Trevor Noah Thinks Politics Became Sports

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]I blame part of it on the sort of sportsification of politics in America. Politics has become the way sports is in that you have a team.

[00:00:11]>> Mhm.

[00:00:12]>> [clears throat] >> You stick to that team forever. You And again, please correct me if I'm wrong here, but I I distinctly remember watching American television and watching American people regular people get interviewed about their lives about everything.

[00:00:26]I would commonly hear people say the phrase, you know, well, my mom was a Republican and my dad was a Democrat.

[00:00:31]Oh, my dad was a Democrat and my mom was a Republican. But they they like say that all the time. People would talk about how their families and then they wouldn't even say was, they would say voted. Mhm. You know, they go like, my dad voted Republican in the last election. And oh, and people would say that on the news. I'd watch interviews.

[00:00:44]They'd be like, well, I voted Democrat last time, but I'm not happy with things are going, so I'm I'm going to vote Republican this time because I'm not pretty But it was an action as opposed to an identity.

[00:00:53]>> Yeah. Right. And I was going to say I think that is so spot-on that it has become so tribal and you're we're talking about why people sort of stick with Trump no matter what. I think changing or pivoting or reconsidering is an assault to their whole identity.

[00:01:14]>> I think to all of us, to be honest.

[00:01:15]>> I I think so, too.