W. Kamau Bell

Now, if you're out there hustling for Trump as a black person, that's a different thing. I feel like now you're a grifter. Yes. But I think most people just sort of, like, do you know the day of the election, like, there was a spike in Google of, like, Why isn't Joe Biden on the ballot? Yeah. Yeah.

And a big spike. Yeah. So that to me is like most, we think most people are paying.

And a big spike. Yeah. So that to me is like most, we think most people are paying.

It's like us. At 6.13 this morning, the president said, you know, did you see his tweets? And most people aren't doing that. And so I have more empathy for those people than other people do. My beef is with people who are on my side who are being bad actors.

It's like us. At 6.13 this morning, the president said, you know, did you see his tweets? And most people aren't doing that. And so I have more empathy for those people than other people do. My beef is with people who are on my side who are being bad actors.

Like I'd rather, if I'm going to put some beef into an area, it's going to be into the like, you know, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumers of the world where it's like nothing.

Like I'd rather, if I'm going to put some beef into an area, it's going to be into the like, you know, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumers of the world where it's like nothing.

Because money rules politics, it just means that those at the top are generally not going to be what we want them to be. Yeah. So therefore, we have to be, as a society, we have to be in a position to bully them into the position we want them to be in because they're not going to do it on their own. On their own good.

Because money rules politics, it just means that those at the top are generally not going to be what we want them to be. Yeah. So therefore, we have to be, as a society, we have to be in a position to bully them into the position we want them to be in because they're not going to do it on their own. On their own good.

I do think that like at this particular moment in American history, if you are a person in power and a Democrat and you're not like actively like out there every day calling balls and strikes and actively out there every day, like sort of figuring out how to speak, how to sort of speak directly to people's country and how to like marshal the forces.

I do think that like at this particular moment in American history, if you are a person in power and a Democrat and you're not like actively like out there every day calling balls and strikes and actively out there every day, like sort of figuring out how to speak, how to sort of speak directly to people's country and how to like marshal the forces.

If you're a person who goes, I don't know what leverage we have. I can't trust you.

If you're a person who goes, I don't know what leverage we have. I can't trust you.

Yes. No, I'm with you.

Yes. No, I'm with you.

But, see, this is Obama. This is where... Think about Obama. Obama came out of nowhere, basically.

But, see, this is Obama. This is where... Think about Obama. Obama came out of nowhere, basically.

Like, he was not a guy who was being groomed. He groomed himself. Groom is a weird word to use now. But he sort of believed. Him and Michelle believed it before anybody else saw it. Yeah. Michelle didn't, but he did. Yeah. You know more than me. You're much closer to the Obamas than I am. I've never met them.

Like, he was not a guy who was being groomed. He groomed himself. Groom is a weird word to use now. But he sort of believed. Him and Michelle believed it before anybody else saw it. Yeah. Michelle didn't, but he did. Yeah. You know more than me. You're much closer to the Obamas than I am. I've never met them.

So I think that's the model is go find these leaders who are now state senators, who are now like Summer Lee, who's from Pennsylvania, is a great example. She won a moderate district. I don't know if she's a socialist, but she's a democratic socialist. She's a progressive black woman, had to defeat AIPAC money to win her Congress seat.