 So I don't know if you all watched Boy Meets World growing up as I did since I am very very old but I watched it and It was okay. It was more of a mid-show like when I tuned in to TGIF every Friday night It wasn't my favorite show. I much preferred family matters step by step Sabrina the Teenage Witch, but this is one that I watched and Corey from Boy Meets World I don't know his real name. He's running for Congress now so he went on CNN to talk about his campaign and I just have to point out that it's It's insufferable to watch celebrities run for Congress because They're getting attention that like normal people would not get had they decided to run for Congress like I brought on Dozens maybe over a hundred political candidates who are running for office on my show and they all struggle to get Any attention whatsoever by the mainstream media, but this dude because he was on Boy Meets World He automatically gets a CNN interview. It's just it's really frustrating, right? Because Congress is supposed to be a body representative of normal working-class people. I get it. It's a joke, right? We're talking 2023 America here, but in theory, that's the way that it's supposed to function But like you can't get a fair shake if you're just a normal person, but if you're some dude who was on Boy Meets World 50 years ago. All right, come on. We'll let you share why you're running for Congress and I watched part of this I just get the sense that this dude is very milk toast, right? I pulled up his website so we're gonna look over what he stands for in a moment here, but there's nothing special about him that Warrants this coverage of his campaign at the national level compared to any other candidate He's just getting brought on because he's Topanga's boyfriend And just like his character on the hit 90s sitcom Boy Meets World actor Ben Savage is Seeking a new role in the world of politics running as a Democrat to become a member of Congress for the California seat Currently held by Congressman Adam Schiff who's making a run for the Senate. Ben Savage joins me now. Hey, Ben Thanks for joining us being an actor in Hollywood Seems like it'd be a lot more fun than being a congressman. Why would you want to do this? Thanks for having me Jake Well, Jake, I haven't I haven't had a job in quite some time And I'm bored so That's why I think because I think we need new and positive leadership in DC I grew up in a home that was very passionate about politics President Kennedy was revered in my household We were always taught to this reminds me of that scene from the office where Andy Bernard thinks that his family is related to Michelle Obama and his girlfriend Erin at the time is like, oh my god What if what if she asks me what your stance on politics? What am I gonna say or what your thoughts on politics or something like that? It's very generic very broad For our country and our community and I want to see that in Washington, DC I want to see positive Optimistic leaders who are there to fix things get things done and do some good in Washington. Wow That That convinces me I want to go to DC and do good things. Oh the fuck finally Where have you been? Why hasn't somebody decided to go to DC? On the platform of doing good things. I just feel like look It seems like a perfectly nice guy. You've got to have some better reason than that, right? Because right now it just seems like You're bored That's it. Yeah, so far he said nothing exactly artillery has nailed it there He said nothing best platform ever. I'm for good things and against bad things Uh standing ovation, sir Isn't your first run for political office last year you ran and lost a race for the west hollywood city council What did you learn from that experience and and why do you think this campaign will be any different? That was a wonderful experience for me. It was my first time running for office So I certainly learned a lot, but uh, west hollywood's a very passionate community I had a great time and uh I think I want to bring my message of positivity and bringing people together to washington Well, wow a message of positivity and bringing people together in washington That's gonna work really well. That's gonna work so fucking great Hi, i'm ben savage. You may remember me from boy meets world. I was to panga's boyfriend The republican immediately starts shitting themselves and filming at the mouth and spits in his face Oh, well see Whoa, that wasn't very great, but uh, you know, I do believe that we can work together And this is the beginning of a very fruitful relationship. He's so naive. This really does seem to me that like mental wise Like he's still in that quarry mindset Like he has the mentality of a 12 year old or however old quarry was when the show ended This is just very stupid. You're bringing positivity to dc. I don't know what that means from a policy standpoint What does positivity look like because it sounds like you're running for school president and this isn't what you would expect from a political campaign Win that race and you'll win this one, you know, that was my first time running and I was a little new to the political scene in dc I'm sorry in west hollywood. And uh, I think I want to kind of bring my message to a larger audience And uh, see see how well we can do but we're very excited We've gotten a very positive reception and I think people are very enthusiastic about Having some new fresh leadership. We've gotten a positive reception the reception being Hey, aren't you quarry from boy meets world? So I was thoroughly unimpressed by this Two-minute clip that we've seen to be fair. It was more like one minute 30 seconds Since we couldn't watch the first part of it because that featured copyrighted content But let's look at his platform here um, I feel like I'm being a little bit too harsh but Everything about him screams Mediocrity, but let's see his priorities So I support a robust public safety presence to keep the community safe and vibrant. Okay. Let's pause right here quarry This is the first thing that we see when you when we go to your priorities page And your very very first priority is more cops Are you fucking kidding me quarry? More cops that's the number one thing that you want all of us to see Strike number one affordable housing Okay, that's good It's an issue worthy of our time and requires innovative thinking towards presenting realistic solutions I'm in favor of build build build while being mindful of the effects of growth in our community's infrastructure environment and traffic I mean, we're already building. There's a fuck ton of empty houses. I mean Okay, let me get to the solutions before I shit on this. Um He is an advocate for renters rights protections for tenants and affordable options for our most vulnerable Great, but if you really want to make housing affordable then Why not offer a public option so that way if these private companies Don't care about giving people places to live and profit is their number one priority Why not make them compete with the government? Create affordable public housing that people can rent in lieu of private housing Why do they have to go to the market for that if you really care about housing then why isn't that an option? Protect organized labor. Okay, that's good. He supports unions um reinvigorate our economy Encourage entrepreneurship by making it simpler to start and run a small business. What does that mean tax cuts? a lot of this is very like Larpy to me like it feels like he's a high school student who's doing this for his final project um education Universal free school meals great. They already have that in california Maybe nationally free universal pre-k free community college. Okay. This is where I'm going to give you another strike Free community college. Just say free college All public colleges should be tuition free. Why can't we go that extra step? Why can't you do that? See, this is where I get irritated by these moat toast democrats who propose a lot of nibbling around the edges a lot of incrementalist reforms But never full-throated reforms that would address the root causes of the issues that they talk about Okay We must restore trust and government. We must restore civility. Oh that i'm fucking getting wet Talk about civility and whoo That's fucking uh, nothing. I want to hear more than than fucking Civility at a time when fascism is coming to the country Bring back mutual respect amongst neighbors regardless of political affiliation. Okay strike three you're out Just with this nonsense right here. You are so naive to think that republicans Aren't going to shit down your throat the second you arrive in congress That tells me right there alone that you don't know what the fuck you're getting yourself into. Okay They don't give a fuck about your civility or decorum or respectful demeanor to them They don't care about that What their goal is to do is to deliver for their donors and Simultaneously inflict as much pain as possible on the american people and on top of that There is a majority of democrats who want to do the same fucking thing. I'll be it in a more polite fashion So for you saying oh, we're gonna get to i'm gonna get to congress and we're gonna sing kumbaya and hold hands That tells me that you are so naive That the thought of you running for congress is fucking insane to me health care Affordable health care. Oh, that's a great word affordable health care. Let's hear what the fucking probably millionaire child actor thinks is affordable but As your congressman, I will support and advocate for a functional universal health care system that works and is held accountable with checks and balances okay What does that mean though a functional universal health care system? And it's held accountable with checks and balances. What in the fuck does that even mean? I can't even begin to fathom what point he's trying to make here and let's be very clear When he says universal health care system. This doesn't mean what it used to mean This doesn't mean health care should be free at the point of service. Otherwise, he would have said specifically He supports medicare for all But universal can mean oh universal in the sense that we lower the cost so much that Everyone can get it and it's effectively universal. It's basically a weasel word, right? You know how kyle kolinsky always talks about weasel words. This is one of the main weasel words right here, okay? and as uh As a member of congress, he would do these things So in other words not do medicare for all If I go to your health care section and I don't see medicare for all Strike one two and three you're out. If you don't support medicare for all Then you think it's appropriate for thousands of americans every single year to die Maybe you don't think it's appropriate, but you think that it's acceptable, right? And if you don't support medicare for all, I don't support you. Go fuck yourself. Cory Women's rights codify real view aid. Okay, great environmental protection Support environmental regulations that keep us safe clean and prosperous. Okay, great oppose offshore drilling. Okay, that's good Um embracing diversity expanding equality Um, he's a proud ally to the lgbtq plus community awesome And gun violence when it's enough enough ban weapons of war So listen overall This platform is extremely unimpressive I mean you talk about Bringing new faces new leadership to congress But this is the same fucking things that other milk toast corporate democrat support You're running for adam shift seed. So how are you different in any meaningful way? Then adam shift. Are you just going to support the same milk toast incrementalist policies? I mean, it's just This kind of shit irritates me. So this is not really a serious candidate, but because He's topanga's boyfriend well He's being taken taken seriously by the mainstream media, but yeah positivity. It's great. It's great Um, do you support maybe a girl for shift seat? I mean If maybe a girl is running for shift seat hell, yeah over Cory Ben is a shitlib Well said james from the internet This is what an actual shitlib looks like, you know, all of the uh jimmy door sick offense will run around calling other lefties um Shit libs, but like this is quintessential shit livery right here where you have this dude It's a panga's boyfriend slash husband. I can't remember how the show ended the brother of eric student of mr. Feeney Who is just fucking? Proposing not even the bare minimum. He doesn't even support medicare for all Fuck you Maybe i'm being a little bit too hard on him But um, fuck you cori And fuck your wife too topanga didn't cori's wife topanga wasn't she involved in some weird ass cryptos game? I should look into that or her husband was let me see here topanga Topanga husband Scandal i don't know what the there was something going on there Oh, it was this weird ass story. So do you all remember this? God damn the ads taking up half the fucking screen okay Viral cinnamon toast crunch shrimp tail guy is actually married to topanga from boy meets world and the internet is losing it right So There's a dude who claimed that there was shrimp tails in his cereal Why did I think that he was involved in a crypto scam? By the way, I just felt like maybe that's the go-to for celebrities nowadays One fan guessed how this scenario would have played out in boy meets world Cori mathews would absolutely Have found shrimp tails in his cereal and had no idea what to do with until topanga showed up a person wrote That's stupid. Um, I don't know if this turned out to be a hoax or anything like that but Yeah Topanga is married to the guy who This is so she's married to the guy who found shrimp tails in his cinnamon toast crunch Well, you know what topanga? That's what you get for leaving Cori You were a perfect couple and you fucked it up. So yeah