Seth Meyers blasts Republicans for 'whining about comedy shows' in wake of Kamala Harris' “SNL” cameo
"This is how they are choosing to end their campaign," the "Late Night" host said.
Seth Meyers is fed up with Republicans complaining about Kamala Harris' Saturday Night Live cameo.
The comedian went on a rapid-fire tirade about the backlash against the Vice President's semi-contentious SNL appearance during the "Closer Look" segment of Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday.
"An exhausted and seemingly despondent Donald Trump is closing out his campaign with rambling speeches to dwindling crowds, threatening violence, making baseless allegations of cheating, floating the possibility of banning vaccines, and complaining about Saturday Night Live," the host began, joking that the former president is upset about Meyers' departure from SNL a decade ago. "Is it that he misses me on '[Weekend] Update'? Oh, well if it's not that, then f--- him!"
Harris briefly appeared on Saturday's episode of SNL in the cold open sketch, wherein Maya Rudolph's version of Harris looked in a mirror to hype herself up before election night and saw the real Vice President on the other side.
The Democratic nominee's 90-second appearance on the show triggered criticism from conservatives, including the Trump-appointed FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who claimed the cameo constituted "a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule" — the rule that ensures that "no legally qualified candidate for office is unfairly given less access to the airwaves — outside of bona fide news exemptions — than their opponent."
To provide the Trump campaign equal time to Harris' SNL appearance, NBC aired a 90-second message from the former president, wherein he claimed that a Harris presidency would trigger a "depression," and implored viewers to "go and vote."
Elsewhere in the "Closer Look" segment, Meyers mocked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) for his remarks about SNL. "Even yesterday, Kamala Harris was apparently on an airplane headed to Michigan, they called her, 'Do you wanna be on Saturday Night Live?' And then, you know, did a U-turn and went to Saturday Night Live — by the way, in violation of the law," Rubio said in a clip from a rally that aired during the Late Night segment. "But my only hope was, I hope she laughed on Saturday Night Live in front of millions of people just heard her laughing for a few minutes, 'cause that's probably worth 2-3 million votes right there."
Meyers was baffled by Rubio's statements. "Marco Rubio, that's how you think it works?" he asked. "Lorne calls a presidential candidate a few hours before the show and they make their plane do a U-turn? That, I would believe is a violation of the law — aviation law."
Later in the segment, Meyers reiterated, "This is how they are choosing to end their campaign: unhinged allegations of cheating, whining about comedy shows, floating plans to ban vaccines, and threatening to retaliate against enemies, outlaw polls, and penalize speech they don't like."
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Watch the full segment from Late Night with Seth Meyers above.