Four States Reject Slavery & Louisiana Votes to Keep It | The Daily Show

[@sethchapman8001]

"I am safer here in Mississippi, which is something no black man has ever said" dying....🤣😂🤣

[@realisrealite5554]

You're not safe in America,the 13th amd says its constitutionally legal.It was never removed from the constitution.

[@prabhukiranz]

ahaha yes yes ... so many minute details and anecdotes in those 4 mins ... really well written ...

[@TadashiYasahiro]

🤣🤣🤣 facts!

[@raulmckool]

@Romila Kom Mississippi is infamously notorious for being one of the most racist states in America. A lot of horrible hate crimes against black people have been committed there for as long as America exists.

[@LoveyK]

@Romila Kom It’s sarcasm.

[@achristiananarchist2509]

Roy's Mississippi comment had me rolling. I'm married to a black woman and we were driving from Georgia to Texas recently and when we were looking for a place to pull over and get some sleep on the drive she was very clear that we had to stop before we hit the Alabama/Mississippi border because she wasn't going to spend the night in Mississippi. You know your state is bad when people are planning their vacations to ensure they spend as little time there as possible.

[@williamplatt1641]

I'm married to a black woman also! About 15, or so, years ago.i took my family on a 35 state r.v. vacation! It was supposed to be 28 states but my wife made me drive the long way around Mississippi and we ended up in 7 additional states! She told me that Mississippi still had slavery on the books, and I thought she was being paranoid, until we pulled over to get gas just before crossing into Mississippi and the lady inside told me it was true! She told me not to stop until I came out the other side! We turned around and went all the way around the state!

[@nuclearwaste2062]

​@@williamplatt1641 Mississippi just recently ratified the 13th amendment. So yea slavery was technically legal there for until about 15 years ago.

[@williamplatt1641]

@@nuclearwaste2062 that's fine by me! I visited Mississippi a long time ago already! I wasn't impressed!

[@kissit012]

@@nuclearwaste2062 slavery is technically legal everywhere in the US

[@charlie-obrien]

You drove from Georgia to Texas and had an African American on the trip with you? That's like the Jim Crow trail ride.

[@brettd2308]

In the case of Louisiana, the wording in the amendment was changed so that it would actually *allow* slavery as a valid punishment for criminals, while outlawing it for all other cases (which it already is). This went against the original intention of the amendment - it was supposed to ban involuntary servitude in prisons - so even the sponsor urged people to vote against it. Definitely one of those instances of a misleading law that says it'll do one thing and actually does another.

Yeah, when I looked at the wording, it seemed that both for and against were somehow pro-slavery, just in differing ways! Absurd! (Edit: I wish the Daily Show had actually addressed this rather than just making a joke.)

[@MelissaThompson432]

That's how I interpreted the TN referendum, too.

[@electriceyebabe715]

The Daily Show should issue a correction. We voted against it bc of the wording and it will be rewritten to vote on again in the next two years. I get that this is comedy and the skit stands but there’s context The majority of the audience won’t even know about.

[@li_celly]

Okay, and I'm assuming that everyone said no so it doesn't allow slavery.

[@irgendwieanders2121]

Bump - and thx for the important information... Yeah, Daily Show, you should maybe add that!

[@angryBorderschick]

This is why comedians are so important to the world. Because we all need laughter, especially in times like these. I never left so hard in my life!!! Thank you, Daily Show!

[@KWU_369]

Where did you go?

[@notaburneraccount]

@@KWU_369 🤣

[@mauldin128]

Where was a comedian?

[@kevindwelle1625]

The look on Roy's face when Trevor told him White people can be Enslaved aswell! Priceless!!!

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Perfectly justified. I get the same look at the (unlikely) thought of DeSantis, Trump and their likes in orange jump suits. Though, can you imagine calling a customer service number and hearing a familiar whine telling you about how he totally won bigly in 2020?

[@goldflo91]

Believe it or not, but it actually happened in the Middle Ages, when some European children wanted to crusade to Africa. That journey ended with many of them enslaved, in the desert

[@hihellohi5714]

Yes. Especially by the school system

[@aurorapazviruet4289]

@@goldflo91 And, well, in Ancient Rome times, when blond pale-skinned people were the "barbarians" and the slaved ones for those light-brown-skin mediterranean people... XD

[@folkertdejong6974]

Absolutely! Their latest album is called Utgard. Check it out

[@richardnedbalek1968]

🤣 Who else wants to see Trevor and Roy continue collaborating!?!? 😂

[@LewisB3217]

“I’m safer here In Mississippi which is something no black man has ever said” 😭

[@megmathisen9072]

I ❤️ Roy!! That dude is funny. Please have him on more. Tevor and Roy are so great together.

[@matthiggins6750]

I live in Louisiana. I voted against it because the African American democratic author of the constitutional amendment said to vote against it cause the wording was changed in committee. The author of the bill said he would redraft the article and submit it to voters again.

[@NTV_F]

Thank you 💞

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Thank you for explaining this. I feel a lot better about the people voting now. ✌️😎🍀

[@livingmodern]

so this is all about prisoners working for free aka slavery or involuntary servitude and there's a loophole in the 13th amendment that allows prisoners to work against their will... and note there is apparently a difference between slavery and involuntary servitude. Ok so some states allow it in prisons some don't... so clearly this is a state by state basis...Louisiana if I understand it is trying to make sure the language is super clear for them...I don't know what their position in prisons are but.

[@brokenrecord3523]

Ohio had a bill that would require considering community safety when setting bail. 😶They don't do that? Of course they do. The bill was about transferring setting bail from the court to the legislature. The day before, I explained that this was a trick. The day after, the same people voted for it because they definitely should consider community danger.

[@NTV_F]

Its about forced labor when someone is locked up. Not like cleaning but making American furniture and the right to NOT be forced to work. When slavery ended many southern states locked up thousands of people to have prisoner work on bs bigot laws. When you make $0.25 an hour and a full days work can only buy 1 stamp and 1 pack Top Ramen then the prisons are taking advantage of the fact that they control everything in the prisoner's life.

[@isdits]

That's not exactly true. However, Louisiana is always the last state to do anything humane. When I was a college student in Louisiana (mid 90's) I knew 4 women that shared a rental with four bedrooms. It was still illegal for 4 or more women to live under the same roof. Was considered a brothel. That law is probably still on the books.

[@nicoleagron4299]

That’s why Tulane doesn’t have sorority houses that female students actually live in.

[@frankreads8618]

I've lived in Tennessee my entire life, and I'm honestly surprised that the slavery ban passed. Surprised, and delighted. I guess that that's how low my expectations have become.

[@Wrathinlovewithlain7]

Same

[@utlawleaked3468]

I didn’t know it was on the ballot I heard it on the news like what?

[@Tennesseemomtho]

I've lived here for almost 5 years, married a man from Hendersonville. Until this came up, I would have never thought that slavery was legal anywhere. I thought we put an end to that in 1864.

[@Seashellsbytheseashore21]

@@Tennesseemomtho it’s about slavery as punishment for inmates.

[@zemoxian]

@@Tennesseemomtho The amendment that banned slavery kept a loophole for prisoners. I’ve heard that it had been exploited for decades. People were picked up for crimes, sometimes as innocuous as jaywalking. If they couldn’t afford the court fees they’d get someone to pay them. So as part of the deal, they’ll do hard labor to pay off the person who paid their fees by adding time to the sentence. Apparently that practice was finally stopped because the president wanted to clean up our image while fighting Nazis and didn’t want our covert slavery system being used against us. But the practice wasn’t actually made illegal. The loophole wasn’t fixed it just wasn’t being used anymore because of a court ruling. Maybe Roe v. Wade being overturned got people thinking about slavery or something. Because court rulings like that no longer have the weight people thought they had.

[@MrReganomics1]

I knew a segment from Roy was coming.. he did not disappoint

[@shotjohnny]

"I know you can't make them... You gotta catch them on your own." 😂

[@ameliagraham7284]

🤣🤣

[@daviegriffin3539]

🤔 *That's some of the best Fuq'n writing, ever!* #TooDamnFunny 🤭🤣🤣🤣

[@poppiemuthoni3643]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimmyconway356]

It’s for if u commit a crime …basIcLly should we pay inmates to work or do they work for free when they are imprisoned (license factory , cleansing the roads , etc) .. and honestly the correct vote is No to banning slavery then

[@edisonlima4647]

@@jimmyconway356 Tell me you have no clue what that's all about without outright saying it.

[@noahsimmons6971]

Ever since Trevor announced that he's leaving. It feels like they've been way less restrained in their comedy. I'm sad to see him go, but if he keeps on like this his last stint will be the best the Daily Show has ever been. Way to raise the bar on your way out, Trevor!!

[@jimmyconway356]

It’s for if u commit a crime …basIcLly should we pay inmates to work or do they work for free when they are imprisoned (license factory , cleansing the roads , etc) .. and honestly the correct vote is No to banning slavery then

[@mikeespinoza5733]

YOu must not know about its pe=revious host to say its the best ever.

[@annemosbergen3951]

😄 Oh, Roy, you're great! Spot on. 25% Alabamans voted to keep slavery.

[@jodieirwin438]

Disgusting!!

[@sophierobinson2738]

I don’t recall seeing that on my ballot, in Alabama. One for putting the constitution in a sensible order, yes. Nothing on slavery in my district.

[@Dreagostini]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ How about no. Now what?

[@13shadowwolf]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ why is your mythology useful in this conversation? We did you post stuff from your holy book?

[@jayurr2876]

@@Dreagostini love this ❤️

[@StevenBikoS]

“I’m safer in Mississippi, which no black man has ever said” 😂😂😂😂

[@laalaa99stl]

"...which is something no Black man has ever said." 🤣

[@annataylor3928]

❤

[@TitanPardy808]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Makes it funnier knowing Mississippi has the highest percentage of African Americans

[@whatoncewas8480]

Right?! Black people abhor MS.

[@whatoncewas8480]

@@ranelgallardo7031 only because they are descendants of slaves and a highly oppressed group of people, post slavery.

[@anabltc]

Ok the slavery part stole it, but "finally, you can buy drugs in Baltimore" made me 💀💀

[@bohlalenchabeleng1370]

Marijuana is a herb though. It shouldn't be illegal in the first place.

[@zemoxian]

@@bohlalenchabeleng1370 Technically, it’s the drug that the herb produces that’s illegal so possessing the herb is the same as possessing the illegal substance. It’s the same as psychedelic mushrooms that I think Colorado just legalized. Though the point was to criminalize a recreational drug that was predominantly used by Nixon’s political opponents like hippies and black people, not public safety. So plants that don’t even produce the active substance were probably included in that ban.

[@bohlalenchabeleng1370]

@@zemoxian they made it unlawful on purpose. They could've specified but they didn't because it didn't widely affect them and they wanted the other race in jail.

[@d.e.7467]

"Help me Brad Pitt!" Another thing no black person probably ever said.

[@whatoncewas8480]

😂

[@MusicalSaraJo]

Maybe his ex-girlfriend. He used to date Robin Givens.

[@cbwavy]

@@MusicalSaraJo wow never knew that. I'm sure it was just another notch in his belt.

[@intersanctum]

Brad was "helping" Tyson's wife at the time.

[@marhiney_kaye]

Maybe a black lady or two may've sed, "help me undress u, Brad Pitt!" in a fantasy (barring Robin) but nothing else I'd imagine regarding Brad.

[@mollynash2597]

I'm in Tennessee, the way I understood the Amendment is it removed the word "slavery" but did not prohibit prisoners from being used for labor.

[@izzo2901]

Roy is a gem 🤣🤣🤣

[@quaasimaustin5738]

“You gotta catch them on your own “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@constancio54]

This made me laugh so hard. Roy is hilarious

[@jimmyconway356]

It’s for if u commit a crime …basIcLly should we pay inmates to work or do they work for free when they are imprisoned (license factory , cleansing the roads , etc) .. and honestly the correct vote is No to banning slavery then

[@Gambit0590]

@@jimmyconway356 why are you defending slavery

[@kf3696]

When there's anything in the news related to the black experience, you know a Roy wood jr. piece is on the way and it's going to be killer 😂

[@Peter_S_]

Roy and Trevor are completely hilarious! They make my life better.

[@YellowFreesias]

You need knighthood in the USA just for the two for services to public mental health

[@Peter_S_]

@@YellowFreesias Hear hear!

[@yunimizuguchi6884]

ロマサガrs

[@andrewstevenson118]

One of their funniest bits ever. 😀

[@TheWaterman2011]

America can be so embarrassing sometimes. Thanks Roy for making me laugh

[@elisemiller13]

Too often lately

[@justrosy5]

Only sometimes???

[@id10t98]

it's a daily battle Norm...

[@neoyasechaba221]

@@id10t98 🤣😂

[@raulmckool]

Some times?

[@thetooginator153]

“I bet Miss Paterson was the one! She’s always saying ‘Oh baby! You grew up so strong!’” That was hilarious!

[@MomDeb]

I watch a large variety of news productions, read several articles and opinion pieces daily, follow Blue leaning podcasts and videos. And, because I’m just old & have old habits, I make notes of things to fact check or about which I want to read more. I just looked through several pages of notes. This, Trevor, is the 1st I’ve heard of those ballot questions. I am appalled! That one, it’s even a question that deserves a “vote;” two that it would be denied approval in ANY State; three, that this was never mentioned on a wider news venue! Thank you for talking about this!

[@matthiggins6750]

I live in Louisiana. I voted against it because the African American Dem author of the constitutional amendment said to vote against it cause the wording was changed in committee. The author of the bill said he would redraft the article and submit it to voters again.

[@lady8jane]

Technically the enslavement of prisoners is legal on a federal level according to the 13th amendment. So ... yeah ... not great.

[@amberr6344]

Slavery is legal in many many states right now, has been since the 13th amendment. It just requires you to be locked up. I am happy to say ours (Vermont) passed by 90%, although it should have been 100%

[@amberandrews6842]

Just frightening. You know they changed the wording on purpose....

[@iamskyfall]

I voted against it because of the committee changing the wording of the bill to actually do the opposite of what it was claiming to do. We didn't vote to allow slavery in Louisiana. That is misleading.

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

I have said it more than a few times: Roy Wood is a national treasure!

[@SusiFroggy]

It would be kind of ironic if the convicted insurectionists had to become slaves.

[@mcsmith732]

I guess that means we need to send them all to Louisiana prisons, eh?

[@ehenry4282]

🤔🙏🙏😊😂😂

[@SallyStClair-tv9gf]

Okay this is the best comment for my day. Kinda wondering what replies it gets. Kept up the snarky, our mental health needs it.

[@ImmortalLemon]

Very seldom do I actually laugh out loud to a comment

[@smikell9997]

@@mcsmith732 that’s one thing about a federal crime you can be sent to any federal prison in America. You could’ve committed the crime in Washington and they send you to California to serve your time.

[@8brightside8]

Incredible issue and even more incredible humor. Excellent job!

[@SadaCat]

We voted against it to send it back to be rewritten because the courts changed the wording on the original written measure. The person who wrote it even recommended voting against it because the wording being changed so much. Hopefully it gets another chance to be passed.

[@youloveyah2222]

Thank you for the information

[@COMALiteJ]

Legislative committees changed it, not courts, but otherwise correct. The author is State Representative *Edmond Jordan* (D-29), who’s black. Yes, he said _not_ to vote for it as passed because his wording had been altered.

[@soulfulgardener]

@Marshall Williams I don't think it's that most people don't feel that prisoners should contribute, but the massive profits made off free or extremely cheap labor by the privatized prisons is a system that encourages police and court systems to give harsher penalties, especially to people of color, to prop up that labor force and dividends for shareholders. The corruption is insane and while prisoners made a mistake, the point of prison should be rehabilitation, not exploitation

[@rushyscoper1651]

@Marshall Williams prison isn't a punishment and those ppl does have rights. Never mind the incentive to jail ppl to gin profit an issue that US been having.

[@zemoxian]

@Marshall Williams That wasn’t what I thought they were talking about. There was a system of slavery that was pretty much as bad as the chattel slavery where people could literally be picked up for jaywalking and die on a chain gang doing hard labor. That was something that actually happened. And the system was almost always applied to black people. That practice had been ended by a court ruling during World War II to end that form of covert slavery. But it was never actually outlawed. My guess was that the overturning of Roe v. Wade might have triggered this sudden wave of actually outlawing that practice because declaring something unconstitutional isn’t a strong enough protection anymore. I’m wondering how many rights taken for granted for generations will be up for review now.

[@shaaaa7392]

I love how Roy said "Whats going on Africa??" Like it is Trevor's name.... lol 😆 🤣 😂

[@rainbeauxunicorn5237]

I’m so fkn embarrassed. My state quite literally worded the amendment so that a yes sounded like it was rejecting the Amendment when in fact the yes was supporting it. They literally count on ppl to not research what’s on the ticket. And we fall for it every time. That’s what you get when Steve Scalise and John Kennedy have political access. Don’t give up Gary Chambers!

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I know. I've noticed that a while ago, that those snakes (I'm sorry, vile thing to say about blameless animals) just call something "Right to Work" and then tell you a pack of lies about what's in there. Oh, _that_ and astro-turfing, which is one of those things that students *have* to learn in school because it's such a devious way to mess with their heads.

[@COMALiteJ]

Gary Chambers is friggin’ _awesome!_ John [N.] Kennedy disgraces the name “John [F.] Kennedy.” And Steve Scalise gets shot and nearly killed / crippled by a terrorist yet _still_ kowtows to the NRA and firearms industry.

[@survivorfortyseveral]

I’m from Vermont so I got to vote on this, I was so confused that it hadn’t been banned already especially in a state like ours

[@Kenn_Adams]

Roy really just said "What's going on, African?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@shotjohnny]

I think Roy calls Trevor "Africa" not "African," which makes it even funnier. : )

[@studio202theshow6]

I had to rewind ...he said yes, what up Afrika....that was funny...he did it so smoothly

[@angelinamutua4521]

Roy almost always calls Trevor "Africa"...lol

[@4knewt505]

I had to rewind too 😂

[@avenj4659]

I had to rewind too. Fricking funny

[@OfentseDimpane]

Roy is on a new level of comedy 🤣

[@anomakulathunga2345]

These two will be the death of me one day...laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@scatmanskabadop]

I want to point out that the Louisiana law was written in such a way that it would've still allowed for incarcerated people to be enslaved as a punishment. The bill's initial sponsor asked voters not to vote for it as a result and he wants to have it reworded and fixed to be back on the ballot for next cycle. It's likely that info was made public after the show was taped, otherwise I feel like Trevor or Roy would've mentioned it.

[@COMALiteJ]

No, it was made public over a month ago. The sponsor was State Representative *Edmond Jordan* (D-29), who’s black, and he made it _very_ clear that he did _not_ want people to vote for the mess that came out of committee.

[@ragingbull94mtx]

@scattmanskbadop - Appreciate the clarity.

[@mikeespinoza5733]

exactly how was it slavery. Id love to hear your explanation.

[@scatmanskabadop]

@@mikeespinoza5733 Per ballotpedia: "The amendment would have removed language from the state constitution that allowed involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. The constitution would have been amended to say, 'Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited.' The amendment would have added language stating that the section of the constitution 'does not apply to the otherwise lawful administration of criminal justice'" It seems to me that the amendment would have removed language in order to ban slavery while at the same time adding language that makes an exception to allow slavery as punishment for a crime. Kinda hard to vote for something that says "slavery will be prohibited.... Except for otherwise lawful administration of criminal justice." Seems like the original author wanted to get rid of the "let's ban slavery except for" language that made it on the ballot this cycle so asked people to reject the Amendment as it was currently written. In short, the Amendment as it was currently written would likely have done nothing.

[@mikeespinoza5733]

@@scatmanskabadop yes, involuntary servitude that they earned. Poor killers, violent offenders and rapists, having to actually hold down a job and learn a trade. Why cant they just get free housing, medical, and food for their entire stay so that they can come out the exact same POS?

[@pamalabanner5756]

My Father was from Louisiana and he left as soon as he graduated high school.

[@poppiemuthoni3643]

See nobody progressive wants to stay there!!

[@COMALiteJ]

Read my comment and others in this thread. There’s more to this than you think. _The Daily Show with Trevor Noah_ *slandered* the people of the State of Louisiana.

[@wayne9585]

Smart man.

[@k.ferguson9385]

@@COMALiteJ Proof?

[@COMALiteJ]

@@k.ferguson9385 As I said, read my other comment (the one beginning with, in *boldfaced* text, *“To **_The Daily Show’s_** writers / producers / social media managers:”).* It has multiple links to the proof, including the words of the author / sponsor of the proposed amendment, the black Democratic State Representative *Edmond Jordan* (District №29) begging voters _not_ to vote for the amendment since it came out of committee deliberately corrupted to mean the _opposite_ of what was intended, and confusingly worded so that voters wouldn’t likely notice, and would’ve _enshrined_ prison involuntary servitude into the Louisiana State Constitution!.

[@lidiacurry115]

The wording on that amendment was messed up. It was confusing. I am from Louisiana and am very against slavery of any kind.

[@ckcnj9175]

The states which banned it will have fewer arrests and shorter sentences, since the penal system won’t be able to profit off prisoners.

[@Aeroldoth3]

@Marshall Williams People care about the WHOLE system, not just victims. How does sending people to prison for decades make them better? It doesn't. They come out monsters who do far worse crimes than they would have before. Which makes society altogether worse. Which means sending more people to prison, which costs more, meaning more monsters in society, meaning MORE victims, meaning MORE people sent to prison.... and on and on. The system is designed to profit off the millions of people in and out of prison, and that sweet sweet prison industrial complex funding, and the degrading of the entire nation. No, people are not caring more for prisoners. They're caring more about everyone.

[@Gambit0590]

@Marshall Williams also, there's the fact that wrongful convictions are a thing

[@mikeespinoza5733]

prisoners? I thought they were slaves?

[@mikeespinoza5733]

@@Gambit0590 the court is more accurate at determining guilt than condoms are in preventing pregnancy, yet only idiots argue that condoms dont work.

[@Gambit0590]

@@mikeespinoza5733 a minimum of 4% of death row inmates were wrongfully convicted

[@DarkShadowsprite]

"Help me Brad Pitt!" and I spit laughed. For the record VT first abolished (most forms of) slavery in 1777. The vote that just happened was to remove a passage of language that carved out an exception and to make it clear that slavery/indentured servitude is prohibited.

[@m1k1254]

LOOOOL "I know you can't make them, you gotta catch them xDxDxD

[@ninestories2]

Thank you for the captions, Daily Show! 🖤

[@22221mm]

Roy's faces in the thumbnail already. Priceless.

[@robertcrocker901]

Roy Wood is excellent!!! I'm in TN and just voted to remove this from our state constitution. Did not know it was in the constitution until this came up. Who reads their state constitutions anyway??? Very embarrassing. No telling what else is in there.

[@ninastar5285]

When Roy said to Trevor "What's up African?...." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sherri1971US]

This man is great. Does he write his own stuff. How does he keep a straight face.

[@SN-bl6xm]

As a European I was shocked that there are still laws that allow Slavery in the USA??? If I tell someone, nobody will believe me, because allowing slavery in 2022 is just absolutely unbelievable.

[@absolutezerochill2700]

do you know what they even mean by "slavery"

[@cryptbeast3222]

It's a loophole written into the 13th amendment. So you can just show that.

[@amberr6344]

It's been a loophole since the 13th amendment. It still is legal in the majority of US states.

[@kafkaskitchen]

It ain't real slavery. It's a punishment. Don't act like your eurotrash continent doesn't have cults.

[@khalidmohammadu9724]

Me too. Cannot believe that. There are certain laws in some states that were never checked out.

[@jessicaaster8471]

So frustrated with everyone saying we voted for slavery. It was written poorly and the author asked people to vote no.

[@iamskyfall]

This piece was funny, but please get the facts right. Most of us in Louisiana voted against this measure because the wording was changed in committee to actually allow slavery as a means of criminal punishment. So the creator of the bill, who is African American, told everyone to vote against it, so he could draft a new measure that doesn't include the loophole.

[@ragingbull94mtx]

@J - Appreciate the clarity.

[@cpt.j9751]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@bestaround3323]

That doesn't exactly change the fact that it even needs to be voted on in 2022

[@iamskyfall]

@@bestaround3323 It does not. Doesn't change the fact that the bill was rewritten in a way to deliberately be deceptive.

[@devinthadude88able]

I’m from Louisiana and my little brother lives there still, for college. He showed me the questions. It was basically the same thing but worded differently

[@JLF201]

It was worded worse in my opinion. The law currently specifies criminal punishment as an exception to the prohibition of involuntary servitude. The amendment would have changed the law such that the "administration of criminal justice" would be an exception to the prohibitions of both slavery and involuntary servitude. I would prefer there not be any exceptions to the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude.

[@GMUACW]

To be fair, the Louisiana wording was weird. Even the original supporter urged a no vote.

[@kismet0819]

I came here to say this. Thank you.

[@23ahndra]

This! It was worded VERY weirdly.

[@andrewmahabir589]

what was the wording

[@aaric1703]

Did you actually use the word to be fair? You are beneath contempt!!!

[@msjkramey]

@@23ahndra how so?

[@rsand2009]

"Help me Brad Pitt" Roy channeling his inner Ricky Bobby 🤣

[@inspirebelief333]

Roy is just a vibe🤣

[@jasoncasey6667]

“hi African” Lol this Roy is crazy the way he called Trevor that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@inyobakka588]

Lol "you grew up so strong!"🤣

[@lorrainescandia6267]

These two are so funny. I needed that. 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@nadinehall9631]

this was funny af! trevor dont leave!!!

[@goatforest9974]

Funny, but ludicrously incorrect.

[@ericnjoka5362]

Roy cracks me up when he calls Trevor "African" 😂

[@dharmakaurkhalsa3923]

Unbelievable! Not in my wildest dreams I would have thought that this was not eliminated ages ago!

[@anagray7521]

The 13th amendments band slavery in all forms except for punishment for crimes and it is not really slavery it is consequences for one's actions

[@anderskorsback4104]

@@anagray7521 a rhetorical truism. Literally everything that ever happens to you is a consequence of what you do and don't do.

[@Gambit0590]

@@anagray7521 it is, by definition, slavery

[@anagray7521]

@@Gambit0590 don't do the crime if you can't do the time

[@mikeespinoza5733]

it was. But recently theres been an asinine push to equate serving a sentence that someone earned to slavery.

[@wrenlittle8826]

Both of you are fabulous. I had to watch this twice.

[@kwanelexulu6153]

Roy is my favourite correspondent 😂😂

[@WillN2Go1]

Love Roy Wood Jr. There's the Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Second Inauguration speech and whatever Roy Wood Jr just said or will say next.

[@djlove9597]

Run Roy!!! Don't let em getchu!!!

[@Roadrunner65553]

When people SHOW you who they are …Believe it.

[@loliswat8223]

PLEASE READ We did not vote to "keep slavery." Most of us voted no on purpose and those who voted yes probably did so because they either didn't do research on the proposed amendment and/or because they read the very misleading summary of the amendment on the voting machine. Currently, the constitution states, "Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the latter case as punishment for crime." The original sponsor of the bill, Rep. Edmond Jordan, wanted to remove the exception for crime punishments as many other states have done. If this were the case, then we all would have voted yes. But if you look at the actual amendment after it had been chabged over and over, it now states, "Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, " and that "[this section] does not apply to the otherwise lawful administration of criminal justice." Bruh...so went from "Slavery is illegal unless it's punishment for a crime" to "Slavery is illegal unless it's for lawful administration of justice." UH, HELLO? BIG RED FLAG. "Lawful administration of justice?" In Rep. Edmond Jordan's own words, "that's opening a pandora's box." He was actually begging people to vote no for the bill, and it's clear to see why. If you look at the supporters and opposers of the bill, you'll see a lot or random national groups that are anti slavery in support of the bill, but every group local here to Louisiana is opposing it. This amendment could've created a lot of problems if it got passed because it was basically broadening the exception for slavery and involuntary servitude, not taking it away.

[@ehenry4282]

East west north or south. Black white up or down Something is wrong when this is still an issue in 2022 PERIOD!!!!!

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Thanks for your detailed explanation. In thinking about, this segment may have been factually wrong, but it got people talking. Now, people like yourself are explaining what's really happening, and others are pointing out that there are still a number of states which allow slavery still within the prison system. Definitely a discussion and issue that this country needs to resolve considering we're in the 21st century. And, much respect to you and all the Louisiana folks putting out the corrections. I know that has to be annoying on some level. ✌️😎 PS. I would be curious to know your thoughts on Kennedy getting elected again, amongst others, considering the actually diverse population of your state.

[@mx.confused]

@@erinmcdonald7781 Trust me there a plenty of us who are absolutely NOT okay with Kennedy getting elected again. People forget sometimes that minorities/oppressed groups live in red states and many of them don't have the means to move/family lives there and they don't want to move. They are in even more vulnerable positions then people who live in blue states. So Thanks.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

@@mx.confused I figured that. For those like you that live in these states, I've been wondering what could change that dynamic. It seems like it's been an uphill battle since forever. The fact that a number of places had to have the National Guard come in to help with civil rights is telling. There needs to be some way to change things on the institutional/systemic level, but I'm not aware of it. Although if the magats keep up their corruption, pitchforks might become the more useful tool in the box....

[@michaellang3492]

You have to catch ‘em on your own 😂😂

[@ialwaysshine.]

👏🏾👏🏾Roy! 😂 it reminds me of the movie Life.

[@FreshasflesH]

Trevor, the author of the Louisiana slavery measure asked everyone to vote no on it bc it was written in a way that could expand slavery. That’s why people voted no on it

[@anagray7521]

It's not slavery it's consequences for one's actions big difference in slavery and punishment for a crime

[@FreshasflesH]

@@anagray7521 🤦‍♀️

[@anagray7521]

@@FreshasflesH I'm guessing your not only a criminal but a lazy one that wants to lay down your entire sentence when it comes that time

[@Noble992]

In defense of Louisiana the wording was so confusing you couldn’t tell wth they were asking

[@brooks8792]

Why would you defend that?

[@LordDim1]

@@brooks8792 The author of the constitutional amendment recommended people vote against it, because courts changed the wording so much the amendment basically lost all meaning

[@COMALiteJ]

@@LordDim1 Legislative committee, not courts, but otherwise correct.

[@gloriarizo]

This was also on the Oregon ballot!!! I was surprised!!! 😮

[@sentientnpc]

I wonder how it was worded on the Louisiana ballot and if it was confusingly written like it was in Colorado where it was denied only to be re-written next time and passed. You really have to spell these things out in the simplest terms for people.

[@goatforest9974]

It was worded very badly. Fuckery was afoot.

[@ernesth.gilliamiii473]

That is in fact what happened

[@rebeccabryant6440]

Kudos on this comedy! 👏👏👏. Perfect!! Sad, but perfect!

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

Top-notch, guys ~ thank you!

[@magicmanX04]

Haven't laughed so hard in a while!! Gonna miss you Trevor 😢

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

Have you folks seen the guy they just reelected to the Senate in Louisiana? Ol' John Foghorn Leghorn Kennedy. If that doesn't tell you what the political climate is like here in Louisiana, nothing will.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Oof! That guy was re-elected?? If that state isn't the dictionary definition of gerrymandering, I don't know what is. I can't imagine any person of color voting for that guy. (*shudder*)

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

​@@erinmcdonald7781 Too many black folks didn't bother to vote. People of color who aren't black are being wooed heavily by hard-right Republicans in the state who are treating them as sort of honorary whites with all the attending priviledges traditionally afforded Southern whites. It's shrewd and is used by the GOP to prove that they aren't racist against people of color.

[@jalabi99]

You mean the same guy who made a campaign ad against Gary Chambers Jr. saying that instead of calling the police we should "call a crackhead"? If anyone is still holding slaves in 2022, it's gotta be John Foghorn Leghorn Kennedy.

[@goatforest9974]

Yeah. I can't believe that trash got re-elected, either.

[@prabhukiranz]

... so many minute details and anecdotes in those 4 mins ... really well written ...

[@lisas7046]

I’ll never look at a FLEUR DE LIS the same!!!

[@arthurseery]

Slavery is allowed in the US Constitution. Don't single-out Louisiana. It is in US Constitution.

[@mikehoyt7592]

Might have mentioned Oregon was the forth to remove slavery as an option for criminal punishment.

[@ironmammoth7]

Roy Wood national treasure! We ♥Roy!

[@lisas7046]

Roy for the win!!!

[@alp2va]

In case you were counting and missed the fifth state, it's Oregon. At the time of the report, the rejection of slavery vote hadn't been counted yet, but they did indeed pass the amendment

[@panamasrose]

Roy is the best!!!

[@amandakay8]

There really should be clarification on LA. The provision was written poorly. They asked people strike it so it can be on the next ballot with proper wording to ensure it passes properly with language that is CLEAR.

[@gugzin4696]

That one person who cheered in the audience when Trevor was being sarcastic about 4 out of 5 states being progressive...

[@GoldSag1]

Lol I know. Cringe

[@bgenesisthomas9146]

Roy & Trevor that was funny!👏🏽😜👏🏽

[@oharehatmancaleb7]

“HELP ME BRAD PITT!” Is a line you don’t hear every day.

[@merbst]

I agree with Lana Kane from Archer regarding 'white slavery': "don't qualify it!" slavery is slavery, an abhorrent injustice to humanity no matter what words come before or after.

[@jessicamadere]

I live in Louisiana, and I wish I could say I was surprised. It's depressing.

[@thrombus1857]

I’m on a travel assignment in louisiana right now (3 mo). Love you guys, especially Roy Moore Jr!

[@kpokpojiji]

Is Louisiana considered a part of western civilization?

[@DystopianUtopia8]

Only New Orleans.

[@kimhannan4892]

roflmao!

[@iamskyfall]

@Tin Watchman Those aren't New Orleanians....

[@iamskyfall]

Again, the wording of the bill made it so voting yes would actually allow slavery in the prison system. The original creator of the bill urged everyone to vote no because the wording was changed in committee.

[@kristencarney1278]

@@iamskyfall no one seems to know this outside of LA. We were urged by the author to vote no so they could reword it.

[@sabarnasarker4630]

that audible "wow" in the audience

[@seanbou4122]

Oh Roy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💖👍

[@PumpkinMozie]

“Help me, Brad Pitt!” 🤣 🤣

[@lordjames1226]

It makes me ashamed & embarrassed knowing that Louisiana is my state, we definitely deserve a better future moving forward but if not, me & my family will put Louisiana in our rear view!!

[@sherlocksleuther5437]

This video isn’t quite correct. The amendment was very poorly worded, and even it’s author and the LA house democrats urged people to vote against the amendment because in the form it was presented in, it would have arguably allowed slavery as punishment for a crime instead of preventing it like it was intended. The amendment should have never gone to ballot in the form it was in. It was not a yes/no vote to allow slavery.

[@kimh.5932]

Here in Oregon, 45% voted to keep it. Ug! That was almost 700,000 people. 😜