♪ ♪ - oh, shit. this reminds me of my last birthday. i'm not lettin' go of this loofah. you'd better believe that. ah! that's someone trying to take my hair! - go! go! go! go! away from here. - oh, hey, carl! - oh, shit. - how's your mom? - you stay, i'll push. you stay and i'll push it. - she didn't look so good the last time i saw her. i'm gonna be honest with you. she's gotta keep takin' those pills for her rickets. - turn it, turn it. there we go. will it start if i jump in? - yep, i got it! - you got it? - hey! this isn't a birthday parade! - shit, it stalled again. stalled but we're goin' down-- - she's going down. whee! - whoo-hoo! whoo-hoo! >> trevor: young simba, host faced killer. swiss -- >> i ain't doing this with you. >> trevor: i don't know why you're giving me such a hard

time, i need a h hip-hop name. because you don't need a hip-hop name, you're not a rapper. >> trevor: i need a hip-hop name, i need a cool name. >> you don't need to have a hip-hop name. >> do! >> what's up, baby! >> trevor: you've got a hip-hop baby. >> mind your business. >> trevor: i need your help. >> do not ask big tigger to come out with a nickname for me. >> trevor: i'm not going to ask them to come up with a nickname for me. big tigger, i was thinking you can come up with a cool nickname for me, something cool, something hip-hop. >> >> trevor: i was thinking something a little more hip-hop. >> beige panthera? >> [laughs] >> trevor: i need something more like dulce main. >> that's perfect. >> trevor: mickey mouse?

>> goofy man, like gucci mane peer because when this has been healthy. >> there is always mild-edge gambino. [laughter] [cheers and applause] [laughter] >> trevor: i'm not little. [laughter] >> announcer: coming to you from atlanta, america's favorite land, it's "the daily show." tonight... the worst political ads. the atlanta secret behind great music. and raphael warnock. this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> trevor: what's going on,

atlanta, georgia? [cheers and applause] how are you doing, everybody! welcome to the show! welcome to the show! welcome to it, night three! we are back! we are doing it again! take a seat, everybody! take a seat. this feels good! [cheers and applause] this has been so much fun. what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show" coming to you from atlanta, georgia, night three! we have been having so much fun here, every single day, i learned something new about the place. you know, yesterday, i learned that people in georgia have a really interesting philosophy about food, you know, yesterday i asked someone, where should i eat? they were like, you got to get the wings at jr crickets. and i was like, oh, yeah? people were like, yeah. so what should i order? they were like, you got to get the lemon pepper extra crispy,

extra sprinkles and they were like but you need extra sprinkles. extra extra sprinkles? sounds like a lot of sodium. they were like, yeah, that's what you have to get the peach soda afterwards. and then she said -- my favorite thing, she was like, because you see, when you have that much salt, you got to cancel it out with a sugar. that is what we do in atlanta. balanced diet. i appreciate that. it was delicious. and i slept for a week. i also learned that people in atlanta love sports. wow. this is like a big sports town. like, everyone here is excited for the big georgia-tennessee game on saturday? [cheers and applause] people are hyped for that. it is a big sports town. i get it. the braves won the world series, right? [cheers and applause] the university of georgia won the national championship. [cheers and applause] the falcons...

have really cool jerseys. [cheers and applause] i see you. [laughs] [laughs] and if you like the city has extra energy now because the midterms or a few days away. you can feel it. people out there getting ready to vote. everybody is voting, breaking early voting records, that is what is happening down here. [cheers and applause] people are out there making their voices heard, everyone is standing in line for hours and hours. i stood in line yesterday for hours beer for that is how long i stood. turns out was a place called slutty vegan. [cheers and applause] i didn't know that was a popular restaurant in atlanta. i thought it was someone who sleeps around and likes tofu. the line would have been longer for that. but the midterms are hard, you know? we've talked about this a little bit, there's ads everywhere in

atlanta and every ad that i watch in the city, there's a campaign had, everything, you have seen it. i watched tv for 10 minutes last night and i saw 30 minutes worth of ads. and the thing that stuck out to me was how most of them were mean as shit. >> georgia would be different with abrams. she pushed more covid lockdowns, wanted businesses closed and kids locked out of schools. abrams crime plan: eliminate cash bail. the same failed liberal scheme causing crime to surge in other states. >> stacey abrams and raphael warnock support aborting babies not just at 6 weeks, not just at 15 weeks when the baby can feel pain, but up to 40 weeks. >> talk shows. magazine covers. television cameos. celebrity stacey, a perfect governor for liberal elites, just not hard-working georgians. >> trevor: damn. you know, if you only knew

stacey abrams from attack ads in georgia, you would think she was darth vader combined with thanos combined with the asshole who cut you off in traffic. i don't understand the last part. she's bad because she gets interviewed on tv show? what are they trying to say? what is this about? why is this in an attack ad? "she hugs trevor noah which means that she wants to turn america into africa." there is nothing wrong with hugging me. i give good hugs. on the flip side, this is good for me, i'm not going to lie. because now i have a great excuse any time i don't want to hang out with anybody. you know? i would be like, would you like to hang out? i would be like, "ah, i'd love to, but if we're seen together it could be used in an attack ad if you ever run for governor of georgia, it will spoil to you. i can't do that to you."

it's not just in georgia. that's the thing about it. it's not just in georgia, it's not just mean in this moment, it's getting meaner. every single candidate is flooding that airwaves with attack ads. there's always the attack ad voice. i feel like you can say anything and that voice and it sounds terrible. "my opponent will donate his kidney to you!" "that son of a bitch!" wait, what? i need a kidney. if you ask me, honestly, i think attack ads should be illegal. yeah. [cheers and applause] i mean it. i think attack ads should be illegal. not campaign ads. attack ads. i will tell you i. first of all, i think it is because i only drive up polarization and hate, that is what they do, and secondly, politicians should be earning your vote by telling you what they are going to do, not just by shitting on other candidates.

just tell me what you will do if you want me to vote. don't tell me about the other person. because you realize, they are auditioning for the job. we don't accept this shit and any other job. no other job or you can apply for it and your resume isn't what you do, just a list of other reasons that the other people suck. you can't do that anywhere else. you can't be sitting there and go, "what are my strengths? i think you should be focusing on anthony's weaknesses, gap. that guy types with his index fingers, yeah. so when do i start? "that is not campaigning. that is not winning votes. it shouldn't be a part of democracy. it's basically the same strategy every r&b song from the '90s used. you were never that? every song would be some guy coming out there like, "girl, you know your man ain't treating you right. he never buys you flowers. he has never taken you to disney world. well, are you going to take me

to disney world? girl, this ain't about me right now. this is about your man and how he ain't doing you right. and by the way, my car is in the shop, so i might need to borrow yours." like, it is not helpful. [cheers and applause] it is not healthy. and here's the thing. it would be one thing if attack ads were just highlighting policy differences between the candidates. "my opponent wants to raise your taxes, but i want to lower them." that's one thing. but that's not what attack ads do. because like everything else in america it has to be supersized. >> left wing politicians are pushing sexual agendas on our children, x-rated drag shows for kids, pornography in our elementary schools. >> mehemet oz doesn't want you to know about his deadly experiments on puppies. >> katie hobbs organized a mock slave auction. >> katie hobbs guilty of racism. >> no one is safe with liberal

emilia sykes. >> babies have to watch their backs because of tina kotek. tina kotek, too extreme for oregon. >> trevor: i'm sorry, what? babies have to watch their ba backs? if you are a baby watching that, you are crapping your pants. more than usual. you are shitting yourself. i've never seen an attack ad trying to scare babies, just like, "watch out, babies." "tina kotek is here." and now she's not; and now she's here; and now she's not. and now she's here. and by the way, i know there are some people who are thinking, oh, but trevor, don't i deserve to know the bad things about

someone who is running for office? yes, i think you do and ideally you would get that information from america is responsible, objective news media pair for that is where you should be getting it from. doesn't need to be an attack ad. here's the thing. in my opinion, these ads do not help. they don't attack policy. they portray opponents as evil, inherently evil monsters, that poisons the entire country. what happens to bipartisanship after that? do people ever think of that? you can't be like, "yes, i said my opponent wants to drink the blood of children but now that the election is over, that doesn't mean that we can't work together on infrastructure. get over here, you pedophile, let's do this deal!" why would you do that? no one would support that. was even worse is that many attack ads are straight up lies. for instance, there is an ad in texas, greg abbott put out this tv ad that is lysed together different quotes from beto o'rourke to make it seem like he

said something that he didn't say. right? campaign flyers in north carolina show candidates wearing defund the police t-shirts that they never actually wore. and i am like, as long as you are photoshopping pics, why not go all the way? "look, he's not just throwing out a garbage bag, he's throwing out the new taylor swift album! you monster!" they are drinking children's blood and then there is evil! and if you want to see just how bad the lies in these ads can get, look no further than this race in california. >> want to show you perhaps the most dishonest tv campaign ad we've ever seen. >> some politicians think they should control your child's education. >> we're trying to indoctrinate our students in communism. >> jay chen is running for congress to represent southern californians. but here's what chen actually said. >> you know, i'm going to be a recipient of some of these attacks, unfortunately. they're going to be claiming that because our school district was teaching chinese, that meant we were trying to indoctrinate our students in communism.

literally, that will be one of the points of attack. >> trevor: look at that. he even called it. he said, "these people are probably going to claim we're teaching kids communism," and his opponents are like, "we should do that!" here's the thing. it's bad enough to attack someone but to pretend they said something they didn't say and attack them for that? that is even worse. you are attacking them for something they didn't say. you realize if you edit it, the context of that out of everything. the cardi b song, "wap," that is a song about female empowerment, but if you edit out the p, it is a song about wet ass," get a mop for this wet ass, please, do not back this thing up on me. you can't do that.

it is not good for democracy. and here's the thing that may blow your mind -- because it blew mind -- it is not illegal to lie in attack ads. did you know that? it is not illegal. the courts have said that the government cannot ban lying in political ads because it is falling under free speech. yeah. look, maybe you agree, maybe you are one of those people who think that the government should not patrol what is true or false in ads but here's a thing, it already does. if you lie in an ad for a car or for a cell phone or even for toilet paper, the ftc will ban that add. yeah. which is a weird set of priorities. because if you lie in an election ad, that could undermine your democracy. but if you lie about how many sheets are in a roll of toilet paper, i mean, the worst that could happen is you end up with a wet ass. [cheers and applause]

so if you ask me, america has everything backwards. if there's one type of ad you're not allowed to lie in, it should be your political ads. not only is that better for democracy, but it means you would be allowed to lie in commercial ads and that would be funny sp 30. >> chef boyardee says his people roni is quick and convenient. but 40% of all people who ate it immediately died. and the other 60%, they became transgender. >> what is chef boyardee hiding under his hat? is it critical race theory? he won't say. chef boyardee, wrong for dinner, wrong for america. paid for by concerned citizens for spaghettios. >> trevor: see, that is why we need more. we got to take a quick break. when we come back, roy wood jr. is going to meet the man behind

of a lot of atlanta's music. you don't want to miss it. [cheers and applause]

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[cheers and applause] >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." you know, atlanta is known for its incredible music scene. but it wouldn't be possible without some makers behind the scene. roy wood jr. sat down with one of them.

>> you've probably heard of major atlanta artists like young gz, two chains, and bobby ballantine, but you probably wouldn't know any of them but if it weren't for this guy, nick "the head maker" love. atlanta born and raised, he is the reason they go from local engines to international stars, if we are going to be the city, have to sit down with the man himself. >> nick love, you are. >> no. >> this is your chance to brag. give me some of the songs and artists that you helped break in atlanta that eventually became global during success. >> i have touched everything that has come out of the city. period. that is not a brag, just what it is. i started working with these guys that was like, it's the blueprint. everybody said, cool. the thing that you do with jeezy, can you do that with me? >> you are hit maker. >> yes, sir. >> jeezy, they give you a song, what is the next thing, you take it to a d.j. where?

>> everywhere. strip clubs, regular clubs, i will go to mix tape guys, i'm trying to put it in front of everyone who has an ear for that and i'm saying, what do you think? what is this? i'm trying to visualize. i can see the girls' b25s, i can see the dude writing their car. i can see it. >> so nick love's secret sauce is taking a song he likes and getting into atlanta hot spots? sounds easy but it's actually a lot of hard work. you got to form relationships, get people to trust your taste, and apparently you have to get into strip clubs a lot. >> nobody wants to see you every day, but in my 20s, i was going to sacrifice to see that every day. >> what is it about being naked, i can feel the music? >> pretty girls and money in the same room, we want to do with the girls do, we want to impress them, we want to catch both of those crowds. those are the people who will be

popular in the city. >> i get what you are saying. all of these people from all over the world are here and they are all going to the clubs, they are all going to the strip clubs, they are all going to the lounges, so if you can play a song that pleases this demographic, chances are, this demographic -- >> it's going to go. >> this is one big ass focus group. >> absolutely. is a research city at the end of the day. >> it is such an effective way of getting things in front of people, why is music -- do politicians come to the club? >> at the end of the day, politics has not historically been cool. we know how important it is but it has rarely been cool. from the time that puffy did the vote or die campaign, that was a switchover of hip-hop culture being involved in politics. we do influence what happens. if we are on board, we can effect change. >> wait. nick love makes hits, and midterms are coming and george is a swing state.

if he can do it, so can i? >> if you can take any song and do it in front of the people who have decided it's a hit, and he. >> give it to me. >> any sound, i got you. >> as soon as you said that, i got a song. >> there has to be a way to activate georgia voters. ♪ ♪ so i borrowed some cash for my cousin's cousin's mother's aunt and i looked at the remics guy, this guy. ♪ ♪ to make a hit in the studio. >> let's do it. >> time to take this heat to the street. >> what's up, everybody? my name is roy, i am a rapper out of birmingham, 43 years old, never too late to chase your dreams. i got a truck i want to play for

y'all. y'all let you know if you feel it? it is called, "get out and vote with your voting ass." >> the campaign is heating up. >> georgia is one of the key races that can determine who gets control. senator raphael warnock against herschel walker. olmo wow ♪ open i want to make sure my vote is -- >> it's a hit. >> i've heard worse. >> stop, stop, just stop. >> what did you think about my truck? >> it was pretty cool. >> why are you stuttering? >> it was entertaining, i'm a a club promoter. [laughter] >> you want to hear it one more time? >> no, no, we good. >> what about the lyrics?

>> what about the lyrics? ♪ ♪ >> that song is direct. >> be honest with me. do i have a hit on my hands, yes or no? >> i think you could get there. you could get there. >> that is the nicest "you ain't shit" i never heard. do you feel more motivated to vote having heard my song? >> i would say 100% yes. i think you have a new career coming our way! >> how much rap do you listen to? >> more country tha then. "get low." >> that's the last song you listen to? lil jon "get low?" >> what does this sound mean? why is it not a hit to you? >> i don't really hear you and it. >> i was sampling some other stuff, i have other parts i

haven't finished yet. >> no verses, just features. >> you are saying you need a verse from your. >> yeah, that would make you rapping. >> these atlanta people tripping, this shit fine, i know i can make a hit and i think i have just the thing. ♪ ♪ >> i want to make sure my voice counted. ♪ we vote ♪ ♪ we voting in georgia ♪ ♪ we voting ♪ ♪ let's vote ♪ ♪ gun control ♪ ♪ police control ♪ ♪ black people ♪ ♪ going to vote ♪ ♪ herschel walker might be your daddy ♪ ♪ warnock jacket too tight ♪ ♪ take that jacket back and swap it out ♪

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[cheers and applause] >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is a senior pastor of the historic ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, and he currently represents the state of georgia a united states senate. please welcome senator raphael warnock! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

[cheers and applause] >> trevor: reve reverend/senator raphael warnock, welcome to "the daily show." >> thank you so much. >> trevor: i'm going to jump straight into it. >> welcome to atlanta. >> trevor: thank you so much. you don't need to welcome me -- you see, that is why you are a reverend. i like that. first thing is first. this is turning into a race that is way closer than people anticipated. it is turning into a race that has become a lot more national than many people anticipated and

what has been surprising in seeing how little of the news is actually about what you are doing wrong, it's just about what the other candidate is saying which seems crazy. and yet, it seems closer than it should be. so i would love to start without. why do you think georgia or georgian voters or the polls are showing that georgian voters are so close when it seems like most people would say that the two of you are so far apart? >> well, i agree with the last part of what you just said. [laughs] [cheers and applause] wow, wow. the differences between the options that georgians have right now are wide and deep. and look, the reality is, we always knew this would be a close race. and i think that speaks to where the country is, and where people are. but i think when you look close and you don't have to look that close, you can see that

georgians have a clear choice. i think about who is ready and who is fit to serve. [cheers and applause] to represent them in the united states senate. and i believe that at the end of the day, georgians will get it right. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: let's talk about what many georgians may feel is going wrong. many are saying, we need change. as we have seen multiple times in american politics, it is all about what people's pockets feel like, it's all about what the gas tank looks like that determines a lot about how they vote. there are many georgians who have said, i love you, senator, i love what you are doing, what you represent that i feel like in this moment, the republicans are promising something that is better or different. how would you respond to the people who say that to you? >> well, and my case, my opponent has a a thing.

-- hasn't promised a thing. i mean, think about it. i mean it. i'm not being flippant. what has he actually promised to do? and so look, there is no question that these are tough times. and people are feeling the pain and the pinch. we have been through over two years of a pandemic. the supply chain issues related to the pandemic. we are seeing rising prices, by the way, globally, driven by the war in ukraine, and on top of that, you've got bad actors in the corporate space who are literally exploiting the pandemic while we -- [cheers and applause] so while we are paying record prices at the pump, at the pharmaceutical counter, at the

grocery store, they are literally experiencing record profit. >> trevor: right. >> so the question is, who is going to do something about it? who cares about ordinary people? [cheers and applause] i take this job very seriously. you know, it's a real honor for your neighbors to say, we want you to represent us in higher office. and so that is the reason why i kept the donation to know more than $35. that is the reason i cap the cost prescription drugs so women and men like my 84-year-old mother wouldn't have to choose between buying the medicine they need and the groceries they need. that is why -- [cheers and applause] i remain focused on the people. and when i talk to the other night about capping the cost of

insulin, and the fact that corporations are gouging insulin, a 100-year-old drug, my opponent pe said people just ned to eat right. [boos] those were his words. >> trevor: right. >> and you know, as a pastor, i have encourage healthy living but that does not explain why the corporations are engaged in price gouging and you can eat right and still have diabetes. >> trevor: right, right. >> here is my recommendation. i think herschel walker should be the dietitian and i will serving united states senate. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: [laughs] let's take a little bit about how you work as well. i have found it particularly interesting that even in your campaign ads in georgia, you have gone out of your way to talk about republicans who you have worked with, which too many

people would seem like suicide. you say, i've worked with ted cruz, i've worked with marco rubio. most people don't want to even admit that they know ted cruz. and yet here you are saying, no, i worked with ted cruz, i worked with marco rubio. you have made an effort of talking about reaching across the aisle and working with other lawmakers to get things done. it seems like that is dwindling in american politics, as you said, people are retreating to their corners and saying, this is where i stand, i work with no one else. do you not worry about alienating some people who say, how can you reach across the aisle? or why is it that you choose to particularly include that in your own campaign ad? it is your ad. why include ted ted cruz's name, marco rubio's? >> i'm the 18th most bipartisan senator, i am the 18th, and that is a little bit of an achievement because out of 100 senators, i am 100.

i'm the most junior senator in the senate and i have been able to convince people to work with me to pull people together, and so yeah, i will be honest, ted cruz and i are both on the commerce committee. most of the time when he is talking, i'm sitting there thinking to myself, really? like, you put on a suit and a time to come here to do that? that is usually what i am thinking. but when it came time to a priority corridor in georgia, and interstate that would run through texas and also through georgia, it would connect the military bases, it would revitalize a lot of our rural areas that have been suffering all throughout georgia, i did not mind working with ted cruz to do that. if we can build up the highway, no one cares if you are a democrat or republican. you have to use the highway. so what i have endeavored to do

is not to be a senator who used to be a pastor, but a pastor in the senate, which is why i return to my pulpit. i preach here every sunday. and you continue to do the important work. so i hope the people of georgia give me six more years to keep doing this work. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: thank you so much. senator raphael warnock, everybody. we need to take a quick break, we'll be right back after this. thanks for doing this. [cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause] >> trevor: well, that's our show for tonight, thank you so much for tuning in. but before we go: the midterm elections are approaching, and the stakes are higher than they've been in generations, so make sure your voice counts.

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