HBO Star Richard Lewis: Trump A Con, Supporters Are ‘Good People’ | The Beat With Ari Melber

>>> MANY OF TODAY'S STAND-UP COMICS ARE KNOWN FOR GETTING
VERY PERSONAL, BUT BEFORE THIS WAS COOL, RICHARD LEWIS W WAS T
ORIGINAL CONFESSIONAL COMEDIAN WITH AN UNVARNISHED RAW STYLE
THAT BECAME SUCH A CHARACTER, HE BASICALLY ENDED UP PLAYING
HIMSELF IN "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM."
>> THE PLAN IS A PLAN, A CONFIRMATION IS A GUARANTEE
YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW UP. >> SUNDAY, SAME TIME, SAME
PLACE. >> I'LL NEED A CONFIRMATION.
>> YOU'RE NOT GETTING A CONFIRMATION!
THIS IS A CONFIRMATION RIGHT NOW!
>> THIS IS LIKE A PLAN. >> YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN, YOU'VE
GOT THE CONFIRMATION, A SUBCOMMITTEE, I HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ALL THE LEVELS. >> I'M NOT THE KREMLIN.
I HAVE TO BE ASSURED THAT IF I TAKE A SHOWER AND GET MY CLOTHES
ON -- >> I'M ASSURING YOU RIGHT NOW,
THERE'S NO CONFIRMATION. >> FINE.
>> SHOW UP. >> INCREDIBLE.
>> A GENIUS, BUT A MENTAL CASE. >> INCREDIBLE.
THE SHOW, LIKE RICHARD, IS UNSCRIPTED.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ FROM THAT CRAP.
>> AD LIBBED. I'VE GOT ONE MORE TO SHOW YOU.
UNSCRIPTED MOMENTS, GREAT FOR COMEDY, NOT AS GREAT FOR
REAL-LIFE GOVERNING. >> I KNOW MORE ABOUT ISIS THAN
THE GENERALSS DO, BELIEVE ME. WE'VE SIGNED MORE BILLS, AND I'M
TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THAN ANY PRESIDENT
EVER. I GUESS IT WAS THE BIGGEST
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN SINCE RONALD REAGAN.
A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY, LOYAL, WE COULD USE SOME MORE LOYALTY,
I CAN TELL YOU. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY GETTING
READY TO THROW A TOMATO, KNOCK THE CRAP OUT OF THEM, SERIOUSLY.
>> SHUT UP. >> I WAS IN THE JEWISH SCOUTS,
AND I HAD ALL WOMEN WALK ME ACROSS THE STREET.
AND I HAD TO QUIT. >> ARE YOU -- ARE YOU GOING TO
DO THE SUNGLASSES -- >> THERE WAS SOME NEW TWEETS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, HERE'S -- I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
I'LL TAKE ALL THESE. I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION TO RECOGNIZE ME. THEY MIGHT FIRE ME.
MORONS. YOU'RE NOT MORONS.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU, SERIOUSLY.
>> TELL ME. >> KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME?
I NEED AN ANSWER FROM YOU. YOU'RE BRILLIANT.
CONGRATS ON THE SHOW. >> THANK YOU.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JACK KAROWAK'S BEST SHOW.
>> WHAT'S HIS TWITTER HANDLE? >> I'M DEAD.
THAT'S HIS TWITTER HANDLE. LISTEN, THIS -- I CAN'T TAKE
THIS BASE BUSINESS ANYMORE. HE'LL DO ANYTHING, HE'LL TWEET
NORTH KOREA -- I'LL FIND THE CODE.
I THINK IT'S IN MELANIA'S PURSE. HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
HE'S WAY OUT OF HIS -- HE SHOULD JUST BE -- IT'S A MISTAKE THAT
THIS HAPPENED. >> YOU THINK IT'S A MISTAKE?
>> MISTAKE? HE'S ALIENATING THE WORLD, HE'S
ALIENATING THE COUNTRY. LET ME GET BACK TO THE BASE.
I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
LET'S SAY 38% OF THE PEOPLE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS, NO
MATTER HOW RUDE, NO MATTER HOW CRUDE, I AM CONVINCED THAT HALF
THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT 38% WHO THEY SAY IS HIS BASE AND HE'S
JUST PLAYING TO THEM, ARE DECENT AMERICANS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THE RELIGION OR PRO-CHOICE OR NOT PRO-CHOICE,
THEY'RE JUST GOOD PEOPLE. BUT THEY WERE RIDDLED WITH FEAR.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD. THEY WERE SICK OF CONGRESS.
YOU KNOW HOW LOW THE RATINGS WERE.
AND I JUST PRAY TO GOD THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT THIS GUY IS DOING
TO THE PRESIDENCY. FORGET HIM.
THE PRESIDENCY, AND TO WHAT HE'S DOING TO ALL OUR PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD. >> IT'S INTERESTING --
>> THEY NEVER TALK ABOUT THE DECENT PART OF THE 38%.
>> YOU'RE SAYING A LOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE DECENT PEOPLE.
>> OF COURSE THEY ARE. >> YOU'RE ALSO SAYING, THOUGH,
THAT YOU THINK HE CONNED THEM, THAT HE PLAYED A CHARACTER.
>> HE'S NOT EVEN GIVING THEM WHAT HE PROMISED.
THEY STILL DON'T HAVE FOOD. THEY'RE STILL GOING TO LOSE
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. THEY'RE STILL NOT GOING TO --
IT'S A BIT CON. EVERYTHING'S BEEN LISTED.
LIKE JACKIE MASON, WHY SHOULD I DO THIS, HE DID THIS, HE
PROMISED THIS, FIRED HIM, THE WHOLE THING IS A JOKE.
A BIG COMIC BOOK. I JUST FEEL BADLY FOR THE -- I
CAN'T STAND THIS BASE BUSINESS. LIKE HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE
WANTS AS LONG AS HE HAS HIS 38%. WELL, THEY HAVE TO VOTE.
THIS IS AMERICA. AS LOU REED SAID, THE STATUTE OF
BIGOTRY, THAT'S WHAT HE'S TURNING THIS COUNTRY INTO.
THIS IS NOT OUR COUNTRY. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
ON CURB, LARRY AND YOU ARE NOT THE MOST LIKABLE CHARACTERS.
>> NEVER HAVE BEEN. >> HOW MUCH DOES IT MATTER
WHETHER A CHARACTER IS LIKABLE? BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS A LOT
OF DETRACTORS, BUT SEEMS TO ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FOLLOWERS AND
VIEWERS. >> FIRST OF ALL, LARRY DAVID HAS
A PERSONA, OKAY? HE MIGHT GET SOMEONE UPSET AT A
BAGEL -- AT A DELI. THIS IS NOT REAL SALMON.
THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, MEETING, YOU KNOW,
GOING OVERSEAS AND MEETING 20 LEADERS OF COUNTRIES, AND, YOU
KNOW, AND BRINGING A CIRCUS ACT WITH HIM. HIM.
THIS IS AN ORGAN GRINDER AND I'M WRINGING HIM ON "THE VOICE."
HE IS RUINING OUR REPUTATION. THIS IS AMERICA.
HE IS JUST ONE GUY. HE IS THE PRESIDENT APP AND
AGAIN, FORGET THE BASE, I MADE MY POINT CLEAR.
AND I THINK THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS VOTING.
MORE HISPANICS, MORE BLACKS -- >> RICHARD, LET ME ASK YOU --
>> WE HAVE TO VOTE THESE KIND OF PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THE KEY TO ELECTORAL POLITICS IS VOTING?
>> TOTALLY VOTING. >> YOU'RE TAKING A BOLD POSITION

>> WHY IS THAT SO BOLD? >> I'M KIDDING YOU.
>> HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME IN FRONT OF A RELATIVE WHO JUST PASSED
WAY. I MET YOUR BROTHER.
IF HE CONTINUES TO ASK YOU -- AND YOU SENT ME A DRIVER?
I LOVED THE GUY. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE
WAS SAYING. HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE UNIVERSAL
WAS SAYING. THEN PULLED A GLOBE OUT ON THE
SHEET -- THAT'S ITALY YOU MORON. >> LARRY DAVID AND BERNIE
SANDERS ARE ACTUALLY ARE APPARENTLY DISTANT RELATIVES.
SANDERS, QUOTE, A THIRD COUSIN OR SOMETHING.
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? >> NO.
I CAN'T TELL YOU I HAD DINNER WITH LARRY LAST NIGHT, AND I
SAID, I JUST SAW THIS THING, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
HE SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU. HE WOULDN'T TELL ME.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE WOULDN'T TELL YOU?
>> HE SAID YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE SHOW.
>> I SAID IS THIS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DNA?
HE WOULDN'T TELL ME. >> ANYTHING TO PLUG BEFORE WE
GO? >> NO.
CURB STARTS IN OCTOBER. AND I START MY TRACKS AND FEARS
TOUR IN OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY IN ALL THE BIG BIG CITIES.
>> YOU'RE A VERY FUNNY MAN. AN ORIGINAL.
YOU HONOR US -- >> I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.
YOU'RE A GREAT, GREAT EDITION TO MSNBC.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> AND TELL YOUR BROTHER, IF HE CONTINUES TO GET TO ME ABOUT
GOING TO A DELI, I'LL SNAP. >> MY BROTHER WANTED TO COME
TODAY. >> IT WAS NICE.
WHY ALL THESE SELFIES AND AUTOGRAPHS AND THEN I HAD TO
SIGN A THING FOR ONE OF HIS CHARITIES.
I COULDN'T TAKE IT. >> I THINK

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