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Can You Name a Country?

Senator Ted Cruz recently tweeted a segment that he likely did not realize was from our show. About two years ago, we went out on the street and asked people, if they could name a country on the map. Many of them could not. This had nothing to do with their political affiliation, but Ted Cruz posted it and wrote… “This is Bernie’s base - the same folks who tell pollsters that socialism is great because free stuff is cool & they have no idea how many countries have tried it and utterly failed. The antidote: facts, truth & substance.” Unfortunately, the guy talking about facts, truth and substance, made that all up. These were not Bernie supporters - we don’t know who they supported, we didn’t ask. Bernie wasn’t even running when we shot that. So, we decided to revisit this by asking people who do not support Bernie Sanders (in fact, quite the opposite) to name a country, and this is how that went. Trump Says Coronavirus is Very Much Under Control https://youtu.be/PbrX_uadZPA SUBSCRIBE to get the latest #KIMMEL: http://bit.ly/JKLSubscribe Watch Mean Tweets: http://bit.ly/KimmelMT10 Connect with Jimmy Kimmel Live Online: Visit the Jimmy Kimmel Live WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/JKLWebsite Like Jimmy Kimmel on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/KimmelFB Like Jimmy Kimmel Live on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/JKLFacebook Follow @JimmyKimmel on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/KimmelTW Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/JKLTwitter Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/JKLInstagram About Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy-winning "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC's late-night talk show. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" is well known for its huge viral video successes with 5.6 billion views on YouTube alone. Some of Kimmel's most popular comedy bits include - Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Jimmy's Twerk Fail Prank, Unnecessary Censorship, YouTube Challenge, The Baby Bachelor, Movie: The Movie, Handsome Men's Club, Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective and music videos like "I (Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" and a Blurred Lines parody with Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Jimmy and his security guard Guillermo. Now in its seventeenth season, Kimmel's guests have included: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Larry David, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Foxx, Amy Poehler, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Oprah, and unfortunately Matt Damon. Can You Name a Country? https://youtu.be/umpalMtQE50

Jimmy Kimmel Live

3 years ago

ted cruz tweeted a segment uh a video that he likely didn't realize was from our show about two years ago we went out and street we asked people we asked random people passing by if they could name a country on a map we set up and many of them could not name a country it had nothing to do with their political affiliation but ted cruz posted and wrote this is bernie's base the same folks who tell pollsters that socialism is great because free stuff is cool and they have no idea how many countries
have tried it and utterly failed the antidote facts truth and substance unfortunately the guys talking about facts truth and substance made that all up they were not bernie supporters we don't know who they supported we didn't ask bernie wasn't even running when we shot this but in fairness to sweaty teddy we decided to revisit this subject we went on the street and we asked people who do not support bernie sanders sanders in fact quite the opposite we asked them to name a country any country a
nd this is how they did are you registered democrat republican republican can you name a country on this map nobody does africa nope russia nope that's china anything over here uh all right so it's basically europe where is europe don't know are you a democrat by chance i am not can you name a country on this map asia or africa that's a continent oh okay can you name a country in africa no can you support the president yeah can you name a country on this map how about this about this country any
thing here no anything here no how about this country gabby can you name a country on this map what there's any country oh my i don't know how about this yeah i don't know what that is how about this texas no india i don't know can you point to a country on the set ussr uh russia yes can you point to it no that's china oh we're already my fault tiffany are you a democrat or republican republican most definitely can you name a country on this map mexico uh it's right down here nope that's india w
hat's this that would be asia no that's africa but how about this here anything over here what about this continent i have no idea how about anything over here that's a confusing one what about this pacific right oh yes yes yes yes what is this i don't know how about i don't know nope oh no no no nothing do you support ted cruz yes yes all right oh that's it's very sad but you can go ahead and post that dude though if you like that video click subscribe and we'll be together until one of us dies

Comments

@osmanomar4586

that’s why american troops are all over the world. they don’t know where they are.

@luffy34__

As a Indian 🇮🇳 I am proud to be Mexicano🇲🇽

@yourdude513

„Can you name a County?“ „USSR“ „Its russia now“ Loved that one

@eraustosampaio

In fact, this is very scary. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, New Zealand.

@crazynundun6619

This makes me instantly fell like the smartest person on Earth

@philippemarjolet1424

I worked twenty years as flight attendant on long haul flights One day flying back to the US from London I started chatting with an American lady after her stay in the UK I asked her if she enjoyed England : she said she really liked the country and the fact they speak such good English 😂😂

@tagnetron9444

This is how the rest of the world views Americans. Honest.

@bookreader5043

As an American that has studied Geography, this made me want to cry. Just ONE country people!

@emoculus5772

As an American, I make a point to practice my world geography every day so I don’t end up like these people. That way if someone comes up to me on the street and asks me to name a country, I have at least half and their locations memorized.

@fajarputras3300

"That's China." "Nope Senator, that's Singapore."

@sharkrancher282

This could be my imagination, but a good number of these folks seemed almost PROUD to not be able to located even a single country. Like, a bunch had a "why would I?" sort of response to being asked if they could find a country.

@nerd_alert927

As an American with a bachelor's in Geography, this made me cry. It also made me cry when I went to go find a job in the field. 😆 🤣

@captainclean8024

Half of these people look like they’ve never heard the word “country” before

@rice1345

This is terrifying. Greetings from Pyongyang, Denmark 🇩🇰

@Nothingending

This is very sad and honestly scary. Greetings from Poland, the Island that England, the capital of London is located on!

@richardmcdonald6237

I workrd with a guy from El Salvador once. A coworker asked " What part of Mexico is El Salvador in ?" Without missing a beat the Salvadorian answered " The southern part."

@idrk7509

this is very sad for Americans, greetings from Tokyo, Africa

@Gias1

I hope the schoolsystem gets improved, greetings from The Netherlands, capiltal of Paris.

@pualamnusantara7903

...."Tell me you're an American without telling me that you're an American." Greetings from Indonesia, the largest city in Africa.

@pancake6027

I’m an American who actually knows geography, and it’s just embarrassing to watch grown adults not be able to name a country, they literally think continents are countries