WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."

LET'S SAY HELLO TO JON BATISTE.

JON.

♪ ♪ ♪ GRANDFATHER, IS THAT YOU?

I FEEL YOUR SPIRIT IN THE ROOM.

JON, JON, I LIKE THE CASUAL-- I LIKE THE CASUAL JON BATISTE.

I LIKE THIS.

>> Jon: YES, SPRING IS COMING.

>> Stephen: SAME HERE.

LOOK I GOT-- I GOT SPRING PASTEL COLORS GOING ON, MAN.

>> Jon: I LIKE THAT.

IT'S FEELING GOOD OUT THERE, TOO, RIGHT?

>> Stephen: YEAH.

I CAN'T-- I CAN'T WAIT TO ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE BECAUSE

THIS FRIDAY, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY OUT THERE, THIS FRIDAY

WE HAVE A SPECIAL SHOW.

MY GUEST IS DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, BECAUSE WE ARE MARKING ONE

FULL-- PARDON THE EXPRESSION-- DAMN YEAR OF DOING THE SHOW

WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE.

AND I THANK YOU-- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE EVERY NIGHT

FOR A YEAR.

YOU'RE A ROCK.

>> Jon: OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I LOVE IT.

LOVE BEING WITH YOU.

AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS TIME.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> Stephen: YOU GOT-- YOU GOT ANYTHING TO LIFT THE SPIRITS OF

PEOPLE AS THEY'RE HOLDING ON THOSE LAST FEW-- WHITE KNUCKLING

IT THESE LAST FEW MONTHS?

>> Jon: OH, YEAH, YEAH, LET'S SEE...

♪ ♪ ♪ HEY!

>> Stephen: JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, JON.

FOLK, EARLIER IN THE SHOW, BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL BREAK,

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN STRATEGY TO TALK LESS

ABOUT COVID RELIEF AND MORE ABOUT MR. POTATO HEAD'S--

SHALL WE SAY "STIMULUS PACKAGE."

BUT THAT'S JUST REPUBLICAN PLAN "A."

PLAN "B" IS TO SHATTER THE FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY.

AND THEY'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES, BUT THEY DID SUFFER ONE MINOR

SETBACK ON MONDAY WHEN THE SUPREME COURT DECLINED TO TAKE

UP THE EX-PRESIDENT'S FINAL BID TO NULLIFY THE 2020 ELECTION

RESULTS.

OH, SUCH A SHAME.

THAT CASE WAS OUR LAST CHANCE TO HEAR RUDY GIULIANI'S DRAMATIC

CLOSING FARTS.

OF COURSE, SOME REPUBLICANS ARE STILL SPREADING THE LIE THAT THE

ELECTION WAS STOLEN BY VOTER FRAUD.

AND WHILE COURTS FOUND NO FRAUD, THE G.O.P. DID FIND ALARMING

LEVELS OF VOTER.

BIDEN WON THANKS, IN PART, TO RECORD VOTER TURNOUT.

AND IN RESPONSE, REPUBLICANS HAVE INTRODUCED 253 BILLS IN

43 STATES THAT RESTRICT VOTING ACCESS.

ALTHOUGH, IF THOSE BILLS PASS, I HEARD IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY

GOT VOTES FROM DEAD LEGISLATORS DUMPING BALLOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE NIGHT ON DOMINION VOTING MACHINES WITH THE HELP OF THEIR

I.T. GUY, GHOST HUGO CHAVEZ.

THIS WEEK, A NEW LAW RESTRICTING VOTER ACCESS WAS SIGNED BY

IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS, SEEN HERE DEMONSTRATING PROPER

TECHNIQUE FOR SMOOCHING THE EX-PRESIDENT'S BEHIND.

REPUBLICANS SAY THE LAW IS AIMED AT DEFENDING THE INTEGRITY OF

THE STATE'S ELECTION SYSTEM.

HOW DOES IT DEFEND THAT INTEGRITY?

BY CUTTING IOWA'S EARLY VOTING PERIOD FROM 29 TO 20 DAYS, AND

ORDERING POLLS TO CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M. INSTEAD OF 9:00 P.M.

OH, YEAH, YOU GOT TO, BECAUSE 8:00 TO 9:00 IS THE FRAUDING

HOUR.

CROOKS REFUSE TO START THEIR CRIME SPREE UNTIL THEY SEE HOW

KATIE COURIC'S DOING AS HOST OF "JEOPARDY!"

BUT THE BIGGEST ATTACK ON VOTING RIGHTS IS HAPPENING IN GEORGIA.

BIDEN NARROWLY WON THE STATE, WHICH TERRIFIED REPUBLICANS.

SO, ON MONDAY, THE G.O.P.-LED STATE SENATE PASSED A NEW BILL

REPEALING NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING AND REQUIRING GEORGIANS

WHO VOTE BY MAIL TO SUBMIT A PHOTO I.D. AND HAVE THEIR BALLOT

SIGNED BY A WITNESS.

THEY'RE CLEARLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE.

"HONEY, I'M MAILING IN OUR BALLOTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY STAMPS, WITNESSES, AFFIDAVITS, CHEEK

SWABS, SPARE KIDNEYS, AND TOENAIL CLIPPINGS OF A YETI?"

THIS IS WIDELY SEEN AS A DESPERATE REACTION TO THE RISE

OF BLACK MAIL-IN VOTING IN 2020.

STILL, COULD BACKFIRE ON THE G.O.P, CONSIDERING THAT IN 2020,

MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE CAST BY 450,000 REPUBLICANS.

THAT'S RIGHT-- TO STOP VOTING, THEY'RE WILLING TO

DISENFRANCHISE THEIR OWN VOTERS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: YOU'VE GOTTA BREAK A FEW EGGS TO

MAKE AN OMELETTE, EVEN MORE IF IT'S GOING TO BE EGG WHITES

ONLY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR,

EMMANUEL ACHO.

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