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Just rewatched parts of season one


Just looked through each episode, and i just came across something hilarious from Season 1 Episode 2. They are having a segment about a law, and they are talking about Mexicans a lot, and the conversation goes like this:

McAvoy: I'm gonna go ahead and assume that you're a supporter of Second Amendment rights, judging by the rifle you've placed in your live shot.

Ross Fernholm: Yes, sir.

McAvoy: A frequent argument you hear from gun rights advocates is that we don't need any more new laws, what we need is a governmet to enforce the laws we already have. Couldn't the same be said about immigration policy?

Ross Fernholm: Yes, sir.

McAvoy: I'm saying you're a supporter of the new law, right?

Ross Fernholm: Yes, sir.

McAvoy: Because?

Ross Fernholm: ....

McAvoy: Because laws that are unwieldy and unenforceable aren't laws at all.

Ross Fernholm: I don't follow. And, Mr. McAdoo

McAvoy: MvAvoy

Ross Fernholm: I beg your pardon?

McAvoy: Doesn't matter

Ross Fernholm: Why don't we just build a damn wall. The Chinese built one and you can see it from space. Are the chinese better than us?

McAvoy: No. Although there's an old saying, "Show me a 15-foot wall and i'll show you a 16-foot ladder"

Ross Fernholm: Then let's just build a 17-foot wall. Hell, build it 18 feet.

McAvoy: Yes. Yep. But you see their point, right?

Ross Fernholm: Whose point?

McAvoy: The people who build ladders.


Seems like Donald Trump got his idea watching The Newsroom. My stomach hurt from laughing so much when i watched this scene again after all the "Let's build a wall" from Trump.

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Haha. Been 4 yrs since I have watched and I thank you for bringing that line back to memory. I miss this show.

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The only flaw in that theory is that The Newsroom isn't about Donald Trump so he wouldn't be watching it.

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Safe to assume that appeared in the show because an actual Tea Bagger said it at some point back then. And of course all Trump has done is listen to the Tea Baggers and base his entire platform on catering to whatever they want to hear.

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