and outside my comfort zone on spring break. 38 00:01:11,241 --> 00:01:12,482 I know I'm ready. 39 00:01:12,586 --> 00:01:15,413 These kids are going to love me. 40 00:01:15,517 --> 00:01:19,413 [theme music] 41 00:01:23,344 --> 00:01:25,551 First up, I'm heading to Texas A&M, 42 00:01:25,655 --> 00:01:27,586 one of the largest universities in the US 43 00:01:27,689 --> 00:01:29,724 with over 70,000 students. 44 00:01:29,827 --> 00:01:32,206 So what are the issues pushing so many 45 00:01:32,310 --> 00:01:33,655 young people to the right? 46 00:01:33,758 --> 00:01:37,000 I was very upset that the last administration 47 00:01:37,103 --> 00:01:39,896 let so many illegal immigrants into this country. 48 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,793 Whenever Biden got in, everything went up, 49 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:44,344 prices, gas, diesel. 50 00:01:44,448 --> 00:01:46,413 I drive diesel, and diesel went up like crazy. 51 00:01:46,517 --> 00:01:47,448 Freedom of speech. 52 00:01:47,551 --> 00:01:49,137 Freedom for everybody, especially 53 00:01:49,241 --> 00:01:50,793 for me and my theology school, just 54 00:01:50,896 --> 00:01:53,241 being able to talk about Christ more often. 55 00:01:53,344 --> 00:01:57,723 My dad was in the military, and I really like military, so. 56 00:01:57,827 --> 00:01:59,689 And all of my friends are going into it right now. 57 00:01:59,793 --> 00:02:00,965 You're of military age. 58 00:02:01,068 --> 00:02:02,344 Mm-hmm. 59 00:02:02,448 --> 00:02:04,896 What if Donald Trump called you up to go invade Greenland? 60 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,724 Then I guess we're invading Greenland. 61 00:02:06,827 --> 00:02:08,378 JORDAN KLEPPER: Clearly, I need to better 62 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:09,862 understand these kids. 63 00:02:09,965 --> 00:02:12,379 So much like when I was in college, 64 00:02:12,482 --> 00:02:14,482 can somebody please tell me what's cool? 65 00:02:14,586 --> 00:02:15,586 I'm out of touch. 66 00:02:15,689 --> 00:02:16,827 The last time I was on a college campus, 67 00:02:16,931 --> 00:02:18,206 I was playing GoldenEye in the dorm. 68 00:02:18,310 --> 00:02:19,413 - OK. - Do you know GoldenEye? 69 00:02:19,517 --> 00:02:20,413 No, I don't know GoldenEye. 70 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:23,827 Is being conservative cool now? 71 00:02:23,931 --> 00:02:25,137 I wouldn't say it's cool. 72 00:02:25,241 --> 00:02:27,379 I feel like it's just the right way to do things now. 73 00:02:27,482 --> 00:02:28,413 It's not cool? 74 00:02:28,517 --> 00:02:29,413 It's just morally superior? 75 00:02:29,517 --> 00:02:30,655 Oh, absolutely. 76 00:02:30,758 --> 00:02:31,896 Woke cool? 77 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,241 Pretty annoying, honestly. 78 00:02:33,344 --> 00:02:34,655 Boondock Saints? 79 00:02:34,758 --> 00:02:36,310 You guys still putting posters up of the Boondock Saints? 80 00:02:36,413 --> 00:02:37,344 What? 81 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:39,034 The Boondock Saints. 82 00:02:39,137 --> 00:02:40,034 America First, cool? 83 00:02:40,137 --> 00:02:41,034 Cool. 84 00:02:41,137 --> 00:02:42,137 I think America First is cool. 85 00:02:42,241 --> 00:02:43,137 Absolutely. 86 00:02:43,241 --> 00:02:44,413 - Gulf of America. - Cool. 87 00:02:44,517 --> 00:02:45,586 Gulf of America. 88 00:02:45,689 --> 00:02:46,930 Boondock Saints 2? 89 00:02:47,034 --> 00:02:48,482 What is-- no, Wolf of Wall Street. 90 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,103 - Wolf of Wall Street. - Wolf of Wall Street is in. 91 00:02:50,206 --> 00:02:51,206 Always been in. 92 00:02:51,310 --> 00:02:53,067 Is it in because we understand it's a satire 93 00:02:53,172 --> 00:02:55,034 or we just like the financial crisis of it all? 94 00:02:55,137 --> 00:02:56,586 I think it's just how much he actually, like, 95 00:02:56,689 --> 00:02:57,965 was able to get away with. 96 00:02:58,067 --> 00:02:59,620 So you see it as a hero's journey? 97 00:02:59,724 --> 00:03:01,172 I think I see it as a hero's journey, yeah. 98 00:03:01,275 --> 00:03:02,172 Good to know. 99 00:03:02,275 --> 00:03:03,413 JORDAN KLEPPER: So there was a lot 100 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:05,862 I could teach them about American cinema, 101 00:03:05,965 --> 00:03:08,655 but who was there to engage them on their broader concerns 102 00:03:08,758 --> 00:03:10,103 for the country? 103 00:03:10,206 --> 00:03:13,586 Well, today, it was the right wing group, Turning Point USA, 104 00:03:13,689 --> 00:03:16,172 which claims to be the largest and fastest growing youth 105 00:03:16,275 --> 00:03:18,000 organization in America. 106 00:03:18,103 --> 00:03:21,586 And people were pumped to get free shit. 107 00:03:21,689 --> 00:03:23,137 - Did you get that hat here? - Yes, sir. 108 00:03:23,241 --> 00:03:24,724 Charlie Kirk threw it to me. - He starts to throw. 109 00:03:24,827 --> 00:03:25,896 Yeah, he throws 'em all out-- 110 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I told him to get on my shoulders and be like, 111 00:03:27,103 --> 00:03:28,689 yo, go ask for one. - Where'd you get it? 112 00:03:28,793 --> 00:03:30,241 I snagged it from whoever was behind me. 113 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:31,241 You stole it from somebody? 114 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:32,275 [chuckles] 115 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:33,551 Boy is that the MAGA shit ever? 116 00:03:33,655 --> 00:03:35,758 There was a little kid who was in the front row, 117 00:03:35,862 --> 00:03:37,551 and he was standing there wanting a hat, 118 00:03:37,655 --> 00:03:39,930 and Charlie Kirk went down and gave him a hat. 119 00:03:40,034 --> 00:03:41,448 Groom 'em when they're young? [laughter] 120 00:03:41,551 --> 00:03:42,586 Right? 121 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:44,379 It's funny, when I went to college campuses, 122 00:03:44,482 --> 00:03:45,448 they would give free hats to you 123 00:03:45,551 --> 00:03:47,241 to sign up for a credit card, and then 124 00:03:47,344 --> 00:03:48,344 you get a cool free hat. 125 00:03:48,448 --> 00:03:50,103 And then 10 years later, a lifetime of debt. 126 00:03:50,206 --> 00:03:51,103 Yes, sir. [chuckles] 127 00:03:51,206 --> 00:03:52,413 Similar. 128 00:03:52,517 --> 00:03:54,413 JORDAN KLEPPER: So who is this hat-tossing Pied Piper 129 00:03:54,517 --> 00:03:56,172 wooing kids to the right? 130 00:03:56,275 --> 00:03:58,275 MAGA darling, Charlie Kirk. 131 00:03:58,379 --> 00:03:59,379 I love Charlie Kirk. 132 00:03:59,482 --> 00:04:01,103 I listen to him just about every single day. 133 00:04:01,206 --> 00:04:02,448 Everybody knows who Charlie Kirk is. 134 00:04:02,551 --> 00:04:04,034 If they don't know the name, they know the face. 135 00:04:04,137 --> 00:04:05,448 JORDAN KLEPPER: And he's reaching millions 136 00:04:05,551 --> 00:04:07,137 with these pearls of wisdom. 137 00:04:07,241 --> 00:04:09,517 White college indoctrinated women will 138 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:11,206 ruin America if we let them. 139 00:04:11,310 --> 00:04:13,172 Most college degrees are meaningless, 140 00:04:13,275 --> 00:04:15,620 and most of you guys are being totally scammed by being here. 141 00:04:15,724 --> 00:04:18,757 I'm sorry, if I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, 142 00:04:18,862 --> 00:04:20,034 boy, I hope he's qualified. 143 00:04:20,137 --> 00:04:21,862 What makes Charlie Kirk so effective on a campus 144 00:04:21,964 --> 00:04:22,862 like this? 145 00:04:22,965 --> 00:04:24,758 I just think it's all the-- 146 00:04:24,862 --> 00:04:27,172 the research he's done, all the statistics 147 00:04:27,275 --> 00:04:28,413 that he has to back it up. 148 00:04:28,517 --> 00:04:29,862 I think he just really knows his stuff. 149 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:31,344 - The guy is consistent? - He's consistent. 150 00:04:31,448 --> 00:04:32,862 He's like, TikTok. I love TikTok. 151 00:04:32,965 --> 00:04:34,413 Three months ago, I hate TikTok. 152 00:04:34,517 --> 00:04:35,551 [chuckling] 153 00:04:35,655 --> 00:04:37,482 So his consistency can flip here and there. 154 00:04:37,586 --> 00:04:39,241 JORDAN KLEPPER: But even if Charlie Kirk doesn't seem 155 00:04:39,344 --> 00:04:41,620 to believe the things he says, for some students, 156 00:04:41,724 --> 00:04:44,000 he was the only one speaking to their concerns. 157 00:04:44,103 --> 00:04:46,517 A couple of years ago, I started finding more people 158 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:48,758 because I got so tired of this not 159 00:04:48,862 --> 00:04:50,241 being able to speak my mind. 160 00:04:50,344 --> 00:04:52,344 So I needed to find people that actually 161 00:04:52,448 --> 00:04:56,275 knew how to say things to-- 162 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:57,241 I'm forgetting the words. 163 00:04:57,344 --> 00:04:58,517 I'm sorry. 164 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:00,137 You needed somebody to be more articulate for you? 165 00:05:00,241 --> 00:05:02,517 Yes, because you see me like, right now, 166 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:04,103 I can't put words together. 167 00:05:04,206 --> 00:05:05,482 So-- 168 00:05:05,586 --> 00:05:07,172 You're looking for somebody to put words in your mouth? 169 00:05:07,275 --> 00:05:08,172 Yes. 170 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:09,206 Gotcha. 171 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:11,137 Well, not-- not like that exactly. 172 00:05:11,241 --> 00:05:12,344 Well, that's what I was doing right there. 173 00:05:12,448 --> 00:05:13,379 Yes. 174 00:05:13,482 --> 00:05:14,413 What I'm talking about is what Charlie 175 00:05:14,517 --> 00:05:15,724 Kirk kind of does inside. - Yes, yes. 176 00:05:15,827 --> 00:05:17,103 Yes. 177 00:05:17,206 --> 00:05:18,655 He puts the words in your mouth? 178 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:20,689 Yeah, making enough sense for me, so I memorize what he says, 179 00:05:20,793 --> 00:05:22,206 then I can freely say it too. 180 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:23,310 Exactly. 181 00:05:23,413 --> 00:05:24,517 So basically, his words become your own? 182 00:05:24,620 --> 00:05:25,689 Yes. 183 00:05:25,793 --> 00:05:27,379 - His thoughts become your own? - It's awesome. 184 00:05:27,482 --> 00:05:28,862 JORDAN KLEPPER: And some of those beautifully 185 00:05:28,965 --> 00:05:31,931 crafted words play great as clickbait online. 186 00:05:32,034 --> 00:05:32,931 What is a woman? 187 00:05:33,034 --> 00:05:33,931 What is a woman? 188 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:35,896 It's not a trick question. 189 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,103 What is a woman? 190 00:05:37,206 --> 00:05:39,896 He always asks liberals like, what is a woman? 191 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,206 Yeah, we literally saw it like 5 or 10 minutes. 192 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:43,586 You got to see a live what is a woman. 193 00:05:43,689 --> 00:05:45,793 Finally, he was like, all right, give me your definition, 194 00:05:45,896 --> 00:05:46,793 what is a woman? 195 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:49,344 How do you define what a woman is? 196 00:05:49,448 --> 00:05:51,000 I think it's just genetics. 197 00:05:51,103 --> 00:05:54,827 I go with, like, a woman is somebody who sues Donald 198 00:05:54,931 --> 00:05:55,827 Trump for sexual assault. 199 00:05:55,931 --> 00:05:57,896 [laughter] 200 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,068 JORDAN KLEPPER: 31-year-old Kirk and the billionaires who 201 00:06:00,172 --> 00:06:03,000 fund him are successfully influencing young minds 202 00:06:03,103 --> 00:06:06,137 and making those young minds skeptical of anyone else trying 203 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:07,896 to influence young minds. 204 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,517 Beto O'Rourke has been to campus probably 205 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:12,000 like five times, and I don't know 206 00:06:12,103 --> 00:06:13,206 why he's still coming here. 207 00:06:13,310 --> 00:06:14,344 - It feels like groomers. - Yes. 208 00:06:14,448 --> 00:06:15,655 You have somebody like Beto O'Rourke. 209 00:06:15,758 --> 00:06:17,689 You have like an adult man come to a campus 210 00:06:17,793 --> 00:06:19,655 trying to groom somebody around his own political ideology. 211 00:06:19,758 --> 00:06:20,931 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 212 00:06:21,034 --> 00:06:22,344 - It shouldn't happen at all. - No, it shouldn't. 213 00:06:22,448 --> 00:06:24,448 That's why it's refreshing to have somebody like Charlie Kirk 214 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,068 come to campus and bring his like, 215 00:06:26,172 --> 00:06:29,172 30-year-old mentality here to shape the minds of tomorrow. 216 00:06:29,275 --> 00:06:30,551 Yes, sir. 217 00:06:30,655 --> 00:06:32,068 JORDAN KLEPPER: It seems like these Aggies were pledging 218 00:06:32,172 --> 00:06:33,206 the fraternity of MAGA. 219 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:35,551 And since no one invited me to any keggers, 220 00:06:35,655 --> 00:06:37,241 it was time to ditch these nerds 221 00:06:37,344 --> 00:06:40,862 and hang with the jocks outside an Ultimate Fighting event. 222 00:06:40,965 --> 00:06:42,482 Did you guys hear who's coming? - Donald Trump! 223 00:06:42,586 --> 00:06:43,482 - Trump's coming. - Yeah! 224 00:06:43,586 --> 00:06:44,620 [exclaiming] 225 00:06:44,724 --> 00:06:45,758 JORDAN KLEPPER: After the break. 226 00:06:49,137 --> 00:06:52,068 So Trump did unexpectedly well with the young voters, 227 00:06:52,172 --> 00:06:54,896 but he killed it with the bros who shifted roughly 228 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,551 15 points to the right. 229 00:06:56,655 --> 00:06:59,482 There's only one place in the world to find out why-- 230 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:02,896 [upbeat music] 231 00:07:04,103 --> 00:07:06,896 --a UFC event in Miami where the sun is shining, 232 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,344 fists are flying, and the energy is jacked. 233 00:07:09,448 --> 00:07:10,344 How are you feeling? 234 00:07:10,448 --> 00:07:11,620 Oh, I'm fucking lit, baby. 235 00:07:11,724 --> 00:07:12,689 Did you guys hear who's coming? 236 00:07:12,793 --> 00:07:13,862 - Donald Trump! - Trump's coming. 237 00:07:13,965 --> 00:07:15,655 Yeah! [exclaiming] 238 00:07:15,758 --> 00:07:16,862 JORDAN KLEPPER: That's right. 239 00:07:16,965 --> 00:07:19,758 And because it's America, tonight's main event 240 00:07:19,862 --> 00:07:21,620 is the commander in chief bringing 241 00:07:21,724 --> 00:07:23,965 his cabinet bros ringside. 242 00:07:24,068 --> 00:07:25,344 Yeah, Donald Trump in the building. 243 00:07:25,448 --> 00:07:26,827 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hide the women and kids. 244 00:07:26,931 --> 00:07:28,000 Yeah, I know, right. 245 00:07:28,103 --> 00:07:30,172 Goal is to get close enough to see him, to say, 246 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:31,379 yo, Donald, look at my shirt. 247 00:07:31,482 --> 00:07:32,379 Yo! 248 00:07:32,482 --> 00:07:33,482 Yeah. 249 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:34,896 What do you hope his reaction is to that? 250 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,103 Well, if he sees me, I hope maybe he comes up to me 251 00:07:37,206 --> 00:07:38,379 and taps me out. - Yeah. 252 00:07:38,482 --> 00:07:39,758 Get in there. 253 00:07:39,862 --> 00:07:41,344 You want to be in charge of the Department of Education? 254 00:07:41,448 --> 00:07:42,517 Not me, man. 255 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,724 It feels like a president coming to a fight, 256 00:07:44,827 --> 00:07:46,275 giving off some real Caesar vibes. 257 00:07:46,379 --> 00:07:47,689 Do you imagine he's going to come in there 258 00:07:47,793 --> 00:07:49,103 and give one of these to the fighters? 259 00:07:49,206 --> 00:07:50,103 No? - No. 260 00:07:50,206 --> 00:07:51,241 Tariffs? 261 00:07:51,344 --> 00:07:52,413 No tariffs. 262 00:07:52,517 --> 00:07:53,896 CROWD: We want Trump! 263 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,793 We want Trump! 264 00:07:55,896 --> 00:07:58,517 JORDAN KLEPPER: The UFC has 40 yearly live events, 265 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:03,965 640 million fans, broadcasting into 900 million homes. 266 00:08:04,068 --> 00:08:06,482 So what is it about this blood sport that connects 267 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:08,379 the fans and the fighters with the most 268 00:08:08,482 --> 00:08:12,172 powerful man on the planet in such a spiritual way? 269 00:08:12,275 --> 00:08:15,413 You don't watch MMA at first, you get baptized. 270 00:08:15,517 --> 00:08:17,241 I saw it once and I felt like I got circumcised. 271 00:08:17,344 --> 00:08:18,310 Totally honest. 272 00:08:18,413 --> 00:08:20,586 I felt like a smaller man in that room. 273 00:08:20,689 --> 00:08:22,965 JORDAN KLEPPER: This is combat sports journalist, Luke Thomas, 274 00:08:23,068 --> 00:08:24,827 an expert in the world of MMA. 275 00:08:24,931 --> 00:08:25,827 What is it? 276 00:08:25,931 --> 00:08:28,275 What makes these fighters right wing? 277 00:08:28,379 --> 00:08:29,758 Training martial arts to defend yourself 278 00:08:29,862 --> 00:08:31,655 is like 10% of it. 279 00:08:31,758 --> 00:08:33,793 It is really about defining yourself. 280 00:08:33,895 --> 00:08:35,068 It's about learning who you are. 281 00:08:35,172 --> 00:08:37,724 These are massively transformative for people. 282 00:08:37,827 --> 00:08:40,655 And you begin to learn lessons about self-reliance, 283 00:08:40,758 --> 00:08:42,102 discipline, order. 284 00:08:42,206 --> 00:08:45,448 You're getting people sometimes 16 years of age, early 20s. 285 00:08:45,551 --> 00:08:47,655 These are sometimes people that don't have hardcore ideas 286 00:08:47,758 --> 00:08:49,241 about how the world works. 287 00:08:49,344 --> 00:08:51,655 I think that they're building out political ideologies 288 00:08:51,758 --> 00:08:53,034 from these personal lessons. 289 00:08:53,137 --> 00:08:54,931 They're training, and they're discovering who they are. 290 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:56,620 And it's like, oh, I'm the kind of person 291 00:08:56,724 --> 00:09:01,068 who really wants ICE to deport a third grader to Ecuador? 292 00:09:01,172 --> 00:09:02,862 What they would say is, I don't 293 00:09:02,965 --> 00:09:04,448 want to hear any excuses for why 294 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:06,172 things go wrong in your life. 295 00:09:06,275 --> 00:09:08,000 I think we've had a lot of beta males representing 296 00:09:08,103 --> 00:09:09,379 our country for a while. 297 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,896 The Republican Party led by Trump has really, like, said, 298 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:12,896 enough's enough. 299 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,275 They don't want no whiny baby. 300 00:09:14,379 --> 00:09:15,482 PC liberals that are like, put 301 00:09:15,586 --> 00:09:17,655 on their makeup and dance to the YMCA and bitch 302 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:19,241 about not winning Emmy's. - Yeah, yeah. 303 00:09:19,344 --> 00:09:20,241 Oh, no, that's Trump. 304 00:09:20,344 --> 00:09:21,206 Trump does that. 305 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:22,241 But-- 306 00:09:22,344 --> 00:09:23,827 I wasn't paying attention. 307 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:25,034 JORDAN KLEPPER: Trump's relationship 308 00:09:25,137 --> 00:09:27,551 with the UFC world started with the UFC 309 00:09:27,655 --> 00:09:29,689 CEO and President, Dana White. 310 00:09:29,793 --> 00:09:31,586 Dana White has said he's had a relationship with Donald 311 00:09:31,689 --> 00:09:33,965 Trump that goes back to their early days 312 00:09:34,068 --> 00:09:37,103 when he and his partners took over the UFC. 313 00:09:37,206 --> 00:09:39,000 JORDAN KLEPPER: A controversial figure known for, 314 00:09:39,103 --> 00:09:41,275 among other things, attacking his wife, 315 00:09:41,379 --> 00:09:43,068 underpaying his fighters and creating 316 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:44,827 a monopoly in the sport. 317 00:09:44,931 --> 00:09:46,724 A monopoly, which is the best. 318 00:09:46,827 --> 00:09:48,103 JORDAN KLEPPER: Which might have helped 319 00:09:48,206 --> 00:09:52,275 motivate White to campaign on behalf of Daddy Trump at MMA 320 00:09:52,379 --> 00:09:55,275 live events, MMA podcast and the Republican 321 00:09:55,379 --> 00:09:56,448 National Convention. 322 00:09:56,551 --> 00:09:57,862 You can see what the UFC gets out of it. 323 00:09:57,965 --> 00:09:59,448 There's going to be no antitrust enforcement. 324 00:09:59,551 --> 00:10:00,827 And the other side, look what Trump gets. 325 00:10:00,931 --> 00:10:02,793 He gets this political constituency fed to him. 326 00:10:02,896 --> 00:10:04,448 He gets to have his image laundered. 327 00:10:04,551 --> 00:10:06,689 DANA WHITE: Trump is the most resilient human being that I 328 00:10:06,793 --> 00:10:07,827 have ever met in my life. 329 00:10:07,931 --> 00:10:09,137 You see what he's doing with the tariffs. 330 00:10:09,241 --> 00:10:10,137 - Oh. - Yeah, yeah. 331 00:10:10,241 --> 00:10:11,137 He plays hardball. 332 00:10:11,241 --> 00:10:12,275 I think he's just a badass. 333 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:14,448 And all the UFC people are just badass. 334 00:10:14,551 --> 00:10:16,275 Take any of the greatest fighters of all time, 335 00:10:16,379 --> 00:10:17,413 Trump is number one. 336 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:18,551 But like he's fighting for the American people. 337 00:10:18,655 --> 00:10:19,758 - Donald Trump is a fighter. - Yeah. 338 00:10:19,862 --> 00:10:21,275 And he refused to tap out of the 2020 election. 339 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:22,241 That's a fighter. 340 00:10:22,344 --> 00:10:23,310 OK, well. 341 00:10:23,413 --> 00:10:25,482 If you are one of these young kids who 342 00:10:25,586 --> 00:10:28,655 has some heart and some grit and some determination 343 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:31,275 and you want to win, there's never been more opportunity 344 00:10:31,379 --> 00:10:32,344 than there is right now. 345 00:10:32,448 --> 00:10:33,586 JORDAN KLEPPER: I was seeing a pattern. 346 00:10:33,689 --> 00:10:35,965 Young men are seeking a model of manhood, 347 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:38,482 but the only ones successfully offering it to them 348 00:10:38,586 --> 00:10:40,137 seem to range from wife slappers 349 00:10:40,241 --> 00:10:42,827 to outright Hitler stands, like one 350 00:10:42,931 --> 00:10:44,586 of this night's big fighters. 351 00:10:44,689 --> 00:10:45,724 - Bryce Mitchell. - Bryce Mitchell. 352 00:10:45,827 --> 00:10:46,724 What's his deal? 353 00:10:46,827 --> 00:10:47,862 That's one of the rowdy characters. 354 00:10:47,965 --> 00:10:48,862 Yeah? 355 00:10:48,965 --> 00:10:50,310 He's rowdy like occasionally he swears? 356 00:10:50,413 --> 00:10:51,517 A little bit more rowdy than that. 357 00:10:51,620 --> 00:10:53,586 He talks about the man with the mustache. 358 00:10:53,689 --> 00:10:54,586 He talks about Hitler? 359 00:10:54,689 --> 00:10:55,586 Correct. 360 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:57,965 Like, boo Hitler? 361 00:10:58,068 --> 00:10:59,448 He said he wanted to go fishing with him. 362 00:10:59,551 --> 00:11:00,620 Oh. 363 00:11:00,724 --> 00:11:02,551 I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy 364 00:11:02,655 --> 00:11:04,310 based upon my own research. 365 00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:06,724 I really do think before Hitler got on meth, 366 00:11:06,827 --> 00:11:08,620 he was a guy I'd go fishing with. 367 00:11:08,724 --> 00:11:10,310 He fought for his country. 368 00:11:10,413 --> 00:11:14,310 He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out 369 00:11:14,413 --> 00:11:16,310 that were destroying his country 370 00:11:16,413 --> 00:11:19,206 and turning them all into gays. 371 00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:21,827 JORDAN KLEPPER: Wow, he just hit the bigotry trifecta. 372 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:24,862 I'm sure it turned off all his fans. 373 00:11:24,965 --> 00:11:26,413 We went to the press conference yesterday. 374 00:11:26,517 --> 00:11:27,413 It was like crazy because we thought 375 00:11:27,517 --> 00:11:28,793 people were going to boo him. 376 00:11:28,896 --> 00:11:31,034 They cheered louder for him than they did for John Silva. 377 00:11:31,137 --> 00:11:32,034 For the Nazi guy? 378 00:11:32,137 --> 00:11:33,172 Yeah, for the Nazi guy. 379 00:11:36,275 --> 00:11:37,448 Hitler's bad. OK, everybody? 380 00:11:37,551 --> 00:11:38,586 That's great. 381 00:11:38,689 --> 00:11:40,275 You know, but I want Bryce Mitchell to win. 382 00:11:40,379 --> 00:11:41,689 I want him to knock his ass out. 383 00:11:41,793 --> 00:11:43,310 - Hitler is bad-- - Yes. 384 00:11:43,413 --> 00:11:44,655 --but not a deal breaker. 385 00:11:44,758 --> 00:11:46,793 JORDAN KLEPPER: Now, I'm not saying a MAGA-fied UFC will 386 00:11:46,896 --> 00:11:49,586 lead every young man into Nazi trout fishing, 387 00:11:49,689 --> 00:11:52,172 but I am saying with an unhealthy devotion to Trump 388 00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:54,068 and a glorification of violence, 389 00:11:54,172 --> 00:11:56,931 they could end up like this man, Scott Fairlamb. 390 00:11:57,034 --> 00:12:01,172 What is it about MMA that the MAGA faithful love? 391 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:03,241 I mean, let's-- let's be real. 392 00:12:03,344 --> 00:12:04,448 I think it's the violence. 393 00:12:04,551 --> 00:12:06,068 JORDAN KLEPPER: Now, based on appearance, 394 00:12:06,172 --> 00:12:10,379 Scott Fairlamb may look like a combination of a former Pro MMA 395 00:12:10,482 --> 00:12:12,931 fighter and a January 6 attendee, 396 00:12:13,034 --> 00:12:16,310 but in reality, that's exactly who he is. 397 00:12:16,413 --> 00:12:20,517 Did the cross in solitary on Christmas. with a staple. 398 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:22,344 You tattooed yourself with a staple? 399 00:12:22,448 --> 00:12:25,620 And coffee and Vaseline, burnt Vaseline. 400 00:12:25,724 --> 00:12:27,517 I gotta tell you, you got to get on Etsy. 401 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:29,482 JORDAN KLEPPER: But back to the youth and violence. 402 00:12:29,586 --> 00:12:33,068 I've seen a big uprise in the younger age demographic. 403 00:12:33,172 --> 00:12:37,482 I just think it's a time where we're seeing so much violence, 404 00:12:37,586 --> 00:12:39,655 maybe that parents are getting their kids 405 00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:41,241 involved at an earlier age. 406 00:12:41,344 --> 00:12:44,793 So they can defend themselves should something come awry. 407 00:12:44,896 --> 00:12:46,620 JORDAN KLEPPER: Though, the line between self-defense 408 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:49,551 and what MAGA world has described as a normal tourist 409 00:12:49,655 --> 00:12:51,103 visit is blurred. 410 00:12:51,206 --> 00:12:52,931 So where were you on J6? 411 00:12:53,034 --> 00:12:55,206 Well, I made it to right here. 412 00:12:55,310 --> 00:12:57,827 That was the rotunda, but when I saw the hundred plus 413 00:12:57,931 --> 00:12:59,896 photographers, I turned around and walked 414 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,586 my ass right back out. - Pull back here. 415 00:13:01,689 --> 00:13:03,000 I was like-- - You were in my armpit. 416 00:13:03,103 --> 00:13:04,275 I was right there. I was right there. 417 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:05,310 Started here. 418 00:13:05,413 --> 00:13:06,482 And then I ran down your armpit, 419 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,068 and I got on the accelerator around your cock. 420 00:13:08,172 --> 00:13:10,034 [laughs] 421 00:13:10,137 --> 00:13:11,862 JORDAN KLEPPER: And while I was grabbing the first train 422 00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:14,241 out of town, Scott was using his MMA 423 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:15,827 skills in the real world. 424 00:13:15,931 --> 00:13:18,275 He pled guilty to punching a DC Metro Police 425 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:20,206 officer in the face, although he 426 00:13:20,310 --> 00:13:22,241 says there's more to the story than meets 427 00:13:22,344 --> 00:13:27,379 the eye, the eye of thousands of cameras and investigations. 428 00:13:27,482 --> 00:13:29,241 Obviously, there were paid Instigators, 429 00:13:29,344 --> 00:13:31,620 agitators and motivators that were in that crowd. 430 00:13:31,724 --> 00:13:32,689 They were manipulating people? 431 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:33,827 Absolutely. 432 00:13:33,931 --> 00:13:35,413 How did they manipulate you to punch a cop? 433 00:13:35,517 --> 00:13:36,827 Now you're just trying to be funny. 434 00:13:36,931 --> 00:13:38,068 That makes no fucking sense. 435 00:13:38,172 --> 00:13:40,724 Do you not see your actions as violent that day? 436 00:13:40,827 --> 00:13:42,551 I see it as self-defense. 437 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:44,965 JORDAN KLEPPER: A refrain I've heard from many J-Sixers. 438 00:13:45,068 --> 00:13:47,931 Few of them see themselves as perpetrators of violence. 439 00:13:48,034 --> 00:13:50,620 They're victims, literal choirboys, 440 00:13:50,724 --> 00:13:51,862 especially when they were locked 441 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,793 up together late at night. 442 00:13:53,896 --> 00:13:55,586 ALL: [SINGING] In air 443 00:13:55,689 --> 00:13:57,448 I was one of the guys that started the National anthem 444 00:13:57,551 --> 00:13:58,724 every night at 9 o'clock. 445 00:13:58,827 --> 00:14:00,103 That J6 Choir. 446 00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:01,172 Mm-hmm. 447 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:02,689 That's us singing through the phone. 448 00:14:02,793 --> 00:14:03,689 - That's you? - Yes. 449 00:14:03,793 --> 00:14:04,896 What were you, soprano? 450 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,034 JORDAN KLEPPER: Yes, the J6 Choir is a real thing, 451 00:14:08,137 --> 00:14:10,517 and they sound exactly how you think they'd sound. 452 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:12,241 [SINGING]: Still there! 453 00:14:12,344 --> 00:14:14,517 I don't want to be critical of the J6 Choir, 454 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,068 but the harmonies were mid. 455 00:14:16,172 --> 00:14:17,482 Let's hear yours. Go. 456 00:14:17,586 --> 00:14:18,655 Let's hear your rendition. 457 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:19,655 Let's go. 458 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:21,793 [SINGING] Oh, say can you see. 459 00:14:21,896 --> 00:14:22,793 It's not bad. 460 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:23,827 That's not bad. 461 00:14:23,931 --> 00:14:27,241 [SINGING]: By the dawn's early light. 462 00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:32,689 What so proudly we hail at the twilight-- 463 00:14:32,793 --> 00:14:33,896 ["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYING] 464 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,000 JORDAN KLEPPER: OK, we don't have 465 00:14:35,103 --> 00:14:36,448 to listen to any more of that. 466 00:14:36,551 --> 00:14:40,068 Maybe it's time to dip into the lighter side of nationalism. 467 00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:41,724 Spring Break Gulf of America. 468 00:14:41,827 --> 00:14:42,724 Let's go. 469 00:14:42,827 --> 00:14:43,896 JORDAN KLEPPER: After the break. 470 00:14:47,931 --> 00:14:50,241 It was becoming clear that the MAGA youth were 471 00:14:50,344 --> 00:14:53,137 different from conservatives of the past, fewer policies 472 00:14:53,241 --> 00:14:56,517 about taxes, more policies about owning Libs and bringing 473 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,310 guns out when the sun's out. 474 00:14:58,413 --> 00:15:00,931 And that was never more evident than on the shores of Trump's 475 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:02,379 first big accomplishment. 476 00:15:02,482 --> 00:15:03,896 Spring Break Gulf of America. 477 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:04,896 Let's go. 478 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,655 The name Gulf of America, it just 479 00:15:06,758 --> 00:15:10,965 means fucking freedom and peace and liberty and happiness. 480 00:15:11,068 --> 00:15:13,689 Fucking freedom, peace and liberty and happiness. 481 00:15:13,793 --> 00:15:15,103 That's what it means to me, man. 482 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,931 The drinks taste a little bit colder. 483 00:15:17,034 --> 00:15:17,931 Sun's a little brighter. 484 00:15:18,034 --> 00:15:19,206 Yeah. 485 00:15:19,310 --> 00:15:20,931 Really awesome that he named it the Gulf of America. 486 00:15:21,034 --> 00:15:22,137 This is the Gulf of America. 487 00:15:22,241 --> 00:15:23,448 - This is the Gulf of America. - To everybody. 488 00:15:23,551 --> 00:15:24,482 To everybody. 489 00:15:24,586 --> 00:15:25,620 Except for the rest of the world. 490 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:27,241 Yeah, they got their own oceans. 491 00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:28,344 It feels amazing. 492 00:15:28,448 --> 00:15:29,931 It feels like the greatest country. 493 00:15:30,034 --> 00:15:31,448 It feels like the greatest ocean. 494 00:15:31,551 --> 00:15:32,689 The Gulf of America, it's amazing. 495 00:15:32,793 --> 00:15:34,172 Look at this. Look at this. 496 00:15:34,275 --> 00:15:35,275 It feels so good. 497 00:15:35,379 --> 00:15:37,206 It makes you almost forget the stock market 498 00:15:37,310 --> 00:15:39,068 was down 800 points yesterday. 499 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,758 JORDAN KLEPPER: But perhaps I was missing the name 500 00:15:40,862 --> 00:15:42,793 changes, soft power benefits. 501 00:15:42,896 --> 00:15:45,172 You know, you say like, maybe like, hey, do 502 00:15:45,275 --> 00:15:46,413 you want to go on a late night walk 503 00:15:46,517 --> 00:15:47,827 right on the Gulf of America? 504 00:15:47,931 --> 00:15:50,068 Are hook-ups easier this year during spring break? 505 00:15:50,172 --> 00:15:52,000 I feel like it's definitely easier to connect 506 00:15:52,103 --> 00:15:53,586 on a patriotic side of things. 507 00:15:53,689 --> 00:15:55,068 A patriotic side of things. 508 00:15:55,172 --> 00:15:56,586 And under a Trump administration, 509 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,517 now there's some sexy ambiguity. 510 00:15:58,620 --> 00:16:00,068 Whether it's chlamydia or measles, who knows? 511 00:16:00,172 --> 00:16:01,137 [laughter] 512 00:16:01,241 --> 00:16:03,137 I mean, you said it, not me, but yeah. 513 00:16:03,241 --> 00:16:04,931 JORDAN KLEPPER: While the beach bros celebrated, 514 00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:07,379 like so many of Trump's actions, 515 00:16:07,482 --> 00:16:10,137 this one fell short with some of the fairer sex. 516 00:16:10,241 --> 00:16:12,586 I do not believe that this is the Gulf of America. 517 00:16:12,689 --> 00:16:14,517 I believe that it's the Gulf of Mexico. 518 00:16:14,620 --> 00:16:16,344 There are way more important issues that we should 519 00:16:16,448 --> 00:16:17,655 be focusing on right now. 520 00:16:17,758 --> 00:16:19,379 I can't do neuroscience research. 521 00:16:19,482 --> 00:16:22,482 My research funding is gone, and that's really sad. 522 00:16:22,586 --> 00:16:23,724 OK, that is sad. 523 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:26,551 But can I remind you that that's now 524 00:16:26,655 --> 00:16:27,551 called the Gulf of America. 525 00:16:27,655 --> 00:16:28,655 Yeah. 526 00:16:28,758 --> 00:16:30,103 That doesn't fix anything. - It's so wrong. 527 00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:31,379 JORDAN KLEPPER: Of course, in Florida, 528 00:16:31,482 --> 00:16:34,275 there are those already proudly sporting the uniform. 529 00:16:34,379 --> 00:16:36,413 So I spoke with a few members of the Tampa 530 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:38,000 Bay Young Republicans. 531 00:16:38,103 --> 00:16:40,862 The name change to Gulf of America, is that important? 532 00:16:40,965 --> 00:16:42,034 Oh, definitely, yeah. 533 00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:44,482 I think everyone has a generational shift. 534 00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:46,344 You know, you had the baby boomers, 535 00:16:46,448 --> 00:16:48,586 they went through the World War II, they had their thing. 536 00:16:48,689 --> 00:16:50,137 You know, I think our generation, 537 00:16:50,241 --> 00:16:54,103 the big thing is having our stamp on the world is OK. 538 00:16:54,206 --> 00:16:56,827 So the greatest generation took Normandy, 539 00:16:56,931 --> 00:16:59,379 and this generation took the Gulf of America? 540 00:16:59,482 --> 00:17:00,517 Yes, sir. 541 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:01,931 JORDAN KLEPPER: But before I start imagining 542 00:17:02,034 --> 00:17:03,689 these young MAGA soldiers storming 543 00:17:03,793 --> 00:17:06,137 the shores of clear water with canteens full of sex 544 00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:08,137 on the beach, I needed to know what 545 00:17:08,241 --> 00:17:10,378 are their actual core values. 546 00:17:10,482 --> 00:17:13,413 We want a small government oversight. 547 00:17:13,517 --> 00:17:15,103 We want strong economy. 548 00:17:15,205 --> 00:17:17,964 Strong families, and a love for the nation. 549 00:17:18,068 --> 00:17:21,448 We're kind of just pushing towards a world where those-- 550 00:17:21,550 --> 00:17:24,103 those different things, such as men 551 00:17:24,205 --> 00:17:26,275 being women in different sports, 552 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:27,689 we see girls are getting injured 553 00:17:27,792 --> 00:17:29,758 all the time in high school sports and all that. 554 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:31,379 So when it comes to women's sports, 555 00:17:31,482 --> 00:17:33,482 you're approaching this from like, we need to respect women? 556 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:34,482 - Yeah. - Right. 557 00:17:34,586 --> 00:17:35,724 Yeah. 558 00:17:35,827 --> 00:17:37,000 I mean, in a lot of senses, it seems like women 559 00:17:37,103 --> 00:17:38,586 are being kind of deleted. 560 00:17:38,689 --> 00:17:41,655 So you guys recently invited Andrew Tate to come 561 00:17:41,758 --> 00:17:43,827 and speak to your group. 562 00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:45,275 We said we'd be open for him. 563 00:17:45,379 --> 00:17:46,827 JORDAN KLEPPER: The Tampa Bay Young Republicans 564 00:17:46,931 --> 00:17:48,689 made national news when they formally 565 00:17:48,793 --> 00:17:52,689 invited Andrew Tate to speak to their group, this Andrew Tate. 566 00:17:52,793 --> 00:17:55,137 The former kickboxer turned influencer accused 567 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:57,965 of assaulting and choking his girlfriend in California 568 00:17:58,068 --> 00:18:01,413 and on trial in Romania for alleged sex trafficking. 569 00:18:01,517 --> 00:18:03,000 If a woman is going out with a man, 570 00:18:03,103 --> 00:18:05,000 she belongs to that man, that's his woman. 571 00:18:05,103 --> 00:18:06,586 So she wants to do OnlyFans, she owes him 572 00:18:06,689 --> 00:18:08,103 some money because she's his. 573 00:18:08,206 --> 00:18:10,896 What discussion did you want with Andrew Tate? 574 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 So it's not really a discussion we want with him. 575 00:18:14,103 --> 00:18:15,965 We just want to get different opinions out there-- 576 00:18:16,068 --> 00:18:16,965 Clicks. 577 00:18:17,068 --> 00:18:18,448 --and then reach out to our-- 578 00:18:18,551 --> 00:18:19,896 get, obviously, clicks. 579 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,275 100%. 580 00:18:21,379 --> 00:18:23,689 I mean, the more people that are looking at us, at Tampa Bay 581 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:25,482 Young Republicans and also seeing 582 00:18:25,586 --> 00:18:27,034 the kind of conversations that we do 583 00:18:27,137 --> 00:18:29,517 have, the better it is for our organization. 584 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:31,379 But they're looking at you because you invited 585 00:18:31,482 --> 00:18:33,448 an alleged human trafficker. 586 00:18:33,551 --> 00:18:38,103 Were Jake and Logan Paul, too, likable for an invite? 587 00:18:38,206 --> 00:18:39,448 - They're not likable. - No? 588 00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:40,517 So, like, what was it? 589 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:41,655 What was the conversation you wanted 590 00:18:41,758 --> 00:18:43,034 to have with Andrew Tate? 591 00:18:43,137 --> 00:18:44,379 I don't want to sit here and give 592 00:18:44,482 --> 00:18:47,034 someone that has inappropriate values a platform. 593 00:18:47,137 --> 00:18:48,275 Not your goal. 594 00:18:48,379 --> 00:18:50,551 You're just like, let's give Andrew Tate a platform. 595 00:18:50,655 --> 00:18:53,034 Tell me about, like, choking a bitch, should I get from behind 596 00:18:53,137 --> 00:18:54,689 or should I approach from the front? 597 00:18:54,793 --> 00:18:56,172 It's not like we're here supporting 598 00:18:56,275 --> 00:18:57,344 any of that gross rhetoric. 599 00:18:57,448 --> 00:18:58,413 That's not something-- 600 00:18:58,517 --> 00:19:01,206 No, but-- but do you understand you are? 601 00:19:01,310 --> 00:19:02,551 Most of the members said that they 602 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:04,172 did not want Andrew Tate on. JORDAN KLEPPER: Sure. 603 00:19:04,275 --> 00:19:05,275 So then he never came on. 604 00:19:05,379 --> 00:19:07,310 So it's kind of-- it seems kind of weird 605 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:09,172 that you're on here just kind of pressing us about Andrew 606 00:19:09,275 --> 00:19:11,379 Tate when the majority of Tampa Bay Young Republicans 607 00:19:11,482 --> 00:19:12,551 said, hey, we don't want him here, 608 00:19:12,655 --> 00:19:13,862 and then he never came on. 609 00:19:13,965 --> 00:19:15,896 That would have been for attention to spark discourse, 610 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,034 but it didn't happen. 611 00:19:17,137 --> 00:19:19,482 Here's the deal, you're in the discourse now. 612 00:19:19,586 --> 00:19:22,000 You utilized his name and fame to grab 613 00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:24,448 attention towards the Tampa Bay Young Republicans. 614 00:19:24,551 --> 00:19:26,000 And now here we are in it, and it 615 00:19:26,103 --> 00:19:27,068 feels as if you want to distance 616 00:19:27,172 --> 00:19:28,689 yourself from it, which to me feels 617 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:30,344 a lot like the MAGA movement. 618 00:19:30,448 --> 00:19:32,310 That was an Instagram post that said, do you 619 00:19:32,413 --> 00:19:33,758 guys want Andrew Tate here? 620 00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:35,000 - That's not what it said. - It's not? 621 00:19:35,103 --> 00:19:36,862 No, no, that's not what it said. 622 00:19:36,965 --> 00:19:38,793 It said it said we formally invite 623 00:19:38,896 --> 00:19:40,344 him to speak to our group. 624 00:19:40,448 --> 00:19:41,448 We want to see what's going on, 625 00:19:41,551 --> 00:19:43,448 like, hey, why are you coming here? 626 00:19:43,551 --> 00:19:45,068 Are you expecting to do the same thing here? 627 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:46,827 Is it, hey, we know we can get away with stuff? 628 00:19:46,931 --> 00:19:48,758 What's the reason he thinks he can come here? 629 00:19:48,862 --> 00:19:50,586 Because there's people here who 630 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:52,827 want clicks so badly that they'll be like, 631 00:19:52,931 --> 00:19:54,689 come and talk to us. 632 00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:57,655 I mean, everyone-- everyone likes clicks, everyone likes-- 633 00:19:57,758 --> 00:19:59,310 everyone likes their 30 seconds of fame, you know. 634 00:19:59,413 --> 00:20:02,482 Any regrets about inviting Andrew Tate? 635 00:20:02,586 --> 00:20:06,275 You know, you know the saying any publicity 636 00:20:06,379 --> 00:20:07,689 is good publicity? - Yeah. 637 00:20:07,793 --> 00:20:08,655 It's not. 638 00:20:08,758 --> 00:20:09,689 That's not true. 639 00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:11,068 Have you planned your Roman Polanski 640 00:20:11,172 --> 00:20:12,586 film festival yet or just-- 641 00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:14,034 Not-- not at this point. 642 00:20:14,137 --> 00:20:16,000 It'd be interesting to see who our next controversial speaker 643 00:20:16,103 --> 00:20:17,068 will be. 644 00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:18,655 The opportunities are going to continue 645 00:20:18,758 --> 00:20:20,724 to present themselves. 646 00:20:20,827 --> 00:20:24,137 But if R. Kelly gets out of jail, a little bit of advice, 647 00:20:24,241 --> 00:20:25,172 don't have him on. 648 00:20:25,275 --> 00:20:26,206 Got it. 649 00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:27,379 [intriguing music] 650 00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:28,724 JORDAN KLEPPER: These guys are struggling 651 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:30,379 because they got pulled into the MAGA 652 00:20:30,482 --> 00:20:31,965 game of racing for clicks. 653 00:20:32,068 --> 00:20:34,586 But unlike the President of the United States, 654 00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:37,344 they still have a nagging sense of morality. 655 00:20:37,448 --> 00:20:39,379 So you guys still are anti-human trafficking? 656 00:20:39,482 --> 00:20:40,758 - 100%. - 100%. 657 00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:42,620 JORDAN KLEPPER: In fact, most of the people we talked to 658 00:20:42,724 --> 00:20:45,862 were kids with good intentions looking for a path, 659 00:20:45,965 --> 00:20:48,689 but were given a playbook by popular, wealthy right 660 00:20:48,793 --> 00:20:49,965 wing influencers. 661 00:20:50,068 --> 00:20:52,655 So how does the left compete in this space? 662 00:20:52,758 --> 00:20:55,000 Is there a Joe Rogan on the left? 663 00:20:55,103 --> 00:20:56,000 Oh, God. 664 00:20:56,103 --> 00:20:57,137 JORDAN KLEPPER: After the break. 665 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,551 JORDAN KLEPPER: The spaces for young people, 666 00:21:03,655 --> 00:21:05,965 both physically and online, are dominated 667 00:21:06,068 --> 00:21:07,758 by right wing personalities. 668 00:21:07,862 --> 00:21:10,931 The Tates, the Kirks, the Whites are all present in a way 669 00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:12,620 that the left just isn't. 670 00:21:12,724 --> 00:21:14,310 It's gotten to the point where 671 00:21:14,413 --> 00:21:18,448 the left has absolutely no relationship to this audience. 672 00:21:18,551 --> 00:21:19,655 Period. 673 00:21:19,758 --> 00:21:22,482 What if they try, I don't know, sponsorships? 674 00:21:22,586 --> 00:21:25,793 UFC 315 sponsored by Planned Parenthood. 675 00:21:25,896 --> 00:21:26,896 I think that's a mistake. 676 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,068 There's just-- the young men are 677 00:21:28,172 --> 00:21:31,103 being radicalized through this process, 678 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:33,034 and it's like, that can't-- 679 00:21:33,137 --> 00:21:34,344 that can't be the answer. 680 00:21:34,448 --> 00:21:35,896 Don't just look around and be like, well, this 681 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,068 is a terrible problem and it seems intractable, 682 00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:39,931 I guess I'll just walk away and like, you know, 683 00:21:40,034 --> 00:21:41,517 I'll see what happens later. 684 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:44,000 Dude, bad shit will happen if you do that. 685 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:45,965 Democrats, get in the fucking ring. 686 00:21:46,068 --> 00:21:48,379 Get in the fucking ring, you bitches. 687 00:21:48,482 --> 00:21:51,482 JORDAN KLEPPER: One person who is in the ring is Hasan Piker. 688 00:21:51,586 --> 00:21:54,000 Piker has 2.8 million followers on the streaming 689 00:21:54,103 --> 00:21:55,068 platform Twitch. 690 00:21:55,172 --> 00:21:56,896 He manages to work out like a bro 691 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,724 and have intellectual sit-downs with Bernie and AOC. 692 00:22:00,827 --> 00:22:03,517 All this has liberal media asking if he is 693 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:05,068 the connection to the youth. 694 00:22:05,172 --> 00:22:07,689 I'll follow you on Instagram and see you talking 695 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,379 about what's happening in the news, 696 00:22:09,482 --> 00:22:10,551 but also see you working out. 697 00:22:10,655 --> 00:22:11,862 Like, you also are communicating 698 00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:13,137 to people through working out. 699 00:22:13,241 --> 00:22:14,206 Yeah, through grunts. 700 00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:15,862 How do you see the left communicating with, 701 00:22:15,965 --> 00:22:20,103 like, young men in this-- this time of the manosphere? 702 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:22,965 The left could, I don't know, talk to dudes 703 00:22:23,068 --> 00:22:24,000 without vilifying them. 704 00:22:24,103 --> 00:22:26,103 There's a lot of anger, resentment, 705 00:22:26,206 --> 00:22:28,068 not having any hope for a future, 706 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:31,551 never being able to retire, never being able to own a home. 707 00:22:31,655 --> 00:22:35,482 All of those things are-- are very much of the core identity 708 00:22:35,586 --> 00:22:37,482 for-- for the next generation. 709 00:22:37,586 --> 00:22:39,034 JORDAN KLEPPER: The left needs to face the fact 710 00:22:39,137 --> 00:22:41,620 that for the youth of America, what is appealing 711 00:22:41,724 --> 00:22:43,862 is not a moral superiority, but it's 712 00:22:43,965 --> 00:22:47,103 fun shit like swords, anime, and taking 713 00:22:47,206 --> 00:22:48,793 down the billionaire class. 714 00:22:48,896 --> 00:22:51,172 I represent the feelings and opinions 715 00:22:51,275 --> 00:22:54,689 of a lot of people that are just like, you can have fun, 716 00:22:54,793 --> 00:22:55,931 it's OK to have fun. 717 00:22:56,034 --> 00:22:59,310 How do you balance being a mature adult 718 00:22:59,413 --> 00:23:04,206 and also embrace anime boobs? 719 00:23:04,310 --> 00:23:06,206 I mean, anime boobs are awesome. 720 00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:07,482 [chuckles] 721 00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:09,827 Is that sort of the line that the left needs to walk? 722 00:23:09,931 --> 00:23:11,103 Yeah, I-- 723 00:23:11,206 --> 00:23:13,482 I think people should get health care 724 00:23:13,586 --> 00:23:17,172 and also I like watching anime. 725 00:23:17,275 --> 00:23:20,137 Sometimes it has boobs in it, and that's cool. 726 00:23:20,241 --> 00:23:21,275 This is very confusing. 727 00:23:21,379 --> 00:23:23,241 How is Cory Booker supposed to navigate this? 728 00:23:23,344 --> 00:23:24,655 The Democrats are never going to reach out 729 00:23:24,758 --> 00:23:26,068 to a younger generation if they have 730 00:23:26,172 --> 00:23:27,241 to understand these nuances. 731 00:23:27,344 --> 00:23:28,275 Yeah. 732 00:23:28,379 --> 00:23:29,275 Well, you're not wrong. 733 00:23:29,379 --> 00:23:30,482 ["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYING] 734 00:23:30,586 --> 00:23:31,896 JORDAN KLEPPER: In the end, young people 735 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,103 just want what everybody wants, leaders who connect with them. 736 00:23:35,206 --> 00:23:36,206 That's the good news. 737 00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:38,379 The bad news is there's a lot of these guys 738 00:23:38,482 --> 00:23:39,551 lurking out there. 739 00:23:39,655 --> 00:23:41,793 So while the left searches for ways to reach 740 00:23:41,896 --> 00:23:43,448 out to the voters, they lost. 741 00:23:43,551 --> 00:23:46,379 I'll do my best to bring peace and harmony 742 00:23:46,482 --> 00:23:51,482 [SINGING]: O'er the land of the free 743 00:23:51,586 --> 00:23:57,551 and the home of the brave. 744 00:23:57,655 --> 00:23:58,689 We've got to take this on tour. 745 00:23:58,793 --> 00:24:00,275 I was gonna say, do you know any Woody Guthrie? 746 00:24:00,379 --> 00:24:01,275 [chuckles] 747 00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:02,517 No