Some people just can’t help themselves when it comes to comparing Republicans to Nazis. One such person is NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost, who made the claim while fellow anchor Michael Che continued to do his best to help drag Zohran Mamdani across the finish line in New York City’s mayoral election.
Putting up a picture of Argentine President Javier Milei side-by-side a picture of Austin Powers, Colin Jost began, “Argentine President Javier Milei, seen asking if he makes you horny baby, met with President Trump at the White House this week, where Trump announced he's sending $40 billion to Argentina, because if history is any guide, Trump officials will end up fleeing to Argentina.”
After a Jost joke about former Rep. George Santos, who recently had his prison sentence commuted by President Trump, Che recalled, “During the first New York mayoral debate, Andrew Cuomo attacked Zohran Mamdani. Saying that he once gave the finger to the Columbus Day statue, whereas Cuomo snuck up behind the statue and grabbed it by the hips.”
While this is the second week in a row Che has used Weekend Update to promote Mamdani, he is hardly alone. A few days later, former Weekend Update co-anchor and current host of Late Night, Seth Meyers did likewise on his Monday show, “During last week’s New York mayoral debate, Democratic [nominee] Zohran Mamdani said that his go-to bodega breakfast order is egg and cheese on a roll with jalapenos. While Andrew Cuomo's is those boner pills by the register. During the same debate, Andrew Cuomo criticized Mamdani and said he has, quote, ‘Literally never had a job.’ And you know Cuomo did because he had to resign from it.”
This is where most jokes about Democrats are in 2025: joke about certain Democrats in order to promote those even further to the left. Yes, Andrew Cuomo was a terrible governor with his nursing home and sexual harassment scandals, but Zohran Mamdani had to be shamed into saying a genocidal terrorist group must disarm and supports economically illiterate ideas like rent control. The top two candidates in the New York mayoral race are both worth making fun of, but the late night shows can only bring themselves to make fun of one.
Here are transcripts for the October 18 and 20-taped shows:
NBC Saturday Night Live
10/19/2025
12:36 AM ET
COLIN JOST: Argentine President Javier Milei, seen asking if he makes you horny baby, met with President Trump at the White House this week, where Trump announced he's sending $40 billion to Argentina, because if history is any guide, Trump officials will end up fleeing to Argentina. Hey, one clap. I’m just kidding. That was fine. In the clinching game of the NLCS, Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pitched six scoreless innings, struck out ten batters, then hit three home runs. It is a feat previously only accomplished by George Santos.
MICHAEL CHE: During the first New York mayoral debate, Andrew Cuomo attacked Zohran Mamdani. Saying that he once gave the finger to the Columbus Day statue, whereas Cuomo snuck up behind the statue and grabbed it by the hips.
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NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
10/21/2025
12:39 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: During last week’s New York mayoral debate, Democratic Zohran Mamdani said that his go-to bodega breakfast order is egg and cheese on a roll with jalapenos. While Andrew Cuomo's is those boner pills by the register. During the same debate, Andrew Cuomo criticized Mamdani and said he has, quote, "Literally never had a job." And you know Cuomo did because he had to resign from it.
