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Late Night Wonders if Mike Pence Will Stand by His Man

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Late Night Wonders if Mike Pence Will Stand by His Man

Seth Meyers joked that the vice president had to “choose between the Constitution and a sleazy mafia don cold-calling election officials illegally, begging for votes like a telemarketer.”

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  • Jan. 6, 2021, 3:08 a.m. ET

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. We’re all stuck at home at the moment, so here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.

Congress is convening on Wednesday to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election, and President Trump’s wish for Vice President Mike Pence, who will preside over the proceedings in a largely ceremonial role, to declare him the winner instead was a late-night talking point on Tuesday. Trump has been pressuring other officials as well, asking Georgia’s secretary of state over the weekend to “find” him enough votes to overturn the results.

Seth Meyers said Pence would ultimately have to “choose between the Constitution and a sleazy mafia don cold-calling election officials illegally, begging for votes like a telemarketer.”

[Imitating Trump] ‘Hello, is this the secretary of state of Arizona? Are you happy with your internet service? What if I told you you could combine Wi-Fi and cable for the price of only 11,000 votes?” — SETH MEYERS

“The vice president’s role is ceremonial. It’s like the Oscars. He basically opens the envelope and announces the name. But Trump wants him to pull a ‘La La Land.’” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Pence can’t change the results any more than Vanna White can change the phrase on the board.” — SETH MEYERS

“Pence’s only role is to preside over the ballot count. He’s basically one step above a bingo caller.” — JIMMY FALLON

“Poor Mike Pence. He hasn’t been this stressed out since the time he saw a woman in short sleeves.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“If this were an after-school special, this is the part where we would tell Mike Pence that if the president says he won’t like you unless you give him what he wants, then he doesn’t really care about you. He should like you for who you are — although we understand why he wouldn’t, because who you are is Mike Pence.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“The vice president can’t arbitrarily decide who’s the next president. Otherwise, in 2001, I’m going to guess Al Gore would have picked Al Gore.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“Something tells me tomorrow morning, some very important Space Force business is going to come up that Mike Pence has to deal with personally.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Last night the Devil came down to Georgia; he was lookin’ for a vote to steal.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Donald Trump was in town, supposedly to support the Republican candidates. But, really, he was just there to be truthless to the toothless. Can you guess how long it took him to mention the election was rigged against him?” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Wow, five seconds. Well, way longer than I expected.” — JIMMY FALLON

“Oh, honey, move on. It’s over!” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“That has to be the fastest use of ‘by the way’ in any speech ever. You weren’t even on the way yet. Give yourself some runway, buddy.” — SETH MEYERS

“Trump spoke for almost 90 minutes, and then he invited everyone on a scavenger hunt to find 12,000 more votes.” — JIMMY FALLON

“Trump would read ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ like [imitating Trump] ‘“It was the best of”— by the way, I am the best. Everyone says I’m the best.’” — JIMMY FALLON

The staff of “The Late Late Show” celebrated Diane Keaton’s birthday by dressing in their favorite Diane Keaton looks.

Samantha Bee will check in with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night.

Credit…Tracy Nguyen for The New York Times

In addition to preparing for next Monday’s return of her late-night show “A Little Late,” the comedian Lilly Singh spent her weekend watching “Big Mouth” and reading The Skimm.

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