Even for satirical shows, the exercise was not simple. After years of ruthlessly trashing Donald Trump, his taste for burgers, porn actresses and semantic enormities, the late night showsan American television institution mixing humor and politics, had to negotiate the turn of the re-election of their favorite target.
The comedians got away with sarcasm, and some notes of bitterness. On CBS, the popular Stephen Colbert, who makes fun of the news four evenings a week in his Late Showsaid to himself “deeply shocked “. But at least “we will have a peaceful transfer of power “, he noted. “It’s democracy. The people have decided. And what they said is that they don’t care much about democracy. » To reassure spectators, Colbert cited an article from Wall Street Journal saying Trump is undisciplined and has trouble concentrating. Rather good news, according to him. “He promised to put immigrants in camps. But he doesn’t have the concentration. »
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Seth Meyers, host of Late Night on NBC, noted that Trump is still awaiting sentencing in the case of payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. “But we get four years. » On ABC, Jimmy Kimmel showed himself packing his bags. He had heard a voter explain that he had voted for Trump because Kamala Harris had refused to participate in martial arts specialist Joe Rogan’s podcast. “ There, I said to myself: where did I put my passport? »
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In his show Real Time, on Friday on HBO, stand-up comedian Bill Maher, great slayer of « wokisme »mocked the blindness of Democrats who considered a second term for Trump inconceivable. “ Yet they should have known: Americans never refuse a second ration. » Trump dominated in all categories, winning the popular vote over his rival. “ He “caught” 52% of white women, he emphasized. He also caught their voices. » Trump called Georgia’s secretary of state to ask him to ” lose 11,000 votes »also joked the comedian; and not to find them for him like four years ago, when he contested the result of the election. Bill Maher, who had indicated he would vote for Kamala Harris, called on losers to “looking in the mirror”. “This country has had enough of the woke, anti-common sense bullshit. »
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