Stewart, Colbert, and Kimmel recap last night's debate

Last year, I wished my readers "A somber Patriot Day, the anniversary of 9/11." That's still the appropriate salutation for today, but I'm not in a particularly somber mood because I'm still enjoying last night's debate performance by Kamala Harris against convicted criminal Donald Trump AKA Hoover Cleveland, which is even better filtered through the late night talk show hosts. I begin with Jon Stewart Tackles Harris & Trump's Debate and What This Means for the Election | The Daily Show.

Jon Stewart goes live after the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Filled with face-offs over abortion access, border control, and for some reason eating cats? Jon breaks down what this all means for the election.

Jon Stewart is taking full advantage of the live show by dropping f-bombs on air. Standards and practices? What's that? Just the same, it's working, or at least not getting in the way. This clip has more than 2 million views!

Stewart's view count and preview image were enough to move Stephen Colbert's LIVE Monologue: Harris Gets Under Trump's Skin | Eating Cats And Dogs | Taylor Swift's Endorsement to second position from the planned first.

Stephen Colbert delivers his LIVE monologue following the first debate between VP Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

The only fact Harris failed to drop when she attacked Hoover Cleveland over his inviting the Taliban to Camp David to negotiate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that eventually resulted in the fall of Kabul was that he planned on doing so on the anniversary of 9/11. Otherwise, *chef's kiss,* which Taylor Swift also deserves for her endorsement.

I close with Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down the Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump & Kamala Harris.

Jimmy breaks down the debate of the decade between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and it was quite the beating, Trump spent the day posting cat memes after a debunked story that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, VP candidate JD Vance can’t stop bringing attention to these stories, Trump keeps intentionally mispronouncing Kamala Harris’ name, he seems to KNOW and NOT KNOW a lot of things, and Jimmy checks in with our panel of political experts for their thoughts on the debate: Gavin Newsom (Josh Meyers), MyPillow Mike Lindell (James Adomian), and JD Vance (Haley Joel Osment).

While Dick Cheney endorsing Harris made Stewart ill, it made Kimmel recognize his pragmatism. I'm with Kimmel right now. Cheney almost certainly deserved his portrayal in Vice, which is not flattering, but he's a smart political player. Not only is he endorsing Harris because she has the gun that will stop the charging rhino that is Trump, but he also would like his old political party back and stopping Trump is the only way to get it. I think this is necessary but not sufficient, so he and his daughter will be disappointed, but I'll take his support for Harris regardless of his motives.

As for Trump AKA Hoover Cleveland repeating the fiction of Haitian immigrants eating pets, it's another example of his vulnerability to conspiracy theories. He still hasn't learned that the voices he's listening to aren't reliable sources. This includes JD Vance.

That's a wrap for the silly takes on the debate. Stay tuned to see if I return with serious or more silly reactions to the debate tomorrow, or I stick with my plan to cover Fallout's Emmy wins and nominations for National Video Games Day tomorrow.