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WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT MY JOB
WOULD BE TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE --
YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE DANCE, SING A LITTLE SONG, TELL JOKES
, THROW A SKETCH IN EVERY NOW AN THEN, MAYBE DRIVE AROUND IN A
CAR AND SING WITH SOME PEOPLE.
NOBODY TOLD ME I'D HAVE TO SPEND A WEEK OF MY LIFE EVERY FOUR
YEARS WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
( LAUGHTER ) AND IF I'M HONEST, THAT WOULD
HAVE CHANGED THINGS.
( LAUGHTER ) DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT,
REGGIE?
DID YOU HAPPEN TO CATCH IT?
>> Reggie: I TRIED, BUT IT'S TOO HARD TO WATCH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WAS QUITE THE NIGHT.
THE SETTING FOR THE WHOLE THING WAS VERY PATRIOTIC.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
I THINK THE THEME WAS -- ( LAUGHTER )
I THINK THE THEME WAS "FLAG."
LOOK, I KNOW THEY SAID SOME SKETCHY THINGS, BUT IF THEY'VE
GOT THAT MANY FLAGS, THEY MUST CARE ABOUT AMERICA.
THE DAY BEGAN WITH A "ROLE CALL" VOTE AND THINGS DID NOT GET OFF
TO THE SMOOTHEST START.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE OHIO DELEGATE CASTING HIS STATE VOTE.
>> I AM BA DEUTCHIC AND I CAST OHIO'S 82 VOTES FOR DONALD JOHN
PRESIDENT.
>> WOW, WOW!
>> James: I'M SURE NO ONE NOTICED.
HIS PARENTS SAID, WELL, AT LEAST NO ONE KNOWS HE'S OUR SON.
WHAT NOW?
DONALD JOHN PRESIDENT.
I CAN ACTUALLY SEE TRUMP GOING, I LIKE IT.
I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME TO DONALD PRESIDENT, THEN I'LL BE
PRESIDENT FOREVER.
BLESS HIM.
LOOK HOW NERVOUS HE IS.
LOOK.
YOU CAN TELL FROM EVEN THE FIRST SECOND THE CAMERA COMES TO HIM
AND HE'S, LIKE, I THINK I'M ABOUT TO SAY DONALD TRUMP
PRESIDENT, AREN'T I?
I'M GOING TO SAY IT.
I AM ABOUT TO DO IT.
I'M SO SCREWED.
HERE IT COMES.
OH, THERE IT IS!
( LAUGHTER ) I JUST SAID DONALD TRUMP
PRESIDENT ON LIVE TELEVISION!
THEN THINGS REALLY RAMPED UP ONCE THE SPEAKERS TOOK TO THE
STAGE.
PEOPLE AT HOME WERE TAKEN ABACK BY DONALD TRUMP
JUNIOR'S GIRLFRIEND, KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, WHOSE SPEECH WAS,
SHALL WE SAY, INTENSE.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LEADERS AND FIGHTERS FOR THE AMERICAN
DREAM, THE BEST -- THE YET -- TO COME!
>> James: IN HER DEFENSE, SHE'S COMPLETELY
UNHINGED.
AFTER HER SPEECH, THE HASHTAG GUILFOYLE CHALLENGE POPPED UP ON
TWITTER.
WHAT'S THE GUILFOYLE CHALLENGE, YOU SAY?
BASICALLY, IT'S THIS -- ( SHOUTING )
-- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LEADERS AND FIGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
DREAM, THE BEST -- IS YET -- TO COME!
>> James: SO GOOD.
SO GOOD.
( APPLAUSE ) THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM.
HERE'S A SAMPLE.
>> HEY, MAGS -- ( SHOUTING )
>> LEADERS AND FIGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, THE BEST -- IS
YET -- TO COME!
>> James: THAT'S THE GUILFOYLE CHALLENGE, THOUGH THE REAL
GUILFOYLE CHALLENGE IS TRYING TO DATE DONALD TRUMP, JR. AND
TRYING TO PRESERVE A SHRED OF YOUR DIGNITY.
SPEAKING OF DONALD TRUMP, JR., HE HAD A VIRAL SPEECH OF HIS OWN
LAST NIGHT.
HE DID A SPEECH AND AFTER HE TOOK TO STAGE, A SINGLE WORD
STARTED TRENDING ON TWITTER, AND THAT WORD WAS COCAINE.
( LAUGHTER ) ALWAYS THE TELL-TALE SIGN OF
COMPLETELY NAILING A SPEECH.
DONALD, YOU'RE TRENDING.
AM I REALLY?
IN A WAY, YEAH.
IT MAKES MORE SENSE IF YOU SEE DONALD, JR.'S FACE CLOSE UP.
LOOKT AT HIS EYES.
HE LOOKS LIKE AN EXTRA FROM THE WOLF OF WOLF STREET.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WHOLE TRENDING OF THAT IS FAIR.
IF ANYONE WAS ON DRUGS AT THE CONVENTION YESTERDAY IT WAS THIS
GUY.
BUT DONALD, JR. OBVIOUSLY HAS TO TAKE A SWIPE AT HIS FATHER'S
OPPONENT AND HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
LOOK.
>> TRUMP'S POLICIES HAVE BEEN LIKE ROCKET FUEL TO THE ECONOMY
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
BIDEN HAS PROMISED TO TAKE THAT MONEY BACK OUT OF YOUR POCKET
AND KEEP IT IN THE SWAMP.
THAT MAKES SENSE, THOUGH, CONSIDERING JOE BIDEN IS
BASICALLY THE LOCH NESS MONSTER TO HAVE THE SWAMP.
>> James: DID IT MAKE SENSE?
CLEAR THIS UP AS A BRITISH PERSON.
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER DOESN'T LIVE IN A SWAMP.
SHE LIVES IN A PRISTINE SCOTTISH LAKE CALLED LOCH NESS.
IT'S KIND OF RIGHT THERE IN THE NAME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: I GET IT.
BUT JOE BIDEN IS LEANING INTO IT.
DID YOU SEE THE BUMPER STICKER HE CAME OUT WITH TODAY?
NESS WE CAN.
( LAUGHTER ) A SLOW BURN.
A SLOW BURN.
THANK YOU, SUSAN, I APPRECIATE IT.
ALSO, LOOK AT TRUMP, JR. AGAIN.
LOOKT AT THIS.
I WAS WATCHING THIS LAST NIGHT.
DO YOU THINK HE LOOKS LIKE THE BEARD WAS THERE FIRST AND THEN
THE BEARD GREW A FACE?
( LAUGHTER ) SPEND SOME TIME THINKING, YOU
I'VE SAID IT, YOU WILL SEE IT.
THE REPUBLICANS PROMISED THEIR CONVENTION WOULD BE POSITIVE AND
UPLIFTING.
DID THEY DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE?
THEY CAN A LOOK FOR YOURSELVES AND SEE IF THIS LIFTS YOUR
SPIRITS.
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>> THEY WANT TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.
>> GOODBYE MANUFACTURING JOBS.
THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR LIBERTIES.
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE AND MOB RULE.
WHEN WE DIAL 911, WE DON'T WANT IT GOING TO VOICEMAIL.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS BEING DISMANTLED BY A GROUP OF
BITTER, DECEITFUL, VENGEFUL ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE NEVER BUILT
ANYTHING IN THEIR LIVES.
IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> DON'T LET THEM STEP ON YOU!
DON'T LET THEM DESTROY YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR LIVES AND YOUR
FUTURE!
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME
AND INVITEMOST-13 TO LIVE NEXT DOOR.
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN
THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA.
>> DON'T LET THEM KILL FUTURE GENERATIONS BECAUSE THEY TOLD
YOU AND BRAINWASHED YOU AND FED YOUR LIES THAT YOU WEREN'T GOOD
ENOUGH!
>> AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING ALL THIS, THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO
TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS.
>> THE BEST -- IS YET -- TO COME!
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( LAUGHTER ) >> James: IT'S GOOD THAT WE
CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT, ISN'T IT?