With less than 24 hours to go before Election Day, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers used their Monday shows to discuss the midterm races, focusing on Donald Trump and Michigan’s Haley Stevens. Their commentary followed Trump’s final campaign appearances and Stevens’ unexpected endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after she broke with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
On The Daily Show, Stewart questioned Trump’s decision to devote his final pre-election speech to renovations at Washington’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He described the address as a speech about pool maintenance and said the president’s priorities seemed misplaced. Stewart also said Democrats appeared positioned for possible gains in the House and Senate, provided no major disruption emerged before Election Day.
Stewart then turned to Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers, contrasting it with her previous criticism of the Republican candidate. He joked that the reversal made the Michigan race feel like a particularly dark episode of Fargo.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel referenced Trump’s legal disputes and mocked the president’s rallies, including his appearance at the reflecting pool. Kimmel joked about the project’s reported $16 million cost and described Trump’s campaign schedule as a series of 30 rallies over 32 days.
Seth Meyers focused his Late Night “Closer Look” segment on developments in the Alaska and Michigan Senate races. Discussing a New York Times report about an effort to recruit independent candidate Daniel J. Sullivan in Alaska, Meyers said the alleged tactic was funny and compared it with Republican actions, while noting that he viewed those actions as less severe than efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.
In Michigan, Meyers highlighted Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers and her Sunday interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. He mocked an awkward exchange in which Stevens asked whether Cooper had asked a question after a pause, calling the interview brutal and comparing it to a horror movie.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter.