Late-night hosts discuss Kevin McCarthy’s tortuous election and the January 6-style insurrection attempt in Brazil
Seth Meyers on Kevin McCarthy’s late-night election: ‘If you’re that old and you’re up after midnight, you’re probably drunk and buying something real dumb off QVC.’Seth Meyers on Kevin McCarthy’s late-night election: ‘If you’re that old and you’re up after midnight, you’re probably drunk and buying something real dumb off QVC.’Seth Meyersat 12.29am on Saturday morning.
“Oh? Can you?” Meyers laughed. “Because the only person in that chamber that I trust to count is this lady,” he said in reference to the House clerk, Cheryl Johnson, who presided over all 15 votes. “It’s not exactly confidence-inspiring when you’re trying to become second in line to the presidency and your big brag is that you share a skill with a muppet.
“I don’t know if men should hold political office, they’re just too emotional,” he deadpanned over the tense confrontation between McCarthy and Gaetz. Speaking to reporters, the new speaker tried to frame the dysfunction as a positive: “because it took this long, now we know how to govern”.
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