Seth Meyers has weighed in on Mitch McConnell’s return to office. He said that it was just a “power play” against NBC’s “Late Night” show.
Seth Meyers jokes Mitch McConnell’s return to work was a “power play” against Late Night
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is back to the Senate after a three-month medical absence. The latter had been hospitalized after a fall in his Washington home.
The return itself made the senator a butt of jokes on Seth Meyers’s “A Closer Look: Outside of Office”. The host was joined by his writer Sal Gentile.
The show began with the announcement that they would not be out of office anymore and would return to their normal slot on Monday. The duo joked that their return also coincided with McConnell’s return, which Meyers dubbed a “power play”.
“It was a bit of a power play by Mitch to show his self in person before we could do it,” Meyers joked. “He knew that we were kind of pulling his proof of life move, and so he was trying to stay one step ahead of us, and he did.”
Meanwhile, Gentile alluded to the fact that McConnell may start asking for proof that the show is still working, something he would then criticize.
“He’s going to have a lot of fun with ‘Are they? When’s the last time we’ve seen them? Maybe they’re dead,’” Meyers continued. “That’s his first thing from the Senate floor: ‘How long? NBC. My question for NBC is: Where is Seth Meyers? He’s still pulling a salary, and I feel like he should show himself.’”
Meyers’s show is not the only one to have ruffled Republican feathers. “The Late Night Show With Stephen Colbert” was also abruptly closed, and the reason is allegedly Trump’s involvement. The cancellation by CBS came shortly after Paramount settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump and sought approval for its merger with Skydance.
Critics have been quick to speculate whether political pressure had led to the decision. Both Meyers and Colbert have been highly critical of the president and the administration, drawing Trump’s ire.
