John Leguizamo is the kind of person who thinks political comedy is just ranting at someone with excessive amounts of swear words. On Thursday, Leguizamo stopped by Comedy Central and The Daily Show to claim that Republicans only want white people to vote by labeling GOP-backed election laws “bullshit.”
Leguizamo was specifically ranting against the SAVE Act, but what he was saying could just as easily be applied to any state-level law when he recalled, “Just so everyone's up to speed, what this bill does is require everyone to register with documentation proving citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate.”
He continued, “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? No hay problemo.”
Later, Leguizamo summed it all up, “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.”
If this all sounds like fearmongering, Leguizamo was there to claim it was actually Republicans who were using scare tactics, “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 fearmongering to suppress them and not only does this hurt democracy, but it also hurts real people, especially Latinos.”
Trying to merge the topics of voting and immigration, Lguizamo then brought up his family’s history of living in Spanish North America, for some reason, “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… My own family goes back 500 years on this continent, bitch. And we're almost done unpacking. Just got a few more boxes.”
Does Leguizamo think that the fact that the Spanish Empire existed in the 1500s means illegal immigration to the United States in 2024 is no big deal? Because that is a way more radical position than asking for someone’s passport when they register to vote.
As it was, Leguizamo concluded, “So Republicans, maybe you should spend less time focusing on the ‘SAVE’ Act and more time on trying not to be vergas pequenas [little dicks].”
Here is a transcript for the September 12 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
9/12/2-24
11:16 PM ET
JOHN LEGUIZAMO: And just so everyone's up to speed, what this bill does is require everyone to register with 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? No hay problemo.
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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, and I definitely don't know what it smells like. 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 fearmongering 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. Oh, yeah. 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. So Republicans, maybe you should spend less time focusing on the “SAVE” Act and more time on trying not to be vergas pequenas. But hey, that's just my opinion.
