John Leguizamo Breaks Down the SAVE Act and Latino Voter Suppression | The Daily Show

Yo, yo, yo, yo, what's up, everybody? [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] It's John Leguizamo here. Look, in two short months, America is going to be deciding whether to let Kamala Harris, its first woman, or Donald Trump, its grossest man. And I'm here because you know how every time they say that a bell rings an angel gets its wings? Well, every time Donald says anything racist about a Latino, a handsome Colombian guy goes on The Daily Show. [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A [TRILLING R'S] And if you watched the debate this week, you should know that Trump said a lot of shit about Latinos and immigration, even, even when he wasn't being asked about immigration. When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago? We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums. They're dangerous. They're at the highest level of criminality, and we have to get them out. We have to get them out fast. Oh, great answer about the economy, asshole. N/A You really, really nailed it. It's like this dude has immigration Tourette's or something. Do you want fries with that, sir? You know what I don't want? I don't want is immigrants eating our beautiful cats and dogs. N/A And these days, Republicans aren't just stoking fears about immigrants committing crimes and eating our pets. They're saying immigrants are sneaking into our American elections? Republican leaders are now calling on congress to pass what they're calling, an Election Integrity Bill. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE Act, would require registered voters to provide proof of citizenship, and for states to remove non-citizens from their lists of eligible voters. And we want US citizens to vote, but we don't want illegal votes. Block illegal aliens from voting in our elections! Joe Biden and his regime are shelling out benefits to illegal immigrants like Oprah Winfrey on her show. Everyone gets a vote. You're right, Lauren Boebert. You're right. You can't just casually give votes away. They're not like, like a hand job at a Beetlejuice musical. [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A And just so everyone's up to speed, what this bill does, is require everyone to register with a documentation proving citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate. And maybe you're thinking, well, you know, if there's a big problem of non-citizens voting illegally, why not try to stop it? Well, because there isn't a big problem! There isn't even a small problem! There isn't a problem at all. Do you need to hear it in Spanish? [SPEAKING SPANISH] [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A Data shows that non-citizen immigrants almost never vote. And why would they? Who would risk going to prison or getting deported just for an, I Voted sticker? [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A Can you imagine what that person would be thinking? N/A N/A Chingon. I travel hundreds of miles, pay tens of thousands of dollars, left my beloved ones and faced hardships no human being would ever want to endure, so all I could do was vote for comptroller of Suffolk County. [SPEAKING SPANISH] [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A Oh, whoops. Sorry. If you ask me, this whole thing is just Republicans trying to suppress the Latino vote. And you know why I think that? Because of stuff like this. The New York Times obtained recordings by conservative activists saying that non-citizens could be dissuaded from voting by posting signs in Spanish warning against illegally registering. They also suggested purging voter rolls by searching for ethnic names. Damn. If they're looking for ethnic names to purge from the voting rolls, I am [BLEEP]. I mean, John, what's with that weird ass silent h? And by the time they got to Leguizamo, I'd be lucky if I could vote for The Masked Singer. Though, though, there is something funny about these Republican cabrones trying to write anti-voting signs in Spanish, because I doubt they have any Spanish speaking friends. They're just going to their cleaning ladies like, hey, Consuelo, como se dice, you cannot vote? N/A And you know Consuelo will come back like, oh, I got you, papi. N/A [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A N/A Yeah, I said [SPEAKING SPANISH]. They're not going to catch me. The censors won't know what the [BLEEP] that is. Oops, they would know. All right, so, so basically, the only people these Republicans want voting is white people. So, if you want to vote, your skin better be as pure and as white as cocaine powder. Ma, I don't actually know what cocaine is. I mean, is it white? I've never seen it. I definitely don't know what it smells like. N/A I'm just kidding. My mom's a big coke head. The point is, that Republicans are saying illegal aliens are stealing our votes, when in reality, they're the ones stealing votes by using racist fear mongering to suppress them. And not only does this hurt democracy, but it also hurts real people, especially Latinos, because all the latest data is showing that hate crimes against Latinos are way up in America. And this bullshit suppresses the vote and propagates false narrative that Latinos don't belong here. When we do. We belong here. [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] N/A Oh, yeah. N/A Thank you. You make me feel like I belong. Thank you. My own family goes back 500 years on this continent, bitch! And we're almost done unpacking. Just got a few more boxes left. So, Republicans, maybe you should spend less time focusing on the SAVE Act and more time on trying not to be-- N/A But, hey, that's just my opinion.