Late-Night Hosts Mock Trump After Democratic Midterm Gains
Late-night television hosts used their November 4 broadcasts to lampoon Trump and his response to the midterm results, in which Democrats took control of Congress. Their jokes focused on his campaign appearances and efforts to distance himself from the Republican losses.
Jimmy Fallon tied the outcome to Trump’s last campaign stop before the election, a visit to the reflecting pool beside the Lincoln Memorial, where the president had promoted renovation work. Fallon joked that the country had turned blue and described the result as a wave driven by an orange president. He also made a joke about departing Republicans staging a reverse version of January 6.
Jimmy Kimmel called the Democratic win a blue tsunami and made fun of Trump’s remarks about Republican Jon Husted’s physique. Husted lost Ohio’s Senate race to Democrat Sherrod Brown. Kimmel further faulted Trump for blaming others and claiming Republicans would have won by a landslide if he had been on the ballot. Kimmel’s response was to urge him to stop talking, and later to resign.
Seth Meyers likewise mocked Trump’s efforts to shift responsibility and pointed to a subdued response on Fox News. The Daily Show posted a brief message congratulating Trump on what it called a successful regime change. The jokes continued a long-running dispute between Trump and prominent late-night hosts, whom he has attacked and threatened with losing their programs.
Trump’s Loss Exposes the Cost of His Politics
Democrats’ midterm victory gave late-night hosts a fresh opening to highlight what they saw as Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility. Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers turned the president’s reaction into the focus of their November 4 broadcasts.
Kimmel challenged Trump’s claim that Republicans would have won by a landslide if he had been on the ballot, arguing that his influence was already present across the campaign. He also urged Trump to resign. The rebuke followed Trump’s criticism of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, attacks on Fox News coverage and effort to absolve himself of blame.
Fallon tied the result to Trump’s last campaign appearance before the election at the memorial pool beside the Lincoln Memorial, joking that the country had turned blue. Kimmel also mocked Trump’s campaign remarks about Republican Jon Husted, who lost Ohio’s Senate race to Democrat Sherrod Brown.
Meyers focused on Trump’s blame-shifting, while The Daily Show posted a message framing the result as a regime change. The hosts’ jokes underscored the stakes of a president trying to disown a defeat after Democrats won control of Congress.
Late-Night Hosts Turn Midterm Results Into Anti-Trump Attacks
Democrats’ midterm gains quickly became material for late-night hosts eager to target Donald Trump. Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers devoted jokes to the president’s election-night aftermath, with Kimmel going beyond mockery to demand that Trump resign.
Kimmel attacked Trump for saying Republicans would have won by a landslide if he had been on the ballot. Fallon used Trump’s last campaign stop before the election, at the pool beside the Lincoln Memorial, as a setup for jokes about the country turning blue. Their treatment made the election a vehicle for renewed criticism of the president, rather than simply a contest over congressional control.
The hosts also took aim at Trump’s response to Republican losses. Kimmel mocked his comments about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Fox News, as well as his remarks about Jon Husted, who lost Ohio’s Senate race to Democrat Sherrod Brown. Meyers joined in by focusing on Trump’s effort to shift blame.
The Daily Show added a social-media post calling the result a successful regime change. The broadcasts continued a long-running clash between Trump and late-night television, with hosts using the Democratic victory to press their case against him.
Reported by Newsweek, The Daily Beast.
