On The Daily Show, Jordan Klepper takes his "Fingers the Pulse" field segment to voters who say they oppose handouts and welfare. He asks what they think of Donald Trump offering $5,000 checks if Republicans win. One cheers "free money," others call it great, and one voter says it looks like paying people to vote.
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- Jordan Klepper
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- monologue - The Daily Show
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- 50 seconds, unedited within the cut
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What about Trump has offered $5 ,000 checks if Republicans win? What do you think of that? Uh, I think that'd be great. Yeah. We don't want all this free, free, free stuff. We don't want all that... You have what they're trying to sell us either. Yeah. That's what you mean by communist. Yeah, I do. Are you excited about the $5 ,000 checks? Oh, yeah! Yeah. Free money, baby! Yeah, I think there was too much welfare. You don't like free handouts. I don't. What do you think about these $5 ,000 checks, Trump wants to give out for free. I think it's great. What's wrong with a free handout here and there? Yeah, everybody deserves a little bit of help. Donald Trump has promised $5 ,000 checks if they win. I'm not sure I like that, but... No? No. Why don't you like it? Because it looks like he's paying people to vote for it. It does look like that. It does look like that.
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