and surprise: it's stacey campfield! [laughter] because once again, he has set his sights on the freeloadiest of all america's freeloaders: children. >> a tennessee state senator wants to cut welfare funding for parents whose children perform poorly in school. >> listen, if your kid is failing every single class because who knows what reason, we're gonna stop or cutback on the amount of straight cash payments. if you want to talk motivation, nothing motivates like cash. >> stephen: and nobody knows that better than a politician. [laughter] [cheers and applause] folks, and these welfare kids are rolling in it. did you know that in tennessee, the maximum benefit for a mother with two children is $185 a month? and february only has 28 days! cha-ching! [laughter] somebody's turning some sweet coin on black history month. [laughter] and i'm not the only one who loves campfield's idea. over on fox and friends, the brown haired guy who's not steve doocy wishes this plan had been in place when he was in school. >> remember what

enter tennessee state senator stacey campfield with this bold proposal.elfare benefits for parents whose kids do poorly in school. well, that's right. according to campfield, somehow the threat of less food on the table is the ticket to getting parents to help their kids in school. figure that one out. anyway, something campfield said on this network was catnip for the folks at "the tonight show." >>> tennessee state senator stacey campfield advocates he wants legislation that will reduce welfare payments to families if their kids are getting bad grades. they cut their welfare payments if the kids get bad grades. i'm not sure he did that well in school himself. this is a segment we call "the botched cliche of the day, senator edition." >> well, first off, we're not -- i'm not setting the bar like the kids have to become rocket surgeons. >> rocket surgeons. is that like tree surgeons? >>> next, let's take a look at this headline from "the washington times." quote, reagan's home could become a parking lot for obama's library. we're looking at what you might

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