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The night time after the midterm election polls closed, Seth Meyers advised viewers that he wished to solely use probably the most “cautious” language to explain the state of the nonetheless undecided battle to regulate each homes of Congress: “Republicans fucked up and shit the mattress like a bunch of jabronis.”
“I forgot to say, our election man is from New Jersey, like Dr. Oz!” the Late Night time host added.
Regardless of assured predictions of a “crimson wave” from Fox Information pundits and a “crimson tsunami” from GOP politicians like Ted Cruz, Democrats ended up doing a lot better than anticipated virtually throughout the board. “If there was actually a tsunami coming, everyone knows Ted Cruz would have been on the primary flight to Cancun,” Meyers joked.
Contemplating the political and financial headwinds going through Democrats going into this week’s elections, the truth that management of Congress stays a “toss-up” as of Wednesday is “loopy,” the host stated.
He then turned to what he known as “by far probably the most dramatic and my favourite instance of how poorly issues went for Republicans,” the “surprising growth” in Colorado’s third Congressional District, the place GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert continues to be trailing her Democratic opponent in a race that “completely nobody thought can be aggressive.”
“I’m not saying I used to be excited final night time after I noticed these outcomes, however I did rush into my youngsters’ room at 3 a.m. to shake them and scream, ‘Get up! Lauren Boebert is dropping!’” Meyers stated. And for anybody complicated Boebert together with her lookalike Sarah Palin, who was additionally working for a Home seat in Alaska on Tuesday night time, he added, “Don’t fear, they’re each dropping, so that you don’t even should hold them straight.”
Later, Meyers reacted to former President Donald Trump’s pre-election declaration that he ought to get the entire credit score for a Republican victory however not one of the blame ought to the celebration be defeated.
“I imply, in fact that’s what Trump would say, that’s how he’s operated his entire life,” the host stated. “He desires credit score for every thing and blame for nothing. He’s the definition of a ‘heads I win, tails you lose’ type of man, besides he nonetheless one way or the other manages to lose.”
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