NBC’s Seth Meyers gave another one of his odes to the far-left faction of the Democratic Party on Monday’s edition of Late Night as he demanded others in the party fall in line behind them because they are allegedly “doing [bleep].”
The first senator to earn Meyers’s disapproval was Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. After playing a clip of Schumer with CNN’s Dana Bash, where the latter suggested former's letter-writing strategy would not work. Meyers responded, “She might as well have said, ‘Bless your heart.’ If Trump was funny, he'd write back to Schumer telling him he was about to write him back.”
Doing his Trump voice, Meyers continued to mock Schumer’s letters, “Chuck, just got your letter. So sorry. Guess it got messed up with the other mail. Going to get back to you ASAP on all eight questions. Just don't want to rush it, as I could tell you took a lot of time with yours and want to repay you with the same thoughtfulness in kind. In the future, to make sure your correspondence reaches me as quickly as possible, please make sure to wad them into a ball and stick them directly up your own ass. Best, Don.”
Meyers then moved on to urging the party to get behind its show horses, “That said, there are Democrats who seem to be meeting the moment, like Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador and succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, or Cory Booker, who spoke on the Senate floor for a record 25 hours to protest Trump's policies. And AOC and Bernie Sanders, who have been amassing massive crowds in places like Idaho and Montana on their Fighting Oligarchy tour.”
The next senator to end up on Meyers’s bad side was Elissa Slotkin, “Although apparently some Democrats are nitpicking their word choice.”
That led to a clip of Sanders on Meet the Press where host Kristen Welker asked, “She said, ‘Democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it's a phrase that doesn't resonate with all Americans.’ Are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience, senator?”
After Sanders hyped their crowd sizes, Meyers marveled over his favorite senator, “Bernie is the tough love guidance counselor who believes in us. He should do his next speech sitting backwards on a chair in a high school classroom.”
Flowing a Sanders impression that featured him alluding to Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk as “those losers,” Meyers returned to Slotkin, “Also, Democrats, Democrats. Now is not the time to nitpick the messaging of other Democrats. Instead of critiquing someone else's message, go out there and do your own thing and give voters the choice they were deprived of this last election. Take a cue from the ones who are actually going out there doing [bleep] and getting attention for it.”
Contrary to what Meyers claimed, voters did have a choice last November, and they rejected Meyers’s view for America that featured progressive culture wars and border chaos. Neither Meyers nor the people he promotes have shown any indication that they are willing to meet the American people where they are on those issues.
Here is a transcript for the April 28-taped show:
NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
4/29/2025
12:51 PM ET
SETH MEYERS: She might as well have said, "Bless your heart.” If Trump was funny, he'd write back to Schumer telling him he was about to write him back.
[TRUMP VOICE] "Chuck, just got your letter. So sorry. Guess it got messed up with the other mail. Going to get back to you ASAP on all eight questions. Just don't want to rush it, as I could tell you took a lot of time with yours and want to repay you with the same thoughtfulness in kind. In the future. to make sure your correspondence reaches me as quickly as possible, please make sure to wad them into a ball and stick them directly up your own ass. Best, Don."
That said, there are Democrats who seem to be meeting the moment, like Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador and succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, or Cory Booker, who spoke on the Senate floor for a record 25 hours to protest Trump's policies. And AOC and Bernie Sanders. who have been amassing massive crowds in places like Idaho and Montana on their Fighting Oligarchy tour. Although apparently some Democrats are nitpicking their word choice.
KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you about something that your colleague, Senator Elissa Slotkin said. She said, "Democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it's a phrase that doesn't resonate with all Americans."
Are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience, senator?
BERNIE SANDERS: Well, geez. We had 36,000 people out in Los Angeles, 34,000 people in Colorado. We had 30,000 people in Fulsom, California, which is kind of a rural area. I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are.
MEYERS: Bernie is the tough love guidance counselor who believes in us. He should do his next speech sitting backwards on a chair in a high school classroom.
[SANDERS VOICE]: "Listen up, America. I know you're not as dumb as people think you are. You just need to apply yourself. Start showing up to class, and stop smoking weed under the bleachers with those losers."
Also, Democrats, Democrats. Now is not the time to nitpick the messaging of other Democrats. Instead of critiquing someone else's message, go out there and do your own thing and give voters the choice they were deprived of this last election. Take a cue from the ones who are actually going out there doing [bleep] and getting attention for it. Because if there's one thing Donald Trump is good at, it's getting attention. Nobody knew what the [bleep] Hunter's laptop was but, then he just said it over and over again until eventually, every uncle at Thanksgiving finally stopped talking about Hillary's server.
Maybe that's why Bernie is the perfect kryptonite to Trump. He's never gonna have a technology Trump can pin on him. I mean, laptop, server, Bernie, get real. The only signal Bernie uses is two fingers when he's trying to get the check from the waiter. [SANDERS VOICE] "Over here. No, we do not want to hear about the dessert specials.”
