How Do RFK Jr. Supporters Feel About His VP Pick? Michael Kosta Investigates | The Daily Show
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- For weeks, rumors swirled about RFK Jr.'s potential running mate. Would it be Aaron Rodgers or Tony Robbins? Michael Kosta traveled to Oakland, where RFK Jr. finally announced mega-donor tech billionaire and surfer Nicole Shanahan as his VP pick. But Jr.'s supporters seem just as unsure about Shanahan as they are about vaccines. #DailyShow #RFKJr #Comedy
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These people seemed normal when compared to Trump fans, just the fact that they didn't have a strong opinion on someone they don't know and felt they needed to read up on, feels quite refreshing.
It's only because they expected someone famous like Rodgers
Yeah in all fairness, they had no idea who the VP pick was going to be until that day
@@TheHugeDwarf But Trump fans would just have gone with it, as if it was the greatest thing ever, regardless if they knew anything about the person or not^^
At least people were like "I need to check who this person is before I have anything to say about them" =)
She is smart and someone we need in Government. RFK/Shanahan 2024🎉🎉
@@pipz420 she is there because she bought the spot
Honestly, I respect them for not pretending to know. It's nice to see people being humble, it's a nice change of pace.
Welcome to team Kennedy
@@lukerichardson2404Respecting their honesty and thinking they want what you want for the country are two different things. I’ll stay firmly in the Bernie camp, even though he’s too old.
@@viajesangel8673 Bernie’s not even running
It's nice to hear people say, "I don't know", when that's the truth. It's an honourable thing to say.
@@viajesangel8673your choice for president is someone who isn’t running for president? Get smart man
Healthy soil and regenerative agriculture. Well, not against that.
that means "no pesticides or modern agriculture." Like...the same way organic food people are, but even more than that. end result: less food, and less nutrition in the food.
@@briannelson27 Pesticides are causing a lot of health issues. Obviously we want food to be nutritious and abundant, but not if it's detrimental in some other way. There needs to be more options
@@briannelson27 that's not factual. However, the big thing with permaculture is that it's more labor intensive because you won't have acres upon acres of the same crop that can be managed with large agricultural machines.
Great. You do realize that even people not voting for Mr. Anti-vax are also in favor of healthy food?
@@Butterratbee Do you disagree, or…?
I respect them for their neutral response to the pick. They didn't blindly support it, blindly hate it, they just admitted they didn't know how to feel.
Independents tend to be like that. They weigh all the options and select the one they believe in the most. They aren't blinded by partisanship.
Which are the most sane responses possible BUT in a crazy propagandised world, the Sane ones are called crazy. Ergo this Program's core audience. Your post and those who liked it excluded.
@@standupguy12No, instead they fall for the right's constant lies.
@@SwiftJustice I'm hip!
@@SwiftJustice Case in point:
Well, to be fair, his reasons for his VP pick, which is more or less to make America healthier, is a lot more rationale than literally anything trump has ever said about anything, ever.
Low bar. Veeeeeery low bar.
I cannot wait for the Trump Mini-Me VP pick.
To be fair, he's not accomplishing anything other than spoiling votes and further misinforming gullible people. Even his best intentions are inherently malicious.
Those aren't "reasons". Reasons need a goal, which is a specific achievement. What you listed is a vague aspiration (do you seriously think any POTUS candidate, or just anyone in general, really, wants to make America *less* healthy?) , made all the more ridiculous by the fact that you're taking a definition of "healthier" from a guy who thinks his privileged and unsupported personal opinion over-rides the entire academic history of public health.
Don't be naive, he wants to attract Biden voters, to get Trump elected. Behind his wife, S. Brin, the owner of Alphabet/Google, is acting against the government's antitrust policy. Apple is just the first to be sued. These people are toxic! Marvel supervillains in the flesh.
He picked a vp that shares his values. Who cares if she is an unknown. We don’t need more entrenched politicians.
She’s bankrolling his campaign
@@michellejohnson5217 she holds the same values and helps his campaign. Sounds like a win win.
Exactly!
We tried putting a man into the White House who had no political experience. Those four years were a disgrace. Nothing ran efficiently. So many people quit. He made so many blunders because he just didn’t know what legally you can do and can not do as a federal employee. Why would you EVER want a person who has no experience do a job for you? Would you pick a deck builder who has never built a deck? Would you pick a surgeon who never did surgery before? Of course you would not. Then why would you ever pick someone to run our government who has no experience. It is just illogical.
@@douglass1221 Trump and Kennedy are wildly different people. The comparison is absurd. Nobody knows how to be the president. The only thing being a politician for 50 years will prepare you for is how to be a partisan crook. We want someone that is intelligent and has a strong moral compass. Kennedy has been fighting corporate capture his entire career. He understands how to separate money from politics more than anyone else running. He has well thought out solutions to help Americans. He doesn’t just tow the partisan line and accept the status quo.
Why is she being minimalized? I read she was a fellow for Stanford Law School and is an attorney.
Because daily show has to demonize her to try to get progressives to hate her
Dems like to talk down on successful women if they suddenly don’t follow their religion. She was very successful before getting married and did not need to mary to have money. She comes across very honest and caring. She surprised me.
Agreed. I listened to an interview she did with Rick Rubin today, and she seems very smart, accomplished, and genuine.
@@standupguy12 Rick Ruben?! haha coool gotta watch that
It's easier for the corrupt to mock a young woman with a strong education and career than it is for them to admit their "guy" is either an 84 year old man with...problems, or an obese 80 year old man with legal problems. And Shanahan will be more popular than Kamala in a heartbeat, so this hatchet job will look dumb pretty soon.
Still waiting for Jon Stewart to interview RFK Jr. Live and uncut of course
Jon actually did interview him years go to discuss his success as a top environmental attorney, fighting to get toxic chemicals and mercury out of our food/water supply. The clip is on Comedy Central and Jon is so respectful to him when talking about mercury in vaccines, that was before pharma stepped in with "the science" they paid for.
@@BeachTimeKateright right, i meant now though, regarding his presidential run and current issues 😅
It'll never happen, look at how he capitulated to the elites when he had the audacity to even mention that Biden is old and senile. The show is such a sad shadow of its former self.
Jon actually gave Ron Paul respectful interviews when no one else would. But Ron also didn't go after the Daily Show's pharmaceutical sponsors. I bet Jon won't be allowed to interview RFKJ even if he wanted to.
You do realize how poorly that would go, right?
It's sad we live in a country that mocks an attempt to give people more choice. Whether you like or dislike RFK Jr., more choice is beneficial for everyone.
Not this time around. People capitalizing on "more choice" this year will only throw the election enough to barely give Trump the EC votes he needs to get 270. Once Trump is back in office, we can all throw away the dream of *any* choice because in a fascist dictatorship the elections are shams where votes for anyone other than the dictator and his hand picked yes men literally do not count. To preserve any number of choices higher than "1" going forward, we the people must vote for Biden this year. He is the only person running who could realistically get more votes than trump. RFK Jr. has zero chance of being elected, but definitely can spoil the election in favor of Trump, resulting in the END of choice in this country.
I mean, RFK is a lunatic, so i kinda get the mockery. But yeah, the actual people in this segment seemed okay. I don't really feel great making fun of them.
The mocking is for RFK JR. Not for an independent ticket.
@@DrTomCruisin can you back up your claim of his lunacy with some evidence?
@@DrTomCruisin I’d also like to know what warranting you have to prove RFK is a “lunatic.” As far as I’m aware, he’s admitted when he’s been wrong, he’s in favor of people understanding the long-term effects of what they put in their body, he’s concerned about the economy, he wants to end the disease epidemic in this country, he’s concerned about the debt that each citizen has taken on both privately, and at the federal level, etc… I agree with a lot of what the Daily Show puts out, but this is a hit piece… I have yet to hear either President Biden or Trump talk about their positions on any of those issues. It’s all, “the other guy is detrimental, vote for me.”
Edit: Spelling.
Jokes aside, our food quality and our health crisis are directly linked. The angle he was going for is being a proponent of increasing our phyaical wellness, which I think is something we can all get behind
The problem is, he contradicts himself when it comes to his "physical wellness" platform. Vaccines are the single most lifesaving medical advancement of modern life and he tries to voluntarily take us back to when kids routinely died, were left crippled, blind, or otherwise disabled, and when productivity was greatly hampered by these diseases running rampant through communities. Wanting to bring back plagues because he has bought into disproven, nonsense conspiracy theories isn't really an overall win for "physical wellness."
The only thing .
And yet he’s the only one talking about it 🤔
Agreed❤❤
How is a president going to “increase our physical wellness”?
You have to admit, RFK's supporters are WAY more reflected than people at "other rallys"! They actually think about their answers and the answers shown here were rather normal.
Even the conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccine-people seemed down to earth and wanted people "to look into things. That is way WAY different than people blindly and fully beleaving in something inredibly wrong.
This would surely be my 2. choice after the nice old man and before the self-absorbed old man.
RFK might be your first choice in the coming months
@@lukerichardson2404 Doubtfull. I really like Biden'S policies. I love his unwavering stance on Ukraine. I like him beeing direct and down to earth at times. Calling Trump a clown was very relatable. (: I liked him forgiving student debt and many other things. There isn't much about Biden I wanted to change.
RFK is a bit crazy with the conspiracy theories. Seems a bit removed from reality, but nothing too scary yet. He feels clearly worse than Biden to me.
Then there is the orange abyss. He is 50% ego and 50% crybaby. Such a horrible piece of s... He is the personifaction of the question "what is in it for me?". Ignoring covid, wanting to become a dictator, telling people to drink bleach, starating an insurrection, killing international ties, desecrating the supreme court. He is outright evil and has no regard for morals, inspiring ideas or human life. I have no idea how anyone could possibly like this sack of stinking s...
He should be your first choice.... That nice old man isn't as nice as you think.
@@TheMissingLink2 Biden hasn't done a single thing that I really disagree with. And he has done many things I really like. Why should I support anyone else?
What has Biden done wrong this term?
The nice old men who allows the Mexican cartels to run our Borders??
I dont get the RFK hate. What did he say that was so wrong? He wants America to be healthy. I'm all for jokes but this was pretty lame.
These networks all share the same information, which is very much influenced by the democratic party, which of course supports Biden and hates Trump. Kennedy is seen as a threat to Democrats winning, so all logic and understanding goes out the window when fear mongering is involved.
it's fear, 100% fear of what RFK jr will do to the established parties...DNC and RNC will be pulling some nasty tricks in the next 8 months
Same here. I like jokes but they really picked out a few seconds of the speech to make what they're talking about seem so trivial. Shanahan is incredibly smart, impressive and successful and softball is one of about 30 things RFK said about her in the introduction.
It's an idiotic basis to choose a running mate on.
DNC and RNC are running scared, hence all the hate talk on RFK jr
His supporters sound thoughtful, intelligent and kind. A very different crowd from the maga crowd.
I was going to post this! They seem way more normal than the MAGA crowd. Who would’ve thought? lol
they are just meek versions of trumptards
And a very different crowd from the dem “vote blue no matter who” crowd.
Okay, as much as I may not agree with them, I do have to appreciate how willing a lot of them were to say that they don't know rather than rambling about something they know nothing about
*how much you’ve been led to believe you disagree with him about
They'll let RFK ramble about things he knows nothing about instead
@@IndyCat2000rfk is the only one doing the leading on that front
Give rfk a chance.
@@magnificentfoxface5982 exactly. He's a lot crazier than the media lets on.
I pay a lot of attention to the RFKJ campaign - and defend his right to try to get ballot access. The more I thought about his VP choice, the more on board I got. A young, female, China-astute, AI techie may be exactly what this country needs to help us through the fog that is our future. I am looking forward to hearing more from her and about her.
With the terrifying advancements in deep fake AI, I think having someone knowledgeable in that arena would be awesome.
Wow, I was just thinking about how it seems nobody has time to actually listen more than half a minute before they feel “informed”. Just call her rich or talk about her being an agent for google 😂 I liked how her speech, the whole thing is on the RFK yt page, seemed to genuinely come straight from the heart, she shared how her father struggled with addiction, how her mother worked hard as a caretaker for the elderly and how they still were dependent on food stamps etc.. to survive. RFK grew up privileged no doubt, but has been consistent in his views and never got caught slipping without having documentation to back up his words, even on the vaccine issue. I’m not in the US, but I hope you get out of the bipartisan system some day, because it affects people way beyond your borders.
@@foxfroth2179
I'm glad you're not here and can't vote here. Because bipartisan does not mean what you think it means. Also, bad documentation can sink you more embarrassingly than lack of documentation. Quack, quack.
So she thinks money is to help the needy, that soil maintenance matters, and she's young/healthy? I don't see the problem with those - the rest of what she said in her speech was cut out to make her look bad, and that doesn't look bad...
Thank you for using your common sense. Klepper and the Daily Show are going to unfairly try to smear RFK Jr. up until the election. I'm glad you can see through it.
philanthropy is just being rich enough to decide where your tax dollars would have gone had you paid any
he plans to change that too. The last three or four guys in office either ignore it or directly benefit from it
@@corsojames Point me to where RFK ever said he wants to raise taxes on billionaires. RFK talked about a minimum tax rate of 20% in 2020, but he has quietly dropped that. In a 2023 interview with CNBC he said "I'm not going to raise taxes. I'm not going to raise taxes. I don't think that's the right thing to do right now."
Just look at the Jon Stewart clip on Monday! They do constant tax avoidance, while giving a few scraps "back"
@treotonia Ka-boom! Nailed it.
Stealing that.
This may say something about the bar being low, But at least a lot of these people had doubt and would admit when they didn't know something... Is my different energy from the trump rallies for sure.
That was my takeaway as well. It's like they were making fun of people who make informed decisions? Because we all know that REAL political parties are centered around blind obedience?
The Biden ones too.
A campaign on improving the health of Americans isn’t a bad idea. These are pretty normal people at this rally.
improving the health by removing healthcare is kinda wacky. Opposite day logic. basic conservatism if you will.
And the daily show audience laughing at it. Says a lot. 🙄
@@briannelson27 What are you talking about? RFK wants to keep public healthcare.
@@briannelson27 Don’t spread false information about the best candidate in this race please. If RFK isn’t elected, you’ll look back in 20 years and think about how you actively tried to stop the one guy who could have prevented the downfall
Guess who really wants universal healthcare and has proposed actual bills for it? Democrats! Seem you forget that part.
Shout out to the dude in the gray vest though. These segments are designed to make people look and and sound dumb, and dude answered every question rationally and admitted he didn't know what he didn't know.
To be fair, regenerative farming is a real thing, and it is just as important to climate as reducing the use of fossil fuels. Hopefully the association with the nutters won't discredit it.
Example; A former presidential candidate (John Edwards) pointed out the most important problem of our time; The Global Market Race to the Bottom. This has been ignored because of its association with his failures as a person. This issue is at the root of exploitation, oppression and ultimately conflict. It needs to be addressed through consistent incentive based economic policies.
Then the question becomes, will this happen if we give-up democracy?
Listen to RFK and shanahans full speech and tell me where they sound nutty.
@@Android-Zen When I need to punish myself, I’ll listen to him talking.
@@Android-Zen Why would I torture myself by listening to the full 2 hour speech of a pathological liar?
@Don-md6wn you listen to biden though right?
@@braxtonvestal777 Why would you think that?
It’s a bit sad to see regenerative agriculture and soil health being added to a segment played for laughs because those are actually very important environmental issues.
Anyone could bring up valid concerns and there should be more attention paid to the spin those are given when lumped with lesser (read: worthy of some mockery, maybe) issues like softball prowess
I agree and was also disappointed to see an important issue, lumped in with a kook who can’t keep fiction, from salient truth based
Innovations.
Makes you wonder what else they’re talking about that the two parties won’t discuss
The Daily Show is ran by smug elitists this should surprise nobody
RFK doesn't care about any of that. They are his "buzz" words.
@@TheHugeDwarf fine, but I still don’t think that those particular statements should be lumped with the rest and be made a mockery of. It is really easy to let those slip as meaningless rants, when regardless whose mouth they come from, these are issues that deserve serious attention
Yeah let’s make fun of the guy trying to bring people together
Agreed! It blows my mind that of everything going on in the world, this is what the daily show decides to mock! Wild times.
One candidate is suffering from cognitive decline and the other is charged with crimes but yet they mock the guy who cleaned the Hudson, took on Monsanto when everyone called him a “conspiracy theorist” for saying round up caused cancer… welp he proved in the court that it does.
I want a surfer president. Then we might have a president who cares about water.
And Bobby does. For his whole entire life he has been in love with the ocean and water and the natural world. The fact that he's a surfer and Nicole is too is positively tubular! 🌊🏄♂️🏄🏻♀️🌈☀️🐬🐋🌟🇺🇸🌟❤️🦅
“Aaron Rogers is the only one with experience… the Joe Rogan Experience” 😂
Underrated joke
Yet Rogan and Rodgers healed from covid sooner and with less symptoms than vaccinated individuals
I don't get it, can you explain please? (I'm not that well informed in American political podcasters.)
@@leanykakicsi6152 oh... how i envy you
@@leanykakicsi6152play on words because Joe Rogan’s podcast is called the Joe Rogan Experience, and he is sometimes criticized for the people he brings on his platform
@@leanykakicsi6152it’s just a play on words since aaron went on rofan
The more mainstream media bashes him the more I want to vote for him.
You aren’t alone. MSM is terrified!
We call that "contrarianism"
It isn't really healthy
He's never going to be president.
@@eldalopez3566How? He has absolutely no chance of winning.
@@reneeroesler9944 Maybe they know something they aren’t willing to share with us.
I like the idea of implementing fitness into American lifestyles not bad honestly
It's actually not a bad move to pick an unknown so people will try and find out more about her. If he had picked someone like Aaron Rogers, well, that's the end of that.
That's gonna be one wild VP debate between Kamala, that chick who isn't Aaron Rogers, and Ivanka.
🤣🤣🤣
😂
Ok Now I Really need to watch this VP Debate 😂😂
Hysterical 🤣😂😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Let them debate. Then we’ll see who wins.
Alternatively, you could look at what Joe Biden actually did in office. One of these three people is already president so it’s not you like you’re lacking evidence. If you like policies that build infrastructure and fight climate change and lower drug prices, then you should know who you’re voting for already.
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We all know RFK wipes the floor in a debate with Biden and Trump.
@@poopoomangionewhat? How? He can't even get his dozens of conspiracy theories straight
@@enadegheeghaghe6369 list out all dozen conspiracies of his. I’ll wait
It is still insane to me that RFK Jr.'s wife is Cheryl from Curb Your Enthusiasm
every thing about him is wonderfully cool.
thenoose9800, I think I’d be OK with actress as First Lady,as long as she’s a decent human being, but I like Dr. Jill Biden as our current First Lady.
Dumb reasons= the health of the American people. That’s us, folks!!
I know that was pretty ridiculous.
I have no problem with this Kennedy guy…
Yeesh. Coming over from trump?
No - can’t vote, I just like that he didn’t sound completely insane or is in his 80’s plus the message was nice
I disagree with the host opinion of him, I like the idea of a strong independent candidate
I'm a lifelong democrat and I plan on voting for Kennedy in November.
@@standupguy12 me too
@@standupguy12 The dumbing down is complete. The parties are now equally ridiculous.
at least there saying "IDK" and questioning decisions rather than following with blind faith.
at least "there"
President John Kennedy ran on a healthy America. I remember being in school and this being talked about by the teachers and giving more attention to our physical activities programs in school. Rfk jr.s choice for vice president has some great qualities regarding health, I think they're going to need a lot more than that.
Yeah, it’s been done. Michelle Obama did that and the Republicans complained the entire time.
"health" = antivaxx, so no thanks. anybody who fell for a conspiracy theory is brain damaged and cant be trusted with running the country.
Yeah, we definitely need a surfer in the Whitehouse! 😂😂😂
WATCH RFK JR SPEAK IN FULL FORM. Judge for yourself. How long until we all see what is really just propaganda? This is really important- for all of us
He is antivaxx. therefore untrustworthy. Believing things causes brain damage and antivaxx is the result. Harming people is a bad thing and he is promoting harm through antivaxx.
Didn't feel fair to mock people for not having an opinion on her yet. That's a rational response to a pick that they don't know.
I think it was directed at Kennedy.
What he said sounded reasonable. I dont know the more I hear from RFK in terms of environmental causes the more I like
I would recommend you listen to RFK Jr. in a longform podcast like Lex Fridman, or to his State of the Union, which is much shorter. People have a different opinion of RFK Jr. when they listen to him, and not selected excerpts of him.
@@standupguy12 Pathological liars can be convincing if you have no knowledge of the subjects they talk about and don't fact check them.
@@Don-md6wn Trump? Is that you again?
Yeah, President Biden has done a lot for environmental causes and doesn’t believe in a three month abortion ban like RFK.
He was an environmental lawyer before he went anti-vax cuckoo.
I don't think you portrayed them as dumb as you think you did.
Just to be clear, what I mean is that they are NOT as dumb (relatively speaking) as he wanted them to be - he was going for the jugular thinking that as RFK Jr supporters they must be wack jobs, but they weren't but Kosta kept on with the faulty premise.
Its satire....evryone is dumb in satire and they weren't trumpers for sure....if jordan wouldve come out maye it wouldve been. different tone
@@hanginthere008 Well, it seemed that Kosta was gaslighting a bit.
I give a lot of credit to the Daily Show viewers commenting showing respect. A lot of people are really waking up to how the media spins. I was there and I saw this guy. He was friendly and trying really hard to trip people up. Didn’t know he was with the Daily Show, makes sense now 😂 Fact is, this is part of the political process 🤷 I’d love the Daily Show to have the courage to have RFK on. I am absolutely certain he’d bring a lot of viewers in to voting on him by listening. No doubt.
That's exactly why they wouldn't have him on. The Daily Show couldn't risk interfering with the 2-party system.
@@shanefield7339 RFK Jr. takes votes from Biden. That's why The Daily Show doesn't want him on.
People still are not aware that RFK is being backed by conservative PACs as a deliberate spoiler strategy? You guys are really going to fall for this?
Lol. The more people see RFK Jr and know his policies the less they like him.
@@Guinnessmonkey1 I'd say that's fine - but why not give him an equal opportunity so people can make up their own minds?
rfk jr seems much more sane than thevtwo mainstream candidates.
The issues he mentions are very important.
RFK is for abortion bans. No thank you.
Regenerative agriculture and soil health sounds absurd but it is the root of so many issues and causes for the US being the sickest and fattest people in the world and with the most expensive health care.
If only he’d based his views of vaccines on evidence as strong as the evidence for the benefits of soil microbial diversity.
@@tjnicholas If you listen to RFK talk about vaccines in long form interviews, you'll see he is already aware of the evidence. Way more than the average person, and probably even the average doctor/scientist. He can quote CDC statements, timelines, databases etc etc
@@lukerichardson2404 being aware of the evidence and basing his opinion/position on the evidence are different things.
@@tjnicholas You need to listen to his reasoning
I don't think they sound absurd, just all of the other things he says.
America needs a third party.
We need to change the rules so that a competitive 3rd party is possible and not a guaranteed spoiler. The best a 3rd party could do at the moment is promise to back whichever major party promised to reform the system. Ranked choice voting, multi-member districts, etc.
There should be NO political parties.
Repeal Citizens United ruling is the first step to getting this country back on track and it cannot happen until it is.....that or end of democracy.
Not one with RFK, who believes in a three month abortion ban.
@@petern6359 here in Canada that has worked out to varying degrees. Our main third party is a socialist party and because they have enough seats to sway voting one way or another they have been able to parlay that position into getting dental coverage for all Canadians starting next year. They supported the liberals in passing a few bills in exchange for the liberals creating this dental plan. Sometimes However having the third party or even 4th party has led to splitting election votes and has given an advantage to the conservatives. It definitely helps me to feel like I can vote for someone more representative of my values and desires even if they never form the majority of our government.
Interesting to contrast this RFK Jr crowd with the Trump rally crowds. I kept hearing them say things like "I don't know" with a willingness to openly question the party, and less of the blindly confident anger with unflinching obedience to whatever creative narrative is necessary to make Trump seem almost infallible.
I'm not at all convinced by the conspiracy theory arguments RFK Jr, but when I've talked to friends who believe these things, it becomes pretty clear that they actually know what that means and actually, literally, read research and arguments for their position. My Trump supporting friends, on the other hand, have a very short fuse if you question what they believe and it's clear that their idea of 'research' is mostly listening to Trump propaganda peddlers.
Weirdly sus how many people won’t be open minded about RFK (which doesn’t mean you have to like him*) it’s such a let down when “intellectuals” / “forward thinkers” mimic the ignorance of who they judge.
It's actually not at all "sus" to find things like his antivax & anti-ivf positions immediately disqualifying therefore requiring no further consideration of his candidacy. And he can claim to not be antivax as much as he'd like, but opposing thier requirement in order to participate in aspects of our society is an antivax position.
He is not anti-vax, btw. Go and listen to the man speak without a news outlet being the intermediary.
youtube.com/@TeamKennedy24?si=MwkD8Rw_7gwdzoW9
Incorrect. It should be "mimic the ignorance of [people] whom they judge." Let down? Disappointed? "Well he'd better get used to it. He's a foot short for his age. And he's cross-eyed." --Mr. Wilson
@@joshuapowers4623 It is clear that you haven't actually listened to his arguments against some, not all, vaccines. He also focuses more on holding pharmaceutical companies to a higher standard and more accountable for negligence when, as you say, most are mandated at this point. Also considering how much tax payer money goes directly to those companies it seems fair that they be scrutinized much more.
I’m in Oakland. Thank you weirdos for bringing money to our town. At least this presidential candidate pays for his rallies. He doesn’t stiff the cities like Cheeto Don
Actually, thats why he picked the extra marital affair vice presidential candidate. Shes the rich one. Or else He wouldn't have anything to put up.
@@itsmarkwtfAnd Kamala was picked....why? Go ahead, give the real reason. Tell us all of Kamala Harris and her great work. What did she do again? Put people in prison for having a joint and smirk like the grinch? That was her most impressive job.
@@AMpufnstuf im not talking about Kamala.
@@AMpufnstuf Kamala Harris had 7 years experience as the district attorney of San Francisco and 6 years experience as attorney general of California plus 4 years experience as a senator. But the reason why she was picked? Probably because Biden is an old white guy and use her to try to attract non white or younger voters.
He seems actually more reasonable than I thought. Maybe time to support a 3rd party instead of the same old red vs blue fog
I wasn't even voting for RFK, but this segment made him and his supporters seem more likeable and I wanna know more about him
The more you know, the more you should run away scared.
He’s a QAnon nutbag
@@dan_hitchman007 Completely the opposite. Seemingly you know nothing about him
Kudos to you. And the more you dig the more you'll find just how much active suppression there is on his campaign. Best of luck.
Mike pence, Harris…. Those were top notch VP selections 😂🎉.
As someone who might vote for rfk jr; im glad he picked not aaron rodgers as his vp and his supporters were humbled
Seriously. I thought that would definitely make the campaign a complete joke.
My thoughts exactly. I was afraid he was gonna actually pick Aaron Rogers. Should’ve never doubted!
A vote for him is mathematically just a vote to help the person you like the least. So, if you are for Trump, voting for Kennedy is a vote that helps Biden. And vice versa. Don’t waste your vote.
@@douglass1221 ...Or voting on fear is a trap that you're perpetuating. Vote the ideal and the informed hope. We only need 34% of the electorate, not 51%. If enough people vote for anyone, they win, that's it. The lesser of two evils only guarantees evil.
I'm with RFK Jr. I don't see what he's done to be talked down to like this. Hes so much more coherent than Biden and 100x smarter than Trump. RFJ gets my vote.
“For much dumber reasons,” and then shows a clip of RFK making some of the most salient points of things to fix that any presidential candidate has in years
Now go look up HOW he plans to fix them
I'm not voting for someone in a nursing home or jail, so RFK is all that's left.🤨 Glad that corporate media America is going after RFK, maybe that says something??
It says a lot.
Silly to throw your vote away for a candidate that won’t win. Too much is at stake in this election. Another trump administration is a truly terrifying thought.
Are you RFK bots getting a raise now that Shanahan and her money are on board?
@@Don-md6wn 😆
Yah go after him! Sorry don't like RFK, never will
Why isn't this show ever discussing RFK Jr's policies? Probably the same reason why most mainstream media news networks aren't.. because if the American people actually heard what this man stands for, they would definitely vote for him.
RFK Jr. 2024!!!
Propaganda sold as comedy
Wow. That one guy was IN Oakland, probably lives there, cares enough about politics to attend a campaign event, and, when tasked to name a black female politician, completely blanked instead of immediately naming Barbara Lee. That's awe-inspiring.
Or Pam Price
Or Tricia Lindsay
Alright. Let's see tape of a thousand people selected at random telling us their favorite work Kamala has done
@@AMpufnstuf That was VERY "trump-ist" of you, Bubba.
@@vincentdemidio7902 I'm all in on Robert Kennedy, may the best man win (after navigating hundreds of corrupt lawsuits and rule changes from the corporations that call themselves the DNC and RNC)
Improving the health of Americans? What a terrible idea
His methods certainly are
Michelle Obama tried to do that and the Republicans complained about it.
His idea of "improving" is to allow polio, measles, and other preventable diseases to run wild again. Just ask Samoa when they listened to this quack.
@@AncelDeLambertHis methods include regenerative farming, proper vaccine testing, and eliminating pollution. What methods do you thing are better?
@@agwarden So expensive produce, a misunderstanding of medical testing and a bold claim with no real plan.
i dunno a lot of things really.
In his own weird and unintentional way RFK Jr is doing it for Democrats by getting some Trump voters to vote for him.
Then the Democrats must be happy and not at worried he will take some votes away from Biden?
Unfortunately the "Antivax" BS is drawing in people from both the right and the left. Before Covid it used to be predominantly liberals that believed in the MMR scare that Andrew Wakefield started in 1998.
And yet, it seems most of them are hippies, patagonia wearing liberals, and other anti-establishment folks. More typical of the left.
No one that supports President Trump would vote for RFK, jr... Ever. 🗽🇺🇸
Actually, the reverse. RFK Jr has some big mega donors who are deliberately funding him while also sending big bucks to Trump. These donors want to split the vote in Trump's favor. And, it will work. Statistically, experts have shown that a vote for RFK Jr or any third party is actually a vote for Trump.
Don't throw your vote away. This election is too important. If you throw your vote away in this election, you are throwing your voting rights away when Trump wins.
VOTE BLUE! VOTE BLUE! VOTE BLUE!
This is what happens when you turn politics into a popularity / conspiracy theory contest
Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex ~ Frank Zappa.
What conspiracy theories are you referring to? Bet you didn't listen to him actual words. Relying on biased outlets that fail to say how old and frail Biden is dangerous
Politics is literally a popularity contest.
Nothing gets done much and everybody would rather bait on social media and get TV appearances. Fits, given most of MAGA's major talking figures did not make it in Hollywood so they hijacked DC for it.
In some respects its popularity in some respects it’s about policy and competence. Some of it is voting along party lines. I like most of rfks policies
The health crisis in America is real, it has been ignored and played down but the numbers don’t lie. My patients are getting younger and younger with onset of chronic diseases and life changing strokes. We should all want to get to the bottom as to what is causing this and how can we help our people defy this premature debilitating disease process.
And the way to do that is to have a man with no education in medicine or science micromanage the FDA, DHS, the CDC, etc.
@@Don-md6wn*to instate qualified people to do so. I don’t think the president actually manages or can manage those agencies on a technical level
@@thatcelloboi Anyone who agrees with RFKJ on vaccines is not qualified to run any of those organizations. Moreover, what clear peer-reviewed scientific literature connects soil to overall health? Beyond microplastics or obesity (from the provision of unhealthy carb and sugar-filled food), there's no indication that soil deficiency is the cause. The reason RFKJ is a joke on health is because he doesn't understand the issues, he actively misinforms on the issues, and his assertions fall afoul of the scientific community.
Aw yes let’s completely ignore socioeconomic status as also being a main factor and food deserts as well. He cares a lot about capitalism so it completely nullifies his environmental background entirely. We need to have crop rotation and other perennial crops to help with soil health. But machinery also destroys the soil by compacting it. Building developments on fertile land is another issue that he probably doesn’t want to bring up at all because he loves private property and doesn’t enjoy regulation that much. He’s just a Libertarian that is running as an independent.
The Daily Shows doesn't punch up, it punches down on behalf of the most powerful people in the world.
Why are you threatened by an independent candidate?
Not so much a threat as a spoiler. In the US, currently there is no mechanism for a presidential candidate to win or govern without a party structure.
A viable third party, whatever it may be, needs to form from the ground up, not top down.
@@pteechka1 It is being formed from the ground up. Welcome to the revolution
@@lukerichardson2404 perhaps, but that revolution won't be led by a third party presidential candidate with no national or even regional organization.
Because our Democracy is hanging by a thread 🤔
@@sharon4094 Democracy is already gone if having other choices frightens you
Pointless way to discredit RFK and his supporters.
they are antivaxx and conspiracy theory people. what is there to discredit?
That's the job of the Daily Show it seems. It's sickening that comedy shows are party propaganda.
They discredit themselves by being antivaxers.
I implore anyone who is open to it to listen to a long form interview with RFK Jr. He comes across to me as incredibly authentic, intelligent, knowledgeable, respectful, reasonable, open-minded, nuanced, honest… I could go on. I’ve never seen someone so mischaracterized in my life.
As for his VP pick, I can think of no more important purpose than healing people. Of COURSE our food supply is a major problem - I don’t see how anyone could argue against that - and no politician is addressing it with the attention it deserves. Further, her being immersed in technology would be an asset. I don’t think there’s any recent VP - or politician for that matter - in a better place to help navigate the upcoming technology / AI revolution, which is likely to be the most significant issue of our time.
Either way, before you slander him, at least listen to him for an hour or two, as opposed to simply going off the headlines. Edit: and just stop with the flat earth Bigfoot fake moon landing stuff - he’s never said anything of the sort. I think it’s just a bit more reasonable to be concerned with vaccine safety than to believe the earth is flat. And there is so much more to him than the vaccine stuff.
I will absolutely be voting for him, donating, supporting the cause. And at least, I am inspired to take better charge of my health as a result of his campaign.
Either way, peace and wellbeing to you - we’re all in this together and will get through this, whoever happens to be in the White House.
🤣🤣🤣
Unfortunately the silent majority doesn’t frequent the youtube comment section. Only partisan crazies here.
I love this comment!
Thank you!
He’s my favorite candidate too!
Calling out corruption in CIA FDA USDA CDC federal reserve ❤️🙏
Aren't comedians supposed to challenge power centers instead of working for them?
He's a Kennedy
No. They're just supposed to be funny.
It’s ok to pick on them. But he should make a funny rig on Harris. Tons and tons of material right there. Or Biden
@@AncelDeLambert Yet "the whole Kennedy family" (i.e., the ones working for Biden), are against him. So how is RFK Jr a power centre?
The cohesiveness of these mainstream comedians blew me away when trump was elected. I am an independent and always have been, but the coordinated full on media blitz against trump was like nothing I had never seen. I find fox really grating, but I lost all respect for journalistic integrity after trump. I think the left showed its hand, and it was a huge mistake. These media outlets/comedians/journalists are bought and paid for. 100% I really like RFK, he seems smart and honest.
I love you guys but I honestly support RFK Jr
And Trump appreciates your vote.
@@alexandradaniele You can't scare people into voting for Biden, sorry.
RFK all the way.
The duopoly's going down
@@alexandradaniele All Biden has is the fear vote. Sad to watch 'democrats' debase themselves when a true Democrat is right in front of them.
You mean the guy who's never gonna win? LOL
@@wolfstar675 Look at you using fear tactics like alex above. JB only has the fear vote, that's for sure.
PURE EVIL: Giving money to the needy, healthy food, Cure chronic disease. Yuck
Thank you!!!
youtube.com/@TeamKennedy24?si=MwkD8Rw_7gwdzoW9
Disgusting! Democracy is at state and these people are daring to challenge the one guy who can save it?! We must pump votes into the corpse at all cost to save us from the bloated Cheeto
Being antivax is a pretty strange way of curing chronic disease...
@@cronykil74 Most vaccines don’t really stop chronic disease in the first place. They usually prevent infections, which would be an acute disease. Also, RFK is not anti-vaccine, he just wants more transparency by the manufacturers and regulatory agencies
This little hit job is pathetic. They need to give him a uncut interview
There’s nothing wrong with working to improve peoples health. Mocking that kinda fell flat to me.
I honestly believe there are many more Republican voters for RFK Jughead Jr. than Dems and this will only hurt The Republican nominee.
Way more conservative voters for RFK than liberals and progressives.
Sadly, right now he seems to be hurting Biden more than Trump. That doesn't mean it will stay that way. And it was reversed not long ago. So it could go either way by election time. But right now, rfk Jr is hurting Biden.
100%
@@zogar8526 Are you sure? I've seen comments underneath his videos and the majority are something like "I voted for Trump the last 2 elections, but RFK really has the integrity needed to build the future of America, RFK 2024!" or something like that. I don't think I remember seeing anyone in support of Biden.
@@zogar8526 is this actually supported by data? or is this just a product of the left's compulsory doomerism?
Yeah, heaven forbid you get someone that you have never heard of that isn't geriatric and isn't a career politician. All of the ones that we have are doing such a great job. Let's just keep doing the same thing over and over. Yay!
🎯🎯🎯
Voting for RFK or no one. I know I have major issues with the other two. I’ve voted democrat since Gore.
Same here. The Dem party has lost its way. 100% as Nicole said. Time to declare independence.
Yet the actual choices are Trump or Biden
So why did Biden pick Kamala?
Same reason John McCain chose Palin
The Daily Show is DNC propaganda.
We're all uncomfortable with the answer.
She was a US Senator who had previously been Attorney General for the largest state population in the country.
That old lady made me really sad for her
You guys should actually have him on your show. Anytime I have heard him in a full interview he's not the off the wall extremist that news media uses when they just take cuts of something. He honestly sounds more capable and will appeal to a much broader Cross of the population. He's not anti-vax. He's pro-choice
Exactly. Segments like this make me wonder if the Daily Show is more interested in smearing RFK Jr. than providing their viewers with an accurate depiction of his campaign.
they have no interest in him being heard. they’re paid, or simply told, to smear him. because RFK is hurting Biden badly and could win the race.
He's antivaxx by every workable definition
@@standupguy12 The Daily Show is just another propaganda arm of the DNC. And the DNC is in panic mode. So expect to see many more hit pieces on RFK and the people who support him. Looking forward to being called "deplorable".
The jokes don’t make much sense if you actually listen to what RFK jr has to say.
He is a nut job.
@@douglemay7989 How is he a nut job?
@@GreekGeorge In the nutty way.
@@douglemay7989 No he isn't. Wake up
@@lukerichardson2404 It's tomorrow, and he is still a nut job.
Vote RFK Jr 2024! We're going to win this and get this country back on track!!
Googled…..”The bulk of the nation’s lead pipe infrastructure is concentrated in a handful of states, including many of the Rust Belt states in the Great Lakes region. Florida has the most lead service lines in the country, with its 1.16 million lines accounting for 12.6% of the country’s total. Over 50% of the national service lines are concentrated in six states: Florida, Illinois (11.4%), Ohio (8.1%), Pennsylvania (7.5%), Texas (7.1%) and New York (5.4%).” This makes sence.
Nicole Shanahan is smart, caring, successful and accomplished and has her eyes open. I like RFK Jr's VP pick.
She impressed me pretty quickly, and I was skeptical. I look forward to hearing more from her.
RFK must be scaring them since they suddenly feel the need to attack him instead of continuing to pretend he's not there.
Sad to see Daily show putting this vibe out toward RFK jr trying to making him seem not legitimate. Hes the most genuine candidate by far
I like his message about healthy foods and soils, and about healthy bodies and preventing disease that way. I don't understand why this is funny. I thought I was watching the Daily Show, not Fox News.
exactly right
I think the joke is that it’s silly that that’s what Kennedy is focusing on regarding his VPs policies considering the many, MANY other more pressing issues in the country despite americas health still being important
It's a very random reason to pick a vp. The stacks of cash she has seems way more likely 😂
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Humor has its place, but it falls flat when you're saying "look here at how ridiculous this is," when the other two candidates are Statler and Waldorf (Trump and Biden).
I'm voting for RFK,Jr. instead of against someone
I love this guy.
America does need to be healthier
Youre making fun of him wanting a vp thats physically fit and sees thr benefits of that to help the majority of obese Americans get in better health. And youre making fun of that. Out of touch. People want govt to get poison out of food and get people healthy.
Exactly. This is the problem with forcing the satire to fit the political agenda.
How’d that work out for Michelle?
@@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 Let's see, the far right accused her of being a man?
RFK the only candidate without billionaire lobbyists and megacorps in his corner. Why pick on him?
He's a nepo-baby. Took over the Hudson River Keepers, leveraged his family name and fame to grow it, and then claimed he founded it.
Because guess who funds this show
He literally has a millionaire as a VP. He’s a free market capitalist which makes him a hypocrite
Michael Kosta is so quick witted and hilarious. Love him.
I'm trying hard to recall surfing opportunities in Oakland.
Well, it's like half an hour to Pacifica or Ocean Beach, for example. It's true you need a car.
Those supporters were smarter than the interviewers
Usually love the Daily Show but this a big miss, The bit about why she was chosen for his VP is very “institutionalized thought”, she’s also a STEM mind. Would you guys take health advice from doctor who is obese or a doctor who works out? The point was that she lives an active lifestyle which is something you would want in a person people may look up to
This show blows
Please explain to me how RFK listens to doctors. Spoiler: He doesn't and is a deeplyh unserious candidate. Believe it or not, being healthy is not a controversial political stance, unlike his completely disproven assertion that vaccines cause autism.
this episode was a HUGE MISS. Not funny and boring
You need to look under the hood and not fall for the used car salesman's hype. Majoring in Asian studies, economics, and Mandarin and working as a paralegal and patent specialist is not a STEM mind.
It's interesting if not concerning to see TDS take this viewpoint. Health, Responsible Agriculture (regeneration) and taking a deeper look at the health of our children does not seem so out there to me.
That's because you haven't listened to the plague inducing, famine creating, impoverishing plans he has
It’s a comedy. Not a substance show.
@@lmetten except this episode was barely funny. One of the least funny pieces I've seen them make recently. The craziest people they interviewed were about a 3/10 crazy compared to the 10/10 crazy at Trump rallies
@@iamrambo99 tend to agree, found this skit awkward and reaching
@@lmetten I have seen John Stewart break down following 9/11, countless other stories of substance over the years. I agree it's comedy first and foremost but TDS has a very firm line of substance backed by jokes
4:17
Tell me your husband never did it for you, without telling us your husband never did it for you.
That seemed like the saddest part of the whole thing... and there were a lot of sad parts.
These people are just as loopy as the MAGA clowns.
Yes, that was sad. And also a little bit mean to not edit it out.
@@CleverAccountName303THEY LITERALLY EDITED IT IN!
@@davidvickers8425they didn’t edit in. They just didn’t remove it. Edit in would be if they add a clip from a different event or footage
RFK Jr does amazing work on clean water issues. Sadly he has digressed to being the best chance for trump. It will certainly be tragic if he is the reason trump waddles into the White House once again. RFK Jr's choice to not criticize trump in order to pander to trumps supporters is enough bad judgement for me to never vote him. Of course, RFK Jr's buffoonery on vaccines was always enough to dismiss him for any public office.
This video makes no sense. If you truly believe he can’t win then why discredit him?
It's not discredit, it's called comedy. Like they do on comedy shows like idk The Daily Show
Exactly.
Because his candidacy is a joke and so are his supporters.
they just want to smear him
A: he discredits himself with his policy proposals
B: it's funny
As an RFK jr supporter, I loved how it was clearly harder to get a ton of footage where the people being interviewed look extra dumb/crazy.
If he went to a Biden/Kamala event it'd be hard to interview 50 people who are awake. If he went to a Trump rally, it'd be hard to find 50 people who know what a policy is.
Hilarious to see how people make fun of this VP candidate while supporting a fossil that will leave us with President Kamala 😅
I'll take RFK jr and Shanahan over the two party clowns we have now!
1000%
Making jokes about someone valuing the importance of a healthy society is just embarrassing. This is a total hit piece. Even trying to downplay Nicole’s achievements by saying she didn’t get into college for being smart.
It’s sad an embarrassing what US media has turned into. Quick reminder, Lincoln was 3rd party.
The problem is that our president is involved in national and international affairs. He or she isn't supposed to be our life coach.
Lincoln wasn’t 3rd party. The Republicans had replaced the Whigs as one of the two major parties by 1860.
Bro this is a comedy show. They make fun of everyone.
RFC speaks the truth about the corruption that is going on.