“Only the Republicans would consider giving the job of speaker to someone who is under a gag order,” Meyers said.
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Floating Trump
The ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House continued to dominate late night on Wednesday, with hosts discussing potential replacements.
Seth Meyers said that because “you have to be insane to actually want this job, some Republicans are floating the name of a person who is, in fact, insane” — with President Donald Trump as one possibility.
“Incredible. Only the Republicans would consider giving the job of speaker to someone who is under a gag order. It’s like hiring a French mime as your new N.F.L. play-by-play guy.” — SETH MEYERS
“Don’t worry. There’s no way he can be drafted — he’s got the bone spurs.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
The Punchiest Punchlines (National Kevin Day Edition)
“We got a new episode of ‘The House Floor Is Lava’ last night.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“That’s right, the House voted yesterday to remove a speaker from power for the first time in 234 years. Well, they removed him from office. It’s hard to have power when you have all the fire and charisma of the Facebook silhouette guy.’ — SETH MEYERS
“After just nine months of sucking at his job, McCarthy was stripped of the gavel by eight members of his own party. To make it even worse, this all happened — and this is true — on National Kevin Day.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Today, of course — and, again, this is true — is National Taco Day and National Vodka Day. Tacos and vodka, or as Kevin McCarthy called them this morning: breakfast.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Well, Kevin, don’t cry because it’s over; cry because it happened.” — SETH MEYERS
The Bits Worth Watching
Chelsea Handler cleared up rumors brought on by tabloid headlines while on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show.”
What We’re Excited About on Thursday Night
David Byrne, the frontman for the Talking Heads, will talk about the rerelease of the band’s 1984 concert film, “Stop Making Sense,” on Thursday’s “Late Night.”
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