Fair enough. Arguable, because they cover a lot of actual news and people do learn about whats going on in the world through the lens of the daily shows comedy writers and jon stewart. But fair enough, they say it and to a certain extent, its true. They are a fake news show. But they are a fake news show that occasionally makes real news by virtue of their fake correspondents getting real interviews with real people who they persuade to actually say what they really mean. How come homosexuals arent defending christians with our right to be able to express ourselves . At what point has your right to be able to express yourself has been infringed upon . I dont know if its going to happen, but im concerned about it. I have a radio show. Im just concerned about any oppression that might come, where people might say, matt, you cant say that. So you cant even go on the radio anymore and condemn a whole subset of people to hell without getting some blowback. When you put it that way, it does sound rather narrowminded and bigoted. Good. Then ive done my job. That was samanthaby on the daily show in june. It doesnt happen every night on that show, but, when our civilization is gone and they dig up the time capsule that we saved for the aliens or whatever, to show the aliens that we really were worth something as a species in this era on earth, when they dig up that time capsule, it will be these tell them what you really mean from daily show correspondents, that will explain to the aliens in the future why we, at this time on earth, rightfully worship the gods of satire. Lets solve this. Lets solve this right here, right now. Lets do it. We just want our Government Back open, so what do we do . Defund obama care. The gop is trying to save the American People from a disastrous health care plan. We dont have joy in the shutdown. Can you just give us back our government . And when you do, include obama care, because its the law. It is law. But it is not good law. Its unconstitutional. Its unconstitutional. Even though the Supreme Court deemed it constitutional . The Supreme Court deemed it constitutional, but it had to go to the Supreme Court to do so. And they still wont know whats in the bill. The Supreme Court didnt read the bill . I feel the same way can we just stop this whole interview, please . You know, its just a vicious circle. You dig your heels in, you Say Something stupid its a stupid law then i give a generically witty response, like, yeah, its Affordable Health care for millions of Unemployed People is stupid, then these dummies laugh. But where does it end . It ends with defunding obama care. Ah, [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. Im done with this job. The daily show, national treasure. But last night, our fake news comedy overlords at the daily show made real news again, news that today has cost a North CarolinaRepublican Party official his job, when asif monozi from the daily show went to North Carolina to cover the new law there that restricts Voting Rights. That law was able to be passed in North Carolina because the Supreme Court this summer gutted the Voting Rights act. The Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights act and republicans took over North CarolinaState Government and, so, bingo. They passed this new Voter Suppression law. And this is what happened when the daily show persuaded a North CarolinaRepublican Party precinct chairman and Republican Party executive Committee Member to explain what the new voting law in North Carolina is really for. The Voting Rights act of 1965 protected voters from racial discrimination, until june. When the Supreme Court struck down a key provision, saying is it was no longer necessary. Which red states celebrated by introducing brandnew nowconstitutional restrictive voting laws. These laws are just as racist as they can be. Congressman john lewis apparently doesnt like progress. In another time, in another period, these devices was used to make it harder, make it difficult for the average person of color to participate in the process. I dont think any part of the law is racist. North carolina precinct chairman and gop executive Committee Member, don yelltin, thinks his states new voting restrictions are just fine. Whats going to happen with this law, the process is going to have more integrity. Right here in this county, theres always one or two that voted twice a year. 1 or 2 Million People . No, one or two people. And thats one or two out of how many . Thats just one or two out of 60,000. So statistically, there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections . Thats not the point. The bottom line is, the law is not racist. Of course the law is not racist. And you are not racist. Well, ive been called a bigot before. Let me tell you something. You dont look like me, but i think ive treated you the same as i would anybody else. As a matter of fact, one of my best friends is black. One of your best friends one of my best friends is black . Yes. And theres more. When i was a young man, you didnt call a black a black, you called him a negro. I had a picture one time of obama sitting on a stump as a witch doctor and i posted that on facebook. I was making fun of my white half of obama, not the black half. Now you have a black person using the term [ bleep ] this and [ bleep ] that, and its okay for them to do it. You know that we can hear you, right . Yeah. Okay, you know that . Ion that we can hear you . Yeah. Okay. Then i found out the real reason for the law. The law is going to get the democrats in the butt. Wow an executive gop Committee Member just admitted that this law isnt designed to hurt black people, its designed to hurt democrats. If it hurts a bunch of college kids thats too lazy to get up off though bohunkus and go get a photo i. D. , so be it. Right, right. If it hurts the whites, so be it. If it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that wants the government to give them everything, so be it. And it just so happens that a lot of those people vote democrat. Gee. North Carolina Republican party, everybody. Can i get an amen . that ran on thedale show last night. Local press in bunkham county, North Carolina, today reported that the local chapter of the bunkham county Young Democrats was holding a Party Tonight in downtown asheville to watch the rerun of that interview. And its clear why, right . This local Republican Party official, hes a precinct chairman, apparently on the Republican Partys executive committee, which is not as big a deal as it sounds, said not only what he thinks about race, but also that the whole reason the Republican Party is changing voter laws in that state is not because of voter fraud or any of the other things they say its about, its just to kick democrats in the butt, as he put it. Mr. Yeltin in North Carolina defended his comments to the daily show today. He says he stands by what he said, but he did get fired from his leadership jobs in the state party today because of that interview. The state Party Chairman called for his head and the county chairman party today said that he stepped down. Turns out this is the most awkward week possible for the North CarolinaRepublican Party to open up its africanamerican outreach effort. Theres a lot of misinformation, and the Republican Party needs to get it together. Thats where a new africanamerican Recruitment Office comes into play. It opened monday in charlotte and is intended to spearhead new relationships and bring over new minority gop members. So thats the new Republican Party black recruitment effort in North Carolina, opening up this week. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party black recruitment effort in North Carolina now just has to consist of this local republican official playing on a loop. If it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that wants the government to give them everything, so be it. And it just so happens that a lot of those people vote democrat. Gee. Meanwhile today, the North Carolina u. S. Senate race thats due out next year, today got shifted by larry sabato from a tossup raining to a leans democratic rating, largely on the strength of how the Democratic Party has been conducting itself in North Carolina of late. Quote, other than the national dynamics, statelevel issues are affecting the race in the tar heel state. Republican pat mccrory and the Republicancontrolled Legislature have passed a series of conservative measures into law, such as implementing new voter i. D. Regulations. Governor mccrorys Approval Rating is stuck in the 30s, while only about a quarter of the state approves of the legislature. The main beneficiary of the tanking republican ratings in North Carolina has been democratic u. S. Senator, kay hagan, who is now in a better position to win reelection. With the leading republican option in that race being the republican state house speaker, whos been directly involved in the unpopular actions of the general assembly, kay hagans chance of survival in that senate race has definitely improved. Unless, of course, the republican law designed to keep lazy black people and democrats from voting does its job at the voting booth. Then the republicans might be able to hold on. After the last president ial election, which was not all that long ago, the Republican Party said that they realize that they were in a pickle. They did not want to gloss over the causes of their defeat in yet another president ial election. They didnt want to pretend it wasnt as bad for their party as it really was. They wanted to admit to what was wrong and to fix it. When republicans lost in november, it was a wakeup call. And in response, i initiated the most public and most comprehensive postelection review in the history of any national party. I didnt need the report to tell me that we have to do, and that we have to do a lot better job and do a lot more to make up ground in minority communities. The report minces no words in telling us that we have to be more inclusive. I agree. The report the Republican Party chairman was talking about then, right after the 2012 election, is this one. Its the Republican Partys why we lost the election official autopsy. Minority groups that president obama carried with 80 of the vote are on track to become a majority of the nations population by 2050, the report said. Americas changing demographically, and unless republicans are able to grow our appeal, the changes tilt the Playing Field even more in the democratic direction. So they get it, right . They get it. Even though this autopsy report was just supposed to be a technical document, its not supposed to be a policy thing. On one issue, because of the Republican Partys issues with minorities, they could not help themselves from prescribing policy. They say, we are not a policy committee, but among the steps republicans take in the Hispanic Community and beyond, we must embrace and champion comprehensive Immigration Reform. If we do not, our partys appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only. That was supposed to be the game plan for republicans post 2012 election. Reach out to minority groups, be sincere, show we care, show what we have to offer. And also, honestly, guys, we seriously have to do something about immigration policy. We have to get on board with that. That was supposed to be the republican game plan after the last election. That is not how the game has been going. In his first speech, his first public remarks after the republicans Government Shutdown ended and we pulled back from the brink of the debt ceiling, president obama said that he did not want to pretend that democrats and republicans agree on a lot. But he said they should stop holding up everything in washington based on just the things they disagreed about. The president made the case that they should, instead, try to move forward on some of the areas where democrats and republicans had broadbased majority bipartisan agreement. He said, essentially, lets aim low. He didnt restate his whole secondterm agenda. He said, lets just get some of the basics done that we all agree should be done. He said, lets do a farm bill, lets try to pass a budget for once, and lets pass Immigration Reform. You guys said you wanted to do that, lets do that. The president made his case right after the shutdown, the response from republicans was not good. It was less than not good. When you look at the substance of what he asked for, namely Immigration Reform, which obviously is something that many republicans want to do, particularly after the way that they got really hit hard in the last election, day did not they lost badly with hispanic voters, mitt romney did in particular, everybody wants to do it. I was asking a question, really, what do you think the chances are of Immigration Reform happening . One email i got just said, haha haha haha straight cross, another said zero, and another said not happening right now. Emails to cnns dana barb about Immigration Reform. How about Immigration Reform, you said you wantsed that, and i quote, haha haha haha, all in one line. Republicans own plan for what they need to do to stop losing elections says they should work on Immigration Reform. Also says they should stop calling black people lazy and be so obvious about wanting to block them from voting, but maybe that ones too hard to stop. But Immigration Reform, this is supposed to be possible, right . Immigration reform, it passed the senate this summer. 14 republican senators voted for it, it got 68 votes overall. And the Republican Party itself says that if it cannot find a way to support immigration policy, the whole party is dead in the water. And republican what they said, after 2012 . If we do not do this, our partys appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only. That might not even fly in buncombe county anymore. The party knows what it needs to do, but can they help themselves do it . Can they do it . President obama today tried to throw them a lifeline. He tried to give them another chance to do what they, themselves acknowledge is their only way out. Obviously, just because something is smart and fair and good for the economy and fiscally responsible and supported by business and labor and the evangelical community and Many Democrats and many republicans, that does not mean that it will actually get done. This is washington, after all. So everything tends to be viewed through a political prism. And everybodys been looking at the politics of this. And i know that there are some folks in this town who are primed to think, well, if obamas for it, then im against it. But, you know, id remind everybody that my republican predecessor was also for it. Id remind you that this reform won more than a dozen republican votes in the senate in june. Im not running for office again. I just believe its the right thing to do. I just believe its the right thing to do. Joining us now is ryan grim, Washington Bureau chief for the huffington post. Mr. Grimm, thank you very much for being here. Its nice to have you back. Thanks for having me. I made the case in the introduction that president obama sort of offering a lifeline to republicans on Immigration Reform. Aside from the substantive benefit to the nation of this policy, republicans themselves have argued that theyve got to get behind Something Like this for their own political ends, their own political reasons. How does that inflect the way this is being received in washington right now . Well, the conventional wisdom is kind of what dana said. You know, there are these Tea Party Republicans in these deep red districts that have no inter