An annoyed Seth Meyers reacted to the Wednesday GOP presidential debate on the Thursday edition of Late Night on NBC by claiming that “no one gives a [bleep]” and that the four debaters were all a bunch of “blowhards.”
Citing current polling, Meyers wondered what the whole point was before sarcastically conceding that maybe he should give the non-Trump candidates some credit, “Now, in fairness, I shouldn't be so glib I may disagree with these people, but they've stepped up to take on the responsibility of leadership, and who knows? Maybe there's a chance they'll beat Trump and become the nominee. So, I do think we should at least listen to what they have to say.”
Meyers then played a clip of Megyn Kelly opening the broadcast, “Welcome to the fourth and final—” but Meyers cut the clip short, “Just kidding. No one gives a [bleep].”
Claiming his dismissal was justified, Meyers continued, “Why should I-- why should I act like any of these people are actually running against Donald Trump when they won't even act like they're running against Donald Trump. They spent the whole debate fighting with each other like pigeons fighting over a French fry in the parking lot of a restaurant that is owned by a much bigger pigeon. In case you missed it -- sorry because you missed it, here's a quick recap of all these dweebs taking shots at each other.”
Meyers then played an extended montage of the more rambunctious, but not necessarily substantive portions of the debate concluding with Chris Christie labeling Vivek Ramaswamy a “blowhard.”
Coming out of the montage, Meyers added, “Hey, everyone break it up, there's no need to fight. You're all obnoxious blowhards. And yet based on the polls, your problem is, you don't blow hard enough although.”
Of course, Republican candidates are going to try to tailor their message in a way that appeals to Republican voters and running around sounding like Seth Meyers is not the way to victory.
Here is a transcript for the December 7-taped show:
NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
12/8/2023
12:41 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: Now, in fairness, I shouldn't be so glib I may disagree with these people, but they've stepped up to take on the responsibility of leadership, and who knows? Maybe there's a chance they'll beat Trump and become the nominee. So, I do think we should at least listen to what they have to say.
MEGYN KELLY: Welcome to the fourth and final –
MEYERS: Just kidding. No one gives a [bleep]. Why should I-- why should I act like any of these people are actually running against Donald Trump when they won't even act like they're running against Donald Trump.
They spent the whole debate fighting with each other like pigeons fighting over a French fry in the parking lot of a restaurant that is owned by a much bigger pigeon. In case you missed it -- sorry because you missed it, here's a quick recap of all these dweebs taking shots at each other.
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MEYERS: Hey, everyone break it up, there's no need to fight. You're all obnoxious blowhards. And yet based on the polls, your problem is, you don't blow hard enough although.
