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00:00Hey, I'm Elisa Kreisinger and I'm here on the purple carpet for not the White
00:04House Correspondence Dinner. We're gonna play a little game. Can these people
00:07really tell the difference between something a Republican said and
00:10something that came from the dystopian novel that we all read in high school
00:12but didn't think would become real life? A Handmaid's Tale. Let's find out.
00:16Republican or Handmaid's Tale? Okay. I understand that women feel like it is
00:20their body. I call them a host. And you know when you enter into a relationship
00:23you're gonna be that host. Republican or Handmaid's Tale? I think that's a Republican.
00:27That is from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
00:31Republican. Republican. Republican. Oh Republican. Republican. That was Republican
00:36Oklahoma representative Justin Humphrey. Justin. Wait, what's his name?
00:42Justin Humphrey. Oh Justin. I remember that. Yup. Yup.
00:46Republican or Handmaid's Tale? Societal collapse was always brought about
00:49following the advent of the deterioration of marriage and family.
00:53Republican or Handmaid's Tale? Republican. You gotta go with Republican.
00:56Republican. Republican. Handmaid's Tale. That sounds Republican to me.
00:59Republican. Republican. Republican Mike Pence. What? What's happening?
01:06As soon as I'm excited about winning I realize we all lose. All of us.
01:11Republican or Handmaid's Tale? We're two-legged wombs. That's all. Just sacred vessels.
01:16Republican or Handmaid's Tale? Handmaid's Tale. You go either way but I'm gonna go with
01:20Handmaid's Tale. That sounds like Republican as well. Republican. That is the
01:25Handmaid's Tale. Handmaid's Tale. Handmaid's Tale!
01:29I really know my dystopia. Republican or Handmaid's Tale? I think that putting a wife
01:34to work is a very dangerous thing. If this is Republican I'm gonna take all these
01:38cameras and kick them over. I'll go with Republican. I'm gonna say Handmaid's Tale.
01:43Republican? I'm gonna go Republican just because it seems mean. Donald Trump. You are correct.
01:49Fuck off. Come on. Oh boy. Donald Trump. Ugh. You know what? I want to tell you I am more
02:00scared
02:00now than I have been since November. So I think what we've realized here tonight is
02:05that our current reality is stranger than fiction. And I need a drink.