Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Meyers, Colbert, and 'The Daily Show' take their last closer looks at the election before the votes are counted

Today is the last day to vote in this year's election, so it's time for a final round of pre-election monologues from the late-night talk-show hosts, beginning with Late Night with Seth Meyers' Trump's Dark, Weird & Desperate Closing Message: Lies, Threats & Complaints About SNL: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at an exhausted and despondent Donald Trump closing out his campaign with rambling speeches to dwindling crowds, threats of violence, baseless allegations of cheating, vaccine ban possibilities and complaints about Saturday Night Live.
A Prius with a bumper sticker that reads "Science Is Real"? I feel seen! Speaking of science being real, I wish RFK Jr. thought so.

Being frustrated at the polls being tied is one of the themes of all the monologues, which is why the Des Moines Register's Selzer poll came as such a relief to Kamala Harris and her supporters. Stephen Colbert took it that way in Senior Women Back Harris In Iowa | America's Fresh Start | Trump vs. The Microphone.

A respected Iowa pollster predicts VP Kamala Harris will win big among that state's female voters, the Harris-Walz campaign promised a fresh start for the country if they win, and the former president had major trouble with a microphone at one of his rallies.
The other theme was convicted criminal Donald Trump's antics with the microphone. I'm recycling my reaction from Stewart, Meyers, and Colbert take closer looks at Trump 'working' at McDonald's: "I'm not happy about it. I'm sure Standards and Practices wasn't, either."

I close with Harris’s Star-Studded Closer, Trump’s Handsy Mic Moment & RIP Peanut the Squirrel | The Daily Show.

Jordan Klepper recaps the candidates' election closers: Kamala Harris's star-studded message of joy and Trump's "oral" presentation with his mic stand. Plus, Michael Kosta explains how Peanut the Squirrel's death could help Trump target niche undecided voters.
I don't like what happened to Peanut the Squirrel, either, but I don't see what it has to do with national Democrats beyond New York Governor Kathy Hochul being a Democrat. I guess that's enough for MAGA. Still, it's an example of the surest way to get Americans to act is to mess with their entertainm­ent.

That's it for today. Stay tuned for election results beginning tomorrow. I hope election night doesn't turn into an election month, but I'm not optimistic.

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