Late-night hosts discussed the hypocrisy over Ivanka Trump’s email breach and the president’s bizarre statement over his relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Jimmy Kimmel
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host spoke about news that Ivanka reportedly used a personal email account while discussing White House business. He joked that Hillary Clinton would be having “a good laugh today”.
He continued: “Sometimes the jokes write themselves and this is one of those times.”
Kimmel then showed a montage of the many vicious and irate things that Donald Trump said about Clinton, including that she “lied like a dog”.
In reference to Ivanka, Kimmel joked: “I assume he’ll do an interview some time this month claiming he’s never met her.”
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert spoke about the annual presidential turkey pardoning which this year featured two called Peas and Carrots. “The turkeys disguised themselves as vegetables so Trump would not be tempted to eat them,” he said.
He also spoke about Ivanka’s use of a personal email account: “This is really damaging if anything mattered any more.”
Colbert moved on to Trump’s rambling statement over America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. It started with him proclaiming that the world is a dangerous place.
“It is now!” Colbert said. “Apparently you can kill a Washington Post journalist and the president don’t give a damn.”
When questioning whether the Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman might have had anything to do with the death of Khashoggi, Trump said he might have but he also might not have.
“That statement informs us in no way,” he said. “A Magic 8 ball would have taken a firmer stance.”
Seth Meyers
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host spoke about voter suppression. He started by playing a campaign ad from Georgia’s Brian Kemp. “A pickup truck, guns, explosives and a chainsaw,” he said. “You’re like the cousin my mum wouldn’t let me visit.”
The Republican candidate, who was also secretary of state, was criticised for his “attempts to enforce laws that would disenfranchise African American voters” although when he went to vote, his ID card wasn’t recognised.
“Brian Kemp made voting so hard he suppressed himself,” he joked.
In North Dakota a voter ID law was introduced that was “meant to sabotage the Native American vote”, while in South Dakota, a community of 2,200 Native Americans were denied a polling location.
“How is it so hard to get a polling location in South Dakota?” he asked. “You’ve got plenty of room. You have so much room in South Dakota that Bed, Bath & Beyond is three separate stores.”
He ended by saying: “We’ve talked a lot about Russians interfering in our elections and rightly so but we shouldn’t forget there are plenty of Americans willing to do the same thing.”
