Billy Eichner

I'm not saying anything we don't know, but it's worth reiterating having had such a crushing defeat.

I'm not saying anything we don't know, but it's worth reiterating having had such a crushing defeat.

I'm not saying anything we don't know, but it's worth reiterating having had such a crushing defeat.

I hear you and I didn't have to grow up around it. I grew up in New York City. I'm a native New Yorker and that gave me a very kind of skewed perception of the world. I had the opposite experience that most people have. A lot of artists grow up in a small town and then run off to the city

I hear you and I didn't have to grow up around it. I grew up in New York City. I'm a native New Yorker and that gave me a very kind of skewed perception of the world. I had the opposite experience that most people have. A lot of artists grow up in a small town and then run off to the city

I hear you and I didn't have to grow up around it. I grew up in New York City. I'm a native New Yorker and that gave me a very kind of skewed perception of the world. I had the opposite experience that most people have. A lot of artists grow up in a small town and then run off to the city

To find their people and experience the world, you know, and be and I had the opposite where I grew up in New York City with very liberal parents, you know, and it was pretty clear from the time. I mean, I didn't come out until I was 20 because this was before the days of Drag Race and Heartstopper. And we still stayed in the closet.

To find their people and experience the world, you know, and be and I had the opposite where I grew up in New York City with very liberal parents, you know, and it was pretty clear from the time. I mean, I didn't come out until I was 20 because this was before the days of Drag Race and Heartstopper. And we still stayed in the closet.

To find their people and experience the world, you know, and be and I had the opposite where I grew up in New York City with very liberal parents, you know, and it was pretty clear from the time. I mean, I didn't come out until I was 20 because this was before the days of Drag Race and Heartstopper. And we still stayed in the closet.

We weren't coming out at 12 years old, you know, but but it was still pretty evident to my parents that I was a gay kid begging them to take me to see Barbra Streisand concerts when I was literally 13 years old. And, and, and, and bless them. They did, you know, like they were so, so supportive.

We weren't coming out at 12 years old, you know, but but it was still pretty evident to my parents that I was a gay kid begging them to take me to see Barbra Streisand concerts when I was literally 13 years old. And, and, and, and bless them. They did, you know, like they were so, so supportive.

We weren't coming out at 12 years old, you know, but but it was still pretty evident to my parents that I was a gay kid begging them to take me to see Barbra Streisand concerts when I was literally 13 years old. And, and, and, and bless them. They did, you know, like they were so, so supportive.

So I just assumed every place was like New York city, you know, and then I got out into the world and realized like, Oh, I wasn't in the real world. You know, I, I was maybe in an ideal world, at least one that I think of as an ideal world, but I wasn't in the world. Most people So it's always a wake-up call to me. I'm like, wow, this is still happening. We're still here?

So I just assumed every place was like New York city, you know, and then I got out into the world and realized like, Oh, I wasn't in the real world. You know, I, I was maybe in an ideal world, at least one that I think of as an ideal world, but I wasn't in the world. Most people So it's always a wake-up call to me. I'm like, wow, this is still happening. We're still here?

So I just assumed every place was like New York city, you know, and then I got out into the world and realized like, Oh, I wasn't in the real world. You know, I, I was maybe in an ideal world, at least one that I think of as an ideal world, but I wasn't in the world. Most people So it's always a wake-up call to me. I'm like, wow, this is still happening. We're still here?

It's kind of shocking, and yet we're here. But the one hopeful thing I'll say is the pendulum swings back and forth. You know, no one thought, you know, when George Bush was running, when when George Bush beat John Kerry in 04, no one thought the person to come and save the Democratic Party would be a young black man from Chicago politics. Right. Right. was, you know, and no one.

It's kind of shocking, and yet we're here. But the one hopeful thing I'll say is the pendulum swings back and forth. You know, no one thought, you know, when George Bush was running, when when George Bush beat John Kerry in 04, no one thought the person to come and save the Democratic Party would be a young black man from Chicago politics. Right. Right. was, you know, and no one.

It's kind of shocking, and yet we're here. But the one hopeful thing I'll say is the pendulum swings back and forth. You know, no one thought, you know, when George Bush was running, when when George Bush beat John Kerry in 04, no one thought the person to come and save the Democratic Party would be a young black man from Chicago politics. Right. Right. was, you know, and no one.

And on the flip side, if you had asked Republicans in 2012 when Obama beat Romney, you know, if Donald Trump was the person who was going to come along and save their party, they would have they would have been shocked, too. Full disclosure, I'm quoting Ezra Klein here. I'm not that smart. But it's true.

And on the flip side, if you had asked Republicans in 2012 when Obama beat Romney, you know, if Donald Trump was the person who was going to come along and save their party, they would have they would have been shocked, too. Full disclosure, I'm quoting Ezra Klein here. I'm not that smart. But it's true.