Ronny Chieng on Lawrence O’Donnell’s Humble-Brag About Attending Harvard: ‘Do They Have Room for One More’ at El Salvador Prison?

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CHIENG: "Oh, God, the only thing worse than people bragging about going to Harvard is people pretending to be embarrassed about going to Harvard. It's like, 'Oh, my darkest secret? Please don’t make me tell anyone. Please, no. I went to Harvard. Harvard! Harvard. Har-vard!' My favorite guy there is Lawrence O’Donnell. He’s really embarrassed he has to talk about this. I mean, it’s definitely not something he would bring up all the time, over the course of many years."

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O'DONNELL: "Let me just say confessionally, I went to Harvard College. (...) Most of the good things that have happened to me in some way trace back to Harvard. (...) You and I, as Harvard Americans... (...) I first heard him speak as a guest lecturer at Harvard. (...) Okay, well, I got into Harvard, too. In fact, it was the only college I applied to."

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CHIENG: "So, I know we’re trying to bring people back from the El Salvador megaprison, but do they have room for one more by any chance?"