so like you can zoom jesus but not jack daniels. d.l. so a christian society is christian brothers i got to go. what are you drinking? thank you, man. a little, what is this? casa azule. it s tequila. come on man. you know. i didn t go to school. this is a green drink. cheers. happy juneteenth. i am holding up my cup. cheers. tell your mama hey i will. she is watching sir. juneteenth is the day i passed out. so it is not really a celebration to pass out on tv. take care. all right. man, take care. make sure you get the book. d.l. huguely author of how to survive america. so he got an nfl contract but the navy says he can t play. cameron kinley wants to fulfill his childhood dream and serve his country. he is here with me next. with extra broccolini. my tuuuurrrrn!
segment. pay attention. president joe biden making it official from now on this country will commemorate june 19, 1865, juneteenth, as the end of slavery in the united states. comedian d.l. huguely is skeptical about this new federal holiday. he is also an author, very prolific. the author of how to survive america and he joins me now. d.l., good to see you. what s up, young plan? good to see you, too. you all right? i m doing great. i know you are as well. i can t wait to talk about your book but i want your take on juneteenth becoming a federal holiday. i saw you tweeted this. you said, america is the only place on earth where you ask for justice but you get a holiday. what were you thinking? right. well, ultimately it s this. if you order something online, they send you something that wasn t quite what you ordered but it s dope so you keep it but it doesn t change the fact that you want what you order. what we ordered was justice. it s dope we got juneteenth.
society, but when the government took over and everything shut down, everything was gone. churches were closed, but liquor stores were open. you can zoom jesus but not jack daniels. i got to go. what are you drinking? thank you, man. a little what is this? casa azul. it s tequila. happy juneteenth to you. i m holding up my cup and i m ch cheersing you. juneteenth is the day i passed out on tv. all right, man. take care. make sure you get the book. it is d.l. hughley, the author of how to survive america. so he got an nfl contract, but the navy says that he can t play. cameron kinley wants to fulfill his childhood dream and serve his country. he s here with me next.
okay. i know you re going to enjoy this segment, so pay attention. president joe biden making it official. from now on this country will commemorate june 19, 1865, juneteenth, as the end of slavery in the united states. but comedian d.l. hughley is skeptical about this new federal holiday. i should say he s also an author. he s very prolific. the author of how to survive america, and he joins me now. d.l., good to see you. what s up, young man? good to see you today. all right in. i m doing great. i know you re doing great as well. i want to get your take on juneteenth becoming a federal holiday because you tweeted, america is the only place on earth where you ask for justice but you get a holiday. what were you thinking? right. well, ultimately it s this. have you ever got something, you ordered something online. they send you something that wasn t quite what you ordered, but it s dope, so you keep it.
i think a couple things we believe is we have to organize the voters just as we did in 2018, just as we did in 2020, we have to organize our communities, educate our communities, and we have to show up with a coalition of black people, white people, latinx people, indigenous folks, asian-americans, those of us who really believe in democracy have to say no, and it s more of us than it is a small group of elite racist folks who want to be able to maintain and keep power. well, we will see you in d.c. latosha brown, when you get here, we ll be there. latosha brown, thank you very much. still ahead, happy juneteenth. d.l. hughley is here to talk about his searingly hilarious new book how to survive america. but first, irony reaches new heights of awfulness in tonight s absolute worst. stay with us. don t like surprises? [ watch vibrates ] proactive notifications from fidelity keep you tuned in all day long. so when something happens that could affect your portfolio,